The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 18, 1929, Image 8
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C,
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1929
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THE STATE TRAINING SCHOOL
By MRS. ELIZABETH CORBETT HOLLIDAY
Florence, S. C.
How many South Carolinians fully
appreciate our voluntary Training
school at Clinton ? A clear conception
of the wonderful work being done
there would, it seems, bring every hu
mane heart to a sta^e of full accord.
How our state has done without
such an institution untM eight years
ago is astounding, and how so much
extraordinary work has been done by
the salvaging crew, so to speak, of
that place in so short a time is almost
incredible.
An anchorage for the unfortunate
of our state who are mentally unable
to breast the tide of life is the State
Training school, a hospital for mental
cripples; a refuge for those who have
been hopelessly beaten by life’s
storms. In other words, the institution
might be likened to a port where ship
wrecks are towed in and, whenever
possible, repaired.
And where does this benighted,
broken mass of humanity come from ?
Piece by piece from your county and
mine, your home and mine, while
some of the institution’s inmates are
products of the scum of society, some
are unaccountable freaks in the state’s
best families.
If the public could understand that
there is a class of mental deficients
that are not insane and yet not fit to
be turned loose on society, the State
Training school would get a better
support. Some one has aptly said that
all cri/ninals are mental cripples. Then
gather up all that are non compos
mentis and work out their recovery or
keep them for the remainder of their
lives under proper supervision, and
the feeble minded race will eventually
be extinct. For just such a purpose is
the State Training school being main
tained.
If there is one sound minded person
in the state who is unfriendly toward
the Training school he needs only to
visit the institution and look upon the
inmates and the noble band of work
ers who are striving to redeem them.
Children scarcely out of babyhood,
the younger they go there the greater
hope of a permanent improvement,—
young boys and girls, mature and
even aged adults, all more or less
mentally deprived^ 453 in number,
make up the school’s student body.
Some are so short of that which “mak-
eth wretched or happy, sick or well,
rich or poor,” that they seem scarcely
ab( ve the animals, while others have
been raised to such plains that one
•v..nders if they are inmates or hired
attendants.
And how is this unnatural band be
ing handled and taught? By doctors,
nurses, teachers and supervisors who
understand and love their job. The
task is too hard and the pay too small
for them to be accredited with work
ing for any other purpose than the
betterment of humanity. The utter
most patience, the greatest endurance
is required of them. “All the great
battles are not fought on regular bat
tle fields.” And all of God’s servants
don’t go out as foreign missionaries
or home church workers. The reclaim
ing staff at the State Training school
are on duty long hours each day and
are for the most part unfailing, pa
tient and kind.
It speaks well for those in authority
that the inmates look upon them as
friends. The poor, sick-minded things
sometimes harbor grudges against
each other, and rebel at their re
straint, but somehow they do not
blame the superintendent with any
thing that bothers them. On the other
hand, they seem to feel that those
highest in authority will take their
part, bear their burdens and right all
their wrongs. They look eagerly for-
were
i; spoiling^
our home
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I couldn't seem to rid my home of flies and moa-
quitoes. They were a terrible pest, and bothered my
husband terribly. I tried everything. Finally I got
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ward to interview^ with them when
all their ills can be aired and righted.
Now what and how are these people
taught? Each one according to his or
her ability, talent and inclination.
In the school the children are taught
as they could not be taught else
where. That is, they are taught just
what they can learn, and are carried
so far as they can go in the line of
their bent. Thus the best that is in
these unfortunates is brought out and
developed. An instance: A little girl
found refuge at the institute that
could never have made*the grades in
a common public school, but possessed
a lovely voice and an aptitude for
singing, where she would have been
a derelict if left to the natural course
of children. She now stands a chance
of a successful career. (As the school
is worked enough educational polish
will be rubbed on to pass her, she be
ing not so badly behind, mentally.)
And so it goes. Children who can
not learn arithmetic are not forced to
pore and strain over it as they would
have to do were they seeking educa
tion elsewhere. Naturally they love to
do that for which they are gifted. So
the school even for such as they is
run successfully. Some take to draw
ing, others fancy work, some love lit
erature, others industrial art. tAnd
like the saying that the loss of one
or more of the five senses strength
ens those that remain unimpaired, so
it seems that the brains being weak in
parts lend extra capacity to that part
w’hich is active. Some of the students
show'almost genius-lke ability in their
talents.
All of the inmates except those too
ill or mindless are given manual train
ing. This line of education is worked
upon the same principle as that of the
school. Elach does that work for which
he or she has “the turn.” Hence, 13
dormitories, 1 laundry, a large farm
and a dairy are all kept in order and
operated successfully almost entirely
by the inmates. Of course, this does
not mean that office work or supervis
ion is done by them.
