The herald., 1894-06-02
| VISIT TO WHITTIER SCHOOL.
Presentation of a Brass Cannon
to Its Pupils.
interesting Details of an Informal
Inspection.
A Number OF Los Angeles Gentlemen
Entertained by tho Directors. Of
fcers and Scholars Of the
State Institution.

HumUor Oh RoubleIu6u, among WuOm
was large quota of the late county
grand jury, proceeded TO Whittier yea
terday afternoon via the Santa Fe surf
line, to make the presentation of beau
school. Among those who went down
on the train were Directors OF the State
School Cochran and Mullen.
At Los Nietos station carriages awaited
the visitors who were rapidly whirled
through the beautiful green lanes to the
Whittier school. Here, although the
visit was not unexpected, the even tenor
OF daily life at the institution was going
on. Net many of the visitors had ever
visited Whittier's celebrated state school
and were eager to call at all the various
departments pertaining to 1t.
The carpenter shop, with its 13 bright
boy carpenters and cabinetmakers; the
shoemakers, of whom there are % peg
ging away for dear life, and the juvenile
tailors, who number 30, were trst Wis
tied. Next came the printing house,
where IL young typos print their bright
monthly and turn out tr5t-class job
work. The magnificent electrical de-
partment, which furnishes the light for
the entire establishment and is in the
hands OF 80 young electricians, was also
visited; and then came the laundry,
employing Is hands, the blacksmith
shop with Is, and the paint shop with
Is.
From there the new buildings for the
girls department, situated about half a
mile from the main building, and which
are not yet quite completed, underwent
q visit of inspection. While these may
accommodate some rs young females.
yet that will not be sufficient. For that
reason the board of directors will ad-
vertiss Tor bids next week for another
building near those just mentioned. 1t
ia their intention to completely separate
small girls from the more mature ones
who have been sent to Whittier for the
purpose of reformation.
A thing that struck all the visitors
is the cramped condition in nearly
every one of the workshops. They are
all too small for the present needs of the
institution, having been built before the
school had attained it's present import
ance. The same applies to the acreage,
which consists only of 100 acres, whereas
500 acres more would by no means be an
acreage that could not easily be hand
led by the state school, and help to make
it nearly self-sustaining.
After visit to the library, school
rooms, dining rooms. kitchens, dormito-
ries and chapel, all of which are kept in
the most excellent condition, the guests
were welcomed in the rece ption room, in
the absence of DIR. Walter Lindley, who
Ia away east on a visit, by Director An
drew Mullen and Assistant Superintend-
emit John E. Coffin, who answered q
number OF questions bearing upon
Whittier school,
At O'Clock the buele sounded for the
dress parade which was to take place in
honor of the visitors, and six of the
seven companies composing the Whit
tier battalion appeared in the drill and
play grounds, where they went through
a number of evolutions, while their very
creditable band rendered & mum Der of
popular selections. Major Fredericks
was in command, and handled the
youthful soldiers as if they had been war
veterans.
Then the presentation of the gun wac
made by @. E. Day of this city in most
felicitous little speech, which was
responded to on behalf of the school and
pupils by Alfred Richardson OF Company
A, who is certainly cut out for an orator
of no mean merit. MI. Day said that
the cannon was presented with view
that Old Glory, which floats over every
building on the grounds, could be Haluted
daily at sunup and shutdown. This
salute will now become the interesting
event twice day hereafter.
The cannon is beautiful brass breech-
loading one, carrying large-sized cart
ridge and making enough noise to de-
light the most martial boy among them
all. 1t 10 mounted ON a mahogany car
riage. The Inscription engraved on it is
as follows: ITO the Whittier state
school this gun is presented as a token
of esteem for its management and good
will to it's pupils. by few citizens of
Los Angeles county, May, 1904"
Near the muzzle appear the names OF
the donors @. E. Day. A. Brigdon, o.
t. Barker, E. p. Bosbyshell, A. B. Cass,
Geo. Ferguson, j. G. Haskell, E. w.
Jones, A. Kinney, ]. M. Mitchell. J. F.
Martin, f. Stein, j. W. Venable, l. w.
Van Nuys. H. j. Woollacott, @. III.
Rhodes, E. B. Milar, G. Il. Wicks and
w. @. Patterson.
After the new acquisition to the Whit.
tier arsenal had been fred. the boys dis
banded, and the guests were invited to
a very good dinner by the officers, dur
ing which the military band again rem
dered some selections. number OF
the visitors accepted very pressing
invitation to stay over night, and in the
evening a musica, and literary enter
tainment WAS provided for their delec-
fati