Arizona republican., 1920-05-22
BOYS WORK PROGRAM
 FEATURES MEETING IF LOCAL ROTARIANS

Featuring a boys work program, the Rotarians yesterday at their regu- lar luncheon meeting ar the Y. M. C.. A.. enjoyed one of the most interesting and instructive gatherings of many months.
 Judge Frank H. Lyman of the su- perior court, whose experience in the handling of juvenile cases has brought to him a fund of information on the subject of juvenile delinquency and the needs of boys, addressed the club. Ine importance of the subject, said Judge Lyman, is shown in the large number of juvenile cases that pass through his court each year.
 During the past year there were Al juvenile delinquent cases, involving about 200 children, these being divided into dependents, neglected, incorrigible and delinquent. Probably 90 per cent of the 200 are classed as incorrigible. he said.
 Few children, said Judge Lyman, are naturally bad. They come rom broken homes, the great majority, where they had lacked the restraining influence of the home.
 The greatest factors to be combatted in dealing with the delinquent boy, said the speaker, is the motor car and the
 picture show. If a boy goes on the street alone he will meet with tenlpta- tion IF he goes out alone at nights he will be attracted where all children are attracted-the picture show. If the boy has not the money to buy ticket he will obtain it in some other manner, stealing and selling junk, for instance.
 The motor car is almost irresistible
 to the boy, said the speaker. As any thing that revolyeS is attractive to the boy. so will he want to get into the motor car and make 1t go.
 As to the remedy for these delinquent ! l.. IT fd IT 1 have temptation removed from them. 1 They must be kept off the street, ex- cept in the course of a legitimate or necessary errand. Of tho 200 children who pass through the juvenile court 1 in a year. less than 10 per cent are sent 1 to reform school
 i In this connection Judge Lyman stated that although the name of Arf- zona's school for delinquent children had been changed to industrial school" yet it still remains reform school. a juvenile jail in reality. For
 this" he declared. T blame no admin stration nor person. Governor Campbell 1 has told me that the amount of money
 at the disposal of the state for the conduct of the industrial school is far i from adequate.
 At this point Judge Lyman declared
 that certainly Arizona, with all it's wealth, could afford to furnish suf- ficient money for the training of its boys. His remarks were roundly ap- plauded by the Rotarians.
 Henry Wilkes. Jr., physical director of the Phoenix public schools, followed Judge Lyman in a brief explanatory talk Of the work being done in the pub lie schools in educational corrective and hygienic physical training. He announced that the school board had accepted his recommendation for the purchase of fine physical training equipment for the coming year. Earl C. Reeves, secretary of the boys work department Of the Y. N. c. A, described the coming boys camp to be held at the Garden Of Allah. This camp, which last year lasted only F days. will be. extended to 90 days this summer. he announced. The camp starts June l and ends June 2S. The Rotarians volunteered to send several boys to this camp who otherwise would have no means of getting that outing.
 Dwight E. Heard explained the critical situation of the Salvation Army
 drive for $50.000 with which to build
 home in Phoenix and asked for vol
 unteers in a two-day campaign to bring success out of imminent failure. There were several responses.
 John D. Loper, superintendent of the Phoenix public schools, announced that
 it was the closing day of the schools l of the scholars was being made that day at the Monroe school. He extended
 an invitation to the members of the 1 Rotary club to inspect the exhibition. l William C. Hornberger was chairman l of the day. A saXaphone quintet 1 from the high school orchestra fur nished music