Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
Administration Building.
Individual Care Received bk Those
Who Are Sent There From Thy Courts,
and Unusual Quality ofSuf erviisiion
Produces Evidence of~CJbratitude
on the Part efThok BE Who
Are<Sen OrA.

courage ii. she offered another measure
the &c flowing year. This was passed,
and kle site of Anderson was chosen.
MRS. fWillebrandt says. Il have lived
with tevery brick and stone of Anderson,
win the blue prints, with every dollar
una was appropriated Anderson is
oneS of my dreams realized"
1T the surroundings of the inStitu-
u n she believes that one of the spe-
III appeals of the location is the
\ auty Of the rolling country and dis
CANT mountains. There is a definite
n ehabilitating value she says, in
beauty itself"
THE location, 1000 feet above sea level
in the Allegheny Mountains, was
also selected with special consideration
for the nearness to Washington. This
was because the geographical center of
the criminal population of the United
States lies little southwest of Wash
ington, because the institution would be
easily accessible to visitors to the Capt.
tai and also to the Department of JUS
tice,, and because it would serve as a
place of confinement, in addition to the
violators of Federal law anywhere in
| the country, for all District of Columbia
| offenders over ID years of age, serving
| terms of over year and day.
| The citizens of Anderson donated 202
acres of property along the Greenbrier
| River, with direct access to the Chesa-
| peake g. Ohio Railroad. In addition,
300 acres were purchased. The view
, from the grounds in any direction is
, that of panoramic spread of tree-cov-
/ cred mountains and holloWS.
Such surroundings have direct effect
/ upon people living among them. The
| most important thing that the institu-
| ton can do for woman placed there is
! to give her a regulated and controlled
! attitude toward life. Future problems
must be met, and each woman must be
! equipped as we'll as possible to meet
! them. To come to the institution, to a
! community of women working together
| under the guidance of other women. in
a quiet openness of hills and slopes and
! valleys, is to form a basis for concen-
! trated application upon present tasks
! and for an unbiased and constructive
| preparation for the future.
| Many of the inmates have come from
! homes where conditions were limited and
/ depressing. At the institution they live
! in buildings that are well-planned and
J tremendously furnished; they learn to
! keep the rooms in careful order; they
/ eat we'll cooked meals, and they learn to
! prepare them: they are pleased with
! their surroundings, and thy learn that
the surroundings depend on personal
! effort.
! The grounds of the institution are laid
| out in an upper and lower campus. The
! hilly country is factor in this arrange
ment Mrs. Willebrandt says that the
! land adapts itself to the use of two
/ campuses, and enables the dividing of
| the institution into units, according to
| the training and classification of the
| inmates" This grouping places the re-
/ ceiving building and the cottages for
! newcomers on the upper campus to-
! gether with the hospital and church.
/ On the lower campus are additional cot
! tages and the industrial buildings.
The majority of the buildings are
| placed on each campus on three sides
! of a rectangle, with the receiving or
classification building holding the COM
! manding position at the end OF the
upper campus, and the administration
building in the same site on the lower
one. The open space in the center of
the upper campus is being prepared for
a recreation ground, and the space on
the lower campus contains a lawn and a
small grove OF trees. The third unit OF