ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE�1: AN AGERS
OP THEPENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTION
FOR THEINSTRUCTION OF THE BLIND.
PRESENTED TO TH.E CORPORATORS,At their Annual Meeting, December 21, 1871.
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�PHILADELPHIA:
COLLINS, PRINTER, 705 JAYNE STREET. 18 '7 2.
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THEMANAGERS
OF THEPENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTION
FOR THEINSTRUCTION OF THE BLIND.
PRESENTED TO THE CORPORATORS1At their Annual Meeting, December 21, 1871.
PHILADELPHIA:
COLLINS, PRINTER, 705 JAYNE STREET. 18 7 2.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CORPORATORS AND MEMBERS
AT THEIR
ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 21, 1871.
THE Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Corporators and Members of the PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTION FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THE BLIND, was held at the Institution, pursuant to the call of the Secretary, on Thursday, December 21, 1871, at four o'clock P.M.
On motion of Mr. Cresson, Caleb Cope was called to the chair, and on motion of Mr. Lejee, J. J. Lytle was appointed Secre tary.
The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and ap proved.
Mr. Cresson presented to the meeting the Annual Report of the Board of Managers for the past year, with the accompanying documents, as directed by the last Stated Meeting of the Board.
On motion of Mr. Kneass, the Report was referred to the Board of Managers about to be elected, with authority to publish the same, or such parts thereof as may be advisable.
On motion of Mr. Biddle, the meeting proceeded to the election of a Board of Managers and Officers for the ensuing year.
'l'he Chairman ap,pointed Dr. Hutchinson and Dr. Lewis to act as tellers.
The election having been held, the tellers announced that the following persons had been unanimously
elected:-PRESIDENT .ALFRED L. ELWYN, M. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS, 'l'HOM.AS S. KIRKBRIDE, M. D., JOHN C. CRESSON, .ANSON V. P .ARSONS, C.ASP .AR MORRIS, M. D.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, WILLI.AM R. LEJEE. RECOR:iJING SECRETARY. J. SERGEANT PRICE. TREASURER. ROBERT PATTERSON. CONSULTING PHYSICIAN. J. FORSYTH MEIGS, M. D. CONSULTING SURGEON, 'l'HOMAS G. MORTON, M. D. J. FRANCIS FISHER, J\ifoRRIS p ATTERSON 1 JOHN WIEGAND, NAPOLEON B. KNEASS, JAMES S. BIDDLE, EDWARD TOWNSEND, JOHN J. LYTLE, On motion adjourned. MANAGERS, CALEB COPE, E.
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WHELEN, CHARLES E. LEX, JAMES H. HUTCHINSON, M. D., FRANCIS W. LEWIS, M. D., ALEXANDER J. DERBYSHIRE, JOHN CADWALADER, Jr. JOHN J. LYTLE, Secretary.STANDING COMMITTEES.
WILLIAM R. LEJEE, E.s.
WHELEN, FINANCE, INSTRUCTION, J. H. HUTCHINSON, M. D., .A_, J. DERBYSHIRE.JAMES S. BIDDLE, JOHN 0. CRESSON, CASPAR l\foRRIS, M. D., J. FRANCIS FISHER,
FRANCIS
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LEWIS.HOUSEHOLD,
MORRIS p ATTERSON I NAPOLEON B. KNEASS, THOS.
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KIRKBRIDE, M. D., JOIIN WIEGAND,JOHN OADWALADER1 Jr.
ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE,
.A.NSON V. p ARSONS, CALEB COPE,
CHARLES E. LEX. HOME,
EDWARD TOWNSEND, JOHN 0. CRESSON,
MORRIS PATTERSON, JOHN J. LYTLE, E. S. WHELEN.
MANUFACTURES AND SALES,
NAPOLEON B. KNEASS, MORRIS PATTERSON,
JOHN J. LYTLE. FEMALE VISITORS, MRS. MORRIS p ATTERSON, MRS. FRANKLIN PEALE, MRS . .A.LFRED
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ELWYN, MRS. JOHN 0. CRESSON, MISS ELLEN E. p ARRISH, Miss MATILDA OTTO.WILLIAM CHAPIN, A. M.
PREFECT, CHARLES C. BURNS.
PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTORS OF LITERA'fURE AND SCIENCE,
Jos. M. TANNER, A. B. MARY E. WOODWARD. ASSISTANTS. SARAH J. WRIGLEY, BELLE A. SENTMAN, AMANDA STEWART, BRIDGET McCABE, ELLEN HASLEM, ANNA E. ROBINSON. PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTOR OF MUSIC,
HENRY HAHN. PRINCIPAL ASSISTANTS,
DAVID D. Woon, MARIA C. GILL. ASSISTANTS.
NAPOLEON B. KNEAss, Jr. MAB,IA CORMANY, GEO.
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REYBOLD, THOMAS H. ERVIN.MASTER OF HANDICRAFT.
GEO. M. COOPER, ASSISTANTS.
CHARLES H. SHAW, WILLIAM McMILLAN,
SAMUEL BAKER.
MISTRESS OF HANDICRAFT, ELLEN L. TOWNSEND.
SALESMAN AND STOREKEEPER IN EIGHTH STREET STORE, CHARLES KELLY.
SALESWOMAN AND STOREKEEPER AT THE INSTITUTION STORE, LIZZIE C. LORD. MATRON. REBECCA R. ROSELLE. ASSISTANT, MIRIAM B. MINGUS. ATTENDING PHYSICIANS,
THIRTY-NINTH ANNITAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF
MANAGERS TO THE CORPORATORS.
THE Managers in presenting to the Corporators their Annual Report of the condition of the Institu tion, refer to the Annual Report of the Principal as embodying all that it is material should receive their special attention.
During the past year our operations have been conducted substantially upon the same plan and with the same methods as heretofore. We are encouraged still to think that our success, if not all that the most sanguine would expect, has been quite as great as a thoughtful consideration entitles us to hope for. In the several Departments of Handicraft, Music, and Literature, our pupils have made satisfactory pro gress, and we trust appreciate more and more the necessity of au assiduous devotion to the unusual advantages which are here offered to them to prepare themselves for self-support after they shall leave the Institution. Our constap.t aim should be to impress upon them the truth that our object is to send them forth, so far as we may, fitted to be useful workers in that sphere of life where their lot may have been cast by Providence. To this end we have never been dis posed to exaggerate the importance of one branch of
instruction to the disparagement of any other. Wliilst it so happens that most of our pupils can rrasonably expect to derive their support only, or chiefly, from some manual employment, it would be a grievous wrong not to afford them every possible opportunity to acquire, in some useful art, sufficient skill to put them beyond the .reach of want or mendicancy. At the same time, even to them, we should steadily aim to impart so much of literary culture as may be given without losing sight of the first object. Our attention has of late been specially directed to the introduction of some new branches of handicraft, and we hope in our next Annual Report to be able to mention satis factory results.
The Board deem it unnecessary to advert to points which have been sometimes -elaborately discussed in former reports.
Upon the subject of Printing for the Blind, they have nothing to add, except to note that they are ready to welcome any judicious improvements, come from what quarter they may. Having several years since, owing to circumstances which need not be adverted to, ceased to print at our own Institution, we have form"ed no official connection with any asso ciation or individual engaged in that work. W,. e do not now propose to do so, but will afford generous patronage to every genuine endeavor to perfect such methods as we shall find to be fitted for use in our Institution.
The subject of a removal of the Institution from its present situation has occupied, during the past year, much of the time and deliberations of the Board
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of Managers, but they have, as yet, been unable to come to a satisfactory conclusion. That our present buildings are defective in. most important particulars, we are unanimously agreed. Whether it is desirable to abandon a location which, it cannot be denied, has some eminent advantages; whether a new site can be procured combining these advant:'tges with larger space for recreation and exercise; in which direction, at what reasonable cost, and at what distance from the central parts of the city a new site is to be looked for; whether, in fact, a more numerous household than. we now have is desirable under any circum stances; whether now or in the near future our finances will allow the large outlay attendant upon the construction of a superior style of building-all these are considerations to be carefully weighed before coming to a final decision. The Board are convinced, however, that an early decision is now of essential importance, as very material improvements are absolutely necessary in our presept buildings, if we are to remain where we are many years longer. "\Vhatever resolution may be arrived at on this sub ject, the Board will endeavor to carry out with a
hearty and earnest desire that the great charity com mitted to their charge may grow in usefulness and in the confidence of our fellow-citizens, which we are glad to think it now so signally enjoys.
