The Hagerstown globe., April 10, 1936, Page TWO, Image 2

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THE HAGERSTOWN GLOBE
Established : 1936
Published by
STOUFFER PRINTING COMPANY
Brewer L. Stouffer, Editor
Offices and Plant:
105 North Potomac Street
Hagerstown, Maryland
Telephone: One-Two-Hundred
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POLICE RADIO SYSTEM
Much has been said in recent mon.ths
concerning the advisability of installing
a police radio system in Hagerstown.
Public opinion seems to be divided, as
is usually the case where the tax-pay
er's money is involved.
Many years ago, the public was serv
ed by policemen who reported on the
scene of crime either on foot or 1n
horse-drawn vehicles. Then came the
automobile and motoreycle. Hagers
town progressed along with other cities.
Today all big towns operate efficiently
with the radio call system, and there
are numerous communities the size of
Hagerstown following in the path of
their big neighbors.
The efficiency of the departments op
erating with radio equipment cannot be
questioned. There are too many instances
where the radio hras proven its worth. It
has helped to capture criminals a few
minutes after the erime was committed.
1t has likewise saved human lives. Take
the radio away from the departments
now operating them and it is a safe bet
that the number of unsolved crimes will
again increase.
The chief objection to a local police
radio system seems to be that “Hagers
town is not big enough.” That is foolish.
Major crimes can and do occur in Ha
gerstown as well as in larger cities. The
object is to get officers on the scene as
soon as possible, and that can be done
more quickly by radio than by the pres
ent system.
After all, the expenditure of several
thousands of dollars is nothing compar
ed to the saving of human life and the
DI'OtGCtI.OH of citizens from thugs and
professional erooks.
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T ety ST e o W e s R i(e o SIS S S AR R R e D
JUDGE HICKS WRITES e’
ON JUVENILE WORK
Much Has Been Spent On
Correctional Institutions;
Little Spent on Training
By George D. Hicks
Magistrate for Juvenile Cases
(In order to further acquaint parents
with the activities of the Juvenile Court
of Washington County, the Globe has
asked Judge Hicks to write a series of
articles dealing with delinquent children.
Judge Hicks has consented, and herewith
is the first of the series.. Editor).
THE CALL OF THE CHILD
The call of the child for recognition
is being heard around the world. From
the time the Sphinx first gazed upon the
Pyramid built by Kufu to the present
day, youth has been woefully neglected.
Since the building of that ancient won
der, science, art, philosophy, political
economy, scientific farming, cattle rais
ing and all other pursuits have pro
gressed far beyond the development and
welfare of youth.
In China, educational methods of the
older system were so unnatural as to
awaken little desire on the part of the
young; in India servants and girls were
excluded from the schools; in Persia the
boy was trained only for war—not real
izing that “the world is saved by the
breath of school children,” not shrap
nel; in Egypt the equality of youth was
not recognized, hence the caste system;
in Athens the child was committed to
trusted slaves; in Sparta weak and un
promising children were either killed as
soon as they were born, or abandoned
to the wild beasts upon the mountains,
and under the laws of Lycurgus children
were not allowed to ask for food at the
common table where all people eat; and
in early Rome the education of the child
devolved almost entirely upon the mother
and its aim was to correct the evil ten
dencies in the child, instead of develop
ing the intellectual faculties of the in
dividual.
Penal institutions, such as dungeons,
gallies, jails, penitentiaries, houses of cor
rection and kindred institutions, were
constructed with a view to serve only
one need—that of the adult. Untold
millions of dollars were spent on the
apprehension, conviction and incarcera
tion of adults, but not one cent for the
development, guidance and welfare of
youth. No thought or consideration was
given to the prevention of Crime or to
juvenile delinquency. Society during
these ages, never dreamed that Crime
is not a disease but a symptom, back of
which lies a primordial, physical or psy
chic disease fatal to society.
(To be continued)
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