Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 73, 27 March 1922 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, 1ND., MOM DA, MARCH 27, 1922.

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PREVENTION CHEAPER, BETTER THAN CURE, ; VIEWPOINT OF MODERN SOCIAL SERVICE j ' . . . i Editor's xott Thu i another article These laws forbid misconduct and pre-! MMlal problem, mm they affect the.e-,K- nan.u Ita varinua

a atudeat of the " " v . Tt. ...

aegrees ana pnases, out iuo maie does nothing to deter its youth from

incurring the penalties which it has prescribed. )

Church Only Agency- ! The only agency that can possibly

warn and train is the church and the church will do this when the state, with the expressed direction and instruction of its people to its school

boards, will make it obligatory for its boys and girls to receive religious, or at least ethical training. It is withn the province of the church to teach the fourth "R," religion, and it would be the part of wisdom if the state would co-operate with the church in this direction. j The state exempts the property of the church from taxation for a purpose thereby confessing that it rec-j ognizes the church as a moral force' and an antidote to social viciousness.; The late Mayor Gaynor of New York said, when it was proposed to tax the

churches: "I will veto that measure. i One minister Driest, or rabbi is worth

15 policemen." All the church asks is that it be giv- -en a chance to redeem the childhood' of the land, but it cannot do so without the consent and co-operation of the home and the state. i Duties of School I "Why does not the school do some-'

thing about this?" some one may asK

Prevention, says modern social serv

ice, is better and cheaper than cure. It is better to build a fence at the topj of a cliff to keep people from falling: over than to have an ambulance waiting at the foot to take victims to a! hospital. In the face of the fact that1 Wayne county (which practically means the city of Richmond) has three times its quota of boys and girls in the state reform schools it would seem that serious thought should be given to the possibility of prevention. Some one may say: "Very well, let us discourage crime and delinquency by increasing the efficiency of our juvenile court. Let us organize a corps of consecrated men and women who will serve as volunteer probation officers and see if we cannot head off this procession of delinquents." Such a sentiment is commendable but It does not go back far enough. The place to begin to stop this procession is not in the juvenile court, but in the home. The home is the source of the stream of crime. No juvenile court can be expected to dam this stream effectually, no volunteer probation system will ever succeed as a dike or levee in keeping the ' Increasing volume of crime within the bounds of each community so as to prevent the state Institutions from being flooded. World Shaken. It is a cold fact that juvenile crime increased 35 percent between 1917 and 1922. Of course, that period was distinguished by the shattering of agelong conventions and standards. Hys

teria, greed, suspicion, fear supplanted poise, generosity, faith and cour

age. The world was shaken by primi

live passions and the youth of the na

tions behold violence and power dei

fied. When whole races reverted it i3 not surprising that their youth re

verted wth them and the youth of America was not excepted. There is no substitute for the home. There Is no society or agency which can discharge its functions and duties. There are societies and agencies

which can and do supplement the

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t represents un-numbered heartaches, t satisfied with their representation sented by two more influential and ao-

incalculable waste of life, and a dis-

portionate expense in money. The antidote is in the hands of every community. Relief will not come by magic or by wishing, but by the guiding of tiny feet into paths that please both God and men. t

both in the senate and the house of-""8 senaiors man aenaior new anu representatives, and personally I think; Senator Watson, and the house delethey would do well to return all of the nation is on a par with that in the present members who will be up for re- uPPer chamber. election in November. It is hard to "Senator New's attitude In giving recall a time when Indiana was repre-lhis support to the administration in

the fight for the ratification of the treaties growing out of the Washington ' conference has been especially pleasing to his constituents, and this satisfacT faal ...111 ..fl..lnJ in '

their actions at the coming primaries."

TVi Bchnol was not established to.

teach rplieion or ethics. If it teaches bench cry out in alarm at it-the horn

the three "R's" it will do all that mor

tal Intelligence can do. It can teach;

ADMINISTRATION

(Continued from Page One.) ristown, Spiceland and Greenfield expire. The Greenfield office is secondclass, the other third-class. Jan. 23, 1924, the term of the present postmaster at Centerville expires, and on June 5, 1924, the term of the postmaster at Shirley expire, completing the list.

There are fifty-seven postofflces ofj the fourth class in the eight counties I comprising the Sixth Indiana congres-j

j ters, however, are apointed for life and j can be removed only for cause. Memj bers of congress are not permitted to i designate such appointments from eliI gible lists prepared by the civil service commission as is the case in first, second and third-class postmasterI ships. j The Republican senatorial contest in (Indiana continues to be a topic of abjsorbing interest in Washington. Any IHoosier of prominence who visits the rational capital these days is certain j to be besieged by an army of interviewers to obtain his opinion on the outt come of the primary election. A. M. Smith, a Crawfordsville publisher, is the latest Indiana man quizzed by the (Washington correspondents. He has

predicted the renomination of Senator New. - "Senator New's decision .to remain

in Washington during the greater part

of other children.

But, the school touches the child about six hours out of the 24 and during that time the child is occupied with routine and drill which preoccupy hl3 thoughts. There are whisperings about things that happen during school hours, but it 13 not to be wondered at that habits learned out of

school will be indulged in wherever; the child happens to be. A pain in tViA c 1-i j-i 1 1 1 I a mav Via n ao Y7 Q 71 I

uiv.il 1,0.11 aim u kj ouyyiKr m rui luu iuc ciuuuiuci nu j i.uuavu j functions of the home. Chief among : infected tooth or tonsil so immorality j

these is the churcm W hy did not and i exposed in school may nave oeen

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uj uuea uui i no cuuicu uo someining

is in danger of dissolution. The relation of divorce to juvenile delinquency

morality insofar as the'eonduct of the! is a whole subject in itself and can . of the prenomination campaign has J ... ... 1 rtnlv MirtmvA this rxiacinrr tinfaiannAn 1 rlOCYI rof.ivcH tt'lth QfiTimvol tn InHi.

