Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1919 — HOW TO CURE BAD BOYS. [ARTICLE]

HOW TO CURE BAD BOYS.

The Cleveland, 0., Press of Sept. 27 had on its front page a large likeness of Miss Laura A. Harlow, sister of,__Mrs, A. G. Catt, of this city. : Below the likeness of Miss Harlow -was the following interesting article on the “Bad Boy” -proposition ; • “There Are Two cures for boys who commonly are described as bad,” says Miss Laura A. Harlow, .who has succ-eeded J. B. Vining As"director of the Detention ~’llunre, Eranklin avenue. __ —‘ Here they are: One^-'Edu-catiom — Two —Improved environment. “There are very few tough boys,” says she. “Those who are called tough are merely those whose environment is at fault, or who lack education which would give them the right idea of their conduct.” Then she added: “The boy who is called bad usually is one who is more active than another and whose activities are misdirected. Frequently a cKangg: o f_ environment —is —all- that—is—required ’ oul of mischief.” “Girls are in a minority in corrective institutions. That' is because their environment usually is better than that of boys. So girls are less likely to get into mischief.” Miss Marlow has spent twelve years in juvenile work, much of the time in Delaware, and at the Working Boys’ Home in Toledo. i ■■ 1 —*