Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15
SCHOOLS FOR LAME
WILL Be READY FOR
STUDENTSBY NOV. |
Physiotherapist for Each Is
Named by District Com
miSSionerS.
SPECIAL FURNITURE
SOON TO BE DELIVERED
Crippled Pupils to Be Brought to
Glasses and Returned to
Homes in Buses.

The administrative plan under which
the District of Columbia's two public
schools for crippled children will be
operated is virtually completed. An
health department officials indicated
that both institutions would be ready to
receive their pupils November /.
The appointment of Miss Helen N.
Moore as physiotherapist at the white
crippled children'S school, to be eStab-
lished in the Weightman Building at
Twenty-third and M streets, and that
of Mrs. Edith c. Minard as physiothera-
pist for the colored school for crippleS
In the Magruder Building, near Seven
tenth and M streets, were announced
officer, today. Miss Moore and Mrs.
Minard, both Washington women, were
recommended for their respective posi-
tons by the health office, and their ap-
pointments were made by the Com
missioners.
Bus Plans Completed.
At the same time Mai r. o. Will
marth, assistant superintendent of
schools, in charge of business affairs,
declared that the manufacturers from
ture for the use of the little crippleS had
guaranteed delivery in time for the in
Stallation Of the equipment before No
vember !. He announced also that
plans for the transportation by bus Of
the crippled children had been COM
pleted and the contracts for service,
which will approximate taxicab delivery
of the youngsters directly from their
homes to their schools and return, had
been signed.
Robert l.. Haycock, assistant superin-
tendent in charge of elementary schools,
outlined the school day which will be
framed for the education and treatment
of the handicapped children.
According to Maj. Wilmarth, the two
schools will be equipped with special
furniture in addition to the regular
classroom fitments. Fifteen special
chairs which will permit the attachment
OF limb supports and pads to fit the
possible abnormal contours Of crippled
boys and girls, and IS combination
desks and chairs equipped with swivel
seats and permitting the convenient use
OF various rests are among the pieces
Of furniture to be delivered. The order
Will include several wheel chairs for use
in the two schools and several cots.
Seven Buses to Be Used.
Seven buses will be used daily in the
transportation Of the crippled pupils.
Four of these will be assigned to the
white pupils covering a route of ap-
proximately 80 miles each morning and
afternoon trip. The remaining three
buses will carry the colored children,
traversing almost % miles each morn
ing and each afternoon. The schedules
are arranged so that no child will be
on bus more than As minutes. The
children will be called for at their re-
spective homes In time for delivery to
their schools by $3.50 O'Clock, and the
home-bound trips will begin at 3 O'Clock.
Inc school day, Mr.. Haycock explain
ed, VIII be programmed to suit the
needs OF each child, so that individual
attention will be accorded the pupils.
Rest periods will be provided according
TO the specific requirements and the
cots will be provided for this purpose.
1t Is planned at present to have the
ratio OF academic work to such activi-
ties as drawing and music planned by
the teachers in charge as they become
acquainted with their classes. The
crippled pupils, it has been decided, will
be afforded a full elementary school
course.
To Name Faculty.
Although the actual enrollments in
II.
Haycock said today that every indica-
ton pointed to number of children in
each school sufficient to warrant the es-
adjustment OF two sections in each
building. Thus four teachers would be
required to instruct the classes, which
would be halved according to the ages
OF the children. Commenting upon the
teaching personnel problem, Mr.. Hay
cock said there would be no difficulty in
getting teachers to work with the little
cr1ppleS. Already several instructors
now In the school system have applied
for the positions, he explained, and
added that the teachers probably will be
drawn from among these persons.
The plan of treatment and the ex-
tent to which the authorities will en-
deavor to carry 1t, is in the hands of
the District health Office. DIR. Fowler
said today that system by which the
family physicians of the pupils will be
brought into consultation with the
health Office staff doctor now Is under
discussion and probably will be adopted.
This plan does not contemplate the
family physicians personal attendance
at the school, but involves the exchange
of professional opinions between the
school medical man and the outside
doctor.
Physiotherapy. augmented later by
hydrotherapy and violet-ray course,
probably will constitute the major
treatment program set up for the pupils
OF the schools. Miss Moore and Mrs.
Minard, the physiotherapists, have not
yet been sworn in, but they will enter
office with the opening of the schools.