Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-30
kline IS HONE AGAIN.
Member Of Board Of Control Tells Of
National Charities and Correc.
lions Meetings.
Dr. Powell. of Glenwood, Reads an
Able Paper-M Many Interest.
ing Topics.
Michigan Delegates Come to Iowa
to Visit Institutions Other
News.

Des Moines, May S0-Judge L. G.
Kline of the state board of control,
returned yesterday from Kansas, where
he has been attending the annual
meeting Of the. National Conference of
Charities and Corrections. Judge
Kline attended as a delegate from the
Iowa board of control, and was greatly
pleased With the meeting and its re-
suits. The meeting was attended by
representatives of nearly all the
states in the union, as We'll as by sew.
eral gentlemen from Cuba. Among
these latter was one man who had been
surgeon generalsof the Cuban army be-
fore the Spanish-American war, and
who is now in charge of large or
pfanage in Havana. Many able and in-
teresting papers We're presented to the
gathering and the discussions Ware of
great interest and value, participated
in as they We're by the most expert men
in various departments. DIR. F. Nj. Pow
ell, superintendent of the Glenwood
institution for feeble minded children,
read a paper which was among the
most valuable. Ii related to the care
of epileptics and in it the writer devot-
ed a good deal of attention to the ques-
ton of educating backward children,
not those who are actually deficient,
but the ones whose intellectual devel-
opment is slow, and who reach matur-
ity late. Out of his own extensive eX
perience, as We'll as from the records of
presented a discussion of the subject
Which aroused the greatest interest and
was debated long and earnestly.
The conference was attended by dele
cations from Davenport, Council
Bluffs, Des Meines ana Burlington.
The Iowa people visited the Kansas in
sane asylum near Topeka and the Kan
sas industrial school for boys also near
the state capital. The Haskell institut,
for the education of Indian children
was also visited and inspected with
much interest 1t is doing an extensive
and successful work. The young
aborigines are educated in both manual
and literary courses. ON the Way homs
Judge Kline visited the government
soldiers home at Leavenwor,n, of
Which DR.. Hull. formerly of Das
Moines, is in charge as chief surgeon.
He has most desirable position pros
lfessioIlallE and otherwise.
Judge Kline and DIR. Powell also
visited the Missouri lunatic asylum a;
st. Joseph and from there came on Il
| Clarinda 10 attend the graduation ex-
ercises of the training school fol
nurses. Thirteen graduates We're giNer
4 diplomas. DIR. Werden Of the stat,
| board OF charities and corrections o.
-dicnigan accompanied the Iowa mer
| to Clarinda. On the way there Judge
| Kline promised to SHOW him. after the,
reached Iowa. the feanest. best ar
ranged, best ventilated. best located in.
sane hospital in the union. and after ii,
II had made thorough inspection of thu
/ flarinda hospital DIR. WerGen almittes
that ii was the best ne had thus lfaI
seer. Judge Kline inclines to the opin.
lion that even after the Cherokee asy,
1 lum is completed it Will hardly outranl
that at Clariilda. which he consider!
4 1.-THE best in several respects of arrange
4 iaent and plans. Dr. Werden is travel
ling in the west With a commission fron
\ the governor of Michigan to visit insti
jtutions. and will bcin Dies Moines Wit
i his Wife probably today to inspect TIL
4 work and plans of the board of control
study the law and so With members Q
the board to see the Marshalltown an
sldora Institutions. He is greatly i'm
pressed With the Iowa institution pla
and is DESTROYS of acquainting himsei
7 fully with it.