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Show Whv Many Orphans Never Succeed in Life Dr Mlnas 3 Gregory Director of the Psychopathic Departmert of Bellevuo Hospital WATCH the course of tie orpian who has been brought up In a home for foundlings or a school &r orphans and you will e" that rarely foes he "turn out well. He may not be- oaie a menace to socity but as a rule is of no help to it He is of negative "re He stands for nothing He Is a jitter He is not a creator and he is Eiely to become a parasite Tiif?8 rea!011 tor Oils is that he has g-own P in some school remote from the cen of civilization, where 1 f is simple "Tiring he does he does as a matter of orae because It Is the rule He is part "fa mass. He Is a tiny bit In a machine lng ' ma4e eaaT for nun He does notning of his 0wn initiative. I repeat pi. ls tlmlIe v S that boy into the ci y wnere life e many demands upon him whe 9 " & complex and he fails Positive na-ares na-ares triumph among such odds - - A" The orphan ls not hopeless because ot bis heredity That may be the very best It Is his environment that has been at fault All orphan asylums shoujd be built In the heart of a great city They should be merely homes boarding places where tie children live But they should be sent to public- schools They should have the education of contact Thej should learn to fight the big bully instead of running to file a complaint with the institution against him to be acted upon at the next board meeting This applies not only to orphans but to children who are on the border line or have crossed a considerable distance on the other side of feeble mlndedness The feeble mind can be strengthened but the place to strengthen It ls not in the country but In the cit Weak wits are strength ened by contact with stronger ones Homes and schools tor the feeble-minded should be In th mid it of great cities not even on their edEe The unfortunates should need & sUmu us of the Noughts and actions of others The quiet of the remote country is for the incurable insane wio need to be soothed The Scotch practice of treating the mild ly insane has much to recommend It The canny Scots board out such cases in fam. where they help in the work and are In a measure part of the family life This strengthens their brain and their social instinct Particularly ls this true of the class of persons who are only a little feeble-minded The manifestly feebleminded feeble-minded are not a menace because they understood and segregated and taken care of But those who are only slightly weak minded the near-normals are dangerous to society because their cases are not un derstood until some harm has been wrought The near normals need to be educated In a special way Dr Grossman s School for Atypical Children In Ivew JeWey is doing excellent work All such children si ould be near centres of civilization Their lives should not be simple for slm p iclty enfeeblfs They should be complex fo- oomplexlt strengthens Copyrlg- 9 4 by the Star companv |