The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-07-10
WORK JUDICIOUSLY
MINGLED WITH PLAY


the Florida Industrial School here
have ample time for recreation, espe-
cia1ly since their day is from Ais a.
m. to 8 p. m., except on special occas-
ions, but they work, too, and while
that work goes long way toward
making the institution self support
ing, it equips the lads with knowledge
of a trade which later may be the
means of their support.
Virtually all of the brick used in
construction of the buildings of the
institution are made by the boys un-
der the supervision of an expert and
their product is said TO be equal to
the best on the market.
All of the bread consumed at the
school is made in the school bakery
and indications are that it will not be
long before the youthful bakers are
turning out surplus to be sold in
the city of Mariana. Several boys
who learned the bakers trade in the
school now are earning their living at
the work.
The canning plant has just been
completed and it is proposed to put
up large amount of vegetables
grown on the school truck farm for
use during the winter
The school has a printing plant and
"The Light" neat paper turned out
in pamphlet form, is the official pub
lication of the institution. 1t carries
each week the weeks Sunday school
lesson and news of the activities of
the school and it is hoped later to de-
velop the plant in such a manner as
to make it possible to turn out a
large quantity of the official printing
for the state.
The industrial building is now be-
ing equipped with drills, lathes,
presses and wood working machinery
and the establishment of a black
smith shop is under way. The ma
chimes will be operated with electric
motors which will obtain their power
from the plant nearby. The electric
plant and pumping station are operat-
ed under the direction of a general
mechanical superintendent, by boys
who specialize in that work.
The school laundry cared for all the
"wash" and it is expected soon to OBJ.
tain foundry work from the hotels ir
Mariana and nearby cities.
A negro educator and his wife have
charge of the negro lads and the
school is destined to turn out more
embryo tailors than any other institu.
tion in Florida. The negro boys
operate a tailor shop, cut out from
large bolts of khaki and denim, suits
for the white boys and the negros
the former receiving the khaki anc
the latter the denim. The cut cloth i:
| turned over to squad of lads il
charge of a half dozen sewing ma
chimes for finishing and when the
suits leave the tailor shop they arr
ready for use The trousers cost th'
state about fifty cents each.
| On the farm the livestock include
twenty mules and horses and twent!
ploughs are kept busy every day. O.
the sixty head of cattle approximate
ly twenty-five are furnishing milk
Three hundred head of hogs roam tn
pastures.
The school farm virtually feeds tn
boys and their caretakers, producing
almost every article of food serves
except flour and a few other acces
sories. A typical dinner, or lunch a
it is termed in some parts of the coun
try, includes at this time of the year
fresh butter beans, roating ears, to
'matoes, beets, bread and butter, tn
usual accompaniment of meats and
desert of egg custard.
The boy sent to Mariana by tn
juvenile court will not rest upon
bed of roses after his arrival but h
will not be in prison and it is take
for granted that when he leaves h
will be better off physically and men
tally than when he came.