Evening journal., 1915-05-14
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somewhere between 40 and GO per
cent as efficient as the town schools
This. he said. was partly due TO in
attendance of the pupils and to nom
promotion of the children. Dr. Wag-
nor made an earnest appeal TO the
club women OF the State for their
cooperation toward lettering the
conditions in the rural schools.
Warden Osborne's Address.
Many persons prominent in educa-
tional and official circles came TO
Newark to hear Thomas Mott Os-
borne. noted prison expert, deliver his
address on Prison Reform" Though
Mr. Osborne spoke eNtemporaneously
for nearly two hours, he had no dit-
foulty in holding the close attention
OF the large audience.
in the first place he said, u am
the only warden within the memory
OF man i'm New York State who was
ever appointed for other than politi-
cal reasons. ] am also the only
warden in the United States who pre-
pared for the Office by serving a bit
myself"
After citing number of his own
experiences In prison In which, under
tho name Of TON Brown" he served
time" in order TO study the prison
question. Mr.. Osborne told of some OF
tho changes that had been made IN
Sing Sing. as a result Of which the
number of insane cases decreased IN
two months from 164 to Ga. lndeter-
inmate sentences, the formation OF
mutual welfare leagues, prison
schools and cooperative labor system
hv which the prisoner is paid for the
work he does while incarcerated,
were some of the reforms advocated
by Mr. Osborne.
"A great many people claim tnal
reformers are impractical, sald MT
Osborne. "but / discredit that state
ment.' The word reform means de-
veioping the welfare OF the prisoner.
A prison should be a place of banlsh-
mcnt instead of a place oil punlsh-
ment.
The old system under which
prisoner was not allowed 60 talk or
walk. in fact not allowed to do mucn
more than breathe. only served to de-
velop the brute instincts. declared MI
Osborne. and when a man comes back
10 prison again and again the fault
lies more with the system employed
in that prison than it does with the
man himself.
Eve must make man 1T for free
dom by making him free he said.
And in order to do this We must
treat him as human being and not
as a brute"
In speaking of the cooperative labor
system. Mr. Osborne. pointed out the
splendid results gained. saying that be
cause man is imprisoned Is no reason
whv his wife and children should be left
without support and burden ON the
State.
Is IL honest of a government asked
Nlr. Osborne, in conclusion, "to take 1
man from his family and leave them q
starvc except for the meagre help the,
might receive from the Statef Bette
conditions within the prison and yo
will then have better conditions with
out"
a brief address of welcome ON behal
Of the Della ire College was made b.
Dr. samuel Cliilcs Mitchell.
A delightful piano solo was played b.
Mrs. Holton.
Following the session the delegate
were taken to the experimental farm Il
automobiles. There they we're met b,
DR.. Harry Hayward. the director wh'
personally conducted the visitors on
tour of inspection over the farm.
With Miss Daw Zenola MacLaren a
the reader. the delegates were delight
fully entertained last night by a recita
Of DADDY Long Legs" number o
musical selections also were given b.
members Of the Delaware College Or
chcstra.
Nomen's College Report.
Miss Winifred j. Robinson. dean
in reporting for the Women's Col
lege said in part:
The first year of the work Of the
'Womens College OF Delaware Il
drawing 10 a close. II has been
year full of incident. full OF surprises
a year Of real development We hay,
tried TO cross every bridge. and have
found as We looked back that IL wal
the entrance not the exit that wa
small
I'VE have kept well within ON
budget which the Legislature mad
tttV NocAo VI iic NhHlRlt intANH A'l th
Women's College. The dormitory
paying its own expenses We hav
been able 10 pay over S400 to stu
dents for service Of various kinds AM
this has meant much toward defray
ing incidental expenses In severa
cases. Those members Of the Fedora
ton who have daughters AZ the col
lege will assert that the combined in
crease in weight Of our students testi
hes to their having been we'll fed an
The fact that practically every studen
Is preparing to return TO the colleg
next year indicates that the life ha
been happy though II has been yer
busy
In general. as a faculty. We fee
the plan upon which the academi
work OF the Women's College ha
been organized is good and we wis
II TO develop and add TO IL new
courses. As to details. We have no
been satisfied in many instances. bu
as our equipment is enlarged we hop
to reduce the trial and error metho
10 the fewest possible cases.
One great need OF our eduCations
system today is to make It NOR
artistic"
Reports for Dover.
Mrs. Mary NJ Wolcott reported fC
the Dover New Century Club. In pa
she said:
"In special lines. particular mel
ton should be made OF the Red Gro