THE ORPHANAGE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXV, Issue 7864, 20 May 1886, Page 6

THE ORPHANAGE.

TO THE EDITOB. Sxe,—ln the controversy now raging about the late management of the Orphanage is there not danger of losing sight of the main point, which is—Are the present arrangements such as will conduce to the good moral education of the orphans ? I know absolutely nothing of Mr Ritchey, and it was by mere accident that I visited the Orphanage a few days after he left. What I observed with regard to the lavatory arrangements for the girls struck me as essentially unsuitable, and I am not surprised at the state of things alluded to in regard to the blankets when I remember the apparent deficiencies in the bedrooms of the whole children. These are hardly details for a newspaper controversy, but I would respectfully urge upon the Committee to enlist the aid of one or two good motherly women as members of their Committee, who would at once judge of the suitability of such arrangements for the proper bringing up of girls. In all the large District (i.e., poor law) Schools of London, where as many as 500 girls are brought up, it has been found necessary to elect women as members of the Boards of Guardians, in order that they may exercise their womanly functions in the supervision of these schools; and I feel sure that the Committee of the Orphanage hero would find most valuable help if they had such coadjutors.—l am, &c,, H.