History and government of Indiana .. . t and a large percentage of them are cured or very greatlyimproved. Provision has also been made for the education ofthe dumb, deaf, and blind. The reformatory at Jeffersonville,receives the younger offenders and the State prison at MichiganCity exists for those who are more hardened in criminal Indiana Boys School at Plainficld trains and educateswayward youth and attempts to make them good citizens. In 522 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT addition to those mentioned there are several other State institu-tions, ail under the general supervision
History and government of Indiana .. . t and a large percentage of them are cured or very greatlyimproved. Provision has also been made for the education ofthe dumb, deaf, and blind. The reformatory at Jeffersonville,receives the younger offenders and the State prison at MichiganCity exists for those who are more hardened in criminal Indiana Boys School at Plainficld trains and educateswayward youth and attempts to make them good citizens. In 522 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT addition to those mentioned there are several other State institu-tions, ail under the general supervision of the Board of StateCharities. This Board issues an annual report which containsa vast amount of information, useful to Indiana citizens. TheState Board of Health under the leadership of Dr. J. N. Hurtyhas done much to safeguard the life and health of the people. Literary Progress. Indianas position in the literary worldhas been a matter of favorable comment for many years. Men-tion can be made of some of these. General Lew Wallaces. Lew Wallace James Whitcomb Riley Edward Eggleston Three Famous Indiana Authors Ben Hur has been read in all quarters of the globe and inalmost every important language. Edward Eggleston is famousfor his Hoosier Schoolmaster, and Hoosier School Boy,as well as for his excellent historical writings. His brother,George Gary Eggleston, wrote The First of the Hoosiers,and about thirty other books, and was also a successful Miller, The Poet of the Sierras, was an Indiana manand so was David Graham Phillips, author of The of people have read with delight Maurice Thompsons Alice of Old Vincennes. Charles Majors When Knight-hood was in Flower has been read by tens of thousands of people HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 523 and so have the fascinating > stories of Booth Tarkington andGeorge Barr McCutcheon. Annie Fellows Johnston and EvaleenStein have delighted the children of this generation with theircharming stories, a
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