The Shaw
| Date | 01 April 1938 |
| Published date | 01 April 1938 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455053800201205 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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THE
SHAW
SHORT-TERM
DOMESTIC
TRAINING
SCHOOL
AT
WARRINGTON,
LANCS.
This
short
term
approved
school
was
started
in
August
1937
at
the
premises
hitherto
used
by
the
Central
Committee
on
Women’s
Training
and
Em-
ployment,
as
a
domestic
training
school.
The
Cen-
tral
Committee’s
trained
staff
are
still
running
the
school
in
this
old
country
house
and
the
course,
which
includes
cooking
and
all
branches
of
domes-
tic
work,
is
arranged
to
cover
nine
months,
with
a
possible
extension
to
twelve
where
necessary.
It
is,
of
course,
useless
to
suggest
girls
for
this
school
who
either
are
clearly
unsuitable
or
unwilling
to
do
domestic
work,
or
who
are
unlikely
to
be
fit
to
take
a
job
in
nine
months.
This
would
only
lead
to
their
transference
by
the
Home
Office
to
an
ordinary
long
term
school.
It
is
suggested
that
where
possible
the
girl
under
consideration
should
be
remanded
for
a
fortnight
to
give
someone
connected
with
the
Shaw
the
oppor-
tunity
of
seeing
her.
Communications
should
be
addressed
to
Miss
E.
C. Purdon,
28,
Broadway,
S.W. i .
with
the
girl’s
record
papers.
It
is
a
charming
place,
with
plenty
of
interesting
things
to
do
and
very
nice
people
in
charge.
The
school
takes
girls
between
i
and
r 7
and
also
accepts
Roman
Catholics,
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A
House
Party
for
]B1aglst~~s
Clerks
was
held
at
the
Alexandra
Hotel,
Saltburn,
on
January
8th
and
c~th.
The
guests
arrived
in
the
evening,
and
after
dinner
on
Saturday
evening
Lord
Feversham
welcomed
them
in
an
admirable
speech.
He
said
he
felt
sure
that
a
great
deal
more
might
be
made
of
the
Probation
system.
At
present
there
are
far
too
few
probation
officers,
and
their
efficiency
is
spoilt
by
overwork.
An
increase
in
their
number
would
be
a
saving,
not
an
expense
to
the
State
for
a
man
who
is
dealt
with
on
probation
costs
the
State
only
small
proportion
of
what
it
has
to
spend
if
he
is
sent
to
prison.
An
interesting
discussion
followed.
On
Sunday
morning
Mr.
B.
J.
Reynolds,
of
the
Home
Office
spoke
on
&dquo;
The
place
of
Probation
in
the
work
of
the
Courts.&dquo;
1B1r.
Reynolds
said
that
he
believed
that
Probation
was
more
successful
with
adults
than
with
juveniles
and
said
that
he
hoped
that
Local
Authorities
and
Magistrates
would
do
their
utmost
to
make
the
work
of
the
probation
officer
easier,
for
instance
by
helping
him
to
find
transport.
His
efficiency
is
essential.
Only
if
he
is
able
to
do
his
work
thoroughly
can
the
magistrates
be
rid
of
the
great
responsibility
of
their
office,
of
giving
every
offender
a
chance
to
make
good
in
the
treatment
most
suited
for his
special
case.
He
stressed
the
importance
of
the
Probation
Com-
mittees,
but
added
that
in
many,
if
not
in
most
of
the
Courts,
these
functions
were
not
carried
out.
&dquo; We
look
upon
the
North
East
as
one
of
the
brighter
corners
of
the
country,
but
even
in
this
area,
probation
committees
are
not
carrying
out
every one
of
the
duties
specially
laid
upon
them
by
probation
rules,&dquo;
and
he
said
also
that
it
was
a
fundamental
mistake
to
think
that
the
police
report,
however
conscientiously
made,
could
take
the
place
of
a
report
by
a
trained
social
worker.
Mr.
Reynolds
agreed
to
a
suggestion
that
a
report
of
the
work
done
by
the
probation
officer
should
be
presented
to
the
Local
Authority
with
a
view
to
helping
their
relations
to
each
other.
Mr.
Norman
spoke
on &dquo;
Conciliation
in
Domestic
Proceedings .&dquo;
Mr.
Morton
Smith,
Magistrates’
Clerk
of
Sun-
derland,
said
that
he
hoped
that
juvenile
crime
would
decrease
as
the
industrial
condition
of
the
country
grew
better.
At
present
parental
controi
was
ineffective
because
the
characters
of
parents
were
affected
by
unemployment
or
poverty.
As
prosperity
returned
the
parents’
increased
self
respect
would
lead
to
their
taking
more
care
of
their
children.
The
meeting
was
attended
by
about
40
magis-
trates
and
magistrates’
clerks,
and
afforded
them
a
valuable
opportunity
to
discuss
the
problems
which
arise
in
their
work
and
to
learn
from
each
others’
experience.
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