DAILY CAKTAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OBBOOK, SATUBDAY, DECEMBEB 20, 1813.
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State
Model
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FRIENDLESS
MADE
The Oregon legislature never did tt
wiser thing than when it changed the
Bame of the "Roform School" to the
Oregon State Training School. Tun
former name gave the public the idea
the school wag a penal institution whore
young criminals were sent, for punish
ment and "reform."
That is not now the idea of the in
stitution and it never was intended as
such a place. Under the present law
nly boys under sixteen can bo sent to
this school, and this a great improvt
lent over the old law permitting boys
Orogon State
of .18 to bo sent to it. Experience, has
demonstrated that a boy of that ago, if
he is bad, is not fit to bo placed with
the younger one, being more or low
hardonod, and too apt by his teachings
and association with tho younger boys,
who naturally look up to him, to do-
troy tho effort of tho teachings of tin
school,
The school is loeuted about four miles .
sou til Mint of Sulom, tho muin building
being on top of a rather small hill from
which ono of tho finest views of th.)
valley ran be obtained. Like all oth
er stute institutions, it is pniuted a li;lit
gray and is well planned for its pur
pose. As wo stated, this is not a penal in
stitutioii, but is in every sense a school,
a place where boys, generally wayward
bocnuse they had no home and no gin !
anco, could bo cured for, educated,
taught useful trades and instead of lin
ing allowed to grow as weeds in tho hu
man giirden, be made into useful eitl
reus. That is more than ever tho ui' i
anil intent of the school since it came
under tho management of its presort
superintendent, Will S. Hale, who is
pre-eminently fitted for tho position,
for the ono reason more than all oth
ers that ho understands boys and boy
nature. This Is shown by tho way the
boys go to him, not In fear and trem
bling, but with the nunc, freedom and
confidence that boys approach a kind
father to whom they look for every
thing with unswerving confidence
The writer visited tho school Mon
day, and it wn Indeed a revelation, for
ho as other had done, looked on it as a
sort of "state prison for boys." Hu
was soon disabused of that idea. Al
most tho first thing ono little follow
rami up to Mr. Halo and slipped his
hand in that of tho siiwriutendcnt, ask
ed for something and got it. Then as
Orogou 8UU School for the Blind,
wo followed him through tho big build
ing whoro the little fellows wero at
work, the bright boyish smiles that
greeted him, and the evident prido the
little follow hud in their Work aa the
superintendent paused to speak tu tlieni
md to call attention to It, spoke elo
quently of the ttiiv they felt towards
him. Tho hoys are doing good work,
loo, mid lots of it. There is R shoe simp
whero all the shoes ued st tho lilu.-c
are made, and they are good shoes, loo, j
mo wornninnsiiip neing p-nlty first- f on time Hud no ono knew anything of llnmii.ersteiii, who makes he- profes
class. How well they enn do their work .the cook's aliscneo until nearly noon, sionnl debut lu this production; Hubert
U illustrated by tho fin t that i.me time and when the yongsters had dinner Pitkin. Hurrell Harberetta, Snlt Kd
go the mail employed to teach th well under way. 'wards, Planch Kield, Ada Xlivsde, Mima
shnemakiiig art, left, audit was not nee- j KI,.H Mr. Ilnle took charge many Im-IZuca, Kniilio l.wt, Augusta Sehnlti
snry to have him Iwck. One boy wm provoments lutv been made. The box m Klsic tlcrgley.
BOYS
MANLY MEN
put in as foreman and has full charge
of the shop. He manages it well and is
proud of his work as any boy anywhere
could be. The othor young shoe-makers
were hard at work and apparently
as much interested as though the shop
belonged to them. It was the same in
the tailor shop, whoro several Bowing
machines were being made to hum by
mo boys. As we entered one wns mak
ing shirts, and the way he mado that
sewing machine "hike" was a wonder.
Ho took a hem around the tail of a
gingham shirt before we could woll de-
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cido what wo was making. Others were
just us busy. Tho boys make all the
clothing of all kinds used by tho Bchool,
and among thoso tho really f i no suits
that aro given each boy when his time
is out and he is turned out to bo a
good citizen instead of a useless bit of
human flotsam, which ho would have
become if left to roam tho streets homo-
leas and unrarod for.
