Seventh annual report of the trustees and superintendent of the deaf and dumb asylum of the state of Ohio for the year 1843

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SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

'TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT

OF THE

DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM

OF THE

STATE OF OHIO.

FOR THE YEAR 1$43 •

COLUMBUS:

"SA�UEL MEDARY, STATE PRINTER I 843.

To t!te Speaker of tile House of Representatives:

Sm-I inclose the Report of the Trustees of the Ohio Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and request that it may be communica�

ted to the Senate. By order of the Board.

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JAMES HOGE,

Secretary •

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®ffirrr.u of tfir Institution.

OFFICERS.

His Excelleney WILSON SHANNON, Ex-officio, President. RoBERT W, McCoy, Esq., Vice President.

·Rev. JAJ'rIES HoGE, D. D., Secretary. BELA LATHAnr, Esq., Treasurer .

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TRUSTEES.

R. W. McCoY, Esq., ROBERT THOMPSON, M. D., Rev. JAMES HooE, D. D., AsAHEL CmTTENDE:',, Esq., BELA LATHA!VI, Esq., Rev. CHARLES F. SCHAEFFER, SAMUEL MEDARY, Esq, ELIAS GAVER, Esq.,

Rev. HENRY L. HITCHCOCK, THOMAS KENNEDY, E3q., A. P. STONE, Esq. H. N. HUBBELL, Superintendent. INSTRUCTORS, 1st class-MosEs A. HOGE, 2d do THOMAS OFFICER, 3d do HoRACE S. GILLET, 4th do JA111Es S. BRowN, 5th do DANFORTH E. BALL, 6th do THOMAS J\1AclNTIRE, ROBERT THOMPSON, M. D., Physician. Mrs. MELISSA CooK, Matron.

JoHN METZ, Shoemaker.

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REPORT OF TRUSTEES.

To the General Assembly of the Stale of Ohio:

Since our last Report, the lnstitution committed to our direc­ tion by the Legislature, has been favored with that prosperity and success which might be expected, in a high degree, to attend so benevolent a scheme; one so fraught with blessings to the unfortunate. By the mercies of that God who speaks to the heart of those whose ear cannot hear the sound of the human voice, and hears the cry of the wants of those whose tongues know not to utter words, a method of instruction has been de­ vised and applied, that adequately supplies their lack of a most important sehse. And He has added this to all other favors, that the school, for the education of those youth who have suf­ fered this privation, has increased every year, and has been blessed with g0od success and unusual health from the beginning. During the last year, however, one pupil has died in the Institu­ tion, and two at their homes, after having left it, This unusual occurrence, however, it is believed, was not ov\ ing to any par­ ticular cause, found in either location or management, but is only to be regarded as an affiictive dispensation, which is to be ex­ pected sometimes, but, we hope, not often.

The Teachers are the same as last year, and have performed their duties in a faithful and efficient manner. Of their qualifica­ tions and industry, the improvement of those who are committed to their instruction, is the best evidence.

Soon after the adjournment of the General Assembly of the last year, the Board of Trustees carried into effect a change in the boarding department, on which they had particularly re­ marked in their last Report. This business was separated from the charge of the school, as a part of the cares of the �rincipal; and a Steward was engaged to take charge of this and all house­ hold aflairs. The arrangement with him ·was made on favorable terms, so as to secure some reduction of expense. Perhaps the system may be, in some degree, improved by giving the Steward a fixed salary, and paying him for al! his expenditures, as ascer­ tained by his accounts, regularly kept, and properly vouched. On this change the Board are not prepared to express a decided opinion.

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In making the arrangement for the employment of a Steward, it was necessary to purchase furniture, bedding, and other requi­ site articles for the Institution, to a considerable amount, and, on this account, to contract a debt of near $1,000, which the want of funds rendered the Board unable to pay. Tb.is deficiency resulted, it is believed, from a mistake in the making of an appro­ priation for this purpose. The amount recommended by the Board was $2,000; and this sum was reported in the bill, but was, in some way, changed to $500. Notwithstanding this de­ ficiency, the measure was executed, with full confidence that the General Assembly, when informed of the facts, would make the necessary appropriation.

For two years past the Board have been satisfied that it was necessary to provide enlarged accommodations for the Asylum, as a school for the education of this portion of our youth. When the present building was erected, it was designed for the recep­ tion of the principal, and 50 or 60 pupils; and, it was supposed, that more than this number might not be expected for many years. Now, it is made to contain the Principal, the Steward, and their families, and others in their employment, with 83 pu­ pils-about 100 in all-obviously, too many for health and com­ fort, in a house of no greater extent, especially, as there are five class-rooms exclusively occupied for instruction. It is, therefore, earnestly recommended that the Trustees be authorized to en­ large 1he building, and otherwise improve the grounds of the Institution, so that, in essential convenience and appearance, it may be made worthy of its design, and of the State, whose prop­ erty and honor it truly is. For this purpose an appropriation of not less than ten thousand dollars will be needed.

