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Detor e lll'a . llao .. velt. lett., aha aalteci M t.o ••Nl .rov a pi c t.ure 1 which 1a &Ding forward t.o )'011 llllder aaparat.a COYer.

lll'a . Roo .. valt. want.acl • to n pla1n that. it. h Jua t. • loan vat.U avcb t.i.me aa aha want.. to liM i t. . The picture was aade i n Vexico on lUI ordin&rJ aning machine ,

Dr. llobvt. Cooper wu~ 8Cibool fl:lr BQ• 67 WAt. l25UI Stnet lw York, In York

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THE WILTWYCK SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Inc.

271 WEST t2}tb STREET, NEW YORK 27. N. Y.

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The Wiltwyck School for Boys, Inc. ) 7TH fLOOR • S50 FIFJlf AVI!NUE • NBW YOlK 1, tof. Y.

April ~5, 1945

Dear Boar~melllber

I enalo1e a • ;.r~l1m1nary report. about our 1110ney raiains campaign tor the budset year ~y,l,l944-Jijne 30, 19115 ,

The operational budget t or W1ltwyak School and Wiltwyak Home Service whioh Wll adopted bl the laat Annual Meetinf was I 95. 516,24 of which 37t82l.OC were to be pa d by the Department ot Welfare or the City or New York, We therefore hed to raise from foundations and individual donora the sum of I 57, 695.24.• Y0 u will aee from t he attached reporl that we have raiaed I 57 1300 ,

Aa tar aa can be eatimatad now ( w• hava actual tiguree tor the first 9 moptbe ot the budget year) our expenaea will be kept within the budget.

The Capital Investment Fund waa re1aed in full. All the plant repairs and renovations have been fi niahed , the amortization or the ~rtgase ( I 1,000 ) will be. pa1d by May let. The 1ewerage disposal system is not 1natalled,but the runda for the new inetallation are available,

The purahaae tund , mentioned on the attached list, hod to be eetabliahed 11 we needed new furni­ture an~ equipment tor the 1chool. All furniture and equipment 1a i natolled1 tho aum ot $ 4,ooo .wa• paid to Gimbel Brothera ; ~ 2 1000 of tb1a 1um waa takem !rom the purchase tund, and I 2,000 out or the

perotional budget in which eome provie1ona had been made for repoira , furniture and tixturea,

I also encloee a tentative draft tor next years budget tor dleauaeion by the Director• ot Wiltwyck ;' School. Laat yeare budget was adopted before wo aisned our asreement with the Social Service Employees Union. Tha raia e in thia year• budget is due to oona1derably increased salaries,

Yo~~~~ Trude W • Loah

Ch.1rmen, Finance • Committee

* Last year we raiaed the 1um or I 41,606,41

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T!n tTILTOTCit ICII()(IL JOB BOYS, ISO lllli1J'I'IS 07 l tn'l'IHO or DIIIIO!ORI,

'!'he s:.eeUa,c o1 the ~oa.rd of D1re c t·01'1 of \7htt'I)'Q. School for J.o71 , toe._.

bd4 at the bOcle of Hn . Davtd U, Lny 1000 Parle Avenue, lieu l'orlc 01 tJ , on

Rev. Shelton i:itlo Biobo·, Jud&& Jane IJ, Dolin . • Dr. Zuc~no C. Car~or iJr. Oeorao Cohron. Ur . Rober t Cooper Ur . BonJ~in Day Jud&o Hubert T. Delany Hon. Stanley U. Iae.aca Dr. liarlon Ken'Oor thy

U:e, Trudo 'if , bub lt·e . Da••ld H. t.ovy J .w!&e Juotlno Tftn PoUor

a r . Hooor.l Salta Or, Cbanntoc H. ~"Obt1.1 llr . l'rank H, Totton. l.trs . I:ouh $ . t1ei a• Or. l iu. \flr.~or,

Dr. Euae.oe c. Card er acto4 a.e OM.lr:;AJ~. of the meounc, and Ur1. 1"'rud.e U. t&th

acted a a eeeretary.

I) R~cr~ Qy Co:mittee on expanaion 1

Ure. Trude \T, Laab reported a'bc~Ut tbo meetl»-5 of tbe Oommtt.t .. wltb OeUa re

Comgl ealoner Lanadale. The CaDmlttee ba4 hoped that lt ml1bt be pot elble to nork

~~t ~n ~rrtnsemant. whereb7 t he State of Nen York w~6onter nith Ulltnyck School

l nt<Q the ~" ld.od. of con~rncl lt n011 l-•• wtth Ch1l6rens Villag-e nheroby 1t J*7t t o

Chil dren• Village the e~ o f $ 1 , lOU ADnually each for up to 100 bo-y. coat tto4

ey \.bo Court to t he Nen York State ?:-aintnc School &nd e.ccepted by CbUdren!l Vlll ace

4ue t o the cr•".d.et'l eltW\tion at the Jfe'.1 York Stf\h 'l'r"'.!ning School. C01tAh•ionor

L&aedale 111odo etoa r tha: D'> euch llrre.r.cem'lni \"'Oult\ b< 'nOasiblo t~nd that the oont.ract

~ith Chll d rooa Vil laKe nrs not to be t~~sn au & ,ro~~annt bu~ n'• ~ eme~cency meaaur-o dec!ded on from f e'lr to yf:a.r. Ra ~u-tj.e-: npbi ned tll() t u ntlf'r hllslatton

atsned by Governor Dowo:t tho S t.ct~t ltsolf would h e able ~o c.vo f or 411 boy, ttho

U PMr&l , bo n rioualf qunt1oae4 oabether i1Uteyok na• equipped to take care

f'l " urloudy dhturbed cht.ldran II or to take ~n hoyo i n the 12- 14 ye&.r ol d ace

