Excerpt from Administration and Educational Work of American Juvenile Reform Schools The aim, then, of the present study, will be to describe as fully as circumstances permit the educational ideals, methods, and results of these institutions with a view to their more popular comprehension and use. The history of the evolution of the schools and also their development in foreign countries will be touched on only so far as these may prove to be helpful in realizing the above aim. Apart from the reports of the schools themselves and some material contained in reports of various state boards, it is interesting to observe that the great amount of writing on the general subject of juvenile reformato-ries is in the form of material for propaganda. From the beginning of the move ment in the closing years of the 18th century keen - sighted and philanthropic men and women have seen the need and possibilities of educational institutions of this type. In their speculations these people have often anticipated the main lines along which the schools have finally developed. Convinced of the rightness and feasibility of their cause, they have ad dressed themselves to converting the reluctant public to their point of view; and the result has been the amassing of books, articles, and proceedings, all designed to heighten interest in the subject but giving, unfortunately, little concrete material upon which the student may rely for actual record of achieve ments. The movement has been in the nature of a great mis sionary enterprise, always looking forward, and taking little account of ground actually covered. But at the present time much more is being done in the way of quantitative record of practice and results, and we may confidently expect these institutions and the educators working in them soon to pro duce many definite studies of educational value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... the formation of character, the strengthening of the will power, and the development of self-activity, all of which are of vital consequence." Several counties in Massachusetts maintain Truant Schools which are practically farm schools. "The boys are employed largely at farm work and in the care of live stock," says the report of the Essex County Truant School: "In winter the boys have carpentry, printing, and caning chairs." The average age of boys committed is only 11 4 years. Out-of-door work is practically impossible in the large John Worthy School (the Parental School of Chicago), owing to lack of room. Hence much is made of manual-training and bench and lathe work of all sorts. The smaller boys work at card-board, paper, raffia, decoration, drawing, sketching, coloring and pyrography work, while telegraphy and typewriting are features that are well developed for the older boys, as is also printing. One notes with some interest in the last report (1904) that "the class room methods were changed during the year and now none of the classes in the first, second and third grades are taught manual-training in the work shop, but their entire day of six hours is devoted to class room studies and in teaching the essentials on which an education is based." When we recall that a large number of the first, second and third grade boys (see table, p. 56) are from twelve to sixteen years old, one wonders what was the pedagogical reason for the change. A City Home which is striving to obtain a country environment is the Cincinnati House of Refuge. With an average number of inmates of nearly 450 this institution is still confined to the indoor industries. Sloyd, carpentry, printing, tailoring, shoemaking. baking, ...