Eight Report of the Baltimore Manual Labor School for Indigent Boys for 1852.
Report of Commissioners on the State Reform School of Pennsylvania.
Premium for an Essay on Juvenile Delinquency.—
At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the House of Refuge, Philadelphia, the following preamble and resolution were adopted, viz:
Whereas, The increase of Juvenile Delinquency in all the large cities of our country, has claimed the attention of philanthropists; and whereas, the Board of Managers of the House of Refuge, Philadelphia, are desirous that errors in modes of training the young, and other causes co-operating to produce the evil referred to, may be presented in such a form as to claim the serious consideration of parents and guardians throughout the land; therefore,
Resolved, That the Board of Managers do offer a premium of one hundred dollars for the best essay, and fifty dollars for that next in order of merit, to be awarded by a committee of literary gentlemen: Provided, that such essays shall not exceed fifty octavo pages in length, and shall be contributed before the first day of July, A. D. 1853; and whether successful or not in competition, shall be at the absolute disposal of the Board of Managers.
In accordance with the above preamble and resolution, the premiums therein named are now offered, without restriction as to the residence of competitors.
The Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, Frederick A. Packard, Esq., and Stephen Colwell, Esq., have consented to act as the Committee, to examine and adjudge as to the merits of the Essays offered in competition.
Competitors for the above named premiums, will please address their manuscripts to “John Biddle, No. 6 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia;” and send therewith, their names and places of residence, under sealed envelopes.