The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-13


project means the abandonment OF the
present penitentiary and the sale o.
the site and buildings after the farm
prison has got far enough along for
the general transfer of prisoners. A
separate prison is to be built in Perry
county for the incarceration of con-
vlcts who cannot be trusted in the
open. This site will be on a tract of
brick clay and the prisoners there are
to be used in making brick and other
material for roads. The prison farm
is the result of Gov. Cox's idea that
the penitentiary as place for punish
ing criminals is a failure.
conviets viii Build Prison.
81 feel justified in asking the legis.
lature to spend $25O,OOO for the farm,
after farm prison has been recon-
mended by commission" said Gov.
Cox, 81 selected Lieut.. Gov. Green
mund, DR.. Harris Cooley, DR.. James
A. Leonard and DIR. Shepard as a
commission to pick farm, and they
have chosen the Madison county site.
AS the prisoners themselves will build
the prison the expense to the state
will be small, if any. The old site in
Columbus will be sold. It's value has
been estimated at all the way from
100000 to 100000. At any rate, it
will pay for the farm and for more
than the amount of equipment we
shall need to begin work. Ohio's new
penitentiary is going to be operated
along the lines of scientific penology
We intend to operate it on business
basis, but above all, we are going to
make men. And not only shall we
save those who are sent to it, but we
are going to make an intelligent effort
to find out why men commit crime. We
intend to try to learn the causes that
lead men into the wrong course, and il
We can learn these causes, society
can begin the work of removing the
causes"
Loses Saloon by Small Margin.
If Crestline could have included
two more residents in its special cen
sus it would have been entitled to one
more saloon. AS it is, the city will
have to get along with seven. Its
population up to date is 1898. Oak
Harbor filed its special census with
the state liquor board and has 2,017
enough to get four saloons. In the
government estimate it had enough
for only three. New Washington, in
Crawford county, passed 1000 and will
be allowed one saloon more than the
government census gave it. 1t showed
1902 in population. Coldwater has
1856 residents according to it's new
census. These figures have been ap
proved by the state board.
Public School Survey Day.
Public School Survey Day, to be
celebrated on November IA, has
created widespread interest. An
elaborate program containing in
structions, suggestions and programs
for its observance, in pamphlet form
has been prepared by committee
consisting of Frank j. Miller, superin
tendent of public instruction.; DR.. w
o. Thompson, president of Ohio State
university, and J. A. Shawan, super
intendent of schools Of Columbus
Every teacher in the state will receive
copy of the pamphlet.
Five specific features are empha
, sized for the program by the commit
tee. These are: Reading of the gov
ernor's proclamation for the day
reading of the history of the schools
of Ohio, reading of the sketch of the
Ohio school survey, which will show
the urgent need of new school sys
TEN, discussions by parents and Wis
itors and the election of lay dele
gate to the Educational congress, tt
be held in Columbus Dec. and 6.
1t is suggested that superintend
ents, principals and teachers adap
the general plan for observance of the
day to their particular needs, making
such notifications and extensions al
may be necessary for this purpose
Meetings should be held both in thu
afternoon and at night.
"A light in every school house il
the state on the evening Of Nov. IA" il
the slogan which every wide awake
, teacher in Ohio Is urged to adopt 81
that every nook and corner of every
school district in the state will bt
represented at these school house
meetings, which are to give impetus
to the project to lift rural schools from
the deplorable condition which ha!
dwarfed the efficiency of a majority
of them.
"They are making great prepara
tions to observe survey day in Yves
Jefferson, Madison county," said Mr.
, Miller, superintendent of public in
struction. "All the school children il
! the township will be there to marcf
. in parade Of honor of the celebra
tion. A letter have received from
: E. L. Porter, superintendent of thu
! township schools, shows the go-ahead
progressive spirit they have there
| He says:
"'I am planning to have all thu
township schools come to Jefferson OF
the afternoon Of Survey day and hav'
a program, and at its close a grant
parade of the township grades in thu
village and following them the higl
school. At night there will be 1
patrons meeting. A school parade
with 500 children in it will be tn,
largest parade ever made in this vii
lage, and it will be composed of boy
and girls. Send me programs a
earliest possible date.'"