Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-06-17
HOLD CONVENTION
IN CITY
ASYLUM TRUSTEES SUPER.
INTENDENTS AND MA
TRONS MEET HERE
Convention Attended by Delegates
From Practically Every Asylum For
Chronic Insane i'm State-Elect Of
ficers Entertainments

The annual convention of the AS
sociation of Trustees, Superintendents
and Matrons of County Asylums for
the Chronic Insane of Wisconsin was
held in Wausau on Tuesday evening,
Wednesday and Thursday of last week,
June 10, IL and 18th, and was attend
led by representatives of practically
every institution of the kind in the
state.
On Thursday morning, earlier than
had been Intended, it was decided to
end the meetings of the convention
and officers of the association for the
coming year were elected as follows:
H. j. Prien, Verona, Wis, president;
Mrs. E. E. Manuel, Winnebago, vice
president; George Fl. Seely, Menomi-
nee, treasurer; r. M. Smith, Peshtigo,
secretary; and Mrs. H. w. Lewis, Ra-
cine, assistant secretary.
Some very interesting papers were
given by persons who are considered
| authorities on county asylums. Selmer
| Neprud, superintendent of the Vernon
lCounty asylum, at Viroqua, spoke on
Wednesday morning on "Care of Live
stock on Asylum Farms" Mrs. j. M.
McKivergin, who was to have deliver
ed an address Tuesday evening, spoke
on "The Heart of Humanity" Wednes-
| day morning. On Tuesday evening,
John l.. Sell mayor, greeted the con-
vention welcoming it to Wausau. Mrs
McKivergin, declared that most pa
tients in asylums were nothing but
children and should never be treated
as anything else. AS a child needs
patience and kindness, so do these
people. Kindness will bring out the
best in the patients and if there is
any Improvement, this is the only
method"
| Mrs. Voight, matron. of Jefferson
County asylum, spoke on what
Should Be the Social Relation of Sup
erintenden, Matron and Trustees of
County Asylums? ?" The speaker de-
clared that there must be the utmost
cooperation between these and that
the trustees must, to obtain the best
results, place an implicit confidence
in the superintendent and matron. c.
A. BudlOng, Inspector of Marinette,
concluded the morning program by
speaking ON Recommendation for
Betterment of County Institutions -
He said that the superintendent and
stitution wherever it was, and that
their appointment should be entirely
Iremoved from politics. He suggested
that it be a law that superintendent
or matrons could not be removed from
office except by the consent of the
state board of control. This would
make it impossible to remove them
merely for a political reason. In
efficiency would be the only reason
and that would have to be proved.
Wednesday afternoon the delegates
were delightfully."- entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Duncan, superintend-
ent and matron of the Marathon
County asylum. They were first given
an automobile drive about the city
The latter part of the afternoon con-
lvention delegates motored to Roths-
child park where picnic lunch was
served, the entire group being the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Duncan
The larger proportion attended the
Rothschild park Victory" dance thai
evening.
o. E. Roessler of jefferson, con.
Quoted a discussion Thursday morning
ion the question of whether the county
asylum superintendent should be the
purchasing agent for the tuberculosis
sanatorium if there is one. Mara
thon county is one of the few counties
in the state in which an asylum trus
tee cannot serve a second term. 1
was decided to draw up a resolution
protesting the idea that a trustee cal
not succeed himself If he has rend
cred valuable counsel to the institu
ton, it was declared unfair both tt
the man and to the county, that h
should not be permitted to serv,
further. ID. c. Hayward, superintend
] ent of the Waupaca County asylum
spoke on ''Tiling," giving his expert
ences. Thursday Afternoon the dele
gates visited Rib View sanatoriun
many of them praising. the institution
and declaring it to be one of the fines
Of its kind they had seen.
In honor of the convention guest
a band concert was arranged Thursda,