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5 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy ond Reliable 1 ■ r ' v If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 17, 1949 Number 7 TRAINING SCHOOL t HAS GOOD YEAR, REPORT SHOWS Supt. Whitten Gives Review of Year's Work. Total Population 979. (Editor’s note: We have just read with interest the thirty-first annual report of the State Training School located near here, as transmitted to the Board of {Regents by its superin- tendnet, Dr. B. O. Whitten. The complete report in pamphlet form, also includes reports of the medical director. Dr. F. L. Webb, of the train ing and psychological departments by Miss Norma Hallett, information ^ charts and data, and statement of ^ expenditures. For a lack of space , these are omitted. The report of the Superintendent is published below because of its interest to the many local friends of the institution.) To the Board of Regents of the State Training School: The Annual Report of the State Training School for the fiscal year July 1, 1947-July 1, 1948 is submit ted: An Annual Report prepared in the midst of changes which involve a program of improvements and ex pansion would scarcely display an adequate picture of the Institution except in connection with statistical data. Plans begun several years ago are now being unfolded as rapidly as possible, and this Report might well have comment on (a) operations within the Institution, 1 July, 1947 to 1 July, 1948; (b) provisions and plans that change the status of the Institution every month and repre sent some carry-over of work to which reference was made in the last twt> or three Annual Reports; (c) the tremendous need for more planning and more developments, as evidenced by the ever increasing number of urgent calls for assistance of the In-‘ strtution that can be offered only when plans are put into action and Accuracy m ™ 6 V? Patience and precision are absolutely necessary in compounding medicine. They are the cornerstone on which our reputation was built. For COMPLETE accuracy, for PROMPT professional service, bring every prescription to . . . Tevr gni) Drag Store BISHOP-WALKER PHARMACY Hotpoint NEW 1949 MODELS NOW ON DISPLAY We have in sleek the fol lowing Home Appliances we invite you to call and see. —Ranges —Refrigerators —Home Freezers —Disposalls —Dishwashers —Electric Sinks —Washing Machines —Ironers —Cabinets —Water Heaters You May As Well Have the Best HOME SUPPLY CO. Phone 423 consummated. This third point of reference is of .sufficient importance to warrant serious consideration of the General Assembly at its next session, as was so well manifested during its last session. The critical lack of facilities and long delay in approving almost all applications of ten result in unrest and impatience on the part of families and friends. It might well be charged, with ev idence to prove, that officials of the Institution should have pressed hard er and presented convincing evidence of need to members of the General Assmbly so that action to provide facilities "would not have been de layed so long. It has been our obser vation during the_ past thirty years that the General Assembly usually gets around to its appointed tasks af ter it has enough information to make its own appraisal. It has never been our policy to propagandize the | burdens and troubles of families we ; knew to be in special need, but 1 rather to let this be made known to the proper ollficials by quiet person- : al contacts. Nearly all members of j the General Assembly now realize and appreciate the need of more fa cilities here because of actual in timate contact with their friends and ! constituents in their respective coun- I ties. We, therefore, look forward j to a sustained sort of interest and i support that have perhaps been cry- I stallized in the most enduring way. i During the last fiscal year, .there were 33 girls and 21 boys released from the Institution. Of this number, ; 3 boys and 3 girls were returned for J more help by the Institution. There ; were 55 first admissions, 34 girls j and 21 boys; .3 readmissions, 1 girl and 2 boys. In our last Report, we referred to and explained slow but progressive difficulties often met in placing boys and girls in positions for which they have been better trained and are 1 most likely to be successful for long i periods of time. There is still a rea son easily understood why children taken from thickly populated areas, with more competitive influences ec-j onomically and socially to be met, should want to return and live there (and their families want them) whe ther they are best fitted to do so or not. Even though some domestic and farm wages may enable a girl Or boy to earn a comparable net saving and 1 do more successful work than in oth er vocations, the setting is different and the results are what might be expected in many cases. As there is a gradual readjustment of prices paid to various sorts of workers, this problem may be given partial solu tion. The average daily enrollment was 972. On June 30, 1948, the enroll ment was 979. ! Discussion of personnel from year to year could become a dull subject, | but since the work of its personnel [ reflects the grade and qualtities of j the Institution, it probably should be always a matter to which reference is made, and not lightly. Perhaps the main reason why the Institution feels and has felt a personnel shortage for so many years is due to having in the dormitories approximately 25 per cent more children than the original (1 designs contemplated. While our per sonnel problems are by no means ' ended, the many faithful employees have shown remarkable spirit and loyalty and there may be reason to hope and expect that employees will be adequate in number and quality ! to maintain a satisfactory standard, provided the remuneration is set i more nearly in proportion to the work they do and that is expected of | them, as compered with practically . all other forms of employment. I am [ convinced we still need to offer bet- i ter compensation to employees who | prove to be worthy, which we find in most instances, without a marked | decline in other wages and living j costs. For two successive years, we have J refrained from overemphasizing the I remarkable report of the Medical Di- ! rector and oarticularly as it conce ns the low dtoth rate. The past year gave us a new record of only 6 deaths, only,l female and 7 m-ales. Most nf the cases of illness occur in frail in- | dividuals and the hospital service in connection with its health reports and death rate are all the more sat isfying in view of the fact that only one doctor is available for services and he is not adequately staffed with nurses. One of the most important changes on the list of employees was the res ignation and retirement of Miss Georgia Brooker, who had served the Institution as Supervisor for 23 years. Her contribution to the Institution was not calculable and she has been and will continue to be greatly missed toy every employee and boy and girl at the Institution who had the pleasure of knowing her. References have been made in pre vious years to the large number of applications on file here. It is not the wish of the Superintendent to say too many words concerning the sub ject which really takes more of his time and gives more concern than •any other one function of his office. I wish only to express the sincere hope and desire that the parents and friends who are interested in getting children here may find * common ground for presenting this matter to members of the General Assembly and that, however large or small the provisions made for such children, it may be determined on the basis of need and jnerit and the financial strength of our State to provide it. The time seems to be at hand for an appraisal of the needs, how they shall toe met, the State’s ability to meet them, £nd the ultimate benefit, to bev placed in the light of what our tion help which the State will not State needs, or should have, to be ’ or cannot supply.. The Superinten- progressive and prosperous and eco- dent, with concurrence of the Board, nomically and financially strong. 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