Eighth Biennial Report Of The Wisconsin School For The Blind For The Two Fiscal Years Ending September 30 1898

Author : Wisconsin School for the Blind
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243305261
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Wisconsin School for the Blind written by Wisconsin School for the Blind and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Wisconsin School for the Blind: For the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1908 Although there must of necessity be much similarity in the biennial report of this Institution, as well as the other institu tions under your control, ive are glad to avail ourselves of the opportunity to give to the public a brief account of what has transpired concerning the work and progress of our people during the past two years. The one thing to be regretted most is that the information embodied in these various reports comes before the eye of but few of the citizens of our state, who, we are con. Vinced, are sadly lacking in their knowledge of what is being accomplished in our institutions. Pity 'tis, 'tis true, for this fact is largely responsible for the prejudice so deeply seated in the minds of so many persons against institutions in general That this prejudice results primarily in the lowering of the educational standard, and secondarily in the increase of cost, and responsibility on. The part of the state in caring for its afflicted classes cannot be seriously questioned. One is-fur nished much food for thought and reflection along these lines, when apparently intelligent people ask our pupils, while they are en route to and from their homes, if they have windows in the school building, and even manifest surprise when they learn that we actually have lights, and that the pupils do not have to be fed and led around to their classes and other places. In ferentially it is not strange that we are frequently referred to as an asylum, or home, instead of a school. We wish some method could be followed, whereby the people of our state ll'iscomin School for the Blind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.