The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
OP POSED TO
DETENT ION
HOMES
SUPT. II. H. THOMAS OF INDUS.
TRIAL SCHOOL PROTESTS.
proposed Action Would Tend to Make
the Industrial School a Penal
Institution or Prison.

Day sounds a warning against the
establishment OF detention homes in
every county of the state
Mr.. Thomas suggests, instead OF de-
tention homes. that the Industrial
school be placed entirely upon the
cottage basis. thus providing Tor
girls, but of the first and more hard
segregation, not only OF the boys and
girls, but Of the first and more hard
ened offenders, He is heartily endors-
ed by the trustees In their biennial
report to the governor. to which MIR.
Thomas report is attached
The course that to me seems the
most prudent" says Mr. Thomas, the
! most economical, and by far the most
productive Of good TO the boy. is TO
place this Institution absolutely upon
cottage basis, equip 1t with trades
facilities and make 1t, all In all, a
school where the boy or girl of bad
environment or wayward tendencies
and of unfortunate parentago may be
sent and properly trained IL this
were done the boys and girls could be
segregated as to their habits and ten
Gencies and the immoral kept to them
selves"
Mr.. Thomas says that one cottage
| might be set apart for those on pro-
baton, where boys might be sent for
trial period1 without losing educa-
tional opportunities and this could De
done without making the order OF
commitments that obtains as to the
industrial school. But to establish
detention homes throughout the
state" he continues, land to send here
| only the Juvenile criminal, would
mako of our school q reformatory or
| prison, such as they have In nearly
all eastern states, not in connection
with the Industrial schools, but separ-
ate institutions, where those who con-
| tinue refractory and unmanageable
may be sent for further discipline.
II would urge your honorable body
to make a strong appeal to the COVER
nor and legislature to give such sup
port to one institution as Will enable
us to place it entirely upon the cot
tage basis, and to use every effort to
avert the calamity OF making our one
industrial school a juvenile peniten-
| tiary. with homes of GiversI1ed IN
| terest and management all over the
state, Let us have one scnool that
we may be proud OF and that shall
take rank, as our other state insitu-
tions have done, among tne foremost
| OF the nation"
The. trustees, In their report, relt-
crate the need of a parore agent, 10
| visit paroles at regular in-ervass, see
| that they are provided with suitable
homes and look after tne;r Senerai
Welfare. 1t Is absolutely necessary
| that the superintendent nave 4 pa
role agent on the outside 10 assist nim
| iC handling such outsicc cases, the
report declares, and an appropriation
of $4,000 is recommended for tnar
purpose, to cover period OF two
years.
The appropriation Of S142,67O IL by
the last legislature Is practically eX'
hausted, the report says. and S163,6OO
| Is asked for for the next TWO years,
$9,100 of which is to cover deficits.
| The expense of maintenance o. tn9
inmates of the school was greater the
| last two years than the preceding Di'
| ennium because of the advanced cost
of living and the like.
| The trustees ask for an approprla-
ton Of $4,000 to finish tAe g;ris- COZ
tage. begun last summer; $4,000 for
two new Kirk Bender fire escapes;
81 900 for more library books; an ad-
ditional 81 800 to complete the water
works system and $4,000 for other bet
terments.
The new heating system Is being
completed at a cost OF 10000. Tho
| biennium Just closed 5nd the latter
part of the preceding one might prop
erly be alluded to as the rehabilitation
-laI
says:
ct is the intention to convert the
main buildings into a trades school.
the report says. when the girls new
cottage is completed the present
girls cottage will be utilized as Il
cottage for boys between ii and 10
wears old, those under being continued
in the two-story cottage IN the COM
ing biennium work ON the cottage TOR
BOYS over 16 should begin. This,
completed, will give three boys cot
taees and one girls cottage, thus car
rving out the intention or the legis-
lature to operate the scnooi on tho
cottage plan.
by the removal of the boys from
the main building and the erection OF
a central kitchen and dining room ror
BOYS to eat In and cottage for the
superintendent, the main building
could easily be converted into a
trades school. The estimated cost or
the superintendent's cottage Is ST.
600. and OF the dining room anu Kitch-
en- $4,000, which the reporc recon-
nends appropriated.
The daily average attencance the
last two months was 1855 in the
preceding biennium the attendance
at times was q slow as s6.57. The
cost per diem Per capita -oT generai
maintenance this biennium was $S399;
Ia 1905 and 1906. s.7787.
Supt. Thomas report shows tnat
104 boys and SO girls were received
at the school In the biennlum. The
attendance now is 124, 81 ooys ana
SO girls. The numoer on paro:es or
surlough Is 366, making 49o under the
schools Jurisdiction Eleven OF he
commitments in the biennIum were
from the outside states, nciuoins
three from Missouri.
or the boys in the school z3 nave
no father and 16 no mother: OF the
girls. seven have no father and eign,
no mother. Six boys and two girls
| - .atthar narent living.