Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-28

OF about thirty-siX, has a crude, tremen.
dously strong mind. developed unfortun
ately along anti-social lines. II he had
been made to work for society, instead Of
allowed to work against it, he would hs e
been power for good"
VIII you suggest the kind of training
mat would have accomplished this?"
FIRST it seems to me those adenoids
should nave been removed when the gun.
men were babies" returned the Young
humanitarian. Becker and Sullivan might
nave mad teachers who trained them to
public service. When they got into trouble
feel sure the corrective influence of
an institution like the Elmira Reformatory
or the influence of a man like Justice
Grain, would have helped them. | met him
on shipboard last summer and became
very much interested in his work for men.
lie suspended sentence in the case of $50
men. Or these men only five proved I'M
worthy. There were 345 men who had
new chance in life and We're glad TO
take It.
Are you in favor of capital punish
mpnt?"
NO. l don't believe the idea OF ven.
geance should enter into the punishment
of a grown criminal any more than n
mother should be angry when she pun
ishes her child. criminal should be
regarded as suffering from a disease.
and the State as a skilled doctor who will
try TO cure the disease At Elmfra. for
instance, each prisoner is individually
treated"
The Montressori method applied to
criminas?"
That is 1t exactly Signora Monies
sori has discovered that no two normal
children are alike. No two abnormal chill
dren are exactly alike. The normal chill
dren should have special teaching. and
each abnormal child needs it still more.
At Elmira understand that even the diet
is carefully studied with a view to indi
vidual cases. Diet has an enormous In.
huence upon the character. Heavy foods
make heavy characters spices stimulate
the emotions, and so on. The argument
that capital punishment is a deterrent OF
crime falls to convince me. In Wisconsin
where capital punishment has been abol
i5hed crime is said to be on the incref -e
yet in Italy, whore it is not practised, the
percentage OF crime is very slight The
brutalizing effect OF an execution upon all
who see it, hear Of it or read about it out.
weight its deterrent effects II sows the
seed of future crime in a mans mind
Il should like to see it made worth a
judges while to give up a practice that
brings him $4,000 q year to become a
Judge. We cannot expect a lawyer to give
Nd a Presidents salary for SIT 500 a year
the salary of Justice in New York
County.
q would suggest that no one ever be
tried without at least one psychologist in
court. He knows that one mind will reflect
truth in one way, another in another, as
light reflects differently from a lake and
from steel l met recently a doctor who
told me OF a patient Of his who was a sue
cessful man and had become the Mayor Of
his city. He married, and a year and a
half later the Mayors wife came to the
doctor and said Doctor since you per
formed that operation on my husbands
throat ne has become u changed man. He
has become a thief and a liar and his
temper is terrible, even brutal. don't
think ! can live with him The doctor had
cut away a gland in the throat that com
municated with the brain. The fluid this
gland supplied was missing. The doctor
told me that he supplied from a sheep the
same substance that the operation had re-
moved In six months be was again a
GOOD citizen"