The Mankato free press., 1922-12-01
Statement of Work Done
During Fiscal Year
BUILT UP FINE RECORD
Population of Institutions; Cost
of Maintaining Them Is
Set Forth

rounding this department OF the
administration.
The board. has complete financial
and general control over seventeen
state institutions, viz: The hospitals
and asylunrs for the insane, School
for the feeble minded, schools for
the blind and deaf, state public
school, training school for boys,
home school for girls, reformatory
for women; prison, sanatarium for
consumptives and the hospital for
cripple children. 1t purchases all
supplies for the various institutions
Of the state including the state un-
iversity and normal schools and the
capitol
During the past two years there
has been marked development in
nearly all lines of work of the Board,
due to the following causes;
The reaction from the stress and
strain OF the war period has had a
stimulating effect on the several
heads Of the organization, who have
shown marked improvement in &C.
onomical management, in construc
c. operation with each other. A
careful perusal OF the detailed op-
erations of each institution will not
only support this claim but will also
show decided improvement in the
morale of all classes of workers"
"One of the most notable develop
ments in the policy of the board
during the past two years has been
the enlargement in every way pos
sible the extension Of industrial
training to all classes of state
charges. Not only is there practical
value to, the state in thus utilizing
these efforts, but the greatest lies in
the Improvement among the ment-
ally and physically deficient"
The deaf and the blind at Fariba ult,
as well as the feebleminded, and the
more recent results at the hospitals
for the insane, are worthy of the
closest study by every reader of this
report.
The work Of the children's bureau,
as shown in much detail elsewhere,
deserves the closest study and un-
stinted support at the hands of the
legislature. This line of works is
both preventive and constructive
and well deserves the hearty CO op-
Grafton it is receiving from child
welfare boards in almost every coun
ty in the state.
Bureau of Research
For the wider and more effective
service of the bureau of research,
which has long been connected with
the school for feeble minded at
Faribault, the offices of the bureau
have been located in the old state
capitol in ST Paul This transfer
has been fn effect since September,
1921, and the results in connection
with reference to the wide field COW
cred by the children's bureau have
been most gratifying.
The several detailed institution
reports that follow contain many
practical recommendations well
worthy the attention of the legisla-
tors and the public as whole. While
it may not be practicable to carry
out many of them at this time, they
are valuable as an index to the in
telligent and progressive attitude of
the several superintendents in study
ing and improving institution meth
ods.
The financial and statistical com
pilations constitute a volume of val =
liable and enlightening information,
well worthy the attention of the
whole people.
Some Personal Mention
The state institutions suffered a
serious loss in the nature of intelli-
gent, sympathetic service by the
deaths of DR.. Arthur J. Gillette,
founder of the Hospital for Crippled
Children in ST. Paul and of DR.. P. A.
Hilbert, who served as a member of
the Board of Control for a little
more than a year.
DR.. Gillette died on March %, 1921,
after = slow decline in health for
two or three years, but he has left Il
lasting monument to his skill and
sympathy in the hospital found ID by
him and given over TO tie iurisdic-
tion of the state.
The death OF Dr. Hilbert occurred
suddenly on September %, 1874, and
while he had served on the Board
but a comparatively short time he
had won the high regard of all who
came in contact with him either
personally or officially. AS one of
the pioneer physicians and surgeons
in the central part of the state he
stood at the head of his profession,
and as member of the State Senate
for four years he made an enviable
record for fair, square and sane per-
formance of his legislative duties.
The death by accident of Senator
w. A. Nolan, for several years, chair
man of the State Board of Visitors,
removed one OIL lu6 IlOSL lIue, ldiE
and consistent friends of the Board
of Control organization. The loss to
the state as whole can Dot be min
imiZed, for he was a representative
citizen in all his relations in life.
Changes In Personnel
The appointment of DIR. A. L.
Caine as superintendent of the state
asylum at Anoka, after several years
of valuable service as it's physician,
followed the acceptance by Super
intendent John Coleman of a posi-
tion on the board Of control in the
latter part of September, 1921. /
Mrs. Fannie Morse, after eleven
years of most effective service in
building up and developing the
Home School for Girls in Sauk Cen
tire, resigned on July s, 1922, to ac-
cept a fattering offer from the direc
tors of the National Training School
for Girls in Washington, d. c.
Population Of Institutions
The total population of all insti-
tutions under the general super
vision of the board on June l, 1922,
was HIPS, as compared with 10,73S
for June 1920, an increase of 600 per
sons during the biennial period. i
The aggregate receipts from all
sources for the biennial period we're
$22, ,65S, ,046.27. Disbursements Sor
all purposes for all institutions, a
cluding those under partial control
of the Stale Board of Control were