The Ordway new era., 1910-09-16
Supervision 4 Necessity

Communities find 1t necessary as a
matter OF self protection, to Super.
wise not only the mental development
or the child, but also its physical and
moral development. For child Grip.
pied by Ill health or physical defects
is quite apt to be mentally deficient,
and often the young criminal has been
made so from physical causes or he
rediLary tendencies.
One Of the best ways for'correcting
the physical defects OF children is by
medical Inspection In the public
school. Many defects develop through
Ignorance or lack OF thought on the
part OF the parents, and if their at
tention Is called to the condition OF
the child by the school physicians,
most parents, having the welfare OF
the child ut heart, will gladly have
the condition remedied.
Compulsory education brings the
vast majority OF the children under
the Jurisdiction of the schools, at
least up to the age OF fourteen, and IL
is the earlier years which offer the
best opportunities for the correction
Of defects and bad habits. LAS the
Lwig Is bent, the tree will grow"
Homes for the defective children
supported by the state, are Of the Ut
most Importance, not only that the
children may be trained to greater in
telligence and usefulness by first
teaching the child to use its hands,
and then through the training OF the
hands train the mind, but that they
may become at least partially self
supporting, and the community be
protected by their confinement in in.
stitutions from increase Of their kind.
For the latter reason epileptics are
also 10 some states cOlOniZed aud COM
mitted to Institutional care.
The states, counties and cities,
through their medical officers, hospi-
tails and sanitOriums, look after the Ill
and helpless, not only In the cause of
humanity, but also because, by SO do.
ing, these communities protect their
members from many diseases, such as
contagious diseases, tuberculosis, ETC.,
and by surgical operations prevent
many person from becoming bur.
den upon the community. The county
farms aud tile Insane assylums have
many Of them adopted the modern
idea Uf making these institutions as
largely self-supporting as possible.
The inmates doing much OF the work
about the institutions, thereby max.
lng the burden Of caring for the help
less ones less, they become OF some
use In the world.
The state homes for dependent Chi
dren, the schools for the blind and
deaf, all have the definite object OF
saving the helpless young to a certain
degree OF citizenship, even though it
may not always be full citizenship.
All of this supervision is paid for bv
taxation in some form. either by direct
taxes assessed by the state, county or
city, or else by many calls upon the
people by charitable organizations. In
most cities of 5000 or more, the ASS
ociated Charities have perfected an or
ganization which oversees the charit.
able work Of the city, thereby prevent
ing fraud and duplication Of gifts, and
these organizations also endeavor, in
every possible case, to assist families
and individuals to become self-sup-
porting.
Supervision OF some kind for these
helpless and INDECENT is absolutely
necessary, as u matter OF self pr0tec-
tion, If for no other reason. Whether
it shall take the form of organized
charitable supervision, or whether it
shall be done entirely by officials in
the employ of the state, county and
city or whether by both working to-
gether, done it must be, to prevent
an increasing number OF the helpless
and INDECENT. Prevention is the cry
Of today; prevent the children from
becoming helpless and dependent. fit
them to take their place among the
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