Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
A Menace in War Time.

A Menace in War Time.
 In the Connecticut Citizen Dr. Par ker writes:
 The present war emergency has em- phasized the need of the State Farm for Women in Connecticut. The mili- tary camps and towns in their vicin- ity have attracted numbers of girls and women careless in regard to nor als a menace to the health and nor als of the soldiers, one hundred and eighteen of these girls and women were sent from the vichinity of the camps during the first three weeks Of l service of the police women recently appointed through the state council of 1 defence. There is little question that many of these women will remain a danger to any community in which they may live unless they can be talk en to place where special care and training may be provided. i Many of them have had no opportu- nifty for acquiring clean standards of l living in their own homes, while a l large proportion are mentally weak and easily led These women all too frequently add to the burden of illegit- amacy which the state is carrying The State Farm for Women will meet Q long felt need in supplying a place where unfortunate girls and women may be given an opportunity to be- come self supporting and regain theil
 health and self respect
 Such q Farm Assured. !
 The Connecticut State Farm for Wo-
 men is soon to become reality un- der an act passed by the recent legisla
 ture. Dr. Katherine Bement Davis o1 the parole commission of New York
 states that the bill under which the institution is to be inaugurated anG controlled is the best of the kind whicl has ever been passed by any state legislature. It provides for physica and mental examination of all womeI
 committed and states that the super
 intendent and three members of tn,
 seven composing the board of trustee,
 must be women. The board of trus
 tees as appointed by Governor Hol
 comb consists Of Professor William E
 Bailey Of New Haven. president of thu
 Connecticut Prison Association; Mrs
 Helen W. Rogers. Hamden; Mrs. Ann,
 Rogers Minor, Waterford: Dr. Valeri:
 H. Parker, Hartford; Judge Walter H
 Clark Hartford Edward W. Haze
 HaddaTn; John H. Goss, Waterbury,
 At the first meeting of the board
 held at the capitol on Aug. Profes
 sor William E. Bailey was elected a chairman and Dr. Valeria H. Parker
 secretary. The committee on site
 was appointed as follows: Edward W Fazen, Mrs. Annie Rogers Minor, DI
 Valeria H. Parker. Mrs. Helen W Rogers was asked to make a study o : the most desirable types of building z and report to the board
 Suitable Site Desired.
 The first duty devolving upon tn
 board of trustees of the State Farn ? for Women is the selection of a suit able tract of land. The bill calls fo / at least two hundred acres of wood l land and tillable land to be located i ? an accessible part of the state an provided with adequate water supply . As the legislature appropriated onl |. $50, 900 to cover purchase of land, tn ? erection of buildings and maintenanc ] for the period intervening before tn l next session of the legisla ture, it wi g be necessary to find a tract of Ian g purchaseable at a nominal price is hoped. Dr. Parker writes, that som r public spirited citizen interested in tn e establishment of this important insti tuition may offer a suitable tract ( [ land as gift to the state or for sal g at price which will leave a sufficier e sum for building and maintenance.