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J. C. Hite, Fairfield county, May 15, 1884- January 1, 1886.
Chas. Douglass, Lucas county, January I, 1886-February 21, 1889.
Capt. D. N. Barrett, Highland county, Feb- ruary 21, 1889-April 1, 1890.
J. C. Hite, Fairfield county, April 1, 1890- April 1, 1892.
Capt. D. N. Barrett, Highland county, April I, 1892-March 26, 1900.
C. D. Hilles, Belmont county, March 26, 1900-May 15, 1902.
Col. C. B. Adams, Delaware county, May 15, 1902-May 1. 1909.
Maj. F. C. Gerlach, Wayne county, May I, 1909.
MAJ. F. C. GERLACH
This great institution with its varied inter- ests, is under the direct management of Maj. F. C. Gerlach, who is giving it his solicitous and undivided attention.
DEPARTMENTS
This school is divided into three general di- visions, viz: Military, Educational and Indus- trial, and there are subdivisions under each. It is a school for the general education of de- linquent youth and has been in existence for fifty-four years. It has no high fences, walls or bars to restrain the boys from escaping, but depends rather upon kind treatment and judi- cious management for its success.
Into this school, through the juvenile courts, come the delinquent youth of the state to be educated, taught means of earning a living, developing physically, mentally and inorally, finally to be returned to their places in the com- munities from which they were sent.
In 1911 the buildings consisted of the new main building, the administration cottage, in- dustrial building, laundry, bakery, telegraph office and detention hospital, dairy barn, slaughter house, blacksmith shop, two school buildings, conservatory, plumbing and tinning building, central steam plant, store room and tailor shop buildings, two horse barns, carriage barn, armory, chapel, hospital, two dining halls, the old main building, gardener's residence, garbage building, pumping station, implement and tool house, and the Maumee, Union, Har- mon A., Harmon B. Nash, Scioto, Cuyahoga, Pattison, Harris, Muskingum, Hocking, La- goda, Bushnell, Herrick, Highland and Ohio family cottages.
Of these sixteen cottages, two, Bushnell and Pattison, are made up entirely of colored boys.
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MILITARY DEPARTMENT
Military discipline is maintained throughout the institution, yet in no part is it so rigid but that all can fulfil its demands easily. Capt. J. C. Houser has charge of this department and has brought it up to a high degree of efficiency. There are two regiments of sixteen companies. The sixteen companies, composed of forty of the best drilled boys in each family, are offi- cered completely by those boys who have mastered the art of military training. The majors of battalions, and all other officers, are commisioned by the superintendent of the in- stitution.
Each company is under the direct charge of the military instructor two hours each week, and drills one half hour daily, under the charge of the captain, supervised by the family officer.
The training includes all close order work, as laid down in the U. S. Infantry Drill Regu- lations of 1904, and amendments thereto to date. The boys are taught the complete Physi- cal Rifle Drill, compiled by Capt. Edmond L. Butts, U. S. army. The larger boys are equipped with Springfield rifles, model 1884, while the smaller boys are provided with modi- fied Springfield rifles, model 1863. The uni- form worn is the same as that of the U. S. army.
The cadets are inspected on Sunday morn- ing of each week, and the company receiving the most "special mentions," as regards cleanli- ness, neatness of clothes, care of arms and equipments, for one year, is awarded a medal donated by Capt. George L. Converse, com- mandant of cadets at Ohio State University, which is worn by the captain of the winning company on all special occasions.
A dress parade each Sunday afternoon, in which all the cadets participate, is an interest- ing feature of the military work done here.
The parade is completed by all the companies executing the physical rifle drill, accompanied by music by the B. I. S. Cadet Band.
One day of each year is set apart as a mili- tary field day, in which competitive drills are held, all the companies competing. These drills are judged by U. S. army officers, and the company of cadets winning the prize drill contest is awarded a money prize and a regula- tion saber, which is worn by the captain of the successful company at all ceremonies. A money prize is also given to the second and third best drilled companies.
