Word: penal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although the feeling of obligation should alone be sufficient to make every man attend to his registration, failure to do so will be a penal offense, punishable by fine or imprisonment. It is imperative that there be no delays through carelessness...
...duly accredited students are eligible, an exception being made in the cases of students taking the course in Practical Penal Problems given by Dr. E. Stagg Whitin at Columbia University, in order that undue advantage may not be given them...
Thomas Mott Osborne '84, former warden of Sing Sing State Prison, Ossining, N. Y., will speak at the First Parish in Cambridge, Harvard square, tomorrow evening at 7.45 o'clock on his experiences as warden. He has devoted much of his time to the study of conditions in our penal institutions, and for three years has served as chairman on the New York Commission on Prison Reform. Later, at Sing Sing, he introduced many improvements in the conditions of the prisoners...
...Sing Sing state prison, Assining, N. Y., will address the Speakers' Club this evening at 6.30 o'clock. His subject will be "Prison Reform." This is the second time Mr. Osborne has addressed a University audience this year. Since his recent appointment as warden of the country's largest penal institution Mr. Osborne has introduced some very important and significant reforms in the management of criminals...
...whole object of any penal system, said Mr. Osborne, is the safety of society. The great question before penologists, then, is to determine whether this can best be brought about through harsh punishment or reform. The old system was based on the supposition that punishment was the effective means. Far from succeeding, the treatment the men obtained made them hate everyone and everything, and they left prison with a desire for revenge upon society. They took the first advantage to commit crime once more, and usually landed back again in prison. The punishments used were often so brutal, the absolute...