THE STATE’S OLDEST
ORPHAGB AT OXFORD
Han Trained More Than 5,000 Boys
And Girls
In 1872 the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons in North Carolina established
what is now the oldest existing Or
phanage in the State, when by a
close vote the Oxford Orphanage
came into existence. During the
first year of its existence 125 boys
and girls were admitted. The des
titute orphan children of North Car
olina prior to this time, were either
bound out into families or were
placed in the County homes over
the State.
Mr. John H. Mills felt the need
of better facilities for the care of
these children and saw the dangers
of both plans then in use. He was,
therefore, able to lead the Masons
into the establishment of an Or
phanage at Oxford and thus begin
an influence in the field of child wel
fare in North Carolina. Today more
than 4,000 children are provided for
in the various orphanages in our
State, besides those who receive aa
sitance from the Government and
other agencies and permitted to re
main in the homes of relatives.
The orphanage at Oxford has a
population of 350. Only one-half
of these children are of Masonic
parentage. The population is made
up of children from 69 of the 100
counties in the State. There is a
waiting list yet to be admitted and
almost every day brings requests
for applications for the admission
of other children.
More than 6,000 boys and girls
have received the services and bene
fits of the Oxford Orphanage and
are today scattered all over the
world. Many of them attended the
colleges and universities and have
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taken places of leadership. The Ox
ford Orphanage from the very be
ginning also became a pioneer in
the field of vocational education
and training. Trade schools were
established in that early day, with
the printing industry, the shoe shop
and later entered the field of elec
tricity. Orphan boys have received
training and are found in large
numbers today in these various
lines of work. The girls have gone
into the teaching profession, while
scores of them have entered schools
of nursing end are now in the hos
pitals in North Carolina and other
states.
The campus of the Oxford Or
phanage is composed of 325 acres
of land and more than 30 buildings
have been erected. This constitutes
a small city within itself. The farm
ing activities have become a model
for this whole section of the state.
Much of the work in these depart
ments is done by the pupils. The fi
nancial support for this institution
is secured from a variety of sources.
The Grand Lodge of Masons makes
an annual appropriation and the
State of North Carolina gives a
grant in aid annually. The “Or
phan’s Friend”, the journal of the
Masons of this State with a circula
tion of more than 12,000, is edited
and published at the Orphanage.
The Singing Class, composed of a
group of small children, continues
to tour the State and has done more
to make North Carolina Orphanage
minded through the 60 years of the
existence of the Singing Class than
probably any other single influence.
This class visits more than 200 com
munities in North Carolina every
year and has become the source of
substantial income. Masonic Lodges
frequently take collections for the
Oxford Orphanage. At Thanksgiv
ing each year, the Oxford Orpha
nage make a public appeal to North
Carolina from which a substantial
sum is secured. Income is also de
rived from endowment funds which
have been donated to the Orphan
age through the years.
It is a striking fact that no pupil
trained at the Oxford Orphanage
has ever been sentenced for the
commission of a major crime.
The value of an orphanage home
to the State of North Carolina can
not be estimated. The value which
children represent the hopes and
possibilities which surround them
were visioned by the Masons and
their friends and became the object
of investment of their interest, af
fection and resources. The economic
saving to North Carolina alone
from these thousands of boys and
girls, many of whom might have
turned into channels of crime and
sin, could not be estimated. They
have been trained into substanial
citizens and have contributed to the
economic structure of the State.
The Oxford Orphanage is, there
fore, not merely the channel
through which charity may find ex
pression, but has become the means
whereby investment may be made
in a group of boys and girls who
might have a chance in life. Masons
the State and by far seeing individ
uals are proud of the healthy
bodies, trained minds and hands
and splendid character in the thous
ands of boys and girls who are for
tunate enough to receive the bene
fits of its training.
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