-THE™
ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
Published Monthly at the Kodiak B.'ttKt Orpharapc. Wood Island. Kodiak. Alaska.
I'nder auspices of The Woman’s American Baptist Home A ission Society.
CUPTIS P COE. Editor and Publisher.
(•.rilllD 4 T TMt K 'r>'4K P. O. 4* «»C"*>0 Cl*** 4*411 4JTH*_ _
I en Cent* a > e-r. A»'WiL. MIJ. \ ol• IV In II
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
Herewith is presented the tenth*
iej/oil of 'I'nr; KObrvk I.ar
tist 0:m ,i an \r.n the eighth under
the present management.
Tun CfllLOKBN.
During llte year all the ehihlten
have had good health. For this and
.all other blessings we are since ely
thankful to the giver < f life.
Five children have been di:..barg
ed on completion of their time, on,y
one of whom had 1 ecu app.enticed to
the Orphanage. Eight have l cen ,c
ceived, six of whemi are app.-enti.eJ
the other two having teen accepted
lor a short time. Our number now
is thirty-four nineteen girls and '
teen boys lor the cate of five giiis
and three boys payment of a
month each is le.eived.
The rhi dren ..t Carlisle have made
cie lital.de progress and their nion'h
]y reports have been more than satis
factory. Ill a letter dated Dec. 22,
i< 02, Col. U. n. !*rart say Sa.fs'ltern,
"We have never had other than ex
cellent reports from any of them,
hoth as to health and conduct. They
seem a happy and contented lot, will
ing and tractable so that all w ho have
anvtiling to do with them like them."
One of the girls in New Je.sey re
ceived, from the teacher of the public
school, a prize because she succeeded
in carrying her studies with a higher
average than any other in the room. -
Workers.
On account of failing health, it be
came ne ess. ry, early in tlie year, for
Mr. an.1 Mrs. Fori y lo leave for the
tvl. ». : v \, c ..ere ..g«.in sliorlh.:nCed.
A cook w..s sevU.ed * nd help empU y
eu for the outdoor work and mo.e
li. si een accoinplished, in some w*. vs,
than in any p;evious year.
.Mrs. Campbell has proveJ he:*elf
a capable manager, a valuable advisor
and a sincere friend. Only a year of
her term of appointment tern. ins.
We greatly need a man and a wo
man wlioaie thoroughly inte.cstcd in
children, who are able to do and to
te..i lithe boys and girls to do all
kinds of work ; bout the place, and
who will ever be worthy examples
I lit «•»> VUeil IV l.iiv ill
Improves enis
Among the improvements of the
rear mention may 1 e made of seven
acres of sod broken ready for first
planting this spring, roads cleared,
br idges made, and fenvesbui.t. The
large crop of vegetal) es made a capa
cious cellar necessary, and one hav
ing'"a capacity of at least 600 bushels
wasdugand housed over. Two small
hums have been purchased at low
figures and moved on the premises
to provide for our large stock of poul
try. and over forty feet of cold frames
have been added to the former supply
to raise plants for this year’s garden.
Industries.
The industrial work is very import
ant in this country These children
can not earn their liv ing as their an
ceslorsdid. Those opportunities are
forever past. The future demands a