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Title: Annual report of the Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania for the year 1884
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools for the Year 1884
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Publisher: Lane S Hart, State Printer
Contributing Library: Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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as popular as the previous year. Aboutone hundred and seventy children are church members and commune reg-ularly with the congregation to which they belong. The school is notsectarian ; the children join church where they desire. The military department is what it should be—the best in the State.The Matthew Baird cornet band is very popular, has many calls to play atentertainments, which are seldom accepted, as we do not consider it bestfor the boys. A number of excursions are made during vacation for thebenefit and pleasure of those who have no homes. The children alwaysturn out with the Q. A P. on Grand Army day, Memorial day, and Inde-pendence day. The year has been pleasant and successful, and we hope profitable. Allwho are employed by the institution are well qualified for what they under-take, and perform their whole duty. The managers and trustees of theschool have our heartfelt thanks for the kind, courteous treatment and en-couraging, cheerful words we have always received.
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X HD CQ W o z < crOin j <a h Ex. Doc.) Superintendent oi Soldiers Orphans. 35 ST. PAULS ORPHAN HOME—P. C. Progh, Superintendent. (n submitting our report bo the State, it is hardly necessary for us toBpeak of the very excellent location and beautiful surroundings of the Home.These are well known. We may, however, say that the results obtained,under its present parental management during the year just closed, havebeen highly satisfactory, as well as complimentary, to the efforts made. First of all, we ought, with grateful hearts, to return thanks to AlmightyGod, the Father of the fatherless, for His manifold kindness to us all throughthe year. Both sickness and death have been averted from our entirefamily, thus making it unnecessary for the physician to put in half a dozen e;ills. We feel entirely warranted in saying that the Home is in a most excel-lent condition. The children, generally, have been quiet and orderly. < )urhelps in the house have been models in their womanl

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