The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-06-20

children should be revised and made:
harmonious. A. state truancy school
should be established for those. chill:
dren whose chief offense is that they
will not attend school: Such children
should not be sent to the reform
school to be graduated later as GRIM
inals. nor should they be forced into
local schools where they are a discord-
ant element Until the child is proved
unmanagable and incorrigible the par
ent should be held responsible for his
delinquencies and punished for them.
The course Of instruction should be
made as practical as possible. 1nstruc-
ton in manual training is making pro-
gress, but would urge that it be ex-
tended as rapidly as possible and that
the child be taught to use his hands
as we'll as his head, and Impress upon:
him the idea that the one is equally
honorable with the other. When a
child is graduated from. the high
school, we'll grounded as a carpenter, a
blacksmith, milliner or a dressmaker,
the school will have done as much or
more for the child than in giving him
a start as lawyer or doctor. ~ e.,
Perpetuity Of the Nation. .,.
The stability Of our institutions des
pend on the intelligence of the nar
TONS citizenship and SO it is, that it is
the duty Of the state and of every
citizen thereof, to assist lin this WORK
of education.4 Fl ,]* - = =,
Then there is the. street gar1in, the
bright, keen boy who sells newspapers,
blacks boots, runs on errands, In fact
does anything that comes to his hand.
The life he leads does not sap his ply
steal being as does the work of factory
or mine, but he has opportunities for
sharpening his wits at the expense Of
humanity, of becoming familiar with
vice in all It's forms, that the odds are
greatly against his ever developing
into an honest man. Now and then
one overcomes the environments sur
rounding him and becomes good Sciti-
zen, but when this happens he is a
marked exception He. early learns
that in his case devious ways bring
larger returns than do the straight
paths. In selling papers he gets a cent
on every paper he sells, but il he lies
about not having change he may swell
his receipts BY 900 to 400 per cent i
| the purchaser will not wait for: his
change. He learns that it pays to lie
and he does It.; # the purchaser will
wait, the boy often disappears forget.
ting to reappear. He has learned that
It pays to steal and he. steals. Many
boys do not yield to this Temptation,
but the pressure Is great y: s.s' I, y.
: He finds that when sent into certain
sections Of the city where shame stalks
triumphant and virtue Is crucif1ed, that
his fees are all out Of proportion t
those he gets when sent. from busi.
ness office, consequently he seeks these
assignments and is d thus familiarized
when mere child with the shame: 2,
womanho q. 3.s ss s. Il.
Such schools are lit PREPARATIONS 20
I reform schools and penite ntiaries; ant
there are early raduates filling gu
4 prisons and becoming Az plague ans
burden upon the community We neet
AN wakening .of public cons ience; Z
realization pf our sponsib i ties t.
the child. If the natl is to survive
i IS civi lizat ton Is to exist and mani Qp.
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