PAGE EIGHT THlE RliCHIGAN DAILY THrURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1919 Michigan Sets Pace In Child Care U PROBLEM SOLVING-Clarence F. Ilamsay, superintendent of the Michigan Children's Institute, discusses a problem with Busi- ness Manager Delmar Wright as Mrs. Mary Van Tuyle, Ramsay's seretrtakes notes. More than 80 workers make up the staff of th Insttute THE MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE Places State Wards in Foster Homes GOING FORt A RIDE--Mrs. Mary De Lapp, a social worker, takes one of the girls to an approved home where she will be boarded un- til she is adopted. Each home is visited every two weeks to make sure the child and the people caring for her are getting along sat- isfactorily. F The philosophy of the Michigan Chilren's Institute-to pirovide every child with a family who can understand and love him--has made it a unique experiment in child welfare. Founded in 1933 to succeed the State Public School by an Act of Legislature, the present MCI was suggested by Clarence F. Ramsay, then superintendent of the Pub- lic School and now the Institute's director,. small receiving home through which a boarding home program could be operated by a skilled staff-plus consideration of the individual child's welfare-the MCI has proven that such a plan is in many ways superior to a large orphan home. The headquarters of the MCI, located at 1447 Washington Heights, serves not only as the central office dispensing inf or- mation and social services, but also is the receiving home for * * * Following Ramsay's plan of a DAI LY PH OTO F EAT URE Story by DOLORES LASCH EVER Pictures by BARNEY LASCHEVER BUDDING ARTISTS-Mrs. June Fink, girls' recreational worker, teaches a class in drawing in the sewing room. The girls also have a lounge with their owin books and toys. Children at the Institute attend school in the morning and spend their afternoons under the care of recreational workers who plan outdoor programs when the weather permit and indoor activities if necessary. children having personality and behavior problems. The receiving home-its pur- pose is to provide a physical and emotional setting where staft members may study the child's needs-has room for 11 boys and nine girls ranging in age from five to 18. * * * THlE BOYS and girls have their own rooms on separate floors. Each floor has a combination lounge-recreation room. Boys and girls eat together in the same din- ing room but at separate tables. During their stay at the In- stitute, an average of 30 days, children attcnd classes during the morning at the University Hospital's school which is pro- vided for child patients. Other facilities which the Univer- sity offers are physical examina- tions by a University Hospital doc- tor, dental care at the clinic maintained by the School of Den- cinic atdUniversity Hospital.th IN ADDITION, a full-time psy- chologist is always on hand and psychiatrists ares available for con- sultations. Children at the receiving home, spend their afternoons with recreational advisers who instruct them In games and generally provide an atmos- phere in which children can be- come more socially minded. While the child is receiving re- adjustment training at the MCI, members of the homefinding de- partment are on the lookout for homes of persons who will make suitable foster parents. * * * A CHILD for whom a home is found is then placed out in one of four ways: 1. The State pays the foster parents for caring for the child; 2. The foster family cares for the child free of charge; or ac- tually adopts it; 3. Foster parents pay older children to work after school i-n return for room, board and a small wage; 4. The most disturbed children are boarded in study homes. So long as the child remains a ward of the State he is visited ap- social worker who makes sure the ehild and his foster parents are satisfied. 3 p BOYS' WORKSHOP-David (Doc) Davis, boys' recreational di- rector, shows one of the boys how to use the electric saw, one of the machines available for use in the boys' workshop. If weather permits, Davis plans outdoor games like baseball or football. CHOP STICKS--A matron looks on while children gather around one of the boys as Jie plays the niano in the boys' lounge. The boys also have their own library and radio. On Saturdays, the recrea- tional worker usually takes them to the movies. PAT DASAgr fsa ha parties the Institute gives for the children to celebrate a holi- day. NEW HOME-A child mneets her new foster parents for the first time. An effort is made to find a home suitable to the needs of the child. Children are boarded out as wards of the State of Michi- gan until they are adopted or until they become 19 years old. OFF TO SCHOOL-Mrs. Edna Adams, a matron at the Institute, sends three of the children off to classes. Children from the .In- stitute attend the University Hlospital school which is maintained for children who are confined there as patients. I PROBLEM SOL VE R: 'U' Engineers To Construct NewComputingMachine A new computing machine, first Df its kind at the University, will soon be built by the electrical en- gineering department in the East Engineering Building. eNC.dents will construct the ma- phlne~ an analogue computor, along a standard pattern. It will take about a year to build, accord- lng to Gunnar Hok, research engi- neer bor the University. THE COMPUTOR will solve ma- thematical problems too complex Answers will be in graph form. Psych Group Will Hold Discussion The Psychology Colloquium will meet at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the basement of Lane Hall to discuss Where a problem cannot be work- ed by ordinary mathematical func- tions, it will be expressed in terms of new functions that are not now known. Much time will be saved by using the machine, Hok said. It will be capable of solving, in a few minutes, complicated dif- ferential equations that would takes hours to work by hand. Research students will be great- ly benefited by this new addition. It will be available to anyone who has an insoluble problem, whether or not he is connected with the electrical engineering department. THE COMPUTOR WILL BE mounted on two relay racks, each about the size of an ordinary filing cabinet. 1It wilubetransportable, wihwil be a futer aid tois use for research. 'U> Muem To Be Open to PublicToni oht Natural history exhibits in the University Museums Building will be open to visitors from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. The evening hours have been set to accommodate persons unable to visit the museums during the day. Colored movies on "Fertiliza- tion" and "Seashore Oddities" will be shown at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Rm. 3024 of the Museums Build- ing. Dioramas on the fourth floor Hall ofBiological Principle ea- on a New England wharf, and life in caves. Life and customs of the Chippe- wa Indians, early inhabitants of Michigan, are shown in four other dioramas produced by Carleton W. By JOHN DAVIES Subtlety reigned in many campus classrooms yesterday anci the day before as droves of University in- structors managed to convey the idea thatr they would "be outheof BtuetsUniversity regulation pre- vented most of them from blurting out-right that they would bolt their Friday and Saturday cla:U es. A few professors actually came out with it and told their students they'd be gone over the weekend. ONE PHILOSOPHY professor, for instance, apologized, saying he didn't feel too sorry for the stu- dents, inasmuch as the general library would be open to fill their class time. Other teachers found ways to 4T P m3nh e~ SUBT LETY REIGNS: Professors Avoid Problems Of Post-HolidayAttendance Read and Use The Michigan Daily Classifieds say- the same thing less direct- ly-"you know you can leave if I dn' sow up in ten minuts "I don't suppose I'll be seeing many ofyou thisbSaturday,'" "ve lotmy rollbo n don't think I'll find it until Mon- day"' were examples of indirect communication reported. A number of instructors man- aged to give 'assignments for Tues- day or Wednesday, somewhow avoiding weekend ones. Many students learned that if they did attend weekend sessions, they would be faced with a pe- culiar menu of activities. A psy- chology lecturer said he will speak in Sanskrit, Greek and Latin-all were, of course, welcome to attend. * * * OTHER PROFESSORS slated "review" or "make sessions for * THEY MAKE IDEAL GIFTS and for the easiest, most COnvenient way to get thoe oos - use our smal store with its com- p lee stock. V VYWe will gift wrap any purChase and,/or wrap 'I