Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-28

by fences as well as the destruction
Of small farm buildings.
There was no Sinking here, yet
these boys were truants, incorrlgible
boys who had been committed to the
new Parental school Of Queens 10 be
put on the track which leads to good
citizenship, In the excitement OF the
moment hats went awrY locks wero
tumbed and blotches Of SCOT showed
the imprints OF small hands on flush
ed, sweat-stained faces. But their
eyes were bright and manner eager,
as with pitchfjrks and rakes they
buckod to their tasks
Further along other squads were
binding corn sheayes or Kidding a
field Of cobblestones, the latter to be
utilized for the foundation of new
green house later on. Some were
engaged in bupIng potatoes for the
winter season, pulling celery or
beets, or gathering winter squash
for the culinary department or en-
gagged in other agricultural oc,upa-
tions
within doors dctachments Of boys
In the dormitories were making the
floors immaculate and windows bright
Electric light fixtures fixtures were
being made to shine and brasses poll
ished until you could see your face
In them. Laboriously threading
needles In and out OF heavy black
hose were still other boys learning
the gentle art Of darnins and some
mighty good patches were replacing
the rather generous si2ed holes which
are inyJriably a feature of Emall
boys stockings.
From the bakery IN the power
house were waited on the Indian sum-
mer air the appetizing odors of fresh
ly baked bread, for from this de-
partment there is made cakes pies,
biscuits. buns and a host of other good
things which supply not only the
Queens school but the Manhattan
Parental School and the Brooklyn
Training School at cypress HIS.
while one-half the boys are oc-
cuped with these industries for half
a day the rest are IN school. At noon
the shift is made, and all those en-
ployed In field or household occupa-
tions take their turn IN the classroom,
SandWiched I'm between the shifts Is
military drIll and at night a flag sal
lutte to the inspiring music OF a fife
and drum corps, and at times the
school band takes part
It is by hard work that the truant
boy is made over at the parental
school, which as the name implies,
Is an institution IN which the man
agomont takes the place OF parents.
To taks ones share IN the worlds
work, even though it Is accomplished
hy energetic means, nstills a self-re-
spoct into a boy that can be got there
by no other means,
or the several parental schools In
the country none has the advantage
OF so large an area to work out its
problem in as the one IN Queens on
tho road between Jamico and Flush
ing When the original plan Is COM
plctcd and the management is only
awaiting the pleasure Of the board OF
cstimate--it will be the largest school
Of the kind In the world The Boston
school has twenty-eght acres, Chi
caRo thirty, and New York a similar
tract, while the Parental school Of
Queens has 107 acres, and rs farm
work has much to do with the task
OF making bad boys good this natural.
ly stands greatly IN It's favor.
lt would be quite impossible to
find a more charming spot than the
one selected by the city for the new
school. As Hobart L. Todd, the sup
erintendent, remarked, II Is one OF
the best investments the city has ever
made for this property which was
bought for something like $3.50 an
acre is worth fully three times that
sum today. In fact, n farmer with
some eighty acres Of land adjoining
Just refused $4,000 an acre for his
patch
II Is impossible to miss noting the
group OF buildings IN Spanish mission
style OF architecture when driving in
this vicinity, for the low-browed. red
tiled roofs stand out picturesquely
against the sky
To-day there is the main or admin
istration building with six cottages
three Gouble cottages, with powe,
house and stable. Completed, tn,
plan will include eleven buildings
grouped around a spacious campus
which viii form the drill ground fol
the military exercises. The mllitar,
training, though included In the cur
rlculum, Is not made too promnen
a feature, rather the chance Of wear
lng II uniform is made the reward OF
great merit, and only those who hay,
earned Il can participate Few ar,
seen without the khaki
one OF the special features OF tn
Parental School Is the cottage idea
the housing Of small numbers OF boy
under one roof with n matron an,
master. Invariably husband and wife
Groups Of thirty boys arc provide,
for In each cottage, and In addition
20 the dormltory. where they sleep
layutories and lockers, Is a playroon
In the basement Tor rainy days and
reading room with big open fireplace
whore In tho evening the boys can 81
and read or study or play qule
gumcs, as the case may be.
Furnished IN mission, with atrac
tive pictures on the walls, growlnl
plants and flowers, the place Is o.
cosy and homolike as need be.
A novel and interesting feature o
the construction Is the i,700-foot sub
way that connects the cottages with