The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-12-22
DARNALL
TALKS OF
The SCHOOL


Attorneyf 4. o. Sutton has return
ed from Pruntvtown. where he and
his brother. o. @. Sutton, Of Sut-
ion, visited the Boys Reform
cchool. o. 0. Sutton made an adj
dress to the school on the BOYS Of
West Virginia and Attorney SUIT
ton, Of this city, briefly addressed
the boys There on .Your Duty To-
the State" The latter interviewed
Superintendent o. +. Darnall, who
has resigned to accept another posi-
ton. Mr.. Darnall said in part:
Il have been superintendent of
this school for four years and seven
months and have become greatly at
tached TO the work and to the boys.
| have always felt a great response
bility resting on my shoulders. but
the work at all times has been pleas
ant. As you REQUEST some statistics
| viii say that we now have over
400 boys, white and colored. There
are over 40 employed by the State
to run the school, which includes
teaehers Of school and those of
trades. The yearly admittance of
boys ranges from l25 to $50 and
about that number are dismissed.
receive letters daily from the
Young boys and men who have gone
out from here. / follow them close
n and as far as | can out in the
world, From observation ! should
say that Is per cent. Of them after
having received a course Of training
hero ranging from Is months TO ,
and 4 years. make good honorable
citizens. while $ TO Z per cent. ulti-
mately land behind the bars of our
county iails or in. the penitentiary
When they come here the direct
charges against the majority Of them
are incorrigibility:and vagrancy. |
find that the bofs. have. as rule,
one or both parents dead. ! know
every boy by name and feel an in
terest in him such as a considerate
father or mother would. ! have
the interest of the boys at heart
Mr.. Darnall, considerable has
been said about your resigning'
eyes. ] have accepted a similar
position with the Reform School of
the District of Columbia. The posi-
ton came to Inc unsolicited by a
message over the long distance tele-
phone. later by telegram, and | was
urged TO 60 to Washington. /
notice that at least two Democratic
papers Of the State are endeavoring
to create sentiment-and sensational
at that--over the fact that | have
accepted the place. There is Moth
ing under the sun in such reports.
as | have certainly been vindicated
Of all charges. am at loss to
know why little 2x4 papers should
make kick against one Of the
grandest Institutions in The State
and try 10 bring it into disrepute.
1t is low mean thing. The peo-
pie of the State should feel proud
Of such an institution. / am con-
WINGED that four-ffths Of the people
Of West Virginia know very little
Of. this school and the GOOD work
that it is doing. They imagine it
is a penal Institution. Ii is moth
ing Of that kind. It i industrial
and educational in lis nature Ali
boys here are treated alike; fed well. |
clothed sufficiently and properly
taken care Of in every respect
..You leave them with some de-
cree of reluetances,,
sTrom The bottom Of my heart i |
do. I love the work. + love thei
BOYS. and were If not for tbe in
ducements offered mo II Washington
/ could not be ners;sted IL leave.
Go 10 the Governor Of The State or