The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-04-21

much consideration and has been
widely advertised, not only in Sank
Centre but in other places, and many
prominent social workers have writ
ten to the local School Board calling
attention to the Experiment which
is being conducted in Sank Centre by
placing delinquents in the public
school.
at does not appear that these per-
sons have considered the second part
of the question, nor does it appear
where their information on the sub
ject has been obtained. The letters
received by the School Board came
without solicitation on their part and
all within a short space of time, and
it must be noticed that none of these
letters refer, or consider, the effect
of the so-called, system upon the
children of the community.
..The second part of the question,
that is, the effect, of placing delin-
quent girls in the public school, upon
the other children who are attending
the school, has had very little atten-
ton, and the desires of many parents
have been disregarded. 1t is not ne
cessary to point out the influence
which delinquents have upon other
children. Most people OF the COM
munitv have such information from
their own experience or that OF their
friends and know the reputation OF
the delinquent girls. Others can ar
rive at an understanding of the mat
ter bv an examination of the offenses
for which girls are committed to the
| Home School, as set forth in the re-
ports of the Minnesota Board Of Con-
troll, which are to be found in the
public library. Attention is called to
the fact that Sank Centre is an aV-
erage community. that all of it's chill
dren are not paragons and that the
parents of Sank Centre have heavy
problems of their own in keeping
their children within due bounds and
maintaining the morals OF the COM
munity. These parents are average
parents, no more and no less, ana
guide and train their children accord
ingly.
Inmates of the Home School are
not sent to the public school for the
sole purpose of obtaining an educa-
ton, as the State of Minnesota with
it's efficient corps of teachers and
officers at the Home School, and with
it's means, can provide the best pos
sible instructors for its delinquent
girls. These inmates are sent to the
public school in order to benefit from
contact and social relationship with
the children of the community and
the rights and welfare of these chill
dren must be considered as we'll as
the welfare of the Home School In
mates. Children attending the Sank
Centre school must associate with the
Home School inmates, not only In
their classes but in all school func-
lions, such as, class parties, debates,
etc., regardless of. the wishes or de-
sires of the parents.
| at is an easy matter to say that
the system above referred to is tlne
thing and to point out its benefit TO
the delinquent girls, especially for
people who do not live in the COM
munity, or who, by reason of office,
business, or otherwise, place the III
terests of the Home School and its
inmates before those of the commun-
ity and it's children. 1t must be re-
membered that it is not the officers
of the Home School, or the adults Ct
/ Sank Centre, who are the outside
material and whose association is be-
ing used in this experiment, but it Is
the children of the community at the
stage when their characters are be-
ing formed and when their minds are
most receptive to influences of all
kinds. ..... ......
GAS in every community, some OF
Sank Centres children have wrong
tendencies. Does the environment
created by the system help them, and
do they have the same chance as the
children in other communities, such
as, Alexandria, or ST. Cloud?
Little consideration is, and should
: be, given to the fact that it costs, IS
stated by the Public School officials.
$10S.00 in the high school, and $84.0O
in the Grades to maintain a pupil
during the school year, and that the