Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-04-08
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ton received by the inmates. instead
of the incubation into the imnla .ure
minds of the younger girls, of the
great truths, that where vice is,
there too is regret, sorrow, despair,
woe; but where virtue reigns, there
is found peace, contentment, hope
and happiness of soul; and into
those of the older girls, the hopeful
teaching that while the light holds
out to burn, the vilest sinner may
return"
If the Institution were to be con.
tinuously conducted under similar
influences as those which have pre-
vailed for the last few months. dur
ing the incumbency of the matron
then above the entrance should be
written: "All hope abandon ye who
enter here"
| am pleased to report. however.
that the new matron, Mrs. Cole, is
a woman Of experience with way
ward girls, and her reputation and
appearance give promise of salutary
results. if the same is not too much
~ CApC(N dl ttllS l1lC Jay
The evidence shows that young
boys have been made the unwilling
victims of grown degenerateS and
that these penal Offenders have gone
absolutely unpublished, in fact have
been paroled soon after the COM
mission of the offense, instead OF
being sent to prison.
One Bright Feature.
| must not refrain from referring
to the one bright feature of the in
stitution. the musical band conduct
ed by Professor Carl S. Gung1. 1t
consists OF about twenty-five boys.
about one-fourth of the total male
roster. Professor Gung'l tcstifes
that he has no trouble with these
boys; that they respect and admire
him; are apt and conscientious stu
dents: make no attempts at escape;
and that in order to control them it
It not necessary to have recourse to
barbarous punishment.
If then entire membership OF the
institution were enrolled under Pro-
fessor Gungl and three or four as
sistants, part OF the day being given
to the learning OF music and the re
mainder to other studies, including
manual arts. the institution would
then, in my opinion, justify its name.
In other words. the great need of
the institution is more teachers and
less guards. There was in January
twenty-four employees, one of whom
is a teacher. one tailor, one a
shoemaker, and one a music teacher.
There is an average of one en-
ploye to every five inmates at the
institution
Professor CungT was for four
years engaged with Gilmore's IA
nous band, and spent thirty years
of his life in the United States army
thus becoming familiar with whole
some discipline. am, without the
Professor permission, engaging in
this eulogium. but I believe in giving
credit where due.
Physician Severely Criticized.
This report would be incomplete
without reference being lad to the
activities Of DR.. Agnes Mckee Wal
lace. the physician at the institution.
1t would seem that the recent ad-
verse rumors and reports which en-
anated from the school were largely
founded upon statements made by
the doctor, and relative to which her
own later statements and testimony
are conflicting. Nothing IS calculat-
ed to so excite curiosity, morbid and
otherwise, as rumors. based upon
statements OF the physician in
IL, g. ff,o s1,,f &c
OF an institution are in an enciente
condition. While for the purposes
OF this investigation it was consider
ed immaterial as 10 whether or not
there were. at the institution, in
stances existing of such actual con-
dition. nevertheless in view OF the
pernicious activities OF the doctor in
endeavoring to ascertain from the
inmates what the trend Of my pre-
liminary interviews had been. and
in spreading the report. as show,
by the evidence, that the writer was
at the Institution for purpose of
making trouble for Governor Hunt
and Mr.. Whipple,' it might be well
to state that the testimony OF the
doctor TO the effect that during her
incumbency no cases OF pregnancy
were present i'll the institution. coult
have been easily offset had | cared
to insist upon incorporating i'll the
transcript the testimony pf 4 GER
tam inmate.
If l may be permitted the license
of referring to this incident, whicl
is. OF course stipulated as cx cur;
in character, | will state that -
inmate was exceedingly reluctant to
allow the new matron, Mrs. Cole |
whom she has long known, to be
come appraised OF her previous con
dition at the school, although in nv 1
preliminary interview she was frank |
in detail. Out of regard for her .
feelings. and as before mentioned |
on account of the immateriality OF !
such evidence, ! promised her that 4
the record would be made to show /
her testimony without disclosing her .
identity. This arrangement. how .
ever, was not agreeable to the SUI. /
perintendent. and / was pCrforoc OBJ I