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It ,., aond u4 W>&llia0\10l7 Yott4 \bot llr. C&rdar tll&ll uo4 \bo prapoal4

letter to the COIIII:Ihlloner in tbe uae of the lllU:07ok Bo&rc1 of Dlreotore. Ju4ce

Pol1er and Judce Del~ reported about a vielt by ' m~bere of t be ~ ( Jude•

DelaAT, llrt. Lo.ab, Ju~~· Polhr, Dr• '.1: neor ) to the iftm "loTI: State Tr&lniDC School

a t liartdclc. In vleu ot the ahccidn& dtuatton nhich tnt ~ou.od to a.xiat a t t1P't71ck

t he follo\'711lb tetvluf;ton nt'-1 UD~.iooutl7 adopted r

R3SOLVBD thb.t n 3yeci al COUUrlttee of the »o•M bo forae4 of ubiah Jlllc• PoUer

h to a.c t a• c he.'lrmetl to l n:veitlpte no.J"W and aea.ne b)r which the llt\lii.Uon at tl&n71ok

can bo brought to t be attention of the proper &utborlttee.

T-he 1'ollon1ng poulblU t1et n-ere tuc.:;eated t or q:., coulderaUon of the

Comrn1tt.ee : A meotiD& nith the Board ol Socla.l \1elf&rtj a m•otatdua about the Yialt

to Uarnick to be t ent to the membere ot the Board of Social Utl fare &Dd \ht aeabtrt

of the Board of 'fi e1 tort .

lira. Levy reported ~bout the recoa~~endattou by the ComaUtee oa e~nlion. ftle

Cor.oittee found tbt.t ur8ent ne ed exhtt tor an cpa.otloa ot the l1tlt.'"fok procraa

tor tho next biS)>or o.c• Sl'OUp ( 12- H f&&rl ) • It llao tOWlll 'bat U oould not bo

1mpout ble to aecure the necenary tuah tor neecled nen bu.llcllnct aM reatoraUon

~ outflttin& ot tbe old bulld1DC~, ~ beeauae of tbe creat clitf1cult7 ia atcurlnc

e~f aod the i mpoaaibll lty in tocurlns additional peychi~trlc bel p the Coacltt.te

~t that the tcbool eboulcl p~oceed ni tb ~he ~~t he- 3~rencth~inc &at intenaific&tiOD

ot the treettme!l.t· o! tho bo7~ DOt:' t\t UH t;r . .vo~. 'lbo Connittell .uU\ o.tt01'J)t to aec:u.n

tht necen.ary tu.ndc fo r r. kitchC!n- dinifli·J'>o.z: · ·unit tor tho proaent ochool.

~!he report and recoonendationt by tbo Coonl~tee ntre un.o.ni':IOut17 accepted..

a' F1D~te Report : lira . Luh reported about the r .. ult of latt. 71ar1 J\mA

~1t1D& Cupe.i &D· $ 93,0<?0 were r&illd -- $ 58,000 tor tht operatiOD. f'UD4 1

• $ 32, 000 tor tht Oapit.al In.,..,ttMDt J\m!, , $ 3,000 tor 1\&.Ddraht-c expalll

" t7b1le t.be fi.na.o.cial coel 17&t r eacbld., •• trere no:~ auccoat!Ul ln ni4en1DC t.bl '-'••

of aupJJOrt t or the achool In th., co~1t7 &I 1:1\lCh &I we had hopt4. !hit naa dQ6

to lack of pereonnelo

An ut1mate4 b\lipt for t !l.8 fhcal year JUl.i lit, 194&- J 11e 30th, 1946 u u

naa uaanimousl;y adopted. A total of $ 72, 000 m.u b&Ye to be ra1ee4 of uhieh

$ 61, 000 will co to the uperatton b\licet, $ 4,000 to the Capital

$ 7, 000 to Fund Raiainc oxpenRea. The eetiJD&ted bu.lp;11t doea not

Inveetment lUIId. 11

1ncl\11e poeaible

increases in Blllarie:~ ( beyond the normal incremer:t ) or insnra:lCeJll'penta.

3) Report by i' oJ.inating Cc-m:~tt tee 1 The Hon~.c'\til!g flc:n."''Lt tee presented

innom1nat1on for the Boazi of Di rector• of ~iiU'I!Yclc Schoo: t:1e nemll ot lire.

Lanter Hofheimer. t:re. B0fheimer fllll thereupon elected and. Dr. Carder fllll aaked

t~ e~tend a . formal inYitation to her to Join the Board of Director••

4 ) Appointment of Trade Union Committee. Dr. Carder appointed Jud&e Poli er,

Judge Delany and llra. Lash aa member• of the Comnittee to renecot1ate 171 tb tbll

Social Ser~ce Employeea Union a new contract to take affect ubeD the old contract

expires July lat, 1945.

5) Date for Annual ::Board UeetiDC• The A11nual Board lleetiDC m.u be b,eld

l~y 31st, 4, 30 p.m.

There being no further budnel8, tlhe meetin& nae 814Journe4.

Kra. Joaeph Leah 2<6 £e a t 11th a ...... Nev York , N.Y.

Pear fnu!e:

Apr11 211 , 19<0

check t or School •• lat.

I u enoloe1~ Mre. Rooaewelt • 1 1100.00 ~•4• out tolviitwJnk ~ hP.r oont r1bu t1on ••~

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cmZENS' COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN Of HEW YORK CITY, INC.