The competitive drill in the physical rifle drill is also held on this day, and the successful company receives a prize of $15.
THE SCHOOL OF LETTERS
This department is under the supervision of a superintendent of schools, ably assisted by a corps of twenty competent teachers. The schools are classified into eight grades and a high school. The latter is separated into two divisions, under two instructors, and covers two years' work. Those completing the course of instruction in these schools ,are well quali- fied to take up the third year high school work in the city schools of Ohio.
Every boy in the institution is required to attend school one half of each day, while the other half-day is devoted to learning some use- ful trade in the various industrial or mechani- cal departments.
Shortly after a boy is received at the insti- tution he is taken before the superintendent of schools, who gives him a thorough examination and decides what grade work he is capable of doing. The boys are advanced in the grades as rapidly as their ability permits. The grades are practically the same as those in the public schools of the state, while in the high school grades, physical geography, commercial arith-
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metic, agriculture, bookkeeping, school civics, algebra and Latin are taught, in addition to re- viewing the common branches.
Superintendent O. C. Larason has been at the head of this department for the last two years. Within this time the first printed course of study has been published and the first "educational week" (the first week of April, 1911), observed. During this week prizes were awarded for the best work in all the grades in all the branches. The boys had been preparing for these tests for several months and it created such an educational awakening that they will be continued in the future. All these tests were held in the various school rooms, except for special prizes in declaiming and spelling, which were held in the chapel. The educational department is certainly the most important one of the institution.
LIBRARY
There are about twenty-seven hundred volumes in the stationary library in the Central school building. These books are given out daily to the boys, who take them to their cot- tages to read, and are sometimes used as.supple- mentary reading in school. A circulating li- brary of two hundred and twenty-five volumes are put in circulation during the winter season ; these books are made up in sets and moved from cottage to cottage every two weeks. Mrs. O. C. Larason is librarian.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
bals, and nine trumpets. The boys are in the band school every afternoon and master with ease many of the difficult selections played by professional musical organizations. The band furnishes music for chapel services and for the many entertainments given throughout the year for the amusement of the boys. Prof. F. H. Sebach is the efficient instructor in this department.
RELIGIOUS FEATURE
In the observance of the Sabbath we have evidence of the success of the institution. In no home or village of the state are the sacred hours of worship and improvement more ap- propriately and profitably spent. Sunday school is held at 10:15 a. m. and the chapel service at 2:15 p. m. The Sunday school is always attractive and interesting, and the study of the lessons systematic and thorough. The chapel service presents an appreciating, rever- ential and interesting congregation devoutly worshiping our Creator. Boys belonging to the Catholic church attend mass held in chapel every Sunday morning.
The Sunday school is under the charge of the superintendent of schools, and the leading ministers, professors, superintendents of schools and leading men in their profession throughout the state are called to speak at the afternoon exercises. Quite often some of the boys speak at these chapel exercises. Maj. F. C. Gerlach, the general superintendent, always presides at these meetings.
This department consists of a band and a choir, composed wholly of boys, under the di- THE HOSPITAL rection of a music instructor. The industrial One of the most beautiful and well arranged buildings in the institution is the hospital. This building has a large well ventilated ward of thirty beds, several smaller wards of two and three beds, a solarium, a well-equipped school band is made up of forty pieces, instru- mentation as follows : Five cornets, six clario- nets, one piccolo, four mellophones, four slide trombones, one bass drum, three bass horns, four snare drums, one bass drum, one pair cym- operating room, a dispensary, a diet kitchen
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and a dining-room. The hospital is in charge of a resident physician, assisted by a graduate nurse. When a boy is received into the insti- tution he is taken to the hospital and examined as to his physical condition, thus preventing in- fectious diseases with which many boys conic into contact before entering the school. If he is in good condition he is sent to the family to which he is assigned, and if not, he is retained in the hospital until he has recovered from the ailment with which he is afflicted. In addition the second floor of the old hospital building is used for the treatment of contagious diseases. Dr. J. G. Stammel, the resident physician, looks carefully after the general health of the boys, the prevention of contagious diseases, and the immediate checking of the latter at its first appearance. He is ably assisted by Miss Flora T. Conner, a graduate nurse.
