Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-04-03
JUDGE HILL IN
BELOIT ADDRESS
Baraboo Speaker Tells of Deepen
dent, Neglected and Delinquent
Child Before Club
(Beloit Daily News

| Proposal of two separate tracts o.
property, one for males and another
| for females, wherein persons of eacl
sex, who have been declared unfit
to mingle with society in general
might be segregated, was made by
j. H. Hill probate judge of Sank
county, during a discussion Of "Ju-
venile Problems and Their Cure al
the final meeting of the Six O'Clock
club held last night at the Second
Congregational church.
By doing this, the speaker declar
ed, no unnecessary hardship will be
worked on those who are adjudged
unfit by proper authority. Proper
recreational facilities might be pro-
We'd various forms of labor offer
ed and special lines of instruction
given The principal feature, he de
clared, would be that such persons
would not be able to reproduce their
kind.
Danger On DOFuST Line
Judge Hill emphasized the fact
that the danger lies in the border
lgne cases of Juvenile delinquency.
The extreme cases can be handled
by due process of law, but cases
wherein the offender is more the
victim of environment than heredity
are the ones difficult to solve, he
said.
Three separate classes of juveniles
come to the attention of the courts,
he said First there is the depend
ent child, second, the neglected
child, and third, the delinquent
child The dependent child is taken
care of through the Mothers Pen
sion provision of the law. The
speaker declared that it is cheaper
and more practical to have the child
remain in the home under the watch :
full eye of the mother, if she is ca
paMe, than in an institution.
The neglected child should be Civ
eE- ssidywand-i possible, ihange to
proper environment, Judge Hill said.
The delinquent child in most instanc-
es is the result of inadequate or vi
cious parents, he DECEASED. The
delinqents were divided into two
classes, the child spoiled by heredity,
and the child spoiled by environment.
The formative period, between the
ages Of II and Is, is the period in
chid's life that should be watched.
Home is Best
"The home is to be preferred to
the institution he stated, "as it of
fers the discipline of love, sympathy
and faith. ct the child feel what
is right from association in a proper
environment The child who is sub
ject to hereditary influences offers
a more serious and lasting problem
But even then the child should be
given change in environment be-
fore incarceration in an institution.
"Laxity with detectives and de-
l:rquents causes burden to society,
and is a menace and a danger to So
ciety," Judge Hill said, 1.-THE rights
of society are greater than the
rights Of any one individual. A care
full physical and mental examination
should be given persons before they
are admitted to parole"
The judge pointed out that it is Of
prime necessity that study be
made of cause and effect before any
lasting solution of the Juvenile prob
| lem can be reached.
"The home should be made what
it ought to be, for as the home is,
so is the child" he declared" Watch
| the pool halls, and the dance halls !;
know where your children are. Ev'
eryone should strive to make this a
better and afer world for children"
Judge Clark Speaks
Judge Clark of Beloit also spoke
/ an election was held.