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Title: The uplift (serial)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School (Concord, N.C.)
Subjects: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School (Concord, N.C.) Reformatories Juvenile detention homes
Publisher: Concord, N.C. : Board of Trustees of the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Entered as second-class matter December 4, 1920, at the Post Office at Concord, N. C, under Actof March 3, 1897. Acceptance for mailing at Special Rate. CHARLES E. BOGER, Editor ~ ~ MRS. J. P. COOK, Associate Editor THE PRICE He owned both gold and silver things And precious gems to wear.Watches and plate and glistening rings, And give them constant care. He paid for guards to walk about His home, without, within.He armed them well with weapons stout Lest robbers should come in. By lock and chain and massive doorWere theft and wastage checked, The more his fortune grew, the moreIt cost him to protect. And yet it never crossed his mind, Til freedom stood at bay,To set a guard of any kind Lest that be swept away. He took for granted every right Which liberty bestows,And calmly watched the growing might Of freedoms evil foes. But now the dreadful truth is plain:No worth-while treasures cheap. What men, have bravely fought to gainTheir sons must fight to keep. —Edgar A. Guest THE UPLIFT
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CHARLES E. BOGER THE UPLIFT 5 SUPERINTENDENT BOGER RESIGNS Mr. Charles E. Boger was named superintendent of the StonewallJackson Training School by a unanimous vote of the Board ofTrustees, December 1, 1913. He followed in the wake of the firstsuperintendent, Mr. Walter Thompson, taking over the work withthe vigor and interest of sturdy manhood, and, during the nearlytwenty-nine years of his tenure of office, thousands of boys havepassed out into the world with delightful memories of all the in-stitution did for them under Mr. Bogers administration. With but three cottage homes in operation, and fifty-six boysenrolled, the institution had hardly passed the experimental stagewhen he was made superintendent, but no sooner than the manycounties realized the value of a home for the underprivileged boy,the response to the appeal was like magic. Without going intodetails as to the manner of the appeal, it is sufficient to say thatseveral counties fell in line, and, aided by state funds, mad

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