THIRD HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.

RESIDENT OFFICERS.

A. P. Williamson, M. D., Medical Superintendent.
A. S. Dolan, M. D., First Assistant Physician.

O. C. Chase, Steward.

First National Bank of Fergus Falls, Treasurer.

In 1885, the legislature established a commission to locate a third hospital, in the northern section of the state. The commission received several propositions, from important towns in the section designated, and finally accepted the proposal from Fergus Falls. The state secured the title to 636 acres of land, and in 1887 the legislature formally located the hospital, and established the same at Fergus Falls, and appropriated $94,280 therefor, of which amount $24,280 was designated as payment for the land, $50,000 for building and furnishing two detached wards, and $20,000 for boiler house and engine, laundry, shops and stables, and for sewerage and water connections. The appropriation for buildings contemplated the erection of so much as would be necessary to accommodate 300 persons. In 1889, an additional appropriation of $65,000 was made. Drawings and specifications for the entire hospital were prepared by Mr. W. B. Dunnell, architect, and duly accepted. A perspective view of the hospital is given in the engraving on the opposite page. A detached wing on the west has been constructed, accommodating 135 patients, and a section of the southwest wing, 175 feet, is weil under way, which when completed will accommodate 150 more patients.

The expenditures on building account amount to $98,810.72. The hospital was opened July 29, 1890, at which time 80 insane patients were transferred from the first hospital, and three were admitted from adjacent counties, showing a population of 83 at the close of the fiscal year. The demand for additional buildings and betterments, is voiced by the board of trustees to be equal to $314,000.

MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR DEFECTIVES.

The legislature of 1887, reorganized the "Minnesota Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute," which was originally established at Faribault in 1858, and changed the name to "The Minnesota Institute for Defectives," to consist of three departments, to-wit: The School for the Deaf, the School for the Blind, and the School for the Feeble-minded. To be controlled by a board of five directors appointed by the governor, and to include the governor and superintendent of public instruction as ex-officio members.

The present directors and officers are:

T. B. Clement, Faribault, president.

Anthony Kelly, Minneapolis, vice-president.
Rodney A. Mott, Faribault, secretary.

Hudson Wilson, Faribault; George E. Skinner, St. Paul, and the governor and superintendent of public instruction, ex-officio.

The several departments above are treated independently, in the following pages. The actual demand for permanent improvements is placed at $125,000, divided as follows:

The total expenditures for betterments, in 1888-90, were $65,223; and for current expenses $191,178.

MINNESOTA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.

The state legislature, at their first session in 1858, passed an act establishing the Minnesota State Institute for the education of the deaf and dumb, to be located in the town of Faribault, on condition that the citizens give forty acres of land for the use and benefit of the institution. The land was donated, but the school was not opened till 1863. The school occupied an old basswood house on Front street, known as Major Fowler's store.

In March, 1866, the legislature made the first appropriation for building purposes. In the spring of 1868, the north wing, the one to the right of the observer, facing the cut, was com

pleted, furnished and occupied. This wing was planned to accommodate fifty pupils, and in five years it contained sixty-five deaf children.

In 1863 by an act of the legislature, the board of directors was authorized to receive and educate the blind children of the state with the deaf, consequently in 1866 a department for the blind was opened with three pupils in attendance, under the direc tion of the same board and the same management with the deaf. But soon the quarters became too strait for the admission of the children seeking an education and the legislature appropriated funds for the erection and furnishing the south wing, the one to the left in the cut.

It soon became evident that there were great embarrassments and inconsistencies arising from educating the deaf and the blind together in the same building. The admissions to both departments continued to increase until more room was needed. Just at this time. an effort was made to provide accommodations for the blind children in buildings separate and apart from the deaf. In doing this, the old Faribault place was purchased and fitted up for a school for the blind. This removed the blind children about one mile from the deaf and greatly relieved both classes and added to the enjoyment and advantages of each.

From year to year children were brought to the school for the deaf who were not properly deaf, but feeble-minded, and in due time it became evident to both the directors and the superintendent of the schools that an effort should be made to start a school for the care and training of feeble-minded children. An effort was made and it resulted in an act of the legislature authorizing the establishment of an "experimental school", in 1879, and in a short time developed into a permanent department of the Minnesota institute for defectives.

This, in brief, is the genesis and order of the three state schools located in Faribault.

The first superintendent of this state school was Prof. R. H. Kinney. After serving three years, in July, 1866, he resigned, and J. L. Noyes was appointed his successor, and during his administration the other two departments were established and organized. In May 1881 the internal government of the institution was modified and re-organized, Superintendent Noyes retired from all official connection with the other