A CITY OF BOYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 106, 7 May 1938, Page 3 (Supplement)

A CITY OF BOYS.

Without 1-allyhoo for 20 years, a city of boys has" been in i'xi«tcn'-e in N'el.ra-ka. ]t was. built by ''>"'}'■ :3 inhabited only l>y b"y.- and :- m;iin'.iin<xi and pn\i-rno«l hy them. Now. \<<r tin- lir-t liim\ the world i- :.i μ-o an-; '.i-arii a.•••■.it Box-" Town. .\rran'_i-im"Hi.« haw i«><n r.niipli-u-d t'i prc-.'ii; tho hi-:-tv aii-I drama of the unu-ual ciKiinin:". \ in a feature !11• ■ t:• • n pi- ;i:re >h«>w H"« - in J>rcpaiatu'ii for S]n:i<or Tra« v. Ji.'.m t. o:i-----i.iiiic w iil In. , ; !*•■ iipxin-vr. The t<> t0 , .; ihc wor'.-d ah—it. Boys' 1..U11 wa< roa.iK'.i with ;':io r.-'-.rn fi uiii the miique iitv oi K>.i»or •.iil.. i> j.rfjiariii" tho rcrijil. Buys' Town va- lv.n.:--j by Fa-':.or i:d«;ird J. Flanajiau. wiih the im-a?re lun.l <ji t-U .\:i : .>ii he ox.aiii'-il frc-:i. a paw !)hn.ikiT hy pawning a ;•:.•/:■■. T^ha\pn? fur w aii'liTin™ iyiyr -- ■ - ■!?'■.'.. colour or rare. It :.« a o- ,,, . •'•■■e fommunily :n ilsi-lf, a nv..!:<>n ■:■"■ '. ir in~t.it. , .i* i>»n and tho ?nial!'>'. in , ■■!":■--r t '.'i i-ity in It ha? ;•- i.« n n-1-j«i-t ijlV:'". a ?CM">! a; 1-! i.ija -chnoi. :r;i'ii" =' - ii.".l, print !■': .r>, y\ :i:n:isium. ni'.\ic thf.itre. ; 1 a"d ilormitrirr. It ha- a hoy mayor and x lx>y city "<>\ni--i'. >•>< :o.| .i: ;be j»>!!r a::vr a :piritf.| rampai-rn 1.--t«pen two ;.arti. ?. It has its own rxi.i.-c :"rop tiiat t- , :•• \ > miiipip niothods ft t>::vi.- ':u,< ii: . .- , ■ . r>. =. rutraotioii of pri\ ;".•••_'••*. in-.\\ \i\z lawiis nxi wct-'litiir par.lfii-. ,<.■•■••!]•! .•'"•• :--s !ire 6fiitPii<-f<! to stand up :.:!■• ;i'.i a >'.■ - iMvc- show w; , .h l,a-k- ;ur:n.-'j to the Tra«"y will piny the r>.irt Fa'hT Fiana-.-an. A p.m.; «.f •. :•-•.!■>;- iiiL' liny a.;.. wij l»c cii< later, ar.-i :tvi-l of iht , -i-.jii. -I'-.-.- ui'.! :••-> l = Itii--1 at lioycN - Town, Esiniatcd tn'.k-s lro:n ,in,alia. "'ln 20 years we have rar<>d for and =ont into the worl<l 444<1 ln»y*." Father Flanapran said. "Not a ~in_ - !'' <"iii« of UtOO and more ki.ls h.i>. e\fr run foul of :hc law since they loft Hoy*' Town to Lackle the world on their own." The only requirement for admi=«km to Boys' Town is tiiat the boys niu»t be lomeless and deserted.