Show U S TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR WHITE GIRLS PLANNED construction on institution to start in maryland I 1 A now national training school for girls Is to bo be established dished on the ludlow farm prince georges county md in the immediate future it was learned following the recording of the sale of 0 the ludlow farm site bite to the government by oliver E pagan construction of div ing quarters for the girls will w III be started immediately it was said and tile the pagan home will be converted into an administration building and in a homo home for the teachers tile the sal sale e was made to the department of justice Juist lee under which the institution ution Is conducted for the estate comprises ten acres and accommodations will be provided tor white girls the present training school was reported last year to be inadequate in tn a survey of social welfare institutions in the district made by dr hastings II 11 hart director in the department bf child helping of the russell sage foundation an appropriation of was made by congress toward the erection of a new school tor for white girls with tho the expectation that the present school would be used for colored girls the institution Is maintained jointly by the district and the federal go governments ern ments girls being committed there by both the district and the united states courts it has not been decided however whether the present school will be used for colored girls or whether the grounds and buildings will be sold and the proceeds used to build now new modern schools for both white and colored girls the population of the national training school for girls giris now averages between and although the buildings are designed to accommodate negotiations tor for the purchase of the ludlow farm were completed when the sale was recorded in the marlboro court house hou se the th e farm f ar iles on the B baltimore ohio railroad between Arn mondale find and and adjoins the government experimental farm farin in prince e georges county |