Ql4rnuirlr I ' llNDEPENDENCE NUMJBER 4th of July 1916 JUL -6 1916 Ended our days of stn fe. Yet. at the sound of fife, All thro' our folds ne\r life Starts up afresh. !lear \Ye the battle's roar, See \\·e the bullets pour: \\'e're on the fields once more, Leading our men. \c'e \rere th~ first to hear, \\'hen the reveille drear Broke o•1 the startled ear. ( )ver the camp. Then at the front \\"e stood. And every soldier would Spill his last drop of blood. To hold us there. \Ve heard the soldier pray ''Speed thou the right, this day," As to the deadly fray F ~>arless he went. We sa\\' the loving tears Shed for a comrade clear As on his grassy bier A hero lay. Tho' dim our once bright bars, All rent with stains diHI scars. Tho' pale our silver stars Honor us still. So let our memory stay, As now at rest are they ~ling-led the blue and gray Peace over a II. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE REFORMATORY, "WITH MALifE TOWARD NONE AND CHARilY F~ AU" VIJLUME 3 CHESHIRE, CONN., jULY 1, 1916 NUMBER 6 T'le beneficial p<~rt the library t:lays in and understandin~ of cffaits v. ]- i< h been perfected and will shortly go into this institution is sorrething which c;: n­ w1s en irely foreign to them prior to the use. A reading ro::>m, well supplied wi~h not be lost sight of. Many young men time when they had access to the tead­ daily p3.pcrs, educational and vocational e:1ter th ~ Reformatory with a very small ing room. m l.{Eine3, is c::>nn=~=d with the library. kn"wledge of worldly affairs; that is, they Thanks to our Superintenrlent we now H ere the inmates, in return for good be­ know very little of things out.,;ide of the h:we a library of which any penal institu­ havior, have the p:-ivilege of spending an n ::1rrow sphere of their home surround­ tion could b::! po ..d. Tne li 'xary is lo­ hour in the evening, enjoying a good in5>. w:1ic:1likely have been op;Josite to cat:d on the s ec:md fl.::>or of the Adminis- b::>::>k, their home towa paper, or a favor­ congE-nial. and ite magazine they have had or a sociable I i t t I e oppor­ game of ch6ck tunity to read ers or domi­ good L<dE'. noes. There or if the op­ 1!:> no civi]ian portunity h a~.: officer present been offpred , and the gcod they have effect the libra­ b:- en teo busy ry has had up­ with some­ on the inmate thing else to body is shown embrace it. by the fact But when they that the libra­ find them­ ry attendance s~ lves shutoff for last month fDm the prac­ was over 4,fJJU tice of their andnotone old habits, anJ was suspen0- with much ed ior miscon­ s ) are time 0 11 duct. their hands, it Since the is not h~rd for opening of our them to ac­ new li b r a ry, quire a ta<-te circulation of for g od read . books has ing then more than follows as nat- 1 tripled, and ural as clock the demand work the de.3ire to communicate what tration building, and is plainly but suit­ for books was far in excess of our th v have read to some of their friends, ably equipped. All furnishings uch as supply. It was then decided to appeal to and before long we find them discussing shelves, table , etc., have been made by our frien:l.s on the outside for reading mat­ the good or bad points of a story with all the boys themselves. The boys have the ter. Througn the kindness of the Connect­ th =enthusiasm of genuine critics. We find privilege of m1!<ing their own-seleCtion in icut Press we made over 100 appeal the111 in :1uiring into the merits of this or re~ \.rd to readin ~ m 'l t1e r, and books thwughout the State. We also appealed that gr~dl stales!llc::n's aCtions, anLl in m l v be exchanged as often as desired. A to every library in the State of Connecti- nnny o ~ h :.r way::, di~pllyh;;a lmowledge fo:..t r-se5tion-card catalogue index has C...ontinued on page 12 THE CHRONICLE THE CHRONICLE Friendship is a spiritual posession to be Everybody And Everything Bosses And cared for in a material world. Who Frightens Everybody Else ISSUED MONTHLY AT THE would violate the sacredness of so great CONNECTICUT REFORMATORY a trust? Who would give the wound that CHESHIRE, CONN. would never heal? We would not receive This is a simpl~ picture. them; why give them? Emerson's broad­ The boy says "Scat!" and the cat goes. