, 1869-09-06

tbs echool had III start, and a!nca that ttmo hxs
Geyeorcd Into ono O! tho Uoss popa'ar and aout-
iahlug lnstttuttonz tn tho 6tato- Additions Tnso
soon made TO the ombrJo school oF ono boy, ~
l!yely delegation Of tNclVc ntsuhc1a from Inc
Northern rssou, at Michigan C1tJ put In their np-
pcarance In few GAYS after the formal opening
Of The institution, and tho Euufdians Of thla city
ecnt four truAut boys to the Reform School about
tho Ramo time 10 bo trained ~ tanse who 1zn to
be men. With seventeen bad boyf ~ = nucleus,
the functions Of model Reform School we1e nnx
hru7gtt into Practical operation, and soo
enects of = good, moral training xeEe soon uade
manuez. among elass Of toys thas had hitherto
beca consldered Is 10 many young rascala, and
tbey wc1c locked upon Us boJs given oEcr TO tho
EY One, and Little or no hope entertained for taelr
reformation. Bus thern wAs yet lingering bean
0! y.rtuo In the heayta Of these boJ8 and 1t only
needed 70 bo ktudled tnto = hotj haEae and they
would commence 70 work for their oTn Fe8osna'
uon- Ono hundred and eighteen boJs have been
admitted to lhare In the Rights and benefits Of the
Institution CD to this tata, and there hre now On
d!r in the Superintendent ot1ce At this tine
some thirty applications for adutisaion 70 Tho
school, The capacity for inmates u for about
eighty, ylt one hundred aud TWO boys are now In
the Institution. Two Largo md connodiooa build
lngs are now being put mp .. quite rapid rata
Ono Of the new buildings Is designed for the rnau
building" and win contain twentJ.four rooul1,
[HE l&IKEtE 8uQ AIEk Fll talk 40S0 CH4A48 tAAl
boys dIning-roon, officers dntug-room- chapel
and library, laundry, kitchen, otnces, apartments
for tho Superintendent and family. and sultab1e
accommodations for doncstics not having tho d.
ret caIc or charge OF boys. This building Il to be
three stories high above the basement The othtf
building u intended for family Of afty boJs- It
vii have spacious study ball, Beated after tho
most Rprro7ed plan, md 1nely finished In every
particular, 4 large and we'll ventilated dorntnFJ,
sIha 3rw viii n HHtIrfnt
for the assistant teacher In tho family On tho
drst coor nboye the basement there arc two nice
rooms, opening to the school room through hall.
tor the "uo1se Father" and his . wife,
u nauc given to the MN In
charge Of the family. The basement
ts used for iaEatory for tho boys, With two
furnace rooms done OF In the vest cnu THIS
building, Ike all the other buildings, Il msde Of
brick. They arc cheap, but convenient and well
adspted for the purposes Of q Reform School An
important feature In the management Of this in-
ttttntion H. that the boys aro taught habits Of in
dlRtrJ, md aro thoroughly exercised IN mAnual
labor each day. In tcachng the bo5s how to
work, the Divine injunction Is carried out: ".5l1
DAYS shAlt thou 1n.,oF and do Ill thy wo5f."
Mammal tabor promotes the virtues, moral, So
c,ni md Intellectual; II deyclops tho Vital fuuo-
tons and physical organs. IL preserves the health
Of the Eobrst and reetorca tho invalid. 1t fn-
crcascs Intelligence by improving the intellectual
faculties.
Tho school IL dirilod into four grades aud
clhs#cd according 10 the education Of the boJL
Competent inltruetors arc engaged III tho work.
Two grades or elntsca nttrfl Rchoot tlurnR tho
forenoon ecas1nn, whtlo thoRo belonging 10 tho
other Two grades nsc in the nctd. garden, shops
OF GU "truFty ,nhs." In tho afternoon tho boJs
WIN nttcntr1 school IN tho forenoon 70 10 thu
nelh, Rasilrn anil other plsrca tu work. wo thosn
WHO iaorrfi LII tho fofrhnun viii attend aciool
now ami mako III effort 10 ltnr!uYo tho mini.
N the ia boJa rrceTr'l tnio thc hchuni. twulyc
hnva brrtl tuuurnty discharged AMI returned 10
lht1t tteh.la An rrfutthrh, otn has "d, thtrs hsn
living viii. fats,c,a ntas tho school farm. ami op
tun1scd NIL! twn ART Jrt III illu iuatlsu,nn. Hay
ttal bt,H sse nnw ready ANT Will aoon 10 Ills.
rhnrted. with thu ,wu INV h1llIsInHs tho scliEol
vii, haso n capacity TOT twu hundred
ani ittJ ho1Ha T'he Aurreta That l,nA
RttcfrIi Tho Erfurtn Eth6n O iialiltnh 10 !n Eooi
Ina far e1rtthed Tho nntlcIrat!unE ef itA ,nusi
sAnEuInH trlers, and 1,urh credit ID due to the
superintendent fur TITS wlso management ami tf,e
Rps"l llrp ho hAa ralc'I RtOuni him to Asslst III
carrying forward The w9fk fur waic1 tho suhnuI
waa established 10 arcUmpllal antl tho bpJH ihls
reclaimed arc greatly ihllebtei to them Tor Tho
self-ssrsfrtnH Rptit With witch theY hare Gu.
te1cd upon aud discharged the duties Ut their snv.
erAl Uffccf. Yyu1s truly, AMicCa