The Advance., 1891-03-05

in this pamphlet relative to the institutions OF
that enterprising young State, and only briefly
| to few of the matters concerning the State Re-
form School, The State Board says: "This in
stitution under the care of @. w. AINswoRTH as
Superintendent and his estimable wife as Ma
tron, is productive of immense good to the State
and to society at large. AS its name indicates,
the work is of reformatory character" ....
'The State owes duty to these children, both
for itself and them to remove obstacles that lead
to bad life These children will grow up with
the children of the present citizens of the State,
either as a mutual blessing or curse, which
depends upon the action of the State now We
recommend the Reform School to the best
thoughts of the Legislature"
The School has been in existence between two
and three years only. The number of children
remaining in the School at the close of the fiscal
year December 81 1889, 43-boys 33, girls 10.
Admitted from January to November 80, 1890,
%. Number in the School during the past year,
II boys admitted 20, girls g. Number of girls
released during the year, 5; boys 4. Boys in
School November 80, 1890, 40; girls 13. Total
in the School at close of fiscal year. 81. The es-
timated cost per child during the present year,
Gal cents per day.
sparsely settled and no large towns or cities to
draw from we think the growth of the School
has been rapid. The building for school pur-
poses, as originally planned and constructed,
was intended for two departments, for boys and
girls, with accommodations for thirty-fiv child
rem in each department. We have 40 boys in
the male department., which is very much
crowded, while there are but Is girls in the fe-
4IoC,
ent asks for an appropriation for cottage suit
able for girls alone as an immediate necessity.
He also wants new shop building, into which
could be placed tools and machinery where the
boys may be taught useful industries, and also
to keep them employed during the many months
when they cannot be employed in outdoor work.
"We have a good farm of 24O acres of land,
about half of it under good state of cultiva-
ton and with sufficient moisture The land is
capable of producing very large crops, and
with the labor we are able to put on the farm
would be the means of reducing our living ex-
penses materially.". We need an artesian
well, and system of water-works for irrigating
purposes that would warrant the best of re-
sults.". ....." We have good driven well which
has furnished all the water needed for two
years, but finally the demands exceeded our
supply. We have been hauling water from the
fiowing-well in Plankinton since last July for
our stock and laundry purposes" The Super
intendent notices a number of improvements
made during the past year, from which we in
fer he is making good use of the very limited
resources at his command. The children are
divided into two divisions for school purposes.
The girls and the smaller and less advanced
boys attend school in the forenoon, and the
larger ones from 2:30 to $3.50 P. M. An evening
session for all the children from 645 to 73O is
held, at which time they are drilled in singing,
rhetorical exercises and lessons in general in
forma ion. The boys are employed on the
farm and in the garden, assist at the barn and
In the care of live stock, also in the kitchen and
laundry. In the printing office eight boys are
instructed, and an interesting weekly newspa-
per printed. The girls are employed in the
sewing, knitting and dining rooms, and in the
discharge of domestic duties
We would like to quote more extensively from
this interesting report of the operations of this
new institution in one of the newest of our
Western States. Tt plainly shows that good
work is going on there in the reformation of the
wayward and unfortunate youths of the State,
and that the people are alive to their RESPONSE
bilities in this direction.
JUST as we went to press THE ADVANCE office
received copy of the Thirty Fifth Annual Re-
port of the Board of Trustees of the Boys In
dustrial School of the State of Ohio, for the fs-
cal year 1890, for which we return thanks to
Hon. j. 9. HITE, the Superintendent. 1t is an
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