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT
The industrial department is divided into several divisions, viz: farming, gardening, laundry, shoe shop, tin shop, plumbing, cabinet shop, paint shop, blacksmithing, bakery, barber- ing, canning, floriculture, electrical, carpenter- ing, sewing, mending, tailoring, telegraphy, dairy, equestrian, poultry, printing, etc. Each of these subdivisions is under the charge of a competent officer.
The boys' Industrial School Journal is pub- lished the second and fourth Fridays of each month by Hon. W. B. Taneyhill, officer in charge, assisted by a number of boys who are anxious to learn the printing trade.
THE GARDENS
The gardens consist of about forty acres of land under a high state of cultivation. Rota- tion of crops is regularly practiced and enough fresh vegetables are raised the year round to supply the entire institution. Early potatoes,
onions, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, mel- ons, tomatoes, sugar-corn, beans, celery, beets, radishes, asparagus, rhubarb, and a great many other varieties of vegetables are raised. A number of hot beds are in use for the forward- ing of plants and the forcing of winter and spring vegetables. A large number of boys- often as many as one hundred-find pleasant employment in the gardens daily.
The conservatory is built with four wings, filled with a variety of plants, such as palms, banana trees, rubber trees, tree ferns, tropical ferns, carnations, roses, fancy chrysanthe- mums, etc. About twenty-five thousand plants are grown annually for bedding purposes. Six- teen boys are regularly employed in taking care of the plants, propagating, etc. A large collec- tion of miscellaneous plants afford boys an op- portunity to study the habits and requirements of plants under their care.
Cut flowers and potted plants furnish mate- rial for decorations in the chapel, dining- rooms, cottages, and the hospital. The con- servatory is supplied with water, electric lights, and steam heat from the central power plant.
The gardens and greenhouses are under the direct management of Mr. J. R. Starke, an ex- pert in this line of work, who has been con- nected with the institution for the last eleven years.
FARMING
While the land is rather rough and stony and the soil not the best adapted to farming, it is surprising what an amount of corn, potatoes, hay and other farm products are annually pro- duced. There are twenty acres in apple or- chard, twenty-five acres in the peach orchard, two acres in pears, three acres in cherries, ten acres in small fruits, berries, etc., and twenty- five acres in grapes. Assistant Superintendent D. E. Roberts gives this department his closest
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attention and is increasing the productiveness of the farm each year.
FINANCE
In an institution of this kind there is a vast amount of material to be purchased cach year, such as horses, farm implements, school sup- plics, groceries, hats, cloth, etc. Hon. P. H. Bruck is the financial officer and watches closely the finances of the school.
[Note. The institution is now under the management of THE STATE CENTRAL BOARD. Editor. ]
THE MERIT SYSTEM
The standing of a boy is ascertained by means of the merit system. Upon entering the institution he is debited with a number of de- merits, according to the offense which he has committed before being sent to the school, five thousand demerits being the minimum number given, and eight thousand the maximum. For each day of exemplary conduct, satisfactory work in the department in which he is em- ployed, and diilgence in school, he receives a credit of ten merit marks, and for every three months that he manifests a desire to do well and is gentlemanly in his deportment he re- ceives, in addition to the ten merits allowed each day, an extra three hundred merits.
As an incentive to neatness in dress and the proper care of arms and equipment, one boy is selected from the companies, inspected on each Sunday, to act as orderly to the superintendent for the day and receives three hundred merits. For misconduct a boy is demerited, according to the seriousness of the offense.
When the number of merits a boy receives for his deportment here balances the number of demerits he was given when he was admitted, his home conditions and surroundings are in- vestigated, and if found proper the boy is pa-
roled and sent home, the institution providing him with new clothing and other wearing ap- parel.
