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Mr. Horne then described the opportunities for missionary work which are offered to men at Harvard. There are the hospitals, prisons and sailors' gatherings in Boston where one may go and by Christian deeds gain the confidence and respect of the men.
EVENING SESSION.The first speaker of the evening was Dr. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education at Washington. He took for his subject "What do school statistics teach in respect to moral influence of education." Dr. Harris gave many interesting statistics concerning convicts, in the prisons of the United States, in...
IV. Convicts, above all others, should be made to produce. - (a) Prisons are of the nature of reformatories. - (b) Convicts never previously having done their duty as good citizens, should now be made to do their share in the production of the country.
Mr. R. E. Surbridge, for the negative, showed that very few immigrants in proportion to the whole number even knew a trade, and that skilled laborers were too few to number. He also showed that large numbers were now imates, of our alms houses and prisons.
I. From Economical Standpoint.- U. S. Labor Report, 1886, p. 372. (a) It relieves the State from risking public funds in the hands of public officers in manufacturing and commerce. (b) It simplifies the management of prisons and prisoners. (c) It is the most remunerative system, furnishing to the State...