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Show H j, SUCCESS OF THC KEFORit V ( I'j .SCHOOL. 1 'j Tiik Utah Ittforai School is one M ft" of tbe territorial IzitlituUons of B Vt which Uic people may Iw prcud. It H I has received soma of the worl B F specimens of juvuiule depravity that H jj bare disgraca! society ami has m ' V brought thsm uniltr dlscipllneand M a reformatory Influence which bids H I fair to coavcrt them into worthy H it members of the body politic M ( There are othtrs who have been B " sent to this institution w ho had cot M . becomes criminal at UiccUfsre- H ferred to, tiut who were sufficiently B . ungovernable and prone, to do B i -wrous a to warrant their detention H 1 ' in a place ether than a prison and B yet tv'thola liberty from thcru for a H I season. 1 i Wear3plesssdtoledrntiiatuniltr H the just and IlrmyettemperaU and B corisidirsle jolicy urtecd by Jlan- M ager Joseph IJorton excellent results M have been obtained. As evidence of M t this we cannot do better than to re- H , produce the following from tlie- txl H i umnB of the Ogden Standard, with H cur congratulations to theSuper- m j Intcbdcnt and tho puUic on the M j success so far achieved: 1 j "rourboandtiroR!rUofth8Tcr- M j ritorial It-form School ttill i.pand M ' j Chnsimai at mime. Tiro of the boys Vfl I amdone'of tberirls !ivo in Oirden. tho Ij other tanse ia fttlt Lake. They ro t out on parole until tuehall become I . of age. Ths rales of "the institution jiertnit the rarolins of Inmates who ' ! hhow by their comities that they are j worthy to bo trusted. They remain under the cn-stody of the sihool -and I aro remind only "to report onre in (.be ij month togivo&apcrimendcnt liaiton 1 and Uw lioard of trustees assurances 'J that they hat o kepi their agreement inreganl to tatir deportment. i A Standard rcjwrtcr called at tho I school yesterday aflemoon and mas preicntia the boyVhcbool room uhen Supenniecdent JUrton delivered mo . fi paroles to the boys. They are bright, B . W JPPy looking boys, and listened Ht' Vltii attention to the remarks mado B by the sncnntendnt, as did tlie IH otuer boy 1" were present. In XH 5 his remarks, which v. ore brief, the !m I superintendent ured the boys, both B ( those who wcro goic-out and thoss m f who remain, to x jndepenJcni and M manly, to so coudun lliemselvcs in BftVJ the work and school lift as to not ier- AVftyj rnitothersto place them underobligi- 54p f tiiins. Xo.boy, ha slid, could afford "jB to let another buy do ids work, ho ' Vj could nut affiird to be in debt cither in . dollars or tune. Tho world owes no I ' boy a living who does not tarn it. It I is the duty of ccry boy to bo inde- I pcnJeutand n-spccsable; if ho docs 1 i- that, ha will bo honest and ro'iect.d. I .Vfler these remarks ha J beancin- f eluded tic boys on parole were ner- rniUed t3 say good beio their fclljs i and tucro was a beam- response by i the j-uung iVUix-s no remained. H 1 Soma oftic smaller boys shod loarsai H i 'he parting, aud they wero nearly all M 1 affeced to some exicnt. They ap. H J - peared to realise that .taco four boys H 1 , and two girls ho were released yes H I m. terday afrmoon hid carnsd their H 2 ' liberty and that therais the Mine for B M 'J, all uhowdlconduc. tliemsclvesprop- H j "flicre Is uo doubt tint the libcrat- H I 1$ ing..rthce tix inmates will have a H l B vhole-orae cflert upon the re-t, as H 4 r "y i'v hx that good Lehivior is H I nece-sary to shorteniog their term in H I the school. H j Thoy igncd the parole? and then B j they were ready to depart for their HJ i rJ ,' homes and onty awaited the carriage. H I .' It was a pleasant afternoon for them Uk I anii 'here is very little likelihood of HK9bAJ thoircver .being comjielled to return HHHv as inmates. HS 'The reporter talked with Ihcm per-' H lM ' sonally wnile they awaited the start W for home. They were all neatly M t'WA "', , dr-ed and bore on their faces tho HB wJU eldcncesf coimI ireaunent and each t ' onedecdaied that the tune they had HH wA ' sPut in tho school Iial bccnlmtli M VJ plexsant and proiahle. They were H H unanimous in their good words for IBM S Superintendent Harton who ihcy J said had Ien uniform in his kindness to the school. They asserted that the ftfl . boya and girls who do not get alon H ' nicsly are themselves to blame; that B J 9 every chance has been given them to M V M become batter and that for themselves B 9 I hey had learned a lesson which they B would endeavor to heeil tbe rest cf BB tU their Iivc. B B 'Superintendent llirton was not B B present riunno; this inter iewand they B fl spoke what they felt without any urg- B B inC- I'eoplij who may have no fiith B M in the reformation of thec yonns peo- H 1 9 pie, who are betn-eca thoagssof four- 1 tcen and setcntecn would havo m I T changed their minds hail they been H l jl present and watched them and" heard B 3m I them talk. B iP 1 "The selection of Chnsunaa eve for ' ' !j giving ficm their liberty m ligbt- v 1 ' ened their hearts an J they will spend H j,' very merry Chritms with their J j parents an 1 friends." |