. Curious schools. larship in one of the mission schools. 95 PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL OF REFORM. THERE are children and children, and schoolsand schools ; and a Reform School is, of all theschools in the world,, one to which children most disliketo be sent. There are two reasons for this : one is,that a good child is never sent to it, and the otherreason you will discover as you read further on. Inlarge cities, more than in the country, there are agreat many children who, from various causes, areso disobedient and unruly that their parents cannotcontrol them, and sometimes so wicked that it is dan-
. Curious schools. larship in one of the mission schools. 95 PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL OF REFORM. THERE are children and children, and schoolsand schools ; and a Reform School is, of all theschools in the world,, one to which children most disliketo be sent. There are two reasons for this : one is,that a good child is never sent to it, and the otherreason you will discover as you read further on. Inlarge cities, more than in the country, there are agreat many children who, from various causes, areso disobedient and unruly that their parents cannotcontrol them, and sometimes so wicked that it is dan-gerous to allow them their liberty. Sometimes theysteal, set fire to buildings, and sometimes they run inthe streets, mere vagabonds and tramps ; sometimesthey are the children of respectable parents, but of tenerare oiphans or worse than orphans, and have not afriend in all the world. For such unhappy childrenas these, Reform Schools have been established, forthe express purpose of reforming them, teaching them 96. ENTRANCE TO THE PHILADELPHIA REFORM SCHOOL. Philadelphia School of Reform. to be honest, industrious, and well-mannered, to readand write, to work, to play, and to be good, usefuland happy; at all events, to be much better boysand girls when they leave the school than when theyentered it. The Philadelphia Reform School, which is com-monly called The House of Refuge, was estab-lished over fifty years ago, and has cared for morethan fourteen thousand boys and girls. There arerather more than six hundred children — white andcolored — every year within its walls. To feed,clothe, lodge, teach, and care for so many boys andgirls requires a great deal of room, a large number ofteachers and managers, and plenty of money. There are several buildings — one for white boys,another for white girls, and still another for coloredchildren—all of brick, and these are in a large parkwhich is surrounded by a high stone wall, over whichit would be difficult to climb. The money
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