The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-01-20
"The Burning of St. Mary's Industrial School,

Of the New York Club, he batred out
81 home runs, more than double the
number ever made by any other play
er, barring himself, in a single year
before, is too well known to need re-
peating here.
On its trip last September the band
played in Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago,
st. Louis, Indianapolis, New York and
Philadelphia, giving concerts each aft.
ernoon on the ball parks in the differ
ent cities and in the evenings at Elks,
Knights of Columbus, civic clubs and
other meetings wherever it was felt
that the appeal of st. Mary's School
for funds would have an effect
At conservative estimate over half
a million people heard the band play
on this trip and received advertising
literature telling of the school, AS a
result many fraternal and civic bodies
in the cities visited have become inter
ested in the work of rebuilding ST.
Mary's, and are either making separate
campaigns of their own or are COOP
Grating with the Baltimore executive
! committee in putting on fund drive
in their respective cities coincident
with the intensive drive in Baltimore
in early April.'
Founded in 1866 fifty-five years ago,
as a school "to care for dependent and
delinquent boys of the City of. Baiti-
more and State of Maryland" St
Mary's Industrial School has always
been self-supporting, even though the
amount of per capita compensation
paid by the City of Baltimore and the
State Of Maryland for the maintenance
Of boys placed in the institution has
been very small, especially in recent
years when the increased cost of OPP
Grafton of such institutions is consid-
cred. Since 1914 the cost of every
thing used in the operation of the
school, has doubled and in some cases
tripled, with one outstanding excep,
ton, that exception being the salary of
the Xavorian Brothers, 80 in number
in charge CT the school, whose yearly
salary remains at $3.50 a year, the fig.
tre at which it was placed when the
school was started in 1866.
In the reception and handling OF
boys placed in its care ST. Mary's
School is strictly non-sectarian, the
creed or nationality of a boy having
nothing whatever to do with his ad.
mission to the school. Of the $4,000
| boys who have been trained at the
school since its inception more than 80
per cent. of them have become good
| citizens and are holding positions in all
the professions and in the business
world.
On the day the school was burned
about one-half of the 904 boys in the
school were from Baltimore and the
State of Maryland. The others came
from 33 states and even from Argen-
tina, South America, where the fame
of the school had reached.
During the World War st. Mary's
School responded to the call most
loyalty, no less than-7S5 boys enlisting
directly out of the school, while
partial list Of former pupils that took
part in the war totals over 5000
names. Albert H. Vogel, the first
Maryland man to be killed in the great
war, was a graduate Of St. Mary's
School.
St. Mary's Industrial School is an
institution of which this section and
the entire State of Maryland can we'll
be proud. During the SIS years Of its
existence every city, town and hamlet
IN the State has had boys from its
neighborhood in the institution for
training and in every instance, with
exceptions that are so few as to be
almost negligible, the boy has been
turned out a straightforward, honest
and upright citizen.
This, in itself, is enough to make the
appeal of the school for a 100000
fund for rebuilding it and allowing It
to continue its great work, most
worthy one, and it is hoped and ex.
! Dected that citizens of tha Haotinn