The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-19

not have the moral training prev
ious to that period to resist it. Col.
Young took the Plankinton institu.
ton as an example as to what he had
learned about the effect of the Incl
dents that come into a boys life that
starts him on the road to crime. 1t
was natural to think, he expressed
the opinion, that education had much
to do with the turning of the youths
mind in the right channel. He said
that when the last five commitments
arrived at the training school he ex.
amined the records of the young PEG.
p1e-what brought them there, their
environment, and their standings as
sent by their school teachers. This
latter information was surprising on
the educational idea of changing the
instincts of the boy to keep out OF
the pathway of crime, for in practi,
cally every case the boys showed a
high standing by their markings.
and that so far as education went
they were well fortified to keep out
of the pathway.
Col. Young stated that some time
ago he had a conversation with the
warden Of the Ohio penitentiary,
which contains some 1900 prisoners,
and he asked the warden what per-
|centage of the prisoners in the pris-
! on possessed the criminal instinct
right from the the beginning and
followed. it through life. The war
den stated that after a thorough
study he found that there were but
about five per cent, and that the 9TH
er ninety-f1ve we're made up of the
general run of people. These, the
warded stated, had just met with
that accident in their lives at the
period when they did not have the
required moral courage to step aside
and keen out of the way of tempta-
ton.
Col. Young gave it as his opinion
that it was a matter of training and
keeping within the wight environ
lment as possibly the best way In
which to avoid the life of the crimi-
nalEto keep the boys within the
right environment and to prepare
them in such a way that when the
crisis in their lives comes that they
will be able to resist it successfully
Col. Young emphasized the thought
that the Y. NJ. G. A. was proving it
self quite an aid and power in this
work, and gave several instances Of
the effectiveness Of the association
members and officers in using the
proper influence 10 keep boys and
men within the confines of right liv'
ling. He told of a couple of boys
from Winnipeg, who had been sent
Ito the training school for some crime
Icommitted at Aberdeen, and who
were captured in Sioux City, and how
|about Christmas time the officials Of
1.-The Sioux City Y. M. c. A. sent a re.
membrance to these two lads, and
upon their reading the verse which
accompanied the present how they
were visibly affected by the fact thai
lthey had been remembered by some
body when they thought they were
Iall alone.
The Membership Campaign.
Mr.. s. H. Scallin presented tht
matter Of the campaign for Q mem
beers for the local association, ant
briefly referred to what the Y. M. G
A. can do for the young men. He
said that not as much had been &C
complished in Mitchell as had beer
hoped for, but he believed that bet
tier things we're coming and that II
was necessary to keep the associa
ton active and be in readiness tt
participate in those good things.
Will Donate $4,000.
Concerning the possibility of the
new Y. M. G. A. home, which has
Ibeen the ambition of the association
flor a number of years, Mr.. Scalli1
made the statement that he knew
lof a man in this city who was ready
land willing to donate $1,000 toward
1.-The erection of the new home when
Ihe thought the time was right, and
THAT 1t was up to the association tt