Seventh Biennial Report Of The State Board Of Control Of Wisconsin Reformatory Charitable And Penal Institutions

Author : Wisconsin State Board Of Control
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230147055
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Biennial Report of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions written by Wisconsin State Board Of Control and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...it is to provide" this, of all the institutions, with an adequate isolation building. This is the last season we can use the old board sidewalk on Wisconsin School for the Blind. State street that connects us with the city and furnishes an exercising place for the pupils. It will have to be replaced with a cement walk and it should-be extended so as to run along the lawn in front of the main building. There s nothing but an old worn cinder path along here at present and it is under water for a day or two after every heavy rain, and in winter is, of course, of no avail. There is no better form of exercise, nor one that the blind can be more easily induced to follow than walking, and in their case, again, there should be here, of all places, a plentiful supply of good, well kept walks. The amount needed is about 10,000 square feet. We will finish our needs by saying that a new floor is badly needed in our laundry which should be of tile, and a portion of the tile flooring in the corridor of the main building will soon have to be relaid. For a number of years very little has been done in the way of painting and repairing and especially is this true in regard to the roofs and the woodwork, and provision should be made for doing this, if things are to be kept up as they should be. To recapitulate, --a music building, a water system, an elevator, an isolation building, a coal shed, side walks, and a laundry floor and general repairs, are much needed, all of which are most strongly recommended. GRADUATES. The graduating classes the last few years have not been very large but it can be truly said of them that what they lacked in quantity they made up for in quality. Many of the pupils become so anxious to try their fortunes in the world after...