In August last there was held at Indianapolis a " Convention of the American Instructors of the Blind," for the discussion of subjects connected with the wor . .k in which they are engaged. Their debates were conducted with ability, and cannot fail to be of
great service in comparing tne systems in use in dif ferent parts of the country, and affording _to the several Institutions the benefits of the varied expe rience of the many enlightened teachers who attended the Convention. Whilst in one sense the different Institutions may be said to have been represented in the Convention, it will of course be understood that there was no delegation from this Board, nor, we believe, from that of any other Institution.
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e anticipate much advantage from the permanent "Association of Instructors for the Blind,'' which has grown out of the recent Convention.The Board, in conclusion, have great pleasure in commending again the zeal and assiduity of our excellent Principal, and of all his assistants in every Department of the Institution.
ALFRED L. EL WYN,
REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL.
To THE BoARD oF
MANAGERS:-GENTLEMEN: The number of blind persons in the Institution at the present time (Dec.
1, 1871),
in cluding assistant teachers and inmates of the "INDUS TRIAL HoME," is one hundred and eighty-three.Males. Females. Total. On the 1st December, 1870, there were . 101 80 181
Received during the year 23 11 34
215
Discharged or left during the year . 20 10 30
Deaths
Remaining December 1, 1871 Of this number there are From Pennsylvania
From New Jersey .
From Delaware From all other places
1 1 2
32 183 Males. Females. Total.
86 65 151
12 12 24
4 1 5
1, 2 3 Total 103 80 183 Twenty-eight of these (including eighteen in
"The
Home") support themselves wholly or in part, as in structors, or in the Industrial Department; three are paying pupils in full, seven in part, and seven are day pupils.
Tw? • deaths only have occurred: Miss Margaret Jones, a young lady of fine intellectual powers,
dis-tinguished alike for her scholarship and music, and for her abiding Christian faith; and Mr. yVm. Gil more, a faithful assistant teacher in the Work Depart ment.
Miss Amanda Stewart has been appointed Instructor of Literature, in the place of Miss H. L. Townsend, resigned. Her labors thus far are satisfactory.
Mrs. Miriam B. Mingus has been appointed As sistant Matron, Mrs. Mary H. Shreve having resigned; She has devoted herself very faithfully to the arduous duties of that situation.
The branches of instruction have been generally the same as taught and reported for several years past, embracing those which are most practical, and yet including literary culture of a higher order, to meet the just aspirations of those who are mentally prepared for it, and especially to qualify them for the responsible duties of teachers hereafter, to which many are called.
Over fifty of the former pupils of this Institution have been, or are now, engaged as Instructors in Lit erature and Music. Another respectable example of this kind is the appointment of one of our worthy female pupils, Miss Mary Dwyer, as Instructor in the new "Halifax Asylum for the Blind," Nova Scotia. She is qualified to teach the school branches, the elements of music, and handicraft usual for female pupils.
The Officers and Teachers of the several Depart ments, by their faithful and successful labors in a work of self-denial and difficulty, deserve the confi dence of your Board and my own favorable acknow ledgment.
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Our accommodations for pupils continue to be en tirely occupied, and insufficient for all the purposes of instruction. Many applicants are still outside waiting for admission. It is many years since any material additions were made to our buildings. The blind population has nearly doubled since that time, having already reached 1767 in number in our own State. It is hoped that the efforts now being made to procure a site for a new building within convenient access to the city will be successful.
PRINTING IN RELIEF.
From the inconvenience and large expenditure arising from the diversity of different systems of printing in Great Britain, the managers and educators of the blind in t�is country have inclined to adopt, as nearly as practicable, a uniform alphabetical line system for the general literature of the blind; and also a dot system ( a modification of Braille's, as intro duced by Mr. Wait of New York) for writing and other purposes.
The Bible, and by far the largest amount of print ing in the United States, is in the "Boston Letter," so called (angular lower case). This print is univer sally read in all the Institutions, and chiefly by the hundreds of readers who have graduated and left. The Bible has been stereotyped in eight large vol umes. It is furnished by the American Bible Society at a price actually below cost, and donated freely to indigent blind persons. Dispensing with the capitals, it presen,ts a single alphabet of twenty-six letters,
easily learned by beginners, and continued w·ithout difficulty by all.
Some years since, the Virginia Institution com menced printing with capitals combined with the Bos ton lower-case; and more recently, Mr. N. B. Kneass, Jr., of this city, established a press uni ting the capitals with the Boston system, some of the letters also being improved.
