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Boys Industrial School, Kearney
Nebraska Boys' Industrial
School.
Since its
organization in 1870, this institution has had in all
fourteen hundred and eighty-three inmates. The first
building was erected in 1881 by means of a state
appropriation and it was known as the State Reform
School. In 1887, by a legislative act, the name was
changed to that of State Industrial School. The names of
the Superintendents have been: C. W. Hoxie, James M.
Campbell, John T. Mallalieu, Dr. J. V. Beghtol and B. D.
Hayward. The school is located at Kearney.
The Nebraska Girls'
Industrial School.
This school, which
is located at Geneva, is in charge of Horace M. Clark, as
Superintendent. Originally the boys and girls were in the
same institution at Kearney, but the work was not
satisfactory, and a division of the school was made in
March, 1892. The attendance varies from fifty to sixty,
which is a little over half the capacity of the school.
The law governing this institution was amended in 1902 so
as to provide for the commitment of any girl, who is
vagrant or vicious, under
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