Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-10
AGAIN URGE Care
OF FEEBLE AADED
Social Service Club Members
Hear Authorities Dis
cuss the Subject
KEEPING UP HOPE
or STATE SUPPORT

Addfo--.. boo iae interests OF securing
hrtr eu.al i'w ieole-mnded
1i nis SIND. rf.n tu ih regular mcct
nt th.l ~'IlN' inp 100 innn"
l.U A-. rrrafa-. ~ ,aadu johnson
a4 uiii Da lv suJrei 90 iecple-
afti.is sH- ~flira s.. pNmcr. clair
in.n che lr.is cupmi--io. on the
SCI is.f.irtlra. irn Nas appointed
81 ,.ll m Doyonor Ntlrs' 3D. hnrle7
IS NegIer ~iHt, lamuia-iD rg ul odn-
all. Nlr irck -pu -ul cIintcndcul OF
al, Delaware industrial school tor
CiN Hf t.f,fHont. and bs. Miilinm IT,
kine fr. % mcmbtr cd Che commission,
Nnn iir -,tukcr,.
aci add showed tac pressing
rccd for ate provision for The
ftrhic-mlepd 81 po aware. Mr. john
eta raid ,hgt Doc did NOT approve OF
CO onn1 b i-rni school subjects and
tfa feeble minded in the same 'nsitu-
TOM az ihe Two classes arc separate.
Jooae y. reu presided az the meet
ir
Mru ncemcris address was IN part
follows.
"lu Delaware. as in many Of the
S1frs there has been during the
D. fcH years, an awakening TO the
n,ci FOR state care for the Feeble
mnlcd
in order hat The growing interest
81 he subject I'm Delaware might have
tcfiuifc aad INTEL gent direction in
September. the Governor appointed a
number OF our puhnc-spirited citizens,
mon ana women, 10 serve as COM
~ sion for the Feehie-miuded OF Del
aware. with a view Of having this
commission familiarize itself with the
needs OF the State In regard TO the
fecble-minded. and 10 suggest what
should be done for them. While this
commission is an unofficial ono. the
members serving wholly from sense
OF civic duty and because OF their in
tercst in the subject, still its work
should be OF vast Importance TO the
State
Delaware has not made provision
fer ils feeble minded. except for the
few childrenl2 i'm number-now
boarded ri state expense at the Penn
Rylvania Institution for the Feeble
Minded at Elwyn
"During the past year two Depart
mcnts OF the National Government
the Childrens Bureau OF the Depart
mont of labor aud United States
inscstigat 'ons OF the situation In Del
aware as regards The number OF the
fcehie-minded. and the conditions
surrounding them. The evidence the
iiyestigat ions present as to the fear
III results OF on past neglect, and
t,c terrific social menace of these
people. lead me 10 call your attention
a. the subject as one demanding y)uI
consideration.
II believe that we should lose nc
more time but that at this present
acss on OF the Legislature the lnitia
steps should be taken for the estah
l'shmcni by our state Of an institu
ton FOR the custody and training O
all Predetermined persons whose pres
ence In orr several communities Is
menace TO tie welfare Of the State
THE commission viii report az al
early datc The facts concerning on
-h'c-mindcd population, so far M
tffI have been able 10 learn them. to
rclher with their recommendations 70
meeting the situation
There arc numbers OF these peo
pie now confined in our reformator
and charitable institutions Wher
their presence interferes seriousl
with Tho care and treatment OF thos
for whom those institutions were de
signed There are numbers also. no
under care. who are contributing an
perpetuating a defective element q
our population. an element which. I'm
restrained viii ultimately tax the re
sources OF the State 10 safeguard an
control
eve owe &C 10 ourselves and 10 n
turc generations 10 guard against "a
porpotoF ion OF these detectives. an
THIS can be dcne only through Stat
care and custody.
J have been asked rs 10 thu polio
% thc COMMISSION in regard 10
80 for th' Establishment Of an n
s'ituuion for The fceble-minded
N seems nadeisable for the con
mission ar this time, to take its ey,
of The main purpose. viz. the arou
ing OF the citizens OF Delaware TO n
urgent need for state provision r,
those defective persons. who are no.
because OF the lack OF such prov
sion. a mena2e TO the present and Z
tnre welfare Of the State. To dscu
location 81 the institution before Il
people and Legislature Of the Sta
are convinced Of the urgent need Z
81 is, ii, 10 introduce questions Ov
which there may well be diiferen
OF opinion. Controversial matte
should b. avoided. IL possible-esp
ciaily so when they are of seconda
importance. n favorable action :
an institution is secured during q
present session q the Legislator
The work n the commission viii ha'
home the fruit for which IL has
earnestly iabored
IT would senn hest 10 lcara II