El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-09

A DISPATCH from Manchester. n
n Il, announces that. Governor
Bartlett has personally Investigated
complaints that boys have been
flogged with rubber whips az the
state Industrial school That he found
the reports TO be true and had ordered
the practice stopped
The governor said he had been
shown the room az the school where
the losgings took place and the in
slrumeuts used These he said con-
sisted OF pieces OF solid rubber a foot
long with wooden handles"
wonder how many boys have been
orutalized beyond the point Of re-
claiming by those solid rubber whips
foot long. with wooden handles
And It is safe to conclude that the
taxpayers OF the state VIII be paying
law takes us final Toll Of these uu-
fortunate boys.
That children are not made better
By brutality is the experience Of -re-
FORM school keepers all over the
country They explain their failure
by saying the children are incor-
rlgl1Le- Then. why allow these paid
thugs to brutaliEe themselves by
logging a child that IS irreclaimable.
For that is the meaning OF -incor-
rigiole' according 70 the dictionary
- lepraFed beyond the possibility OF
reform, irreclaimable-"
Humane, intelligent people have
taken these socalled incorrigibles and
turned them into useful. law abiding
citizens. But they did not do 70 uy
nogsing, whipping and other forms
Of murderous assault Whatever has
been done in that way Of improve
ment has been done by an appeal 20
reason, by trying 10 awaken seusl-
bilities that have been deadened BY
cruelty and humanity
Advantages Of system
The binet system has completely
routed old methods OF dealing with
children First know your child is
the principle on which the system IS
founded. Is he normal OF abnormals
Are certain Of his faculties detective.
what are his tendencies, what are MS
faults. IN what does he excel. in what
does he tail9
The whole question Of the child. bis
possibilities OF development, his rela-
lively weak or wholly lacking powers
are worked out BY the Binet tests
with the simplicity and e1ac-ness OF
a problem in arithmetic.
The child is put before you as
workable problem TO which you apply
Intelligence and patience You have
no more need Of whips. cat-o'-nlne-
tails and Instruments OF torture IN
bringing Up girls and boys than You
would require them 20 do an example
IN arithmetic
The popularity o. whips. switches,
clubs and other instruments OF c1as-
tisement IS 10 be found not IN the
good done the child, but in the relief
afforded the angry adult And re-
form schools untorl uuarelT are not
the only examples OF this first aid
TO the angry
Parents. even kind and aftectlcuate
parents. often fan into this mistake
OF the dark ages fin attempting 90
bring up their children.
self Preservation.
IN beating a child q parent wholly
forgets that self-preservalion IS the I
wonder. these mothers and fathers OF
5ovs and girls win lie. run away from
home and DO other violent deeds 20
escape such punishment The enid IS
merely obeviur q law as old as lie
raalf-tha law OF sell-pres alton
Children seldom forget such ezhili-
lions on the part Of their parents. and
are never deceived by any sucn
lharisaicaI nonsense as sit hurts me
worse than 60 does you
When a child is beaten crue-lE.
either IN q reform school or al
home. something Of COURAGE. power.
'fneness goes out OF that child. some
hing that all the kings horses and
M the kings men" can never give
Jack You have hurt the chid's SELF
respect. he knows himself % be the
victim OF anorhers anger against