Individual child interferes Wltn Of ...., v"""8 iocmv,c

impinges upon the rights and liberties . he.r-

Ignorance and

overturned many

inexperience

governments

have

and

been received with approval in Indi

ana,'.' . Mr. Smith told the . newspaper men. "The people realize that his services are needed at Washington

they seat themselves in the saddle of i more than they would be in Indiana at

domestic government daily. If children do not learn the meaning of au

thority and discipline in the home it

this time, and they are glad that he

has shown his appreciation of the im-

potance of pending legislation and de-

will be too late in the day to try tojeisions that must be made by the sen

teach it to them when they stand be

fore the court. Every child in our reformatories

ate by refraining from going home on a 'fence-fixing' tour. "The people of Indiana are very well

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to prevent delinquency? It must be remembered that the church is a voluntary society and cannot coerce persons into its membership or compel them to accept its teachings and discipline. The church can do little or nothing for those who will not place themselves under its influence. In a city like New York, with over 900,000 school children, only one-third receive religious instruction. In a city like Memphis only one-half of its school children receive religious training. A survey recently made of our southern states shows that only 20 per cent of all the children of the south go to church or Sunday school. At least 500,000 children in the state of Indiana do not receive religious instruction. No Religious Training A questionnaire submitted to the leading juvenile court judges of this country revealed the 'fact that prac

tically every child brought into court had never had any religious training at home or elsewhere. Kvery one of these judges recommend that religious training should be made a requirement in the life of every child in the country. This recommendation did not come from prejudiced or dried-up parsons, 1 ut from men who have grown weary in trying to deal out justice to the innocent victims of modern civilization. Some senuls has estimated that there are at least 800,000 federal and state laws, what child can be expected to have even a smattering of them? But, any child can learn the Ten Commandments and it is the infraction of these simple, fundamental laws that is bringing the childhood of our land to sorrow and moral destruction. Funds Are Scanty. Incorrigibility is failure to honor fathers and mothers, stealing, lying, fornication the whole dreary category are taboo by the laws of heaven and earth. Why dops not the church get after the unchurched and give them .some constructive programme of life? It is doing to as fast as it can, but it is forced to work with faulty methods and is forced to labor with scanty funds and few leaders. In 50 large cities in this country, religious training is given in school time, ranging from one to five hours a week. The results justfy the system. Richmond has a high . standard of music among its children, it is not every city of our size that can send a high school orchestra to stand up

under the criticism of experts. Such!

an exploit has cost us money and time, can we expect a high standard of youthful morality without expense? That the state has ideals is shown by the laws on its statute books.

learned in the home or elsewhere. The momentum of habit carries everything before it and indecency will creep out anywhere because immorality is no respecter of places. Parent-Teachers' associations would do well to make the conduct of children the order of their programs, not merely to listen to some expert detail the principles of child psychology but to get down to brass tacks in individual cases. Co-Operation Required The Next Step League is fine in theory but it will require the co-operation of every member of every family to makeit effective. It is folly to expect the habits of a child to rise above the customs of the home. The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W .C. A. are, after all, only clearinghouses for a certain kind of youth in the city. These institutions will attract mostly those boys and girls who have been given a push in their direction by the home. The "Y's" cannot and will not furn

ish the spice that is found in the pool room or the dance hall or the unchaperoned function of any sort. The "Y's" will and do furnish a proper social outlet for those boys and girls whose souls have been fed on high ideals and purposes. The young people who sneer at things and places that are "slow" in their eyes will never be attracted by the "Y's" for either sex. The home cannot dodge Its responsibility, it cannot shift its burden onto the shoulders of - church, school, or social agency entirely. These will help the home to bear its burden, but that is all they can do, and that is a great deal. Homes in Danger. In a country where divorce has become so common that judges on the

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MILLION flowers are "saying it" at the National Flower Show. A symphony orchestra of rare and precious blossoms is "saying it" in the music of color, form, and fragrance. A great scented hall is murmurous with the woodwinds of the azaleas and acacias, with the brasses of the rhododendrons and hydrangeas, with the first violins of sweet peas and roses, with the 'cellos of the hyacinths and

lilies. A thousand fragrant gardens are joined in one rich profusion of beauty. "The sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into," as Henry Ward Beecher phrased it, are assembled from the ends of the continent for you to do them honor. L It is the National Flower Show and National Flower Shows are not for every year-or every city. There have only been four before this one: in New. York, in Chicago, in Cleveland, and in Philadelphia. The last, in Philadelphia, was held in 1916. The elaborateness and costliness of the necessary preparations prohibit annual renewals of this greatest of flower shows. Only a few. cities can be favored and those cities are favored indeed. To your very door have been brought the choicest and loveliest flowers and plants that the world can produce. Growers of international renown, from every corner of the United States and Canada, have spent tens of thousands of dollars, not for financial reward, but for pride of achievement, in bringing their rarest creations for you to see. When will this chance come again?. In. a generation, perhaps? In a .lifetime? It would be a sin to miss it a sin not to go, and go again and again!

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