Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-07
A Home for the Homeless

Out near Golden the State OF Colorado is motherng
a crowd of three hundred and fifty boys in way
that will make really and truly of those young
sters The institution is called the Colorado State
Industrial School for Boys.
The idea in the minds of many people is that the
institution is filed with bad boys. Such is not the
The boys that in this institution were unfortunate
in most instances before they sent to the nstu
ton but they are very fortunate in being there
Thirty-three trades are taught and the boys are
allowed to choose what trade they desire to learn
Among the number from which they select are:
Dairying, poultryraisng tailoring, shoemakins, stock
raising farming horticulture, furniture making black
srnithng, aundrying, printing, soydwork, carpentry
brick LAYING electrical work, work. florist work
painting, baking cooking music, and a dozen other
equally important occupations. The boys to school
one day and work the nextone half of them working
at their trades and the other half in school each day
The number of boys in the institution varies from
time TO time but of the number there are at least two
thirds because their parents were divorced or
because of them deserted the home-nest There are
not twenty-five really bad boys in the entire institution
and of the number who graduate and paroed ninety
five per cent make good citizens.
The institution embraces eight hundred and ninety
six acres about and half acres for every boy
There sixteen buildings the ground, including
dormitories shops, printing office, barns fowerhouse
administration building hospital, powerhouse and gym
nasium. When boy comes to the nsttutlon-and
eighty per of them of their voition with
out guards short history of their lives taken then
they given worksut and dress-suit and assigned
to some company After they become accustomed to
all fho
desire to follow thru life and they put under the
direction of competent teachers who teach them the
trade thew have selected the they taught
their lessons In school.
Their day life is so varied that it does not become
monotonous. Their day is divided as follows: Nine
hours Sleep six hours work schooling two hours TO
eat two hours military drilling, two hours reading-and
three hours play.
Their games consist of every imaginable game known
to boy-from baseball to marbles. There are dozen
ball teams on the grounds, and some times six games
arc going at once They play baseball with teams OF
their own size and surrounding towns every
Saturday afternoons and not beaten at all during
the wear 1920 and only once during the year 1914
Their military drills include those of the regular
arny Once they deefated the United States soldiers
from Fort Logan in exhibition drill and they have
never been defeated by any of the military dril-eams
in Colorado.
The school raises pure bred-stock and has often
captured first prize at the Western stock show with
cattle and horses and also at the State Fair with cattle
horses, hogs and poultry. The school had over SIX
hundred the recent moro than forty per cent
of whom we're officers and over thirty per cent were
either killed wounded-the largest OF fatalities oil
anv organization in the United States
Fred L. Paddelford has been superintendent for
wears and the reports of the national organ
izaton that have examined this, and other similar ns
futions place it second to none.