Evening journal., 1905-08-09
ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL
DOES GOOD WORK
Institution at Clayton Is One
Of States Important Es-
adjustments
NEGRO LADS WELL TAKEN CARE Of
special to The EvenIng Journal.

Special TO The Evening journal
Dover. Aug. s-0ne Of the important
institutions of Delaware is the stJoseph's
Industrial School. at Clayton, which came
into special prominence by extending its
charity. samaritan-like. to john Pierce.
the young negro who lay at the Clayton
railroad station suffering from bullet
wound received at the riot near the
Friendship campmeeting on Monday. The
St. Josephs school. or home, or series
Of both, is an institution of the Catholic
Church. under the supervision of the
Bishop of the Diocese OF Wilmington and
under the immediate control and manage
fheht Of Father Pastorale
Father Pastorale is priest Of Italian
ancestry ahd a highly educated young
man who is eminently fitted for the work.
The home is a series of symmetrical and
harmonious buildings OF hne architecture
and painted in white or very light drab
throughout Everything around the settle
ment, from the wide scope Of landscape
gardening making IT exceedingly attrac-
tive to the eye, has an air of cheerful
ness and from the dainty and conrmo-
dious gues- houses at the head of the
driveway to the common dor1nitory where
the negro orphan lads sleep, the con-
ditiol of sweetness and cleanliness im-
presses one at the very outset
Even the small corner room, in which
Pierce lay gasping for breath, was dainty
in the extreme. fitted with polished fur
atf ia
picture or two of Biblical characters.
Orphan or otherwise destitute children
Of negro parents are received at this insti-
tuition after they are twelve years OF age
ard are maintained and educated and
taught the trade Of their choice until they
are p. when they are graduated and go
free. or the fourteen waking hours of
these boys Ave hours each are given to
work and study-worlS in the shops and
study at their desks or recitation rooms.
Then four hours are allowed for play.
The series of buildings are situated in
a spacious lawn, surrounded by a farm
Of 300 acres. The entire property is put
down on the books as worth 100000. but
this is regarded as a low estimate. when
everything is taken into the considera-
tion.
The buildings include a chapel priests
house, recitation han and auditorium
guest house, sisters Of charity house
where six sisters now reside. dining hall
and laundry including the kitchen and
rooms for culinary instruction. gym
nasium large enough 10 play baseball in
during the winter. machinery hall where
the plant which runs the machinery Of
the entire settlement is located and these
various departments each of which IS
under a professor OF tradesman VINO has
acquired skill in his avocation:
Engineering, carpentering ard turning
shoemaking, tailoring, scientific farming
and gardening. bakery. general cooking
waiting and the vocation OF head waiter
and printing.
Tie last department, that Of printing
would probably surprise many newspaper
men in the State. II contains a fine mod
ern plant, clean. well organized and with
/ plenty of room. There is a one-cylindel
press. three job presses and several lone
alleys OF type. Among the work executed
monthly by the printing department is
the Si.Anthonys Monthly magazine pre-
pared and printed here and having a cir
culation Of $1,000.