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Letter to the Asylum, 1921
Jun. 15th, 2011 12:44 pmFound attached to an application to the Halifax School for the Blind:
Yes, this was in the pile of rejected applications, but none of the rejected applications have notes indicating why they were rejected.
ETA: The very next application has someone, presumably the applicant's mother, writing across it "Will not leave her her. Go away from me now as she is not in a fit condition." :( It's like she was bullied into filling out the application.
Grant Falls, NB
27-October, 1921
Halifax School for the Blind,
C. F. Fraser, Supt.
Hon dear sir:--
The applicant, to my mind, is only short-sighted, is very unruly and is lacking extensively in grey matter (brain cells).
He will never become a poet, an orator, a musician or a signer [sic].
I would advise you to leave him with his father who is not more gifted than the son.
Yours truly,
Rev. T. [Redacted], D. D.
Yes, this was in the pile of rejected applications, but none of the rejected applications have notes indicating why they were rejected.
ETA: The very next application has someone, presumably the applicant's mother, writing across it "Will not leave her her. Go away from me now as she is not in a fit condition." :( It's like she was bullied into filling out the application.
