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EL Rodenberg, New Orleans, Hon. Charles W. Heuisler, Baltimore, Jeffrey R. Bracket, Baltimore, MASSACHUSETTS. Chas. W. Birtwell, Boston, 43 Charity Building. Leontine Lincoln, Fall River, Miss Z. D. Smith, Boston, Gen. Sec. Associated Charities. MICHIGAN. James F. Hill, Detroit, Society for Prevention of Cruelty MISSOURI. Hon. Robt. M. Foster, St. Louis, W. H. McClain, St. Louis, MINNESOTA. James F. Jackson, Minneapolis, Floyd M. Smith, Omaha, G. W. Clark, Omaha, Supt. Child Saving Institute. NEW JERSEY. Hugh F. Fox, Plainfield, Pres. Board of Children's Guardiana NEW YORK. Hon. Willard H. Olmsted, New York Hon. Julius M. Mayer, New York, Judge Juvenile Court. E. Fellows Jenkins, New York, Chief Probation Officer, Juvenile Opure. Thos. M. Mulry, New York, Saint Vincent De Paul Society. Edward T. Devine, New York, Gen. Sec. Charity Organisation Boelsty Hon. Robt. J. Wilkin, Brooklyn, Judge Juvenile Court. Hon. Thos. Murphy, Buffalo, Frederick Almy, Buffalo, Sec. Charity Organization Society Hon. Homer Folks, New York, Commissioner Public Charities. OHIO. Hon. T. E. Callaghan, Cleveland. Mayor City of Toledo. Sec. Associated Charities. C. M. Hubbard, Cincinnati, Gen. Sec. Associated Charities. PENNSYLVANIA. Hon. Judge Bergy, Philadelphia, Hon. Marshall Brown, Pittsburg. WASHINGTON. H. Wirt Steele, Seattle, Gen. Sec. Charity Organization Bes WISCONSIN. Hon. N. B. Neelen, Milwaukee, G. Frellson, Milwaukee, Agent Associated Charities. RHODE ISLAND. Miss M. K. Conyngton, Providemos Miss M. F. Battle, Nashville, Miss F. Saylor, Dallas. J. J. Kelso, Toronto, OBJECTS of THE JUVENILE COURT RECORD The object of the JUVENILE COURT RECORL is to disseminate the principles of the Juvenile Court throughout the United States and, in fact, the entire world. When the Juvenile Court was first established a little more than four years ago, the sociologists of the entire country stood by, watching anxiously the outcome of this new departure in child-saving methods. It was realized that a medium was needed whereby the results accomplished by the Juvenile Court might be set forth in an intelligent manner. The JUVENILE COURT RECORD stepped into the breach, and has devoted its pages exclusively to news of the various juvenile courts. As a result of the publicity thus given to the foundation principles and routine work of the Cook County Juvenile Court, fifteen other states have passed juvenile court laws, and bills are being prepared in nearly every state in the Union to be presented at the next session of the Legislatures of the various states, providing for similar legislation. The foundation thought and idea of the juvenile court law is that children should be kept in the home to the greatest extent possible. The child's own home is preferred by the Court, but in lieu of that it is intended that any good home where proper care and training will be given, shall be provided for the child. The State, in assuming its relationship as the guardian of the rights of the child, assumes a serious responsibility. Every child has a right to education and physical care. Primarily, this duty lies with the parents. This obligation should be enforced wherever possible. The family is the unit of society, and most of the evils of society arise from demoralized homes. It is the duty of the State to co-operate with the family as long as possible, and help hold it up. If, however, for any reason the family fails, then a new home is necessary until such time as the family may again be brought together. If the family proves recreant and abdicates its functions altogether, it is the duty of the State to secure as nearly normal conditions for the children under its care and custody as may be in its power. The home is the normal place for a child's education and training. The Institution should be only a temporary station on the road from a ruined home to a permanent home with foster parents. The fact that children are to be placed in homes presupposes the idea that some agency will be at hand to find a childless home for a homeless child. To the limit of its resources the JUVENILE COURT RECORD assists in finding homes for the homeless, helpless little waifs drifting about the country. These little unfortunates need an advocate, and the JUVENILE COURT RECORD acts in this capacity, standing side by side with them, pointing the way to a brighter, happier life, where the weeds of evil will be choked out of existence and the flowers of hope will bloom in their place. THE CHILD AND THE STATE TALK OF THE CHILD AND THE STATE. The third annual session at San Francisco, California, of