Evening star., 1898-11-14
DISTRICT REFORM SCHOOL
President of Board of Trustees Submits His
Annual Report.
Treasurer's Statement and Statistics
Furnished by tfe 81 Pperintendent-
The Receipts of the Year.

The report of Colonel Cecil Clay presi-
dent of the board of trustees of the Dis
trict reform school. covering the year end
ed June 30 1898, was submitted to the Dis
trict Commissioners today, together with a
report Of Mr.. Samuel w. Curriden, the
treasurer of the school. and that of Mr.
G. A. Shallenberger, the superintendent
The report of Colonel Clay is as follows:
"In accordance with law, 1 submit. on
behalf of the reform school of the District
Of Columbia, report covering the opera
tions of the school during the fiscal wear
ending June so, 1888, giving detailed infor-
nation as to the inmates, the number of
employees on duty during the fiscal year
and salary paid each the amount of money
received from the sale of surplus farm
products and from the various Industries
carried on at the school for the instruc-
tion of the boys, the disposition made of
those sums and an itemized statement of
the receipts and payments of the treasurer
of the school,
During the year covered by this report
all necessary repairs for the proper care
and preservation of the buildings and per-
sonal property belonging to the school have
been made, including those to the boiler
buildings. barns stables, etc, together with
the fencing, sewers, roadways and steam
heating plant. In all this work the boys
nave been employed wherever practicable
HfeAtlnE Extended.
In addition to these repairs the system of
steam heating has been extended to the
carpenter and manual training shops in
the latter of which new closet has been
placed. and the drainage from both these
buildings has been overhauled and improv-
ed. good deal of new fencing has been
put upon the exterior boundary of the school
property, and the repairs to roofing and tho
interior painting have included nearly ey-
cry building on the place"
Inc report of Superintendent Shallenber-
ger states that the receipts for the year
from the farm and school were as follows:
Received from gains in box factory 50 100.
received from sales from farm, S97 Is; re-
ceiVed from sales from greenhouses, S232 90:
received from miscellaneous sources
$2o5. .G6; total, $3,2S574.
Treasurer's Report
The report of Mr.. Samuel w Curriden
the treasurer of the school, shows that the
receipts and disbursements for the institu-
ton were as follows: Appropriated for
Salaries, S16242; for support S26, 900; De-
partment of Justice, for support of inmates.
"a 4,491.55. Total receipts, $46 1880 Dis
bursements, S46,7O190; leaving a balance of
S"l.6o. The treasurer states that he re-
ce1Ved from the superintendent the sum of
s.,2S' a, the receipts for the year from the
farm and school. which amount, in accord
ance with law, he paid into the treasury of
the United States to the credit of the
United States and, the District, in equal
parts.
Superintendent's Statistics.
The following statistics appear in the su-
perintendent's report: Number of bows re-
ceived since the opening of the school.
2,392; number of deaths since the opening.
l.; rate of mortality, one half of 1 per cent;
average age of boys received 135 years:
received during the year. by commitment
~.
Court of the District, 13: by commitment
from United States courts, 16; by commit
ment from president ofithe board of trus-
tees IL; total population during the year
i34: discharged during the year bv order
of board of trustees So: by expiration Of
sentence. United States courts. 70: py order
OF District Supreme Court, 2; by transfer to
q SI hilzaneths Asylum, 1; by pardon of
president. L; by escape and still absent 4.
number remaining June 80 1898, 249 which
was the maximum number: minimum n I'M
Der. - average number 236: average age
ol poys received during the year, 1919 years;
number received on first commitment. 121:
on second commitment O.
Avefage time served by boys discharged
curing the year, twenty-five months: num-
Der having kept bad company and used 20
bacco, "a; number having a doubtfrJ roc
ora, 81; number having come from fairly
sood homes, .; number not employed in
any way PRIOR to commitment, 20: en-
ployed part of the time 30; number never
attending school regularly, Is; number At
tehulng scncol part of the time, ); cause of
commitment assault upon the person. I;
assault with intent to commit rape, break
ing INTO post Offices. embezzemeut of
United states mail, and horse theft each;
nans!aughter, >: housebreaking =: incor-
rlg1blllty, 43; larceny. 56: larceny from tie
person, :; perjury, =; violation of postal
! laws, 4; of revenue laws, 3; parents of
boys born in the United States 11S: in Ger
many, ); in Ireland, 8; in England, 3: in
living, 63.
Number having lost father, 80; number
having lost mother %; number having lost
poth parents, .; number knowing no paren-
tai relation !; number who did not know
the alphabet, IT; number knowing alphabet,
:; number who could spell in syllable,
10; number who could read in primer 33:
number who had entered second school
grade. }6; number who could read tolerably
well, p; number who had no knowledge of
penmanship, 60: lumber who could write
name only, IA; number who could write i'm
perfectly, %; number who could write fairly
well, 27 number who had never studied
arithmetic, IL: number who had practiced
examples in addition, %: number who had