Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-12-14
THE MAKING OF CRIMINALS
Supt. Barss of Industrial School
on tha Influences That Count.
iieredity and Environment Mentione,
Good People of Burlington
Scored for Conditions That
Exist on battery street.


the assembly hail Of tho Ethan Allen
club house by J. y. Barss supernten.
dent Of the state Industrial School at
Vergcnnos during the process Of charg-
ina mp responsibility for some Of the con.
d,tions which 90 toward filing the insti.
tuition OF which he is at the head. 1t
should not be- concluded that Mr.. Barss
charged the queen city with all of the
r,qron ihllity, but he shot out a few
facts direct from the shoulder for tho
business and professional men present
to ponder over
Mr.. Bar.s came to Burlington on tho
.nyitation Of the Ethan Allen club, TO
give q talk on some Of the Influences that
enter into the making of the criminal,
and the unfortunate young sent to the
industrial school The superintendent OF
the school ut Nergennes Is man OF un-
dcniahlo genius and has met with re-
mrrltablc success in his chosen field. We
handled his subject Saturday evening
without gloves, and every practical point
ho hao to offer was pu, forth in clear and
concise fashion.
! Battery street Burlington. as 1t exists
! to-day. came in for a severe lambastns
at She hands Of Superintendent Barss. A
/ iri.ht young fellow said Mr.. Barss, who
/ was saved from a criminal career and
'"" mac IiN'd on ha'''rE street an ms
. '''' '''l th' S'p'rIh''H"en u''"' ""i'"
"' 'N' ''''le 10 "Fe' y" ''e St oe' -. 80
never seen " MINISTER OF priest u any
I@'' '' '"''' 'H H'lle'' street
""' 7''"' '"' "''' ''''' ''" '''I P"
'H '"'' "'' '''l''' ~ 80 INV" an" l'
FORM inc '"''" 9'INI''' N"''"'i So
VINO ha' been raised on battery Suee''
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tr. word This girl. said the speaker,
had asked what the book was that was
called tho Hible after a minister had
CONDUCTED reIirious services at the school.
I'll. Whaling conditions on Battery
street said Mfr Parse. leave their stamp
on the nourotlc condition Of the children
,hora and that condition determines the
,fter-,fra If the child.
Tbot burlington &c n clearinc-house for
ar,nke Of tho worst type and that the
.cloorir,- bouse' renort Is watched with
interest NJ the various institutions in the
state. was another charge made by
surerintondent Barss.
30. all tho mentally deformed. how
ever. come from burlington. said Mr..
rarss The side hills and mountains Of
tbig state furnish some Of the most hone
loss cases Of human beings lacking in mem
talItv. The sneaker said that some of tho
SAMPLES Of humanity that come to visit
the children nj tho school from the rural
silc-hill districts surpass ANYTHING he
ever saw until he came to Vermont And
thov do not come. altogether. from the
eida-h.ll districts either. said the speaker.
MANY are Just as much the product Of
the moro thiclly settled communities.
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Ar iiarSs SAID there We're three phasel
o. the subject or crlminoioEy first
"Na' L. crime second "hat IS criminal
Hn'' third the amount or crime Th'
process o' 'rI"lHal making SAID 'h'
'''af"r' mas heeh going on ior years
Tho criminal, perhaps Is the product Of
, his ir''ress. lie becomes criminal
.eden'E as result OF CONDITIONS tha'
scot ~ has long accepted rs unalterahl'
established. Is the criminal not the pro-
dn.t ~ conditions which society flthcrSi
r asked the +peoker
i" illustrate his point. Mr. Rarss COM
p pared the common poker game, in bach
r.. ~ under urfavorable conditions. Il
tha card party given by the society
maron, The police. said the speaker
RATA the ars' named game and haul the
, players .nto court and we give the police
great credit for much astuteness. bur just
. around tho corner Mrs. So and SOS party
&oc- ON unuolested and there is keen
competition 10 see who wins the booty
prize These conditions. sanctioned ~
. society. enter into the consideration q
wlrt crime consists OF and of who a
the criminal
Tho speaker scored the claim that tn.