Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-04
BOARD Of CONTROL
UNABLE TO CONTROL
INCORR|G|BLE GIRL
tuberculosis Hospital Cannot
Accept Donation From
Club Women

The meeting of the board of control
was enlivenod yesterday by the "Nar.
rative of Naughty Girl" by Mrs
Esther Hopkins, matron of the state in.
dustrial school for girls. 1t appears
that even at the time that Mrs. Hop.
kins was telling about it, one Evelyn
Foster was confined in a closet of lin.
ited space and was making the night
and day hideous Evelyn was) by
screaming and pounding on the walls
The board, however, after listening at.
tentatively to the story was still un-
able to solve the problem and thanked
its lucky stars that Mrs. Hopkins, in
stead of the members of the board, had
to live at the girls school.
Evelyn Foster and another girl
escaped from the school about 2 weeks
ago. When the girls were returned
they were rut on diet of bread and
milk and put to work in the laundry
The Foster girl refused to work unless
she could have the same diet as the
other girls. Mrs. Hopkins then locked
her in one of the rooms and the girl
broke glass tumbler and with the
Jagged edge of a piece of glass cut
her name on her arm. Fearing that the
girl would do herself serious injury,
Mrs Hopkins put ner in straightiack.
ct. But once more she was unsubdued.
Working her body free from the lack.
ct she tore the jacket to shreds and it
was then that she was placed in the
narrow closet.
The board appeared to believe that
Mrs. Hopkins was doing as well as pos.
sible by the girl.
Recalling the case of Mary Begge,
who was paroled from the school, and
VINO broke Ler parole by marrying. and
who was brought back to the school by
Mrs. Hopkins after her marriage, the
board expressed the opinion that the
better policy for the superintendent to
pursue would be to take affairs of a
similar character up with the board
before taking action herself and she
was instructed to do this in the future.
man named Larson, of Quinaby.
appeared before the board and asked to
be allowed to remove his daughter from
the industrial school. Upon asking the
advice of Mrs. Hopkins the board de.
eided to keep the girl in the school for
a few months longer. Mrs. Hopkins said
that the girl, after being the first since
the organization of the school to make
the honor roll in her first month. has
proven a disappointment when it was
discovered that she had been helping
other girls to plan their escape. Aside
from this Offensc the superintendent
SAID that her conduct had been good.
The board decided not to accent a
contribution to the maintenance of the
tuberculosis sanitorium the gift of
$500 offered by the state federation
of women's clubs, holding that the
state could not accept money in the ma
ture Of a charitable offering.
Warden John w. Minto of the peni.
Tertiary asked permission to beautify
the grounds of tho prison with flowers
and grasses and was given authority
to do this. He also suggested that If
tailor could be employed at the prison
the institution would be able to furnish
suits for men in all of the state insti.
tutions. Tho board instructed him TO
make an investigation.
Attorney General Brown was author
ized by the state board of control to
begin condemnation proceedings against
the Salem hospital for the requirement
OF grounds now owned by the hospital
and which are wanted to add to the
premises of the state insane hospital
which lie adjacent
TO start negotiations for the grounds
the last legislature appropriated $25, 900
for their purchase, but the offer was
not not accepted by the hospital authori.