Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-29

j. LITTLE FALLS HnnAlD. il
way of farm work thestrend of ma,
jofity Of those sent out has been the
rural communities, and=with few ex-
captions they have done well. OF over |
l 1000 boys so placed only six per cent |
are desig grated as doing poorly. In |
the case Of the girls the failures are
even less, 4 per cent being the figure.
While the farms of the state have
claimed large percenta &c Of those
leaving the school SINCE it's establish
ment. hundreds have found their way
into other lines of endeayor and up
lift, and the list as compiled, together
with the percentage Of success and
failures makes interesting reading.
Practically every profession is repre-
sented.
OF Sc boys who entered the profess
sion of salesman only two failures are
noted Those doing we'll number 40.
In the case of office clerks, records
made Of thirty who entered that line
of work show no failures whatever.
All but two of them are listed under
the head Of doing we'll.
The trade of carpenter has claimed
thirty Of the boys and all with the ex-
ception of one is in the doingwell
column. Of six printers listed only
one has turned out an undesirable.
Under the head Of travelling sales
men 10 BOYS are listed and the pc
centage of success in their case is
nearly one hundred per cent. All but
tn opa aro1;%oI Nth 1o;nr
Showing the prominence of some Of
the lines of endeavor as taken up by
the boys after leaving the school and
which followed their period of train
ing in some foster home, eight mer-
chants are recorded, four actors, four
army officers, two electrical engineers,
two real estate agents, two insurance
agents, two express agents, one college
Instructor, one state bank examiner,
one lawyer, one Publisher, on" ham:
cashier. o!n state bank cxamin-
81, one naval officer, one member Of
the Catholic Brotherhood, and one log
ging contractor. In the entire list not
a failure is shown.
Under the head Of teachers no less
than Is are listed, and every one of
them has made good. The navy claim
ed Is boys, and the army 10, and Of
the two only eight are listed as fail
ures.
The Canadian mounted police has
one of the Owatonna school boys on
its rolls and he would not be there if
he had not made good. As to the
other trades and professions practical
~ all are represented and in each case
the showing is good.
OF the girls sent out into the world
the majority Of them are married and
the individual. record of each is to the
credit Of the state. Those who have
becomes farmers wives number 1859
and 81 per cent Of them are marked as
doing we'll. Fifty married day labor
ors, and here the showing is not so
good. Only 20 per cent Of this class
are listed as excellent. Under the
head Of wives Of statesmen, merchants,
carpenters, travelling statesmen and
musicians, the showing is invariably
100 per cent.
Like the boys, many Of the girls
have risen to high positions both as
wives and in the trades and profess
sions. One is the wife Of a banker.
another the wife Of publisher, still
another school superintendent
wife, and fourth the wife Of a prom
inent attorney. OF nearly so girls
listed as married only ID are recorded
as in the failure class.
Because Of limited field the un-
married girls are not as widely dis
tributed in the matter of tradess and
professions as the boys, but in nearly
every case the line Of work taken up
by them is to their credit and that of
the school. One Of the girls, an early
graduate Of the school, is postmis-
tress, two are listed as sisters of char
ity, three as milliners, one is an insti-
luton matron, fourteen are office
clerks, 43 are feathers in the public
schools, and "a are telephone opera
tors. In the line Of homework in city
homes, 101 are REGISTERED with only 20
per cent of the whole recorded as doing
poorly. A better showing is male in
country domestic service where 159
are employed. Here the failures are
only 10 per cent.
Summarizing the entire 1000 reg
istered and Of whom in lividual rec
ords have been kept the school man.
agement finds that 1906 boys or 81
per cent are doing well, 502 or % Pc
cent fair, and only 262 or II per cent
are doing poorly. In the case Of the
girls 1,047 or 10 per cent are doing
we'll, 272 or Is per cent fair, and 1872
or IL per cent poor.
Children when received at the Owa-
tonna school are as rule of tender
age and the work Of those in charge
is directed at making them self-sup-
porting. To this end many trades are
taught, including course in farming.
The average age of the children e.
ceived is 7.31 years, and their average
period Of detention at the school is
about eight months. As stated, 5,106
children have been received at the
school since its establishment, and of
this number 2,026 have attained their
majority and are self-supporting, 1893
have been resorted to their parents,
al have been adopted, and 1882 are
in homes subject to supervision.
During the past year the average
daily attendance in the school has
hoon tho 1ovroc% 10 1,:.4