The border vidette., 1928-07-21
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GIRL DE-
LlNQUENTS

To CQ0 StdG0 Wlu0 interest anu
inquiry with respect to the new
school for girl delinquents, Gov
Gee. w. P. Hunt, today issued
the following statement:
For many. years the .delin
quents of both sexes have been
trained at Fort Grant. At first
the girls had large quarters in
the old frame hospital building
above the main campus, and
we're segregated quite success
fully from the boys by two sub
stantial division fences. Here
the girls were allowed the free
dom Of the outdoors, where
chickens we're raised and a gar
den was grown, occupations that
afforded heaithful exercise and
diversion. Unfortunately this
building was burned down. A
new structure was erected on
the campus where the boys are
trained. This proved to be
great mistake and a detrlment to
the girls. Il has been found
necessary to keep the girls con.
fined within the walls of their
cottages, so that they are denied
out door recreation, and all that
it means to young people.
For numb Der of years the club
women of Arizona have been
active in seeking to correct this
bad condition, to the end that
the girls should receive the same
consideration at the hands Of
the state as is given to the boys.
A department was created by
these organizations on Juvenile
Delinquency, and several invest
igations and also able reports
were made. These efforts bore
fruit in the last state legisla.
ture.
The last legislature provided
an appropriation of $4,000 for
a building to be erected on a site
to be donated to the state. From
the different sites offered, the
Board of Directors of State To
stitutions was directed to make
a choice. The Board waited
year to give all communities an
opportunity to make offers. Last
February, after looking over
number of sites, the Board de
cided in favor of an eighty acre
tract of very fine land adjacent
to Randolph Station, on the new
main line of the Southern Pacific
railroad in Pinal county.
Christopher Totten of Pres
cott was employed as architect,
to draw plans for the new
school, In working out a com
plete unit for an institution of
this character, it was early dis
covered that the $4,000 appro.
priated was not sufficient, unless
some economics could be intro
duced. To meet this situation,
the Board of Directors decided
to employ the prisoners at Flor
ence to do all the work. Ac
cordingly plans for the building,
with this method of construction
in mind, were adopted.
The plans call for a handsome
one story structure, with high
walls of the Pueblo Indian ty pc.
A center wing will contain the
Matron's Office on one end, and
the girls dining room on the
other. with large living room
between. Running back from
both ends of this center building
are long wings. One of these
wings will contain the kitchen,
the service porch. two guest
rooms, the attendants room and
the school room. The other wing
will provide the matron's quart
ers, ward for small girls,
room for incorrigibles, the assist
ant matron's room, two big wards
for the large girls, together with
the baths and lavatories. The
walls will be of adobe and very
thick. The floors will be of
cement, and the ceilings will be
high and insulated. Under the
kitchen and service porch will
be basement containing a heat
ing plant and store rooms.
Work on the new school for
girl delinquents has started. A
we'll for supplying domestic wat
er has been drilled and cased.
A pump has been installed with
5000 gallon storage tank placed
on "a foot tower. A construc.
ton camp has been established,
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