New Ulm review., 1922-05-10
BAD CONDITIONS
BECOMING WORSE
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should be taken more in hand than the
Child. ls ts s53ts ID Al s s q
County Attorney Eckstein was re-
|quested to discuss this topic from his
viewpoint and briefly pointed out
what course had been pursued in his
II home county. He laid stress upon
the i fact that the parents are chiefly
10 4 be charged with violations Of the
social and public code Of decency BY
Their offspring and that our schools
are 4 sadly in need Of an inquest. In
iahls opinion the daily press, as now
edited and published, should be ban
Is lshed from the reading table of the IL
'lbrary of the public schools.
a Dress Styles Blamed.
Judge Mather spoke upon the topic
OF the relations of the juvenile court
80 child welfare boards. He pointed
tout that the juvenile court serves to
carry out the submitted petitions 4ofl
the welfare boards with respect to de-
,!lln1quency, feebleminded. and depen-
dent children; Keeps in touch with the!
I; various Va l1u cases under consideration SO
as to obtain the best results in the
placement of the juvenile and his sub.
lsequent training and ultimate release
from restraint. He admonished the
ladies to materially contribute to the
abollshment of the present-day mode
of dress, .,. s:# 4
At $50 the conference assemblage
and their guests were favored with a.
luncheon at the Armory, served by;
ladies of the city under the auspices
of the Commercial Club. The dain-
lty repast was an unexpected treat to
the visitors and their expressions Of
gratutide were many and emphatic.
The evening session opened at eight
o'clock and was presided over by
County Superintendent, Kennedy.
Mayor l.. A. Fritsche, who had been
ian invited guest at the luncheon,
praised the welfare boards for their
activities in behalf of the betterment
OF children, and hoped; that they
would not lessen their interest in. the
laudable sphere Of child welfare work.
The mayor expressed his firm belief
that co-education after the 18th year
should be abolished and separate
schools for our youths established.
AS a medical man he felt that his OK
pressed opinion was based upon valid
reasons. The mayor likewise pointed
}out that it rests with the parents as
to whether the social fabric, which
has suffered so severely under the
world stress and strain of the. past few
years, rehabilitates itself. s.ss .
Director Hodson then followed
with well-chosen speech on the topic
of the relation Of the Children's Bur
eau to the county child welfare boards.
He stated that the bureau was con-
|stantly seeking out all the informa-
tion obtainable with respect to un-
|n1arried mothers, illegitimate child
|ren, feeble minded and subnormal
individuals. The county boards work
faithfully to secure the best re-
|,sults in the field of operations and the
bureau sums up the statistics SO sub.
mitted, to it. He stared that delin-
|,quency was strongly and steadily on
the increase that the community and
parental conscience must needs be
awakened if we were not headed for
the beginning Of the end" The
causes given by the speaker were
dancing, carnivals, movies, fashion
shows, joy-rides, bad reading matter,
and moonshine. .8 S'ss.2
!. Superintendent Kennedy had Sc
cured several musical numbers for
the evening, which were much appre-
sciated. Miss Dorothy Helm played
sDridla's 'sSerenaden charmingly,
with Miss Joyce Alvin at the piano.
Miss McFarlane and Mrs. Stanton
rendered two fine vocal selections and
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