The uplift [serial] . ll of peace and love, And carries sunshine everywhere, From Gods own blessed above, And makes the world a better place— Een more like heaven sweet— And helps to smooth the pathway out For weary pilgrims feet. —Walter E. Isenhour. WILDWOOD COTTAGE Efforts have been made from time to time to broaden the scope ofthe recreational activities and facilities here at the school. We findthat the more diversified the program of activities,, the richer theprogram is, and also that the quality and quantity of the facilitiesbehind the program are the things that enable the program to
The uplift [serial] . ll of peace and love, And carries sunshine everywhere, From Gods own blessed above, And makes the world a better place— Een more like heaven sweet— And helps to smooth the pathway out For weary pilgrims feet. —Walter E. Isenhour. WILDWOOD COTTAGE Efforts have been made from time to time to broaden the scope ofthe recreational activities and facilities here at the school. We findthat the more diversified the program of activities,, the richer theprogram is, and also that the quality and quantity of the facilitiesbehind the program are the things that enable the program to reachand help a large number of boys. In line with this broadening phaseof the recreational program, it was decided to build a cottage orcabin for the boys to use on camping trips and similar outings. Thisdecision was reached only after experimenting with camping trips,hikes and other outings. The boys reactions were very favorable;they enjoyed the trips; it helped their morale; it provided a pleasant THE UPLIFT. be « O O ©© THE UPLIFT 5 break in institutional routine; and, best of all, it gave them someidea of a wholesome way of enjoying life. After the decision to build was made, ways and means were dis-cussed. The state had not appropriated any money for such a pur-pose ; spring and summer farm work needed to be done; the carpen-ter shop force would be busy building a shed and barn for beef cat-tle. In the face of these obstacles, the boys of the Receiving Cot-tage voted to work on the cottage in their play time. It was alsodecided to use the materials that were at hand for the building, suchas logs from the woods for the walls, scrap lumber for sheathing,and such other second-hand materials from torn down buildings ascould be used, also any donations that we might receive from in-terested friends of the school. The school had in years gone by purchased a small tract of landsouth of the school on Coddle Creek for a pumping station; however,it had never been used for
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