12 Eaol41• 54rNI, H.w Ycwk 17, H. Y.

llay 18. 1945

lllr s, Frankl.ill D. Rooaenlt ~de Park !lew York

My dear lira . Roosnelt:

I consider it extraordinar,y good fortune that I was eble to be with the group who bad luncheon witb you last week and who visited Wiltwick Sobool under your guid­ance. You suggested that we make a visit to Warwick to.. sether end Adele Levy wanted to join us. or course, both of us will arranse tbia at your convenience.

BelieviQI ae I do in sovern.ent eupport tor tbe care of juvenile delinquents, I cannot bear to have ..._ick standards be aa ter below the Wlltwick at&Ddarde aa I under­

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stand thea to be. I believe 1t 1a well within tba province ~ of our COIIIIIittee to work on eo.. coutructive procrea in re-spect to Warwick, if aa iuveat1gation tillda th11 ie naceaaar,y. But your soill£ to Warwick wlll, i n i t aelt I u confident, do a &reat deal to etra.i&bten out - ot the di!ticul.Uea there, ud if you ban tba tS... to go this -, lira. Lev aDd I very 1111cb want to go with you •

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It R A. N JC L E W I S

80UTII LASA.J..L.It 8Ta.£ET

C H I c A G 0 R, 10 1!1!

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June 1 , 1945

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{. l c:<-1' • ' I wich to express to you my appreciation of :•o>tr ' t f·l'

MY dear l.:rs . !loosovo lt'

valua ble time and effort i n •howine; me t he \iilt"'.rck School . 1 '' I want to do something f or this exoellont ontorprise a.nd l J you will hear fr<>m me l ater. '.~ • • '~tv

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wh i ch I wa s t old were badly- needert at the school. I am 1\

I n the meantime, ! thought I would a dvise you that '-'. · j,• 1 am tryine; -co locat .. s ixty :>f tho steol clothes cabinets t h a ving m)' bro ther, who l ives in !lew York City, en<''>twor .V l~l 4• t:> locRte thesa , and i J' he doe = they will be shippe d dit·ec~-"' \ t o the •chool. I I' ,l

Al so , for teM~ornry reli e f in ~~e dinine; r oom ane !~ tchon , which tnt!l;,- n cee ':'e::;';i latinn, ! n.m hnving my b rother t r y to locate t.,o or thr~e lnr ge m ndow vent i la­t ors which would help to change the air in those r ooms so that I believe conditi ons ther e vrou ld ba nuch improved.

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~\t ,' I will follo\7 up these two matters . aod hope that \;'• \1

1 will s:>on be ablo to h ave the o abinet e and ventilators I 1 , 1 \

s hipped to m lhyck. ~ \ 4 '· /

r should like to h a t-e 11\Y wi f e vi sit the school 1 i n case she i s in thut vicinity du r inc; the Slimmer , and \ t 1 no sur~ that this •.'6. 11 be agreeable to you.

l'li t h beAt wiehe• from t'ro . Lewis and eysoll', I

Urs . Eleanor Roosevelt Hyde ?o.rk, II . Y,.

F. J • LEI'7T. S

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' -r The Wiltwyck Scbool for Boys, Inc. ••• Yoa.llt ca-rr orr•c•

271 WEST 12, TH ST.Il.BET

AOBU.T L COOPB ---June 19, 1945

Dear lloarc!8eaber •

!nc1ooed please !ind a co~ or the •1nuteo or the meeting, ~ald

Uey Slot, 1n lieu o! the Annual lle~ting.

Sincerely,

J..t~~ f:, .,.teet. Secretor)' to Irs. Luh

S C H OOL LOC A TION : ISO PUS. N . Y . • TELIPHONE : ISO P US 2 4 11

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Llt!UT:.S o:; i .E:Ttl!G l il I.lSU OJ? Ai'. UAI. i.Z!TI:"G 0! Dl:u...~-13 •

The .AnnWil I:OeUns or the Dl rect.or• or Tr:.: ·arn e:. SCnOCI. t'Oi\

BOYJ, I!IC . wu hold at the home or r:ra . Trude .r. I.aeh, 245 ".loot,

11 Street. , H••• :.:or!< City •on i.ay : 1, 1945, tollowins t.he Annual

I:OeUns or oeebere.

The tollo~lnG Directors were preaent :

Rev. Shel ton Halo Bishop Judge JDno i : , Bolin . Or .T.r: Dunarant Or . EU_ten8 C. Carder Dr . Allan ilhicht Chalaer a i:r . ~ c ert L . Cooper r:r . i1ixuell l'ebn ;~a . Leeter :Jothelr.1er

Dr. John H. Jo~~oon. i:ra . l'rude \/ , Lash il'"s . D•v1d ;; . Levy JUd~e J\4et1ne :'!iae ?ol1er i:r . i:enry 'J . rope ::re . :;"ronklln D. aoooevolt r:r . iiQt~·rd Saltz Dr. cKonnlns H. Tobloo J:re . Loula S . ./elsa

The follo'rlin,l peroona were alao present by 1nv1tat.1on :

Dr . f:enry L . S ibby Dr . V1rz 1n 1a i ~oro

3y unanicoua oon•ent , the Free14ent , Or . Carder , acted •• Cba1r­

oon of the 111eet1ncs , eml t:r a . Trude ~1 . Lash aot.ed ao 3ecree.ry thereof.

Tho Choirllllln at& ted that the tiret 1t.om ot buo1neoe bet oro tho

ceotln:; 11as tho election or ortloera tor the co.ln:; year . On root1o.-.

duly made and aeconded, the tollow1n3 persona were noclneted tor the

ottico "et. op:)()e1te their reepeot1ve naoeo .

Pro oldent '11ce l'reeloent 2nd Vice Preoldent. Secre tary Tree eurer

Dr · Eu~eno c . carder iXs. Dov1d Ji . Levy J'Uat.loe Jono i:. :olin. ;:rs. !rude tl . Laab i:r- . F!:,ank i . • Totton .

