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303 students. In 1894, the location added a school for girls (130 students) called, "Sunnyside" (later changed to
Chippewa). In 1895, the school for girls expanded to 160 and added a zoo and merry-go-arounds on campus (total population 500 in 1896). In 1898 the first Psychologist ever employed in an Institution, A.R.T. Wylie, with many publishing being written in the Journal of Psycho-Asthenics. In 1900, a hospital opened on the location, named the "Oaks", which specialized in the treatment of epileptic boys beginning in 1901 (total population 889 in 1902). By 1904 there were 500 beds for the boys and girls placed in the hospital, and 28 beds for children struggling with tuberculosis were added in 1905.
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of which still exist and are used by staff and inmates. By 1955, the population of the new
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The facility is built on land the state has managed and maintained since 1879 when it was founded as, "Minnesota
Experimental School for the Feeble Minded." This included children who were, "Deaf and Dumb and the blind." In 1882 it expanded its population to 50 students and again grew in 1887 to
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111:Capacity
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