Mr. Halo expressed the Idea in saying
that boys aro not naturally bad, but are
mado so by their surroundings and by
having no guidance and direction. His
plan is to mnko them all intc-rmted in
tho school, make thorn undorstand that
it is not tho Btnto's sclioul and homo,
but theirs. After fixing up ono of tho
dormitories and repapering It, ho was
told It would last about a week, but he
Impressed on tho boys that it was their
dormitory, not tho state's, they were to
occupy It, not tho stnto, tlwit It was up to
them to keep it so they would not bo
ashamed to have it rangers aeo it, and
in tho three months since there has been
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hardly scratch on wall or furniture,
nnd these ccidcnUil.
All the work on the place and about
the building is done by the luiys who
tiiho turns at working and attending
classes, The cooking and waiting on
table is done by the boys, as is the dish
WHthing mid all other work. They uro
el'ticient, too. There was a hend cook
e'ii loved, and it lie u fur some muse l0
lid nut come to work In the morning
the hoys were there mid hud breiikfnst
have rofinished the big hall at the en
trance, doing the woodwork and vara-
ishing. They refloorod part of the
dormitories and put in a lavatory, in
fact are doing something of this kind
ovory day and making the building and
the grounds more beautiful and com
fortnlile. A new boiler house has been
built and this will permit the beautify
ing of the grounds and the keeping
them clear of unsightly woodpiles.
Tho school department is under the
direction of Professor C. L. Knapp, and
under him aro Miss McOuire and Miss
Bicknell. A fine assembly hall has
been fitted up and hero a scries of lec
tures have been given.
Among these was a lecture by Pro-fos.-ior
Lamb, of O. A. C, who also show
ed his poultry department with moving
pictures and an interesting talk about
chickens that delighted the boys.
Tho big farm of 330 acreB is cultivat
ed by the boys, and the dairy with its
cream separator and churns is in their
charge. In fact it is a great big family
of boys, a little republic in which each
is mado to feel that he is a citizen and
part owner and manager, and that they
respond to this treatment and appre
ciate it is shown by ono boy, who, when
his time was out, said he would like to
come back when Bchool stnrted and fin
ish lenruing his trndo, and did so, and
another who, being n liborty to go,
asked to be allowed to remain until
spring. Tho boys at first, when coming
to tho school, have an idea it is a penal
institution and naturally dislike it.
They soon get this idea worked out and
then they are all right and like it. It
is in fact tho only homo many of them
have ever known, and it is safo to my
that most of them will have for tho old
slate of Oregon that "gave thorn a
chance," a tender spot in their hearts
while life louts. Ami it is safe to say
that with this memory will be alwayB
thnt of tho man who understood boys,
who HMD Ni tlii zed with instead of lnugh
ing at them, who gave his time and his
talents to shaping Immunity's odds and
ends nnd waste material into good Am
erican citizenship, who placed their feet
in tho pn Ih and helped them koep them
thero until they wero familiar with it,
who was not a prison superintendent
watching over them, but a kind and big
hearted friend to whom they could go
with nil their troubles and find sym
pathy and comfort, to a man who un-
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dorstood, and understanding, liked boys,
Will 8, Hale.
'HIGH JINKS" AT
THE LYRIO THEATRE
Nowe York, Doc, 20. Arthur Ham
niorstcin announce that his musical
farce comedy, "High Jinks," will in
augurate its New York ongagemeut at
the Lyric theatre on Wednesday even
ing of this week.
Tho book and the lyrics of "High
.links" am by Leo Iietrichstoin and
Otto Hauerbach. Tho music is by Ku
dolili 1'rinil, who wns first introduced
to the Auierican public a yenr ago by
Mr. Haiiiiuersteiu through tho produc
tion of "The Kin-fly," in which llinnia
Trentini starred with such success in
New York and in which she is now ap
pearing on tour.
