The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-14

one of us to strive every minute of every day to help the whole family, and in so striving. the help that we give the family we add to our own happiness and to the sum of our own plete with serious suggestions for right living, yet rich in it's apprecia- ton of the work of the youth before him.
 At this institution the prevailing cottage plan of housing the pupils. for they are pupils and interested ones. not merely inmates isbeinb developed. There were originally on the grounds three old fashioned farmhouses, de- lightfully built. These have been re- modelled where necessary. yet the roomy, old fashioned, comfortable
 lines are preserved. Each house is entirely taken care of by the boys whose home it is. They even made and hung their own window draperies of which they are inordinately proud, fully as satisfied in their efforts as though they had put the finishing touch to a. royal palace.
 The dining room in both cottages and main building are numerous, and furnished with small round tables; there is absent that interninatbly bare length of the institutional board that Dickens so distressingly describes. The sleeping apartments are as homeiike as possible, and each boy has fine metal locker in which Brother Barna- bas feels can be suitably kept his un- institutional clothes.
 The boys at LncoIndale have a wonderfully fine physical appearance. It would be difficult to find a finer lot of boys in any of our exclusive aca- denies or preparatory schools than are to be found in this institution. This must be due partly to the train ing. which develops, as it does. each him the individual responsibility of some particular charge; thus making for life full of interest and proud in achievement.
 Below follows the program: Part I. Chorus, '%Gfve Us Another Lincoln choir; selection, 'sLinco1n's Life" Jun iorsg recitation, ''The Strength of Faith; chorus, .Lincolnda1e," choir; recitation, "A Good and Honest Heart; Part II, chorus. Follow Up the Flow" chair; recitation ,'sThe Men Who Wear the Button" Ca panegyric of the G. A. R-); duet, The Old Oak en Bucket; address to the boys, Hon. Wm A. Prendergast, Comptroller of the City of New York; presentation of awards.
 MT Tierney, the delightfully."- human director of the board of trustees, pre- Sented the diplomas, and with others of the board also presented the prizes, giving great encouragement to the boys who were not called to the front this year, building up their hopes for next year. The bestowers seemed, if it could be possible. to take as much pleasure out of the performance as the recipients. One irrepressib1y benevo- lent director was seen to take out his timepiece and compare it with the one Just presented the retiring boy: he seemed to conclude that the students s was quite superior to his own and was ready to make a trade when he himself was suddenly called to pre- sent a prize or perform some other official duty. The day was full of | just such pleasant little incidents be- 1 tween the boys and the guests,-yet there was no undue familiarity. in fact, pleasantly agreeable refinement l tempered all.
 On stro1ling through the grounds we l learned that fo those boys especially proficient in gardening is allotted a certain space, with seeds, implements. etc, on which they have their own garden selling the produce thenl- selves, and even starting a, bank ac- count with the proceeds.
 This institution at LincoInda1e is the l outgrowth of the Westchester Protec- l tory. From this vast institution of l 2,40O children are taken the boys who