There be1n~ no further noQ1na t1ona, on motion duly cede, eeeonded

end unan1•ooual y oorr1ed , tho roro:~o l n(l persona wore duly elo<>tod to

the reapect1ve otrlcoa act op~elte their namee , to aerve 1n 4Ccor -

donee vlth the 3y- I.awa and until tho election and quol1t1cet1on ot

~hctr aucceeeore.

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oade and aecon4ed • the tollou1nJ reeolut1on wa•

unanimously adopted

-'I!SCLV:D, t.he t t.be Preoid.ent bo and he herebJ 1e direo'-ld to neme ond dee1GJ1ote t.be !"'lllboro ot the Board ot Diroctoro who ohall oo~ioe the executive cogzitteo or tho corporation and the membe roh1p or Ill other a ton41ll(S co!IC1tteoo to 11rve until their roopoct1ve' oucce .. oro ohall be oelected.

The President norJinated the tollo111n:s etondinz Coo1:11tteee 1

OOCUliVE CO •.. l'i'rtZ

JUdge JUat.1ne t11ae ?olior, Chairman JUds e J ane ;: • Bolin JUdsa f\,bert T . 011en1 lit". i .axwell Rohn ~l'e . Trude ':1 . Leah il'e . David f.: , Levy or. Cbannin5 H. Tob1ee ll's . Louis 5 . '/e1eo.

Dr. Eus ene c . Corder ;;r . -'lobert L. Ooopor l it". H0 werd So1tz

or. Viole :; . O.rnartl i :J.as Esther H1lton ( FodereUon ot l'roteotcnt A: e'1c1ea ) Dr . l :Srion Kenworth1 Or . oore and lit". Cooper

l)' a . Trudo 1.1. Looh* Chairman i .r. i.axwell Hahn v.ra .oav1d ; , • Levy zxott1cio Dr. Euzena C. Corder

U:'IOi: co;: IT!ji:

JUd:;e JUs tine ':11oe iol1er , Ohaircon Judze iiubert T . DelonJ Y.ra • Trude :1. Loeb Ex officio lit" . Robert L . Coover 15'. Honr& Solt:t

HO: IN./l'IUG CO. , Iji1Z

Judse Jane b . Bolin, Ohoiraan lit" . liJOtell Hohn Ex or ticio Dr. Eu!;ene 0. Carder

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EDUCATIOll COj:LIJ.'TJ;; ,

ira . Louie 3 . :1e1na, ChD1rc.on JUdge h~bert T . Dolony :.rs . Trude ':1 . Laah JUdge JUstine :floe Peller

The Education CoQ~lttee , a new Oomm1ttoe, waa cre&ted to deel

wU.h matters or the acado<Oio aohool unit at !11ltllyck an<l to prepare

for t he nex • soaslon or the Legislature at Albany a 3111 declaring

tliltwyck a Union free school dl8tr1ct.

Judge Peller al ae reported that during tho laot year thoro have

been oovoral i not aneoa in Nhlch Chlldreno Court had referred white

Catholic boys tor placo10ent a t ';lilt wyck because placement in a Catholic

ins t itu tion after full e xplora t ion was reported ao not pooolbleo Tho

educational qual ification at L1ncol n Hal l have excluded ohlldeon when

educationally re tar ded , even thoush they have normal l ntolllgonco .

It waa ouggeoted ~hat i f Wiltwyck School !a to meet tho needa ot thooe

children aoce arrangement should be u.do tllrousn Catholic char itioe

or the repreaen t at1veo or tho llow Yor lt dlocoao eo tha t they JQ1g)\t

rece i ve rel1g 1oua 1notruct1on or the echool . To provide for euch in­

struction at Kln5ston practically requires al~~ot a f ull day from a

olngle counsellor eaoh week , and theretore faces a heavy burden on

the School. Lr . Sell< wao r eljuoe tod to l ook int o this matter and make

a recoDLDend.at1on to the B·oerd. .

At the requea t or Dr o Card or ll'e o Laeb a a Chairman ot tho Finance

Coi!L•1ttee r eported that tho Fund Raising Campaign !or the t1eoal year

end ins ~no 30, 1945, had been aucooeeful1Y coa>pletod o ~ 92,960 were

raised , ~ 57, 300 tor reGUlar operat1n3 expeneea and ~ 33, 650 tor a

Capital !~vestment Fund, ~ 2, 000 for a purchase fund. All renovation•

planned tor the s chool were completed and tho new equ1pJQOnt tor whi ch

the purchoao Na o authori~ed !a lnatellod.

At tho laat Dlrectoro ""'et1ns on i>oy 3rd the budget tor tho

next t1eool year ( JUly l, 1945- June }0, 1946) 11aa adopted by the

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~ - 4 .. _ . "'ocrd of Dirootoro. T),1o bud5et to ooneiot of 3 100 ,35'; .81: ,the totol

t o be raieed ; :. 72,217. 58 of 1'!1\icn ba d to be rc1oed 1n oon tr1but1on•

and ·; 36,138.00 l1ill be co;,tt•ibuted by the ' !elCero DepartLAtnt of the

City of lh>w York , l::ra . Leah atreoeed thet it 110ulf be extrot.111l7 c!~t­

ficult to raiao the neceeaary tunc!e c!ur1ne the cowinJ year and that

t he cooperation of al l lllembere of the Board or Diractore 11ould be re­

quired . Ao durin5 t he laot c ampei5n it would azain be neoe eeary to

furtbar broaden tho ~aao of aup!)ort tor the aohool .

The finance re,or t was unani~uely adopted with a vote ot thonko

to the Finance Co~itteo .

