Show THE REFORM SCHOOL I Suggestions From the Report of the Committee The committee appointed in March last to visit Reform Schools in the United States for the purpose of obtaining obtain-ing information in regard to the manner man-ner of building and conducting reform schools have made a somewhat lengthy report to the trustees To be brief they make the following suggestions and recommend their adoption FirstThat the most important matter to be considered and the only sure I foundation upon which to build a hope of future nslulness is the moral education edu-cation of the inmates of the school To accomplish this objectthe school should be divided into families of not more than fifty in number each family to consist as far as practicable of inma e 8 of the same moral standard the fairly good in one family the extremely basin bas-in another family grading each inmates according to his morality SecondThe school being for duca tional and reform purposes moral mental and industrialits aim bein to elevate not degrade prison methods shall not be adopted neither shall am inmate or his labor ba contracted GUI but such industries shall be taught as may hereafter be determined by tb > trustees and shall be of such nature as will if he is industrious place the discharged dis-charged inmate upon an equality wito the rest of mankind so far as being ube to earn au honest livelihood ana this as well aa the other parts of nis education educa-tion shall be conducted without reference refer-ence to pecuniary returns ThirdThat buildings bedesigned and constructed of sufficient capacity to accommodate in each not more than fifty inmates and the necessary officers offi-cers for the same Those buildings tu consist of schoolroom open dormitory for single beds officers sitting and bedrooms bed-rooms with the necessary bath rooms closets water heating sewage aud ventilating facilities those buildings to be single or double as may be determined deter-mined by the trustees and as occasion may require and made fireproof or as ranch so as possible Fourth That the necessary kitchen dining room bakery laundry boiler and engine rooms for heating aid power be designed and so much as s absolutely necessary in the beginning constructed always bearing in mind that the school will ever be on the increase in-crease and that this pare of the establishment estab-lishment should always be of ample capacity and in the beginning more than sufficient for the numb < r that will be in the school FifthWe suggest that competent architect be engaged to draft plans in conformity with the foregoing and that one or more of this committee be appointed to confer with said architect in regard to the matter of baths and bathing facilities closets urinals water and steam arrangements for healing and cooling the general plan of the buildings etc i also when the location of the school grounds is finally determined deter-mined that a survey and plat of the same be made showing struts roads etc in its immediate vicinity in order that the location of buildings canb better determined and considered in connection with the probable growth and needs of the institution in the future for other buildings There are a number of other minor but important matters necessary to the successful operation and management of a reform school but as they apply mostly to detail and of such a nature that it written up would make this report re-port too voluminous and cumbersome we omit but as occasion demands they can readily be referred to |