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 /;nnual Day 
 
 Wednesday, JunQ 9, 1909 
 
 On this day the 2ist annual 
 meeting of the Association of the 
 "New Jersey Training School for 
 Feeble-minded Girls and Boys" is 
 held. 
 y During these years the school 
 has grown from a little home school 
 with eight pupils and holding cer- 
 tain rights to 40 acres of land, to a 
 large public charity, caring for 
 nearly 400 children, and owning 
 250 acres of well culivated farm 
 lands, fruit and vegetable gardens, 
 lawns, etc., upon which are situ- 
 ated on tree-lined avenues, ten 
 residence cottages. 
 
 These are on either side of a 
 hollow square, in the centre of 
 which are the Power House, Laun- 
 dry, Industrial Building, Labora- 
 tory, and Garrison Hall, the centre 
 of the educational work. To the 
 southeast of the square is the Hos- 
 pital, and toward the southwest, 
 the shops and barns. 
 ^ The members of the Association 
 and the Directors and Oificers of 
 the School welcome on this day all 
 who are interested in the work that 
 is being done. There is much to 
 be seen and for that reason, we 
 give the following outline of the 
 work to be seen, the plan of the 
 Institution, etc., etc. 
 
 Program. 
 
 Upon arrival visitors register on 
 the special cards furnished for that 
 purpose. At 10.30 a.m., the an- 
 nual business meeting of the Asso- 
 ciation is held in the auditorijjm of 
 
 Garrison Hall. Friends of the In- 
 stitution, as well as members of 
 the Association, are welcome at 
 this meeting. At this time the 
 various reports of the work done 
 are presented to the Association. 
 These iuclude the report of the 
 Board of Directors, the Board of 
 Lady Visitors, the Treasurer, the 
 Superintendent, and the various 
 committees. There are also reports 
 of some of the departments of the 
 School, which are presented as part 
 of the Superintendent's report. 
 After the reading of the reports is 
 held the election of four directors 
 and four lady visitors, and any 
 other business that may come be- 
 fore the Association. 
 
 Annual dues may he paid to the 
 Clerk, who will he found at the office 
 in [Maxham Cottage. 
 
 2.15 Entertainment by the Chil- 
 dren. 
 A Japanese Party. 
 Sextette 
 
 From Lucia. 
 The Substitute Minstrels. 
 Quartette 
 
 Rigoletto. 
 Fancy Marching Drill. 
 Chorus 
 
 "Unfold Ye Portals Everlasting." 
 
 On the second floor of the Hall, 
 is the exhibition of the work of the 
 School Department. This work is 
 all so arranged and marked that 
 visitors may see, not only the pro- 
 gress certain of the children have 
 made, but the general line of work 
 
carried on by different grades of 
 children. We aim to make tiiis 
 exhibit valuable scientifically as 
 well as interesting and pretty. 
 Some of our teachers are always in 
 the exhibit room on Annual Day 
 and will be glad to answer any 
 questions about the work. 
 
 Location. 
 
 In visiting the buildings and 
 grounds, it is found more con- 
 venient to see them in groups. All 
 are welcome to all parts of the hi- 
 stitution without a guide on this 
 day. 
 
 The Training School is in Landis 
 Township, Cumberland County, 
 about a mile from the borough of 
 Vineland. From the corner of 
 Main and Landis Avenue, the 
 School line runs nearly south across 
 Chestnut and Washington Avenues 
 and nearly east on Landis about 
 3000 feet. We also have about 20 
 "acres of land, four miles west of us 
 where the children go camping each 
 year. On this land there are a 
 number of shacks kitchen, dining- 
 room, pavilions, etc. made of rough 
 lumber. There is a running stream 
 and plenty of shade. Here the 
 children go in groups of thirty, and 
 each group spends a week of the 
 summer time. There is a splendid 
 grove of laurel in the woods, and 
 plenty of huckle-berries. 
 
