Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-28

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The North Dakota Society fpr. the
Friendless has blossomed out into
convention form by holding it's third
annual meeting in Valley City where
it'd sessions closed Thursday evening
at which time Governor Hanna
spoke.
After referring to the good work
that the society under whose auspic,
es they had met he told what the
state is ,endeavoring to- do for Ger.
tain kinds of the unfortunate who
in the nasNre sof the case came un-
der the charge of the state. 1t prov.
ed particularly interesting when ne
referred to the duties devolving upon
the board OF pardOns twice each year.
Perhaps it was quite natural that
the public being unfamiliar with all
the circumstances surrounding the
different cases coming before the
board might cherish somewhat the
spirit ct citicism. He assured the
audience that the board entered IN.
to each separate case with. the great
est of care; that the public officials
who had to do with the trial and con-
viction of tha different applicants
for a pardon were given a chance to
express themselves relative to the
cases. Then the board of pardons
proceeded to act according to their
best Judgement and even then it re.
quired n unanimous vote in order to
give a prisoner his liberty. The gov.
ernor was given a hearty applause
as he closed.
Supt. James Parsons of the Mime
sofa Society for the Friendless. then
delivered a telling address on DE
veloping American Citizens" The
strong points brought forth in logi;
cal order and convincingly were ODE
.dience, doing something we'll, and
the looking ont upon the world as q
citizen who helps rather than hinders
in all that makes for real progress
Mr.. Parsons was given the closest
attention. He was also much in de.
mand during his stay in the conven
ton city at the different schools, Civ.
ing a talk at each one. His remarks
at the normal school we're specially
fitted and helpful. Possessed as he
is with a magnificent physique, it
seemed but a brief moment ere tbs
assembled student. body were at at
tention and what the speaker ha6
to say sustained the same.
At the first evening session Supt
Newcemb read q paper on North
Dakota's Black Disgrace" which
bore directly upon the Jail system in
the state. He said he had visited
nearly all of the jails within the last
three years and that narrowed down
to the past twelfth month in vista
ton. it so happened that hut an i'm
aginary line divided the filthiest from
the cleanest, that Barnes county
could claim the former and Stutsman
had the honor Of the latter. In most
gravely spoken words the speaker
declared the comfy Jail the breeding
place for crime and disease and that
the state ccu!d we'll afford to rid it.
self from such u pestilence. Mr.
Newcomb advocated in their stead
district penal farm, and work houses
and under the control Of the state
He declared there was no sufficient
reason why the state should not look
after the petty offender the same as
the criminal offender. Mr.. New
Combs paper will be put into pamph.
let form for free distribution over
the state.
The subject Of Juvenile Delinquen.
cy" was discussed by Mr.. J. w.
Brown, superintendent of the state
reform school, and In an able man
ner. The subject is Of the greatest
Importance because of the future OF
our country. He believed heredity
plays an important part in human
life. The period of childhood Deepen.
dency is its most impressionable per:
iod. Ultimate hope in childhood lies
in training. Children seen to be
horn with inherited tendencies to
cruelty. Where can be found the
unframed boy that does not delight
in throwing stones at birds? Mr..
Brown declared that "There is moth,
ing in the end so expensive to any
people a sto neglect tOrtrain the child
rem in the way htey should go, rs tic
fail to literally educate them for the
duties and responsibilities of good
citizenship"
An entire session, was devoted tc
the discussion Of sex-hygiene and in,
terest rose to the pitch Of tensity.
following the formal opening of the
subject. Mr.. G. w. Hanna, superin-
tendent of Valley City schools. in a
carefully prepared paper, discoursed
from the stand point of the subject
being taught in the public schools
of the taste. He conceived plainly
the difficulties invoked IN such an
undertaking. Dividing the subject
into direct and indirect methods, per
haps the latter might be used by
means Of anology. But the best in.
struction was the individualistic.
DR.. A. J. Mcdaniel. Minot, long
time an s. s. superintendent, in
speaking on the part as to whether
the subject should be taught in the
churches said. "emphatically no." and
his two chief reasons were, first it
was shifting responsibility and, Sc.
cond the class of teachers to whom
it might naturally fall in the Sun