Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1911 — Governor Suggests Remedy to Relieve Congestion at Plainfield. [ARTICLE]

Governor Suggests Remedy to Relieve Congestion at Plainfield.

Boys entirely too young and young men entirely too old are amoqg the inmates of the Indiana Boys’ School at Plainfield, Governor- Marshall declared after he had inspected the institution. Many of the boys, the governor said, should be at home, and many of the youths near the age of twenty-one should be at the reformatory at Jeffersonville, where they could not possibly contaminate the minds of the young boys. The school now has 630 inmates, 230 above its normal capacity. “We should have a state workhouse,” the governor said, “and when we find a boy below the age of fourteen whose parents attempt to send him to this school we should send the parents to the workhouse. The frequent use of the rod would have saved many of these boys from being where they are now.” The governor said he would take steps to, prevent judges sending young boys to the school. A meeting of the trustees soon will be held and they and the governor will discuss means to relieve congestion at the school. The Home Grocery for the piano contest votes.