The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
INSTITUTE Is
D1e SECOND BEST
ri ENTIRE COUNTRY
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m the ordinary fneaI ono opl'lns ~
|o first-elass hotel.
For breakfast ! had coffee. buttefed
.ytoast, blackberry Jam, fried potatoes
md a few other dishes. For dinner
~ had meat loaf pinto beans, potatoes.
Inlgiavy, bread and butter, coffee and all
althe other trimming
Eii | made it 4 special point 20 inquire
Into whether the same kinds OF food
Mefc served to inmates DR.. Kendall
tlund DR. McInnis took me for tour
TIC. all the Kitchens, there is one m
each OF the dormi,ory buildings, The
mn itchens were .splendidly equipped
lwiih aluminium Cooking utensils, the
table, were spotlcsSly clean, and the
tableware was all that could be
asked.
k Food Quality Good
| Doctor Kendall lifted the lids from
"a number oi pots ~ which food was
rcooking II was exactly the same
Kind and quality as that served 10 me
"a. the employees tables. Employees do
the cooking. but they ate assisted BY
inmates Inmate, IN most instances
Ido Inc washing OF di,hc, and other
isimilar work.
n Many oi the inmates have 90 he fed,
isince their mentality IS $40 low that
khey are not able to assist them
'sclycs IN even this most elementary
thing
Practically al the work Of the in
.s,ituton j, Zone 10y inmates super
,Niscd by attendants Shortly alter !
,fwolc on the morning after my arrly.
ial. watched imhccilcs delivering
supplies from Placement under my
window to the various building
frherc are only four men attcnlau,'
on the ground One IS tho cngnccr
i0ne is a laundryman one IS a barber
land another IS a Carpcwcr
Doctor Kendall while taking me OF
lfhc tour OF the farm showed me
iditch which inmates were digging
This ditch was 10 hold sewer. tn,
Glitch. so lar as could sec, woul'
have been a credit tu any normal
ditch digger Its side, were straight
and true. and the dirt was piled neat.
T. along ono side IN the most ap'
proved fashion
A number ot children inmates were
,wa,ching the progress ot the work
one of whom vl, little Freddie Cupf
-,b,. I;,,Ic hind how who sang "Hol,
jN;cb, c;lcn, N,glt" for me ,1 beau
l,;tnllv and of whom spoke in the
preceding article.
The State School for Feeble
Minded is entirely the work OF
the head aud hand OF Doctor
Kendall lie planned the huiid-
ings' inc g'ou"us' anu ,,. ~, H.
P'oven,en' " w. ~. .I,n"
ne ,u,N E,,"' ~, !" ~ " ,na,n
na' '"s ,'"D'' o.
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0'i'eu'
One uYiop. rc.igrc Of Doctor Kcr
dalr, Ic.itpir. i. double scrcc
for All window, This IS 10 prcycr
;,ser,, from entering the room, ,
which thc imtcn,, are kept Man
inmates will eat insect, ii given a
oppor,uni,y.
There are no uniforms on Nh
orounds. except those OF the attend
ants who dress IN white. The chill
drrn are dressed in ordinary cloth
inc furnished bv the counties iro-
which they come. In case an in
ma,e's clothing wears out and II
more is available, the management {
The institution buys more and send
the bill to the inmates home count,
All these bills are scrupulously paid
No Fence Around Place.
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