The tract of land given over to the
institute includes 1188 acres. On the
campus are the greater number of
dormitories, the office, dining hall and
kitchen, school building and chapel,
doctor’s home and other buildings.
About three-quarters of a mile from
the campus is a home for the most
nervous and broken down women.
One subconsciously calls this build
ing a home. Indeed, it is very nearly
akin to that most ideal of institutions.
The home is situated on a hill and
is surrounded by pines and other trees.
It is occupied by two matrons, and 20
inmates, nervous wrecks of various
ages.
They have their chickens, pigs and
garden, just like the ordinary cottag
er. They even go out and wring their
broom straw. And around the yard
are rock-laid walks and flower beds.
Inside is the dining and living room
combined, a homey kitchen and pan
try; two large sleeping rooms fur
nished each with ten snow white sin
gle beds from which the occupants can
look out of clear-washed windows at
waving pines and blue skies; a nice
conveniently equipped bathroom; a
clothes room in which each-“girl,” as
they call each other, has her own com
partment; a long hall and matron’s
quarters.
The home is furnished with elec
tricity and running water. The twenty
Women under the supervision of the
matrons do the tasks of their choos
ing. Altogether, the place is kept in
apple-pie order. A home atmosphere
prevails and home cooked food is serv
ed. Why the “girls” tfFen flail the' mii-
trans “mother” and “mama” so and
Sen. George Fears
Foreign (Opinion
WasKington, July 13.—Senator Wal
ter F. George, Democrat, of Georgia,
in a formal statement today declared
congress and the administration in
framing the tariff bill should consider
the effect an excessively high tariff
structure will have upon public opin
ion in other countries.
“I do not put as much emphasis,”
his statement said, “upon a mere pro
test by foreign governments against
our tariff policies as seems to be plac
ed upon such protests by others, but
the matter of particular importance is
not the mere protest against our tar
iff policy, as reflected in the house
bill, but the reason underlying the pro
test. , --
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“The nations have been brought so
These prices are in effect here every
day. They are not specials—^but note
how low they are. We solicit and ap-
preciate your business.
Long Loaf Bread 9c
Any cut Good Tender Steak, lb.. 30c
Good Tender Beef Roast, lb. ... 25c
Good Tender Beef Stew, lb. 20c
Fresh (^ound Beef, lb 25c
Pork Chops, lb. 33c
Pork Hsun, lb 35c
Pork Roast, lb. 30c
Fresh Dressed Fish, lb. i 30c
8-lb. Bucket Lard $1.15
4-lb. Bucket Lard 65c
so.
24 lbs. Self-Rising Flour ......... 90c
All doing a share, the work is soon
over. By day, leisure time is spent sit
ting around under the trees or walk
ing through the woods (with a ma
tron, of course), and of evenings the
broken, twisted,—everyone in some
way is marred—^“girls,” ranging in
ages from 25 to probably 60, sit
around and sing, one can bass real
nicely—ask riddles, say little speech
es and even tell fortunes.
About two miles beyond the wo
men’s home is a similar but larger one
for men. Connected with it is the
farm. It is said that this is the most
contented “bunch” at the institute,
and that they make quite a success of
their farming. Around last Christmas
time, 90 fine hogs were butchered at
the farm.
Getting all these abnormal people
to work in harness comparatively
smoothly requires expert skill and
management and they are not only
trained to bring out their best men
tally and manually, but are treated
physically. Many a person has “gone
through” from hookworm, pellagra,
pyorrhea, etc. Their physical condi
tion corrected, they come back to nor
malcy. By various means, the insti
tute returns to social life, a satisfac
tory percentage of its inmates. Es
pecially is this true of those who en
ter as children. About 50 children and
grown people were sent out in 1928,
and they are making very good ad
justment.
The State Training school could •?x-
tend its good work much farther had
it more means, but limited as it is for
funds, many needy cases are refused
admittance. There is only room for the
most urgent. Many, many of our .men
tal shipwrecks are left floundering
upon the sea of life. Oh that they
could all be piloted into the drydocks
at Clinton, where our faithful sal
vaging crew would do all in man’s
power to repair them!
I
close together until the effect of a
public act in the United States un
avoidably results in the shaping of
opinion in other countries and the pro
tests filed with the state department
and voiced in the foreign press against
the excessively high .duties in ^e
house bill are but the reflection of the
opinion of the of the people
in these nations by their official rep
resentatives.
“In other words, a protest against
tariff duties regarded as unreasonable
and as in the nature of an embargo
is now reflected in the opinion of the
masses of the people and it is the
building up of an adverse public opin
ion in other countries which should
address itself directly to the congress,
to the administration and to the Amer
ican people in shaping our present
tariff.”
Dr. W. T. Hughes
-DENTIST
Offices Formerly Occupied By
TelephVme Exchange '
Office Phone 65
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