The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-04

-. Operation AID active sun
golt OF The chef of police ard r.
Ia eii'lent patrcimon. ! ,a
~ ala mere. with ! pardenaAi@ n~i.1.
'lat the personnel At tho n~4
o. AsRfNllle : II high r>a
posed OF clean. faithful r..n =. vea
10 suspicion q o~Ef~tfanaN ~.
a11dches- II = doubtful If nom
city or town II tho So.+A
a. Enc . record by is e.i
&c Juvenile Couut.
Nhen Judge Adams ct-s
nehch- NJ found taat tne r.tt
4e>teo Win yo.E- toNs ~ur,e
(-aiaT1I ' ~rsscnt:alr of .r d.
seiopr"nts while or -
donec outright Ay A.,..
nose eoEs We're CONN tt!n.. ...
q petty o~ffen>cS, from pilfe
plumbing fixtures ~ vacan,
downright highway robhcr, ~
Stpuhs confinement Ill The ,a.lntv
,o,ne' lhete Was no mode 4 p4n>h-
lhent provided for dclno eni .tl-
dftn. IL was. therefor. FL. mn
quent occurrence for Il DO. .f .t.n,t'
Vars - te tried aud 5al-G. after ,h
'aShloH IS dealing with iu. 49,
criminal. one i'm H. rrlHl.l.tN. ..r-
'aSlous environment. entered fh4ao.b
some tr!hIEo a., Of G-etr.4t.e. ~.
BOY ; NE Was poisoned tcr .il ct.
my, lie who knows anHh{rc ~
chiid NE knows that oul> N m,
lartSt instances does the CHILD Geserv.
10 De branded as a thief: for thc mos
the child. like Il normal animal
moved by the hungerS Of the hndx
Well as the blind desires 81 an mn
mature mind. Social pathologists tail
US mat for the delinquent chlG -omt-
one else is responsible.
Judge Adams realized thes. oondl-
tlons. He saw clearly that 4 special
judge TOR juvenile offenders Mas the
only answer. Such a Judge would g,
to 1t that some other home was pro-
sided for the child who came from
lawless parents, hat the iajlll at leas.
was not the place FOR erring child
mood. After diligeht efforts, he was
convinced hat such a court could no;
be established at this time. lie did the
next best thing constituted himself
the Juvenile court. What he does IL
this: When a Juvenile offender Is
brought before him for the first
time, he proceeds to discover full,
the facts concerning the rroun
lngs and home conditions of the mild
he brings the mother and father be
fore him, If necessary. Generally. for
the first o%ffenSe, the child gets 81
with a warning.
The Training school.
10 supplement the WORK Of the
juvenile court, the city and county
have established a Training school
on the Sw%annanoa river. about six
miles from AShevine. At this school
the honor system Is maintained
Judge Adams does not commit the
boy for any definite period but ~
is placed absolutely in charge of Mir.
d. H. Penland, superintendent. i man
Of experience, sympathy, and ability.
i wi &c n ynnl cool - NJ
Penland is assisted in the educational
work by an experienced teacher,
whose salary is paid by the city and
county. In appealing to the honor and
anhoo in a boy. his best qualities
are developed. The boys have their
quarters in a building located abCat
two hundred yards from the residence
of the superintendent. The building
is in charge of one of the older boys,
who is responsible for the ndu Of
his fe~llow-Sudents, and whose duty
it is to report to the superintendent
any misconduct on the part of the
other students. If one Of the boys
who has been committed to the schooI
attempts to or succeeds in escap-
ing. the other boys are vigilant II
bringing the truant back. The boys
are permitted at regular times /,
visit their parents in the CITY an
county, going and retuT n1ng ungGard-
ed. The Training School IS not onlN
an educational institution. but * IT
the nature of a parole station. A.
soon as a boy shows a disposition L
be industrious and ~law-abidine. n
is paroIed during goo behavior
The school was established in Febru
airy, 1912. Up to the present time
thirty boys have been committed 4
the school. AT present there are onf
eighteen. Others have been ofere'
their parole, but refused to go. Onl,
one boy. so far, who was paroled. Ia
returned by Judge Adams 10 in
school.
The effectiveness OF the work o
/ the Training School may be judge
from the experience OF II studen'
Here is his record: 1t the age 9
, eleven, he was brought before .Judg
: Adams on nine separate charges q
tween July /, 1911, n February
e 1912; that is, larceny, ), trespaSs, J
2 assault, i; disorderiy conducf =
!; Gaping from county homo n
bows home environment N8 t.s
D ductive to crime. his fathsr NJ
/ rested for horse-stealinG s. rct.
for arson. and the f.niair IH rs