It is also recommended that the bill, providing for the admis­ sion of all suitable pupils into the Institution, and for other pur­ poses, which was left incomplete at the last session, should be passed, in order to afford the same privilege to all, which is now enjoyed by some. The Board have been constrained, by the circumstances, to go beyond the letter of the law, both in admit­ ting and retaining pupils, in a few special cases. They did this in full confidence that their action, in these casesi would be fully approved, when all the fac1s of the particular instances, and the reasons of the Board were known. But a continuance of such action might grow into a serious abuse; and it is therefore proper the legal provision, which is needed, should be immediately made. By the report of the Treasurer, Bela Latham, Esq., which is herewith submitted, and which has been examined and found to be correct, it appears that the receipts of the Asylum, during the year ending Oct. 1, 1843, have been $8,429 3U, and the ex­ penditures and liabilities amount to $9,840 03½; leaving a balance due the Treasurer of $1,410 55¼.

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For fuller information on several of the subjects herein men­ tioned, and respecting the condition and operation of the Asylum during the last year, we respectfully refer to the appended report of the Principal, I-I. N. Hubbell.

In that report a subject is brought into view which is of con­ siderable importance, and require:s but a small expenditure, not within the power given by law to the Trustees. This is an al­ lowance for providing clothing and traveling expenses, in behalf of a few of the more indigent pupils. We recommend that a con­ tingent fond for this purpose, not exceeding $200, be annually placed at the disposal of the Trustees.

Lest there should be any misapprehension respecting the de­ ficiency of funds, (this is the first time any deficiency has hap­ pened,) it is proper to say that it has been owing, chiefly, to the purchases and repairs consequent on the appointment of a Stew­ ard, and execution of improvements necessary to health and comfort; and would not have existed had the appropriation been made which it is believed was designed. An appropriation, therefore, will be needed to liquidate the debt and meet contin­ gent expenses, of not less than three thousand dollars.

The term of service of the following Trustees will expire on the 3d of March next:-R. W. McCoy, Bela Latham, Robert Thompson and I-I. L. Hitchcock; and J. R. Swan, appointed last session, declined serving, on account of the incompatibility of holding this appointment with his office of President Judge, thus making a vacancy for two years to come.

Respectfully submitted,

By order of the Board,

JAMES HOGE,

REPORT OF THE SUPERITENDENT.

TO THE TRUSTEES.

GENTLEMEN-In preparing my Annual Report of the Asylum to your honorable body, and through you to the Legislature and the Ohio public, we have renewed occasion to make our grateful acknowledgments to the great Disposer of events, whose deal­ ings with it, during the past year, have been those of mercy.

Truth and gratitude, also, require us to say that its whole past history, from its commencement till the present time, has been replete with blessings from the Giver of all good. Indeed, the Asylum itself and the class· of institutions to which it belongs are the legitimate offspring of that enlarged philanthropy which His holy religion inspires, and in consonance with the spirit of the song that announced the advent of its Author to our earth, "good will to men," among whom the unfortunate deaf and dumb were happily included.

The dealings of Providence, however, have not been of an un­ mixed character. It is our duty to mention the removal, by death, of three of our pupils during the past year; two at their own homes, and one at the Asylum. The first, in point of time, was Miss Caroline Garrett, an interesting young lady from Cin­ cinnati. She departed this life, in that city, on the 5th of July, of a rapid consumption, after about three months illness. The next instance of death was that of Henry Jordan Mulinix, of Baltimore, Fairfield county, who died of fever, at home, in vaca­ tion, on the 16th of September last. The last, and recent, case of death was that of Miss Elisabeth Carpenter, of Huron county, whose death occurred at the Asylum, on the 28th of November last. She died of fever of two or three weeks continuance. Her death is the first that has happened, from sickness, at the Asylum since it was first opened for the admission of pupils, on the 16th of November, in the year 1829. During this long term of years the health of the pupils has perhaps been without a parallel in the history or experience of any similar institution,

While we sympathize deeply with the friends and relatives of the deceased, in these instances of death that have taken place since the publication of our last Annual Report, there is much

