. The New England magazine. THE FIRST HOME FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED AT SOUTH BOSTON. EDUCATION OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED. merely called the MassachusettsSchool for the Feeble-Minded. Be-fore this period, in 1818, a few idiotshad been received at the AmericanAsylum for the Deaf and Dumb inHartford, Connecticut, out of pity fortheir condition, notwithstanding- thefirst known attempt to educate an idiotin France, in 1800, had proved until Dr. Seguins fame as an in-structor of idiots began, in 1837, andhis Treatise on Idiocy had been eluded a letter from Hon. GeorgeSumner concerning Dr. Seguins
. The New England magazine. THE FIRST HOME FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED AT SOUTH BOSTON. EDUCATION OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED. merely called the MassachusettsSchool for the Feeble-Minded. Be-fore this period, in 1818, a few idiotshad been received at the AmericanAsylum for the Deaf and Dumb inHartford, Connecticut, out of pity fortheir condition, notwithstanding- thefirst known attempt to educate an idiotin France, in 1800, had proved until Dr. Seguins fame as an in-structor of idiots began, in 1837, andhis Treatise on Idiocy had been eluded a letter from Hon. GeorgeSumner concerning Dr. Seguinsschool in Paris. This famous missiveglowed with hope, quoting the replyof M. Vallee, teacher at Bicetre,France, that patience and the desireto do good are all that is necessary,and stating as a certainty that the re-flective power exists within them(idiots) and may be awakened by aproper system of instruction. Likea fresh assurance of immortality fell. SCHOOL BUILDINGS AT THE HOME FOR FEEBLE-MINDED AT WALTHAM. crowned by the French Academy, in1846, was serious attention bestowedupon these defective persons. In the same year, 1846, on motionof Judge Byington of the Massachu-setts House of Representatives, aboard of three commissioners was ap-pointed to inquire into the numberand condition of idiots in the Com-monwealth. Dr. Samuel G. Howewas made chairman of this commis-sion, and in his first report (1847),which became so famous that it wastranslated into many languages, in- this report upon the transcendental-ism of the day and upon the hearts ofclergymen, one of whom, Dr. E. , later stood reverently in theschool at South Boston saying: Thesoul then never dieth except sin killit. Say rather, added the tran-scendentalism that God is in everyhuman being. The practical result of the letter andthe report was the annual grant by thelegislature—first made May 8, 1848,—of $2,500 for an ExperimentalSchool, with a board of trust
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