The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26
A NEW INSTITUTION.
The State Asylum for Feeble
Minded Children.

Minded Children.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
The board Of trustees Of the Indiana
State Asylum for Feeble Minded Chill
dren have issued circular announcing
that the building will be open and ready
for the reception Of children November
lst, 1879. The. Asylum il located near
kingstown, In the county Of Rush, on
AN elevation above the surrounding
country. Ia grove Of forest trees, with
an abundant supply of water. The cir
cular states that the education furnished
will embrace course Of instruction in
the more practical matters Of every day
life; the cultivation of habits Of cleanli-
ness, propricty. self-management, self
reliance and the development and en-
largement Of a capacity for useful occu-
patton. The simpler elements taught in
the public schools will not be excluded.
Owing 10 the fact that the mental. moral
and physical qualities are disturbed in
various proportions i'm these children il
is impossible to classify them for in
struction as strictly as other children.
Each pupil will be study, aud must be
treated rs it's popularity demands. DIR.
John Hunt, a physician of long expert
ence. has been appointed superintendent,
and Mrs. l.. b. J. Wishard has been en-
gagged as mat tron, and Mrs. Sallie j.
Lewis and Miss Carrie Wickes as teach
ers.
ADMISSION or PUPILS.
The law on the subject is as follows:
There shall be received into the Asylum
weak minded children between the ages
OF seven and Is years, whose admission
may be applied for as follows, subject 10
such rules and regulations as the board
of trustees may adopt, as TO their capa.
bility of Improvement:
!. by the father or mother, or By
either Of them, ii the other be dead OF
adjudged insane.
.. BY the guardian duly appointed.
3. ia all other ceses, by the board oi
county commissioners Of the county in
which such child resides.
II shall be the duty Of such board OF
county commissioners to make such ap.
plication for any such child that has nc
living sane parent or guardian in thi,
State.
The form Of application for admission
into the Asylum shall be such as Tho
board Of trustees shall prescribe, and
each application shall be accompanied by
answers, under oath. to such interroga.
tories as the trustees shall, by rule, re.
quirc TO be propounded.
The law limits the scope and purpose
Of this Asylum 10 such children as prove
= their capability Of Improvement
The admission will be confined cxclu
sively 10 feeble minded children, such u.
children. aud yet through some subtle
default in functional action Of the brain
or other nerve tissue. in their mental cx.
preston aud moral traits. are imperfect
and exceptional: which may have also
some slight bodily dcformity.
No epileptic 10 paralytic: no incutr.
BILE hydrocephalic; none afflicted with
chorca, or ST. Viius' dance; none will
the least symptoms of insanity; no ex
trcme low case of idiocy, nor any great,
dcformed child, will be admitted. Those
admitted are under the law divided into
three grades.
!. Those whose expenses are paid II
full by the applicant
/ :. Those whose expenses are paid II
part by the applicant.
3. Those who are supported entirel,
by the State.
The law makes il the duty Of parents
and guardians 10 support children ad
mitted. if they are able TO do SO. and sucl
ability to support, or whether the appli.
cant Is able 10 pay only a portion, ant
the balance to be made up BY the State
or whether the applicant IL TOO poor q
furnish any Of the support, shall be deter
mined by the yoard Of county commits
sioncrs of the county where such chile
resides. when the applicants come before
the board.
A Portsmouth, n. H.. paper says
DIR. St. Gilbert, Of this city, has had I'll,
curiosity TO copy from the vital records
OF our city the ages Of 1000 people VIII,
died in Portsmouth between 1866 ant
1875. We are surprised as he was, boil
AZ the numerous deaths Of children, be
ing $50 under five years, and 50 NOR,
under 10; and also at the large numbe
who reached 10 or over, being 272
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