The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-29
INVESTIGATORS FOUND INsTlTU.
TloN UNCLEAN AND Chill
OREN POORLY CLAD.
NJ R. HARRIS SIDE
Manager Of orphanage Tenders Signed
Statement - Report Of Mrs. julius
Kahn and Miss Daisy Nichols Is
Made Public.

Ihal the cornish Orphans Home,
uncer the management Of NJ. +. Har
ris, Is in an unclean condition, that
there Is total absence OF home life,
that necessary medical attention Is
lacking that children undergo cor.
poral punishment because of physical
conditions over which they have no
control, and that the children them
selves are poorly clad and dirty are
allegations contained in the reports of
Mrs Julius Kahn and Miss Daisy
Nichols VINO visited the home yester
day Mrs Kahn ana Miss Nichols
were authorized to investigate the in.
stltution by w. 5. Wolvcrton, presi.
dent OF its board of directors after
complaint had been made that two
children OF Mrs j. W. Church, had
been mercllessly whipped by some.
one delegated TO care for them.
One Redeeming Feature.
There is one rcdccming feature in
the reports The committee states that
the children are apparently well fed.
They are sent TO the Cornish public
school, but IL is believed that the home
management pays more attention to
the development of the farm operated
in its connection than it does to the
Improvement Of the inmates condi-
ton
NJ +. Harris Of Chickasha, manager
of the Cornish home was in Ardmorc
today in consultation with Mr.. VOL
yertOn. Mr.. Harris admitted that chill
dren had perhaps been too severely
punished and promised to correct con
ditions at the home, if possible.
Mrs. Kahn and Miss Nichols gave
out statements relative to their investi-
CATION, which are herewith presented
to the Ardmoreitc's readers. Mr. Har-
ris also offered a statement, and, in
keeping with yesterdays invitation to
the homes officials, the Ardmoreite is
also publishing verbatim the state
ment of Mr.. Harris.
The statements Of Miss Nichols and
Mrs. Kahn follow:
Statement Of Miss Nichols.
"After we reached Cornish we de.
cided that we would first look at the
children over who are attendants OF
tho npblic schools These of course
consisted of the larger girls and bows
Wo found tbem unclean poorlv clad
and somewhat indisposed 10 talk I
do NOT know that tbev we're forbidden
IN discuss matters of the home with
strangers onlv know that along
some lines they we're exceedingly reti.
cent
"There are fourteen inmates nj Cor.
nish was greeted at the home by
a vounpstnr of five who after puttinr
his hand in mine. with an air of com.
radiera reminded me that his mother
was deod and told mo no had nlentv
IN eat discovered that he had NOT
nisrenresontad tho fact for food is
ono nf tbe fow dolectable things |
found In tho homo
"Tberp are ot Ieast eight rooms nc.
cessible I'm tbe children. and these are
, beateJ by only one stovc While II IL
NOT advisable to have fire iu the sleep.
inc auorunents do think that on
some of these blcak cold days for
which Oklahoma Is famous a little
heat would have been entirely In good
FORM U,UtllNIlN Mntu NOu remember
that some off those children are very
rau
"Iu discussing the mode of punish.
ment AIR Harris informed me that
ne was ignorant of ANYTHING drastic
being done Mrs. d s. Knclc. the
matron s,id that her husband. who
is the homes farmer had punisbed
the little boy brought to Ardmore but
that she did not know the extent Of
the whipping This fact only empha.
sized the demand for supervision |
do not think that any institution can
be worthily maintained without the
constant attention Of the president or
superintendent or someone to whom
the task has been honestly delegat.
ed.
Vast Accumulation Of Dirt.
The home is poorly kept. There is
n yagt n,pumulnti tinn NJ dirt There a.