the State Conference of Charities and Corrections was devoted almost entirely to a discussion of the child and his relation to the state, how best to deal with him and turn boys who were beginning to go wrong from a criminal career. President Symmes began by stating that the organization's field was a large one; that its business was the prevention of crime and poverty and that it sought to administer the affairs of the state in a wise and economic manner. "The administration of charity," said he, "is a business affair and should be carried out in a business-like fashion. Organized charity is an effort to do this. Let the one who wishes to give get the society to do it for him. It was Henry Ward Beecher who said: "The next worst thing to not helping a man is to help him.' He knew what harm was caused by misdirected charity. "Here in California we are gaining ground. The State Board of Charities and the Juvenile Court, for which a cry went up last year, have become recognized facts, and our object now is to make them more useful. The trade schools and reformatories provide their inmates with a trade which they can put to use when released. The care of the feeble-minded and insane is more carefully done than ever before. Yet California has still much to learn." WORK FOR AND WITH CHILD. Mr. Symmes prefaced his introduction of Judge Benjamin B. Lindsey, judge of the Denver Juvenile Court, whose subject was "The Child and the State," by describing a visit he had paid to the judge's court, where he found the boys gathered around a Christmas tree. "I cannot tell you," he added, "how much I was impressed by the sight." Judge Lindsey said in part: "Mr. Symmes told you about the tree, but he dia not tell you of the show we had there also. We work not only for the boys, but with them as well, and we find that they are generally square. "The problem of the child and the state is a serious one. is becoming more serious every day. The problem of the child is the problem of the state. It "Under the old system the child who breaks into a grocery store and steals cakes is placed in the same category by the law, as the man of 50, who enters your house with a pistol in his pocket and murder in his heart. We say it is not fair to the boy. He should not be thrown into jail like an ordinary criminal, but the state should perform the correction as a wise and loving parent, or it fails. "Crime is on the increase among the youth of the nation. Of all those confined in jails, twenty-five per cent are boys under 20 years of age. What is true of Denver, Seattle and other cities, must be true of San Francisco. When you know that from one-fifth to one-fourth of your arrests occur in the decade between 10 and 20 years of age, as compared with other decades, then you are face to face with the fact that twice as many children are arrested as adults in proportion to the population of these decades. "I asked the warden of the Tombs in New York one day what was the worst case he had. He pointed to the cell occupied by a young murderer of 23 years. I asked the warden of the bridewell the same question. The worst case he had was that of an 18-year-old boy who had stuck a man up. Down in St. Louis I got a similar reply. STORY ALWAYS THE SAME. "Same old story, judge," said the warden. "The worst thing I have is Collins, the murderer-Collins, a boy of 20 years, who had shot two officers of the law. MOST CRITICAL PERIOD OF BOY'S LIFE. "Dr. G. Stanley Hall said that the most critical period of a boy's life was the period between the ages of 10 and 14 years; that the influences surrounding this period most largely determine whether the boy's future is for righteousness or wrong. Yet how much time has the state spent in studying this? It has been careless and negligent. Let it treat the boy intelligently. Build up the architecture of the state around the boy for his protection and his welfare. It is wiser to save the child than to punish the criminal." Judge Lindsey covered the same ground in a morning talk at the First Presbyterian Church. Judge Murasky spoke in the same strain as Judge Lindsey. He said the Juvenile Court of San Francisco is conducted so that there is no suggestion of criminality to the boys. He pleaded for the help of the business men who had jobs to offer the boys, and asked them to get in touch with the work. Dr. Dorothea Moore spoke on "Detention Homes." She said that after long striving there was at least a prospect of securing a very comfortable detention home in a portion of the local city hall. "It has been hard work," she said, "but the longest lane has a turning, even that in the city hall." |