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consolation to be derived from the fact that these pupils did not . die the deaths of uneducated and unenlightened mutes, but had, during their residence at the Asylum, through the peculiar means of instruction and intercourse enjoyed there, imbibed as correct and clear ideas of their duty to God and their fellow men, and the destiny that awaited them at death, as most persons enjoy who have a perfect possession and use of all their faculties, aside from the consideration that some of them, at least, died in the full enjoyment of the Christian's hope. Thus did they not die the deaths of uneducated deaf and dumb; and thus have they not lived in vain, nor has the Asylum, called into existence by the benevolence of this great State and fostered by it, from year to year, been in vain. It is in afflicting scenes similar to the above, that the value and importance of the institution most conspicu­ ously appear. Comfort is imparted to the dying and their

friends, and light is shed in on the grave which would otherwise be enshrouded in deep darlme8s,

Notwithstanding the sickness and death which has finally vis­ ited the Asylum, we have reason to believe that the health of its inmates, during the past year, has been as good as that enjoyed at other institutions similarly situated, where large numbers are collected together, and bringing with them, from their own homes as they frequently do, hereditary and other diseases which, perhaps, originally caused their deafness, and which have, in some instances, taken permanent hold of their physical sys• tems and will remain with them while life lasts. Under these circumstances it need occasion no surprise that the Asylum should sometimes be invaded by sickness and death.

The present number of pupils on the catalogue is, eighty three; a large increase since the publication of our last report, and a greater number than has, at any former time, been connected with the Asylum. It is very gratifying, that after many years of labor and anxiety, to inform the public mind, and to dissemi­ nate abroad correct ideas as to the utility and importance of the institution, that our hopes and wishes should be finally realized, and that prejudice and misconception should be dissipated from the minds of the friends of the unfortunate deaf and dumb, and the patrons of the Asylum be permitted to witness its present prosperous condition, which is manifest from the great number of pressing applications fot admission at this time.

The great inconvenience under which we now labor, and which circumscrib�s the usefulness of the Asylum, is the small­ ness and inconvenience of our buildings. As, has been been ob­ served in our former Reports, the Deaf and Dumb Asylum was the first of the public humane institutions which the State of Ohio established; the subject was new, and an indefinite idea prevailed

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as to the extent of the accommodations required. The build­ ings first erected, with the occasional additions which have from time to time since been made, have sufficed without any very serious embarrassments to the operations of the Asylum, until within a year or two past. But such is now its crowded con­ dition, that a material enlargement is imperiously demanded to furnish the necessary accommodations for the numerous appli­ cants who so importunately ask for a participation of its advan­ tages. It would seem to us an act of much injustice to shut our doors to any of this unfortunate class, aside from the difficulty, on our part, of making selections from the whole number, and thus deciding who shall enjoy the priceless benefits of mental and moral illumination to such as are privileged to be received into the Asylum; and, by such decision, doom others, equally de­ serving and equally unfortunate, to a life of ignorance and vice; and the only effect which the institution, high and noble as it is in its nature and design, would have on such would be to tan­ talize from year to year, and from age to age.

We are consoled with the belief, however, that such is not the wish of the Ohio public, and that no such deliberate act of injustice will be permitted; and that the state of the case needs but to be understood to have all needful accommodations provided, and ad­ equate to the wants of the present and prospective importance

of the establishment.

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ere our buildings sufficiently spacious

we could, next session, have in attendance one hundred pupils, and expect, from year to year, afterwards, an increase on that number as the tide of our general population swells onward, and thus magnify the ability of the Asylum to do good, and carry into full effect the benevolent intentions of its founders, as the necessities and demand for the enlarged accommodations for the education of the deaf and dumb may, from time to time, exist.

Since the establishment of the Asylum the number of in­ habitants of the State of Ohio has, undoubtedly, been increased two fold, and will continue to i:1crease in equal ratio for many years to come; a state of things not existing to the same extent in any of the older States. It is a pleasing reflection that this increase is not confined to mere population, but is apparent in whatever aspect the St"ate is viewed, particularly its wealth and educational advantages, and it is a pleasing consideration that there is indubitable evidence, from the existence and liberal sup­ port of the humane State Institutions of Ohio, that a spirit of active philanthropy has fully kept pace with the improvements in other respects, which we are permitted to notice.

With the increase of our whole population, in the time above alluded to, the deaf and dumb have also increased in an equal proportion, and we have now, in Ohio, twice as many mutes as

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we had at that time; and though so many have been admitted into the Asylum, yet there remains, uneducated, a greater num­ ber than when it was first opened. In order to carry out, fully, the benevolent intentions of its founders, and continue, unim­ paired, its ability to scatter abroad, over the State, the invaluable blessings of education and moral instruction, commensurate with the present wants of the community, the buildings of the estab­ lishment, now in use, need to be much enlarged. This can be accomplished without involving any large amount of expendi­ ture, particularly, as the convicts of the penitentiary may be employed in making the contemplated improvements, thereby requiring littie more of an outlay than what is necei,sary in the purchase of materials.

