A Class of Backward and Defective Children

Randall School, by authority of the Board of Education granted at the request of the City Superintendent, and under the direction of Mr. Charles H. Brelsford, Superintendent of District No. 3, Philadelphia, Pa.* Two weeks after its organization sixteen children had been placed in the class, ten boys and six girls. They came from the first three grades and ranged in age from seven to thirteen years, being retarded from one to four years in school progress. The number varied through admissions and dismissals until altogether forty-one pupils had received special treatment. Of the pupils treated in this class, eight have been returned