A History of the Washington State School for the Blind (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book A History of the Washington State School for the Blind (Classic Reprint) written by Don Donaldson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Washington State School for the Blind The casual visitor to the Washington State School for the Blind carries away with him a vivid picture - a picture of six solid brick buildings set closely together, overlooking the beautiful Columbia River valley, with its orchards, dairies and city lights; of smiling boys and girls, strolling arm-in-arm on the walks that parallels the front of the buildings, vying with one another on spacious lawns, play ing football, wrestling, flying kites or roller skating; of scholastic. Activity with children rushing about with slates in their hands and Braille books under their arms; and over all, the strains of various musical instruments - piano, violin, cello, pipe organ, clarinet - blended in sweet discord. The visitor, if he be of an inquiring mind, may ask what lies behind the happy, bustling life of this institution that releases almost daily souls imprisoned by physical darkness and gives to them wings of freedom to soar to personal triumphs. What is its history? And should he care to delve into records of the school to learn this, he will find his efforts of little avail, for nothing heretofore has ever been written on the history of the education of the blind in the State of Washington, except a few scattered and unrelated facts. That this story may be reconstructed to its fullest detail is the purpose of this study. 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.