I cannot too strongly urge this subject on your attention, and ask you to make such a representation of it to the Legislature as will secure its favorable action. A crisis has arrived in the affairs of the Asylum when the buildings must be enlarged or its usefulness be greatly crippled, and the noble objects contemplated in its erection, must, in₀part, be defeated. But we confidently hope that no such state of things will be permitted to occur.

Many of our pupils are in what may be called indigent cir­ cumstances. The State makes liberal provision for the board and instruction of the State pupils in term time, under the present law, but furnishes no clothing to any pupil under any circumstances. There are cases, and they are not unfrequent, where their friends are unable to provide clothing for their children, and keep them supplied from year to year, till they have completed their education, Our dependence in these cases have, heretofore, been on the kind charities of friends and neigh­ bors at home, and the avails of a contribution box which has been kept at the door of the Asylum for many years past. But these resources are at all times precarious, and lead to frequent disappointments.

The friends of pupils are sometimes unable, when residing at a distance, to defray the necessary traveling expenses in bring­ ing them to the Asylum, and in taking them home in vacations, during their continuance at school; and should they remain at the Asylum during the recess, are unable to pay for their board. For these several objects no legislative provision has hereto­ fore been made, from the fact, perhaps, that the subject has never been brought to the notice of any former legislature in any of our annual reports. I would, therefore, suggest to your honor­ able body the expediency of soliciting a small contingent fond, to_be expended in extreme cases, as may from time to time_anse.

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The mechanical department, so far as attempted, continues entirely successful. About twenty four of the largee boys and young men are now employed in making shoes and boots. This branch of business was selected under the impression that it would be more useful to them, in future life, than any other in which they could be employed at the Asylum, as the work would always be in demand, wherever they might go after completing their education; and as it is a branch of business they could then establish themselves, more usefully, and with less expense than any other. They are employed four hours each day at work, at such times as do not interfere with their studies. Their education is considered the object of the first importance with the pupils at the Asylum, and the mechanical business 1s only of a secondary consideration, in our estimation; yet it is thought every way desirable for their habits and future advantage, that they accomplish both these objects while at the Asylum, obtain­ ing an education and the knowledge of some mechanical art, which may be useful to them through life. And it is gratifying in being able to say, that, in acquiring the art of shoe and boot making, or any other art depending on the eye for obtaining it, they make equal or more proficiency in a given time than those who speak and hear. After only a few weeks employment in this business, they are able to make a good and substantial arti­ cle of shoes; and their future improvement in the business de­ pends on the length of time which may be devoted to it.

In the avails of the shop the Institution has no interest, as we could not conduct the business without suffering a constant loss, and by so doing, we could accomplish no object other than that which is obtained under the present plan. The Superintendent of the shop is only furnished shop room by the Asylum, and takes the boys as apprentices, and receives the avails of the labor, and manages the business on his own account. He has, however, once or twice, been allowed a small sum for purchasing tools. We have reason to be gratified with the success which has hitherto attended this branch of our establishment. Only the larger boys are, however, employed in the shoe shop, leaving nearly an equal number of the smaller boys without any regular employment out of school. It appears important, for their habits and various other considerations, that they also should have some stated employment. After much reflection and in­ quiry, I would respectfully suggest that the tailoring business be commenced and be conducted on a pbn similar to that on which the shoe shop has hitherto been carried on, leaving a sufficient time, daily, for recreation and active sports, essential to the preservation of health. This trade might be selected for reasons similar to those which induced the establishing of the shoe shop,

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and may be considered of equal importance in point of useful­ ness. With these two branches of business in successful opera• tion, as I trust they will be, nothing further will, for many years, be required of a mechanical nature.

During the last session of the Legislature, an act passed both branches without opposition, providing for the continuance of certain pupils at the Asylum, for two years longer than the time now specified by law, at the discretion of the Trustees, and also, authorizing your body to admit into the Asylum all suitable ap­ plicants. This noble act failed, unfortunately, in the hurry of the adjournment, by not receiving the signatures of the Speak­ ers. There can be no doubt of the present Legislature adjust­ ing this matter, and it is particularly important that this should be effected, as we have, in anticipation of the act being repass­ ed, admitted a larger number of State pupils than the former law authorizes, and also, continuing a few at the Asylum whose term of time, by the aforesaid law, had expired; in short, in some measure, acting in this matter as though the law were in force. So pressing are the applications for admission, at this time, that we could not easily have done otherwise. We are now waiting for the legislative sanction for what we felt it our duty to do under the circumstances; and we trust the case needs but to be stated to have it granted. I might add that there are several applications for admission into the Asylum now before your body; but as the Legislature is now in session, it is thought ad­ visable to decline assuming any more responsibility on the sub­ ject, but await legisl.ative action and sanction •

. When the law above mentioned, shall have passed, no further provision for the reception of pupils, or their continuance at the Asylum, will ever be required. The law will then be ample and perfect, and nothing will be wanting but effort and ability on the part of the instructors, which we shall endeavor to supply, to make the Asylum all that its most sanguine friends have ever contemplated; and a few short years, only, need to pass, when it will occupy no secondary standing among the mstitutions of the land. It has, already, accomplished much, and the future is full of promise.

