The diamond drill., 1920-05-29
A Pies for Correlation.



OF less talent in order 20 place men
more on a plane OF equality. And, so
! agencies have been added as the
years went by and experience dictated
their institution, all designed TO sup
ply the. deficiencies In human nature.
20 overcome the personal equation
that must be successfully worked out
between the.natural ability OF the Gre
ated being and a successful passage
along iifeis pathway.
Yet. with all the aids we have in
stituted 10 help man 70 successfully
plow the furrow OF life through TO
the end we find that many are tagging
The causes are many, too many TO
attempt an enumeration OF here.
Some become the derelicts OF an ex-
acting and rapacious industrial sys-
tenn and are cast up on the reef aban-
doned until rescued and refitted for
another attempt at the voyage. 9th
ers are handicapped at the start and
never have any show TO make goal,
and so on down the list.
IL became clear tos the founders
that some sort OF a paternal system
should be instituted 10 care for the
classes mentioned and there was es-
tablished the aims system, copied
from the English, the first attempt
at state eleemoysnary work. Then,
as research showed the way. the doc
trine that industry should sustain its
own victims came into vogue. This Is
of comparatively recent institution
but IL promises TO be greatly expanded
upon in future years. Principal a.
mong it's issue is the industrial acci-
dent law and, slowly but surely OF
eventual friction. the old age pen
sion laws. These and similar relief
measures are the result OF the evoiu-
ton in the industrial advancement
upon which our present civilization
Is founded IL IL these safety valves
that spell the continuance and event
ually the perfecting OF our present
system Without them IL is doubtful II
we could continue along the lines laid
down by our forefathers when they
established the doctrine that all men
are created equal II is through these
relief valves that we must look for the
steadying OF the unrest and strife
that Is in evidence in our industrial
and economic world today.
However, our chief consideration
Is OF those who are from the start lia-
bilities on our body polite, those who
are clear liabilities. who have no ere
dts. theoretically or potentially stor-
ed up 10 counterbalance their claim
for public aid--the mentally and ply
sically unfit. Two agencies are at
hand 10 care for them under public
control-the institutions and activities
for the sub-normal for the one and
the local. county and state aid agen-
cies for the other.
II Is these agencies that / would
discuss at length and in the conduct
and development OF which l would
suggest a plan for greater correla-
ton than has been evidenced In the
past
The first attempts in the United |
states TO separate the mentally de- |
ncient from the entire srist of depeu- |
uahts was made In the eastern states
ABOUT 80 years ago. The name OF
Dorothea l.. Dix is closely associated
with the movement which resulted
N the establishment OF institutions
or the insane under either state or
,ounty supervision. The new state
d michigan took up the question first
1913 when the governor addressed
message TO the legislature calling
'ttention 10 the condition OF the in
ane which was pitiable beyond des-
'rlption. Some were kept chained in
'ellars or attics while the less vic
Gus were allowed TO roam about the
After ten years OF planning and
'uilding the first insane institution
vas opened in Kalamazoo. the oIdes,
no largest In point OF population I'm
ne state. In 1875 the insane popula-
ION increased 20 such extent that a
econd institution was provided m
'ontiac 10 serve the district OF East
rn Michigan. The plan established
vas that OF institutions serving dir
rent districts and when the northern
art or the state commenced 10 grow
2 population third institution was
ocated at Traverse City TO care for
II OF the northern part OF the state.
1894 The Newberry institution was
pened to care for the insane OF the
pper peninsula.
Under the scientific management
1stituted by the joint board OF trus-
ses there has been a Sitting OF men
Ally deficient. The feeble inde-
endent institution was located az
llnded were separated and an inde-
endent institution established M
apeer TO care for such dependents.
Later an institute for the epleptic
as established az Wajamega where
lat class OF dependents Is being car
! for. This institution Is or very
scent building.
The experience OF the state with
sane patients lead the Joint board
trustees TO demand some method OF
lserving and studying insanity 80
at knowledge OF the disease and its
ore efficient handling might be OBJ
ined. This lead TO the institution
Ann Arbor. in connection with the
niversity OF Michigan. of a Psyche