Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-04
STATE HOUSE.
Annual Report from the
State School for Boys.
Parole System---N Enlist
ments--DiscipIine--N Need Room.
SangeviIIe Man In Court for Illegal
Iy Killing One Partridge.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council Will Be Held at 10 A. M.
Wednesday, March rs.

During the past year SO boys have
been sent out on leave of absence, and !
while it is a matter of deep regret that
a considerable number of these boys
have failed to make good on their pa
role conditions, it is at the same time
gratifying to know that majority of
them have done fairly well and are
still out" states Charles Dunn, Jr., SUI
perintendent of the State School for
Boys, in his annual report, which was
filed Tuesday with the Governor and
Council.
superintendent Dunn in his report
further says:
Lack Of adequate parole superVi-
sion such as is provided in all other
institutions of this kind within my
knowledge makes the problem of man
aging boys who are sent out a very
difficult one indeed. The whole sub
ject of parole was discussed by the su-
perintendent and trustees in the last
biennial report of this institution ana
need net now be gone into. a gratifying
number of hoys who have been out on
parole and have established them
selves as useful and self-supporting
members of the community in which
they live have applied for final dis
charge from the institution which has
Invariably be6n granted by the trus-
tees.
II also have to report the very sra-
tifying success CT some Of our boys
who have with the consent of the
trustees enlisted in the United States
navy. Great care has been taken in
selecting the boys who seem to be
suitably qualified for navy life and
confidential relations have been es-
tablished with the United States navy
recruiting station at Boston where the
boys whom VIC have offered during the
past year have been received upon the
superintendent recommendation, and
in every case the boys whom we have
turned over to the Naval Department
have been successful and happy.
"In one instance in particular it was
very gratifying to be assured by the
commandant Of the recruiting station
that when 4 10y came here very young
and received all of his training, both
mentally and physically at this school
was the test candidate so far as
physical fitness and scholarship went
them fer 4 period Of more than two
years Naval enlistment officers have
been found to be very particular about
the kind of candidates they are will
ing to consider for enlistment. The
superintendent found that they at
first looked with suspicion upon boys
presented from institutions Ike ours
and it required considerable evidence to
persuade them that we were not at
tempting to get rid cf undesirable boys
by Offering them for enlistment, but
once having established confidence in
our relations TO offer them only the
most promising candidates for sue
cessful navy life, we are now able to
place our boys with them under the
most favorable circumstances. Under
| the present law as interpreted by at
/ torneys general we are not allowed
/ to place boy on parole beyond the
7 limits of the state and we find that
| this often works to the disadvantage
OF scme of our boys who have excel
lent chances offered them beyond the
State line, and in order to have them
avail themselves of these opportuni-
ties we are under present conditions
obliged to grant them unconditional
discharge.