"llili Jinks" is in throe nets and
the iii tiiin all takes luce in 1'aris dur
ing a i in n i v ill. lr. Thome, nn Aim-ri-i
n n nerve snviiilit lit ing ill the I'leuch
rii'i(nl, has a friend by tljo inline of
Pick Wayne, an explorer, ,'in-l Wayne
linn dixcovered a ding iu the form of a
pi-ifiiine culled " High Jinks." The ef
fect of this perfume is to make the tim
id brave, the pessimist nil optimist, the
serious man jovial and the prudish per
son a d.'irc devil. The complications of
the piece aro brought about by the man
ner in which Dr. Thomo experiments
with this curious drug, ami the result
is a Inughablts clean, wholesome com
edy, Much of tho plot Is told In songs
with niulxtt that. Is tuneful and always
appropriate. The cast of "High Jinks"
includes I'.llubeth Murray and Tom
Lewis s the featured players. Aiming
the other artists with Important roles
art Itnit-is Murtinetto,
Miss Klaine
llanin etein, the daughter of Arthur
By courtesy of Parker'
studio, these cuts were
made from photographs
taken by them.
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State Blind School I
The Oregon State School for the Blind
located in Salem, was established by an
act of the Legislature in 1876. The
ov uuui two uccii rii.jucu uy nie geiier-
J..l.n,.l l.na U.. 4U-
osity oi tne state witn. beautiful grounds
and convenient buildings and suitable
apparatus for tho instruction of tho
blind. The school is supported by ap
propriations made by the legislature.
The advantages it offers are free to
all the blind youth of tho state, and to
those whose Bight is so defective that
they cannot receive an education in the
public schools of the state.
The aim and purpose of the Oregon
state school for the blind, in addition
to furnishing a general education to
thoso who are in attendance, is to train
tho pupils in Borne useful occupation
which will enable them to assist in mak
ing a living for themselves. The Bchool
seeks through systematic training to de
velop the students so that they may
bocomo manly men and womanly wo
men, and ever holds beforo the studonts
the idea of self-dependence.
Conditions for Admission.
1. Insufficient vision to secure an
education in the public schools.
2. Ability to receive intellectual,
physical, and moral training.
3. Willingness to conform to neces
sary rules nnd regulations.
4. (iood moral character.
Tho school carries on five distinct
lines of education:
1. Literary The work that is re
quired in the public schools of the
stute.
2. Musical Chorus work, individual
voice training, piano, and pipe organ.
3. Industrial Sewing, knitting,
chair caning, himmock iiinking, basket
ry, piano tuning, typewriting, weaving,
and sloyd. In addition, the pupils as
sist with tho work of the institution,
such as, washing dishes, making beds,
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Oregon State Capitol,
sweeping, feeding and cn'ring for the
chickens, pigs, etc.
4. Physical Exercise in tho open
air, and daily drills in tho gymnasium.
fi. Moral Instruction Clinpcl oxcrcis
cs are held daily, and pupils attend such
churches as aro designated by their
parents.
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No. of employees 2 6 H
No. of instructors 2 2 4
No. of pupils enrolled 23 11 31
No. in guides 1 to 4 tl 7 13
No. in grades 5 to S 12 3 15
No. in grades It to 11 5 I 6
No. in vocal music 1!) fl 2S
No in instrumental music....!" 8 25
No. in industrial dep't 20 10 30
This is the lure facts about the
school. If one could j,o into its daily
life, i;et in touch with the human in
terest side of the institution it would
Im u ory different story. The writer
vsile.l the school recently and wns
shown oxer it by Sepuriiitendeut. K. T.
M uores, xvho has placed it high in rank
among similar institutions of the I'uited
States, We cannot, describe it nor can
you if you visit it and see us did xxe the
smiling, bright faced little folks, smil
ing ii nd bright faced in spite of the ap
palling Affliction of blindness. As xve
watched them nt their studies and their
play, xvo thought of the millions of men
and xvomon who cou.pluin of their lot,
and to whom the good God has given
sight, Tho latter can be miserable and
discontented, beciuise their surroundings
are not just what they desire, and yet
they can see the sunrise in all its glory,
the storm clouds swoop in terrific gran
deur across the skies, the mountains
lift their fir-dud summits, a wall of pur-
pie against the horiron, the brood sxve.'l
of meadow and field that make the
beautiful emernld valley, the summer
clouds that drupe their luce like curtains
screws the ur sky, the myriad bios
muus of countless shade and hue, the
dainty outline of leaf ml the delicate
tracery of fern and vine, the winding
j stream, or the majesty of the ocean, all
the beauty with which God has adorned
; the world, our home. Here, where the Dr. J. H. Thompson, of Portland, took
I state has provided a place for these lit- charge recently and is with more mod
' tie ones deprived of all these things, em methods and wise business manag-
eiernai uaraness, mere is
neitner discontent nor repining.
