Putnam patriot., 1911-02-17
New York Parental School.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ Bennett of
Flushing, n. Y, who have been spend
ing few days with their parents, MIR
and Mrs. NJ. w. Bennett, Chapel
street, returned TO their home Monday
afternoon. Mr.. Bennett is one of the
faculty of the New York Parental
School, teaching geography and his
tory. \ description OF the school, tax
en- from "rhe Globe aud Commercial
Advertiser OF New York, is given be.
low;
Training the worst class of truants t.
usefulness, not punlshiug them, /, the
new educational plan being lfied 10y
the Board of Education al the Parental
School, on Jamaica avenue, near the
Village of Flushing, H. | There, on a
farm site of l07 acres, housed in expen-
sive cottages, some $50 boys " no would
not 90 to school are being made 10 go.
They are committed there Tor an in
definite term, and The school endeavors
To prepare them To take some place of
usefulness in the industrial world
when they are permitted to leave The
school has tailor shop, plumbing
shop, a carpenter shop, bake shop,
laundry, anu printing Office.
Within the past year The boys in the
tailor shop made over 100 suits of
clothes aud repaired some 100 others.
The carpenter shop turned out fences
and made repairs, the bakery made
bread enough TO supply all the traAnt
schools, and the farm produce was also
ample.
The daily programme provides for
class reom study aud recitation and
work in the shops, in the garden, and
ON the fam. the boys are divided
into Two squadS-one attending school
while the other works in the shops,
aud vice versa. Up AT Is IA. m and TO
bed at 5 p. m. is the day liked. The
time mol occupied by study, farm, or
shop work Is devoted TO military drill,
athletic sports, and recreation. Ho.
bart IL. Todd is the principal, and
teachers specially qualified for the
work planned have been selected.
Their wotk Is organized on the depart
mental plan, and each teacher is i'm
charge Of all he boys in some one or
more branches ot study Classroom
WORK has been made So interesting that
many boys who We're chronic truanlS
before nov crave more and more class
foem Wotk, 80 il is said, and are form
ing habits OF systematic study
The school plant consists OF.
Gl1 An administration building of
three stories and basement Ia this
+ are located an office for the principal,
spacious and we'll equipped class.
rooms, some domitories fnt employee,
IN The thttd story, and shops and q
t gymnasium in the basement.
- Three cottages each separated in
the middle into two counterpart living
apartments for the boys. The thre,
cottages afford six living quarters TO
families OF thirty or thittY.two boy
each. Thus, The present capacity o
the parental school is $50, OF at mos
l92 pupils. Each cottage has a lava
tory and play rooms in the basement
a dining room, small serving kitchen
and large reading room ON the tiys
floor, with large dormitors ami apart
ments for the master and mstron OF
the second floor. On the third tioo
are bedrooms for employees.
tSl \ power house, in the basemen
of which Is located the machinery {
the heating, the electric lighting, an
the power plants. The buildings ar
heated by the hot water system. Tn
first story of the power house contain
the kitchen and the bakery. Tn
laundry is located in the second story
A subway connects the power hous
with the cottages. Through this sut
way prepared food is conveyed o.
trucks from the kitchen to each col
tage. In this power house baking AM
laundry work will be done for othe
truaat schools.