The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-18
Warden Starts
a Night School

ATLANTA. Ga Education as a
potent agency for the unfit Of hu-
man standards and the abolition
or many minor misdcmeanors
which eventually may lead TO great
er transgrcssionH ~ law is again
proven IN the administration Of j.
~. Dychc, warden Of the Atlanta
federal pcnitcntiary, according to
pripon officials cloacly connected
with tho administration.
Mr.. DyCho came to tho federal
prison here last June 60 take UP
the executive office. and interesting
results may bc observed from the
installation uf night school In tho
prison for The benefit of inmates
who have been deprived Of Oppurtu-
nifty for elementary schooling on the
outgide
when MIR Dychn camo 10 tho
pcnitentlarv hero, if was 70 common
thinR FOR the isolation ward OF the
prioon 60 bc nulod daily because OF
minor and even serious Cffcuscs.
prison official state.
Tho warden conceived tho idea ~
a night school to give tho mon nd -
vantageg which they might have
been deprived Of in their former life.
and two weeks after tho night school
became effective, prison records
show. there was marked decrease
IN tho number ul commitments 20
tho Isolation building.
IN recent weeks only four az one
time nro recorded 10 havc boon I'm
That portion o. the pcuitoutiary. and
each of these cases was for trivial
of;cnscs, II ia said that there are
hardly ever more than two at a
time in the building since the school
was started.
Prison Instructors
The cougcs taught arc rutllment-
ary, and already an effort has
boon made 10 secure instructors
from outside tho prison 20 far Il has
not been possible. instructors are,
therefore obtained from among the
inmates OF the Institution who are
qualified 10 act.
Henry W Tomlinsou. suporintcnd- %
Cnt OF construction AZ the now Illi-
nois state pcnitentiary, n recent via-
itor at the Atlanta prison, expressed
amaZcmcnt when told Of the results
accomplished by the night school
system both ln building morale and
lo97ening violation Of prison rules,
II lavc been closely conuScted
with prisons uf many kinds he
said, and i strikes me that the sys-
TEN Mr.. Dychc has sponsored since
coming here Is one Of the most hu-
name efforts | have ever observed
toward helping the fellow who Is
down.
at the Illinois state pcnitcntiary
at Joliet. We deal | believe with the
most desperate criminals. and II
strikes mo that N some such meth
cd were inaugurated there, whereby
these mon could have the advantage
of securing good sound educational
knowledge. We would have better
prison morale. and there would be
less of the frequent uprislngs which
have manifested themselves in time
past.
Visits Hospital ward.
Warden Dyche, differing vastly
from the oldschool type OF prison
warden, has made a friend Of every
convict In his institution. Twice and
sometimes three times n week h'
visits the hospital ward, speaks q
zach man confined there personally
inquiries as To their welfare and q
never lacking In words OF comfor
10 those who are afflicted with suf
ferings
Dychc has macc (; an iron clad
rule to speak to every prisoner he
meets on the grounds or In the eel
houses. curtly, but cordially. lie
never asks oven the slightest favor
Of prisoner but what he returns q
CHEEKY thank you"
This policy might not be In ac'
cordance with the old conventional
tiles OF prison management" Mr.
Dyche told the international News
Service, but find that | am gettlnl
results. The records will show tha
YOU can do n lot with warm. human
kindness"