Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-25

81 o0v01op0e0t o. our yootn, upon me
viceuu Of this initiatory term Of school
R~~,~s a Jesns Coonissse - the
RefOTln SchooAs
To tie House Of Representatives neU fn
aessiOn:
Your committee TO visit the Reform
School would respectfully report that on
Friday, the 9th instant, they visited that
netitutiou snd made . careful examina-
don Of the farm, buildings, school, and its
Reneral management.
Daring the last year NO new buiidings
have been erected, but many and vaiua-
BILE improvements In the house snd
grounds have been completed or are In
the process Of completion. Among these
we would mention ths very
chesp and convenient arrangement Tor
the water to all tho principal
rooms in the house by means of pipes, and
for supplying large square tank with
warm. fresh water, in which the boys
bsthe and wash themselves every Safur-
day. The grounds have been graded sno
already begin TO hint that artistic beauty
v;II .son sdorn the home Of the unfortu-
mates.
We found the institution q model OF
uestness, thrift and industry. Some OF
the boys were at work on the ssrm -ome
cleaning the kitchen and chambers otn-
ers making coats and pants but the most
Of them were at work in the shop, bot
toming chairs.
The farm. under the skillful manage
ment Of Mr.. Hatch, has yielded = more
bouptiful harvest than ever before, snd
We we're pleased 70 learn that be and sar.
Fairbank both conteDplsts cultivsring
roota, strauberries and other crops thst
require more labor but less land, ana 10
the cultivation of which the nimbie nm
gers of boys can be turned TO much prons-
All fertilizers arc very carefully ssved'
but We much regret that when the barns
were moved, they were not placed 20 as
To allow the construction OF manure
cellar beneath. sh they might have o~en
with very little sdditionol cost
The boys number sevenfy-seven, an m
cre.se of serenfeen over Last year. They
YORK six hours and study four each day,
With frequent iptermissions for outdoor
pl.y and exercise. We found only one
In the hospital, and as far as We could
Judge they are carefully and fesderiy
cared for They sleep in cots. one framed
about three feet above the other, and only
about tvo feet wide; which IN our opinion
Ia too narrow for warmth and Comfort
and we would therefore suggest that some
change be made in their sleeping accom-
modstions- 80,
In the shop, under the care OF the very
pleasant and active assistant superintend-
sut. the ~ork goes quietly and briskiy on.
90 that the earnings are about twelve dol
lars per day.
It can hardly be expected that such q
school Of boys osn be made self-sopPort'
ipQ in fact the object of the institution IL
not the Improvement Of our State hnsnceA
bat Of the physical and moral condition
Of the boys.
Reared in ignorance, and collected b.
i rsss,ou of their vices, they sh,rd ths
4 so,,uAsst and crudest mstsrisi for snfsl
ilsctaal and moral training, yet sbsis secf
tatious eyinced thorough cuitur'
and perfect mastery of th'
.,udies pursued For order, decorun
and svstam. the school is an sxsmpi'
worthy OF iLe imitation II every distr1c
scL.aI in sfse State Miss Barnbsm, th'
able and accomplished teacher. seems
.ppreciate the importance of her charge
and strives 70 magnify her ofsice. How
40 much has been accomplished. with sss
eptv scholars under her cbsrye, Ia onl'
four hours in the day. is truly ~oDderfnl
The committee would suggest that seven
ty-seven scholars require 20 be graded in
70 two departments, and placed under tw
|. accomplished instructors
In the opinion Of your COMMITTEES IN
time has come when the State Of Vernon
should remove the bank Of probation fron
, this reformatory aud hnmans institution
, and adopt IL a. one Of her permanent an
, cherished agencies for corrsefins and re
, deemipg her fallen children.
Compare the money invested at Wind
sor with the few thousand dollars inves'
D ed At Waterbury. At Windsor there ar
seventy-five men who work all tbs tins
and receive no instruction, and the
have cost the State in round number
during the last year x8,SOO; whii
> at Waterbury there are seventy-tv
D bows who receive four hours IN
Q struction each day. and whose earning
r must be much less, and they have cost th
! State during the last year only s4,70'
with a fair prospect Of much snalls
deficiency when the institution shal Z
; we'll Organized. Your committee fher'
!. fore do not hesitate 10 recommend ths
v the shop and school-room be sufiicientl
:. enlarged to accommodate one bnndre
boys that such additions be made 10 IN
house A. will afford two or three spai
i rooms for the trustees and other visitor
z and that building be erected in the pls
i ground for the use Of the boys when u
/. A.. s...lap.araf f.r
% the open air.
Your COMMITTEES were highly please
: with the easy land digpifisd bearing
V Mra. II. E. FairbaDk. She seemed TO
d perfectly familiar with just such kifch'
Ia work as our mothers were aceu-tomed
perform. And in our Judgment she v
;" every way well qualified 20 exercise
q kind and motberly care over those VI
" need most the restraining iDnnence o'
n mothers tenderness and love-
III Mr.. FairbaDk. The SoperiDfender
secms TO be, in all respects. the right mi
70 in the right place With several yes
1t experience in the Massachusetts, kssof
" School, he comes among rs . ripe scbols
ID an active, energetic young msn. ssd
- perfect master Of the high vocation
= which he seems no much devoted. 4
e1 position calls into constant exerci
~ the highest and poblest gifts of ms
- great knowledge of buDsn nature, vi
he skill 10 touch its secret springs, snd
undyipg faith in the power Of prece
A' and principle 10 reform snd educste Z
= nost dspesved sons q isnossscs soe ".
Ae Ist = thsa co-opsssss 9Th bin in 4
sol sreet and good work With oar funds, o
oil sympathies and our prsyers.
Gro. A. NKRxMI,l Com o
~ Gro. \. DALE, psst Of Z
" Asa B. CANT, esnsts-
u PIX 0LEED,
mi II. r. JONES, Com q
ii JOHN BI0KLOw, part Of
y Boz 5o.A1 cD,,ia1 ?; a1DDEs' House.