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Show tl.e tracLcr, mI ia ilia ejl .::; t:' 3 t. 2 .! t' r t :t. No general rulcs'can be enforced-in school or hone that -will ari'J in a11 cc-ps. Cluld study, therefore, devolves upon teacLer aLJ jarent, to correct cor-rect growing evil and teach the child what it 6hould be taught, to the end that he may grow cp to te a useful and honored citizen. But'itMs with the present "hoodlum" element that Principal Ilallock is dealing. Conditions in this respect! are certainly deplorable in Ealt Lake City, as shown by the reports from the minor courts. It is to be hoped that Principal Ilallock will offer some remedy, or that the discussion that he has opened will bring about a solution that will prove of lasting benefit to the community. " . It will not do to say that the evils he complains of are the .outgrowth of the selling of papers by boys. Many of these little sidewalk merchants are earnestly striving to make honest pennies. They are industrious and enterprising and their business is legitimate. That there are evil ones among them cannot be denied,-but there are bad ones, perhaps, even among those who come under the personal supervision su-pervision of Principal Hallock. Neither the home nor the school can save the utterly ut-terly depraved boy, but home and school influences can prevent the younger generation from growing up to the conditions which are complained of. "Hoodlmnlszi' Anions Silt Lcke Boys. Principal Hallock has taken up a most pertinent subject in his discussion of "Hoodlumism." Recent 1 instances in Salt Lake City are numerous, and he has cited them to point a moral which he" promises to dwell upon later. Every large city, and even many of the smaller ones, have this problem .to deal with. - Authority over children comes first in the home, then in he school. When a child reaches the stage of incorrigibility, incorri-gibility, the State steps in and administers punishment punish-ment and the so-called training of the reform school. No other than this-doubtful system has been devised by the State, therefore it is the last resort ..The parents are responsible to the State for the proper bringing vup of the child. The realization of this fact cannot be too strongly impressed. The necessity ne-cessity for education brings the public school into requisition, and here another responsibility rests on e "tt . - - - . |