Evening journal., 1920-01-31

charge the largest NUMBER OF DOys were
committed for larceny, IS. Incorrigibil'
ity was second with 2S.
Tha report 81 part follows;
Parole Department
"Fhis Is new department in charge
OF James Neely. Jr. 70 Is his duty "a
keep track. ss far as possible OF The
boys paroied from time 70 time. He
vislis their homes frequently and cor
responds with out Of town boys. in
addition 10 his other duties he Is also
drlll Instructor.
-We have much 70 be thankful for In
regard to the health Of our boys. While
we have had our share Of minor all
menss ana accidents, we have been free
from any cpidemlo or serious happen
ine Many -eaF boys are in rather
noor hoalih when they come 20 US, but
soon improve under our system OF reg
fisrty m regard 90 food, work, play
and rest our physician, Or Meredith
samuel pays regular visits 20 INC
school besides being subject 10 call. we
hove also engaged The services OF >
csnaneionf dentist. Or. Herbert NJ;
r,e,,a ,,he IA looking after the denta
-eeds OF the boys very accpelaDiy'
'1"ea'S "",r school Of letters is ln charge oi
..a ysrv splendld teachers. rev. ana
81 wiiNam j. Appel Under heif
.-..,,on the h0ys are doing good worA'
t,'..v nov attends school three ana
,.is hours daily. Owing 10 The many
.iie,sron, rrades of education OF our
80 ana also 70 the fact that we nave
t,,s ,chiie and col0red boys. it seems
.d,.is,hie ~ have a third teacher.
WI. or'iy,,les in this line include
,..aenierine cooking, farming, garden
nc laundry work, paintlns taliollne
ana carr of The various buildings, lawns
snd roads While this class OF boys are
neither the most willing OF euiolen.
.sorters we wish TO enumerate some
~ lhe results Of our efforts as 70 p'o-
dnetion IN this department 49,
rsrn and garden-Hay. 81 IONS
stesv 95 tons: cow beeis, 1 ton, corn
en tiie ear. 400 bushels; oats. 100 busn-
IN. potatoes. 215 bushels; wheat 5Vo
h,sbels. vegetables, 800 bushels; fruits,
=, bushels: asparagus. 2,JOO buncnes,
-,.st fG5O pounds, milk, o1'ToV
ra,,nds and eggs. 36i dozen.
!. rsnnine = Vegetables. 100 quarts
.bnms 30 quarts. other fruits 10
'inaris condiments, 81 quarts leilles' %
glasses; ssucf krout 2 barreis'
Tailors-NIended 230OO articles maze
re,v pillow slips, 50, Sheets 40 towels, |
200: night shirts, 2o0 overalls' 4vV
rairs: outside shirts, 300. -.
The cannery handled some o5VoO
nt'cle-. In addition we have also
pacIed away some ninety tons of fairly
rood lec. which enisiled good deal oi
l,hor All these things are merely
mentioned 10 show that We do some
work here.
Becrcat0n.
.Boys ore always resdy 20 expend
ereat deal more energy ana show
e-eaf deal NOR vim On play t1an az
s.ork. and our boys are no exception.
furing The past year we have laid out /
4 yorg good tennis court which Is al /
most a. popuiar as .he baseball da- /
n.ond. our boys l0yo the outdoors, |
end except after dark or IN stormy |
ueaiher their playing Is done out IN 4
on omen. ln their reading rooms they /
nayo parl0r games as well as graph
ophones With q good selection or rec
0fds We also have a moving picturo /
machine and we show educational /
Glms furnished by the bureau of Com /
nlarcial Economies at Washington, D. g. /
ence week, and have films OF an en- /
lorldiuing nature another night. The |
,atter films are generously furnished |
ns By the management of the Queen |
Theatre 10 Wilmington We also OBJ /
serve the usual holidays IN a manner /
Appropriate 20 the day. and OCCASION
ally some friends come out Of an even |
ing with an Offering OF songs music. /
readings and other form OF entertain /
ment.
Religious Life.
This we consider a most important
part Of our school, for al true reform |
must come from within, from the heart !
Therefore, we assemble every evening
10 our chapel 10 sing a hymn. read oil
passage from the Scriptures and offer
q prayer before going 10 bed This Is
also The time for Informal talks occa-
-rionslly Every sunday morning. az
10 o'clock Mrs T. L. Neely conducts
an hours Sunday School service, which
all the boys are expected 10 attend
Through the efforts OF the Rev. Joel
:. Gilnllan, pastors OF the various
Protestant churches Of Wilmington.
conduct services every Sunday after
noon, while the Catholic boys have
their special services from time 10
time"