TIIE PAROLE SYSTEM
The parole system deserves mention here, from the fact that after a boy is released from the institution, he is regularly visited by the parole officers and is under jurisdiction until he arrives at the age of twenty-one. The two parole officers travel over the state, securing positions for paroled boys, find homes for homeless boys, inquire into their habits and lend a helping hand whenever needed, return- ing to the institution boys who have violated their paroles. It is due to these men that many boys are kept at work earning an honest living and prevented from going back to their old habits and mingling with the associates that have caused them to be delinquents. The sys- tem has proved a success from its installation and the boys under the care of the parole offi- cers look forward with pleasure to the regular visits made them.
At the present time (May 13, 1911) there are twelve hundred and twenty boys and one hundred and forty officers in the institution. The general public can form no adequate conception of the daily work in detail at this institution, and the food and clothing required. For instance, an ox weighing one thousand pounds on foot, will be eaten in one day. In the autumn, for the same time, it requires a wagon load of cabbage and two hundred dozen roasting ears. The kind of food varies, of course; if they have beans, it requires two hundred and fifty pounds ; if po- tatoes, ten bushels. Of the continuous food used daily, one hundred pounds of butter, eighty gallons of milk, a large tank of coffee, and one thousand loaves of bread is a part of the food required to satisfy the hearty appe-
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tites of the boys and officers. It can be seen that the producing and preparation of this food is a matter of no small concern. Neither is the making and mending of clothes, shoes, laundry, etc.
To enumerate all the features of this large institution would require page after page, but from the foregoing brief description the reader can form an idea of what a great work the Boys' Industrial school is doing for the better- ment of the juvenile delinquents of the state of Ohio. With regular habits of industry, com- bined with judicious, moral and intellectual training, we have produced the most gratify- ing results, and we earnestly invite every citi- zen of Ohio to visit our institution and observe our methods.
HON. JOHN C. HITE
John C. Hite was a native of Pleasantville, Fairfield county. He was a school teacher in his early manhood, and was largely instru- mental in the erection of Fairfield Union Acad- emy. He was the first director and secretary of that school. In 1865 he was elected colonel of the Fourth Ohio Militia.
In 1868 he removed from his farm to Lan- caster, and purchased the Tuthill and Rigby book store; after two years he sold his book store and bought a half interest in the Ohio Eagle which was conducted by Thomas Wetz- ler. In 1873 he was elected auditor of Fair- field county and held that office two terms. In 1878, Colonel Hite was appointed superintend- ent of the Ohio Reform Farm by Governor Bishop and was reappointed by Governors Fos- ter, Hoadley and Campbell, serving in all six and a half years. Colonel Hite was instrumen- tal during his administration of having the name "Ohio Reform Farm" changed by an act of legislature to "Boys Industrial School."
Mr. Hite while superintendent of the Boys
Industrial School was not only superintendent but teacher as well. He was always interested in educational affairs, not only of the county but of the state.
Mr. Hite had a strong personality. He made friends, and held them to the end of life." He was always a friend of the struggling be- ginner, and of those who needed help in all the walks of life. As an editor he was vigorous, keen and direct. He was scholarly, neat and commanding. His influence upon the boys at the Industrial School was marked, many of them remembering him through life. His kind- ness helped them to forget their troubles and to live for better things.
TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE TEACHERS OF FAIR- FIELD COUNTY
By A. D. Groves
A. D. Groves was born in Walnut township, Fairfield county, Ohio, February 17, 1860. He attended the district schools and afterward took a course at Fairfield Union Academy at Pleasantville, Ohio. Since the age of sixteen he has either been teaching or attending school each year continuously. Most of this expe- rience has been with the country schools. He was for some years superintendent of the schools of Carroll, Ohio. He has for the last five years been superintendent of the Pleasant township schools of this county and continues in this capacity at this time. He has held both elementary and high school professional cer- tificates for many years. He was appointed by Judge E. F. Holland to serve as a member of the county board of school examiners for a term of three years.
LIST OF TEACHERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY FOR YEAR 1910-1I AMANDA TOWNSHIP
Esther Homrighous, Lancaster, Ohio. Gilbert Smith, Amanda, Ohio.
