Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-06
Why Boys and Girls Go Wrong
Results of an Inquiry by Milwaukee Alderme

law. Segregation of sexes In factories
or shorter working hours for women
I so that men and women do not leave
together.
Instruction in civics social hygiene
and home economies in the public
schools, and trade schools with both
DAY and evening classes.
Doctors. clergymen. teachers and So
Geological workers are cooperating via
the Seidel committee i'm the inVestiga-
ton. 4 pamphlet form containing a
series of questions was sent out by the
committee and the answers are being
compiled. Hundreds OF answers are be-
ing received.
Miss Elizabeth f. Thomas, national
secretary of the Social Democratic par
", declares the social settlements work
Is like dipping up the Atlantic ocean
with teaspoon and bases her opinion
on personal work done in New York
and at Hun House, Chicago, before she
became Socialist. She advocates
frightening the school age to u years.t
10 give opportunity to deVelop intel
lectually and morally before going out
INTO the world, She does not believe In
trade schools,
Winfield h. Gaylord. state organizer
OF the Social Democratic party, on the
contrary believes that the city should
take up the line of work carried on by
the social settlements and should also
conduct schools of trade.
Judge Neele b. Neelen of the Juvenile
court, believes that the city should es-
tablish and maintain nighborhood hous-
es, more public Fairgrounds, schools OF
trade and parental schools, and declares
that this line of work should have pref
erence above all other municipal Inn
provements. Judge A. c. Brace of the
Municipal court also favors all the
lines OF constructive work suggested.
Irn1 Il
the Milwaukee House Of Mercy. con-
Quoted for unfortunate young women,
urges the establishment of municipal
childrens theater.
Miss Mary Berry. matron of the state
Industrial School for Girls. suggests
municipal supervision of rooming hous-
es, declaring they are often traps for
girls
The municipal theater idea is favored
by Mrs. A. j. Eimermann, president of
the Woman's School Alliance She be-
lieVes that the city should provide PEN
ny theaters and abolish the ones run
by private enterprise. IN her opinion
the establishment of municipal Neigh
borhood houses is the finest thing the
city could do with the possible excep-
ton OF establishing a municipal laun-
dry.
II thoroughly believe in the move
ment for the city to build neishbor-
erlck Edwards. rector of st. James
Episcopal church. 1T can spend its
money to no better purpose. It will
save 1t in jails and police bills. Put
IN every ward q clubhouse and a social
center with the conveniences for baths
and recreation and you will take a
long step forward in the regeneration
of the community"
7, j. Neacy, former school director.
suggests that the duties OF trlIancy Of
iccrs be enlarged to permit them TO
put loafing boys over 16 to work He
cites statistics showing that not more
than 2 per cent of inmates of state
prisons were ever indentuFgd appren-
tees and that 80 per cent of the men
in the Milwaukee house of correction
never had skilled training. He thinks
plans FOR constructive work proposed
saver strongly of paternalism.
The only general opposition to the
propositions along constructive lines
comes from Catholic priests and teach
/, ers. They believe that only in the
Darochial schools where religion is a
! part OF the education can the problem
/ be met. The Rev. II. +. Fairbanks of
st. Patrick's church, for instance. would
have no clubs and no Fairgrounds, has
on knowledge of and no confidence in
settlement work, and believes that
municipal neighborhood houses would
soon become moral pest houses.
Miss Agnes Fahsel, a teacher OF Ger
man children, asks: IL the men have
the saloons and clubs, and there are
to be clubs provided for boys and
girls, who Is TO stay home with the
] mothers IN. Y. Sun.