Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-10
TRUSTEES, REPORT.
The Industrial School For
Girls at HaIIoweII
Should Be a Life Saving Station
Needs Of the School.
WILL ASK I.EGISJ. At
IRE FOR GOOD SUM.

The annual report of the trustees o,
the Industrial School for Girls a,
Fallowell, says that the school may
assume two quite different characters.
tics. 1t may become mere institution
or it may become what is known as q
life saving station. An institution is the
easiest thing to see, the report saws
and is the ideal usually held before the
public mind but the life saving sta
ton seeks all the good points of clean.
Illness and good order which the insti-
tuition spirit requires. and goes much
farther, regarding n hundred girls as !,
hundred individuals. from different
homes, with different possibilities and
requiring perhaps 4 different course of
treatment. The trustees say that they
and the principal are bent on develop
ing the higher and better class of
school.
This is the first report of the trus-
tees since the school became IL public
institution and the fact lends addi-
tional interest. Miss Harriet A. LeaV-
lit. the new principal. who assumed
control, in January, 1900. did not seek
10 make any radical changes but has
studied the problem of child saving in
order TO find the course most apnro-
pirate To the conditions in Maine. The
trustees speak in complimentary terms
of the work she has accomplished.
IN referring to the fire of May "A.
when Erskine hail was burned. the re-
port notes that the insurance amount
al To $ll. 11i which has been paid. So
$3.50 into the treasury of the school
ana $3.50 into the general treasury
&
available for rebuilding only on APP
preparation by the next Legislature
Thirty-two girls were made home
less, ana within three weeks 81 girls
Il under T. years of age. were placed
ont in privat" homes ut board. The
price of board is so moderate, $50 per
week. that the expense Of the State
for the care OF the girls is hut slight
" increased.
The estate. valued at about $4,000. CON
sists Of 80 acres Of land. The buildings
consist Of Baker hall, erected in sos ac-
commodating the principal, It's officers
and 20 girls; Flagg- Drummer hall. rebuilt
in 1889. and shclterins its officers and 81
girls. The farmhouse was examined the
past summer by an experienced builder
and pronounced unsuitable for further re-
pairing. Yet it has been rendered in part
habitable and is now occupied By the
farmer ana his FANNY. The stable is
small and old, accommodates one horse
and four cows. and is not worth rcpair-
ing.
Nine persons are at present in the en-
ploy Of the board OF trustees. 4 principal.
two matrons. two school teachers. two
a SSiSflnf a fIr a q, v,tr
and steward. The trustees have inau-
surated 4 system Of registration and rec
ord 10 show at Il glance the status OF
each girl in the school. her antecedents.
her commitment. and her record while in
the school.
The girls are taught house work in all
its branches. The day begins with the
kitchen girls ut a. NJ All the girls are
called at s. y. NJ. After breakfast rooms
and halls are attended To ana then for the
rest Of the forenoon the girls are at work
in the kitchen. the laundry or the sewing
room until dinner ut l. O'Clock.
\ half hour ri recreation follows din
ner. and then for an hour the sewing
room claims attention. This is from | to
: o'clock. The time from > until a. the
girls spend in their rooms preparing FOR
school. The school esSion is from 10 to
- L. NJ Then comes supper; after that
recreation ana 20 bed at 7.3o 7. VI.
II thu, 16j gicis in the school Il are III
the two halls. II are out on board. Il are
working for their board and Is are 70
ceiving wages
y bank account is opened for the girls
who earn money and al sums above what
is rccdful for clothing are deposited i'll
tn HallnWcll Savings Bank to their
credit. The deposit hooks are surrendered
to the girls when they become Of age or
are discharged from the school. There
are now So depositors representing an aG-
Grcgaic deposit Of III.
The trustees mean To ask the LcGisla-
turc 10 maxi. 4 good sized appropriation
for the needs of Tho school. which thrE
claim are many. among them being a new
building To replace ErSkine hail, for
hich they estimate $3.50 added 10 III"
insurance will be sufficient, six cows. Il
horse. sleigh and harm IS. and garden i'm
plemcnts, requiring slvu0. and additional
help requiring about 500. The trustees
assert that these needs are most pressing.
BONDS CABINET.