;:r . Coo!lar r e!Jorted about t he t1ork of t he echool during tha peat

year, a treeein~ eopeo1el ly tha t it hod been pooeiule to treat eucoeeo­

fully even the tnost <i1sturbed children >tho hod coLio to llllt ttyo lt . Thio

auoceaa \·Jea aeoompliched not only be eacellent cooperation or the staff'

a t the school with the otoff poychie t riot, but by a coretully I<Oritod

out al l over trca tr.1ent t>rozram 1nclud1nz, an lnc:resslnsJ,y i h!portant

Arts and Cr atta pro cram . i;r . Cooper* n repor t \ID & adopted w1 th a vot,e

of thonko .

It woe atreaoed , ho\·Jever, that the r eport aboul <A be edite~ before

t he pl anned publ ioc tion as a broc:1ure ~ncl that a ota i:.ewan t ot the

needa of the coc in: yoar s hould be a~aea .

Dr. Carder na ..... ed a Comui ttee cona1ot.1n:; or i ~a . Levy, i }'. Cooper

a nd ;::r . nabn to edit the re!lOrt ,

Dr. U1bby re)Orted tha.t t ho t:ealt:1 pro::;ra u has bee:n runetionln3

smoothly durins tho last year, but the t 2 oojor lo.c ~;.c et.1ll exis t :

l) ·:e ur~e·.1t.l :1 need a nurse witb expor1onco i n ~lie Hoelth e ork

2) ('lur dontcl )T-03I"CID 1o oo~:.1plctoly 1nadequeto .

Dr . ~,,ndrnnt announced t ha t he hoe 'been able to secure aome

dentol equipu:>nt for the ochool an~ t hat ao 11 111ll1n:; to opond a da7

each mo':\th e t t ho school ond 18 no~: try1n.:; to e ecuro eervioee on anotM

denti s t tor an o~ ' 1t1onal doy eaoh month.

,... ,/ Dr . <;ib'>Y waa n• kad to diecuae hia auz:~eetion of noo1not1ns a

~~ dontiet t.o the Board of D1i"ect ora uith Dr. aUnd:r.:tnt .

J. motion of thank& wae unanimoualy voted to Dr. Jlund rant tor his

effor t s on bohalt of tho school.

Dr. I:Ooro, the school p•yehiotriot , etreoeecl the B"••t need for

adequete psych iatric help • DurinG the laet yeal' t/1lt11yck aoeepted a

l ars er group o! younger children , children who are at the oroasroade­

atlll accoaible to troa tment bu~ in srave danger or serious neurotic

d eve lo)>ment . J.[ore direct interview treetlllent is neoded and Dr . l:Oore

au53eoted that t:ioa Gle -.,n , a poyoh1atr1c social wor !~er whe) 1& now

doing cooe \<Jorlt at t)to tfiltwyckflomc Office , might cpend lilore t1CJe at

the s chool .

1.:r . Coo per announced that the c.tt1lary for en ad,i ltlonal case wor­

ker has bean voted by the Board and that it alroady ~ad been decided

that i.1aa Glenn should spend the major part of her t ilr.e at the school.

Dr. i:oore fur ther a tressed the great need for ad<1 1t1onal nuroing

care 1f \Hltwyck i n the tuture has to accopt as seriously diat~>rbed

c hildren as in the past . She pointed o~>t that our exparienoo with whito

child ron ha o been excellent, partially l;(J'Oauae the \-:bite ch1ldren t1ere

ohoaen very carefully and becauee the parent s hod occopt ed t/11 twyck

before the children entered the aohool . In t he future lt v1ould be ad -

viaablo not only to have more white chil dren but to have children with

more varying bacKGrounds .

I . .iemoriol to Dr. 1.'11neor.

In tha nOIDG of JUdea Delany , who had to be absent , Jtidt;e Pol ier brou5ht the au53eation to tho Board of Director& that our pre sent Si&hop j~onin5 Houae. one of the tour dormitor~ ootta3ee , be renal!led i:a:: 'lineor Houae i n rneJtOry or Dr. i·Bx ~11naor whose audden death 3 weel\8 ago deprived l/11 twyok or ono of ita sreateat advisors and frionda . JUdea Polier aus~oated that dedication ceremon i es ba held in the tall and t hat the Board cone ider raisin(; a small He010rial f)jnd tor a project at tlll :wyc !t l1h1oh \10Uld e trensthen the prouam 1n the sanae in vrhich Dr. :lin a or felt 1 t needed atronsthenins .

llf. Carde r no:W>eto<l a oo=:uttee conoiatlns of JUdse Pol1er

JUds e Delany and !~. Coo er to develop tho plano for tho lAX

"IINSOR l:Sl.OiUAL and 1net.ructed the secretary to draft a let ter

of oy~athy to !:I:' a. 't/1neor .

There beln5 no further buo1neaa , tho mut1ns 11a1 ad journed.

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TH!: ' !U.T'Il!CX SCHOOL l'"t'R DC~. r:·; • a · • • ,. • 0.... J £:· .. J : : I!' •• lJJs .. l! •

IWIU'l'ES OF ~:E!':l'IM 1N LIEUJF ANNUAL ~~ftiN~ QF ~~ The Annual Lee t ins ot thi! IAfu ti Of tfti 7~I.J C -~ 54 t'R 301:3 ,

INC . wae held at the bo1110 of J:ra . Trude ~~. Laab, 245 tl0 at ll St ree t ,

llolf Yorl< City, on l>ay }l , 1945 , · t 4 . 30 o ' eloek i n the a fternoon,

purouant to notice.

