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limited income, to take care of this rapidly growing school. I
went to New York and after hard struggles and many discourage
ments I succeeded in making a few friends, the nucleus for many
others.
"I expected the boys to do the washing, cooking, putting up
building's, looking after the farm and dairy and planned for them
to do two years of high school work, but I soon found that I was
expecting too much and I also learned the cost to keep boys and
feed them. Had I known this at first I think I should have
started with girls because it costs $2.00 a month more to board
a boy than a girl.
"After fifteen years, we now have 250 boys and 140 girls, 40
buildings, and five thousand acres of land. To reach these pro
portions, I have had to give all my time and bend every energy to
this one cause. I have been fortunate in securing capable, Chris
tian workers, and we owe our efficient business system, which
has been copied by schools throughout the country, to the able
President of Board of Trustees, who gives his time to the school
without stint.
"Each acitvity of the school is under a competent departmental
head and the income and disbursements are looked after by a
bonded comptroller whose accounts are audited regularly by the
American Audit Company.
ROAD VIEW, NEAR OLD BOSTON, THOMAS COUNTY.