The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-09

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 After the prison cour. rne varda,,s $ court IS held This is also known as tba court or appeals. The warden talks with the accused men and is abie 70 find vari- ous reasons for the sentence that are not dlscernlble to the visitor.
 EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
 The school work at Sine Sino ;s a,ao ullder the leagues direction, and one of the Afst classes to form after Mr Os- pofne came was the knitting class known as NIT. Osborne's knitting class. Rut +ba purpose or the educational committee was mainly ohave instructive lectures and s,ss eusaiiceu classes. Advice was sought oAi eAperts Tn educational fields outside Tho maia siais ana this was cheerfully given. ne hlsht schools were established bv in. mates and conducted by them. with +ha applosal ol the warden and the co-oner. a'ioh .! the day school superintendent
 string orchestra, giving instruction ;r, 4i.e'i ~ ~iuineHtal music has been meetino ana practlcing in the band room. inc Ia. a,,a a,,a nas Iuil-Hedged lyceum, two Yeot,,res Ia ms sIveH q week. most of the educational leS.uies a.' oeing illustrated with stereoptj- tba ,aat., a, anu sandwiched in between eiie 'eclufes are concerts and musical ra' eitals or very high order. At timas tho en.ife perIofmances are given bv talan+ lnslde the walls. At other tin,es ,,;sitS's are invited to attend these amatenr ,,o. loImances. A description of one of tbe,,o wli, siVe some idea of the way the men feel about them: iiiei
 TOT the first time in many years.
 nearly 1oo visitors witnessed a vaude,
 vile performance in the cbanaI ,s;,,
 en py the Mutual Welfare lea Ra
 iore the performance started Mir Os- porie oeliVered a short address 1,hara
 were many m the audience who had
 never seen or heard Mr. Osborne
 speak. The applause was spontaneous
 ana frequent. From those who know
 ,ne sentiment prevailing in Ossining. I
 have been told that MT Oshorna,s
 speech converted many One of tba
 striking things Mr. Osborne said is so
 vltally true that the thought is yaI,
 worth passing on: "e''
 nave been told that the people of
 Osslning are ashamed or the fact that
 Sing Sing prison is situated in theS,. midst The people of Ossining had good reason to be ashamed of Sing Sing prison; today they should he proud of Sing Sing prison. proud of the marvellous work of uplift that the Mutual Welfare league is carrying on l have not only helped the in mates but the officers as well. and | right here want to thank the officers for their loyal support
 IHe entertainment was a huge success in every way. It proved to | many of the doubtful ones that inc 1 humanitarian method is the only | method. There wasn't an officer in sight and the ushers-all of whom | were inmates-conducted the ladies to their seats with the utmost courtesy Cheerful Good nights could be heard as they left the chapel after the per- formance. The actors and ushers were given a supper after the entertainment Everyone left in good humor, and perhaps some time in the near future another outside show will be in or der"
 The latest class formed by the league s the class known as a debating forum md class ethics.
 Under the new system, says one of inc nen of the prison in a review of the eague's work, We have been granted | arger liberties and have accomplished f wonders" A few of the things accom- ,lished are listed below:
 q. It was compulsory for all jn- mates to wear the blue and white striped hickory shirts. This cloth was never preshrunk. and as a conse- quence after the first washing it would shrink three or four inches. This [ generally caused the men to appear