Word: junior
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like more than 15,000 boys & girls who have gone through Freeville or one of its offshoots* since Manhattan Manufacturer William George founded his Junior Republic in 1895, they were neither delinquent nor retarded but had the problems that come from bad home and neighborhood environments. Their goal during their stay at the Republic: to work out a good "adjustment...
Ditch-Digging & Plumbing. On the record, the odds were in their favor; better than 90% of George Junior Republic's boys & girls have grown up to be useful and successful citizens. Most of the Republic's actual operating expenses are covered by contributions from outside friends, plus $65 monthly tuition paid by the parents and guardians of the majority of the citizens...
...dollar). Jobs range from ditchdigging and housekeeping to plumbing, carpentry, masonry, welding, and office chores. Average income of a Republic citizen is about 15 Republican dollars a week, of which living expenses take about ten. Chief drains on the remainder: Republican income taxes, to pay salaries and expenses of junior government officials; clothing and travel; savings...
Crime & Punishment. George Junior Republicans make their own laws in monthly meetings where citizens over 15 years of age (who pay a $1.50 annual poll tax) are allowed to vote. The kids also run their own police force and courts, impose and enforce sentences. Last week, only four were serving sentences for misdemeanors. Sample sentences: for boys, extra work with pay confiscated; for girls, more work and no makeup...
Gradually the assembly hopes to thin out some of the blood and muffle the thunder of the average comic rip-roarer. Most conspicuous sample of their influence to date: "Brooklyn," a raggle-taggle Boy Commandos' character with bad grammar and warped diction has been transformed into a junior Brooks Brothers type who speaks impeccable English...