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State School for Girls at Chehalis Opens Modern Cottages
A detailed overview of the new State School for Girls near Chehalis, authorized by the 1913 legislature, outlining site selection near Grand Mound, cottage-style housing for up to 160 girls, female leadership, parole rules, credit system, and farm and domestic training. The article notes architectural privacy, humane care, and community life, with staff roles and ongoing expansion plans through a new administration building.
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Chehalis
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Bread of Control
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State School For
Grand Mound
Thurston County
David Copperfield
Dickens
Laddie and Freckles
Polly
Mary Carey
Bob
Battle
Little Aready
Mothers’ Congress and
Parent-Teachers’ Association of
Seattle
E. C. Blanchard
Northern Pacific
R. F. Fringer
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
University of Washington
State School For Girls
Mary Campbell
Elizabeth Lowing
Harriet E. Wright
Hulda Hainke
Hainke
Marion Bunter
F. Playman
Mary Virtue
Mabel Clarke
Bomon
Gunn
Grace Johnson
Grace Tarr
Miriam Campbell
Seattle Park Board
J. W. Thompson