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EXCERPT: Among the reasons given for the formation of this committee now are the fast awakening interest in the problem of the feebleminded, the realization that present institutional provision for them is utterly inadequate, and the recognition that their presence in the public schools, in correctional and charitable institutions, and at large, is a public menace not yet understood by a majority of people....

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TITLE:  A Committee To Eradicate Feeblemindedness
CREATOR:  n/a
DATE:  July 24, 1915
FORMAT:  Article
FORMAT TYPE:  Magazine
 
PUBLICATION:  The Survey
SOURCE:  Available at selected libraries
LOCATION:  vol.34, p.369
 
KEYWORDS:  Charity; Cognitive Disability; Crime; Doctors; E.R. Johnstone; Education; Eugenics; Institutions; Medical Professionals; Medicine; New Jersey; New Jersey Training School; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; Prison; Public Welfare; Schools


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