Biennial Report of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...and moral development. No leave of absence is granted during the term, except in case of sickness or extreme necessity. Upon request, a blank form of application is sent to those desiring to send children to the school; and no child should be sent or brought to school until the application, properly filed, has been accepted and notice of the same returned to the person making application. Candidates for admission should not be under eight, nor more than twenty years of age, of sound moral principles, and good physical health. Imbecile, idiotic, or feeble minded children will not be received. Each pupil should be provided with a trunk containing a yearons supply of plain, comfortable clothing, marked in indelible ink, with the name in full. The annual session begins the second Wednesday in September and continues forty weeks. The proper time for the admission of pupils is the beginning of the term, and parents should make every effort to secure their presence at that time. Except in cases of sickness, all pupils are expected to remain 10 Ji. c. Wisconsin School for the Deaf. during the entire term; but the superintendent may require the removal, at any time, of pupils whose condition, moral, mental, or physical, is not such as to warrant their continuance. The summer vacation extends from June to September. Pupils are sent home promptly at the close of the term, accompanied to prominent railroad points by messengers from the institution. Friends will be expected to meet them at places designated. Ten terms will be required to complete the course of study by most of those without previous instruction. All letters and packages for pupils should be marked "Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Delavan, Wis." Express matter and telegrams should be prepaid. Le...