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Show OPPOSED TO ' DETENTION HOMES SUPT. H. H. THOMAS OF INDUSTRIAL INDUS-TRIAL SCHOOL PROTESTS. Proposed Action Would Tend to Make the Industrial School a Penal Institution or Prison. Superintendent H. II. Thomas, of thf State Industrial school, In hid report handed to the governor Monday, Mon-day, sounds a warning against the establishment of detention homes in every county of the. Blate. Mr. Thomas suggests, instead of detention de-tention homes, that the Industrial school be placed entirely upon th3 cottage basis, thus providing icr girls, but of the first and more hard-segregation, hard-segregation, not only of tho boys and girls, but of the first and more hardened hard-ened offenders. He le heartily endorsed endors-ed by the trustees In their biennial report to the governor, to which Mr. Thomas' report is attached. "The courso that to me seems th'j most prudent," nays Mr. Thomas, "the most economical, and by far tho most productive of good to tho boy, is o place this institution absolutely upon a cottago basis, equip it with trades facilities, and make It, all in all, a school whero the boy or girl of bad environment or wayward tendencies Mid of unfortunate parentago may be sent and properly trained. If this were dono the boys and girls could segregated as to their habits and tendencies ten-dencies and the Immoral kept to themselves." them-selves." Mr. Thomas eays that one cottage might be set apart for those on probation, pro-bation, where boys might be sent tor trial period without losing educational educa-tional opportunities and this could be done without making tho order of commitments that obtains as to U.e industrial school. "But to establish detention homes throughout the slate," he continues, "and to send here only the Juvenile criminal, would mako of our school a reformatory or prison, such as they have In nearly all eastern states, not in connection with tho Industrial! schools, but separate separ-ate Institutions, where those who continue con-tinue refractory and unmanageable may be sent for further discipline. "I would urge your honorable body to make a strong appeal to the governor gover-nor and legislature to give such support sup-port to one institution as will enable us to place it entirely upon the cottage cot-tage basis, and to use every effort to avert the calamity of making our one industrial school a Juvenile ponlten-tlary, ponlten-tlary, with homes of Civersinea interest in-terest and management an over the state. Let us have onjr scnool that we may be proud of and that Bhail lake rank, as our other state Institutions Institu-tions have done, among trie roremost ol the nation." . . The- trustees, In their report, reiterate reit-erate the need ot a parote agent, to visit 'paroles at .regular :nrervars. see that they- aro provlced with suitaDio homes and look after tnc:r general welfare ' It is absolutely necessary that the -superintendent navo a parole pa-role agent on the outside to assist mm lii ' handling such outsice cases, me . j nnA an nnnronriatloil of $3,000 is recommended Tor that purpose, to cover a period of two yeTIie appropriation of $142,670 11 by the last legislature Is practically exhausted, ex-hausted, the report says, and $163,600 la asked for for the next two years, $0,100 of which la to cover deficits The expense of malntecance or tni inmates of tho school was greater the. laft two years than the preceaing Di-enniura Di-enniura because of the advanced cost of living and the like. The trustees ask for an appropriation appropria-tion of $3,000 to finish tie g:ns' cottage, cot-tage, begun laBt summer; $2,000 Tor two new Kirk-Bender tins escapes; 31,000 for more library books; an additional ad-ditional $1,500 to complete tne waterworks water-works system and $6,000 for other bet-torments. bet-torments. Th now heating system Is being completed at a cost of $10,000. Tho blennium Just closed snd the latter part of the preceding ono might properly prop-erly be alluded to as the renaDllltatlon of the Industrial scnoo:. the report eaye: t "It is tho intention to convert the main buildings into a trades school," the report says. "When the clrls' new cottage Is completed tne present girls' cottage will be utilized as a cottage for boys between 14 and ltt years old. those under being continued in the two-story cottage, in the coming com-ing blennlum work on the cottage tor boys over 16 should begin. This, completed, will give three boys' cottages cot-tages and one girls' cottage, thus carrying car-rying out the intention or the legislature legis-lature to operate the scnoo: on tho cottage plan. "By the removal of the hoys from the main building and the erection or a central kitchen and dining room ror boys to eat in and a cottage for the superintendent, the main Duilfiint; could easily be converted into a trades school. The estimated cost or the superintendent's cottage Is $7.-000 $7.-000 and of tho dining room ana Kitchen Kitch-en $5,000, which the repoTt recommends recom-mends appropriated. The daily average attencance tlis last two months was 125.43. in tho preceding blennlum tho attendant at times was a slow as XS.G7. The cost per diem per capita tot senrM maintenance this blennlum was $.839 J. la 1905 and 1906, $.7787. Supt Thomas' report shows tnat 101 boys and 36 gins were at the school In the blennium. Tlio attendance now is 124. 34 noys ana 30 girls. The number on parctes or furlough Is 366. making 430 under the f.chool'8 jurisdiction. Eleren or tna commitments In the blennium were from the outside states, including three from Missouri. ' Of the boye in the school 23 no father and 16 no mother; of tne Sfrls seven have no father ana cigrr. no mother. Six boys and two girls , have neither parent living. I |