The tollo111ns !;embers lfere proeent in person :

Rev. Shelton Hale o1ebop J\lds o Jane 1; , !3ol1 n . Dr .T .1; Btlndrent Dr · Eugene c . carder Dr. Allen IO'> lsht Chal mers >:r . ~bert L. Cooper >:l' . l.axwell Hehn ~a . Lester Hofhe1mer

Dr • J Rhn I! •. J~hnoon. l>l:s. Trude :/. Lash i:re . Davi d 1:. Lavy J\ld5e J\latlne l/1ao Pol1er i~ • Henry t·t . ?ope l~e. Frn nkl1n D. Rooeevelt. ,.,. • iioward Sol tz or. Channln~ H. Tohioa I:re . LouiS' 3 . ~lei eo .

The tol low1ns n:a li.ibera were present by J'Uda,e JUet1ne !llac Poller

and Trude t·l . Losh, pro• lee

Dr • V l o l a \1 • Bernard lr . Geor oe C0 hron i:r. Senjamin Da,y JUdse Hubert T. Delany .Hon . Stanley 1:. Iaaaca .

51ahoo Charles K. Gilbert i::r . AUotin' H i:S.cCorm1cJ< i:r . Fron!< : :.'Totton .

The tollow1ns per sona were ol eo present by 1nvi~a t1on

or . P.enr y L , Bi bby Dr-. Vir3inia :i :oore

DY unan i mous ooneent . t ho Preoi ·ent, Dr · Carder , acted as Cha1rman

or the meetin5 , and il"e . Trudo '.! . Lash ect.ed oe Secr etary thereof .

The Secre t ary pr esented t o t he ~eet1nc a no tice of the mee~lns

and an aff1dav1t thereof , 1n accordance with tho E:y- l a\18 or the Cor­

poration. On motion d~ly maO e. seconded and unanimously c~rled , the

not1co on~ e ff 1davH "ere ordered to be flled >~1 t h the recorda of tho

meot1nz .

After exam1n1n5 the proxlee preeent ed a_t the meet1n ::;s , the Secre tary

rep~r~ed tha t t here woa pr esent a t the meot1J1G , in person anO by proxy_,

a quorum or members . on moti on dul y made , seconded and unanimously

carried, t he proxies or t-he l:Smbera 11er-e ordered to be mar ked by the

Secretary for 1dent1f1oot1on and ! 1lod with the racordo of the Corparat.l·

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Upon recolt:~endation ot the Nolllinating Co!U~it~ee of J\ldsa Jane l.

B: lin ,Ohairmon, i~xwell Hahn and Dr . 3U$ene c . Carder ex officio ,

Dr· Carder submitted for no~ination to serve as the Directors of the

Corporation for the forthcoming year the following •~ubara

Viola li. Bernard Rev . Shelton Hele Bishop JUdge Jane i: , Bolin Dr . £Hsene c. Carder George Cohron Rob~rt L. Cooper T .i: Bundrant . Alla n Knight Ohalii1ere JUdge Hubert T. ~elany Bishop Charles K. Gilbert t:axwell Hapn Rufus ;; , Hart ill Hon . Stanley i. . Isaacs irs . Leat~r Hofhei~er John H. Johnson .

i~r1on E. rrenworthy Trude \/ . Lash llra. David i;. Levy Austin H. i.acCor~ick 0 . Clay i :ax1~ell Judge Justine \'lise Polier Henry ·.r . Pope Benjamin c . ~obeson. ira . Franklin·o . Roosevelt .

~ " it0 bert \1 , Searle Howard Seitz Channin~ K. Tobias Frank ;;, Totton l:rs . Louis S. ··reise .

On motion, duly made , second~· and unanimously carried , the fore ­

:;soin~ persons were nominated oe Directors to serve in accordance with

the By- La11a. Thereafter, the polls havins re"1ained oven for further

nominations, and there havin5 been no further no:.linationa, upon motion

duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the fore1oin5 persons

were duly elected Dir ectors of the Corporation to serve in accordance

111 th the Ey- Laue until the next An;1ual i~etins of ::er.bera and until

election and qualification ot their respective succes sors,

There boinz no further buainoos , the .~eetin::; on motion adjourned .

ROBBllT L. COOPD &tmttiH D~Hd«

The Wiltwyck School for Boys, Inc. NIY YOII: CITY OPWICI

271 WEST 12'TH STREET TBLBPHONB · UNi-renltr .C -7290

DOROTHY PaJ1Z s.,.;,_, of C.S• r .,4 o.,.,_,

June 20, 1945

lb- dear lies 'l'bo11pson l

Enclosed please tind a to~ receipt tor .lrs. ROosevelt •s

contribution or t 100 toward the work or Wilt1111ck School for Bars.

I ours sincereq,

Sec

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S CHOO L LO C ATION : ESO PUS , N . Y . · TELEPHONE : ESOPUS Ull

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THE WIL I'wYCK SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Inc.

271 WEST 125th STREET, NEW YORK 27, N. Y.

35 Date ...... .lv.ne .. ..m., .... JJYS. .......... __

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Address ........... Jt'Clf:f''Plli'k;·--·w·~y·;· ........................................................ ~ ............................ .

We acknowledge with thanks receipt of your payment

indicated below.

$ .............. .100.00 ................... - ........................................................... ..

t ---one .. ·btlndred .. ·oo/100-·· ........................................... .

-~--~-.......... _ , ..... __ Chairman, Finance Committee

Mlt8. JQeKP'H L.AaH

NIIW YOitK 1•. NIIW YOitK

~~ 2, 1946

Dearest lira. Roosevelt : ~~

llany thanks tor your Acheck • lira. P'rmkel and I ban been going through the files to deterlline exact~ wb8re we stand now. We ban to raise $ 70,000 md ban up to dat. raised approxiat.lJ $ so,ooo in cODtributions and plqea. In addition lira. Field of'tered to supplJ the salary of a re•dial teacher. Another $ 15,000 should be fair~ easy as n shall definitel.J get contributions from the !in York FoundatiOD, the Botbet.r l'pmd•tion , the Greater !in York Fund md a few a•ll.er found&Uona.

