The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-28

In Lake county, nor will there be for
years to come to warrant any such
county Institution Except in the very
largest cities these institutions have
never been inaugurated, for If a boy
needs such a place, he undoubtedly
should be, put in well-equipped in
stitution like the boys school at
Piainfeld. where he can have all adj
vantages of scientific care and manual
training, fitting him for a trade when
he shall be discharged An institu-
ton for boys in connection with a poor
farm and in one building when, all up
to-date institutions for children are on
the cottage or family plan. would ac-
complish nothing for the boy. While
we endeavor to keep every boy out of
an institution of punishment yet there
are some boys who need these insti-
tutions and no county can possibly
give any boy fair chance and
good an education as the state school
at Plainfield. If a boy does not accept
the educational plan of the parental
school, is willful or attempts to run
away from this school, then for such
! boy we have need of the juvenile
court and commitment to Plainfeld
But we contend this should be the last
| resort and not the first, as it is at
| present"
VIII Lessen Truancy.
| What is your estimate OF the num-
Der of boys who will be sent to the
parental. or special school, through the
parental court?"
Il do not know. I would hope none.
Though of course there win be some.
| The fact is that many overlook the
preventive power of the parental court.
\ Of MT q nj
which will handle the willful and in
| corrigible boy, will make that boy be-
| have. The fact that truant knows
he can be transferred to a truant
school will keep him in his regular
| school. 1 think ] can prophesy for
Gary what happened in salt Lake. The
first year of our court truancy lessened
70 per cent simply because our court
existed
Can the juvenile. or circuit court
| at Crown Point commit boys to the
| parental school?"
Transfers. Not Commitments.
| Certainly not. No more than they
could commit a boy to the Emerson
| school. The parental school viii be
| called by some name to designate II
as we would any public school, and il
will be the same. Pupils are trans
which they are now transferred from
the Emerson to the jefferson or any
other school The parental court does
not commit. 1t is just what the name
inpIies-parental- school taking
for a time parental care of the child
Having done this then the school au-
thorities in the regular channel take
the educational care of the child only
for the longer period and continuously
without the interchange of custodia
authority as is done in the regular
school during the day
!. will your family reside here?"
They are here and have been sine,
| last October. I came here In Septem
: Der and located for the specific pur
; pose of working out Boyville and thu
: special school problem. and I have no
t been and am not an outsider. Judg
! ing by comparative length of residence
in Gary with other cities. l am reall,
: an Gid resident, pretty much of pic
neer even though / have lived her
but six months that is one-eighth o
the time Gary has existed"
} when will your court begin opera
tion?"
Co-uperatfon or the Home.
I'VE are doing something now. Will,
we have conducted no examinations I,
fix custody, yet we have about ten boy
who are working heroically to keel
| out of the parental school when IL i
| opened They are really on probation
: and so far all but two maxim:
; good The whole operation is to Civ
the boy fair chance. to protect him
/, to assist parents and to keep ever.