Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-31
TEACHES $50 YOUTHS
TO DRILL AND PL0W
Glen Wills School Pupils Learn
Military Tactic, and Food
Production

Military dwll and pr"winr rn, "mlIo fur
r"" ar" 'TnaN, h"drrr tHo interest Of tho
90 h"Ns ~ Glcn Mu!s School thcao dav...
superintendent f. II. N'h,rNo,. who l.. father
- All the hoy> vno.s. ,r,,.. r,ur., r,uu, tor,
IN eighteen years. i. aiding r'nrro S,un hv
giving the pupils tho ruudauru'a' principles
Of discipline aud military tu,.,f,... aud =, tho
sam" tim" '"a'hiug IN, IN how to pruduro and
conserve food
II is estimated that moro than 500 former
''n"'n'& Of I'"n Mtll' NJ" NOW in military
F"rNtc" Th" Schools srryirc Gag now hcors
-"' h!n" sart ana or" gold ttar Other stars
ar" To h" add"d ,ha week. Tho school has n
w"!,-"rgan nod ath department aui has sen,
knit"d goods (" all the boys with whom +,
could got in t"rIrn
In im" when Delinquency among boys
Is Increasing h"raua. Of wHr conditions if
i" most important ~ tho estimation Of enrjaI
s"rNlr" workers thar tn" industrial training
schools b" maintained At higlrgr 4inudn-d
Nnd Glen Mills L. putting forth ryr,.,. effort
NOT "hN '" protect tn" Youth If tn" country
but I" help th'm 10 their hir during tho
crisis.
rrn,Imc" own Innd
-Four hours = da1 rl, boys ~, laugh.
H"ad"mt" subjects ANA r"ur h"u', Il Gav they
fffr1i
hajmg hncksmirI,irr ,,,rn.rt,.,. .I,,
ualug, tailoriug printing. ratrihr m,,
'"nrt. lnH"Iiral "l"rriraI engineering steam
n'llnG. lhumhlug. %inking and other trndrs
ar" SliII taught farming h,, suncr.,,i,, ,I
"'h"r "r"uiHii"nS. 1'h" 535-acr" farm has
never been under such Intense cultivation os
now.
wv" w"r" able last year to produce. ON our
own 'hfIn nearly AL of tn" f""d-'ufr~ needed
I"r our ln.,tr"tt"n." said Superintendent
Nlh'rk'r. "Th" year ~" p'"dur'inn viii h"
r,,,o ',,.,,,". ."'' y" 90" 'N'"r' t"
.,r,J,.d ,u' , ,,,'N '"'T' ','" our l"lm
h,,.,oI. '.''n ~ "h''' '"i2
,,. , t'''"'"' '"rN'''' i"n'a-
,.o,,o.,,in , "n, 'I' ''''N "'nf ,"r' IF
nnr,cd 15o Too ,,,,, i,, '',' ""'F 70
and ,y, b,d ,,,r ,',, :, ,r ~ ~ '''' year
o,,,. I'll, " ''''' l''N 'n'h'u "nd
,,', i', 80, 49,. ..n '" "'"''",N "f Hlfl Year
.,,l,. c. .,,'''.'' nn' w. expended
,,Irec diJ ,,,, ,,,..r,,,, r,'.' MAJ ~
rIicJ h,. ,r" ha,. 'a'"' mat va SUD
't' '.'' ]" I''' S'h""I' our only
,,,r, w., N''' tue 'ui"'fN'S"r& OF agrirui-
'''' '"'
"n VIII understand what II m,aus for US
u" pF'""" our own i"ndsfurfS," tn" surorti,-
tsd"' explained. "Wh'm toll y"ri it .akrs
S"'h"thlhS lik" iW'ntN-f"Ur bushels Of green
peas for on" meal and ten hush"ls Of ro-
!',''S ~, ""' "'''N''S' ~" boys ar" most
.r,,' ,i ~ I','"",nE ana i"im work. t""
=, ~, na ,,, ~, "h"h our country
nI.,i, "',,H "n'' '''F rhh t" help.
! ~" ',t , W.. ,,'', '".!'N III our Longest field
!S .s"' 'rn rnr''''' N,"'' '"r 'hrnl and they
.''m r,', d, " l,",' ,,"' S'"h"h"iHt aN well as
,,,,i, ,,' y. ""inh's h"~ I" farm
g ,y,,, 'S ~ ''''H' 'Pp'.n'" '"'hoh&
~ N'a" ',""' ,"',,'''", , N'n"'Ncr ana til" di-
~, I'm N'''E IL IS question of L.
,s''.'S Wv """'"' na"i'" "i th"S" boys
N.' ''N' ''''' "SH'nHl society II Is our
P"'P,S' I" max" "l mem normal. w"lI-ba!-
''''" ''"~'''S' S''' Nr' N'''rh"r'
Divided Into Scycu,cc, r,,,;I;.