Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-31 | Page 6 | Utah Training School Work Meets Need

UTAH TRAINING SCHOOL WORK MEETS NEE D Institution Is Capable of Caring Car ing for Inmates at Present The Utah state Stale Training school otherwise known as th the school of th the e minded feeble-minded was opened in the fa late t s summer of 1931 Dr B B. O. O Whitten Whitte n of ot Clinton S. S S C c. was placed in charge e of ot the institution at a salary of ot 40 0 a month There are arc twenty five o othe on n the staff at present The construction of the institution n was authorized in 1929 when the legIslature legislature leg appropriated for th the e site and buildings The 1931 legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture appropriated for equipment equipment equip equipment ment and maintenance for the bien bien- num The aim of the schools school's board o of ot f trustees is to make the institution n the type of place the name implies a training school rather than a cus custodial us institution There are inmates inmates in mates at present The capacity until until un til more buildings are constructed i is s about Inmates HAS liAS ACRES The site was chosen by a special committee named by Governor Governo r George H H. Dern under authorization n of the legislature Once the site was wa s selected this committees committee's work ended ende d and the affairs were handled by th the thc e state building commission and th the e board of trustees I The site contains acres located locate d near American Fork in Utah county The price was which includes irrigation water In addition 0 was spent for culinary water an and d spent on a pipeline to bring this water wafer to the institution from a mountain spring The buildings cost which h Includes repairs and remodeling anold anold an anold n old farmhouse now used as a home for the farm superintendent There Ther e are two dormitories with 88 beds i in n each There is also service a or administration administration ad ad- ministration building building a laundry a boiler house a house for far the superintendent superintendent super super- of ot the institution and a farm dormitory with a a capacity o of f 28 inma inmates tes MEMBERS mERS ROTATED The board of trustees of the school number seven and members ar arc c named for seven years To insure rotation however only one member of ot the present board D. D A A. Skeen chairman Is named for the full term Terms of the others vary from on one oneto e I to six years and as new superintend are made the terms will be fo for forthe r athe the full seven years With Mr Dir Skeen other members of ot the board are Mrs Laura Thompson Salt Lake Dr Sol G. G Kahn Salt Lake Alex Hedquist Provo Mrs Amy Brown Lyman Sal Lake Dr Guy GuyS Richards S.-Richards American Fork and Roy D. D Thatcher Ogden Mr Skeen declares that the institution will be of ot Inestimable value state In that tier it will make self supporting persons out of ot those who would otherwise be bc charges upon the state or county throughout their lives He points out also that the state will now new be able to fulfill iti it duty to its unfortunate people in giving giving l ing ag them a chance to live nearly normal normal nor nor- mal mat lives t