The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Annual Reportscf the Work of the Halo
wen Institution.

| The annual report of the Maine Indus
trial School for Girls has been issued. In
reporting for the managers Dir. Andrew
Halves snys:
To the Governor and Council of the State
| of Maine:
The reports of the officers of the Indus
trial School for Girls, for 1897, are here
with respectfully submitted.
| At the time of making the last annual
report, the managers confidently expected
to erect a building in 1897, to accommo-
date twenty-five girls, and plans were
prepared for that purpose. The making
OF these plans involved careful e2aInf-
nation of the water supply Of the institu-
ton which disclosed the fact that 1t was
inadequate for any increase of population
and barely sufficient for the present needs
of the school. There was also positive
need for different system of.sewerage for
all of the buildings. It was found that
the cast of water and sewerage would re-
duce the building fund so much that 1t
would be impossible to bold until that
fund should be increased.
| In view of these conditions the mana
gers decided to provide for the ilnpera-
tive wants of the school and were COM
PEELED to defer the erection Of the sorely
needed building. They have constructed
| q syb UclA VI mdUCI OupplJ oh0 SCNOitsko
sufficient for greatly enlarged institu-
| ton. The water comes from springs hav-
| ing flow at this time of seventy-fve
gallonssspe hour, led into covered brick
and stone reservoir holding 68.000 gal
Ions. The springs, reservoir and pipes
are<all on the school farm, and the water
is pure. oo
feet 8-inch pipe. LAID in the best manner,
! with proper manholes. and to be CON-
nected with the city sewer.
The following statement is made of
the purposes of the school:
The Maine Industrial School for Girls
is not a house of correction, but ia de-
signed as refuge for girls between the
ages of six and sixteen years. who, by
force of circumstances or associations are
in manifest danger of becoming outcasts
of society. 1t is not q place of punish
ment to which Its inmates are sent as
criminals by criminal process-but a
home for the friendless, neglected and
vagrant children of the State. where,
under the genial influences of kind treat
ment and physical and moral training,
thy may be won back to ways of virtue
and respectability, and fitted for posi-
| tions Of honorable self-support and lives
of usefulness.
TIE institution is corporation COM
posed of the original corporatCrs and as
sociate subscribers. By them its affairs
are committed to board Of managers.
The State Is represented on the board by
the Governor, Secretary of State and SUI
perintendent of Common Schools. It,has
provided by statute law for the custody
and education Of hayward and exposed
girls therein, and aids in their material
support,
year. yet vacancies are frequently Occurr-
ng, as girls are sent to places provided
for them elsewhere.
Persons interested in sending girls to
the school should promptly notify the
superintendent, and they will be served
in their turn.
In receiving girls preference will be
givenSto those towns or cities not repre-
sented or but slightly represented in the
school,
Girls convicted of light crimes may be
sent to the school as an alternative.
but those who are confirmed in criminal
habits, imbecile or idiotic, are not prop
or subjects for the school.
Blank forms of complaint, warrant and
mittimus, will be sent on application to
the superintendent.
The statistics Of the work of the past
year are as follows:
Thirty-six girls have been committed to
the school during tine year from the fol-
lowing cities and towns: Augusta, three;
Bangor, two; Bath, three; Belgrade. one;
Benton, one; Bridgton one; Deer Isle,
one; Gardiner, two Gouldsboro, two;
Jefferson, three; Lisbon, one; Lisbon
Falls, one; Liberty, one; Macihas, two;
Machiasport, two; Manchester, 4one;
Marshfield, one; New Gloucster,d one;
Oakland, one; Portland, Two; Rockland,
there; Veazie, one.
Number in school Dec. 0, 1896, 70
Average number during the year, SO
Number committed during the year, 36
Number married during the year. z
Number died during the year, 8
Number attained majority, 6
Whole number received since January
1875, 49S
Number now in homes, 100
Number married before attaining
majority. 81
Mum Der reached majority while I'm
married, $50
Number returned to friends, So
Number dismissed as incorrigible,
Numb Der deceased. 70
Number escaped and not recovered, D