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Indiana University Studies 



LENGTH OF STAY 



Under 1 month 2 5 months 4 



1 month 3 5% months 1 



5 weeks 1 6 months 2 



6 weeks 1 7 months 2 



2 months 6 8 months 1 



214 months 5 9 months 1 



3 months 9 20 months 1 



31/2 months 2 — 



4 months 4 Total 49 



4% months 3 



A^^hile these patients were here an attempt was made to teach 

 them some trade that would not hinder their progress in get- 

 ting well. 



When the patient returns to his home, if he does not know 

 some remunerative trade, he must go thru the same process of 

 adjustment as those who return from the hospital or have been 

 cared for in the home. 



CASE Y. One patient, who had been a stone-cutter before 

 his break, left the hospital without any idea of what he could do 

 for a livelihood that would not be injurious. He was told that 

 heavy work of any kind would not be at all suitable. For a time 

 he tried driving a laundry wagon. This necessitated a period of 

 low income, for he had to work up his own route. The wife was 

 very impatient. She could not see that he was doing what would 

 be for the future good of the family. At last he was forced to 

 give up the idea of caring for himself and went back to heavy 

 work. The home life was so very unpleasant that the man 

 deserted a few months ago. 



When an attempt is made to aid a patient to change his occu- 

 pation, the limited training usually stands in the way. He has 

 usually done one thing all his life and knows nothing else. What 

 does this mean? Certainly something is wrong with the great 

 educational system that compels the student to remain in school 

 until he is fourteen and then turns him out to "'make a human 

 derrick" of himself, as one patient said. This, to be sure, is 

 drawing a conclusion from the older class of men, who were not 

 influenced by the com^Dulsory school system. It is to be hoped 

 that this problem will be met less in twenty years from now. 



For those deprived of this early training some other means 

 should be employed to supplement the meager education. One 

 of these means is found in the Sharon School experiment men- 

 tioned above. Other states and cities should establish similar 

 schools. 



