The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-18

James A. Collins, courts and prisons: |
Eliza A Bleher. children: DR.. C. p. |
Emerson. medical; Prof. w. A. Willis, |
rural life: Prof. c. C. North. local
charities.
DIR. Hurry Speaks Tonight.
Much interest Is being manifested In
the talk that DR.. ]. N. Hurry. secre-
tary of the state board of health, will
make at the Baptist church tonight
Rural sanitation will be his topic.
President Mills of Hanover College
will also speak and Prof. Christie of
Purdue will deliver an address, concern
ing faroming conditions. Rural roads
by Charles C. Brown of Indianapolis
and Rural churches by Prof. Lumley
of Butler college will be two other
subjects.
After this the convention will ad-
1ourn for the session and the delegates
will begin to leave Gary.
Visit Gary steel Mills.
This afternoon. through the courtesy
of General Superintendent w. p Glea-
son of the Indiana Steel company, the
delegates to the conference were taken
through the steel mills on a special
train. Today was the first time that
women were ever admitted to the steel
mills.
Eliminating Criminals.
| Yesterdays session was chuck full of
good work. There were the afternoon
and evening general sessions with Ave
round tables in various parts of the
city. Medical charities embraced the
scope of the work discussed at the
Baptist church last night.
! DIR. ]. y. Hurry, secretary of the state
Health board and Prof. Severance
Burrage of Indianapolis. formerly of
Purdue, were prominent speakers at
the Y. NJ. C. A. luncheon hour yester-
day. DR.. Hurry caused considerable in
terest in his statements that criminals
must be eliminated at the source. the
means to be publication and steriliza-
ton.
| Today Round Tables.
Many important topics were taken
up at today.s round tables.
They included:
| Care of the sick" "A suggested plan
flor poor asylum administration" THE
foster home and the child" Mother
pensions" and What Indiana is do
ling for the unmarried mother" round
table sessions were being conducted
simultaneously in the Carnegie library,
Baptist church and the Y. NJ C. A.
There were two simultaneous sessions
at the Y. NJ. c. A. today.
4 Amos w. Butler, secretary OF the In
ldiana board of charities, spoke In part
Hast night follows:
Not long ago 1 had handed to me q
little card containing these words:
when shall we apply the same
intelligence to breeding human be-
ings that we apply to breeding
cattfe?
1t came at a time when we were in
vestigating the family histories oil
some OF the states wards whose names
are recorded in the registration of tbs
Board of State Charities The appIica
tion was made more striking by havins
before me charts OF some of these
,, families, some of them running back
five OF six generations. These tell {
| story of degeneracy that is appalling
I have thought that you would be in
lterested in one of them whose visibl,
minded ancestors about a hundret
years ago. 1t includes five generations
represented by 81 individuals. Tn.
story Is briefly and forcibly told in tn,
| following facts:
When shall we apply the same in
telligence to breeding human being
that we apply to breeding cattle?
THE &C. FAMILY.
Individuals recorded, total 81; feeble
MIND, total, 30; insane, total, 4; normal
total, O. normality in question, total
IL; sex offenders, total z; illegitimate
total 8; institution inmates. total, 49,
Eighteen members are known t
lhave been inmates of Indiana public in
stitutions. The records in the office o
the Board of State Charities show:
Eleven in county poor asylums. 4
years. 3 months; 7 in orphans home.
40 years, months; in school 70
feeble minded youth, 10 years,
months; 1 in Indiana girls schools,
Years. smonths. Total known time, 20
Iyears, 5 months.
At $125 per year. the cost of thei
II maintenance has been more than $25
4 600. In addition, five of the above ar
4 known to have been in public institu
+ lions before our system of records be
Igan.
Five young; women in the School &c
Feeble Minded Youth are the onl
= members of the family now on publ:
, support. They have been there a tots
of years. months. They are age
respectively. %. %. "a, % and So year
layerage age 25.S years.
Average per capital cost of MAR
itenance. School for Feeble Minde
| Youth. 1912, s14O.6s. These FIVE youn
women are costing the state $500
year.