Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-15
CHILDREN'S GUARDIANS
MEETING OF THE BOARD HELD
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Report of j. W. Douglass, Agent, Civ
ing Summary of Work Dur
ing November.

The regular monthly meeting of the board
Of children's guardians was held Saturday
at 4:15 o'clock at the rooms Of the board,
472 Louisiana avenue. There were pres
ent the president, James B. T. Topper; the
vice president. John F. Cook; the secretary,
B. Pickman Mann; Thomas Z. Sewell Rev.
L. Stern, Mrs. Charles Moore, Mrs. J. w.
Babson, Mary L. D. Mcfarland and the
agent, John Wesley Douglass. Reports were
presented from the chairmen of several
| committees. The report Of Agent Douglass
was read and considered. It was in part as
follows:
For the month of November, III children
were involved in the cases considered by
the Office. Thirty-fve children, white and
90 colored, females and q males, were
committed to the guardianship of the board
during their minority OF these II were
held to be destitute Of a suitable home, 20
incorrigtble, 1 abandoned and as having
unfit parent or parents. OF these, Is were
committed directly by the court on informa-
lions or papers sworn to by people outside
of the Office of the board Of children's
guardians and but II on petitions original
ing from this office. This is the largest
| number Of children committed during any
one month since the early days of the board,
when large numbers were received from the
institutions. OF the above 30 children. II
| were placed at the Children's Temporary
Home, IL III DOarQ1n& QOmGS dt the mart
Farm School, at the Industrial Home
School, 2 at the Junior Republic, with
relatives at no expense to the board, 1 on
trial for indenture and 1 at the Bruen
Home
TWENTY-FIVE names were added to the
temporary records, 8 white and 13 colored.
OF these. ~ were ordered into the custody
Of the board by the courts and 10 were TAX
en- under temporary care without such or
der. OF these, were subsequently perma-
nently committed, IL returned to relatives
or friends and but two remained under tenn
porary care on expense at the close or the
month.
One child Marie Zoellner was added to
the feeble-minded list, at Falls Church, Va,
as was authorized by the board at the last
meeting.
The number of feeble minded children
under care at the close of the month at
Elwyn, Pa. was thirty, at Falls Church
Va, twenty. The number of children under
temporary care on expense was fifteen
The Permanent Wards.
The whole number of permanent wards
was $751; distributed follows:
White-Industrial Home School, II; Junior
Republic, 16; hospitals. 81 st. Joseph's Male
Orphan Asylum, 3; House of the Good
Shepherd, /; st. Vincents Female Orphan
Asylum, 1; St. Roses Industrial School, B;
House of Mercy, 1; total, 40. On trial with
relatives or friends, 50; on trial for inden-
ture, 81: on trial for adoption, 4; total. 100
In boarding homes. Al on ndenture, So; ap-
prenticed, 80: absconders, IL; total, 16t.
Grand total 332.
Colored-Childrens Temporary Home, 60;
Hart Farm School, -; House of the Good
Shepherd. Baltimore, I; hospitals, 3; Scotia
Seminary l total 81. On trial with rela-
tives or friends, 15S; on trial for indenture,
GA; on trial for adoption, 6; total, 223. In
boarding homes, 9S on indenture 121; APP
prenticed, %: absconders' 43; total 2s5.
Grand total 6Oo.
The number Of both races in charge is
937.
Dropped From the Rolls.
|, Two wards have been dropped during the
month; one because of marriage and the
other because he attained twentyone years.
The physicians report accompanying this
shows Al children on the sick list to whom
1O1 professional visits were made. Some
of these were for the purpose of making
physical examination for the children's his
tory. No deaths occurred during the month
of November.
The following is the summary for No
vember: Total number of free home place
ments, 80: transferred from one free home
to another. s: returned from free homes, IA:
absconded from free homes, 3; net gain In
free homes 8; transferred from expense to
non-eXpense, %; transferred from non-ex-
pense to expense, IA; net gain from expense
to non-eXpense, 6.
The report Of Radford r. Davis concern
ing the Hart Farm School was submitted.
The Probation Work.
The summary of the probation work for
the month Is follows
Under active supervision from last report,
al; probation term ended during Novem-
Der. 10: sent to reform school, 3; perma-
nently committed to board 2; over age and