The arrangement for the appointment of a steward, which went into operation on the first of last May, is found, from ex­ perience, to be salutary. The furniture used by the pupils and the boarding house, was then purchased. The appointment seems to perfect the domestic arrangements, by releasing the Superintendent from the duties of providing for the family, which had become arduous, and enabling him to direct his attention to the many general matters of the establishment on which the respectability and usefulness depend. The Steward manages

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the boarding department, has a particular care of the grounds, and attends to the repairs of the buildings. The plan, however, on which he is employed, can be altered for the better. It should be the same as the Lunatic Asylum. This is the plan on which all the eastern institutions are now carried on, having fewer objections to it than any other, and after severally trying and abandoning the plan on which ours is at present conducted. It would seem to me advisable, at the commencement of next term, or before, to make the change alluded to, and give the Steward some sufficient compensation, in the way of salary. His duties are important, and have much to do with the comfort of the family, whose wants and cares are numerous, in propor­ tion to the number of which it is composed, and the peculiar character of its members, and occupies his whole time. The grounds will require mucl: attention, when the contemplated im­ provements in them are going on; and when they are com­ pleted, they will require much care to be kept in order. For these, and other considerations, it would seem to me every way desirable that he should be employed on the plan recommended above. The change would seem to be equitable towards him, as so much is to be attended to by him which has no particular connection with keeping the boarding house of the Asylum. Under all these circumstances, I would respectfully suggest, for your consideration, that the change be made at the earliest con­ venience.

The .Matron employs her time in the care of the females, su­ perintending their manners, morals, and employments, out of

school. The importance of the Asylum appears in a strong light, regarding it in its influence which it exerts towards the transformation and elevation of character, particularly female character. Owing to the peculiar circumstances in which Provi­ dence has placed the Deaf and Dumb, their ideas on their higher duties in life, and propriety of conduct, even, are exceedingly crude. Without education, they, as a class of the community, have no system of morals, either in theory or practice, though there are individuals, and they are numerous, who belong to moral and religious families, and, from the daily influence which surrounds them, are entirely correct and unimpeachable in their deportment. Yet these, even, without education, look not be­ hind the outward conduct, and the Deaf and Dumb, generally, are creatures of impulse, with passions unbridled, and reckless of consequences, except so far as they are kept in check, by fear of blame or punishment, or hope of reward. The high princi­ ples of action by which the character and conduct of others are regulated, have no effect on them. They act much from imita­ tion, merely, from their earliest infancy to adult years, and are,

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every way, peculiarly at the mercy of the moral elements in which they are placed. And in the present state of society, in many places where evil influences predominate, the effects on them are unfortunate. Their character needs moulding and forming, and the effects of the former evil influences must be counteracted; and this is not the work of a day, or a year, but requires long continued efforts. The duties of the Matron, therefore, in the female department, are of a highly arduous and responsible nature.

The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, like all other establishments, must have a presiding officer, the duties of whom devolve upon the Superintendent. He resides at the Asylum, and his influ­ ence is demanded for the maintenance of order, in all the de­ partments. His family, and also the Steward's, eat at the same table, and of the same food, as the pupils. To him is committed the general management of the Asylum, in all its departments, and is responsible to the Trustees, and the public, for the good order of the pupils, both in and out of school, and their proficien­ cy in their studies. He advises with the assistant teachers in the choice of books, and directs the course of instruction for the different classes. The character and habits of each pupil, in all their anomalous peculiarities, are, for him, a subject of dis­ tinct study and interest. The violent must be restrained, the timid encouraged, the weak protected, the wayward reduced to obedience, and commendation dulv meted out to the meritorious. All are to be acted upon by moti;es, and a general spirit of sub­ ordination and habits of study inculcated and enforced.

The Superintendent manages the correspondence of the Asy­ lum, and attends to the inquiries of visitors. His influence in preserving order and decorum needs to be fol t at all times and places, and requires a steady hand. In discharging these various duties, he finds ample employment.

