Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-03

for three or four weeks at work at o-di-
nary labor and see how much ne is to De
trusted, and that if everything goes well
his wishes will be gratified. Probably
before the three or four weeks have ex-
pired the boy will be very anxious to get
into the shop, and the result is that
when he is put at work in the shop he
is on his mettle and does his level best.
One person remarked after carefully in
specting the school: 81 have found the
key to the whole thing. 1t has been q
to me to see these boys all work
ing SO cheerfully, but the reason is that
each boy is doing what he wants to do"
Now this ia fact. You see boys
baking bread, you see boys cooking, you
see boys milking cows, you see boys in
the butcher shop, you see boys in the
carpenter shop, you see them driving
horses, you see them following the occu.
patton OF florists. Why? Because this
is what the boy has chosen; he is doing
this of his own free will. 1t is very
rarely that the management has found
it necessary to cross boys wishes in
regard to what he desires to follow, and
the onlysinstances are where owing to
physical conditions or mental incapacity
erence. Sometimes little 10year-old
course he is told that he must wait until
he grows.
TILE ELECTRIC PLAaT,
This school owns its own electric
plant, and fifteen boys are learning to
be electricians and engineers. These
boys are divided into shifts of three,
and as the electric plant is run all night,
these shifts each take charge OF the
plant all night for two weeks every ten
weeks. We believe no work offers bet
ter prospects for boys than that of elec-
only school.in America where boys have
such advantages.
THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION.
The military is very prominent fea-
ture of the boys department. There is
a battalion consisting of five companies,
with their drum corps and their band.
These boys are probably as we'll drilled
as any military organization of the Pa
cific coast. The advantages of this mil
itary system are the teaching of prompt
and exact obedience, cleanliness, neat
ness, and an upright physical develop
ment, the inculcation of patriotic senti-
ments, and the preparation of these
boys 30 that they will be capable and
ready to assist In case of any national
emergency.
PATRIOTISM AT WHITTIER.
A few evenings ago q gentleman from
Los Angeles was in the chapel where the
boys were assembled, and heard them
singing heartily, "My country, tits of
thee" He was called on for some re-
marks, and said: 81 have listened to
you, singing those patriotic songs, and
have wondered whether you really
meant what you said. Now, suppose
the United States was to get in trouble
with Italy, and we were to hear that the
italian army had landed on the coast OF
Mexico and was marching up through
that republic towards the American
line, how many of you would be ready
to shoulder a musket and go to the
front and help defend the Red, White
and Blue?" The effect was electrical;
every boys hand was up and every
boys face shone with patriotic fervor.
NO RESTRAINT By WALLS.
There are no walls around this build
ing or property, and every effort is made
by the management to wipe out all
eemblance of penal institution and
make it as nearly as possible in every
respect an educational institution.
THE GIRLS DEPARTMENT.
In the girls department the fifty-fve