The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-26
The CHILDREN
MADE HAPPY
BAUER's BAND GAVE ITS AN.
NuAL CONCERT.
It Was One Of the Treats Colonel E.
H. Ripple at Intervals Gave to the
Little Folks Who Are at the Har-
ford soldiers'orphan school-Num-
ber of Persons Accompanied the
Band from This City and Spent a
Very Pleasant Day.

| the Children at the Haf1Ofu SCnOoi
| for the orphans of soldiers yesterday
enjoyed the annual concert of Bauer's
| band. which is one of the treats Col
onel f. II. Ripple at intervals gives to
| the children of the school.
The band, accompanied by many of
| it's friends. persons interested in the
school and former pupils. left this city
yesterday morning on two special cars
attached to the Q o'clock Delaware,
1.ackawanna and Western train. When
| the train arrived at Kingsley, j. f..
| Mathews. superintendent of the school,
was present with wagons and the party
was conveyed to the Orphans school,
which is situated high among the hills
| of old Susquehanna county. three miles
from Kingsley station.
The buildings are on a hillside 1900
| feet above sea level, with a valley of
! farm and woodland stretching as far
as the eye can reach from north to
south. The range of vision to the north
ends where the noble Elk mountain
rears its lofty head skyward, shutting
from view all that is beyond.
Yesterday was clear. sunshiny and
delightful on the hills at Hartford. a
gentle breeze sufficiently tempering the
rays of the sun to make life out of
doors pleasant in the extreme. 1t was
one of those rare clear June days. with
no suspicion of haze lingering on the
horizon. Elk mountain. so prominent
a feature of the landscape. seemed but
a twenty minutes walk distance. and
some of the ambitious pedestrians of
the party suggested trip there after
lunch. When Mr.. Mathews informed
them that Elk mountain was sixteen
miles away, as the crow flies, the am
bilious ones decided to postpone tho
visit to the Elk until another time
A SALUTE FIRED.
AS the visitors approached the school
the pupils We're drawn up on the lawn
and the boys fired salute from the
highly polished brass cannon. which is
great source of pride to the boys. The
formal reception over, the children
surrounded Colonel Ripple. He is truly
a father to these little wards of the
state, and from them receives a fathers
love and fathers condolences. His
visits to the school are always events
which the children look forward to with
Joy.
THE soldiers orphans of Pennsyl-
vania have no better friend than COL
orcl Ripple" said Superintendent Math-
ews yesterday. His interest in their
welfare is wonderful, and the number
of his kindnesses to them will never be
known"
Colonel Ripple was accompa MED yes
terday by Mrs. Ripple, who shared with
her husband the attention of the little
ones. She has been for years a fire.
quent visitor to the institution and has
greatly endeared herself to the chill
dren by her thoughtfulness and kind
ness.
The buildings used for the purposes
of the school are historic Haf a
century ago they We're the scene of
one of the best known educational
institutions within a radius of one
hundred miles. 1t was Franklin acad-
emy then. and within the walls Of
its humble buildings some of the
country's finest minds received their
education and in some Instances the
entire mental equipment with which
they went out to meet and conquer the
world. Some of the men today alive
and prominent figures in public affairs
who went to school there are
Chief Justice j. r. McCollum. of
the state Supreme court: Congress-
man Galusha A. Grow and former
Governor Carpenter. of Iowa. Others
educated there were the late Justice
Williams of the Supreme court, and
Congressman Charles Buckalew, of
Bloomsbury.
WHEN ESTABLISHED.
Thirty-six years ago the state
bought the academy buildings and es-
tablished the Hartford State Orphans
school. from which countless young
men and women have been sent to
reflect honor and credit on the state
which manifested such paternal in
terest in them during their early lives
when, deprived of their natural pro-
tectors their need of the assistance
the state gave them was great.
If the buildings at Hartford are old
and the opposite of modern. they are
neat and clean and are
made as comfortable as their condi-
tion will allow.
Children are admitted to the school
at the age Of and kept there until
Is years of age, When it is possible
to do so, the children are transferred
to the school at Scotland, Franklin
county, as soon as they reach the age
of IA, and allowed to spend two years
in the industrial training department
of that institution. The Scotland
school is constantly crowded and it is
not possible to give all of the Har-
ford children the benefit of two years
there.
At present there are $50 children in
the Hartford school, 100 girls and 1870
boys. Seven of these children were
deprived of their fathers by the
Spanish American war.
superintendent Mathews is in gem
eral charge of the school; Miss Eliza
beth Koons is matron; Major S. b.
Bambreck Is military instructor, and
Prof. H. IL, Gress has charge of the
part of the institutions
work. He has five young women who
assist him in teaching. The object OF
the course is tn give the pupils the
greatest possible assistance to wage
the battle of life. the course of study
being arranged with the presumption
In mind that the child who leaves the
school will not have further opportun-
ity to attend school. Each child at
tends school five hours each day, and |
works for two hours. The educational
results achieved at the school are of
A high order.
THE BOYS BAND.
One of the features of the school |
Is the boys brass band. 1t is COM |
posed of youths ranging from ten to |
ffteen years, who are instructed by |
Prof. Robert Bauer, who makes week |