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SCHOOL
LYMAN
FOR
BOYS
THE EVENING HOUR.
COUNTRY HOMES THEY GO TO
striking difference
There is a
between the younger and the older
boys in the avidity with which the
former take to country lite, while
over fourteen are often im-
boys
possible to transplant.
This fact may be a controllinq
consideration in decidinq whether
a boy shall qo back to his home when
he qoes out on probation, or
whether he shall be placed
a farmer.
with
bays belong
people who, while they
A surprising number of the
to
have had no proper control of their children, are
yet respectable and
well to do;
but even where this is otherwise it is sometimes use-
boy's inclination when the ties of blood are
less to force a
strong
or
his aversion to a farm is pronounced
A few of the placed-out boys strike root into the country
commu-
nity and become respected citizens, and quite
a number of the older boys
city
who have chosen to return to the
qo back to work on farms
when city
work is slack.
