HENRY W. THURSTON. Chief Probation Officer, Cook County Juvenile Court, Chicago. The selection of Mr. Thurston as Chief Probation Officer by the Civil Service Board proved conclusively the wisdom of the system. Merit will always succeed. Fifteen applicants took the examination and the superior qualities of Mr. Thurston were clearly established by the reading of his papers. The Chicago Juvenile Court is to be congratulated on having such an able man as Chief Probation Officer; he has had special training for the position. Prepared for College, Academy, Barre, Vt., 1880; Teacher in country and graded schools, 1880-2; A. B., Dartmouth College, 1886; Principal, High School Elk Point, S. D., 1886-7; Teacher of Science, Hyde Park High School, Chicago, 1887-8; Principal, Lyons Township High School, LaGrange, Ill., 1888-93; Teacher of Civics and Economics, Englewood High School, Chicago, 1893-4; Teacher of Civics and Economics, Hyde Park High School, and Graduate Student of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1894-8; Principal branch of Hyde Park High School, 1898-9; Chicago Normal School, 1899-Mar. 1, 1905, as Head of the Department of History and Sociology. The object of the JUVENILE COURT RECORD is to disseminate the principles of the Juvenile Court throughout the United States, and, in fact, the entire world. OBJECTS OF THE JUVENILE COURT RECORD When the Juvenile Court was first established the sociologists of the entire country stood by watching anxiously the outcome of this new departure in childsaving 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 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 sessions 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 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. A TRIP VIA Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. IS A PERPETUAL PANORAMA The scenery along the entire route is entrancing, surpassing in variety, beauty and grandeur anything to be seen east of the Rocky Mountains. The 160 miles beside the beautiful Ohio, on whose sur face steamers and odd craft are sighted every few minutes, are succeeded by miles of graceful curves along the banks of the Big Kanawha, and then come the canons of the New River with their awful wildness and grandeur; the gentle Greenbrier with its pastoral loveliness; the heart of the Alleghenies with its matchless beauty of scenery; the famous Springs Resorts; the renowned Shenandoah Val ley; the towering Blue Ridge; the wonderful panorama of the Piedmont Valley; the famous battlefields of the late war; and the surf of the Atlantic at Old Point, or the beauty and interest et Washington-just as one's destination may be. Stop-over will be allowed at Govington, Va., where branch train is taken for Hot Springs on all first-class one-way tickets and on return portions of all round-trip tickets. When ready to resume journey ticket agent at Hot Springs will exchange tickets which have expired. A Delightful Sea Trip to and from New York Via the Old Dominion Steamship Co. Magnificent steamers sail from Old Point Comfort at 4:30 p. m. daily except Sunday, and from Norfolk at 7 p. m. daily except Sunday, arriving at New York next afternoon about 8 p. m. I. P. SPINING, N. W. P. A., C. & O. RY. 238 Clark St., Chicago. The Popular Line with three elegant trains each way between Chicago and LA FAYETTE, INDIANA LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY and all points in the SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST is the BIG 4 ROUTE Send six cents for WONDERLAND 1905 and four cents for "EASTWARD THRU THE STORIED NORTHWEST" to A. M. CLELAND, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. Buffet Parlor Cars, or Dining Cars on day trains, and Pullman's finest compartment and Standard Sleepers on night trains. All trains run solid, Chicago to Cincinnati. The only line from Chicago connecting in the Central Union Depot, Cincinnati, with C. & O., Q. & C., L. & N. and B. & O. S. W. R'ys. For reservations, etc., call on or address I. P. SPINING, G. N. A., 238 Clark St., Chicago NOVEMBER Published in the Interest of Homeless and Dependent Children' IT IS WISER AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO SAVE CHILDREN THAN TO PUNISH CRIMINALS ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR TRADESTON COUNCIL 23 10 CENTS SINGLE OOPY VERY LOW RATES Southwest VIA THE WABASH St Louis Nov. 7 and 21, and Dec. 5 and 19, THE WABASH will sell special homeseekers' tickets from Chicago to many points in Texas. Louisiana, Kansas, Indian and Oklahoma Territories, at greatly reduced rates. Write us for maps, pamphlets, time cards and full information. T. P. SCOTT, Gen'l Agt., Milwaukee, Wis. Please Note! ALL agents for the Juvenile Court Record carry credentials. You are referred to the above Board of Reference, and verbal references to other people are unauthorized. The agent presenting this paper to you is authorized to sell single copies at IOC. and to take annual subscriptions at $1.00 per year. This paper is published only as an exponent of Juvenile Courts. |