Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-04

the proper training would be avail
able,
Number of employees at present
time, 81.
Average length Of stay of en-
ployees, IS months.
Average length of stay OF IS
employees, Z months.
Seventeen new officers were en-
ployed during the past year.
Changes are too frequently made for
,, the best interests of the institution.
This condition will not change I'M
der the present system.
"3. Twenty-Five trained officers
would more efficiently carry on the
| work than the thirty-one officers
| now employed. This would mean
| an individual salary increase but It
could be done without over-drawing
| the present annual appropriation for
| salaries. The following placement
| of officers might be made to advan-
tage:
| administration - superintendent,
| medical man; parole officer; stenog-
| rapher- bookkeeper.
Medical Department Graduate
nurse, graduate nurse.
1
| fireman.
Additional farm help should be
employed by the day during the
summer season. The girls should be
| assigned work on the farm.
"Flagg-Dummer Building - Day
| matron, night matron, housekeeper.
"Erskine Building - Day matron,
night matron, housekeeper.
Baker Building-Day matron,
! night matron, housekeeper.
"Farwell Cottage-Day matron,
| night matron.
Central NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
| "Superintendents Home-House-
keeper.
Educational Department - Prin-
al-teacner, Commercial Teacher,
Sewing Teacher. Teacher.
Outdoor Recreation
! "Gvmnasium and outdoor recrea-
ton should be under the direct su-
pervision of the teachers. me
| commercial teacher should also as
sumo part of the responsibility in the
| MANAGEMENT of the office, using ad-
vanced students as assistants.
THE above plan makes no pro-
vision for a matron at the Central
| Building. This is cared for IN a
later recommendation.
4, administrator offices should
be located at the Central Building.
| The work is now divided between OF
fees located at Central Building and
the Superintendent home.
5. "All officers should live at Cen
trail Building or at the Superinten-
dents home. All officers, except the
Superintendent and his immediate
family, should eat at the Central
building.
6. The school rooms adjoining the
present infirmary should be used as
a hospital ward. This plan would
not seriously interfere with the edu-
cational program.
| 7. THE establishment of private
branch telephone exchange is urged.
Such an exchange could be operated
by one of the inmates.
s. NO social problem has more
pathos connected with it than that
of the unmarried mother. l would
suggest that such cases be housed
at the Farwell Cottage and that the
mother be expected to care for her
baby until he is two years of age
The present practice of sending the
eXpectant mother to a private home
for confinement and the Immediate
separation of mother and baby is an
exceedingly unwise thing to do.
s. 1T is not good discipline tC
humiliate and mark a captured run
.. away girl by forcing her to wear q
garment of two colerS which con
stantly reminds her and her asso-
ciates of the fact that she once eS-
capped.
Feeble Minded Cases
10. 1T is strongly urged that the
feeble minded and psychopathiC
n Z -
a institutions. This should be done
j even if it means a further delay il
4 the admission of cases from Other
State institutions and departments.
IL. "Delinquents by occasion who
4 have committed some so-called crime
4 against society because of SOME
temptation in the personal conditions
or in the physical and social en-
j vironment should not be retained al
4 the school. Proper placement in fos-
ter homes may remove the tempta
ton and open an opportunity to use
i full citizenship.
Y II. The same recommendation is
made for the accidental delinquent
1t would be pleasanter and easier to
have several girls of the better type
at the institution but l believe the
function of the Industrial School is
to properly train the really delin-
quent girl and it cannot justify its
existence for the supervision of girls
who may be saved by placement in
foster homes.
10. There should be a very care
full classification in groups upon
mental and physical basis.
a.. THE gymnasium should be
! equipped. if necessary, at small ex-
penditure of money, and a definite
recreational program should be
planned under the direction of the