December 27, 1919 – “The North Dakota Training
School [in Mandan] is perhaps the only reformatory in the country with a
voluntary inmate—a sixteen-year-old boy committed by his own request. A chance
to earn an honest living—to specialize in a trade—was what this orphaned boy
from Cass county [Minn.] wanted. His only opportunity seemed to be the
industrial school of the state reformatory and he sought admittance through the
juvenile commissioner. His plea was granted and he was enrolled, the term to
expire at any time he wishes.”
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; Bemidji,
Minn.; December 27, 1919; p. 1.
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