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Show The Industrial School. THE COLUMNS of the daily papers of the city on Monday morning i read very much like a chapter from Charles Dickens. That such a condition condi-tion of things as that reported of the State Industrial school at Ogden could exist in this day and age seems si-most si-most Incredible. Of course, we must keep in mind the conditions that, in all probability have always surroundedthe children in such a school are such that severe and extreme measures may in many cases be the only alternative, but for downright, wanton cruelty there is not now and never can be any excuse. It surely is a poor means to employ to lead children to a higher and better life. For any man to deliberately de-liberately choke a poor, weak, erring girl, and that man one of supposed intelligence, not to say pretense to culture cul-ture and other virtues the teacher is supposed to represent, is a disgrace. The key to the evil In this case seems to be two facts. In the first place, thu institution should endeavor to live up to its name of "Industrial School." Busy children are of necessity good ones. Surely anyone can see that by a wise employment of time as a development de-velopment for the manual and mental side of the child will be the only hope of his salvation.- How is this ever to be done in the poorly equipped institution insti-tution which we have in Ogden. One of the greatest safeguards to the young is to inculcate a love for good literature. litera-ture. How can this possibly be done when a library consists of a few cat-aogues cat-aogues and Congressional Records? In how many cases will the child who leaves such an institution . ever have or. avail himself of any other oppor tunity to acquire an education. For the stie of the future of our stale that child should be given the be"st opportunity that money can afford, bu how or where are we to find one who will give the child still more judicious care and wise direction for which no funds can ever pay? It must be' admitted ad-mitted that the place at the head of j such an institution is one of the most I unenviable positions in the world, but whoever takes it owes it to the welfare wel-fare of society to fill it wisely and conscientiously. And the state should see that it is done. |