Four teachers at Undercliff

14  NARRATIVE will  present  to  your  honorable  body  in  requests  for  special appropriations  for  Shelton,  Meriden,  and  Norwich. OUR  SANATORIA  SCHOOLS At  both  of  our  sanatoria  for  children  we  conduct schools.  We  employ  five  competent  graduated  and  cer- tificated teachers,  four  at  Undercliff  and  one  at  The  Sea- side. Not  every  good  teacher  of  the  ordinary  school  is capable  of  doing  good  work  with  children  sick  or  crippled with  tuberculosis.  It  is,  therefore,  a  matter  of  great satisfaction  to  us  that  we  are  able  to  report  that  the  re- sults obtained  by  our  staff  of  teachers  have  received  the approval  of  inspectors  of  the  State  Department  of Education,  and  of  other  competent  pedagogic  critics. Several  of  our  pupils  have  successfully  taken  the  High School  examinations  of  various  cities.  Very  interesting reports  have  come  to  us  from  teachers  of  public  schools, of  the  good  impressions  our  cured  and  bronzed  and  happy children  have  made  on  the  minds  and  morale  of  the  rest of  the  pupils. WHY  SANATORIA? ''Many  tuberculosis  patients  die  in  sanatoria.  They could  do  no  worse  at  home.  Many  tuberculosis  patients recover,  at  home.  They  could  do  no  better  in  sanatoria. Why  then  sanatoria?" In  some  such  words,  skeptical  citizens  occasionally  ex- press their  views  of  the  great  work  that  Connecticut,  for the  past  dozen  years,  has  been  conducting  at  her  state tuberculosis  sanatoria. Why  Sanatoria?  Because  without  sanatoria,  a  thous- and sick  citizens  of  Connecticut  who  are  now,  bravely and  hopefully  fighting  for  their  lives  under  conditions most  favorable  for  success,  would  be  forced  to  make  their fight  under  conditions  that  the  experience  of  civilization has  shown  to  be  least  favorable  for  success.  Yes,  tubercu- lous patients  die  at  sanatoria  and  yes,  tuberculous  pa- tients will  continue  to  die  at  sanatoria  until  somebody discovers  a  specific  that  will  cure  tuberculosis,  as  quinine cures  malaria,  or  as  morphine  cures  pain.  But  yes,  also, tuberculous  patients  are  cured  at  sanatoria  and  they  are cured  in  numbers  proportionately  larger  than  in  the  prac- tice of  any  private  physician.  Of  the  patients  who  come to  Connecticut's  tuberculosis  sanatoria,  the  very  sick, whether  rich  or  poor,  are  benefited  by  the  opportunity