H 2 57 5.35.10
LYMAN SCHOOL FOR
BOYS
THE BERLIN FARM
HOW THE LITTLE BOYS ARE CARED FOR
Boys who are under 13, are cared
for at the branch school at Berlin, 7
miles from Westborough.
This Berlin branch lacks much that
Westborouqh affords in the way of
qraded classed, Sloyd drill etc. but
it lacks also every touch of the formality
and restraint which is so inescapable
larqe institution
in a
The house mother who presides over the
children, and the two score little urchins whom she teaches and qoverns
family has a wonderful qift with
are as happy and on the whole as well behaved
as can be found any-
where in the State.
After an averaqe stay of about six months most of them qo out
to boardinq places where they attend the country school and take their
part in the normal life of the community
Those who prove refractory, whether at Berlin or in their places, are sent
to Westborough, where they
of that branch of the school; but, of the Berlin boys who are now
are entered for the more systematic training
Over
fourteen years of aqe, about one-half are re-established in their own homes
e out into the world to earn their way havinq escaped
or have
ac-
quaintance with the tougher element which is a well-recoqnized
danger
in every reform school.
