Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-12
SCHOOL SITE VISITED
BY WELFARE BODY
Committee investigates Farm
Offered by Fleming NeWboId
for Industrial Training.

A committee from the Board of
Public Welfare is making an inspection
of a 75-acre farm near Annapolis
Junction, Md, offered to the District
as gift by Fleming Newbold as a site
for an industrial school for white boys.
Mr.. NewboId made the offer to Commits
sioner Sidney F. Taliaferro and the
Commissioners are considering accept
ance of the property.
The land formerly was used by the
American Junior Republic, a boys or
ganization, now defunct. The Commits
sioners were asked to take some action
on the offer this week as 1t is under
stood that a Summer camp organiza-
| ton from Baltimore is endeavoring to
obtain use of the property.
This same land was offered to the
Board of Childrens Guardians several
years ago. but was declined at that
time as being too far from the District.
Later, however, the District bought a
site for a home for feeble minded
children about half mile from the
Newbold property.
Acceptance Urged.
The Commissioners have been urged
/ by several interested individuals and
organizations to accept the offer.
Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile
| Court wrote, "I am we'll acquainted
with the situation of this farm and
have visited it many times within the
last five years. I personally consider
| 1t adapted to the use to which the
Newbold family wish to dedicate it.
| The farm contains a number OF we'll
| hIYildiflrc which
would be used until the District is In
position to erect modern brick build
ings.
This land is located within half a
mile from the District Training School
for the Feeble-Minded. 1t is easily ac-
cessible by way of the w. B. g. A. and
the Washington Boulevard. I earnestly
recommend to the Commissioners that
| favorable and immediate action for the
! acceptance of this generous offer of the
| Newbold family.
You are thoroughly conversant with
the pressing need for the establishment
OF an intermediate training school for
| white boys and white girls and colored
| girls to rank with the school maintained
for colored boys at Blue Plains.
Disposition Delayed.
"There has been much delay on the
| property known as the Industrial Home
| School for white children on Wisconsin
avenue and the establishment of the
! proper school for white boys. The ac-
| ceptance Of the land would enable the
District Immediately to transfer the
white boys to this property and to dis
pose Of the Wisconsin avenue property,
using the proceeds for the further de-
velopment of the Newbold school and
establishment Of schools for white girls
and colored girls
THE establishment of this school and
the assurance that it would render the
same service to the community render
ed by the industrial school at Blue
Plains would further cut down the
number of boys committed to the Ma
tional Training School,
| The industrial school property on
| Wisconsin avenue referred to in Judge
Sellers letter will be disposed of by the
| Commissioners partly by sale and partly
by transfer to the Navy Department, as
authorized recently by act of Congress.
The acceptance of the gift also has
been Endorsed by the Chamber of Com
merce, Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association and the Georgia
Avenue Business Mems Association and
by several individuals who have writ
ten the Commissioners.