School for Educationally Subnormal Junior Boys

We have in our school about 100 boys, whose Intelligence Quotients range from 50 to 70 and who are aged 7 to 11 years. They are sent to us at all ages as they are " classified " from the ordinary schools. We pass them on to a senior boys' school, where they stay until they are 16. Although our building is in a large city, we are not far from its " golden frame " and, we feel, we are within easy reach of a very varied environment?? of which we try to make full use, as will be seen later. Our first aim, like that of a good home, is the character training of each boy. We try to provide suitable opportunities to enable every single boy to grow into a happy, healthy and useful lad, giving him a " conscious awareness " of what is required of him to prepare for a full life of useful service for other people. As these boys are educationally subnormal, it is our special endeavour to try to train each to be active, self-reliant and to make him feel that he can succeed; while, at the