 Out Of Doors. 
 
 The grounds divide naturally into 
 farm lands, truck gardens, lawns, 
 groves, and play fields. The farm 
 lands are well worth your inspec- 
 tion. Careful scientific work from 
 year to year has brought our soil 
 up to a high degree of productivity, 
 and careful experimentation has 
 shown us how to use the land we 
 have to the best advantage. We 
 have done careful work in corn 
 breeding, alfalfa growing, spraying 
 potatoes, and forcing additional 
 growth by the use of certain ferti- 
 
 lizers. Whenever the opportunity 
 appears, we have taken advantage 
 of the latest findings in science and 
 the most progressive work by the 
 agricultural stations of the country. 
 The experimental work in grapes 
 under the U. S. Department is 
 south of the barns and the experi- 
 mental orchard in peaches under 
 the State Station is east of the 
 Hospital. Our farm library re- 
 ceives all of the bulletins published 
 by the various stations of the coun- 
 try. Our last years crops were 
 better than ever before. Some idea 
 of the amount we need to raise for 
 our own consumption may be ob- 
 tained from the following figures 
 which represent only the more im- 
 portant things raised in 1908: 
 5000 heads cabbage, 4000 heads 
 lettuce, 1500 baskets sweet pota- 
 toes, 1200 bushels white potatoes, 
 1300 bunches rhubarb, 1200 
 bunches scullions, 350 dozen green 
 corn, 400 bushel field corn, 200 
 quarts raspberries, 800 quarts 
 blackberrries, 2000 quarts straw- 
 berries, I ton grapes, 600 baskets 
 peas, 500 watermelons, 6000 lbs. 
 pork, 146,000 quarts milk. 
 
 You will notice that our lawns 
 contain no "Keep off the Grass'* 
 signs. Our beautiful tree-lined 
 drives are much used in taking 
 walks, and the children are free to 
 revel in green grass, shady groves, 
 etc. to their hearts content. 
 Swings, hammocks, etc. give to the 
 children the same degree of 
 pleasure that the great flocks of 
 birds and the squirrels enjoy in the 
 trees above. 
 
 \ At the Play Corner, which is 
 situated just west of Robison 
 'Cottage,^ is the band stand, the ball 
 field, merry-go-round, zoo, etc. 
 Our Zoo is a source of intense in- 
 terest to the children. Thru the 
 kindness of friends and particularly 
 of the Board of Lady Visitors, we 
 have quite a collection of animals 
 
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and birds. Be sure to seethe little 
 wolf house, south of the main 
 building, and our beautiful deer 
 southwest of the wolf house. 
 
 About 1000 feet southeast of the 
 buildings is a bright, beautiful and 
 sunny spot. This is our cemetery, 
 "God's Acre." Here are lovingly 
 cared for the graves of those of our 
 children whose friends and rela- 
 tives have felt that they should 
 rest here on our grounds, for here 
 was their real home. On many 
 occasions, our children visit the 
 cemetery, particularly on Decora- 
 tion Day, when they carry flowers 
 and wreaths to refresh their mem- 
 ories of those who had been their 
 companions. 
 
 The North Cottages. 
 
 Our Institution is built on the 
 cottage plan, each building contain- 
 ing a group of children who most 
 nearly classify mentally. In this 
 way, we are able to place those 
 children most helpful to each other, 
 together. For the sake of economy, 
 several groups eat in the same 
 dining-room, but the children of 
 lower grade have dining-rooms for 
 themselves. While the cottage 
 system prevails, the buildings are 
 close enough together so that light, 
 heat, and water are furnished from 
 the central plant. 
 
 The north group of cottages con- 
 sists of four gray brick buildings, 
 and two home-like frame ones,\ all 
 facing on Landis Avenue, the pub- 
 lic highway.) They are however 
 separated from it by a wide extent 
 of tree covered lawns, with hedges, 
 flower beds, and a pretty fountain 
 in the centre. The first building 
 as you enter the grounds is the 
 home of the Superintendent. This 
 was built three or four years ago. 
 
