The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-05-29

| OF Z ,UUU per year FOR Item YEARS.. OF Wflln1l
only about $500 are CARED for I'M private
and public institutions
"nhe first steps taLken NM America, in
behalf of tha inlibeci1e were taken right
here In our sister citv of Hartford,
when, ais eanIy ais 1918. aI few chdldaey of
feeble nIDnd were cared for taught,
and. lit is needless to stlalte. improved
in the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.
1--WE do not strive to educate the fee
bile minded, with amy hope of turning
Them out Harvard eradua5es.' as we
We're uAnlc,e CHARGED with thlnlxins i'm the
early days of the work i'm Minnesota.
The sum toitlal of what is called book
knowledge,' wilhelm cam be gadn,ed by a
PERSON of feeble nninEl. Ma conlnarahfVeay
insdgndficant. That rs Simply a, means
Ito ami end. THE enid is to SECURE the
best results in caring for "a class w[ho
are found in every condgtipal in life, q
burden upon the ihonleL a tax upon fthie
community, a responsibility which
mueit be met bty THE sitlate, whether or
mo. That we have been able to creade
opportunities for usefulness, for them
inside institution wallis, is one Of the
happiest results of our metlhods Of
training.
1--WE cannot, alt present, secure the leg
isrIatiom which shall prevent the mar
riage of epileptics. that most prolific
source of irnbecility. I doubt IL lit cam
ever be brought about. The victims of
this disease are so varlously affected.
There is such a. wide gulf between such
eptleptices talz Caesar amid Napoleon, for
instance. and the low grade cuistodlad
case. which is AN embodiment of the
disease at its worst. that the thousands
who are between two extremes, Who
are it's occasional Victims. amid VINO
are not prevented from filming positions
of Importance. often for a. Mfetime,
would rise like a. mtslnty army to pro-
test against any lelefslatfon wlAch
would aim ait bette1thg the race at
their EXPENSE, The world is mot ready
for this kind of radical reform yet
The same thing is TRUE off alcoholism,
ais a. factor in tine calIsa,tfon of irnbecil-
ity. 1t will be a long day before amy
cam be hoped for from
either of these most productive sources
OF tid.iocy and imbeciMity
Neither hawe we been able to com
vince THE general public NOR even the
INA5NANf NAANNN Ah1 N"AA
ARTICLE of firm belief with us, growing
out of our experience as superintenId-
enIts, namely, that a large proportion
of the criminal class are recruited from
a type which we designate as moral
Wilhelm we ind them in our 1n.-
stttutions. But we confidently believe
THAT the time will come when the rec
ogmnllon OF THESE as q dastlnct and dam
gerous type among the detective GLASS
es, WIFI result I'M sucn tnanely and tIfor-
ough preventive measures, as stllah
make uhenm custod1aq cases TOT IRE,
Wthias OF Vile scalee tialiieu 70 uselVa-
ness, arresuing the tendency TO CRIME,
instead OF uhe IuA neuseW cF'lliiliiaA,
IHese Hre uhe preventive lilaas'uGes VI
lhe Iuuure' toWaro "lllch we nlUsC
"oIh'
ne Irst dilnual repors u tne Ivew
fork state asylum 1or peeole minced
women stateo lhsut ABOUT ~ per cent
u the Whole huIlRoer ol inmates receiN-
su nau oolile hres si.iliis'oe eiiiiuren. "a
.alpih ~ recoru ~ tie nuilpep u cnii-
areh poIhe py the linpeclle women
among tile 9VVVo VINO are "ithoul the
'olst"lhl eupei VlSion u an lii9 - a'',Iii
"l ~ - -
community supporting theIii'
mere 10 an oppol Unity lol an iii,ine
nate woIh oI preveiltion' .l'si upon wniei
we snoulu concentrate ~ otr eiioi -
sAouiu hhe ~ Pia0e tlils queSeioii De-
ore tne conference lor uiscussi'ii'
40" si'ah we eutiea'e pupii0 op,iiioi "
ne polht WneIe oVelseers y .lie pooi
ina Town oiiiciars siai Leei tne se'ile
luhlllatioil anu sense ol Glssiaoe q.
ire pll ell VI an iie I'iiiisNte oiiiiu aiiions
helr cndises' winch any supe, - tei,o-
,nt Oh an lhst"uiou "ouiu Aeei unuei
Ike elrCuIilstdIc ,.-
lDlOIo AMI INlbhCai1Eo' 81
Dr' Sdnluel D. foIt o. Hlllcout Oi'S'
Hu, was the next 10 lliueLest tne as-
empty. his SUBJECT was me training
Il an ldlotlc hand Df Fort > paper
vas especlaly interesting from
clelltlllc point OIL Nle"' Ho luao'io
land, ne sald' lackea cohtrol anu was
ither nara ana nexlole OF soIt ana
lappy' NeVerrheless, py Irequent use
4 the Simplest exercises lnucn coulo
Re done TO tram the mana, especially the
anus OF tne cHalu' afchoush 1t was
low palnstaKing WORK.
o. w. Wlnspere OF NeWarK' ~. T.