It is claimed for the combined system that it teaches the use of capitals in the proper places, as in the print for seeing readers. This must be admitted; but the advantage is gained at the expense of adding another alphabet, obliging the finger to distinguish fifty-two letters instead of twenty-six, and to that extent defeating the hope of a simple, uniform print of universal adoption in this country. I would not be understood as depreciating the value of what has been printed in the "combined letter." \Ve welcome
. every additional volume to the limited library of the
blind, and Mr. N. B. Kneass, Jr., is entitled to credit for his energy in this direction.
The several presses engaged on books for the blind have, for a year or two past, been unusually active. The "National Association" of this city, after printing five valuable books, has united with the "American Printing House," at Louisville, Ky. The press of that establishment, and of the Institution, at Boston, are· constantly at work.
A generous proposition of N. P. Ruggles, Esq., of Boston, made to the Convention of Superintendents, offering his time and means for improving and fur
nishing apparatus, books, maps, &c., has been accepted
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by a committee of that Convention, on behalf of all the Institutions of the country. Mr. Ruggles has no pecuniary interest in the matter. His single object is to benefit the blir ... d, by procuring for them increased facilities for their education.
Nor is any arrangement made by the Convention or its committee, binding on the Institutions them selves. They will be benefited without incurring any expense or responsibility beyond which each one of them is disposed to incur.
THE M.A.NUF A OTO RY.
This important Department is, as usual, in vigorous operation, under the immediate charge of Mr. Geo. M. Cooper. As so large a number of the blind must hereafter ,depend upon the work of their hands in skilled labor, this part of their education can hardly be over-estimated. Much as we may value literary and musical instruction, that mechanical training which looks to the future self-dependence of the greatest number of the blind can never be considered as subordinate. The three departments are co-essen tial, and should be so considered in the organization of every Institution.
The statement in the appendix, of the work done during the past year, shows the following
results:-Number of brushes made, of all kinds 22,077
" " corn brooms 30,513
" " whisks . 2,949
" " mats 265
" " chairs, cane-seated 859
" " yards of carpet woven 1,911
" " articles of knitting, sewing, bead work, &c., by female pupils 1,840
A number of the females also learn cane-seating, and operating on sewing-machines. EmploY.ment, to the blind especially, is, in its moral effe'ct, of the highest importance. They are industrious, with a moderate remuneration, but in general they are not fast workers; and many, after leaving an Institution,
;re not fully able to support themselves without a helping hand in the shape of supervision and employ ment. We need some provision in the shape of WORKSHOPS FOR THE BLIND, after their separation from the Institution, for instruction, organized for the special purpose of encouraging them in their indus trial pursuits. In this respect:, the noble example of Miss Gilbert, and the
"London Association for pro
moting the general welfare of the Blind,"
should never be overlooked.THE CENSUS OF 1870.
We have been favored by the Hon. Francis A.
V\7 alker, Superintendent of the Census, with a copy of" Statistics of the Blind," a document of great value to all these Institutions. The most noticeable fact presented is the increased number of blind persons over that given m the census of 1860, as
follows:-In 1860 " 187 0
Whites. Colored. Total. 10,711 1,924 12,635
16,966 3,354 20,320 Increase 6,255 1,430 7,685 It is not probable that there has been so large an increase as 7,685 (60 per cent.), that of the previous decade being only about 34 per cent. This may be the result, in part, of greater thoroughness in taking
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the census, and also of the casualties of blindness by the late war.
The table of classified ages in the census furnishes important information, widely differing from previous received estimates. The following is an
abstract:-CLASSIJ!'ICATION OF THE BLIND BY AGE AND SEX-WHITE.
Age. Male. Female. Total.
Under 1 18 20 38 5 126 115 241 10 367 299 666
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• 15 5:i6 570 1166"
20 622 585 1207"
30 1078 831 1929"
40 li09 643 1752"
50 1292 688 1980"
60 1256 74/i 2002"
70 1330 988 2318 80 1148 1047 2195"
90 584 618 1202 " 100 98 131 229 Over"
16 25 41 Total 9640 7326 16,966 By the foregoing table we find that between the ages of 10 and 20 (the most eligible period for re ceiving instruction), there are, in all the States, only 2,373 white blind.The total number under 40 is
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over 40 6,999 9,967
About half the blind are over 48 years of age.