 The second (containing the 
 tower), was presented in 1896 by 
 the late Rev. R. B. Moore, D. D., 
 who was for many years one of our 
 
 directors. In this cottage are cared 
 for 27 of the smaller boys, of a 
 good grade of intelligence. The 
 homelike air which prevails is most 
 beneficial to this type of child. 
 
 The next building is the Wilbur 
 Cottage, the home of 5 1 girls. This 
 was an old residence building, 
 which was remodeled and veneered, 
 and moved back in line with the 
 present buildings. It has been the 
 scene of many pleasant times, and 
 gives much comfort and happiness 
 to the girls who live there. The 
 dining-rooms for most of the chil- 
 dren of the north group are situated 
 in this building. 
 
 Next is the Maxham cottage, 
 which accommodates not only 35 
 of the girls, but many of the offi- 
 cers, teachers, and other employes 
 of the School. (This was the gift of 
 Mr. B. D. Maxham, who had 
 watched the Institution grow from 
 its beginning. Mr. Maxham gave 
 the original Maxham Cottage, 
 which was destroyed by fire in the 
 early history of the School. He 
 also gave the first forty acres of 
 land. Upon his death, he left the 
 Institution sufficient money to pay 
 for the building of Maxham Cot- 
 tage, erect the Power House, and a 
 good sum for the establishment of 
 our Endowment Fund. \ In the 
 Maxham Cottage are the offices 
 and reception rooms of the School. 
 Here the records of all kinds are 
 kept. 
 
 Between Maxham and Wilbur 
 and Moore and Wilbur, there are 
 some very pretty flower beds. 
 These were given, and have been 
 carefully watched by Mr. David- 
 son, our treasurer, who sees that 
 each year they are kept full of 
 pretty and attractive flowers. 
 
 Far to the east of Maxham Cot- 
 tage, are two little frame buildings, 
 cozy and comfortable. In the first, 
 Seguin Cottage, are 20 girls who 
 require special attention. Their 
 
meals are served there, and much 
 of their time is spent in walking 
 near the building, or seated in the 
 beautiful grove of massive oak 
 trees near their cottage. Last of 
 the group to the east is Kellar Cot- 
 toge, which is being fitted up for 
 boys. 
 
 The Central Group. 
 
 The most important building of 
 the central group, and perhaps of 
 all the buildings, is Garrison Hall. 
 Here are the school rooms. This 
 building should be carefully visited, 
 as there is here brought together 
 more of the work of the Institution 
 than will be found at any other 
 point. 
 
 On the upper floor are the class 
 rooms for wood working, basketry, 
 reading and language, and the 
 band. The large room is used for 
 kindergarten and physical training 
 work, as well as for our monthly 
 birthday parties and fancy drills, 
 also Wednesday afternoon enter- 
 tainments. It is here that the 
 children's work is exhibited. 
 
 On the first floor are the Princi- 
 pal's office and the school rooms 
 for nature study, number work and 
 sewing. The Auditorium and stage 
 occupy the rest of the space of this 
 floor, and here the entertainment is 
 given on Annual Day at 2.30. We 
 have about 4000 square feet of 
 scenery, and are able to give en- 
 tertainments of quite a high class. 
 Such work is very important in 
 our training and all of the enter- 
 tainments of the year are given by 
 the children. During the winter 
 months, there are entertainments 
 once a week, to which all of the 
 children who can understand and 
 who are well behaved are admitted. 
 
 Here too we give our great 
 Christmas entertainments. All 
 around the walls of the Auditorium 
 are the hooks where the children's 
 stockings are hung. Christmas 
 
 eve Santa Claus visits us here, 
 and receives quite an ovation, and 
 a few days after Christmas some 
 such entertainment as "The Pay 
 of the Pied Piper," "Aladdin and 
 the Wonderful Lamp," "The Old 
 Homestead," or "The Comedy of 
 Toys" is given. 
 
