Show THE REFORM SCHOOL there arc various kiowa entertained regarding a reform boino look upon one in alic stricter sense na n prison n place of punishment idea is nol alic A reform school to fill its liast mission should be carried on ns n school a place or the hicl ani moral tn twining ining of those who arc chai to it tha greatest degree of personal freedom consist cut with discipline for lory youths is allowed prompt and obedience i required A portion of each day is spent by alic of alic school in study and recitation under the direction of competent instructors parents arc allowed to visit their children and alc latter arc in good bc babior by being allowed to go and visit their parents it is said that iho inisi tins cry sei ilon betrayed in this country and england agri cultural labor is the principal labor in reformatories reform schools in the various states have froia lifty to five hundred acres of land they take ill a great measure alic position of farm schools the labor on a farm is healthful and is of such a character alint boys can be readily disciplined 0 it plenty of land is therefore a necessary thing in the conduct of a reform school one in massachusetts has over acres while one in new jersey has nearly acres in sparsely settled tarri borici the agricultural feature of reform schools is a good one in that it trains labor in the chief departments of labor and in more thickly settled regions it is important in a self sus way industrial training is abo given in reform schools it will readily be seen however that unless it lie in some of the simpler departments of industry that the mechanical arts cannot be entered into very extensively in connection with a reform school it would be bolli expensive suid impracticable machinery is very expensive and it is not to be supposed that boys can drop down into the workshops of a reform school and turn out at once salable work they could not run machinery without training and experience ahe chances ore that they would not be in the institution ions enough to learn a mechanical trade the true theory being that upon a j asli ww vi aru and of n reform of character boys are freed from the restraints of a reform school field and garden affords the necessary discipline to habits of industry aids health and otherwise conduces to lue success of ahn institution some light employment like chairs etc is also certain of the inmates the location chosen should be in a quiet healthful locality nut near any large business center such places ore generally elected tucy arc not so exposed to contagious diseases the work of reform is more effectually carried out in quiet rural districts alic temptations thai arc in the large civics arc not found lucre it is not so enticing for them to ci cape the moral influence is con better and such iu is very necessary in the successful management of a reform school it is a splendid nid in the reformation of a hoy who may be guilty of wrong conduct to take him away into new scenes off from his old Ii aunts the very arguments used by some to the effect that a reform school should be located ia the place from where it expects to receive the greatest num bor of its inmates is evidently wrong in many of these particulars i site has much to commend it to the consideration of the members of the legislative assembly the site near he mouth of logan canyon commands a beautiful view an abundance 0 land and also of water can be secured the locality is a healthy one it is away from the bustle of cen this city it would tako the refractory boys of park city ogden and salt lake into new scenes surrounded by tlc alc very best of moral influences greatly to alic aid of reformation we say boys for ne believe blat tho reform is IK place for girls an industrial ashoo will no doubt sometime in the futura be for wayward girls we believe as a location for hi territorial reform school this cannot be beat alic citizens her have shon shonn n considerable commends alc enterprise in regard to the callei inducements of a practical charade have becu made the Commit lc from the legislature have been aci and now it remains for the action i that body |