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Show ffllMS OF era MAY DERESTRICTED Recommendations Made in Report Filed From State Institution. ADMISSIONS INCREASE Attention Is Called to the Larger Number of Inmates Through Inspection. Recommendation for legislation designed de-signed to prevent the marriage of blind persons, and deaf persons, or other means to decrease the number of children chil-dren born blind through the influence of heredity; sugge.-ion that the inmates of the state school for the deaf and blind be housed according to the cottage cot-tage system, thus giving them, as far as possible, a home life instead of institutional insti-tutional life; recommendation that the age limit for inmates be reduced to -1 ears instead of 30 oars, the present 'limit; an urgent request that a traveling travel-ing teacher for the adult blind be provided pro-vided theso arc the chief features, of the biennial reports of trustees and officials of-ficials of the Ltah School for the Deaf and liliud, filed with the governor yesterday. yes-terday. The board of trustees calls attentiou to the increasing number of blind children chil-dren admitted in the period ot 19 15-lOlti; 15-lOlti; three blind and ten deaf persons having been admitted in 1 9 1 - j ; fourteen blind and eleven deaf being admitted in .1010. The unusually large number of biiud persons admitted in the last year is due to a more thorough inspection, inspec-tion, and the bringing to the institution of children who needed care but whose parents, through misguided affection, had neglected to bring them to the attention at-tention of the school. The trustees also suggest that the state provide its own insurance and thus cover the full value of the public buildings, build-ings, instead of giving only partial protection. pro-tection. Urge Cottage System. The cottage system is recommended, not only as more homelike, but also as i giving opportunity for proper segrega-; segrega-; ti'ou of male and" female inmates and j the separation of adults from children. I The present condition of the schools is declared unsatisfactory, in that inter-: inter-: mingling of sexes ami different ages ! creates a delicate and dangerous situa-I situa-I tion. The recommendation that the age lim-j lim-j it be reduced from 30 to -1 years is i based on the fact that when the school I was first established there were adult 1 blind and deaf who had been neglected, j and who needed the benefit of the I training offered by the school. This ! class has now been cared for, andthe trustees are of the opinion that the inmates in-mates at 21 have been sufficiently prepared pre-pared for life to bo thrown on then- own resources. The board asks an appropriation of $182,000 for the coming biennial period. Of this 1 lo.OOO is for general maintenance; main-tenance; $1 .5,000 for renewals and improvements im-provements in buildings; $1000 for library expenses; $3500 for a linotype machine; $2500 for furnishings for the newly erected primary hall; $1200 for insurance; $2000 for livestock and implements: im-plements: $2000 for traveling teacher for the aduU blind; $40,000 for new cottages cot-tages for blind girls. Ask Traveling Teacher. The enrollment for the present year is given as 1 19 in the school for the deaf; 43 in the school for the blind, a total of 1132. The report of George W. Baker, the physician, states that the intermarriage of'the blind is by far the largest factor in the causes of blindness and also in deafness. He therefore recommends sterilization, which would permit marriage, mar-riage, but render reproduction impossible.' impossi-ble.' as the remedy. The request for the appointment of a traveling teacher is made on the ground that there are many adult blind whose lives could be made more pleasant if they were taught to read ; many who could be made self-supporting if taught some trade. They cannot be cared for at the schools, but could be instructed by a traveling teacher. Interesting mat ter is also found in the list of occupations of alumni of the school for the blind. One man, John Carver, is now probate judge at Preston, Idaho. Others are teachers and merchants, mer-chants, and one girl, living in Ogdeu, is a candy packer. |