The pupils in school are divided into six classes. The divis­ ions are made with reference to attainments in study, without regard to age or sex. These different classes are under the care of a separate instructor, during school hours, whose entire attention, for the time, is demanded. Here he finds ample op­ portunity for the display of all the talents and ingenuity of which he may be possessed, in the study of the deaf and dumb character, in surveying his field of labor, in analyzing language, in the improvement of his own signs, studying their force and expressiveness, and adapting them to the accomplishment of the high object which he has in view. So peculiar is his task, and so much is demanded of him, that he must take an interest in the advancement of his class, bordering on enthusiasm, or he will foil of that degree of success which should attend his labors.

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These are of a most benevolent character, and his pupils have n. claim on his sympathy, and address themselves to the best feel• ings of his nature. The object of his labors is nothing less than to set free an imprisoned mind, and remove the barriers that ob­ struct access to it, and having attained this, to cultivate it in all its powers. The object is high and holy in its aims, and the la• bor, to the benevolent heart, carries with it its own reward, Three hours in the forenoon, and two in the afternoon, are spent in the school rooms, leaving sufficient time for mechanical em• ployments, and recreation, so essential to the health and spirits of children.

The same methods of instruction are continued at the Asy­ lum, as in former years. The system consists in substituting visible sign� for sounds, as is employed in ordinary intercourse among speaking persons, and udopting them, not only as a medi­ um of conversation, but employing them for all purposes, on every subject, for which language, in any case, is designed. The uneducated mute has but few ideas, comparatively, and, therefore, requires but few signs to express them; hence, his own language is meagre, but still, has all the general character• istics of speech, so far as it may be used in conveying thought and ideas on any subject, and surpasses it in the rapidity with which they may be communicated, and is a forcible and ex­ pressive language. This is the medium of intercourse with our pupils; and it is through this channel that all our instructions

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they are capable of understanding and using writ­

ten language, when they are gradually lard aside, and the pen or the pencil, or their equivalent, is substituted, preparatory to their mingling with speaking persons, when they leave school. Thus it will appear, that our system of instruction, though simi• Jar, in its objects, to all others, differs essentially from them as to modes and forms. Ours is a visible language, the other oral and audible.

The sign language, peculiar, as it is, in many respects, and barren as it is, as our uneducated mutes use it, is capable of be­ ing made sufficiently copious and expressive, for all purposes. The instructor wields it as an instrument in accomplishing an untold amount of good, and in producing results which could not, so far as means are concerned, be effected in any other way. By it, the human mind, fortified by ignorance, and inaccessible in any other manner, can be reached, and, by it, receive all that culture and moral training which its origin, importance, and high destiny demand.

In its use among ourselves, and in taking a retrospective view of our labors, for the last year, in all their results, we derive much satisfaction that they have not been in vain, but have been

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liberally crowned of heaven. And from the review of all the past history of the Asylum, even from its infancy, and at the time when the fiat of public opinion in Ohio, said, speaking through the Legislature, let the Deaf and Dumb be educated, on­ ward to the present time, we have reason to take encourage­ ment, and look confidently into the future, when our labors will be more abundant, and when we shall have reason to hope for corresponding success.

Though that class of our population, for whose benefit the Asylum is designed, is, in the providence of God, dumb, and un­ able, vocally, to plead their own cause, yet there is a force in the appeals of their mute eloquence, that always finds a response in the human bosom, and always has, and always will, raise them up advocates in the halls of legislation, and move pens and tongues in their behalf, as they may need.

Viewing the Asylum, and the successes which have attended it, in all its aspects, we are encouraged to prosecute our labors, for the future, with renewed interest and ,,;eal, and, in the lan­ guage of flattering notice of the Asylum, taken by His Excel­ lency Gov. Shannon, in his message to the present Legislature, we would say, "this Institution has never been more success­ fully employed in accomplishing the high objects for which it was instituted, and never more worthy of the public esteem and confidence, than at the present time."

Very respectfully submitted, Omo DEAF AND DuMB AsYLUM,

December 14, 1843.

i-D. D, A.

