The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-04

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NEST Operates through iis eject anon
i thr mind Of the lualshed whether
( be- b. child ut criminal The child is
whipped that meant that ny bning
s,rurb upon the flesh wlih iiH mil
ltuhs ~ sensitive NERVES hsneath he
/ h made ,n endure physical sunefine
I 1hr Intention ~ whipping - not 90
. lhiuto che body but merely TO cause
pain Pain means that the mind muH
BE- brought into The question To lac
rtatr the hand OF child prone rs
I theft would have no physical effect
upuu the child's hand. Whereby th"
hand independent of mental control
would be deferred from repeating
theft So II would not necessarily be
/ tho hand which would be punished,
but any part Of the body which he
cause Of the nerves would be caused
~ endure pain ana tho Impression
/ lpft ON the mind by this means
| would cause tho child 10 be less
prone to u repetition uf the oIense
/ for which II had been punished. The
| child must also have memory If the
result OF the punishment Is TO be
| that which IL sought A child of i'm.
| beetle or defective mind. without the
/ capacity to remember the offense
and the punishment which came in
it's wake. would show no Improve
ment in habits by reason of physical
suffering, no matter how severely
applied
The same thing is true OF the pun
/ ishment OF criminals. Shutting up
man In jail Furnishes him through
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| to punish him In his body, for there
are so many reasonably happy anu
contented people who live lives
scarcely more attractive than that of
| the man In prison. They work for
| such small wage that life Is bare
and barren They spend practically
| the whole OF the daylight shut up in
factory walls which have little or no
more attraction per Sc than the In
terror of n prison. Many OF them
| spend hours without speaking TO any
one. and when they do It can scarce
| " be called conyersotion-~a mere
| necessity of communication for the
moment. The glImpses of golden sun
sets and reddoning dawns and the
myriad delights In the beauties OF
nature may not and probably do not
| touch their dull souls. Yet they are
ocntont even happy They have lib
,rty. Tie awil'lncss 81 prison life
| Hes I'm its horrors to the mind OF
man. He resents IT and he suffers
| I'm his resentment and his Inability to
| help himself. THAT fierce resentment
biting down into the very depths OF
the man has turned men sent mp for
minor offenscs into dangerous pris-
on inmates and turned them out
again desperate and hopeless criml- |
nails,
II there not some way by which |
the impression can be made on the |
mind of the boy without making the |
body suffer? Must we over go on |
with crude, bnrbarIc, brutal and bru-
talI2ing methods whom such methods
are employed but as n means to an
end? Since the punishment and cor
rection OF whatsoever type must be
AT last achieved through the mind.
why not 40 about the thing directly |
and act upon the mental forces with
out abusing the flesh7 The way to
the end may not be easily found, but
there is way to that end. and II
should be found.