Date of Award
Summer 1945
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Education
Abstract
The term,"truancy", is interpreted in various ways. Julia Richman, District Superintendent of the Public Schools of New York in 1909, said, "The law in some states defines "truancy" as a failure to attend school, making no difference between the parents offense in keeping the child at home and the child's offense in remaining away from school without the parent's knowledge. It is this latter form which the school and the school alone must check." A. o. Neal, Superintendent of Schools, Franklin,Indiana, in the same year said, "Some Juvenile courts in Indiana have held that the truancy law means not only that the parent shall send the child to school, but that the child shall come provided with proper equipment and decently clothed and clean.
Recommended Citation
Hulcher, Helen Marie, "Truancy : its sociological implications" (1945). Master's Theses. 28.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/28