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From: Janet Binkley <>
Subject: Re: [PaOldC] St Gabriels
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:51:23 -0400
In-Reply-To: <086c01c5b4a5$45905ea0$566b0cd8@sandabspkoh6u6>


After other listers so kindly provided specifics about St Gabriel's
School and its location, I recalled driving past it several times about
25 years ago -- it was not depressing at all, but was a large cluster
of rather elegant buildings from maybe 1900-1915 in the middle of farm
land. I seem to recall my companions saying that it was put way out in
the country with the idea that troubled boys would be sequestered in
healthful surroundings, be given a good education, and learn to do
useful work on the farms and grounds. I expect it worked well for some
of the boys and not well for others, like all things human.

JRB


On Thursday, September 8, 2005, at 02:43 PM, Sandra Ferguson wrote:
> the general consensus seems to be a sort of 'reform' school (sounds
> grim, doesn't it!)

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