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marek Grove. - __ con ViGoing to Winfield. HoxiCol. H. Mi Greene yesterday began re- sy*te moving the pupils and effect?* of the state saw i asylum for imbecile and idiotic youth to and t Win field, where the state has provided a if sukahie home for this unfortunate class of up* t people. Col-Greene, :»s superintendent of Th the lum. opened it 8eptembt.r 1st, 1881, come without au inmate, and with the entire ward organization and preleminary arrangements of the institution to be attended to. Id less than one year the asylum was filled to its £e, complete capacity, and so it has since re- atten mained, with numerous applications which £# c^ had to be refused on ac- nextlt; count of lack of room. The new building at Winfield will comfortably Accommodate one hundred pupils.During the presence of the institution in Lawrence, its success and good work have dami been truly gratifying. The children confiu- l^al 1 ed to Col. Greene's care could not have been al°^ entrusted to better hands. His executive chl ability, sympathetic nature and pre-eminent *™ni fitness for the place have impressed them- t°*tJ selves on the conduct and results of the Th asylum. Mrs. M. M. Greene, the mation is amor loved by all the children and has shown the ^ herself to be exactly the woman for such a retul delicate and responsible position. Miss So1 Nettie Thompfon, the teacher, has likewise in endeared herself to all who were so fortun- nl«* ate as to know her. oftenAb up icTh
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Lawrence Weekly Journal
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Thu, Mar 24, 1887
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