Show Child Delinquency s 's Blamed on Flaws P j f In School gets Budgets 11 f I Solution of Social Problem for Maladjusted Children Up to to- Educators Robinson Robinson Rob- Rob 1 inson inson Declares i v t. t Charges that Inequalities In m Utah school budgets gets are causing dis- dis crimination against maladjusted children and those thos- of school age not in m t j jl classes were made matle Friday by B. B H. H Robinson secretary of the state Ju Juvenile ju- ju venile court t commission 1 44 rp 3 r B B. B H. H Robinson 1 Speaking at a session of at state school admi administrators at the capitol i. i Mr Robinson laid the problem of t I i overcoming child d delinquency before r. r it reaches the too late tate stage oj of the juven juvenile le court squarely up up-to up to the educational educational edu edu- system for for- solution k In Utah we have an unusually 1 high rate one one of the highest in the country of deli delinquency quency cases in the courts he declared red When a case reaches court It f represents failure on the part of those Who have have- early in- in f to produce a socially adjusted 1 f v child i Court Couri Not Cureall The juvenile court is not a cure- cure curet t all aU It has no control until the child is a confirmed delinquent and th then n it is Ls too late The gr greatest test live tive forces are arc the home and school and school 5 and nd there is none better than the school Ic J Citing figures to s a support his his' con can of discrimination against re children and I those out of school Mr R Robinson binson said that in the I school year 33 1932 only 58 cents i r per capita of school population was f- f spent in a coordinating program to to I meet the needs of maladjusted children chil chil- tJ dren while per capita was spent on average students I Seventeen teen districts spent virtually J nothing on the latter cl class clas W. W he de de- e- e I dared v I I. I I Losing Sight of Needs i Curricula do not meet the needs i of ot rc retarded ded children he s said id Educators Edu u. u r eaton lose Jose sight of their special 1 11 needs 1 He recommended a three point program pro pro- I gram grain as a solution j 1 Making schools delinquency I conscious by educating teachers to I meet needs of maladjusted children with special training courses for lor in i 2 2 Offering changed I 1 f c curricula u nr cr cu cuI I a l dren dien with special classes for retarded chil- chil 3 Amending teach teachers teachers' rs' rs require require- ments menu to include ability to teach mal mal- adjusted chUd children 1 1 q r. r o I 4 The Utah emm t t accept th the responsibility for the social i 1 adjustment of of ev every r chiI child capable pable of ot being educated he warned t Failure Seen SeenA A belief that conventional I courses of social studies in Utah in-Utah Utah have f j failed to achieve wh what t the state expects ex ex- peels peets was expressed by H. H A. A Dixon superintendent of at Provo schools t A survey of the Granite district one of at the most progressive in the state showed only three or oi four lour social so lie o. o I cial dali science teachers had the modern point of view he said We need an extension of courses course to include this thi view Other speakers at the morning session ses es- es sion attended by more more than superintendents su au- and and other social executives exeen- exeen i lives tives were Superintendents David 1 Gourley of Alpine district M. M J J. Barlow Barlow Barlow Bar Bar- low of Cedar City and L S. S Noall Noah state director of vocational education on 1 The conference will continue Sat Sat- J I 1 |