Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-12-26

ADMINISTRATIONS BUILDING, GLENWooD IN
DUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
bounds. They stay because Glenwood is
to them q home in the full sense Of the
word.
III eight pleasant, roomy cottages the
Glenwood boys live. They are erected
in the midst Of wide expanse of green
lawn, and in the center Of the group
arises 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 a 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,
concreted floor you cannot help thinking
of what an ideal playroom this would
make for stormy day. And that is ex-
actly what it is used for. Around the
sides of the room is 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. Hero
you find big. airy reading and sitting
room with cheerful south windows. A
bookcase, filed with carefully selected
volumes, occupies considerable portion
of one wall. There are half a dozen
small tables and 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 a dressing room with lockers,
| q lavatory, reception room, sewing
room and quarters for the caretaker.
AT the head of the stairs leading to
the next floor is the room of the resident
teacher who is the official head of this
large and happy family. On each side
Of this room is row Of sleeping rooms.
/ In each roona are Eve single iron cots,
for each bog has bed all to himself.
You are surprised when the Inatron 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 chambermaid.
Separate buildings are provided for
| tho boys to work and study in. There
is shoeshop and a woodworking shop.
| and In these the boys learn trades that
willenabie Them to earn good living
when this time comes for them to leave
hesheltsr of the Glnnwood home. Then
there as the maclaine shop and the
rcfaoolr0tms. The big kitchen of the in
situation is also "A sort of manual train
ing scheolroom, FIR the boys prepare
and serve their own meals under the di-
rectionsM competent instructors.
There is 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,
90 pounds of meaz, Q bushels Of pota-
toes. gao ears of green corn and $50
1oaEes of bread disappear The teacher
sits at the head of the table and instills
! the principles Of table etiquette in their
minds by no more forcihle method that
that of setting a gE'od example.
The hoys rise regularly at 8 AS
o'clock in the morning and go to bed at
p. IA. Their day is divided between
the sehoolroom, the workshops and the
Fairgrounds. The boys have their ami
NAL pets and live about the same as do
other boys who haze 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 good deal Of
money to run such an Institution as
Greenwood, more than the state of Illi-
nois is willing TO pay. but the annual
deficiency is made mp by private sub
scriptions from charitable and philan-
thropic people who realize what boon
such home must be to street gamin.
q. J. BowDEN
Palestine Oranges.