Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-12

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Speak! tell us.-tell US truly. will you
do It?
(The men. with a roar. YESD
Hear We. Mr.. Chairman: Hear We.
And now we want to take up with
you certain very definite and practical
things.
After careful study We have. agreed
upon certain rules which We desire to
put into operation.
leave them for you to consider. and We
shall assemble you again. one week
from today, and ask for your decision
as to your part.
Remember, these suggestions arr
only tentative; they seem to US wise
they depend on moral force for their
fulfilment.
They appeal to mans highest quail.
ties; they reflect the most considerable
thought.
They are conceived in your interest
and in the interest Of the society to
which. sooner or later. you must all
return.
They will be adopted if. and when
you seversfly pledge your honor to dc
your part toward making them a sue.
cess.
II they work we'll, if they stimulate
loyalty and increase fidelity. we shall
then be encouraged to take another
step; if they fail, then We all fail. and
prison reform will be slaughtered in
the very house of it's friends.
Conversation
Man Is essentially q social being.
Unsocial conditions are unnatural and
NJ nNl ,enI %
they are demoralizing and brutalizing.
OF course we want nothing OF this
sort to develop here; and SO. in our
humanizing process. We begin at the
beginning. with
Proposal No.
Men will be permitted, if they are
diligent and faithful. to carry on q
reasonable amount of conversation, In
the various shops and working quar-.
ters. being required to abstain from
arguments, to neither discuss propose
nor enter into, any agreement or con-
spiracy to in any way interfere with
the orderly operation of the prison
and to studiously avoid the use OF
obscene or profane language or indul-
gence in boisterousness of any kind.
Your own good sense will guide you
in this respect, and You WILL we are
sure. be careful not to take advantage
of this privilege.
Men will not be allowed to stop
when meeting one another in the
yard. but may. and will be expected
to, exchange a polite salutation.
1t costs nothing to be n gentleman
When marching. either inside OF
out, following customary military
discipline. no talking will be allowed
A soldierly bearing commands re-
spect.
.-.. .s Chapel No. 2
The Chapel is primarily for the
worship Of God. for the invocation OF
His blessing, and for the considera-
ton of those things that belong to
the soul.
Every man, unless excused by the
warden, must attend service every
Sunday: provided that those Of the
Catholic faith will be required to at
tend on the third Sunday of every
month, only.
Men will observe such rules OF con-
duct here as are expected in all
churches in the Land.
Dining Room No. 8
After being seated at tables in the
dining room conversation will be al
lowed, under same conditions as pro-
vided for elsewhere, until such time
as the signal Is sounded. when all
conversation will Immediately cease
Recreation No. 4
During the summer months, on
Saturday afternoons and on Sun
days after service. men will be taken
to the athletic ground. where they
will be free to enjoy themselves as
they may elect and under their own
direction.
Line will be formed at call of bugle,
and march be made directly to the
ground.
Bugle will sound 1--WE minutes be-
fore close of recreation period. when
men will suspend their sports and
fall in line as soon as may be.
They must all be in line and ready
to march at second bugle call.
They shall have such additional
recreation hours on working days as
may be found feasible.
Recreation means something more
than pleasure; 1t means. also, health.
Every man, therefore, unless special
ly excused or otherwise ordered,
must so to. and remain on, the Attn
letic ground. during the Recreation
periods. They will not be allowed
to stroll or to segregate:~
II at any time the weather forbids
out side recreation. and on every
Saturday and Sunday afternoon dur
ing the cold season, the officers will
endeavor to present some sort OF in
door entertainment.
Recreation on the athletic grounds
will be permitted on all holidays, as
on Saturdays.
Profane or obscene language here
and everywhere within the Prison is
absolutely prohibited.
Singing No. 5
We have full faith in the uplifting
influence of music: 1t Is therefore
provided that one evening in the
week the men shall be assembled in
the Chapel for mass singing.
We hope to make this q real fea-
ture of institutional life.
Compe nsation-ke. q
And now. my friends, l am coming
to perhaps the most important thing
of all.
We are dealing with the question
OF manhood. and We believe that one
of the essential things in the devel-
opment of character and of self-re-
spect is honest. manly toll.
And we believe, further, that toll
should bring its compensation: that
II compensated, 10 some degree. you
will learn TO appreciate the value OF
labor and so be lifted to a higher
plane OF spirit and Of efficiency
the spirit and the efficiency which
you must have when you again
stand upon your own feet. and are
TO bear q mans part, In
the work Of the World.
And 80 believing, with the warm
of Governor Baxter and his
Wise Council, We are to try the ex-
pertinent of putting you on a wage
basis. pending action by the
incoming legislature, and we shall go
before the legislative body with the
result of this experiment as . basis
for our recommendation.