The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-24
MASONIC W. AND 0. HOME
Or. Frank Rainey Discusses Details OF
Management.
HE is GOING TO BE THE SUPERINTENDENT
Believes the Children should he
Given n Good Groundwork Men,
tally and Physically.
HE is GOING TO BE THE SUPERINTENDENT

same is completed, mas Ieceh'9 ''N>
several institutions OF a like character
and has made report thereon TO the ooarc
OF directors OF the home. His conclusions
ore as follows, emitting that portion .!
the report dealing with the details OF
each institution visited;
OF the system in vogue at the ba''ie
Creek Sanitarium al Battle Creek Mlcu''
referred to later on, he says Inc pu'i"'
ing is so arranged that suite of three
rooms under one "motber" is allotted 10
each group OF twelve children there Is
small bed for the mother, a dormltory
room for the children and small sittlne
room for the whole family; eacn MOI ne'
IL oks after hei own twelve and social IN
tercourse is nat allowed between tIe
groups in the dormitorics. lhere 10 q
general assembly room, a chapel anu au
exercise room where all the boys ana sirls
at proper times come together, anu eae,
group Is marched TO the dining room q,
meal time by IT'S own mother since
have ohserved the cereal and vegetable
foods al the Battle Creek Sanitarium nay
views I'm regard to dict, so far as hesu
foods for children arc concerned. are very
much modified. have come to the DE-
lief that the use of flesh foods, Wholly vi
largely, increases the brute forces IN hu-
man nature. making men more pughaCtous'
excitabe and impulsive. 1t also decreases
the power of the human stomach 10 prop
erly perform It's physiological functions
in other words, flesh foods are not 10
easily digested as lighter foods, am
ihoroushlv committed oil account OF late
considerations. to the idea of using only a
reasonably limited amount OF flesh ioods
for growing children.
The oxford Orphan Home in North Caro-
lima is conducted on the segreeate or
COTTAGE system. as is the Thornwell Or
phans' Home at Clinton, S. c. The technl-
cal instruction embraces studies IN print
ing. book binding shoe making carpen
try, farm work, some minor features pl
machine work, stenography. cooking ana
sewing.
Aside from the above DIR. kainey also
visited the Haskell Home at Battle Creek
Mich, the Hebrew orphan Homes at Al
lauta. Ga, and New Orleans.
TO again quote from the report At
none of these homes did | see any regu"
larly prepared halls for gymnastic eNer-
cises have had some experience in thess
matters, and have studied the question OF
muscular development q good deal; !
have come TO the conclusion that the gym
nssla uel nous NO" use" III N"i'es-9 ~
other puphc INSTITUTIONS dIe too ,'..'
and are Unnecessary IN the oruIu'.5
schools. A happy medium consists in
cquable exercises such as are amply df-
forded by calsthenics, in school during
bad weather; jumping. running, brisk
walking, drilling. baseball. steady manual
WORK enc inesc cNerViSes equahIe ~
circulation III every PdIt Oh tne oyus aus
gradually ana naturaliy increase tEe m
SEPARATIONS anu eNspir'uohs' CAUSING WIN
OUT violence, more graouai ana h'Sardi
expansion OF me lungs therepy elvlhs 'ns
pioon more hberai quantity Oh oNys5h'
me mother plan uhder the cohsresate
system as practlcsd az lne batlie OFeeh
home, embraces nearly all OF the ad-
vantages OF a segregate or cottage SYST EN-
ana surely can not ne so expensive me
iatter can never ne as wen SUPERVISED oE
superintendent as when all OF tue teacn-
ers, ouicers ana pupils are conhned 10 enc
main building Where there is quite a
humper OF cottages the tlme taken TO care
fuily Inspect them each days should
pc done 10 keep each housekeePeF up 10
her works. very great and draws the
superintendent away from other useful
business. Laying aside the disadvantages
OF increased expense increased Inspection
ana the olHicully or hnding competent
matrons for many cottages. that system
possibly affords an opportunity for better
discipline and morals among the boys
ana II anords better opportunity for
classifying and separating the pupils ac-
cording TO the age advancement and d.
pertinent One serious drawback to the
segregate system however is the difficulty
OF getting women suitable for the gov
erument of family The "home life
feature OF the cottage system would lie
sad one. indeed, for the cottage house
hold which has an incapable mother, who
has the bad qualities, either sineularly or
combined. OF ignorance, slovenliness, ir-
ritaolc temper obstinacy, immoral tenden-
cies aud unclean habits The home life
is either good or bad according to the
character of the person who presides over
it,
Tho Texas Widows aud Orphans Home
is OF dual nature--asylum rs to the
widows and educational as to the orph1nJ.
In this case the widow feature presents
to us different problem to solve, be-
cause the necssar" regulations 70? the
care Of one class will not apply TO the
other IL Is the universal opinion Of
those experienced in these mattcrG< that
the work, good order, and domestic happi-
ness OF institution life should not be dis
turbed by the oomingling of youth and
mature age. The government by the
father aid mother of their own children
in their own homes, where the influence
OF the former upon the latter but indif-
ierently affects others, no harm is done
In an institute where youth and maturity
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