Annual report of the Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania for the year 1884 . 7 ofheroic and intelligent warriors, so from among these children educatedunder the patronage of the State there shall come a powerful host of in-telligent and loyal citizens, which shall stand a tower of strength and poweragainst opposing elements, and, When to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side ! they will more than cancel the debt they owe the country by patriotic de-votion to its best interests. In Conclusion. Permit m
Annual report of the Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania for the year 1884 . 7 ofheroic and intelligent warriors, so from among these children educatedunder the patronage of the State there shall come a powerful host of in-telligent and loyal citizens, which shall stand a tower of strength and poweragainst opposing elements, and, When to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side ! they will more than cancel the debt they owe the country by patriotic de-votion to its best interests. In Conclusion. Permit me to compliment 3*011 upon the successful discharge of the trust committed to \*our care. None, with the same means, could have performed the duties better. The present commends you for it, and the future will hold you in grateful remembrance. Respectfully submitted. J. W. SAYERS, Inspector and If)oz PC m EWH W I u State College I w> > / o<-Indiana, Penna. I / Kx. Hoc] SUPERINTENDENT OF BOLDIEES O&PHANS. 25 RE I •() I ITS OF PRINCIPALS. CHESTER SPHINGS-R. S. Macnamce, Principal. The condition of the Chester Springs Soldiers Orphan School duringthe past year lias been such as to enable us to obtain gratifying results inevery department. The health of the school has been excellent. No deaths and but a singleease of serious illness make up the simple sanitary record for the year. Inpoint of health, our school has been blessed from the beginning. Duringan existence of more than fifteen years, it has had under its care eight hun-dred and forty-five children. Among these, but nine deaths have occurred,an average death rate of a little more than one per cent, of the entire num-ber of children admitted. When we consider the facts that one of these deaths was the result ofan accident, and the condition of nearly all the others at the time they wereadmitted was such tha
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