Eight boys, representing Taiwan's three reform schools, met the requirements for Juvenile House. All were under twelve years of age, came from broken families, and had demonstrated good behavior in school, and the desire to reform.
八位孩童則分別來自全省三個少年輔育院，挑選的標準是十二歲以下、來自破碎家庭（雙親其中一位或兩位死亡，或離異）、並在院中表現良好，有改過遷善傾向者。