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Harry Jackson, Lancaster, Ohio. Daisy Shumaker, W. Rushville, Ohio. Ethel Alspaugh, Lancaster, Ohio. Vernon V. Smith, Lancaster, Ohio. E. M. Stahl, Amanda, Olio. J. F. Alford, Bremen, Ohio.
AMANDA VILLAGE TEACHERS
O. C. Minnick, superintendent. Clyde Bateman, principal.
Orpha Christy, grammar department. Reba Rickets, primary.
Catharine Cromley, intermediate. Mary Hewetson, teacher of music. Cora Shaeffer, not employed.
BERNE TOWNSHIP Crawfis Institute
William Walter, superintendent, Lancaster, Ohio.
W. S. Krout, principal, Lancaster, Ohio. Karl Morris, assistant principal, Lancaster, Ohio.
Merle McCandlish, Bremen, Ohio. Mrs. Lizzie Funk, Lancaster, Ohio. H. S. McClenaghan, Lancaster, Ohio. Lester J. Hall, N. Berne, Ohio. Glen Strohl, Lancaster, Ohio. Clarke Graham, Lancaster, Ohio. Viola Graham, Lancaster, Ohio. Lewis Wagner, Sugar Grove, Ohio. Tal. Bumgardiner, Lancaster, Ohio. Stanley Dutton, Bremen, Ohio. Chloe Clark, Sugar Grove, Olio. M. L. Ruble, Sugar Grove, Ohio.
BLOOM TOWNSHIP
Charles Thrash, Carroll, Ohio. Carl Zangmeister, Lithopolis, Ohio. J. J. Kiger, Canal Winchester, Ohio. Tena B. Thrash, Carroll, Ohio. Edna Courtright, Carroll, Ohio.
Effie Roller, Canal Wichester, Ohio.
H. A. Beaty, Canal Winchester, Ohio.
Cavtis Thrash, Carroll, Ohio. Harry Snyder, Carroll, Ohio. Bud Thrash, Carroll, Ohio. Ralph Harris, Canal Winchester, Ohio. Goldie Hickle, Lithopolis, Ohio.
LITHOPOLIS VILLAGE
Jesse Kinner, superintendent, Lithopolis. Ohio.
Mrs. Jesse Kinner, principal.
Grace M. Souders, intermediate department.
Rose Dutton, primary department.
CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP
Clancy Thompson.
Louise Hangs.
George Thompson.
Mary Hangs.
Grover Earnhart, Amanda, Ohio.
Earl Wolf. Chester Thomen, Baltimore, Ohio.
Stoutsville
Ed S. Ruffner, superintendent, Strouts- ville, Ohio.
Clytus Valentine, Stoutsville, Ohio.
Trafford Bretz, Pleasantville, Ohio.
Bessie Harden, Stoutsville, Ohio. Hattie Miesse, Stoutsville, Ohio.
Oakland
N. W. Trasure, Amanda, Ohio. Rosa Kull, Amanda, Ohio. Martha Kull, Amanda, Ohio.
Retired
Mae Valentine, H. O. Harden, Alvah De Long, Mabel Leist, G. W. Hufford.
GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP
Harley Powell, Lancaster, Ohio. Lillian Hoshor, Carroll, Ohio.
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Meredith Kindler, Carroll, Ohio. O. C. Moore, Carroll, Ohio.
Effie Kester, Lancaster, Ohio. Irvin Miller, Lancaster, Ohio. A. H. Barr, Carroll, Ohio.
Leroy Osbourne, Lancaster, Ohio.
Albert Conkle, Hooker, Ohio.
Theo. Wildermuth (retired), Lancaster, Ohio.
Carroll Village
E. C. Dilger, superintendent, Carroll, Ohio.
O. C. Schafer, principal, Carroll, Ohio. Edwin Schmidt, Carroll, Ohio.
Mamie Kester, Carroll, Ohio. Bertha Mackin, Carroll, Ohio.