But who can tell itl Who convey an
lidca of itt Go and visit the blind
' school, and then the next time you are
'disposed to feel blue or discontented
i just remember the cheerfulness of those
I i, ui iin, in.i th.,. ,,ni;.a
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d God who saiJ for 1L therfl
ho liirV.- "
The pupils are taught music by Mr.
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th8t'ho1 8eve"? ? IT""'
temlnnf I.iUlikl hv Vil.li-a.l Km
and Miss Ethel Harding teaches the lit
tle charges the branches taught in the
public schools, but the methods are of
course different, for their information
must reach them through the medium of
touch.
In geography, for instance, tho nvips
are mado of blocks and those in separ
ate pieces, fitting togother and making
continents and countries. Handed one
of these little blocks the pupil will say
"it is Ireland" or "Spain" or what
ever it is, by just running his or her
supplo fingers around it. So with othor
studies, and the books with raised lot
tors that speak to the intelligent fing
ers. Thero is a library, too. The books
aro costly, a history that in print fills
I ono small volume, and costs $1.60 in
this form fills six volums and costs $21.
Tho music too, is all with raised notes
that speak to the fingers. Besides the
education the plan is to teach industrial
things. Chairs are caned, hammocks and
similar things knitted and the needle
and other work is really wonderful.
The state appropriates for this work
only $12,500 a year, and it surely is
money well spent. So long as tho state
can pay $125,000 a year for protecting
its game it is not going to make any
objection to any sum that may bo need
ed to care for theso little ones. The
location is an ideal one, and tho grounds
naturally very beautiful. The legisla
ture should provide at its next session,
for making them still more so. At tho
nunc time arrangements should bo made
for a larger building, and a fireproof
one lit that.
j Feeble Minded School
Oregon provides generously for all its
helidoss and dependent, and in no lino
is this shown more prominently than iu
the care of the feeble minded and help
less. Looking back comparatively but
a short time wo find this class was en
tirely unenred for, except of course, in
cases of those who xvero able to look
after the unfortunates of their families.
The helpless and xvenk-miuded poor
xvero the butt and jest of every com
munity, nnd this wns especially so in
the villages whero tho weak minded
boy or man xvns "the town fool," used
to play pranks upon, and thus made
doubly unfortunate. A broader Immun
ity nnd a tenderer sympathy hns noxv
changed all this, and the state has
W'sely arranged for the care and protec
tion of this elnss.
The Oregon Institute for the Fcoble
Minded, located about two and a half!
miles southeast of the city is provided
by the big-hearted people of th" stute
for the care of this class, and the pres
ent bnildini's are capable of taking enre
of 200. The site Is a beautiful one and
the buildings well arranged for the pur
pose, though the time Is not far distant
when there will have to bo a remodel
ing and rebuilding, to moot modern re
quirements, and increased attendance.
The care of these wards of the state
is peculiarly difficult one for the
reason thnt they are in one respect
children, yet at tho same time utterly
irresponsible children, thnt require the
closest watching on this Recount. They,
as a rule, can no more be trusted than
can a two year old child, and they must
be watched just as carefully for this
reason. While the capacity is supposed
to bo but 200, additional cottages have
permitted the caring for a creator num
ber which the rapidly growing state has
caused, and there re not at the insti-
, tution 2"1 intintcj nd 46 iiuploye. Of
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these 251 inmates 90 are considered as
being capable of being mentally im-
proved to a greater or less degree.
ment rapiuiy onnging ine losumuuu
up to the highest state or etnciency
possible. Every department is being
systemized and the work of each made
to dovetail in with and harmonize with
U the others. The big farm of 700
acres is being put in shape so that every
acre will be in cultivation and the in-
stitution will crow not only all the
maen and farm product8 used on the
place, but will have a surplus for some
of the other state institutions. Like
the other state institutions this has
fine dairy, making all the butter re-
auired and a snlendid poultry yard
IWei and
supplying eieijiuiug lu mat uuc uccu-
ed.
