Education for the disabled in war and industry : Army hospital schools : a demonstration for the education of disabled in industry . ruction. Two hours a day fortwo months will teach a man to read and write simple hours a day for three months, or a total of fifty hours ofinstruction, will teach a man of average ability and faithfulnessto read and write English equal to third grade achievement inthe public schools. With the thousands enrolled in these sub-jects, with the median time of men in hospital schools at leastthirty days, it is plain that much educational value was achievedi
Education for the disabled in war and industry : Army hospital schools : a demonstration for the education of disabled in industry . ruction. Two hours a day fortwo months will teach a man to read and write simple hours a day for three months, or a total of fifty hours ofinstruction, will teach a man of average ability and faithfulnessto read and write English equal to third grade achievement inthe public schools. With the thousands enrolled in these sub-jects, with the median time of men in hospital schools at leastthirty days, it is plain that much educational value was achievedin the academic branches. Any review of the work done in reconstruction in army hos- Achievement 4i pitals is incomplete without some mention of the wonderful helprendered by volunteer cooperating agencies, such as the Ameri-can Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus, theJewish Welfare Board, and the American Library addition to these great organizations innumerable smaller localagencies and individuals gave invaluable assistance. Thesefriends assisted in the entertainment of the patients, furnishing. Left-Handed Penmanship Left-Handed Typewriting Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington,D. C. D. C. pictures, theatrical entertainments, music, excursions, automo-bile rides, flowers, books, magazines and papers of all the hospital service in any line was in need of special ma-terials or additional funds, these agencies or interested friendsoften helped generously. Hundreds of thousands of dollarsgiven in trust by the American people to these organizations weredispensed wisely and liberally. They represented the great heartof America. Their efforts humanized the great military were big brothers to the boys. The Red Cross work was coordinated very closely with that of 42 Education for the Disabled in War and Industry the government through the hearty cooperation of the nationalofficers. The department of m
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