Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-09-26
The Mail Bag
GIVES HISTORY OF MOOSE
HOME FOR CHILDREN
Dear Editor

Dear Editor:
In the good days before the
depression the "Child City of
the Moose" founded more than
a quarter of a century ago by
the United States Senator, j.
j. Davis of Pennsylvania, had an
annual budget of about one mil
lion dollars. This money was
spent each year on the depen-
dent children of the departed
brother Moose to give them the
very best that could be had in
the line of scientific and practi-
cal schooling on the grounds,
from nursery school to high
school graduation, to allow them
to live in homes as nearly as
possible like normal homes on
the outside, to give them recre-
ational facilities of the best
kind suited to the various ages,
to feed them by the aid of scien-
tifically trained dieticians, to
take care of their physical well
fare throughout their stay in
the "Child City" in an up-to-date
community hospital with modern
equipment and the care of we'll
trained medical men, to take
care of their teeth by an up-to-
date dental clinic, to take care
of their moral and religious
training by full-time ministers
and priests on the grounds, to
operate a model dairy farm for
their quart of milk day each,
to give the best general and
special training such as music
and the arts and to give COM
plete training in more than 80
different vocations along with
academic training in high school,
etc. In brief, the Mooseheart
Governors, headed by Senator
Davis, spared nothing in order
to be able to build in their "Child
City" as fine citizens as posi-
BILE.
On this background it occurred
to Senator Davis in 1929 that
possibly by adding a little to this
big budget, the Moose Fraterni-
ty could also do something for
children outside of Mooseheart,
in fact, for the children all over
the world. This unique idea
prompted him to call in % lead
ing scientists from various lines
of science, education, practical
child care and training, to sur
vey Mooseheart with the view
towards establishing what he
conceived of as real national
"Children's University" in the
form of a laboratory for Child
research.
This body of scientists recon-
mended that such a laboratory
be established and told the
Mooseheart Governors that
Mooseheart had the most ideal
conditions in the world for the
study of "the growing, normal
American child" In this work
we cooperate with all the lead
ing universities in the country.
From the outset the labora-
tory had two aims in view: First
to act as real clinic for all
Mooseheart children, following
each child from entrance to
graduation, aiding in all Difficult
ties which he may encounter in
his educational, mental, social,
and personality development
while there.
The second main purpose of
the laboratory, and the one fore
most in the mind of Director
General Davis, is that of it's
service to humanity by contribu-
ting to the knowledge of child
development, care and training
through scientific research.
On June 29 last 35 boys and
33 girls received their diplomas.
What a thrilling sight it was to
witness this affair. Unlike 9TH
er commencement exercises there
wasn't a father of a graduate
sitting in the vast audience and
only a few scattered mothers to
see their dreams come true.
These 68 boys and girls have
been trained for life and bid
Mooseheart farewell with one
thought in mind that they "en-
tered to learn and now are leav-
ing to serve"
Charles E. Landon,
Membership Director