The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-24
JUDGE LARSON
| SPEAKS BEFORE
kIWAN|S CLUB

ESPECIAL to The Argus.)

& AlSQO, MAY k4s-1 Uuk0 sNCso As
Larson, county Judge OF Rock Is
land county, and candidate for cleo
ton as one of this districts circuit
judges on the Republican ticket, last
night attended the Kiwanis club
meeting and addressed the men. His
talk was on the child problem in
both the smaller and larger cities.
A splendid attendance Of the XII
wants members was at the meeting.
Among the guests was a number of
Galesburg Kiwanians, led by
Charles F. Johnson, president Of the
Galesburg Kiwanis club. Evans Of
Fremont Neb, a brother-in-law of
~. Vanatta was also a guest.
In his talk Judge Larson advo-
Gated the use of old fashioned meth
DDS in training the child in the way
he should go, in order that he might
never be a problem before the juv-
emile courts.
Give the boy or girl a good lickin'
when it is needed" declared Judge
Larson. 1T is the best thing for
both child and parent, and if used
properly, at the right time, will OBJ
tain results in getting good disci-
pline. l am attacking moral sua-
sion,' that may be alright in some
cases, but l am citing fact when l
say that Of all the delinquent chill
dren brought before me for correc-
ton, by far the big majority have
been brought up by moral suasion.
AS far as results go, It might just az
we'll have been no 'suRsion' at all, or
else if any, immoral suasion.' The
place to eliminate juvenile delin-
quency is in the home. 1t is up to
the parents. They are responsible,
in the manner which they rear their
children, to a great measure for
what they turn QUITO be. The ten
dency Of the age 10 FOR the children
to rule the home, especially after
they reach the ages of IA and up
The parents should be the rulers OF
the home in all instances. Father
and mother are partners in the bus
mess of home building, and in them
should rest the highest authority
But the young IA or Is year old boy
or girl Of today tells mother OF
father what shells going to do and
what she is going to wear and that
is all there is to it. 1t is final. And
in too many instances it gets to the
point where the boy or girl tells
mother or father what they arr
going to do and what she is going tG
wear, and that ends it-that's wha1
they wear. In this evil Of lax dis
cipline and lost authority Of the
parent lies the root Of juvenile de-
linquency.
Praise Boy Scouts.
I'm all my years on the bench and
in all my experience in juvenile
work, l want to say that l have
never had brought before me a boy
scout. And l believe that becaus,
the spirit and energy of the boy /,
directed in the right channels b,
capable leaders and under good
wholesome supervision, as it is BY
boy scout leaders, delinquency ant
the tendency thereto is eliminate.
Judge Larson's talk was greeted
with much applause. He was in
troduced by Kiwanian Robert L
Watson.
Master of ceremonies last even
ing was sid" Bolton. Pleasing vo
cal and piano selections were rem
dered by Miss Helen Winger an,
Miss Marie Morrison. In the draw
ing which followed the Dime
served by ladies of the Eastern Star
kiwanian Ray" Merritt was desie
mated as master OF ceremonies TO
the meeting of Monday, June {
Dick Valentine was the winner o
the capital prize, an ever-shar pen
Gil given by Curry" Johnston
while Ed" Lewis drew the conso
lation prize, an automobile tir
valve core, bestowed by Dutch
Thede.
| With last nights meeting, the at
tendance contest between the Red
and the Blues was brought to ;
close, the Reds losing. The win
ners. and their ladies will be ten
dered a banquet by the losers an,
their ladies on date which is no
yet set.