 The basement of Garrison Hall 
 is our gymnasium thruoutthe year. 
 (We hope that some day some one 
 will give us money enough to buildjf 
 a suitable and thorolyj equipped 
 gymnasium^ with special apparatus 
 for developing these children along 
 the particiUar lines, where they are 
 weakest. (^However, we are doing 
 the best that we can with what we 
 have. On Annual Day, the ap- 
 paratus is cleared away and 
 luncheon is served in this room to 
 the members of the Association.] 
 
 The school children's gardens 
 are on the north and south sides of 
 the Hall. On the south side are 
 the flower gardens. This was or- 
 iginally a rough piece of ground, 
 which the school children have 
 transformed into a beautiful garden. 
 It is now a series of flower beds, 
 and at the children's request, we 
 have put a fountain there. North 
 of the Hall are the present gardens. 
 Two years ago this was a rough 
 straggley piece of land with a 
 roadway across it. It has now 
 become a place of usefulness, and 
 eventually will probably be turned 
 into lawns and flower gardens. 
 ^ West of Garrison Hall is the In- 
 dustrial Building, on the first floor 
 of which are the store rooms for 
 groceries, meats, and dry goods, as 
 well as the cannery. These store 
 rooms remind one very much of a 
 country store, for here will be 
 found everything that is needed to 
 supply a little village. Careful 
 record is kept of everything that is 
 received and of everything issued, 
 and these must check as carefully 
 as they would in a business man's 
 
store. The cannery puts up from 
 one to three thousand gallons of 
 fruit and vegetables each year, de- 
 pending upon the quantity we are 
 able to raise in our gardens. The 
 children are very fond of working 
 in this department, and even the 
 kindergarten children are helpful 
 in the preparation of things for can- 
 ning, and consider it a great privi- 
 lege to be allowed to assist. 
 
 On the second floor of this build- 
 ing are found the tailor shop, broom 
 shop, school rooms for manual 
 training and domestic science and 
 the Laboratory rooms. The work 
 in our domestic science department 
 is new this year, but the progress 
 the children are making is most 
 satisfactory. 
 
 The Laboratory is now quite well 
 equipped with instruments for test- 
 ing and examining the children. 
 The work of examination has been 
 so perfected that we can frequently 
 find in a very few hours what it 
 used to take us months to discover. 
 We have a dark room and a com- 
 plete photographic outfit which 
 adds to the effectiveness of this de- 
 partment. Careful studies of every 
 child have been made, and the 
 value of this work is being recog- 
 nized thruout the country. We 
 need very much a separate building 
 for this work, as the noises and 
 disturbances detract from the value 
 of the examinations. 
 
 South of the Industrial Building is 
 the Laundry. Between seven and 
 eight thousand pieces go thru here 
 every week. The most improved 
 machinery is in use with all safe 
 guards to prevent accident. On 
 this same floor is the electrical de- 
 partment, from which we have run 
 lines to all of the principal buildings, 
 street lights, etc. This will soon 
 be connected on a switch board. 
 
 On the second floor are the dress- 
 making, mending, and ironing 
 rooms. These should be visited. 
 
 East of the Laundry is the Power 
 House. Here we have installed 
 two 250 horse-power Berry boilers, 
 and one 150 horse-power Babcock 
 and Wilcox boiler. The well 
 pumps are situated in this building, 
 and all power, heat, water, etc. 
 comes from this centre. 
 The South Group. 
 
 The most imposing of the south 
 group of cottages are the buff brick 
 buildings, Cattell and Robison. 
 These accommodate in the one, the 
 large middle grade boys, and in the 
 other, the higher grade boys. The 
 larger of the two, the Robison 
 Cottage, had a spacious addition 
 built to it a year ago. This build- 
 ing should be visited from basement 
 to upper floor, as here we have 
 taken advantage of the latest know- 
 ledge in the construction of Institu- 
 tion buildings of large size. No 
 where else on the grounds have we 
 such perfect sanitary arrangements, 
 and with the increased dining-room 
 facilities, we are able to have bright 
 rooms and small tables. 
 
