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persons and persons of seriously defective sight to make them happy, intelligent,
and self-reliant and to equip them for self-support and good citizenship." In 1918,
the "asylum" for the blind became the "school" for the blind.
Figure 1
School 1908
Note. The original site of the North Dakota School for the Blind was in Bathgate,
which is in the northeast corner of the state. It opened its doors in 1908 and was
originally called the North Dakota Asylum for the Blind. Image Description: A
large brick building with a peaked roof and lower wings on either side. A large
lawn is in front of the building with a line of trees and a dirt path on each side. A
flagpole stands at the front center of the building but no flag flies from it. Windows
line each of the three floors of the building. Stairs in the center of the building lead
to three front entrance doors.
