Vanguard School Tax Exemption Case

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

The children attending the Vanguard School in Chester County live in that shadowland which marks them neither as normal or abnormal. They are not deaf, and yet the sounds of the world come to them distorted and frequently incapable of being interpreted in their true tones; they are not blind, but fog envelops much of what comes before their vision; they are not lame but they stumble on paths over which soundly-developed boys and girls skip merrily and without mishap.

Thus they need assistance and guidance if they are to acquire that capacity and confidence which…