WHERE BOYS MAKE GOOD. 
A School That Manufactures Manhood. 
Part I. 
HE BOYS AND THEIR HOME.—It so hap¬ 
pened that my visit to the Lincoln Agricul¬ 
tural School, at Lincolmlale, New York, 
which is an adjunct of the Catholic Protectory of 
New York, under the management of Brother Bar¬ 
nabas, was on the anniversary of the founder of 
that one would meet in a play field was their uni¬ 
form alertness, cleanliness and courtesy. 
THE BUILDINGS^—There is one main building 
with two dormitory wings, six cottages; three cow 
barns and one horse barn. I first went through the 
clean, well-lighted class-rooms, with individual seats 
and ample blackboard space. There are several of 
these where the boys are taught to read, write, 
spell, and make a living. The instruction is limited 
to these subjects and Christian Doctrine. Element- 
fortnight. They would willingly fix up dishes for 
himself, but insisted that anything was good enough 
for boys. So the first year there were many 
changes, and finally the man was found who could 
respect the rights of a boy. 
THE COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT. — I was 
greatly interested in what at the school is called 
the commissary department, which includes the 
kitchen and dining-room work. Boys as a rule do 
not take kindly to this kind of work, but at Lin- 
TIIE I.1NCOLNDALE SCHOOL. 
BROTHER BARNABAS AND A GROUP OF IIIS BOYS. Flo. 340. 
the order of teachers to which Brother Barnabas 
belongs, and the boys were having a holiday on that 
account. I identified the school by a 10-acre lot full 
of boys playing ball. It is one of the best fields on 
the 000-acre farm, and Brother Barnabas pointed 
to it after the first salutation, and said, “That is 
my best crop.” My first observation was that there 
was nothing institutional about the place or the 
boys. There were no fences, no guards, no uni¬ 
forms. The boys were dressed after the fashion of 
their individual tastes, and the only thing that dis¬ 
tinguished them from 250 other boys of same age 
ary grammar is taught in connection with letter¬ 
writing and simple composition. 
THE KITCHEN.—As it approached lunch time 
we went through the kitchen, which was in charge 
of a chef in white duck. I have been through 
numerous high-class hotel kitchens, and I am frank 
to say I never found one that compared with the 
Lincoln School kitchen in point of order and clean¬ 
liness. Brother Barnabas explained that he had 
had the greatest trouble to find a satisfactory chef. 
Protest as lie would, the cooks would grow careless 
with boys’ food after they had been in the house a 
colndale service in this important department is 
assigned as a mark of merit. Only boys of good 
standing are assigned to it; and all understand 
the dignity of the position because of the privilege 
of serving others. It is the Lincoln spirit. 
THE DINING-ROOMS. — The dining-rooms in 
charge of these boys were a delight. There is no 
general mess hall with long tables with oilcloth 
covers and backless chairs, as are found usually in 
such places. The rooms seat about 30 boys. They 
are light and well aired and steam heated. Small 
round tables, covered with clean white cloths, seat 
