Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-16
STATE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, AT GRAND
MOUND, WASHINGTON
By w. H. COCHRAN Member State Board Of Control
Member State Board of Control

attractive condition. Health Is also
a resultant. Financial results of the
farm work at this institution will be
OF interest for comparative purposes
after full period of two years ac-
tivities. ] believe the male institu-
lions will be required to hustle or
take back seat.
AS soon as the new administration
building is completed the plan at the
school will be to place every incom-
ing girl in the administration build
ing and directly under the scrutiny
of the superintendent until she has
determined which cottage will be the
best for the girl to live in. This may
be determined in a few days and in
other cases it may take several weeks
to be best able to Judge. On enter
ing the cottage assigned her. the girl
will be given IS credits. which she
may add to or take from each month.
It will be possible to earn but 16
credits each month, and any who
earns this many in a month will be
given an extra two. A girl may lose
any number, for where they earn say
i've for work perfectly done each
day. they may lose five every time It
is not perfectly done. AS they un-
derstand, the credits do not pay them
for right doing-that brings it's own
reward-the credits simply show ap-
probation.
One girl who found herself in debt
for SO credits had to earn all her Is
for three months before she had four
ahead. Others have earned every
credit and never lost one since the
system was started last September.
Each girl must have $50 credits to
her credit before she is entitled to
enter the administration building as
an honor girl and only honor girls
will be eligible for parole.
Every year just before Christmas
the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority girls
of the University of Washington sell
any work the girls may have done in
their leisure time. The girls do
quantities Of fancy work and many
of them embroider, tat and crochet
most beautifully. The money de-
rived from this is placed to the girls
account to start her bank account.
When a girl is paroled her en-
ployer is charged on the books of the
school with the amount decided upon
as pay for her services. She is pro-
vided with q printed form which she
fills out and returns each month.
This shows the itemized list of ex-
penditures, together with a small
amount for spending money. This list
is signed by both employer and the
girl, and any balance is sent back to
the school to be added to the bank
account already started. This bank
account is not to be drawn upon. nor
will 1t revert back to the girl until
her twenty-frst birthday, at which
time she is automatically discharged
from the school.
Officers of School.
The school is in charge Of Miss
Mary Campbell as superintendent.
Miss Elizabeth Lowing is assistant
superintendent and also acts as ac-
countant for the institution. Harriet
b. Wright is the agriculturist and is
in charge of the farm work. Miss
Hulda Hainke is in charge of the
power and lighting plant. The girls
assist in caring for and running the
engine and dynamo. Miss Hainke
came February and in three weeks
time she had the girls starting and
running the engine alone and in their
leisure time doing all soldering and
repair work. Marion Bunter and
Mrs. F. Playman are the two ma
irons. The assistant matrons are
Mary Virtue and Mabel Clarke. The
housekeepers are Mrs. Bomon and
Mrs. Gum. The domestic science
teacher is Grace Johnson; grade
teacher, Grace Tarr. and trained
nurse, Miriam Campbell. Another
matron and housekeeper will be add
ed when the new building is COM
pleted. and in the fall another grade
teacher.
Over $4,000 worth Of ornamental
trees and shrubs have just been
planted, adding greatly to the beauty
of the place. These we're a gift from
the Seattle park board through the
of Mr.. J. w. Thomp-
son, superintendent Of parks. Mr..
Seattle's engineer, has sur
veyed the main driveways. The farm
and service roads have also been laid
out End are bordered with currant
and eooseberry bushes and many
kinds OF fruit trees.