Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-24
GOODBYE, MY BOYS" SAID
SUPT BROWN
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sleeping rooms on the second floor
This is fitted up with individual beds
Great Change Noted.
Following an inspection of the new
building, formal dedication exercises
were held, in the chapet:o supt.. Brown
presided and gave the Introductory
address," ''"'t 'I'S1 2SN sh h2is,
when I entered the service, forty.
three years ago." he said, Juvenile
d%elinquents were treated like crimi'
nails. They were placed in rooms
with uglyrbars and herded like beasts
~hinto3aGpit to- play. In some even the
lOckstepi was used.9iI have seen a
great transition in reformatory work
has,iit affects the youth. 40 There Dare
as many of the "open"1 institutions
today as there were Of the old style
forty years ago." q 'ol"t= .a2 .
Supt. Brown spoke feelingly Of his
work with the boys and referred to
himself as their father" He describ-
ed the cottage plan as the only sys.
tenn in such schools, as it gave the
boys the home influences they lacked
and which want had cause SO many
Of them to be sent to the institution.
Costs More.
ut costs. more" he said, but it is
worth it. They once told Horace
Mann that it cost $4,000 to reform a
boy and someone asked him If that
was not too much.
"No," replied the great educator,
mot it it is my boy"
Tn closing, Supt. Grown urged the
boys to strive for high ideals and said
that his only regret in leaving the in
stitution a to feel that some Of the
boys who had left him had not made
good.
Tribute to Brown.
j.. w. Jackson, a member of the
board Of control, paid q high tribute
to Supt. Brown and welcomed j. M.
Devine, his successor to the school.
He stated that this was, indeed, Supt.
Crowns day and that the state would
miss him.
E. ]. Taylor, state superintendent
of schools, also paid a glowing trib-
ute to the work Of Supt. Brown and
also to Mr.. Devine, who, he said, was
eminently qualified for the position.
In a grateful speech, Mr.. Devine
said that he approached his new field
with no small feeling Of t%repidation.
He said that he had no preconceived
ideas and that he was open to sugges-
ton. He called attention 10 the fact
that buildings alone do not make an
institution, but that those who guided
the destinies were the factors in max
ing it potent for good.
Rousing Welcome.
The boys gave him a rousing well
come. Mandan citizens plan this ev-
ening to entertain Mr.. Devine at a
smoker, which will be both a welcome
to him and a farewell for Supt:
Brown.
Following the exercises, the guests
were served with luncheon in the new
cottage. The girls who are inmates
served the meal. A rosebud was plac-
ed at each persons plate. Produce
from the different farm departments
was served, which insured a very pal
atable luncheon.
While Mr.. Devine intends to begin
his duties Informally at once, Supt.
Brown retires officially July 1. He
will return to his old home in Maine.
where he has built a cottage among
the trees in view of the ocean. There
Mrs. Brown, who has been a mother
to the boys and gifts, will spend their
declining years.
Supt. Brown has a national reputa-
ton in reform school work. Retiring
and almost difident when himself is
concerned, he has given the best in
him to the state of North Dakota and
the wards under his attention. In