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Excerpt from Studies in Mental Deviations
The student oi the problems of mental deviation is for tunate indeed to be able to avail himself of the splendid opportunities for research provided at the Training School at Vineland, New Jersey. For almost a quarter of a century this institution has developed under the inspiration and according to the vision of its most able superintendent, E. R. Johnstone. His constant aim has been to further the inter ests of the individual child and is expressed by the motto of the school first, all else follows. The chief means for attaining this end has been the development of the child's ability in whatever directions and to whatever degree is possible. No greater tribute could be paid to John stone's great work than the loyalty of adherence of the V ine land people to the principles he has laid down. The child's training is carried on by many hands, through many ways. I have not hesitated to make the whole institution my research field and to draw on the great stores of experience that have accumulated during the twenty years' service of some of its officers. It is not my belief that the best obser vations of the psychology of defectives are to be made through the laboratory windows, nor that the only infor mation of value regarding defectives is possessed by psy chologists. Rather am I convinced that some of the best research lessons may be learned through the analysis of the experience of those who have known and studied the defective through the many long years of his training and devel opment. There is hardly an employee of the Training School who has not added his or her quota to this study. The following pages, by constant reference and appeal to this fund of practical experience, will show how great is my indebtedness. For unfailing and invaluable assistance I owe most to Mrs. A. M. Nash, without whose expert aid much of the data could not have been gathered or inter preted. The members of the Board of Trustees, by their personal interest and encouragement, have also assisted.
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