The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25

The conference which was held
in Washington recently, ON the call
OF President Roosevelt, in the in
terest of dependent children, formu-
lated a nrnber of conclusions as the
result of its deliberations. Some OF
these were to the effect that home
life is the highest and finest product
of civilization; that children should
not be deprived of it except for urg-
ent and compelling reasons; that
those who for suffic lent reasons must
be removed from their own homes,
or who have no homes, should be
cared for in families whenever prac~
ticaIble; that the carefully selected
foster home is for the normal child
the best substitute for the natural
home.
Indiana's laws and methods receiv-
ed much favorable comment at that
meeting, and 1t will therefore be in
teresting to know exactly what is be-
ing done here in the direction OF
the conclusions just mentioned
So far as dependent children have
been made public wards in Indiana,
very full records concerning them
are on file in the office of the Board
of State Charities. There are forty
one institutions in the State receiv-
ing these minor public wards. In ad-
dition a few of the Boards OF Chill
dren's Guardians board their wards
in private homes. Altogether there
were 1,743 children in the care OF
these various institutions and asso-
Citations on December 81. 1905. The
average number is about 1,7OO
During the year 1908 total OF $50
dependent children were placed in
foster homes by these various asso-
Citations and 200 by the state agents.
Among the associations the Indiana
Children's Home society, which has
It's headquarters in Indianapolis,
made the highest record for placing
1t found family homes for 102 chill
dren The next highest number was
placed by the Vigo County Board oil
Children's Guardians, "A; the next by
the Marion Coutny Board of Chsl-
dren's Guardians 81; the next by the
Indianapolis Orphans Asylum, A.
The German Baptist Orphans Home
at Mexico, Miami County, placed 35
and the Marlborough County Board
OF Ch;ldren's Guardians, at Evans
vile, 81. These six organiza:i )ns
placed a total of 1927 children, or
within two exactly half the number
placed by the entire number Ct or
CARNATIONS, 81, at work in the State
during the year, not counting he
state agency.
Some other associations, while moi
making so many placements, deserve
mention for good work done Among
these are Bartholomew County Or.
phans' Home. which placed L. chill
dren during the year; the Biackf ord
County Board OF Childrea's Guar.
dams, which placed IL; Ihe Cas'
County Orphans Home, 10; ne Del
aware County Home, IS; the Kno,
County Home, II; the Madison CGun.
| ty Home, IS; and the Tippacanot
County Home, IA.
On the other hand, there are {;
number OF institutions for chiliccr
IN the State which make little effor
to find family homes for their :. ads
Notable among these may be men
toned the Julia E. Work Traini1c
School a, Plymouth which has pop
ulation OF 23S children and placed on
ly two in homes during the year
| Wits Institute at Wabash, VIII 81
has ia children and placed but e:gn
during the year; the Home fo,
Friendless Colored Children in In
dianapolis, which has 81 children ant
placed three; the German Protestan
Home in Indianapolis, which has !,