In Pennsylvania the number of white blind is . 1,722
Colore� . 45
Total l,7G7
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Of these there are
Under 10 10 to 20
20 to 30 Over 30
Or, more than two-thirds. In New Jersey, white blind Colored . Of these, under 10 Between 10 and 20 In Delaware, white Colored. 96 235 205 536 1,231 291 26 31'1' 12 39 42 26 68 Under 20, only 10
The proportion of blind persons to the whole popu lation in the United States, by the census of 1860,
was-One in.
In 1870, one in " Pennsylvania, one in " New Jersey, one in . " Delaware, one in 2470 1902 1993 2858 1838
It will appear from these results that, if the adult Blind were provided with instruction and employ ment in handicraft in a separate Institution for that special purpose, it would be entirely practicable to receive and educate all the younger blind in the country over 10 years of age.
A Convention of the Superintendents and In structors of the American Institutions for the
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tion of the Blind, was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, in August last,
at
w'hich important subjects affecting the education and general welfare of the blind were discussed, an abstract of which is given in our Ap pendi'x.In the belief that this Institution has been faithful to its great trust; that its history has been marked by the most benevolent results in the three depart ments of instruction, and is entitled to public confi dence; and, above all, that it has the guidance of a wise and good Providence, this report is
Most respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM CHAPIN, Principal. DECEMBER 1, 1871.
APPENDIX.
MANUFACTURES FOR THE YEAR 1871. BY MALE PUPILS AND WORKMEN.
12,432 Scrub Brushes, valued at 3,449 Dust
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692 Sweeping"
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2,201 Shoe"
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468 Window"
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600 Wall"
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503 Hair"
144 Horse,,
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256 Cloth"
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205 Hat"
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1,127 Miscellaneous ""
Total value of Brushes 30,513 Brooms, valued at
2,949 Whisks, " 265 Mats, " 859 Chairs caned, " 1,911 yards Carpet woven
Total by males
BY FEMALES AND HOME INMATES. 1,840 Articles of Bead work, Knitting, &c.
Total value $1,584 07 1,024 58 517 51 475 89 277 46 246 10 187 53 160 02 131 94 106 99 356 61 $5,068 70 $5,943 56 388 38 360 76 419 05 748 17 $12,\128 62 $912 89 $13,841 51
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MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT. DR.
Value of finished goods on hand, Dec. 1, 1870 $7,463 18 3,053 31 3,515 66 . .. 11,816 70 2,330 30 557 24 800 00 " raw material " " "
Goods purchased for customers Paid for material, finishing, &c.
" Home wages and overwork " commissions, salaries, &c .. " rent of store
By sales at Eighth Street store " Institution .
Value finished goods on hand, Dec. 1, '71
" raw material
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$9,757 55 10,283 89 $29,536 39 --- $20,041 44 7,423 38 3,023 96 10,'447 28 $30,488 72Instruction of the Blind. From December 1, 1870, to November 30, 1871.
To Cash received during the year, viz:- i By Orders paid for sundry accounts,
viz:-From Income of Birch legacy . . $5,742 11 1 For Instruction Expenses $S,181 65
" General Income . • . • 392 92 " Household •' 36,9;'"i!.i 70
1' Sales of Manufactures 21,08;j 6-l 1' l\fanufactory " 20,213 41
" Pupils at private charge " 2,123 00 " l\fiscellaneous " 675 00
Miscellaneous Receipts 85 1 " Outfits from Exhibition Fund 1,030 00
'' Wednesday Concerts . 1,033 84 •• Pennsylvania State pupils, 3 quarters 23,260 00 1 " New Jersey " " 6 mentbs 2,928 56 " Delaware " 1' 1 year . 1,200 00 Legacy Mrs. M. Notman, $950 (For investment) , _____ I
$57,756 921 _______________________ , $66,955 76 To balance of Special Building Fund unexpended . $5,636 25
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The undersigned certify 'that on a careful examination of the foregoing account, they find it correctly stated and properly supported by vouchers. ,
JAMES I-I. HUTCHINSON, von�_rmttee q WM. R. LE.JEE, } " . f
ALEX. J. DERBYSHIRE, 1'tnance. JOHN J. LYTLE,
} Commillee qf Audit and Inspection,
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LIST OF PUPILS.
FROM PENNSYLVANIA.MALES.
NAMES. ADMITTED. COUN'.rIES.
Beidelman, George N., March, 1864, Cumberland. Bechtel, Edward I., Sept. 1871, Delaware. Bosler, Frank, Feb. 1865, Luzerne. Brown, Hugh, Jan. 1867, Alleghany.
Brown, Richard, Oct. 1866, Delaware.
