Date of Award

7-1931

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Education

First Advisor

John P. Treacy

Second Advisor

William J. Grace

Abstract

Cripples have always lived among people, but it took the life of Homer Allen with those of several friends to arouse his father, Edgar F. Alien, to the realization of the problem of the cripple. Today "Daddy" Allen is known the world over as the one who influenced others to show more than mere pity for crippled children that they might have facilities for care and education.

The disastrous collision of cars at Elyria, Ohio, May 31, 1907, and the horrible catastrophe of the loss of a beloved son seemed a divine intercession to the wealthy father of the deceased young man. "Slowly there came to Edgar Allen a vision. He began to realize that there were helpless little ones with no facilities for care and education."

In a recent address, entitled, The Evolution of the Problem of the Cripple, Mr. Allen said: "Sympathy for human suffering is the motive spirit of modern civilization. Be that as it may, it is obviously capable of drawing together all classes, creeds, and nationalities in a common service to mankind. The aroused interest of all classes of people in all nations in behalf of crippled children is a signal proof of that fact. It inspires one to look forward with renewed faith and hope to the eventful eradication of crippledom."

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the College of Liberal Arts of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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