Names. Anderson, Samson Anderson, Ansley Barnhisel, John T. Barton, Sara h J. Bates, Chloe Bentle y, Joseph E. Berry, Jo seph Bogle, Mary C. Bowen, Harriet A. Bowers, Philomela Call, Ephraim Case, Ed win Cook, Henr y C. Crout, Charles J. Dakin, Lydia E. Dakin, Banks Davis, Randolph Don glass, Charles R. Fell, William Fenner, Gibson Fis her , Michael Fitzpatrick, Mar y J. Foster, Abner Garretson, Jeremiah Harris, G. W. Ha rrison, Lorenzo CAT ALOGUE OF THE PUPILS. Residen ce Hamilto n cou n ty , do du Tr umbu ll do Miami do Portage do Rich la nd do Champaign do Clark do Hockin g do Muskingum do Delaware do Summit do Licking do Coshocton do Clinton do do do Greene do Summit do Franklin do Sandusky do Franklin do Allen do Licking do Clinton do Clermont do Licking do How Supported, State pupil do Pay pupil State pupil do do do Pay pupil State pupil _{do do do do do do do do do do do} Boards at home State pnpil do do do do Cause of Deafness. Congenital do do do Inflammation of the brain Congenital do Scarlet fever

Fever Uncertain Sickness

c» Uncertain Inflammation of the head Co ngenital Gatherings in the head Congenital Disease in the head

Fever Congenital Disease

in the ears U nknown ·whooping cough

Measles Congenital Inflammation

of th e brain Con genital

Haworth, \Villiam H. Haws, Barnet B. Holt, Harriet Hopkins, William Hudson. David Isen barg, James C. Jackson, Elizabeth Lat ton, James Leavenworth, Charles Lyon, Samuel Markley , Samuel Masserly, Jacob Miller, William Miller, Frederick Moore, Manha A . Moore, Mary E. Moore, Amelia Myers, Charles W. Murphey, Ammulana McCla ve , JamGs McDonald, Rolla D. McGauhon, S3rah JVf cN ary, Reed Naf tel , So phia Ann Palmer, William Park, Alice H. Prie st, Cynth ia Richards, Clari ssa A. Savi'le, Samuel Sawhill, Jane Raw hill, David II. Sawhill, Joseph

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Muskingum county, Clinton do Muskingum do Montgomery do Crawford do Frankli n do Steuben county, Indiana Earnilton do Ohio Franklin do Licking do Madison do Fairfield do Cuyahoga do Franklin do \Vayne do Muskingum do do do Clinton do Geau ga do H11ron do \Varren do Perry do Morgan do Guernsey do do do Lorain do Licking do Geaug a do GreP.ne do W ash in gto n co un ty, Pa. do do do do do do State Pupil do do do do do Pay pupil State do Pay do State do do do do Boards at home State pupil do do do do do do do Pa y pupil do State pupil do do do do Pay pupil do do A cold

Congenital Fever A fall Congenital Uncertain Scarlet

fever

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Sickness Fever Unknown Congenital

do Dro psy on the brain

Cone:enital Sickness Dysentery Fev

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Sickness Congenital A fall isease D

in the ears Congen ital

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Names. Sawhill, William ,\ Shaul, Am anda Shaul, Em ma Shear er, Henr y Sloane, Corydon J. Smith, William A. Smith, Sarah Smith, Francis A. Stockwell, Margaret Stock berger, Eli Struble, John Sullivan, John Stoner, Elizabeth Torrenc e, William Tustison, William Van Dyke, Milton Van Pelt, El ijah Waiand, Caroline Wickersham , John Welch, John Workman, Elias Wright, Daniel Wright, James H. Zimmerman, Reniger M. Zinn. Barbara E. CATALOGUE-Continued Residence.

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Washingt on county, Pa. Clark do Ohio Clark do Miami do Hamilto n do do do Lake do Medina do Licking do Perry do Knox do Logan do Seneca do Crawford do do do Brown do Highland do Tuscarawas do Clinton do Harrison do Madison do Huron do Ashtabui'a do Fairfield do Pike do How Supported. Pay pupil State do _{do do do do do} do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do Cause of Deafness. � g

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REPORT OF 'I' RE AS URE i{.

Deaf and Dumb Asylum in account with B. Latham, Treasurer.

1842. DR.

December 30, Moses A. Hoge •··· ··· ··· ··· ; .. •·· $17 5 00

Horace S. Gillet • • •·· • • • .... • •··· • •·· •·· 137 50 '6 "

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_{Thomas Maclntire • •···· •··· ··· ··· 17 5 00} Thomas Officer••••••·•• .. •••••·•••••·••·· _{150 00}

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_{J. S. Bro,vn .. ••···... 137 50} 1843. January February January March

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13, H. N. Hubbe ll··· 1,193 50 2, J. G. Armstrong • • • •· • • · •·· · · · ··· · · ·· · _{7 7 5} 10, A. Backus••--···--··· 19 87

25, Thomas Macln tire · · · • · · · 1 7 5 00

28, Thomas Officer• ... •·•·••··· 150 00 _"

Hall & Jen kins • • •· • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •· · • 100 00