Mr. Earl Race, of this city, whom
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eberybody knows, has charge of the
books and accounts of the institution
and has its affairs in such shape that
ovory item of expense and all other
mattors pertaining to the place can be
shown at a glance, and on a moments
notice.
Miss Anna Stout is matron; Miss
Maud Stewart, principal of the school
with Miss Valorio Hazelton and Miss
Bernieo Keid assistants. Fay Howe is
engineer.
Thero aro two custodial cottages and
two other one of each kind for the boys
and for the girls.
Just now tho preparations for Christ
mas aro being made, and this is a great
occasion for the inmates for they aro
after all but children and for them the
Christmas festivities aro as they aro
to other children, an event, Thero will
bo a Christmas tree, of course, and the
carols will be a,n especial feature, as
thero is considerable musical talent, and
somo really fino voices among the in
mutes. There will be something on the Christ
mas tree for each inmate, and just now
State institution for
thero is the snme enthusiasm and in
terest that Is shown by children every
where, though some of these " young
sters " ro 30 yenrn old. Candies are
being made and thero will be an abun
dance of good Christmas cheer for all.
Much of the farm work is done by
the inmates and besides they do con
siderable work In industrial lines, such
as knitting hammocks weaving and the
like, though they require much suiK-r-vision.
Dr. Thompson has outlined a vigor
ous cannnigu for next year and under
his energetic management the farm will
be brought to Its highest efficiency, and
the school placed in the front rank of
such institutions in the Vnited States.
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STATE ASYLUM
FOR INSANE
Tl e Oregon Asylum for the Insaue is
one of the finest nnd probably the most
beautifully located of the asylums in
the United States. Just in the edge
of the Capital City and standing on a
gentle knoll, it commands a magnificent
view of the valley and the grand Cas
cade range with its snow peaks, while
to the west are the always beautiful
rolling hills and farm-dotted slopes of
Polk county.
The building is an immense one, as is
to be expected when it is known that it
must house not only nearly 2000 pa
tients, but a small army of employes,
necessary in caring for such an array.
Hospital, Salem.
The main building is more than a mils
around, measuring the walls and their
angles.
Tho law providing for tho asylum xvas
passed in 1880, and tho building wu
completed in 1883. Previous to that
time the insnno of the state xvero cared
for by the contract system. When the
removal of patients was mndo ther
were 208 men and 102 women, a total
of 370. Tho number steadily increased,
until in 1013 there xvere 1416. During
tho two years ending April first, 1317
patients xx-ere received nnd 40 per conr
of these were cured nnd sent home
Thero are about 220 employes and theso
cost about $10,000 a month in the wa
of salaries. Last year a new receiving
hospital wns completed and this is oms
of the very finest anywhere. In con
nection xvith the asylum is, a farm of
1400 acres, which is cultivated part by
inmates and partly by labor from tii
prison.
On this there Is grown ovorythinoj
practically that is used at the institu
tion. There is a fine dairy and poultry
ynrds and everything necessary for t.u
carrying on of a great farm, in the xviiv
of machinery. Some idea of the pro
ducts of the farm can bo gained from
tho report of tho farm manager which
shows that iu the years 1911 and IDlt
there were grown products valued at
$119,304. It will also be seen from th it
how large a portion of the expense of
the institution is paid by products rais
ed by its labor and on its oxvn land.
In 1910 a branch asylum was providcil
for at Pendleton and on January 25,.
this year, 325 patients were removed
from tho asylum here to tho Pendleton
branch, and since, tho number has in
creased here until there aro now about
1500.
The world over, according to Dr. H.
K. Lee Steiner, the superintendent, the
average of insnno to sano is s one to
360, and this proportion holds gocl
tho Feeble Mind ed.
hero iu Oregon, whero thero are nov
close to 2000 insnno, which would mako
the state's population about 700,000.
Dr. Steiner, who has been in chnri;i
of tho asylum here for several years,
has an' enviable reputation a an alien
ist, and hns on top of this the manage
rial quality largely developed, and tho
big Institution runs along as smoothly
on a small school under his supervision.
The large number received who ar
trented, cured and scut home, speaks in
the highest terms of tho standard of
excellence maintained by Salem's bi.r
hospital for sick minds, and for tn
ability and judgment of those in charg
of it
(Continued on pge 16.)