New-York tribune., 1906-11-25
A CITY FOR BOYS ONLY.
Community for 5000 Youngsters To
Be Established

BOYS are 10 have Il city all their Lake
Tinona- Indiana community OF 1900 persons,
ranging in age from eleven TO seventeen years or
ganized as a complete municipality. with wards.
city council. mayor and administrative depart
rnents. Such is the plan for boys Chautauqua TO
be associated with the Wnona Assembly, which has
been formed by philanthropists of that body. The
boys city is 10 make its bow to the public during
three weeks in next August
The movement was started short time ago in
indianapolis AT a meeting attended by thirty promi-
nent business and professional men connected with
the Winona Assembly and Winona Technical
School. J. N. Studebaker, OF South Bend. is chair
man and Judge Willis Brown. Of The Juvenile Court
al Salt Lake City. director OF the venture. Tie
5000 boys who otherwise would spend their vaca-
ZION time in sweltering cities. viii be taken 10 the
Indiana lake and taught cooperation and disci-
pline, together with the academic subjects OF
the lecture room.
There will be eight wards in the boys city. each
OF which will elect representative 10 the city
council. The council viii meet or twice a
week A grocery. notion and candy store, soda
water fountain, a restaurant, Photographic sup
ply shop etc. to he owned and operated by
stock companies OF boys. each under the charge OF
adult. At the end of the season the profits VIII
be distributed as dividends. These various enter
prises WIFI be organized by the management and
will be ready for business the opening day.
Each boy will be expected to provide his own
provisions. He may bring them with him or buy
them ar the grocery. and may eat his meals at the
where the prices will be only little more
than Fuel laundry and other necessaries will
be supplied by the management.
The boys Will live in tents holding four or eight
occupants These will be set up by the manage
nent without cost 10 the boys, the small advance
fcs charged each for his three weeks residence in
the city, including his tent, cot. light, fuel and
water. There Will be five permanent buildings in
The city-the assembly hall general store and sup
ply house. gymnasium band stand and electrical
one OF the features will be a telephone system.
by means Of which the boys will be taught the
-udiments OF telephone engineering. This will be
an adjunct Of the electrical department and the
boys interested in this branch of work may pur-
chase and install instruments in their tents at a
nominal fee It IS arranged that the electrical class
rhall have a monopoly on the telephones, charging
ell others one for each call ANY abuse Of this
monopoly will be thrashed out before the city
council 10 the development of boy oratory.
All boys who own cameras viii be urged to bring
them camera club will be organized 10 hold
competitions for the best pictures Once week
the best picture taken during that time will be be
he IN charge OF experienced photographer. and
suitable dark and printing rooms will be pro-
vided.
Every boy who possesses musical instrument
will be expected to bring that with him also. A
boys band and boys orchestra will bs formed