I wae told this 110rning that lira. Bofb8aer baa definite~ pledged $ 50,000 for the new kitcheri- diningrooa unit, md to--night I 811 to see Juatine md .Adele to diacuas our building plana with them. There are alwa;ys so ll&lly extra expenses connected with new buildings that I would not Tote for going wad until we are sure that n have tbought of every enntuallty.

We are having a thunderstor11 with as yet l.ittle rain and not INch coolness.

lluch leave to you,

I~

illy love to To1111113'

T..uoa w. L..uoH ... _, , .. _ _..

.... V'OR.IC .... ---lit July 2, 1945

I enclo11 a toraal recetpt ror Mre. Roole .. lt'•

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Wr s. Franklin D. Roosevelt 29 Washington Square New York, ll. Y.

My dear Mrs . Roosevelt :

October 3, 1945

The Executive Committee of the Wi.ltwyck School met yesterday afternoon at the apartment of Urs. Lash and discussed in some detail the program for the meeting of October 13. I am sure you will share our satisfaction that we are going to have a large attendance . 'lie are grateful, indeed, to you for helping to assure us on that point.

I am going to presume upon your interest i n the school and particularl y in your appreciation of Dr . Yax Winsor to ask you to speak at the dedica­tion of the buil ding which we are going to name for him. This ceremony is scheduled for 4:30p. m. , following the Board meeting. We are asking Dr . Tobias to speak on 'Ghat Dr. Winsor meant to the Harlem community and Wr. Cooper will tell wha t Dr. Winsor meant to him as a young social worker. We 11ould call on you first. I will open the ser­vice with very brief introductory remarks and close it with a formal but simple statement, naming the house i n the name of Dr . Winsor.

It was Judge Polier•s thought that possibl y you would want to gather your t alk around "What a person like Dr. Winsor means to Board members and members o!' the community. n You are, of course, free to choose any subject you wish and treat it in any way you wish.

Assuring you of my keen personal interest in the program as outlined a nd my gratitude for your par­t i cipation in it all, I am

Sincerely yours,

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Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt 29 Washington Square Wes t New York 11, N. Y.

My dear Mrs. Roosevelt:

October 9, 1945

In the l i ght of your lett er of October 5 I can do no other, of course, than to accede to your w~sh in the mat t er of speaking at the cer emony dedicat­ing the building to Max Winsor . I am asking J udge Pol ier to do it . I am hoping she will feel that sh~ can do this.

I apprecia te your point of vi ew and again want t o express to you our very deep regard for the val ue of what you are doing in connect ion with Wiltwyck School and parti cularly for the friendly and per­sonal approach you have to the whole matter .

Looking forwa rd to being with you at Hyde Park with t he members of the Board, I am

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/ TilE WIL'l'WYCit SCHOOL J'~ l!Ol!B,DIC MINUTES OP M!E'l'ING OP DIRECTMS,

The mttet1ng or the Board or Directors or Wiltvyok School tor Boya,

Ino . v•• held at the School, Eeopus, N.Y. on October 13th.

The following D1reotora were preaent 1

Dr . Viola Bernard Judge Jane Bolin Dr .T.M. Bundrant Mr . Robert Cooper Dr. Eugene c . Carder Mr . Benjamin Day Mr. Maxwell Hahn Mrs . Lester Hotheimer Ron . Stanley M. Isaacs Mrs . Trude w. Lash

Mrs • David M. Levy Judge Justine Y1ae Polier Ml'. Henry Pope Dr. Benjami n c. Robeson Mrs . Franklin D. Roosevelt Ml'. Howard Seit z Dr. Channing H. 'fobiaa Mr. Frank Totton Mrs , Louie s . Weias

The fo l l owi ng persons were present by i nvi tation

Miss Natal i e D~bar Miss Esther H11 ton Mr . David Sti l lman

Mrs. Lash, Chairman or the Finance Committee reported about the

f i nancial s itua tion or the school at pres~nt and the planned money

raSsing campai gn . Approximately t 72,000 has to be ra i sed tor thia

budget year in add i t i on to the percapita contribution or tha Welfare

Department or New York City . The sum or I 4o , ooo haa been contributed

or pledged by foundations and i nd i vidual donors while t 32,000 11 atill

to be round, The preparations tor the finance campaign hove baen com­

pleted ; on illus trated pamphlet explaiaing the work ond program or tha

school will be sent to a liet or 8000 namoa which have been collected

during t he summer , It will be the t1ret attempt to ra1ae tunda through

the mails and no startling r eaul ta oan be axpectad, In addition to our

pamphlet wo are planning to send out an open lattar by Richard Wright.

We oleo hope to secure the long awai tad MARIAN AND-;RSON benet1 t tor

January, Still the taek or finding autticiont tunda tor thi a yaara

work will be largely on tha ahouldars or the i ndividual Board membera.

Though the Board membara had authorha j tubda tor a Public Rala­

tiona aecret ary no tull-time atattmembar baa basn appointed aa it haa

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not been possible to t1n4 anyone able to till tbot Job , Mro , Ooodmon

will work part.- timo during tbe fun4roie1ng oampoign.

