Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-06
Or. MAYBEE SPEAKS ON
THE CHILD AND THE State
Superintendent OF Childrcn's Home
Society Tells OF Its Work
All Over State.
PLACES CHILDREN IN HOMES
After Care and Supervision Is Car
ried On, to See That Children Are
Properly Treated and Given Edu-
cational Advantages.


cational Advantages.
The Child and the state" was the
sub,cc; ~ ,hs message which Rev.
w,liisr., :. Mayree. superintendent of
the Ch:ldrsa< Home Society Of Viz
einta. s-casA; - ;he congregation OF
Centenary Ms;Aot.S; Church, 3; the
morning Ss-vtcS xs<;srGav. NJ. May
bee hsS ese- ,G4,stssd with this work
for : -vs--es- - wears, Sai is known
thrcuEAc-t tNs Cc0i-r,c0wsalth Tor his
osvoIic- - re c.SGSs - :-ic16lsSs and
horn elsS> ,t:Eis cSj,G-s-.
Taki1c - LIS ;sN: re .c-.y-ntth
verse {: :Es swScsy-&t;h charter OF
Matthew -T-aS-,Gcc AS He did il not
10 enc q he less: ;: these. ye did il
not 10 me NJ MaySse laid stress on
the ides .: service - humanity en-
bodied IL pract!cA. Christianity. and
pointed out the ;ac: ihat :; was dis
tinctly an omission - duty referred
10 in the teNt--the payable neglect of
opportunities for service. FOR lending =
helping hand. for relieving misery ana
Indebtedness for consolation 70 those
stricken with grief for feeding the
hungry. and clothing the naked. COR
visiting the fathercss and the widows
in distress and in following out The
command to keep ourselves unspotted
from the world.
VALUE TO STATE OF
.-., SAVING THE CHILDREN
There is no mission OF greater or
more lasting value 10 the state stated
Mr.. Maybee, than the saving OF the
children OF the State from being a
burden and menace to the peace and
happiness of the Commonwealth. IN
our prisons and jais and in our peni-
ientiaries we find that the majority of
the criminals incarcerated there have
been boys and girls who grew up in
VICIOUS surroundings. lacking any OPP
portunity to develop the good there
was In them unable TO escape from
their environment through unfortunate
conditions and the oversight and neg
lect of individuals of communities who
rallied in their obvious duty toward
these children. and through them in
their duty to the state" The speaker
.hoognt II was extremely fortunate
mat there had been an awakening at
last, and that communities and indi-
Niouals had been granted wider
vision of service to humanity in say
Inc. these children for future citizen
ship
We hear much of conservation
along various lines" went on Mr. MAY
bee; conservation of food of forests
OF minerals. OF fisheries and the ma
tural resources OF the country so that
the next generation may he better and
richer in every way for this wise con-
ance OF the earth, but most inportant
of all the natural resources and the
greatest OF all the assets OF the State
are the children. These must not be
allowed TO grow UP without the proper
advantages and wise training 10 fl
them for useful men and women"
INSTITUTIONS UNABLE TO
CARE FOR ALL IN NEED
The speaker explained that il had not
he. Of in,
stitutional care had been definitely
recognized as need and provision
made by the State for caring for these
dependent children. but the orphan
ages we're soon running over. and
there were many children who were
worse than o-pha ns-ch!!dren OF vicious
pareniaGe. children Of parents who did
not do their duty toward them. chill
dren who had one paren, living, ne
elected children and those who We're
utterly homeless, neglected and un-
cared for. This state OF affairs led to
the organization OF tho Childrnn's Home
Society Of Virginia, which was duly
chartered and became an integral part
OF the complex machinery OF the Com
monwealth. This was before the cs-
tablishment OF The juvenile and dornes-
TIC rtls'ionA. court, and prior to the
time when .tht.e. was colony for the
feeble-minded unaer the projection OF
the State and homes Of refuge and
ScIiOO!S 10Y lEcoEElPlbleS.
II is for these unfor,una,es who are
not eligible 70 adm TO these in
stitutions, that the doors OF the Chill
dren's Home Society % Virginia swing
wide open. ~ The last annual report
II was shown that aO.5 chilSrcn Rad
been received by the society since lis
organiza tion, and 100 more during The
iast year than in any previous year
making total OF 275 children in ono
year who had become legal wards Of
the State Of Virginia
WHOLE FAMILIES ARE
OFTEN RECEIVED
children AS Old as sixteen arc re-
e'Neo ano often whole families Of lit
Tie ones who have no one 10 who Ia
look for support. Homes are fo,,ra
Tor them and there is much anvio,v
care. and sef-sacrihce involved i, ~.
seiection OF the homes and looking
AFTER the subsequent education and
framing o. the children who are placed
In the homes ''"N'
EARLY training and the suscep,jt;li,v
VI young children TO retain these i'm
pressions make the work Of the So
o's al'ncu!i IN er"dicating these i'm
pressions from the plastic ,rt,ds
THESE wards Of the state of,, 90
are sent back TO the soCie,, ,v,., n
aots crop out and there ar. yh,, &c
"o"h as repeaters" who com. Nail,
,sah ana again until they fnaIi,.
'''Of, ''SS''S OF GcConCy and
respect Of honesty and ,ri,,h,,, go,
Y. ihduS'ry and faithfulness which ,ra
essarE qualifications in the upbuiId-
's OF Character. OF the long liz ~,
t tnGss VINO have been received by the
and MAJ, 'io'HS society Of Virginia
state. 67s have been legally ado, ,.S
s ana nave become heirs i, Law in homns
Where they VIII have .oJport,ni,ins ~. -
- '"'' rs, DEVELOPMENT Tor
I'M S.r
.,nI ~, mere are 1000 children who ara
SON unoer The direct supervision az a.
society and are Sun visited go, 81 'i,v
ny Inc representatives Of the son,a,,
viz TOOK closely after their r.iie,,n,',
moral and physical welfare, Thit ! ~
,bs up nor "otk is more important man
ne mere placing OF ;h. child LA"
nome, and is the mosr cns, IN
item on the expense acco,,nt n!c