The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-19
Judge Hoyt Declares
Moral faint Cannot Be
Removed BY Rod and
Puts Burden on Delin.
quent Fathers an d
Mothers.
Companionship and Sym
pathy What youngsters
Need to Stop Harmful
Associations and Temp
tations in Streets.


In the Chiidren's Court the man
higher up" 10 the delinquent parent.
Back Of him II tho system"-the
delinquent community. The i'm
mediate sinner, the child. in many In
stances bears the smallest burden Of
guilt.
Which IL the eminently modern view
Of original sin taken by Judge Franklin
Chase Hoyt, before whom New York's
youthful law-breakers have been
brought for several years. And yet It
isn't Delinquent Children" but DE
iinauent Parents" whom he will discuss
at the meeting Of the Parents Asso-
citation of Public School No. 10 this
evening. I may add that In his def.
milton Of delinquency Judge Hoyt re-
verses the decision Of one of the most
illustrious Of his judicial predecessors.
q gentleman named Solomon. The
presiding oflicer in our Children's Court
emphatically does NOT believe that
parents spoil either themselves or their
children by sparing the rod.
5000 CASES DUE TO PAReNra'
NEGLECT. 49,.
Nevertheless. . very large number
Of the children who appear in court
are brought there by the fault Of their
parents" he told me. "Of tho ten
thousand juvenile cases every year at
least half are cases Of neglect, II
these children are living with their
parents the latter are obviously culp-
able. And II you investigate the other
Ave thousand cases OF actual delin-
Quency on the part Of children you
will md that In a great many in
stances the real blame rests on the
parents or the community. or both.
"A parent may be either actively or
passiveiy delinquent. In cases where
children are arrested for peddling on
the streets It will often no found
that they have been deliberately sent
out by their parents. who either don't
know or don't care that they are
breaking the law. The same thing ID
true when boys are taken up for
selling nsWspapsss aftsr o'clock at
q night"
Judge Hoyt's level brows knit In
reminiscent distaste. He 10 . square
shouldered. square jawed young man.
with all q young mans capacity for
generous indignation. I fancy moth
ing rouses II more quickly than In.
Justice to small boys. for they arc a
weakness Of the judges. He 10 pres
ident OF the Big Brother Association.
one of the sanest and most successful
movements for making citizens out
Of hoodlums.
ecoRGo PARGNTo WHO PLEAD
ONLY IGNORANCE.
His right hand was hanging loosely
at his side. but II clinchsd into a fist
a. he continued.
Sometimes when . little fellow Il
found paper selling at midnight and
brought In here the father and mothei
try 70 excuse themselves by sayins
We didn't know there was q Law
against iti' tell them Maybe you
didn't understand that II ives against
tho law Of the city. but you couldn't
help knowing that II was against the
law Of common sense. against justice
10 your child
ANY parent 10 delinquent, accord.
Ing TO modern ideas. who 10 domin.
atad by the ballet that his child 10 an
economic asset rather than Q human
being for whose welfare and develop
msat he 10 Pssponslbls."
"But yeu also spoke Of panive pa.
rental delinquency" reminded Judse
Hoyt, What do you msan ~ ~"
THAT parent 10 sassivsiy ds,iR-
ausnt who, while ~ dsss not tell hia
ehiid 70 break The law. allows the boy
~ siri to form habits and assooiatioal
Which lead to iav-brsaieins, The New
York father and msthss ass payticu-
Iasiy iiksiy "a srv In the apmpsnioa.
ships which they permit thsis chill
drsa outside the heuss, .
FATHGa PRoMisgp TO MovG
AND DON'T,
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