Little Falls herald., 1914-11-13
THE STATE BOARD Of CONTROL
BULLETIN NO. STATE TRAIN
ING SCHOOL FOR BOYS AT
RED WING

Resume Of the Operations Of the In
stitutions under the State Board Of
Control for the Biennial Period ending
puly 81, 1914.
The problem Of caring for incorrigi-
BILE boys, many Of them well advanced
in the early stages Of crime and va
grancy, is a grave one, yet it is graft
fying to know that of the hundreds OF
Youngsters yearly committed to the
state training school at Red wing
better than Is per cent OF them
develop into worthy, self-snpPortlng
citizens.
This ia what the records of the IN
s+itntion disclose and they further snow
that while the responsibility OF those
in, charge has increased, the percentage
Of reformations has in no way de-
On August 1st last the population OF
the school was 213, considerable IN
crease when compared with the year
n,evious when the registrations num-
hered only 145, but this low figure IS
explained by the fact that between
1912 and 1918 there were q large num-
ber Of paroles and discharges:
During the two years ending Win
August 7, 1914, 456 boys were received
at the school. During the same period
252 bows were granted final discharge
kom the school, while SO boys had TO
) released because they had reached
the age limit Of 81 years. There were
also 35S paroles. 49,, o,,or
COMMITMENTS to the school cover
;ncorr;o;hles between the ages of eight
and seventeen years. Formerly MINOR
dal;nouencies were sufficient to brlng
about the transfer of a boy TO the
school. but with the Introduction OF
tho Juvenile court system in the lar
uer cities of the state and the develop
ment of detention homes, the number
If registrations in this respect has
been largely decreased. While reduc'
ino the number of commitments, how
ever. these institutions and their work
have added to the responsibility OF
those in charge Of the school as most
Of the children now received are more
or less incorrigible and do not read1ly
Weld to correctional treatment. >,
Showing this feature of late commit,
mants. and it's relation to releases ana
paroles granted during the two years,
! were brought back for leaving homes
in which they had been placed, 10 were
returned for vagrancy, II for peelt
larceny, 21 for grand larceny, l TOT
forgery, for persistent truancy ana 8
on account of Drunkenness :" -..4e
@ The escapes from the school num-
bered 81. Most Of these were thor
oughly bad boys and were only COM
mitted to the school when other means
nf corractiOn had failed. ,---. >..-. b..
Despite this difficult feature Of the
present day commitments, however,
success has attended the efforts OF
those in charge in the matter OF refor-
nation, and it is credited largely to
the discipline maintained at the school:
7 While not harsh, such discipline is OF
reasonable frmness and all lnfractlons
ara quickly punished. In furtherance
of this discipline in February last Cot
tage No. q was set aside as a eorrec.
tional building and here boys guilty OF
punishable acts are committed. They
are under supervision day and night,
and in order that those confined may
realize that the way of the transgres
sor is hard various exactions are de-
manded. The rule Of silence is here
enforced. All privileges are Withdrawn:
When not working those confined must
stand on their feet Tor thirty minutes
and then sit upon chairs for the same
period. No boy is sent to the correc-
tionaly cottage except upon written
order of the superintendent and then
only after a thorough investigation OF
the, charges.
The period of detention in the Cor
regional Cottage is from two -toaslxty
days, depending upon the seriouness
of lthe offense. The average number
under discipline since the cottage was
opened has been twelve. While cor
poral punishment has not been wholly
abolished, to the credit Of those in
charge and the discipline maintained,
ONLY two boys have had to have the
strap during the last two years: . -.
Last March the school suffered Sa9s
epidemic of scarlet fever, hut II it was
quickly suppressed. Eighteen cases
developed and they were promptly iso-
lated. There was only one death in
thesschool during the two years.
Alarm is maintained in connection
with sthe school which during the
months Of June and July last supplied
the school with nearly 81 500 worth of
produce, This farm1ise worked by the
boys In addition thev attend school
and do needed chores.One thing lack
ing is industrial training, but this the
management and the state board Of
control hope to. supply shortly: This
will call for an ii dustrial building and
the installation Of needed machinery
and tools. -
During the bi-annual period the
plumbing in the entire school was over
hauled and the heating plant renewed.
"A combined auditorium and gymnasi- :
um building was erected at; cost. Of
100000. Considerable other work was
done. Though the. school, farm is 400
acres in extent only about 100 acres
of it are available for cultivation, and
in this connection the school manage
ment advises the purchase Of. add ddi
One Ole thing to the {, credit re- Of the man:
agement Of the school is that it closed
the fbi-annual period with a balance
Of over $4,000 in the support fund.
During the two years, $4,000 less was
spent for provisions, $4,000 less for
clething, and $500 for farm supplies.