The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
THE STATE SCHOOL REPORT
HARMONY PREVAILS WHERE DIS-
 CORD HAD BEEN.

So the Trustees Say in Their Report to Governor Cooke-Rcport of the Super tntendent.
 The report of the board of trustees of the Connecticut school for boys for the year ending September 2O, 1898, has just been issued from the printing es- tablishment in connection with the school.
 The report contains fifty-eight pages of printed matter and number of half tone cuts, showing the buildings, the band and the mandolin club.
 The trustees report to Governor Cooke contains tho following:
 "The past year has been one of great anxiety from the fact that there was a vacancy in the office of superintendent for about six months, and the school could not be expected to prosper as well as when equipped with the full set of officers
 "A disastrous fire occurred at the school in the latter part of winter, by which the farm barn was entirely de- stroyed, with about seventy tons of hay, twenty-seven cows, together with nearly all the farm tools and carriages. A new brick barn has been constructed on the old site at an expense of $6- 023.11
 '"The farm fences have been rebuilt at considerable expense, and the entire yard replaced by iron fences in place of the old worn-out wooden ones, at an expense of more than $5,000.
 "The wood work of the cottage and of the milan building has been repainted and much improved in external appear ance, 1t having become very dry and rusty.
 "A great amount of time has been given to plans for repairs and for re- building which seemed necessary. The whole number of boys received
 since 1851. ..... ... ............ 6,141 Number remaining in the school Sep
 tember 30, 1898. .. ... .... 436 Number discharged between Septem-
 Der 30, 1S97 and September 50,
 1898 . . ...A.... 276 "Chares M. Williams, the new super intendent, was appointed on the 18th of July, and commenced his duties at the school on the 18th, and good results are apparent in all departments of the school; harmony prevails where there had been discord, and contentment is apparent throughout"
 SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
 Superintendent Williams does not be- 1ieve in jeopardizing the usefulness of the institution by curtailing the number of employees below what is necessary to obtain the best results in each depart ment and pointedly remarks that "the employment of officers of high charac- ter and good ability involves the pay ment of adequate compensation" The report shows expenditures amounting to $S3, ,906; receipts, same amount, the latter including $67, ,409 from the state treasurer, $5,000 special state appro- priation, $5,065 from the chair shops. The report adds: The number of boys committed during the year was 161, the number returned on old commit ments 93, and the number returned themselves 15, making a total of 269 re- ceived at the school There are two boarders. Of the number committed 42 were IA years of age; 31, 13 years, and 28 15 years. One was sixteen years old and one was seven. The others range between the ages of seven and sixteen. Forty-nine were committed for theft and fifty for incorrigibility, fourteen for burglary, and twenty seven for tru- ancy, one for horse stealing, seven for vagrancy, one for obtaining goods un- der false pretenses one for trespass, one for breaking windows, two for dis obedience, one for intoxication and five for assault.
 ENLISTED IN THE ARMY.
 Of the 276 who have left the institu- tion 37 were placed with farmers, 4 placed at various trades, Il sentences expired PIP returned to parents, one discharged on defective mittimus, by order of court 2 died, 2 boarders dis missed, sent to children's home, 1 sent to Lakeville, ? enlisted in the army.
 Of the number committed 120 were born in Connecticut and fifteen in Italy and three in Ireland. The percentage of those committed is as follows: 54 Americans, Al Irish, Il German, 22 Ital- ian, with the remainder scattered among all nationalitieS.