" _{J. S. Brown••··· 137 50} " _{D. E. Ban ... ··· 150 00} " _{H. S. Gillet... 137 50} 29, Moses A. Hoge... 175 00 30, Robert Thompson••··· .. ···· 24 50 1, H. N. Hubbell ... 1,493 28 10, J. Barnhart•··· •··· _{11 00} 6, J. Harris ... •··· 60 16 6, Robert Thompson • • • • • • • •··· • • • • • • • • • • _{1 7 ·oo} 6, Lyman Leavenworth •··· ... 40 17 9, H. N. Hubbell... 500 00 9, Thomas Maclntire •·· ... •··· 175 00 15, J. Metz... 100 00 20, U. C. Aumuck .. ••··· 38 37¼ 26, Thomas Officer... 150 00 1, Moses A. Hoge... 175 00 1, H. N. Hubbel!... 686 77 1, H. S. Gillet . .. . . . .. ... . . . ... . ... ... . 137 50 1, J. S. Brown... 137 50 1, D. E. Bau... 150 oo

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22 George Go bey •·· •··· •·· •·· •··· $738 60

Thompson & Latham •··· 13 50 B. Comstock & Co ... ... 43 38 Lyman Leavenworth •·· • • •· • • •·· •·· •·· 35 12 J. S. Brown... ... 137 50 Thomas Officer • • • • .... • .... • .... • • • • .. • • • 150 00 H. S. Gillet · ... ··... .. . . . ... . . . ... .. .. 137 50 D. E. Ball••···--···· 150

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" _{9, H. N. Hubbell ... ··.. ... . . .. . 287 49} " _{27, Thomas Macintire••··--···----··· 175 00} " _{27, A. Hardy ···,··· 125 00} " _{31, Moses A. Hoge • • • ... • .. • • • .. • ... • • 175 00}

August 7, Thompson & Latham ... ... 16 50

September 2, Whiting & Huntington •··· ... •·· 106 08 _"

6, George Go bey ... ... ... 369 49 " _{8, John Harris (part)•····--··· 52 00}

" _{20, Richards & Davis ... ... ... . . ... 60 50}

$9,840 03½

1842. CR.

Balance brought forward (last year) .. ,... $39 75½ December 26, Received of the Treasurer of State for

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the quarter ending Dec.31st, 1843, 1:500 00 26, Received of the Treasurer of State for

the quarter enrling 31st Nfareh '43 1,500 00 March 4, 1843, Received of the Treasurer of State for

May 8,

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auction duties ... ... 1,814 73

Received of the Treasurer of State for

quarter ending 30th June •··· •·· 1,500 00 Received of the Treasurer ofState for

special appropriation •· • •···· • •·· •·· 500 00 Receiveci of the Treasurer of State for

quarter ending 30th September••· 1,500 00 Deposited by George Gobey in the

Clinton Bank00• • · · · • · · · • · · · 75 00

Balance carried down •··· ... •··· 1,410 55; We certify that we have examined the above account and find it to be correct, as stated, December 15, 1843.

R. W. McCOY, H. L. HITCHCOCK,

Committee.

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RULES

RESPECTING THE ADMISSION Qi,• PUPILS.

I. Pupils are admitted into the Asylum for one hundred dol­ lars for the session, of ten months, payable q•rnrterly, in advance. This sum covers all expense, except for clothing, traveling to and from Columbus; and, in case of sickness, the physician's bill.

JI. The annual session commences on the first day of Octo­ ber, and ends on the first day of August. Pupils are admitted at the beginning of the session, and at no other time, except in

extraordinary cases. · This rule ought to be carefully observed;

and those who delay may be altogether excluded, even if they have been previously in the Asylum.

Ill. The vacation lasts from the first of August to the first of

October. Payment must be made at the rate of $1 50 per week,

for those pupils who are permitted to remain in the Asylum du­ ring the vacation.

IV. Application for admission may be made to the Reverend James Hoge, Columbus, Secretary of the Board, or to Mr. H. N. Hubbell, Principal of the Asylum; and every application should be accompanied by testimonials from the Associate Judges of the proper county, or other responsible persons, respecting the suitableness of the applicant to be received and educated, agreea­ bly to the design of the Legislature.

V. All applicants must, in order to be admitted, be free from

immoralities of conduct, and from contagious and offensive dis­ eases.

VI. It is expected that all pupils shall come at the very be­ ginning of the term, and continue until its close; and that they all, and especially the State pupils, shall remain in the Institution during the entire course of study-five years-unless providen-tially prevented.

VII. It is recommended that pupils should be sent at the age of ten or twelve years, and that, previously, they should be taught to write, and to know their own name, and the names of their parents, and brothers, and sisters, and place of residence.

VIII. The clot�es of the pupils, which require washing, should be marked With the full name of the owner •