Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-12
EVENING EDITION..
As They Work Upon Nem Structures
AT State Training School at Mandan
(By Earle II. Tostevin.)

Mandan, N. D., Dec. 1o.-.Bcys and
girls within the State Training school
now understand that it is no longer
q place OF punishment but a school
whose students, not inmates, are be-
Ing trained to take their places In
said Supt. w. F. McClelEand head. OF
the institution at Mandan.
Just what means are being taken
toadrive the thought of punishment
from the minds OF boys and girls
within h school is best indicated by
the general attitude OF the students"
themselves. The school laboring un-
Ger tremendous handicaps for years
has nov been acknowledged as an
actual institution for schooling rather
than penance. The first step was
p~erfntendent who secured an act OF
Inc legislature changing the name
from Reform school to ''State
Training School,"
A Regular prep School.
Today under the supervision Of w.
r. McClelland, who has been in
charge since May Z, 1921, the school
has become more Of a co~-educational
prep school than a home for possible
tncorrigibles. The new head Of the
sch9ol, a Cornell man, and who re-
cetVed his training at the George
junior Republic, Freeville, N. T., has
put many innovations into effect since
ASSUMING, charge. Here are some of
them:
IA Self : government. The boys
elect their " officers n all cases
OF attractions Of rules are tried be-
fore the boys WI court. Appeals
may be made to the superintendent.
and to date there has been but one
appeal. |
2. No officer is allowed to strike
a boy except I'M self-defense.
y. Boys and girls are put upon
their honor. THIS is. strikingly shown
by, O. trip taken by the football team
men went to Dickinson 100 miles
away and unguarded. In place OF
two. or three escapes a month, there
ha been but one truant from the
school in six months. 49,
4. Athletics. A supervisor of ath-
lettcs sees h a all boys participate
n athletics, and developed teams
within the school and in football de.
: Welcomed a squad that gave an UNI
1 usually good account of itself. this
fall. ~
5. The girls no longer are dressed
!n>somber unattractive gray uniforms
but are permitted to design their owr
clothes. And they must make them
Is. Compulsory education is q par
Of the: school work. Every boy OF
girl must attend school regardless. 81
age. f's "
~. Vocational training. Agricul
ture is taught in the school from
scientific standpoint with the farm
used as a demonstration experiment
to prove the book farming" prin'
ciplea k4..
s. The formation Of a proper
parole system. 4
y Y Self Government.
The most interesting feature of tn,
seH-goFernment plan, ia the interes
which the boys girls themselve
take in the enforcement of schoo
Jaws. During the coming winter tn
~ school will be placed on a Cuisines
basis All pupils will be paid 70,
the work they do; in school money
They Will be called upon to pay boar,
ments and keep account Of all ex
p%enditures. The loafer will be fine.
and locked for failing to work.
That is Just an incidental. Durinl
the past sever months the self o
eminent plan in the State Training
School Of North Dakota has given tn,
boys q chance for self-expression an,
'LVIA0o u IIAi6 Oul IIlcATI own 11OlV
4uality. Supt. McClelland tells an in
teresting story in this connecticut:
Enjoy, Elections.
Before an election takes place tn
boys hold spirited caucuses and
stranger dropping in at one Of them
without nown it to be a junior at
fair. would tn nix himself listening t
the prediction speech of some mum
cipaity or state. Theaboys who bacl
UP the different candidates dwell up
sor the DUAL fications Of their partic
ular .scandidate-and I may say tina
the candidates are given a goo
chance to sc where they stand in tn
estimation of their fellow student.
AL the same. time it. gives the rest a
opportunity to asnire toward reachin
some day,sthe point where they wi
be held in sufficient esteem tobe elect