~ , Coopor announoed tbo appo1ntmont at 1!1.11 Notelio Dunbar ao

oooowork- supervisor in the plaoe ot Mloa Dorothy ~ritz who sooepted 1

poaition with o l arge ina t itut ion in Phi ladelphia . Ha alao r eported

tho roe1gnetion or Dr . Virginia Moore , the a t arr poyoh1atriat due to

her occeptonco or o fUll- time position vith the Buroau or Child

Gu1danoo . No ono hoa aa yet replaoad Dr. Mooro, but Mr . Cooper vith

tho help ot eeverol Boord members i a oanvoaaing the field .

Mr. Cooper tbon told ot plana to atrongtben tba Viltvyok program

through payohologiool t oeta g1von to ohi l4ren both on their entering

and l eaving Wiltwyok. JUdge Polier explained tbet it 1a often axtremoly

d1!Cioult to gain accurate knowlodge about tho children oa the reports

about them ere oogplled troQ dlffGrent eourc~• and nrc thoretoro not

uniform . It oooh chil d ia toatod on onttr1ng the aohool and again on

looving the eohool wo shall be able to judso froa our own experience

whether their period at the oohool helpe the chlldron to function more

od~quatoly . such o psychological study will be i mportant not only to

gain knowledge about what hoppene to tho child a t tho school , but will

oleo holp uo in tho devel opment of our work with the children during

thoir etoy ot the eohool . It would bo val uable to t eat a group ot eo children as t hey enter Wiltwyck , and ago1n oe they loove . Such o

study would probably toke t wo yeora. Mro. Levy and JUdge Pol1er hove

disouesod tho probl em with Dr. TUlohtn who would bo willing to under­

take tho t eak . Mr. Hahn suggested t hot JUd60 Pallor consult with

Sheldon and Eleanor Glioh of Harvard to go t their oxperlenae 1n the

fi eld .

A ID>tion wee ottorod and a9rr1ed outhorizlng the Boo.rd to employ

Dr . Tolohin to toot eo children on their entorin6 and le~ving W1ltvyak

the eum of t 2, 4oo Val allotted tor th11 purpooe.

~ •• Woioe roportod about the prosr••• or tho Bduooti on Committee

- ' -. . in its work t o i mprove tho Aoedcmio 8obool et W1ltwyok. W1ltwy~k ho.d a

qu; te "t tour teachers in the paat,but tbil year a tittb baa been added .

The good or rec t e or reducing tba eizo ot t ho oloooeo ar e nlr eady t elt.

I n genera l the ochool ie bettor t hil year, eepecinlly tbe ~lder b~yo

seem t" be more adjus ted. Moat ot tbe chi ldren hove had on unhappy

s oho'l exparionco i n New York City and need a different experience in

:>rder t' go t reel benotlta. M.lch depend a ::>n the understanding ot t he

childr on ' a cmotioncl needs on the per t or tbo toochora . W1ltwyok

ehould i n co:>paroti:>n Wi th tba Boord or Eduooti"n give toachora

" Inecrvi ce Troinins " whi~h would help tbom to Cl()et t he speci al needs

or our children , end tho taocbore now oeem oo"porative ond eager to

l ear n , Eff,rte must ~e mode to adapt the school curr iculum to the

needs of tho children. ~e Education Committee ot the Boord hoe been

able t o w~rk out on inforcol ar rangement with Walden Sahool whereby

Mrs . Regli, former Principal of Walden Scho>l , vieits W1l twyck once o

woek end diecuseos tho curriculum with the tonoher e . In other t ielde

t ho Educotion Comoi t tce has not yet been able t~ carry thr~ugh its

pl ane : It woe not possible to have special teachers appointed 9nd no

r emedi al tocchor has been f ound os yet.

It i e t ~~ ecr~y t~ aay whothor tho present experience will work

out successfully or whether it will bo neaceeary t~ intrjduce agoin a

bil l ot Albany , doclorlng Wiltwyck " o union tree ach~~l di strict . •

A v~te ot thcnke to Mrs . Rogl i tor her vory helpful work to the

och~~l woe carr i ed unenioouely.

Mr. Stillman r eported on the work wi t h the boys at Wiltwyck. It 1e

· L .portant not to forge t tha t every child at 'lfiltwyok boa experi enoo4

enough f rustration to warp his peraonolity . He hoe lived 1n oontl1o t

especial ly with the white o~~oun1ty . While he hoa hoard a great deal

about Do~orecy he hoa novor hiEeol! experienced Decooraoy . 'lf1ltwyok

i a successful i n ita work booauao the chi ld i o given a ohonoe to l i ve

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Decocraoy. The children are under the auperviaion of an interracial ·

st~rr . They play, oa t and work together . Color ie no l~ngor an i =portant

factor . While in the beginning the relatienah1p of Wiltwyck School

with tho CoQcunity of Esopus woe difficult, the attitude is now ohongin~ .

Tho children , strengthened by their experience at Wiltwyck show groat

dignity in t heir relationship to tho outeide world .

The Board t hen diecueeed the question of the now diningroom­

k1tchen and audit~riuu t or which the noboeeory tunde hove been found

during tho eu~sr, ,

Mre . Levy rep~rtod t hat our ~rchitec t hoe odvieed ue to poetp~ns

the building dots until prices are Q~re stable and o~toriale core

eaeily ava ilable . At the co~ent it i e not poss ible t~ onke en even

~pprn1t:ote os ti ~:-: to ~r the building coet .

Dr . C~rdor announced thnt tho Fod~ro tion of Protoet~nt Wsltor o

Agencies haa ~ode o grant of $ 1,900 t owards converting the present

din1ngro:>u and kitchen into ~ workshop and library ,

Judge Pol i or r eported that our contract with tho Soc1~1 l ervico

Eopl :>yees Uni :>n hoe n:> t yot b een signed .

There be i ng ~o further bueinoe s tho uoe t 1ng was adjourned .