The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
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lutlons OF thanks were seconded in
most graceful manner by Mr.. Edward
P. Wentworth, OF Maine; Mr.. George l..
sehon. OF Kentucky. and Mr.. Amos w.
Butler, of Indiana, after which the
general resolution Of thanks was
adopted with enthusiasm
Mr.. r. S. Tuck. secretary of the local
committee OF arrangements was called
on to respond and was received with
great applause. all present approaching
his untiring efforts to make the con-
ference successful In every detail.
MIR. Tuck expressed the belief that
the people of Richmond had learned
more about their own institutions and
the manner of their administration
than they had ever known before. and
that the influence of the conference
would he far reaching.
Vice President Cushing nf San Fran
cisco, introduced President Elect Bck-
nell as the man who, while the ashes
of San Francisco were still hot on the
ground, had given up his business in
Chicago and gone West to take the
leadership in the relief work. Presi-
dent Bicknell went forward amid long
continued applause In his concluding
remarks Nice-Presldent Cushing made
a happy allusion to the charity we
have learned, the correction we have
received in many of our preconceived
ideas and the faith and hope we have
accumulated" expressing finally the
thanks of the convention to the people
I of Virginia.
The Rev. Mr.. Forsyth. rector Of st.
Paurs closed the convention with some
brief words of farewell and the ben
ediction.
Discussion of Papers.
4 The general topic for the evening
session was the treatment of detectives
] the first paper being read by Mrs. M
g. Dunphy, superintendent of children's
| hospitals. Randalls Island, New York
| Mrs. Dunphy said that much might BIZ
done for the feeble minded child If he
We're taken early in life, and that by
proper methods he might even become
/ self-supportng and comparati lively eff.
fic!ent and reliant. as long as kept ii
association with his mental equals. One
should not demand of him the same
mental poise as that of the norma
4 individual. She held that there SHOULD
be segregation of all feeble minded
or backward children in schools suited
to their needs and that the training
there should be on a definite, practica
basis, Only in childhoor Is Their,
i much hope of development of the men
tally Deficient said Mrs. Dunphy
/, There mental growth is not q life
long process, ar In the case of tn
. normal child. Therefore every momen
of mental receptivity must be utalized
'.In the deficient child the moral in
4 stinct Is almost always lacking, Ever
!, in the home life they are menace Il
1.-THE community Typical normal chill
, tren should not be thrown in schoo
or in play with the defective child
81 Systematic exercise, preferably the nat
: ura sports and games of childhood
{ such as running, swimming and bal
,tserve to develop in the defective tn
? idea of fair play and self-control, eve
Las they do IN lesser sense with thu
t normal child, All mental work Shout
!; be OF short duration. and coupled wit
|, manual training as in the case of rest
less. nervous children The defectiy
child rs beyond the skill of medicine
No surgeon can supply the missing
brain. But the weak brain can b
y stimulated and developed to the hes
: that is in 1t by careful and persisten
: effort
Need In Virginia.
Y Mr.. Edward X, Johnstone, superlll
Il tendent Of the New Jersey Institutio