Widener Memorial Industrial Training School for Crippled Children / by De Forest Willard.

  • Willard, De Forest, 1846-1910.
Date:
[1903]
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Credit: Widener Memorial Industrial Training School for Crippled Children / by De Forest Willard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    A gymnasium especially arranged for the development of weakened portions of the body, and sunny winter playrooms and porches will.he provided, also smooth asphalted outdoor exercising grounds, etc. Each building is supplied with eleva- tors, and each cottage will have a homelike evening sitting- room, with books, games, etc. The auditorium will be used not only for secular and religious purposes, but also for the teach- ing of music, both vocal and instrumental. As the work develops it is also expected that the necessity will arise for a boarding-house for graduates, where plain but healthful and clean accommodations can be secured at a price graded consistently to the earning powers of the individual. These handicapped workmen and workwomen will thus be placed conveniently to the region of supply and demand, and can continue their home life in close daily contact with the center of graduate instruction. From the above outline it will be seen that the work of this school is, briefly, to supplement the work of the hospitals; to strengthen and physically renew the weak ones, and then to educate them into habits of industry, order, cleanliness, self- respect and self-reliance ; to apply such mental, moral and religious training as will render them true, honorable, useful and self-sustaining members of the community.