West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-10-31
THE STATE SCHOOL
For the Deaf and Blind at Romner.

that is being done by this school Is
impossible to estimate, and we wish
1t could be visited and thoroughly
inspected by every citizen and more
learned of its workings and manage
ment. There are many people who
have but vague idea of the insti =
tuition and the good work done
there.
Many parents with children who
ought to be sent to this school are
ignorant of the conditions of admis-
sion, and afraid to send them for
tear they will not be well treated
and properly cared for. AS a mat.
ter of fact, almost all the children
there Cover three hundred) are much
better treated and cared for than at
home, as but few people are able to
give them as good care and treat
ment as they get there, where the
State is spending thousands Of dol
lars every year in the maintenance
and education of these unfortunate
children, and the large number of
employees there give them the very
best care and attention. Kind, pa
tent and skillful teachers labor with
them for hours each day 10 educate
them, and experts in different trades
try to teach them to be self-support-
ing. One of the best physicians in
the State is employed to render all
necessary medical aid, and well
equipped hospital has just been
opened up, where the sick or Grip
pied will get the very best nursing
and care, much better than any of
them could get at home. They are
well and comfortably clad and
bathed regularly under the super
vision of the Supervisor and Matron,
who look after them at all times,
and fill the place of parents to the
children as nearly as possible.
The Principal and his wife are
very kind to all the pupils there and
treat them as if they were all their
own children, and any employe or
anyone else who would mistreat one
of them, would have the Principal
after them in very short order. So
that no one with an unfortunate
child who is blind or mute, should
hesitate to send it to Romney for
care and instruction at this Institute.
The Vest Virginia Schools for
the 2eaf and the Blind was founded
by an act OF the Legislature passed
March 3, 1870.
All deaf and blind persons in the
State of sound mind and body, be-
tween the ages of eight and twenty
FIVE, are entitled 10 admission free
of charge.
Such as are unable to defray their
own travelling expense will receive
assistance from the School on APP
plication. Under the law, clothing
may be furnished by the School to
pupils not otherwise provided in an
amount not exceeding forty dollars
per annum, and charged to their re-
spective counties.
The term of the School com
mences on the second Wednesday OF
September in each year, and con-
tinues for the space of forty weeks.
The regular term of pupil age is
five years, with such extension OF
time as in the judgment of the
Board, on the recommendation OF
the Principal, may be deemed ad
visable. 1t is desired to give all de-
serving pupils term of ten years,
which is the shortest time in which
can be accomplished the best results.
There are now seven pupils there
from this county, one blind and six
mutes. The former is Charles Wolf,
a young man from about Scotch
Hill. He worked out in the mines
at lrona and hurt one eye with a
pick about year ago, destroying
the sight, and sympathetic affection
caused him to lose the sight of the
other eye, so that the poor fellow i,
now entirely blind, and is at Rom.
ney trying 10 get his education anew
and learn another trade that he car
make living at in his present con
dition. He is a pupil in Miss Laura
MaxwelPs class. and is taking in
structions on the piano and guitar
from Miss Daisy Loeb, the blnc
music teacher. Hc works in tn,
mattress shop and is learning tha
! business.
OF the mutes, Miss Grace Sho
walter, niece Of Or. Showalter
lately Of Kirgwood, lives over neat
Independence, and is a bright younl
lady. She visited here in Kingwooc
this summer while home on yaca
ton. Another handsome girl is Miss
Hannah Lovenstein, daughter OIL
| David Lovenstein, who used to live