Show STATE NEWS NEW CLOSING EXERCISES AT STATE SCHOOL Pupils at Institute for Feeble FeebleMinded FeebleMinded FeebleMinded Minded Give Exhibit of Their Training Special to The Herald l Provo Jul July 26 Many Many people attended the closing exercises of ot the School forthe for tor forthe the minded Feeble last night After tho the work of ot the children had been shown the tho visitors were con conducted to the large largo assembly bly room where the children chil chil- dren under the direction of ot Mrs Ida Smoot Dusenberry gave a program to demonstrate the tho methods of ot teaching thc they were being given Songs duets recitations and a play Little Men were gl given glen en Superintendent Calder explained different dif dif dif- ferent lerent conditions surrounding th these theo 8 schools and tim tho progress the children are making In discussing the tho trainIng trainIng training train- train Ing of ot the minded feeble-minded In this state ho he said Bald It has now been three years since the first systematic effort to Improve the mentally deficient children has been made in this state Wo We had advocated for tor several years previous to this time the Importance and almost the necessity of or the state making somo some provision for this class of ot unfortunates They finally succeeded In getting through the Legislature an act amendIng amending amending amend amend- I ing the law relating to the state te mental mental men men- tal hospital hospitalS permitting the state to care for tor a limited number of ot the feebleminded feebleminded feeble feeble- minded and md non Insane epileptics Immediately upon the passage of ot this act preparations wore begun for tor forthe forthe the reception of ot cases of ot this type and within six months' months time we had bad sufficient suf sut- cases to warrant experimental wor work The organization of ot the educational department was completed The children were ere ere- examined by b the medical officers classified and entered tho the kindergarten kindergarten kin kin- classes Tho They have progressed pro pro- gressed step by step through the primary primary mar mary and grade work art needlework and manual training the tho results of ot which you OU have seen or will x see 6 e before leaving |