Should the scope of the public-school system be broadened so as to take in all children capable of education? If so, how should this be done? : discussion / Walter E. Fernald.

  • Fernald, Walter E., 1859-1924.
Date:
[1903?]
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Credit: Should the scope of the public-school system be broadened so as to take in all children capable of education? If so, how should this be done? : discussion / Walter E. Fernald. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cffmmontoealtjjf af ^ilassaclntselts. TRUSTEES’ REPORT. Massachusetts School eor the Feeble-minded, Waltham, Oct. 15, 1903. To the Corporation, His Excellency the Governor, the Legislature, the State Board of Insanity and the State Board of Education. The trustees have the honor to submit their annual report for the year ending Sept. 30, 1903. The number of feeble-minded persons of every description now present at the school at Waltham is 668, the number of adult males at the colony at Templeton is 132, — a total of 800. Of these, 328 are supported by the Commonwealth in the school department and 472 in the custodial department. There are 321 inmates supported in the custodial department by cities and towns ; there are 37 beneficiaries of other States, paying, under the statute in such cases provided, $300 each per year. There are 47 private pupils, supported in whole or in part by parents and guardians. As we stated in our report of last year, although we give in detail the sources of income, no corresponding distinction is made in expenditures. Inmates of every description are charged alike in the accounting, all sharing equally, so far as may be, the advantage derived from the entire income. Under the act of 1901 we have received from the Common¬ wealth for the school year beginning Sept. 30, 1901, and ending Sept. 30, 1902, for the support of State inmates in both the school department and the custodial department, $67,769. We have received from cities and towns, for the support of inmates in the custodial department, $53,276.24.