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Show SUBNORMAL PRESENT PROBLEM TO STATE Special Dispatch) SALT LAKE. I-b 21. "The big problem not only in 1'tah but In every ev-ery state of th Union, at present, is that of the physically and mentally subnormal." declared Dr. Heber J. v' irs head of the department of hy- jriene at the University i" Utah after! his return from a two-month trip to I California and the Hawaiian Islands. While on his trip, Dr Sears sp nt large part of his time studying the subnormal as well as conditions of leprosy and special work of the hygiene hy-giene of the school child. He spent two weeks in California and a month and a half In the Hawaiian Islands. rlr Vr.n rr. lm n nn. ,..r.l. I . . odn for bringing the subnormal child op to normal and providing educational education-al facilities for those who arc elthor super-normal or sub-normal- Som of the physical defects that are holding hold-ing the chlldn n back in their school work are such diseases as Infected tonsils ami adenoids and bad eyesight Special attention must also bo paid to the subnormal mentally, ho said Th y should be given special training bji each state. |