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Dr. John Herbert Waite

Arch Ophthal. 1932;8(5):754-755.

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GENERAL NEWS

Centennial, Perkins Institution for the Blind.—On November 9, the Perkins Institution for the Blind, at Watertown, Mass., celebrated the hundredth anniversary of its founding as the first institution in the United States for the education of the blind. During the life of the school, 2,920 pupils have been registered, and for the current year 275 are enrolled in all grades from kindergarten through high school. Instruction is provided in the ordinary school subjects, and in the manual arts, music, domestic science and athletics. The aim of the school has always been to surmount the dependency of the blind, and to make them self-supporting, capable members of society.

Some of the important contributions of this school have been kindergarten instruction for the blind, the origination of the first sight-saving class in the United States and methods for the education of the blind deaf-mute. For those doubly handicapped, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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