Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-07-07

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were formerly housed with the deaf
children and all were under the direc-
ton of the superintendent of the
State School for Defective Youth.
This school was established on Feb
ruary 3, 1886, and was under the
management of a board of trustees
and did not come under the jurisdic-
ton Of the board of control until Oc-
tober l, 1900.
At that time Ernest Lister, now
governor, was chairman of the board
Of control, and he recommended to
the 1903 legislature that the feeble
minded children be established at
another point and that the blind
children be segregated from the deaf
and that the former be given the
quarters then used by the feeble
minded. This board further recon-
mended that the name of the school
be "The State School for the Deaf
and Blind" The recommendation
was not followed at that session, but
after being again recommended by
another board the 1905 legislature
adopted it.
In the September, 1902, report
there were but IA blind children in
attendance at the school, and one
teacher was all that was required for
the instruction of these. In the 1904
report this attendance had increased
to 90.
Owing to the fact that the state of
provision for the care of it's deaf and
blind, there were number of Idaho
children in the Washington institu
ton. The sum charged, the state of
Idaho was 5000 for each child for
the school term, and they received
the same care and attention as those
of this state.
While the law transferring the
feeble minded children elsewhere was
passed in 1906, the buildings were
not completed at the new location SO
that the transfer could not take place
until May, 1905. Immediately the
blind children were removed to the
buildings vacated, and there was to
all intents and purposes a separate
blind school and a separate deaf
school, although under the same man
agement and classed as 1.-THE State
School for the Deaf and Blind"
At the time of the transfer the
population of the blind school had
grown to 81, 16 Of whom had become
afflicted with blindness at the age of
one year or less. Two years later. or
at the beginning Of the 1908 term,
the number of students had in
creased to 81.
Schools Separated in 1909.
The 1909 legislature was request
ed by the board to separate the two
schools, and that one be known as
the school for the deaf and the other
to be known as the school for the
blind. The reason for this request
was that the schools had both grown
80 rapidly in population that 1t re-
ouired one superintendent to look
after the deaf and one to look after
the blind. Dating from this recon-
mendation the two schools were con-
Quoted separately, although the law
dividing them was not passed until
the 1918 session of the legislature.
In September, 1913, w. B. Hail.
superintendent of the Kansas State
School for the Blind, was induced to
come to this state and become the
head of this institution. Mr.. Hall
was one of the foremost men in the
work in the United States, and it was
a great loss to the school and to the
state when he passed away last fall
His widow, who had been his valu-
able melpmate throughout his life's
work, was Immediately appointed TO
succeed him and she is now the SUI
perintendent of this institution.
In a tribute paid to the memory or
Mr.. Hall, the first superintendent OF