INSTITUTION QUARTERLY

Vol. VI Springfield, Illinois, March 31, 1915.

No. 1

Illinois

Issued jointly by the State Board of Administration,
State Charities Commission and the State Psycho-
pathic Institute, to reflect the public charity service
of Illinois; to publish the results of its investigations
and research in the manifold questions of care and
treatment of all classes of State wards and to lead
the way towards a harmonious cooperation and co-
ordination of all public and private agencies through-
out Illinois, which at any point touch the problems
of philanthropy, charity and social betterment.

Address all communications to A. L. BOWEN, Springfield, Illinois

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Entered as Second Class Matter, Sept. 26, 1912,

at the Post Office at Springfield, Illinois

under the act of August 24, 1912.

THE PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES OF

ILLINOIS' CHARITY LAW.

"To provide humane and scientific treatment and care and the highest attainable degree of individual development for the dependent wards of the State;

"To provide for delinquents such wise conditions of modern education and training as will restore the largest possible portion of them to useful citizenship;

"To promote the study of the causes of dependency and delinquency and mental, moral and physical defects, with a view to cure and ultimate prevention;

"To secure the highest attainable degree of economy in the business administration of the State institutions consistent with the objects above enumerated, and this Act, which shall be known as the code of charities of the State of Illinois, shall be liberally construed to these ends."

Dr. H. Douglas Singer, Director, Dr. Charles Ricksher, Pathologist,

The Elgin State Hospital, Elgin-Dr. H. J. Gahagan.

The Kankakee State Hospital, Kankakee-Dr. P. M. Kelly.

The Jacksonville State Hospital, Jacksonville-Dr. H. B. Carriel.
The Anna State Hospital, Anna-Dr. R. A. Goodner.

The Watertown State Hospital, Watertown-Dr. J. A. Campbell.

The Peoria State Hospital, Peoria-Dr. R. T. Hinton.

The Chester State Hospital, Chester-Dr. George K. Farris.

Chicago State Hospital-Dr. George Leininger.

The Lincoln State School and Colony, Lincoln-Dr. Thomas H. Leonard. The Illinois Industrial Colony for Improvable Epileptics, Dixon-No superintendent.

The Illinois School for the Deaf, Jacksonville-Mr. C. P. Gillett. The Illinois School for the Blind, Jacksonville-Mr. H. C. Montgomery. The Illinois Industrial Home for the Blind, Chicago-Mr. Wm. F. Shultz. The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Quincy-Mr. John E. Andrew. The Soldiers' Widows' Home of Illinois, Wilmington-Mrs. Nettie McFarland McGowan.

The Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Normal-Mr. Charles E. Bassett. The Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago-Dr. John O'Connor.

The State Training School for Girls, Geneva-Mrs. Carrie O'Connor.
The St. Charles School for Boys, St. Charles-G. M. Burrus.
The Alton State Hospital, Alton-No superintendent.