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28 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL ADVOCATE. gm tu'itm t School gttlvocatc. ROCHESTER, N .Y ., SEPT. 15, 1880. O u r N e w B u i l d i n g . A visit to the Industrial School, early in September, indicated to us that great changes were being made at head quarters. The brick wing west of the family sitting- room, including the rooms formerly used as kitchen, dining-room and school-rooms, had been demolished, and piles of stone and brick were in readiness for future use. Workmen had removed a portion of the iron fence, thus giving ingress to carts from Exchange Street, and busy hands were excavating the earth for a cellar for the new wing. As forty-four house children, besides those who come to the day school, m ust be ted, the tent Mr. Field donated last year had [ been converted into a temporary dining- j room, and a rough building erected for a ] kitchen. Messrs. Smith & Pratt, have taken the j contract for our new building, and they i from the Institution, gave them a free ride to the depot of the Lake Ontario railroad, and brought them home again. They took dinner and tea in picnic stylo at the bay, and the matron said she never saw chil dren enjoy themselves more. Such excursions are fully appreciated by our children, who are not surfeited with j amusements, and we return our thanks to ! those who contributed to the children’s j pleasure. We hope the time is coming when a summer home out of the city may j be provided for our poor children. O u r K i t c h e n C a r d e n . The recent upturnings and changes at j the Industrial School have prevented our doing what we intended during the sum- j rner vacation,in starting a kitchen garden. Our good work is not given up, only de ferred. We have purchased materials to start the school, and have enough to teach twelve children. R e p o r t o f A d v o c a t e . Receipts. Mrs. J. A. Biegler ....................... 8 .62 “ C. M. St. J o h n ......................... 63 “ John Miles ............................... 63 “ John D. F a y ............................. 63 “ D. L eary ..................................... 62 “ 0. L. Angevine ......................... 62 “ A. A ldrich .................................. 62 “ Charles S. B aker .................... 64 Miss P. II. Andrews ........................ 62 Mr. E. S. E ttenheimer .................. 62 “ Edward Brewster ...................... 62 Mrs. Samuel Miller (New (Haven ............................. 62 $7.49 Disbursements. Postage. M rs . G eo . G ould , .. 84.00 Treas. R E P O R T S F O R A U C U S T . R e p o r t o f W o r k C o m m i t t e e . Garments made by Seamstress.... 52 21 R e p o r t o f School C o m m i t t e e . JULY AND AUGUST. The summer holiday school did not attract day scholars. Only eight names were enrolled outside of the house children, and these eight with one exception were very irregular. One little six years old boy, F. G., was constant in attendance. He promise its completion by the middle of j waimenrs maue uy seamstress.. November, so that we shall hope, in better w“ ^ X g ® by k S S ’.V.'.'.'.'aoi i 1 ^ ‘' T t0 ^ quarters than we have been wont to do, to j Shoes given out (pairs) ............................. 5 j ant^ struggled- haid to mastei o\ei and open our doors on Donation Day to all our Shoes mended “ 2 1 over ” sewing. friends and patrons. ; Clothing giving out to day children | The older children were called upon Another place was to be hired to be used (gaiments) . ....................................... 5 every day to read selections from the Bible. as a school-room until our new rooms are „ „ Donations. i . a w i. o-l i w , Mrs. E. Allen, dress; Mrs. Michaels, completed. We hope that the bibley-Wat- large package of clothin^ . Mr. Sweeting, son wing will, ere winter frosts visit us, be 2 boxes of hats ; Messrs. Curran & Goler, 6 horn combs. M rs . T. L eig h t o n , Ch’n. ready for our little ones. T h e H o m e F a m i l y . We have now forty-four children at the Industrial School, and though the city papers report so much sickness and death among the children of our city, we are grateful that our little folks have been pre served in health and vigor through this season of the year, that is often so fatal to those of tender years. A visit to our nursery speaks volumes in favor of our Institution. Last month we visited it with a young mother whose babe has been fatherless since it was two months old. The mother spoke well of its care and good condition, and our hearts were rejoiced to know that so good a home was ready to welcome the little one who was deprived of its natural protector. A R a r e T r e a t . They were taught how to tell time by the | clock. They were taught, also, to knit, to darn and to mend. The little ones hemmed handkerchiefs ! and towels, and sewed patchwork. Four bedquilts which had been begun , were finished, and two others were com menced. Two or three hours of the teacher’s time every day, outside of the regular school hours, was spent in prepar ing work. in-1 All the children were drilled in reading, debted to us, for it was impossible for her | writing and numbers; they were taught to support herself and three children u p o n | to repeat the names of the 83.00 per week. j week, names of the months, Mr. Strong, Superintendent of Orphans’ j &c. Home, in the south-western part of the I The school committee state, placed a boy with us on the 29th of able to close the school at the end of seven July. He remained until August 4th. | and one-half weeks. The work of tearing This was done to accommodate Mr. Strong. J down the large scl \'M-room began at that We received on the 12th inst. a child of j time, and with the omall attendance of R e p o r t o f C h i l d r e n ’ s C o m m i t t e e . The child of Mrs. II., cared for by Mrs. C., died on the 20th of July. On the 31st of July Mrs. F --------- removed her children. She returned to Attica, her former home. She left days time of the tables, thought it advis- Mrs. M„ 13 months old service. Johnnie B. and The W the mother is at porarily. Early in August, a party of forty from the Industrial School availed themselves of the invitation of the Rochester and Lake Ontario Rail Road Company to visit the bay, and a rare treat it was to many of them. The street rail road cars took them Bessie R. are out tern- children have also been removed by their father. We liked j the appearance of the new mother. Mrs. G. removed her children a t the suggestion of the committee, who visited the mother and did not think her in need of the assistance. There are 44 children in the house. M rs . W ji . A lling , Ch’n. outside pupils, it did not seem wise to bur den the m atron with the labor of getting a new room ready for so short a time. The m atter did not seem of sufficient im portance to call a special meeting, and we trust the Board of Managers will not blame us that we acted according to our own judgment. As a result of my own personal observa tion, I would respectfully suggest that it would be well for himself and the Indus trial School, if the imbecile boy, C. 0.,
