OF THE NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE Association of Trustees and Superintendents OF WISCONSIN Public printing authorized by Chapter 332, Laws of 1903, as amended OFFICERS, 1911. J. E. COFFLAND, Richland Center, Wis. A. J. WHIFFIN, Sheboygan, Wis. GEO. H. SEELY, Menomonie, Wis. F. M. SMITH, Osseo, Wis. 9818 Hist. Coll. NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE Association of Trustees and Superintendents of County Asylums for Insane in Wisconsin PROGRAM. TUESDAY. June 14, 8:00 P. M. Music. Address of Welcome-Hon. Winfred Abrams, Mayor of Green Bay. Response-Mr. A. J. Whifflin, Vice Pres. of the Association. Music. Address-What Class of Patients should be Kept in Our County Asylums, Hon. Elmer Grimmer of the Wisconsin State Board of Control. Discussion. WEDNESDAY. June 15, 9:00 A. M. Paper The Duties of a Trustee-Hon. Lewis Peterson, Brown County. Paper-Caring for the Insane Previous to Commitment and Transfer to the State Hospital-Mr. Joseph Roehl, Supt. Marathon County Asylum. Address The Dairy Cow on the Asylum Farm-Prof. G. C. Humphrey of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. 9818 1:30 P. M. (As the guests of Supt. F. M. Loftus and the management of the Brown County Asylum, the Association will spend the afternoon visiting the Brown County Institutions, the State Reformatory and other places of interest.) 8 P. M. Paper-How Shall We Entertain and Employ Our People-Mr. A. H. Gorges, Trustee, Outagamie County. Address The Care of Disturbed and Destructive Patients-Dr. H. A. Tomlinson, Supt. State Hospital, St. Peter, Minn. THURSDAY. June 16, 9:00 A. M. Business Session. 9 A. M. Reports of Officers and Committees. Election of Officers. Miscellaneous Business. Paper The Asylum Farm-Mr. Roland Kolb, Farm Superin tendent, Manitowoc County. Paper The Supervision of Paroled Patients-Dr. Richard Dewey, Wauwatosa. Address My First Week as Asylum Superintendent-Mr. Herman Arpke, Superintendent Sheboygan County Asylum. 1:30 P. M. Paper-Care of the Needy and Defective-Mr. A. J. Whiffin, Paper by Dr. Harper-Tuberculosis. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS OF COUNTY ASYLUMS OF WISCONSIN. Held at Green Bay, Wis., June 14-15-16, 1910. Tuesday evening, June 14th, convention called to order by Hon. J. E. Coffland, of Richland Center, President of the Association. ADDRESS OF WELCOME. By HON. WINFRED ABRAMS, Mayor of Green Bay. Ladies and Gentlemen:-A short time ago I received a communication from your Secretary stating that it was the desire of your organization to hold its 9th Annual Meeting in our city. I can assure you it was a pleasure to me, as well as the citizens of this city to be so highly honored, that you should have chosen our city as your place of meeting. The citizens of our city are proud to have you with us. Green Bay, as you know, is an old historical place, being discovered by one Jean Nicolet in 1634, who was commissioned by Governor Champlain to explore these districts and enter into treaties with the Indians; the history of which is written all along the shores of the Great Lakes, Green Bay and the Fox River. Green Bay also figured prominently in the building up |