The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
How the Boys Spend Their
Time at Lund Detention Home

into the fresh air of another day. Beds
must be made up, and these BOYS have
demonstrated such skill in this line that
their work would put a certified cham
bermaid to shame.
Boys Act as Walters.
Breakfast is served in the long low
dining room on the ground floor Two
long tables on either side are the only
pieces of furniture to be found here.
White oilcloth is the covering, and
this is nice and clean. while the room
IN general looks as though everything
had been steri]ized. The boys take turns
at waiting upon the table Talk is per-
mitted at the tables during breakfast.
This is not tabooed in the least by the
superintendent, for the boys usually
have their little Jokes and participate
Following their early morning repast
the boys hurry to the big barn, where
the cows are waiting to be MIXED, The
milk is taken to the dairy, where the
fat is separated-then comes the churn-
ing. All the school S supply Of butter
is made in the dairy, while the boys
have great quantities of good pure milk
for consumption at all their meals. They
alL go together out on the farm at eight
clock ready for the days work There
are no loafers among this lot of young
sters, who range in age from five to
fifteen, Although many of them are
no larger than minute" physically,
they are there when it comes to help
ing about the big farm. There are
hundred and one little things which
| must be done, and there is usually a lob
for everybody. They quit work at five
clock and are driven back to the>
school in the wagon by Big Ben, who
each evening has different driver, and
who always gives the bows an opporuun-
ity to display their ability at handling
the relns, On toward dusk the boys
are given certain hours to play about
the school, rompinp on the lawn or fish
ing in the nearby streams when the sea-
son is on. In the reading room much
time is spent by some Of the more stu
dlons, but everyone must go to bed
when "taps" is sounded.
School Work in September.
School work will begin at the insti
and viii continue through the winter
months. This is the time when the
boys forget all about the farm and
settle down to n steady grind. delving
into books. which is sure to bring them
out on top. There are boys at the
horne who have. high aspirations. Joe
and, Sam, two husky youths. want to
be lawyers, and claim that when they
have finished the work at the school
and go back home, that nothing will
suit them better than to carry out their
idea. Mike, hailing no doubt from the
sunny Italy. with his big smile and head
Of tousled black hair. wants his coun-
trymen to know that he has musical
instincts. He is being encouraged in
his work. as are al the other boys, and
each with his idea as to what he wants
to make Of himself is receiving the sup
port of Mrs, yelling, who in her kind,
motherly way has won a place in the
heart Of every boy at the big home.
They are now receiving their preIim-
mary training, and according to reports
which come from the school from time
to time, they are almost bound to make
good some day, as the have the chance
Of a. lifetime out there at the Lund de-
tention home.