Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-09
Good WORK AT
REFORM SCHOOL
State Treasurer Hastings
GiveS Glowing Account
Of Its Progress

Special Correspondence to Evening
Teller.
BOISE, Sept. 9.-State Treasurer
Hastings has recently made a trip to
the southeastern part of the state and
in an interview gives for publication
some excellent observations regarding
the State Industrial school at st. An
thony. Regarding this, Mr.. Hastings
says:
During the past week had occa-
sion 10 visit the southeastern part of
our state and while there / visited, not
officially, for 1 am not a member of the
board of control, but simply went as a
visitor the Industrial Reform school
at st. Anthony, Fremont county, an in
stitution of which very few people of
the northern part of our state know
much of the good that the institution
Is doing, was authorized in 1903 bv
the legislature of that year. with an
appropriation of $4,000 and the set
ting aside of 10000 acres Of the state
lands. The income alone of these state
lahds, whether in rentals, or leases
or income derived from the use of the
proceeds of the sale OF the land on,v
can be used. The land itself or IFS
proceeds must forever remain invio
late. that is, it will always be a per-
manent fund.
The board purchased 200 acres Of
choice land and the school was started
and the results as found them are as
follows. A fine three story admins
tration building. with basement, a
large cottage and foundations for two
more. The building of two more cot
tases and an east wing were author
lied by an act of the last session of
the legislature, $4,000 being appro-
priated for those purposes. also a wa
ter supply was authorized of which
they are greatly in need of. The
foundations of the two cottages are
built by the labor of the bodys con-
nected with the. institution, also thew
are building large workhouse Of ce-
ment blocks, which they make on the
ground.
There are 1o3 pupils at present, "a
Boys and 20 girls of from eight TO
wenty years old, while eight wears is
ne youngest child can be admitted
yet there are few under that age.
n Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey, who have /
'harPe OF the school, I found a most !
competent couple to manage the af- {
airs of the school and to take charge
II the training of the children. Mr. !
humphrey is a gentleman of varied {
ttalnments whether in the SUNDAY G
chooi or teaching the boys to make e
ement blocks, his hobby seems to he a
ne retirement of his children. as he
alls them. n
DoWh In the basement under the su- f
erVlslon of one of the instruc+ors 4
'ere SIX or eight boys washing and t
'onlng' Close by were the furnaces
or heating, also the electric macbiner,,
Or lighting adjoining was the CULINARY
apartment, where a number of girls
ere employed in preparing the na~+
ZEAL While the institution has a roo
lar engineer yet the boys are tausbt
take care OF the machinery so that
case the engineer should be inca
acitated there are a number OF bovs
hpaoie OF running the plant. Let me
~ right here that the nrincinIa 90
: stone OF the school is cleanliness n
ne nrst thing that g child comino into s
g scnool Is taught is the use of the o
Athtuo and cleanliness and bis last S
lstructlon given him before he leaves n
le school is cleanliness. II
I venture to make the assertion that W
lere are a great many homes in Idaho g
MICH cannot compare IN cleanliness n
nth the institution, particularly in ~
leir kitchen work The butter is made II
the scholars and eggs. poultry and
are found in abundance. In "a
her parts of the building. Girls were
aking their clothes and dresses. also -
e Dogs shirts. and all work that can g
,ssibly be done in that line is done ~
ght here. The beds are arranged as "
scientifically as at a military post
ID everything is scrupulously clean.
one thing that particularly attract
my attention was the quietness and .,
urtesy Of the pupils. presume there -
ust be rude ones at times. but the =
mosphere is not conducive towards =
arseness. Gentleness, courtesy
ID kindness are the ruling qualitits, .
It firmnes and discipline are first ana -
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