In 1912 she attempted what was perhaps the greatest feat in all her remarkable career—that was, to make the passage across the Atlantic under her own sail, unaccompanied by tug or steamer. The shipping world was aghast when the voyage was projected. “Impossible,” said every man that ever sailed the seas in ships, “that this century and a quarter old hulk could brave the spring hurricanes of the western Ocean!” Lloyds refused her insurance, the British Government refused her clearance and sea-captain after sea-captain refused her command, but finally a stout old skipper, Captain John Scott, and a gallant crew of adventurous souls under the command of Captain D. H. Smith, the owner, hoisted sail and took her out of Glasson Dock on the very day that the ill-fated “Titanic” sailed from the port of Southhampton. For 96 days she battled bravely, her staunch old hull defying the crashing gales and mountainous seas and at length made port in Boston Harbor with a crew, worn out and half starved but bravely triumphant, to the applause of press and public, who likened the splendid feat to the epoch-making voyage of Christopher Columbus. Since then the “Success” has exhibited in Boston, Providence, New York, Asbury Park, Philadelphia and is now being shown in southern seaports. PROGRESS IN MASSACHUSETTS BY WARREN F. SPALDING Secretary, Massachusetts Prison Association, and Member State Parole Board The legislation actually enacted during 1913 constituted but a small part of the progress made in prison reform. A combination of circumstances caused a reference to the next Legislature of many measures which had the hearty approval of the leaders in both branches. The reorganization of the prison commission, late in session, led to the postponement. It was felt that the new board should pass definitely upon the proposed legislation. Governor Foss outlined in messages to the Legislature a program for prison reform, the spirit of which is likely to be the basis of future Legislation. The most important of his recommendations is that the State assume the control and administration of all the county prisons, on the ground that crime is against the State and not against counties, and that the care of criminals is a function of the State. This would make it possible to classify both prisons and prisoners. If the prisons are to remain in the control of the State, he recommended that all the long-term men be gathered in a few of them, and that schools which should give both mental and manual training be established, at the expense of and under the control of the State, making the reformation of such men the definite purpose of imprisonment.