The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-06-14
ACCOMPLISHMENT IN So
ClAL PROBLEMS DIS
TINGUISHES YEAR
SHOW fine RESULTS.
Foremost Sociological Workers in
Country Greatly Interested
in Movement inaugural
ed in This City

1t may not be generally recognized
locally but the Sank Centre school
board in admitting honor gis,:; from
the Home School to the public schools
have established a. unique precedent
which is attracting nationwide atten-
ton among sociological leaders, in i'm
proving the conditions Of the less for
tunate.
These Home School girls attending
the local schools have been splendid
students and have not given the school
officers or teachers any trouble. One
of the girls, Esther Burnside, was the
valedictorian of this years class, and
others have taken a prominent part in
class debates, etc.
Scarcely day goes by but what
Mrs. Morse, the superintendent of the
Home, School, receives letters from So
cial development workers asking for
information relative to this very inn
portant forward step taken by the
school authorities at Sank Centre.
That the people of Sank Centre
might gain an insight into the nation
wide importance Of the movement in
this city, the Herald interviewed Mrs.
Morse on this question and secured
the following authoritative information
which should be read with interest:
"The object of all modern institu-
tions, .se hey educational, corrective,
or penal, is the making of men and
women. ALI institutions and institu-
tional training should have as prime
motive citizenship. The potential
tiles of an institution toward this end
should determine that institution
value. Social REIMBURSEMENT, of the
fitting to the community the indi-
vidual within the institution is the
supreme function of the institution.
"It is questioned if the good people
of Sank Centre realize the degree to
which they have figured in and stand
ardized one Of the finest attempts in
sociological problems in modern time,
that of the readjustment to society OF
/ the so-called delinquent girl. One OF
the incest phases Of the institutional
life is the social rehabilitation of this
group removed from society because
of some disadvantage or disability.
AT a National Conference of Pris.
on Reform held in Buffalo, N. Y, last
fall, it was declared by an assembly Of
the foremost workers of the country
that in receiving into their public
schools and making possible an equa
social exchange and privilege for the
girls Of our Home School, the people
of Sank, Centre had struck the high.
est water-mark of a certain phase Of
social read justment, and STANDARD
for the rest of the states to follow.
.Rumors of this accomplishment
had been whispered throughout the
country and at a meeting discussing
this feature the widest enthusiasm
was shown. Massachusetts, with he
tradition Of being first I'm progressive
reform; New York, with her splendit
forward movement; the Pacific coas
states, with their reputation of begin
ming where others have left off; al
+ and one acclaimed the accomplishment
/ of the Sank Centre people. 1t is ques
toned if in that great gathering an!
other movement attracted more atten
ton, more admiration or more ap
plause than the fact that here in thi
little Down of Northern Minnesota hat
been demonstrated possibility which
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