Evening star., 1898-11-22

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knowiedse:' The sloyd system Of manual
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raised 20 as to gavo the uss Of basement
ins school ineyyd frop, the upper story os
the bakery building to the main foot Of the
carpenter shop. thus giving room for an IN
creased number OF boys.
Earning Discharges.
''The board repeats asain what has been
said in several OF its neports:
Under the present. law governing the
reform school it Is provided:
Sec. o. That every boy sent to the re-
form school shall remain until he is twenty
one years Of age, unless sooner discharged
or bound as an apprentice: but no boy snail
be retained after the superintendent shall
have reported him fully reformed
Under the system OF instruction and
of honor badges and promotions adopted
earn his discharge inside of two years, pro-
vided he be, so far as the superintendent
is able to Judge, sufficiently reformed to
come within the meaning of the section
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no further control over him. The board
has been for years Of the opinion that the
discharge from the school should be limit
ed, not an absolute one: that Congress
should be asked to provide by legislation
for such control by the board of trustees
OF the boys after discharge as will enable
1t to reclaim and return to the school any
boy who. by his bad conduct, shows himself
anenable to recommitment. AS long ago
as the first session Of the F1ftieth Congress-
leRi9late
this direction, and bill was favorably re-
ported in the House at that session, but
not passed. The board thinks that Con-
gress should, at Its next session, be asked
to pass a bill giving the board authority
over ,he boys after discharge, and will be
glad to have your approval Of the matter
and some mention of It in your annual re-
port to Congress-
Permanent Improvements.
I'm addition to the ordinary repairs to
buildings and the care Of personal property
and grounds good deal has been done in
the way Of permanent Improvement during
the year. The steam-heating system has
been extended to the carpenter and manual
training shops. and the drainage system
from these and the main workshop over
hauled and improved. Closets with i'm
proved ventilation have been placed in the
main workshop building and in Two of the
family buildings B family building has
been painted throughout. together with the
floors in the boys dining room and large
school room used for a chapel. A new
school room. Repairs to the roofing on
several buildings have been made. Four
hundred and fifty panels of picket fence
have been rebuilt. and other interior feltces
on the farm repaired. Such repairs as were
necessary have been made to the workshop.
barn, boilers, boiler house, pumping APP
paratus. green houses, SC. Sewers have
been kept in order. and the roadways re-
rfo cod cd ha
services of the boys could be made avail
able they have been employed In all Of
this work. There are submitted as exhibits
to this report the reports of the superin-
tendent, of the attending physician and of
the treasurer of the school, the latter show
ing in detail the receipts, and expenditures
during the year.
Report of joint Committee.
The board takes pleasure in calling at
tention to the report Of the joint select
committee heretofore mentioned. in which,
after saying that the general management
of the institution isfin the department Of
Justice, although it IS supported by appro-
priations made in the District appropriation
bill the committee says: The school IS in
so excellent condition, and so ably man
aged with such good results. that the com
mittee deems that 1t would be unwisc to
make any change whatever in it's control;
further than that. ffbthe general system Of
organization shall be adopted, the school
should have whatever advantages may
arise from being pa ft ls)fn the general SyS-
tenn Also to the statement made further
on, that the reform school for boys mas
been able to control its inmates without
duress any form of confinement, which
Is very gratifying in view Of the excellent
discipline maintained at the school and the
good results from the training given there,
as shown by the conduct OF the boys after
their DISCHARGE.