Evening journal., 1918-05-16
worst BOY N Land
NOT N WILMINGTON
Instead, Best Boys in Cities
OF This Size Are Found
Here
REPUBLIC SLEUTHS
SPEND DAY IN TOWN

wilmington mas no 100 per cent. bad /
boy" said Jack Robbins, founder and I
supervisor OF the Boys brotherhood /
Republic. Chicago. who wifi a corps
OF field workers visited this city today
and made a survey OF the town.
Mr. Robbins called on Mayor Law
son, Chief OF Police Black, Y NJ. Z. A.,
Boy Scouts. and charitable officials and
Juvenile Court workers.
Accompanying Mr.. Robbins are two
Of the boys from the Chicago epublic.
which had $50 citizens ,bOys averaging
+ i6 years Of age In good standing fu-
gust T. 1917. One Of these boys Is Joe
/ Wiilens. Republic mayor. the other is
Nanford Haskell, Republic city clerk.
Mr.. Robbins said Of all the cities he
has visited. the same size as Whining
ton. we have the lowest percentage OF
juvenile delinquency. The average
here Is % per cent. where Johnstown
has 76 per cent He feels Wilmington
is doing good work but f. unorsanized
\ Fairgrounds he suggested should be
!. opened all the time n 20 some OF the
older children as The play leaders More
D. clubs FOR boys should be organized
and a real honesi-fo-goodness effort 10
reach an the boys on ihe street.
) Mr.. Robbins feels That these bad boy.
should be trained IN such q manner
that they will be a hcn 20 the countrs
after the war These boys must take
D. the place left vacant by the Americans
now In battle That Is why he Il
visiting all the principle cities and try
! ing TO reform an the s0-cailed bad
/, boys.
There are four women social work
nF kn
nubhc. MAYOR Joseph Wlllens. aged g.
and City Clerk Manford Haskell aged
AS The republic is governed by boy
of1cials. under adult supervision. The
republic reaches boys that are not
found by The Boy Scouts, T. NJ. c. A. or
charitable organizations.
Mr.. Robbins says that any boy up %
Sc years Of age can be reformed and
that the republic has never failed with
a single lad
Tho 35 per cent increase IN Juvenile
crime since the war was declared, has
promnted the republic 10 show how the
bovs can be taken care n
These are the qualifications siven by
the society FOR the worst boy In
America.
''He must be under i6 years old and
. he must be a violator o. the laws or
J his State. village or city. He must be
] incorrieible and must be known TO as
} sociaie with thieves. vicious or inn
moral persons; or who Is growing up
{ in idleness and crime; or who know
5 ingly visits house Of ill-reputs; or
: who paironizes salOouF or places where
S intoxicating liquors are sold; or who
- knowingly patronizes or frequenis any
policy shop or any plsce where gaming
5 divises are being operated.
"He must be a boy who often
patronizes pool rooms or bucket shops
Re must be a boy who Is known 60
wander about the streets at night with
out being on any lawful business or oc-
cupation. or who habltually wandcrs
about railroad yards or tracks. Tie mus
have q record OF jumping on moving
trains or entering cars or engines with
ont lawful authority ile must be d
. habtual user OF vile, obscene, vulgar
{ profane or indecent language TIE mus
= be guilty OF immoral conduct in public
places or school houses lie must be q
habiual iruant II school boy ht
must have a record Of running away