The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-02-10
tFrofn the Cineinnati chronicie.1
The Ohio Reform school.

Onthe "Hoeking Hills, !" at Ian
caster, in healthy and beautiful
location five Orisix hundred fec,
above the level Of the Hooking
Valley, is the Ohio Reform School,
with It's Farm Of l,t70 acres. The
institution IL, doibgis good work.
which should have the earnest
.sympathy ofall good citizens. It's
SUCCESS has been marked, in the
correction Of the vicious tenden
eies or evil conduct of boys whose
Education bas been neglected, and
in saving tbem from lives oferime
or vagrancy, to become, ina large
proportion Of cases, usefal mem
bers Of society. q1sb
The last annual report, made by
the Acting Commissioner, G. Il.
Howe, and the Advisory Commits
sioners, J. A. F0ote and b. w.
ChidIaw, is fuIl 0f interesting de
tails. 1be Farm appears to be nm
der excellent management, atten-
ton being especially directed to
the cultivation Of fruits. The or.
chards, vineyards and smaller
fruiteries now cover $50 acres, and
the remainder CT the land under
notwithstanding in all about
one fourth Of the whole area--is
devoted to gardening, to the raising
Of farm products, and to pasturage.
Tho shop labor performed is suf-
6ciont to furnish shoes and cloth.
ing for the inmates Of the institu.
tion, and such carpenter work and
lacksmi!hing as are required =
The grounds enclosed with the
buildings--one main cdIfce, six
family dwellings, three bathing
houses, three shop buildings, two
largo barns, wood.house, bake.
house, wash house, LICK up, and
o,her structures-comprise, includ.
, ing lawns, yards and play grounds
an extent oi ten acres.
The first ten boys wcrc received
at this institution IRON the Cir Gin
natl House of Refuge. January 80
1858. During the last twelve
years. the whole number received
has been 1916, of whom 305 re
maincd at the close Of the year
,, There are now some thirty or more
F, tor whom admission is desired
but refused for want Of accommo
dation. .....
Of the 13I admitted during the
? last year, the largest number GO,
were from Cuyahoga county
There 'were 8 from Montgomery
county, S from franklin, Z from
: Washington, 6 from Buller, 5 from
: Fairfield, and a smaller numbe
from sother counties, including
from Hamilton. AS to age, tn,
: greatest number (25) were four
teen, 10 were ten, l3 were eleven
Is were twelve, 12 were thirteen
l3 were fifteen, and is were six
teen years old. The youngest {.
y in nnmbcr) were six, and the old
! est (2) were nineteen. Of tn,
: whole number of 1872 admitted
. during the year, llO were native
of Ohio, IS were OF American par
p en-, age, 26 OF German, Is of Irish
. 5 of English, 5 of African, 3 0
= = French, aud 2 Of Italian.
;, - In 81 cases, the cause of com
!. mitment was petty larceny, 81 in
u corrigibility; l3 burglary, /
u grand larceny, and l tor each G
: the offcnses of manslaughter, va
grancy and high way robbery
There were 90 who had lost bot
parents, AZ moro who had los
n. their father only, 10 who had los
a their mother only, and 56 les
le than halD of whom both parent
III were living. There we're lis VIII
lo had used prufane language; 10
g. who had been truants from schoo
? SO who had used tobacco, and 3
n, who had used Intoxicating liquor
n As to the discipline and mode
W treatment, the Commissioners say
Il Ours is the first State Retormatc
y, nv founded on the family plan
lg and not on the 'congregate system
ls adopted 10 our older States. l
h. Germany and France, through th
20 in huence and self sacrificing labor
DO of DR.. Wichern and others, th
IS, family plan was originated an
or generally adopted IN reclaimin
10 wayward, degraded and Grimm;
8, youth. They wisely and humanl
70 provided tor juvenile delinquent
ri u safe, good home, and not
at gloomy and cheerless prison, an
y tho most wonderful results, in tn
TO work Of reformation and prepar'
y ton Tor the duties of life, wen
g achieved"
$. The fruits of this kind an
30 wholesome method, and OF tb
y system of education pursued, int
y the details of WHICH our limits q
of not permit us to enter furthe
Is have been highly encouraging.
as very interesting part OF the repo
,h is that containing letters from Sc
,, eral who have gone from tho mat
n, tuition to take their part in the a
to fairs of life. Among the acknow
l. edgments of contributions are IL
= following: "Hon. Stanley Ma
ID thews, of Glendale, o., after visl
Of ing tho school, called his neigi
bors together, gave his impre
sions Of our work and its resul
Is and in response to bis appeal
o. behalf of our uniurnished readir
K room, the sum of s22l has been r
70, ceived."
he We close with single paragraT
dl from the chaplain's report
ay which we need not ask pardon fC
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