The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-17
COLORED PRINCIPAL
DISCUSSES CRIME
PLACES BLAME LARGELY ON
NEGLECT OF PARENTS TO
TRAIN THEIR CHILDREN.

Editor Dawson News: Much has
been said recently about crime and
The wavwardness and delinquency OF
onr youth. While it is true that there
have been some unansWerable argu-
rncts produced by these people 1t IS
also true that no one lays much stress
upon the cause OF these conditions.
Should malaria be found in COM
mun;tv would the doctors and health
officers rest satisfied with giving medl-
cine without removing the cause
MOSQUITO breeding places? The cause
III This crime wave and delinquency IS
the lack of the proper training OF our
children. A very able editorial IN this
weeks Pathfinder takes the same
Jew The writer wrote under the cap
ton. "Slacker Parents
After relating the TACT OF io-year-
old girl killing her mother because
she refused to allow her to go 10 higHl
Darties the editor has this to say
iWben YOU see a school girl frequent
mo the streets. vacant lots and moves
late in the evening without the proper
supervision you may rest assured that
some mother and father are careless,
7 would like to know why this would
not also apply to our boys? Should
we not know of their whereabouts,
COMPANY and amusements as well as
those OF the girls
Last Sunday night we talked upon
this subject at the church and ma
that this article contains the same
thing around which we talked Tran
ND a child in the way 1t should 60
and when it is old it will not depart
from it," 1t is encouraging to know
that we still have men who think this
saving is worth while | know at the
o,ltset that there are those who say
this is all bosh. and that Solomon did
moi know what he was talking about.
| have read this in educational Jour.
nails and have heard it from many OF
our modern educators and parents.
think those OF us who differ on
this should first understand this man.
He saws train up" The child IS not
trained until you get him up. 10 turn
loose children in their early teens to
do as they please; go when and where
they choose: select their company and
amusement is as bad a policy as tor
farmers to get corn and other crops
well nigh made and cease cultivatlng.
We must train children up
Another point is an early start. 1t
was found that Helen Kellar had a
song in her sub conscious mind which
her father sang to her before she went
deaf. She lost her hearing at about ~
months You see then that to tram
ND YOU must start at the bottom, the
very bottom, the beginning Many
crop is permanently ruined on &C
count OF neglect at the start You have
seen this with corn and other crops.
The same is true OF children Many OF
them are lost before we realize that
they are old enough to train; before
we think they should be carried to
church and Sunday school.
| believe we will have lar less
cause for legislation and appropria-
tons for penal institutions when we
re-estabish the family altar and teach
our children along the New Tesla
ment principles OF living, when we
cease gossiping about our neighbors
children and saying they are going to
destruction and save our own boys and
girls. Yours sincerely, ]. B. KING,
Supt. Dawson Colored Schools.