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Other Titles: Biennial Report of the Kansas State Industrial School for Boys and its successor, 1960-1980 Boys' Industrial School (1960-1966) Industrial School for Boys (1968) State Industrial School for Boys (1970-1974) Youth Center at Topeka (1976, 1980) Youth Center at Topeka [and] Youth Center at Atchison (1978)
No full textThese biennial reports are summaries of the activities of this agency. They were extracted from a series of Kansas agency reports covering over 100 state agencies and institutions bound together for each biennium., 1959/1960 - 1979/1980.
The Boys' Industrial School at Topeka was established by the 1879 legislature and the first boys were admitted in June, 1881. In 1905, The name of the school was changed to the State Industrial School for Boys.
The Kansas State Industrial School for Boys became the Youth Center at Topeka, effective July 1, 1974.
Collection contains reports for both agencies.The Boys' Industrial School was established by the 1879 legislature, giving official recognition to the desirability of separating youthful and adult offenders of the law. This legislation provided for the selection of a site and the erection of buildings for the projected "state reform school," a residential treatment center for the care and control of miscreant and delinquent male juvenile delinquents, with the provision that the site be selected within five miles of the capitol building, and further that the city of Topeka should donate 160 acres of land suitable for the purpose. The school opened on its present campus about four miles north and one-half mile west of the capitol building and the first boys were admitted on June 10, 1881. In 1901, the name of the school was changed to the State Industrial School for Boys and was further changed to the Youth Center at Topeka, effective July 1, 1974. Legislation enacted by the 1977 Kansas Legislature, effective July 1, 1977, mandated that the Youth Center at Atchison shall be operated in connection with and as a part of the Youth Center at Topeka. The institution is under the control of the Division of Mental Health and Retardation Services of the State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. To some extent, the Boys' Industrial School serves the state as a diagnostic and screening center, making referrals to the state institutions for the mentally retarded and to the state mental hospitals. The immediate purpose and ultimate goal of the industrial school for boys is to provide an open, positive, re-educative community living experience in an open institutional setting designed to help boys develop insight into their feelings and actions so he may return to community living free of the need and desire to commit further anti-social acts, which will cause delinquent youth to develop more positive social attitudes and values. Boys considered unreformable with the present state of knowledge or facilities, who run away several times and commit further anti-social acts, may be prosecuted in the county district court. The court may sentence them to the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson or may release them on probation. In rare instances, boys have been returned to the committing court as unreformable. The task assigned to the Boys' Industrial School is to rehabilitate and reform the adjudicated miscreant and delinquent boys committed to the institution by the juvenile divisions of the district courts of the state of Kansas. That is, the major interest and investment of the state is in the return of these boys to society as soon as they are free of the internal need to commit antisocial acts. This is a rather vague assignment because the cause of antisocial acts are so very different from case to case. In the course of the Boys' School's development, three distinct plans for working with boys are evident as seen by the methods used. Early in the school's history, the staff regarded its responsibility as punishment. In the middle period of the school's growth, emphasis was placed on education and training. The third phase began in 1944 when the late Lawrence H. Gardner was named superintendent. This program emphasizes education and treatment adapted to the nature and needs of the boys individually and collectively. The Youth Center at Topeka (formerly known as the State Industrial School for Boys) is currently dedicated to the residential care, education and treatment of delinquent youth. Historically, it has had two major objectives: custody and reform. The current objective is to improve students' functioning by setting specific goals and responsibilities for each student, then providing services and activities to assist the student in meeting these goals
[Background information on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka]
No full textapplication/pdf; Includes "Transcript of Testimony from Cheryl Brown Henderson, Supt. of Brown Vs. Board Historic Site, to the Capitol Preservation Committee", dated October 28, 2010."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 6-8).Background -- Transcript of Testimony from Cheryl Brown Henderson -- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Bibliography -- Resources
Veterans Memorial and Walk Dedication, Kansas Veterans Memorial and Walk
No full textKansas Veterans Memorial and Walk -- Dear Veterans and Fellow Kansans -- Dedication Kansas Veterans Memorial And Walk -- Unveiling Kansas Veterans Walk Plaques Floral Memorial To Freedom Trees Unveiling Kansas Veterans Memorial -- The Kansas Veterans Memorial And Walk -- Veterans -- Governor's Veterans Memorial Advisory Committee -- Special Volunteers
One Hundred Years of Gridiron Greats: Fletcher: 'A Leader'
No full textSame as same date/author/recipient
The capitol dome sculpture : the symbolism of Ad Astra [2002]
No full textThe Capitol Dome Sculpture -- The Symbolism Of "Ad Astra" -- "Ad Astra" Capitol Grounds Plaza -- Kansas Capitol Home Sculpture Project -- Capitol Ground "Ad Astra" Plaza Project
Statue of President Dwight David Eisenhower on the grounds of the Kansas State Capitol, dedicated October 22, 2018. Eisenhower Statue at Kansas State Capitol
No full textThe statue was unveiled on the State Capitol grounds on October 22, 2018
1916-03-28; Newspaper article, Topeka Journal
No full textCopy of a newspaper article from the Topeka Journal , March 28, 1916, edition entitled, ROCK ROAD THERE. Bourbon County sets pace for other counties in Kansas. 50 miles built - 50 miles more asked by petition
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