Care and education of crippled children in the United States . FOR Crippled ChildrenSecond Floor Plan (North HalO •79. i8o DESCRIPTION OF INSTITUTIONS WiDENER Memorial School (Continued) Hand work and vocational training: Sewing, cooking, elementarynursing and general work in wards, basketry, stenciling, chair-caning, burnt woodwork, manual training, practical carpentry,engraving, cobbling, stationary engineering, teaching, teachers are engaged whenever necessary; other employesalso give vocational training informally in many directions. Newsubjects are undertaken as soon as any
Care and education of crippled children in the United States . FOR Crippled ChildrenSecond Floor Plan (North HalO •79. i8o DESCRIPTION OF INSTITUTIONS WiDENER Memorial School (Continued) Hand work and vocational training: Sewing, cooking, elementarynursing and general work in wards, basketry, stenciling, chair-caning, burnt woodwork, manual training, practical carpentry,engraving, cobbling, stationary engineering, teaching, teachers are engaged whenever necessary; other employesalso give vocational training informally in many directions. Newsubjects are undertaken as soon as any of the children are readyfor them, and the range of choice will be practically unlimited. Cost of property: j? 1,132,000, not including stable or cottages forengineer and gardener, or summer home at Longport. Years expenditure per capita: $1,115. Comment: The Widener Memorial School was founded by A. B. Widener as a memorial to his wife and his eldest the loss of another son, Mr. George D. Widener, and a grand-son, Henry Elkins Widener, by the sinking of the Titanic, and other members o
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