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 sara'mer
    
Location: WNC
 |  | Still January Training School (SJTS)
< on 6/15/2012 4:28 AM >
|  | | | “This school has been a haven of refuge to boys… [who were] overwhelmed by the forces of an unkind destiny. Many of these boys had their ideals and aspirations for noble living, but they did not have a fair chance” ~School Administrator, 1946
“Operations [sterilizations] have been performed for inmates of this school” ~ Eugenics Board, 1948
Ironically, the school was founded as a humane alternative to sentencing children to hard labor alongside adult criminals. In its early days, boys as young as 8 were sent to the school, living and working there for up to a year.
My obsession with this place promises to be endless.
1. At its peak, 500 boys lived in the surrounding cottages.
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11. Floor plans for residence hall basement. Lockers were along the wall that’s on the bottom left.
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13. Inside one of the lockers, printed in 1973
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15. In the 1940s, school policy encouraged boys to “develop good church habits and an appreciation for wholesome religious literature”
16. "The majority of these boys are not going to be governors or presidents. We've got to teach them to make a living with their hands." ~someone who worked at the school for 48 years
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19. Until the 70s or so, the school’s objective was to “have in each cottage one large family.” Thus, a married couple would live in a cottage with all the boys, and the female cooked, cleaned and “promoted a cooperative spirit among the boys… [and] set the standard for happy home life in the cottage”
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they call me the hyacinth girl |
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Avius
Location: Washington DC / NOVA
Gender: Male
Wow you guys!
| |  | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 1 on 6/15/2012 10:11 PM >
| | | | Ooh, what a pretty place! Where did you get all those quotes? Did you find documents or are they from online research?
In places forgotten, tread where you will. -=- http://www.flickr.com/photos/avius/ |
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never_sleep
 
Location: Foothills of NC
Gender: Male
(LURKING)
| | | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 2 on 6/16/2012 12:57 AM >
| | | | Damn, what a waste. That building could have been remodeled and re-purposed for a hundred other uses.
"The majority of these boys are not going to be governors or presidents. We've got to teach them to make a living with their hands."
The truth hurts. But if anyone said that today they'd end up on the evening news and would be run out of town on rail.
The floor plan's freakin' neat.
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WalkingFumble
Location: VA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 3 on 6/16/2012 1:04 AM >
| | | | Wow, this place looks awesome. Glad to see vandals haven't gotten their hands on it.
FUMBLE!!! |
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sara'mer
Location: WNC
| | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 4 on 6/16/2012 3:36 AM >
| | | | Posted by Avius
Ooh, what a pretty place! Where did you get all those quotes? Did you find documents or are they from online research?
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The quote about the boys never being governors or presidents was found onsite, in a newspaper clipping that was lying on the floor.
That quote bothers me. Most of the kids there were poor, and I hate the idea of only educating kids who had the magnificent luck of being born into wealthy or middle class families.
they call me the hyacinth girl |
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Elegia
Location: Redondo Beach, CA, SoCal, Los Angeles
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. ~Sallust
| | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 5 on 6/16/2012 4:21 AM >
| | | | Posted by never_sleep
Damn, what a waste. That building could have been remodeled and re-purposed for a hundred other uses.
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It's too bad that a lot of these buildings are filled with asbestos, so no one will buy them since its too much money/work to restore them.
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itcallsmyname
| | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 6 on 6/16/2012 5:03 AM >
| | | | Now that was really right, great proposal and everything was just right!
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C-Note
Location: Delawhere
Gender: Male
| | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 7 on 6/16/2012 6:04 PM >
| | | | Posted by Hotwired Heart
19. Until the 70s or so, the school’s objective was to “have in each cottage one large family.” Thus, a married couple would live in a cottage with all the boys, and the female cooked, cleaned and “promoted a cooperative spirit among the boys… [and] set the standard for happy home life in the cottage”
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oh how times have changed...
http://www.colinsuber.com |
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vividdecay
Location: Baltimore
Gender: Male
| | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 8 on 6/22/2012 3:22 AM >
| | | | Number 11, cool stuff.
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explicitly
Location: Augusta
Gender: Male
| | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 9 on 6/22/2012 7:53 PM >
| | | | This looks like an awesome place! Great find
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Jack Strathmore
Location: Adrian, MI
Gender: Male
Good friends bail you out of jail....true friends will be with you saying, "Damn, that was fun!
| |  | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 10 on 6/22/2012 8:23 PM >
| | | | Bravo! Bravo! Love the cleanliness of the place!
Jack Strathmore
http://www.flickr....os/jackstrathmore/ |
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NickSan
 
RIP
Location: Portland Or.
Gender: Male
UER newbie
| | | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 11 on 6/24/2012 3:22 AM >
| | | | Great shots!
I was just there today, very cool places.
http://www.darkviews.com/
http://www.myspace.com/nicksan62
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.� |
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DJ Craig
  
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| |  | | Re: Still January Training School (SJTS)
<Reply # 12 on 6/26/2012 8:31 PM >
| | | | Fascinating history!
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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