The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-30

BUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
bounds. They stay because GIenwood is
to them a home in the full sense of the
word
In eight pleasant, roomy cottages the
Glenwood boys live. They are erected
in the midst of a wide expanse of green
/ lawn, and in the center of the group
arises a handsome brick building which
is known as the administration build
ing. In that the teachers and other
heads of the institution live The cot
tages are all alike and description of
one will answer for all.
Take the Beecher cottage, for in
stance AS you enter the big, light,
roomy basement with its clean, smooth,
concerted floor you cannot help thinking
of what an ideal playroom this would
make for a sternly day. And that is ex-
actly what it is used for. Around the
sides of the room is a row of lockers,
one for each boy. In these are kept all
sorts of treasures, from marbles and
kites to apples and nuts.
Then go up to the main floor. Here
you find big, airy reading and sitting
room with cheerful south windows. A
bookcase, filed with carefully selected
volumes, occupies a considerable portion
of one wall. There are half a dozen
small tables and a lot of comfortable
high backed chairs. Around these tables
the boys gather in the evening to pursue
the delights Of Robinson Crusoe'' and
Oliver Optics tales. There are on this
floor also dressing room with lockers,
a lavatory, a reception room, a sewing
room and quarters for the caretaker.
At the head of the stairs leading to
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teacher who is the official head of this
large and happy family On each side
Of this room is a row of sleeping rooms
In each room are five single iron cots,
for each boy has a bed all to himself.
You are surprised when the matron tells
you that the boys take care Of their own
beds, for the white spreads and pillows
are as immaculate and as neatly ar
ranged as if they had been touched by
the hands Of an expert cham bermaid.
Separate buildings are provided for
the boys to work and study in. There
is a shOeslOp and a woodworking shop,
and IN these the boys learn trades that
will enable them to earn a good living
when the time comes for them to leave
the shelter OF the GleRwoOd home. Then
there is the machine shop and the
schoolrOoms. The big kitchen of the in
stitution is also a sort of manual train
ing schoOlroom, for the boys prepare
and serve their own meals under the di-
reotion of competent instructors.
There is q lot of work about it, too,
for just imagine the amount of food
that $50 healthy youngsters require. At
an average dinner 80 gallons of soup,
80 pounds of meat, 6 bushels Of pota-
toes, $50 ears of green corn and $50
loaves of bread disappear. The teacher
sits at the head Of the table and instiIs
the principles Of table etiquette in their
minds by no more forcibIe method that
that of setting a good example.
The boys rise regularly at 5 40
O'Clock in the morning and go to bed at
8 p. m. Their day is divided between
the sohoolrOon, che workshops and the
Fairgrounds. The boys have their ami
NAL pets and live about the same as do
other boys who have parents and homes
of their Own. The farm work is largely
done by them and to be detailed on the
farm squad is one of the rewards most
highly coveted. 1t costs a good deal of
money to run such an institution as
Glenwood, more than the state Of I'LL
nOis is willing to pay, but the annual
deficiency is made up by private sub
seriptions from charitable and Philan-
thropic people who realize what boon
such home must be to street gamin.
Q. J. BowDEN.