 About the time that the Robison 
 Cottage was contemplated. Miss 
 Jane S. Robison of Rhode Island, 
 gave most of the money necessary 
 to build it, making us residuary 
 legatee, in her will. By a strange 
 coincidence, just at the time the 
 Board of Directors had authorized 
 the building of an addition to this 
 cottage, we received word from 
 California that under the terms of 
 a will there. Miss Robison was an 
 heir and we, as residuary legatee, 
 received a sum of money sufficient 
 to pay at least part of the expense 
 of the addition. 
 
 Southeast of these cottages is the 
 Josiah Wistar Hospital, a nicely 
 equipped pretty building with many 
 modern facilities for the proper 
 treatment of sickness. Across the 
 wide play field toward the west are 
 found Itard and H. C. buildings. 
 These contain groups of children 
 
who require very special attention 
 and care. It would be nice if we 
 could have the groups in the larger 
 building even smaller than they are, 
 for these children are much like 
 babies, needing constant watchful- 
 ness. 
 
 Still farther to the west facing 
 the public highway is a cottage for 
 large boys who are especially trust- 
 worthy. These boys are engaged 
 in the farm and dairy work, and 
 particularly enjoy the beautiful 
 grove around their cottage in the 
 evenings and on Sundays. 
 
 The Outer Buildings. 
 
 It is well worth while to take the 
 extra walk that leads to the outer 
 buildings to the south. The dairy 
 barn farthest west contains many 
 interesting and instructive things. 
 Adjoining it are the silos, wherein 
 we put about 200 tons of green feed 
 each year. The names of the 
 cattle that give us the most milk 
 during the year are posted before 
 them with the amount given. One 
 
 cow has a record of 104 pounds a 
 day, another 102 pounds, and an- 
 other one loi 1-2. There is a cow 
 who has given over 16,500 pounds 
 in a year, others that have given 
 over 10,000 pounds (a quart of 
 milk weighs about two pounds). 
 We are very careful in the bring- 
 ing up of our young stock, and are 
 inoculating all of our calves in the 
 hope of immunizing them from 
 tuberculosis. 
 
 South of the dairy are the hog 
 pens, which we try to keep always 
 as clean as a house. There are 
 about 100 head of hogs that will be 
 ready for killing next fall. The 
 horse stable, the zoo buildings with 
 the animals, the green houses, and 
 the shops are open for your visita- 
 tion. Much of the training consists 
 in the daily atmosphere of neatness 
 maintained in and around all of 
 these buildings, and tidiness and 
 cleanliness on the part of our pupils 
 is only possible by insisting upon it 
 from day to day. 
 
The 
 New Jersey Training School 
 
 is NOT a State Institution but a Public Chariti^ and is 
 therefore dependent upon the good-will and help of those 
 who see the need and advantage of this sort of work. 
 
 You can help us to greater good and to enlarge our 
 present activities. 
 
 You Will Find Here 
 
 380 Backward and Feeble-minded Children. 
 
 -^A Department of Research investigating the 
 cause, results and prevention of this condition. 
 
 A Training Department where even; effort is 
 made to bring out the best in these children. 
 
 Accommodations and modern facilities to give 
 the children the best of care and comfort. 
 
 A well-equipped Laboratory for their studi; and 
 examination. 
 
 A Hospital and nurses to give preventive treat- 
 ment as well as cure when the^ are sick. 
 
 A Summer School for Public School Teachers 
 of Special Classes. 
 
 Do ^ou know a child who needs our care? 
 Will You Help? 
 
 Address E. R. JOHNSTONE, Vine land, N J. 
 
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