Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-27
The Bow and thu Public Problem.

iattention to the danger oil ace1dentS [
Ichildren on the street. He tells Their
that for the y months that ende
Sept. 80. As children were killed an
Lao injured by automobiles; % wer
,Ikilled and II injured by trolley cars
104 killed and % injured by wagons
j killed and II injured by collisions
between two wagons.
Such grievous toll of deaths AM
:iinjuries should serve as warnn:
land suggestion to the pepole of ever,
community. OF course they must b'
due largely to the fact that children
have not been properly taught how tt
streets. Examples may be found in
Ieven our smallest Maine cities and
larger towns of little children darting
Ireeklessly here and there, almost with
Tout regard to traffic and without ever
stopping to look to see what sort Of
vehicle they are rushing under
\ striking demonstration was seen
at the Hanks Fair races in Augusta,
last week. Several small boys seemed
10 have no other interest in the races
than to show their daring by darting
hither and yon across the track where
large fields of horses We're speeding at
a pace we'll down to the two-minute
mark. Such children are wholly in
capable of estimating the speed of a
rapidly moving horse and it may be
said to have been almost a miracle
that some of them were not hit in their
by horses or sulkies as
they persistently crossed and recrossed
the track during the races. These
boys were repeatedly warned by the
marshal and track officials. yet found,
or seemed to find, intense satisfaction
in showing to grown-ups that they
We're competent to take care of them
selves; and that when they were on
one side of the track it was absolutely
necessary to their enjoyment of the
occasion that they forthwith remove
themselves to the other side.
1t is much the same in the great
cities of America. notably in New
York, as the above gruesome figures
testify. Boys will be boys. 1t may
be said that reasonable and pru-
dent" boy would not be much of Il boy
but it is just as true that a reasonable
boy may be taught degree of pru-
dence that will save him to usefulness
in his generation.
writer in the Poston Transcript
recently said: ITO speak plainly, some
thing will have to be done in the way
of making over the Juvenile laws foi
confusion is the present result and on
the increase in the general unfortunate
conditions" We gained from reading
this writer's thoughts upon the sub
ject, as well as from the sad total OF
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IT Is matter TOT iiiore puoiio "is'u9-
SION IN oruer 10 pfiiis apoue an ap'
preciatioh oil pupilc rights as asaihs'
BOY rights, ana acceptable methoos Oh
plans Tor deaiihg with 'he pfopiem' ~
seems 10 US ,hat one Oh 'ae MOST SER
Gus propiems OF the present gay Is the
adjusting OF the relatiohs between the
average youih anu the pueiie' mere
Is an instance tod by the transcript
writer which brings 1t strohglN TO- inc
front:
"A happy band OF high schools poNs
attached to SUBURBAN school Whli'
returning from merry game OF toot-
pan with a rival sehooi team the othei
l hn sfserA ton