Excerpt from Sixteenth Biennial Report of the Wisconsin School for the Blind, for the Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1914 We wish again to testify to the excellent work done by the Wisconsin State Association for the Blind along the lines of prevention. The last Legislature passed a law providing for free distribution of a nitrate of silver solution for the prevention of blindness from opthalmia neona torum, or infantile blindness, and we trust that every assistance will be given to this line of work, for the greatest benefit which can be done for the individual as well as for the state is to prevent blindness. In my last report I laid special emphasis upon the health of the chil dren of this school. Again I wish to emphasize the necessity for atten tion to this matter. The natural tendency of the blind is to lead an in' active, sedentary life. The only possible means of overcoming timidity in moving around and to get natural movements from blind children is through play. However, the number of games which the blind can play and the manner of playing even simple games must be so modified for people with defective vision that it is diflicult to find variety along this line. Yet no education can develop the proper spirit in any child which is not based upon play. It is therefore especially necessary that every piece of apparatus and all kinds of material be provided for these chil dren so that a spontaneous and healthful play shall be developed. A sound physique, with natural animal activity, always produces an ac tive, progressive, intellectual and spiritual development. It is this thought that forms the basis for our recommendation for a liberal ai lowance for playground and gymnasium apparatus. In addition to the apparatus for developing play, the health. Of the children must be looked after by the employment of physicians. Ocu lists, aurists and dentists. Most of the expense for these items is met by the parents of the children, but in some cases the parents are unable to do so. Frequently these less fortunate ones are the ones who need the most attention, and I therefore have asked for the usual allowance to take care of doctors' and dentists' bills and to provide glass eyes, glasses and other things which pupils'of defective vision and weak phy sique are apt to require. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.