Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-16

each; Walla Walla, two, and Clarke.
Chelan, Kittitas and Whitman, one
each.
The ages of the girls now at the
the benefit of the girl, less the
amount necessary for her board and
keep, and may also, with the consent
of any girl over IA years of age and
the approval Of the board of control
endorsed thereon, execute indentures
or apprenticeship, which shall be
binding upon all parties. In case any
girl so apprenticed shall prove un-
trustworthy or unsatisfactory, the
superintendent may permit her to be
returned to the school and the linden
ture may thereupon be cancelled.
The commission appointed to Sc
lect the site for the State School for
Girls selected property situated
about one-half mile from Grand
Mound, in Thurston county. About
40 acres of the land was level prairie,
suitable for a building site and for
early gardening, and the balance lies
about 26 feet lower and is composed
Of rich bottom land. The Chehalis
river runs along the west side of the
property for about 1900 feet. A
beautiful little lake, fed by springs,
covering about three acres Of land, is
located on the property near the
buildings.
The board of control Immediately
proceeded with the erection of two
cottages to take care Of the girls.
The buildings constructed were mod
ern in every respect. The founda-
lions are of concrete and a visit to
this part of the building is a pleas
ure. A we'll equipped domestic
science department is not only a
training of a practical nature. but
the resultant is need of the house
hold and constitutes part of the do
nestle economy.
In the laundry, water motors oper-
ate the washing machines, this de-
partment again being operated as
school along the lines that washing
is done in the majority of households.
Girls with axes are busy splitting and
piling wood, and it is piled wood, not
a pile of wood. Tools of all kinds
have a place in these Easements, and
the tools are in their places, clean
and ready for their next use. Ideas
embodied in the construction of these
buildings certainly ought to make
toward reformation.
The first noticeable thing upon en-
tering the ONCE is a rack filed with
government bulletins dealing with
farm work. These are being studied
and the experience contained there
in put to use.
Room for Each Girl.
The fundamental provision archi-
tecturally is privacy. Every girl has
her own room, or will have, that
being the intention of the legislature
when it established the school. At
the present time there are two girls
in most of the rooms, and three in
some. The rooms, while small, are
light, we'll ventilated and more in
viting than the great majority Of
hotel rooms. Each room is. in fact,
a veritable little home; pictures of
the loved ones at home and fancy
work adorn the walls and dressers.
II reformation is not possible here.
1t cannot be effected.
The great idea around which this
institution is building is love Of one
another, love and respect for the su-
perintendent and her officers, love Of
nature and a growing conviction that
they are all equals, not only of one
another, but also Of the great army
of humanity outside of the walls. II
anyone doubts the fact that this
effect is being wrought, spend an
evening in this big family. The one
great factor that makes for good citi-
zenship is their home life. work (hard
work) out Of doors, industry at all
times, as shown by every girl knit
ting, sewing, ETC., and play devised
and managed along moral and
healthy lines are the daily routine.
In the evenings the girls gather in
the large living rooms. where they
work on their own fancy work, some
one reads aloud for an hour, while
they spend the rest of the evening
to music on the Victrolas,
playing the piano, singing or playing
games. In one cottage alone 80 books
we're read aloud in the evenings dur
ing the past year. Such books as
David Copperfield" and others OF
Dickens, "Laddie and Freckles,"
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