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ---- 50 CENTS PER YEAR. minded spirit of freedom and tolerance The lady hammers a typewriter vin- shows itself nowhere with greater force dictively, full of rage at the "boss" who than in his description of a friend: "A puffs his smoke, proud of the fact that BOARD OF DIRECTORS friend is a person with whom I may be he bosses his typewriter. Hon. Morris W. Seymour, President, Bridgeport sincere. Before him I may think aloud. The boss' wife bosses him. Hon. Chas. Hopkins Clark, Vice Pres. Hartford I am arrived at last in the presence of a The boss' wife's baby bosses her. and Hon. John P. Elton, Secretary, Waterbury man so real and equal that I may drop that is the end of the picture all very Hon.E. Kent Hubbard, Treasurer, Middletown even those undermost garments of dis­ simple. Hon. Anaon T. McCook, Hartford simulation, courtesy, and second-thought Life as we see it is a succession of which men never put off, and may deal controls of bosses and of frighteuings. RESIDENT OFFICIALS with him with the simplicity and whole­ The ligh'n.ngstarts the avalanche down Chas. H. Johnson, Su1-1erintendent ness with which one chemical atom meets the mountain side. The avalanche fright­ Charles E. Linscott, Deputy Superintendent another." Friendship draws from us wh~ t ens the elephant He dashes through the Thomas E. Kane. Asst. Deputy, there is of the hest within; for in friend­ jungle and frightens the buffalo. The F. C. H. Carder, Clerk ship there is religion. Its existence de­ buffalo frightens the wart hog. And w Miss M. L. Mohr, Asst. Clerk mands no explanation, for it explains it­ it goes all the way dvwn to the big beetle William R. Miller, M.D. Medical Director self. Samuel Rogers tells us that through­ in the grass. He is frightened by a small Rev. Claude G. Beardslee, Protes~ant Chaplain out life he continued to make new friends, snake, tears up a little ant's nest in his Rev. Lawrence A. Guinan, Catholic Chaplain that he might not be alone in the even­ fright and ruins a family home. Henry B. Carter, Parole Agent ing of his life. Learning the worth and Everything has something below it, Miss Ethel M. Shepard, Social Worker. cheer of kindred l:eings, he could not step something weaker that can be controlled. out from life without their helpful pres­ The question is: What is at the very bottom, and above all, what is at the top? THE CHRONICLE is published regularly the 1st of each ence. month at the Connecticut Reformatory, and is edited, con­ We shall not find all your friends What, exactly, is back of the lightning tributed to and printPd by the inmates. Its object is to en­ among those of our calling. Why should and the avalanche, back of the sun which courage moral and intellectual improvement among the in­ we? "Some seem to make a man a friend, moves our planet, back of the unknown mates, to devote its energies along lines calculated to lead re_ or try to do so, because he lives near, be­ force that carries the sun, back of the creant ones back to usefulness in society; to acqu::int the pub­ cause he is in the same busine~s, travels whole mystery that our little minds con­ lic with our true status, and to dispel the prejudice which exists on the same line of railway, or for some against those who have paid the penalty of their transgres· template through the telescope and mi­ sions. other trivial reason. There cannot be a croscope. greater mistake. If our friendsare badly And what are we, little human beings? Address all communications intended for this paper to THE chosen, they will eventually drag us down, Where do we get the power that enables CHRONICLE. Connecticut Reformatory, Cheshire, Conn. if well, they will ra,ise us up." us to weigh the sun, calculate the jour­ Friendship violated is nobility rlefilEd, neys of the co :nets, foretell eclipses, unite robbed and plundered. But the state­ the Atlantic ocean with the Pacific ocean Rooney Editor ment loses force, for one cannot imagine and perpetuate our race on the planet, All un3igned articles contribute:! by the editor. friendship cutting the figure of a high­ i:1 spite of our occasional wars and mur­ wayman. dering of each other? If you saw a colony of ants on the out­ er edge of a great driving wheel com­ i!!llllllllnll !IIIIHLIIIIIIOIIIIIII illlllll>llllll,lllllll l!lllllillllllll lllllll ill llll l lllll lll llll ll:'ll lllll ll ll~~ mitting suicide and committing murder, ~ ~ : :.