. The uplift [serial] . veTill you wouldnt believe the volume of the one kind word you gave. Drop a word of cheer and kindness; in a minute pou forget;But theres gladness still a-swelling, and theres joy a-circling yet,And youve rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heardOver miles and miles of water just by dropping one kind word. —James W. Foley. THE SCHOOL CANNERY The School possesses its own cannery, which operates in a separ-ate building and, for all practical purposes, is fairly well canning department does not operate throughout the entire 4 THE UPLIFT year, but
. The uplift [serial] . veTill you wouldnt believe the volume of the one kind word you gave. Drop a word of cheer and kindness; in a minute pou forget;But theres gladness still a-swelling, and theres joy a-circling yet,And youve rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heardOver miles and miles of water just by dropping one kind word. —James W. Foley. THE SCHOOL CANNERY The School possesses its own cannery, which operates in a separ-ate building and, for all practical purposes, is fairly well canning department does not operate throughout the entire 4 THE UPLIFT year, but rather on a seasonal basis when fruits and vegetables areavailable for canning. The cannery building includes a large room 30 by 100 feet in whichthe vegetables and fruits are received, prepared and packed into thecans and cooked. Adjacent to this large room is a storage room fornew cans and for some canned goods. In this building there is alsoa boiler for generating steam to cook and blanch the vegetables Group of Boys Preparing Vegetables for Canning There are a good many items of equipment in the cannery. Thefollowing is a partial list of these: one large steam pressure cooker,two small steam pressure cookers, two hot water cookers, (each of75 gallon capacity), a hoist and three large retort crates, two pow-er-driven sealers, one exhauster, two copper jacketed kettles forpre-cooking, two metal washing vats, one hot water vat for blanch-ing vegetables, one kraut cutter, and miscellaneous—peeling tables, THE UPLIFT 5 benches, metal tubs, buckets, paring knives, wooden racks. The boys who work in the cannery acquire a great variety ofskills. The number of boys at any time varies according to theneeds of the occasion. At times, during the busiest season, thereare in the cannery as many as 100 boys. All the skills which theboys acquire will be of practical benefit to them in later life. Thefollowing is a partial list of the different activities in the cannery:sor
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