. The uplift [serial] . h, The clustered stars and the steadfast bars, The red, the white, and the blue. Flag of the sturdy fathers, Flag of the loyal sons, Beneath its folds it gathers Earths best and noblest ones. Boldly we wave its colors, Our veins are thrilled anew By the steadfast bars, the clustered stars, The red, the white, and the blue. —Margaret E. Sangster. THE WORK OF HOUSE BOYS AND MATRONS Here at the Jackson Training School there are seventeen the present time, fifteen of these are in operation, and each cot-tage is built and equipped to accomodate approximately thir


. The uplift [serial] . h, The clustered stars and the steadfast bars, The red, the white, and the blue. Flag of the sturdy fathers, Flag of the loyal sons, Beneath its folds it gathers Earths best and noblest ones. Boldly we wave its colors, Our veins are thrilled anew By the steadfast bars, the clustered stars, The red, the white, and the blue. —Margaret E. Sangster. THE WORK OF HOUSE BOYS AND MATRONS Here at the Jackson Training School there are seventeen the present time, fifteen of these are in operation, and each cot-tage is built and equipped to accomodate approximately thirty boystogether with the cottage officer and matron, sometimes called thecottage father and cottage mother. The goal of the school is to havein each cottage as supervisors a man and his wife who live constant-ly with the boys. The big objective of the cottage plan is to have inthe cottage one large family which, in a sense of the word, may bedescribed as a residental club. Because there are so many dissimi- THE UPLIFT. Boys Enjoying A Good Meal larities and individual differences in a cottage of thirty boys of aboutthe same age, it becomes necessary to make and observe certain rulesand regulations so that there may be mutual respect for the rightsof each other and so that the different tasks may be done systemati-cally and promptly. In each cottage there are three house boys who do the major partof the household work. Generally, these boys are selected becauseof their tendency to be neat and clean, and because of their potentialdependability and trustworthiness. The following is a list of the duties of the house boys: 1. Caring for milk and vegetables which have been delivered tothe cottage. 2. Processing and preparing vegetables and fruits for cooking. 3. Setting tables and serving meals. 4. Washing dishes. 5. Assisting with the cooking of vegetables, meats, and otherfoods. THE UPLIFT 6 6. Doing general housecleaning, such as sweeping, mopping, anddusting. 7. Making trips to


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