Little Falls herald., 1914-10-02
THE STATE BOARD Of CONTROL
BULLETIN NO. 3-FARIBAULT IN
sT1TUT1oN-scHOoL FOR
FEEBLE MINDED

Resume of the Operations Of the In
stitutions under the State Board Of
Control for the Biennial Period end
ing July 81, 1914.
One of the most populous state institu-
tions is the Minnesota school for. feeble
minded and colony for epileptics located
On August 1st last the school for the
feeble minded had population OF 1924,
the year ending with that month the
total registrations We're, 17ol: During ring
the peri3d 3a fr9m July we've a. % sd
nitted,. 179 discharged or dropped, ana ana
al died. The average attendance at the
school for that period was l,4I2.
BILE minded, 1,s4s persons are hstsd Iss ana
in the department of epileptics 22s
The present nominal capacity tyyofat6e Of tine
Of the new colony building the capacity
viii be increased to 1900. That the lat
ter figure will be soon reached is eVl,
new admissions are made continually;
Those committed to the school for the
feeble minded constitute one OF the Dig
las. Retarded growth is responsible for
many of the detectives in the school
and the work of those in charge is ne
fssr5A Every effort fort is is directed at making as
many of the pupils self-supporting as
possible, and large degree ot success
has attended these efforts OF the super
In their search for the causes Of men.
tai deficiency the officers OF the schooi
have mTeh G T5nt the Great
majority of cases of mental deficiency
are OF hereditary orgin1; og1 In ms, ms con- nf
1sctoh oh$ren % fae5 All Of wtsh tha latter a wards
of the state, were studied. From a study
OF these families data was ns colleeded lf1ded
7nowns neDyon or 60 s0iat times 1t as many as
rrepreseuted in the institutions.
In all SO,276 individuals We're charted.
about bo 'i half sei that number. Those investi-
gated were listed as follows, Normal. aa1.
541; feeble minded 14o; zs spllepf!1c;; ep!ne sis
An epidemic Of mumps gave the in
stitution officers a bad scare last year,
but it W vas duGKS to the
school and in two weeks PSI cases de-
veloped. Typhoid fever also made its
snce snt te then 5ns all nass have
been vaccinated against this disease.
, Much in the line of improvements ana
new work has been done at me & schGol i'ol
ciude the fireproofing and plumbing OF
the south tower Of the main bulldlng, 1lg,
rewriting all the old bulldlnss snd ana s;dat ,l.s
walks A number Of minor new bulld-
ings are also in course Of constructlon.
Ss One tranng a as St III pap
are trained in various INES and the ma
iority of them become quite prohcleil!.
The exhibits of school work from ::1s
reputation. The exhibit at the state
fair from this school received Special
SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND THE
The state board of control has on:y
financial owe over ha the bnG the
management of the two being in the
hands of a board OF trustees. However,
the board is Just as much en- cqhceenea hcee re- fn
those itutions under it's direct
charge. and their interests are just as
carefully guarded ,aoo+oa .+
Faribault, while under, one noard oar +tod od
school for the blind being fully "a me ihe
deaf. In a measure these two schools
are among the oldest of the states in,
stitu1ions,- they having been estaohsneo
in 1863 and 1866 respectively.
is about 400, the school for the deaf hay
ing the largest number of pupils Inc
enrolment for the latter vas sch9S go la an in
crease of only two over the previous
year During the ifty-one ,yssa ysssaars s,,tias the
school has gyen IN these
At the, the school for the blind there were
sear " a'efoiIS Of 1sis314' s. pupils Of whom 81
were boys and 20 girls. During the pre-
vious school var me number OF pupils
school course sun1n1Ar school sessions
were. conducted Taich We're ATTENDED
49, occuPPATdoNs P; So1;1R FOB feI PUPfds 35d hind
are limited, they being confined mainly
to training in music and piano tuning.
In the case of the latter the blind he-
trial building which is now in course of
construction has been especially .plann..
ed with reference to the lat latter line 60! of
the occupations are most varied and
some of them are of considerable profit
to the institution. These occupations in
sewing, shoe making and sloyd.. Work
done by the pupils during the bi-annual
ps1G9 Ef5Ssd ASD IN sehGf 9ssF!y
Both schools have received extensive
additions and improvements during the
last two years AMI all of them them of ;,,,
provements the fire hazard has been up
permost in the minds Of those in charge
and all work done has been with view
to reducing it to, the minimum. This
sctool for the. blind. the inmates OF
sont %a e prcscto asafe e this sesee
the fire escapes are Of special pattern
and are designed to empty the buildings
quickly and without special effort on the
part of the pupils. They are all of the
toboggan style.
Just now the entire school for the
blind is undergoing remodelng with
extensive additions in the shape of new
wings and building. and the complete
f'reproofing of the old structures
This year the schos- for the deaf has
a new administration and dormitory
building for girls, built by the board of
control at a cost OF s16S.64S: 1t is fire
proof throughout and has added consid-
erably to the schools facilities. Pupils
in the school for the deaf enter at the
age. Of eight and the industrial training
which is a feature of that institution
begins with that year. Both boys and
girls are taught sewing on first entering
the school and then follow occupations
a1d trades best suited to their physical
and mental fitness. Every graduate is
sent out well-equipped to cope with the
world and earn his or her livelihood
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