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Show Til STUDY I DEFECTIVES I 'Money Provided for the M Scientific Work With Feeble-Minded M New York, Dec 25. A sum of H $200,000 has been provided for the H establishment of Americas first clear- H ing houso for mentally defective per- H sons and for the scientific study of H the causes of mental deficiency ac- H cording to announcement made to- H day. The idea of such a clearing H houso was discussed seriously for the H first time directly after tho shooting H of Colonel Roosevelt by John H Schrank. It is announced that scv- H eral philanthoplsts have gathered the flH sum named and that under the guid- H anco of the department of charities SH this new plan will be earned out H early in the new year. H A squad of physicians and H psychologists is being orgauued to H carry on the work which will be con H ducted at th- training school ai;l H hospital for feeblo minded children H on Randalls Island. A smal army of H Investigators is to be employed in IH obtaining indexed records of all per- H sons coming within the class of the H mentally defective. H |