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Show THE MISSION OF JUNEN1LE COURT What it Is and What it Can Accomplish. Judge Brown, of Salt Lake tells Logan People all About It. Judge Willis Brown, of the Salt Lake city Juvenile Court, lectured In the Logan tabernacle Sunday evening to an audience that filled tho place from cellar to dome. The subject of his lecture was "The Juvenile Court," and for more than two hours he held tho rapt attention of the Immense audience. au-dience. A rapid speaker, with wonderful won-derful flow ot language, endless Illustration Illus-tration and incomparable as a stoiy teller, he gave in detail the workings and results of the Juvenile court, and we doubt whether there was a father, mother, brpthcr, sister, sou or daughter daugh-ter In that audience who went away unimpressed, at least In a measure, with the wondciful possibilities of the court for good. The speaker talked as though iie knew what he was talking talk-ing about, and his experience with the Juveniles and their parents enabled him to speak from expeilcncc, from definite knowledge, and his boundless enthusiasm in setting foith his knowledge know-ledge and beliefs can led all doubt before be-fore him. As said before, Judge Brown speaks rapidly and never stops to take his breath so that any detailed leportof his effort' must reasonably do him un injustice, but only in the detail can one find the lessons he desired to point, and though this be given imperfecta, im-perfecta, it Is hoped that the speakers speak-ers Ideas will not be distorted What The Court Is. Judge Brown explained that the Juvenile ourt Is the chancery side of tho nl i net court, a place where the chll l can bo dealt with as a misguided, mis-guided, delinquent Individual lather than as a criminal. It Is a place when lncarrlgibles may be taken and staited on the load to reform, a couit that lakes tho child from the parent where that child has become willful and lcfuscs to obey It is a court designed de-signed to save the boy from becoming a criminal, lather than wait and convict con-vict him or somo Imavy crime It was explained that the com t In Utah was established by a law passed at the last legislature and Instead of being "a peanut ur Sunday School couit" as dubbed by some, Is a lawful, constitutional court which has a woik to perform and Is to bo obeyed. It Is in successful operation In twenty -nine states ot the Union and its success is no longer questioned where the pub- H lie understand its meaning and know H its results. H The Obstruction. H The speaker said the real opposition H to the Juvenile courtcomes fiom the H unknowing patent whose pride and H "love tor his child" causes him to hate H the idea of his boy being In couit. In H the Judgo's opinion this kind of per- H son does not love his child, ho Just H thinks he docs. The parent that B loves his children Is glad for another H or a court to do for hliu what he him- U self can not. Unfortunately tho par- H cut icgards the child as a chattel, Ills H own vvitli which he can do as he pleases. H The Juvenllti court savs this Is a H wrong view and when the parent is so H dclenquent himself that his children M fail to come up to high citizenship H Ideals those children are dealt with H by the couit-not harshly, but firmly H and hi love, looking ever to the child's H beat good, The child that steals, M bieaks windows, plays truant from M school, lefuscs to obey tho curfew M ordinance, smokes and docs other things of like kind are the children M whom the Juvenile court designs to H reach, and It has reached hundreds H effectively, M Judge Biown olfeied numbeilcss M illustrations ot his methods and the M results, told how the boys that aru M brought to him aio placed on their M honor, and how it is that seldom, If M ever, they folate their pledge. The tK court makes an ellort to get at boy's M individual dlillculty that ho may bo jH assisted In the way that is likely to M provo to his special ad vantage. Tjiero M aro now 21 boys In tho rcfonn. school tft at Ogdcn, sent there by Judge Brown, HI and each of them took his papeis, tho Bj $1.(10 car fare, and went to the school BJ unaccompanied by any otllccr or other BJ person. Nor aie these behind bais BJ there. They have been made to un- BJ dcistand that they are behind bars IB stronger than steel, bars ot honor, and BJ these boys will come from that school BJ lit to be citicus of this great republic. BJ Judge Biown ovoriastingly scored BJ the man who would soil ulgaiettcs to BJ a boy, and painted In lived words tho BJ horrible dangers to which tho boy BJ Concluded on 8th page. BJ BJ Judge Brown smoking cigarettes in his adolescent period Is subjected. The RKruntt-can RKruntt-can will present this chapter and others next issue. At the close Judge Brown called on Judge Maughan to say a few words and that gentleman responded briefly. He said that " anything Is good for a community that tends to make good cltlcns of boys. If the Juvenile court does this elsewhere, It will do the samo here. The trial Is worth the worth the while, and cvrtalnly can do no harm." Mayor Robinson. made a few remarks complimentary to Judge Hrown's effort, suggested that the people rellect carefully, and then decide to oiler the Juvenile court every support possible, lie expressed his confidence in the work of the court elsewhere and Is satisfied that It can be made to serve a good purpose pur-pose In Logan, iayor Robinson asked ask-ed that Probation Oillcer King be looked upon as a friend, notan enemy, and explained that the gentleman Is paid WO a month from the city treasury. treas-ury. After urging the parents to a sense of their responsibility, Mr. Robinson Rob-inson asked the young men and boys to assist In saving their companions going astray, saying that they could, If they would, render Invaluable assistance. as-sistance. For this occasion the Fonrtli ward choir furnlshedJsome very excellent music and as a special feature, Mr. M. .1. Ilallard sang "Oh where Is My Hoy Tonight" very effectively. Seated on the rostrum were Judge Cardon, Hon. Joseph Howell, Hon. Moses Thatcher, Isaac Smith, C. II. Hart, Mayor Robinson, Rob-inson, Judge Maughan, Rev. Norlleet, Superintendent Cardon, Bishops T. X. Smith and C. J. Larsen. The Methodist Meth-odist people gave up their evening service, ser-vice, and Rev. Norllect took part in this service to the extent of offering prayer. |