HOCKING TOWNSHIP
Clyde Alstadt, Laurelville, Ohio. W. O. Beery, Lancaster, Ohio. F. M. Smith, jr., Lancaster, Ohio. J. R. Christy, Amanda, Ohio. Nora M. O'Neill, Lancaster, Ohio. Calvin S. Stouder, Sugar Grove, Ohio. H. W. Walford, Lancaster, Ohio. C. D. Hoffman, Lancaster, Ohio. Roy T. Lutz, Amanda, Ohio.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
W. R. Osbourne, superintendent. Vera Shidacher, Basil, Ohio. Doris Robinson, Basil, Ohio. Adah Friend, Pleasantville, Ohio. Rex Watson, Baltimore, Ohio. Howard Dumond, Basil, Ohio. Florence Kumler, Baltimore, Ohio. Lucy Huntworth, Basil, Ohio. Mabel Kagey, Baltimore. Ohio. Frank George, Lancaster, Ohio. Herbert Smith, Canal Winchester, Ohio. Flo Hempy, Pleasantville, Ohio.
James Snider, Basil, Ohio. Russell Grover, Lancaster, Ohio.
Baltimore Village
C. W. Andrews, superintendent, Balti- more, Ohio,
. Harry Kagey, Baltimore, Ohio. John Montgomery, Baltimore, Ohio. Nettie Kumler, Baltimore, Ohio. Alice Holder, Baltimore, Ohio. Leota Littlejohn, Baltimore, Ohio.
Basil Village
E. E. Ray, superintendent, Basil, Ohio. Adda Katzenbaugh, Nelsonville, Ohio. Ethel Grube, Basil, Ohio.
Gussie Flemming, Basil, Ohio.
Marcia Poff, Basil, Ohio.
Frances Finks, Basil, Ohio.
MADISON TOWNSHIP
W. J. Dumm, superintendent, Lancaster, Ohio.
J. C. Byers, Sugar Grove, Ohio. Jennie Hoffman, Lancaster, Ohio.
Hazel D. Britch, Lancaster, Ohio. Nellie Stage, Bidwell, Ohio. D. S. Harvey, Amanda, Ohio. Carrie Bussert, Lancaster, Ohio.
H. M. Woodward, Lancaster, Ohio.
D. C. Matz, Lancaster, Ohio. James G. Morgan, Sugar Grove, Ohio.
James Johnston (retired), Lancaster, Ohio.
Agnes M. McDonald (retired), Lancas- ter, Olio.
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
A. D. Groves, superintendent, Lancas- ter, Ohio.
Vernon Mondhank, Lancaster, Ohio. William R. Beck, Lancaster, Ohio.
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Mrs. Lillian Lones, Lancaster, Ohio. Janet Beery, Rushville, Ohio.
F. P. Schisler, Pleasantville, Ohio.
P. W. Thomen, Pleasantville, Ohio. R. A. Hite, Pleasantville, Ohio. Miss Rhea Hempy, Pleasantville, Ohio. C. H. Uhl, Lancaster, Ohio. Russell Seifert, Bremen, Ohio.
Pleasantville Village
J. M. Gordon, superintendent, Pleasant- ville, Ohio.
N. S. Steare, principal, Pleasantville, Ohio.
Fred Schlisler, Pleasantville, Ohio. Eva Pullar, Pleasantville, Ohio. Maud Hamilton, Pleasantville, Ohio. Anna Miller, Pleasantville, Ohio. Georgiana Turner, Pleasantville, Ohio.
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP
Charles Hampson, Pleasantville, Ohio. Adolph Paliner, Rushville, Ohio. Edith Teele, Rushville, Ohio. Iva Swinehart, Rushville, Ohio. Margaret E. Hoover, New Salem, Ohio. Alma M. Stoltz (unemployed), Rush- ville, Ohio.
RUSIIVILLE AND W. RUSHVILLE
(Both towns under one superintendent) R. E. Stone, superintendent, Rushville, Ohio.
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