Caume, J. W., April, 1865, Philadelphia. Cleary, Edward J., April, 1871, Luzerne. Cooper, Charles C., Jan. 1868, Alleghany. Diettrich, Edward K., Feb. 1865, Bradford. Doyle, Wm. C., Feb. 1871, Fayette. Fanlke, Jas. F. C., Nov. 1870, vVestmoreland.
Feltus, Mark, June, 1869, Philadelphia. Frishkorn, John H., Oct. 1868, Armstrong. Fritz, Charles, May, 1866, Berks. Gardner, Chas. W., Sept. 1871, Philadelphia.
Geibel, Adam, Nov. 1864,
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Gutenbur, George, May, 1867, Alleghany.
Heinlein, Jacob, Jan. 1867, Alleghany. Hunter, John, Nov. 1867, Clearfield. James, William, Sept. 1868, Luzerne.
Jones, David E., June, 1865, Mercer.
Ketler, Adam W., Sept. 1871, Northumberland.
Klitsch, Charles, Sept. 1868, Schuylkill.
Koch, Isaac H., Oct. 1869, Berks. Kohl, Nicholas, Dec. 1866, Schuylkill. Laverty, John S., ' Oct. 1871, Lancaster.
NAMES, ADMITTED, COUNTIES, Maher, John, Jnne, 1864-, Philadelphia. Maitland, George L., Jnne, 1867, Chester.
.
Maitland, Theodore H., May, 1870,
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McCue, Michael, Sept. 1866, Bradford. McDevitt, John, Oct. 1868, Philadelphia.
Miller, Jo8eph L., Dec. 1869, Alleghany. Murphy, John, Sept. 1871, Philadelphia.
Poorman, James B., Sept. 1868, Dauphin.
Pott, Willie, Sept. 1865, Lycoming. Rambo, Harrj N., Jan. 1868, Philadelphia.
Richardson, Daniel, Jan. 1870,
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Ritter, Alfred, Sept. 1868, Lehigh. Sanders, Jos., April, 1866, Snyder. Shaw, Henry, Jan. 1867, Philadelphia.
Shroeder, Charles, Sept. 1866,
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St. Clair, Robert, Dec. 1863, Alleghany. Stradling, Ambrose, March, 1869, Bucks.Stutt, John Henry, April, 1866, Schuylkill. Teeter, Charles H., Nov. 1868, Bradford.
Tighe, 'l'homas, Nov. 1864-, Luzerne.
Webb, John, Sept. 1871, Northumberland.
Wellman, Eugene A., M_ay, 1869, Susquehanna.
W ex, George, Feb. 1871, Philadelphia.
Winklet·, Christian G., June, 1869, Erie. FEMALES.
Barr, Sarah Ann, June, 1871, Philadelphia.
Brisco, Catharine H., Jan. 1868, Tioga.
Brown, AgHes, Nov. 1867, Philadelphia.
Brown, Anna M., ,Tan. 1868,
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Bryant, Ann, Jan. 1868, Carbon. Clegg, Sallie El., May, 1866, Chester. Cole, Annie B, Sept. 1868,"
Duffy, Rosanna, March, 1869, Lawrence. French, Sarah, Oct . . 1868, Greene. Galfagher, Catharine, .Sept. 1864, Luzerne. Gateson, Rebecca A., Oct. l 868, Philadelphia. Gitlich, Anna, May, 1869, Lancaster.
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NAMES. ADMITTED. COUNTIES.
Guldin, Sarah E., Sept. 1863, Berks.
Haggerty, Bridget, Oct. 1865, Lnzerne. Harden, Emma, Sept. 187 I, Fayette. Higgins, Sarah, Sept. 1871, Philadelphia.
Holton, Catharine C., March, 1871,
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Hoveter, Laura E., Feb. 1871, Cumberland.
Irvin, Ida S., Oct. 1871, Philadelphia.
Johnson, Sarah, Sept. 1866,
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Kelly, Ella J., Dec. 1870, Delaware.
Krebs, Mary J. A., Dec. 1869, Perry.
Lingel, Ellen R., June, 1871, Schuylkill.
Lowenberg, Mary E., ,Jan. 1870, Susquehanna.
Marple, Amanda E., Feb. 1869, Philadelphia.
Mason, Miona E., May, 1865, Cameron.
McClintock, Sarah A., Dec. 1870, Philadelphia. McDevitt, Margaret, l<'eb. 1864,
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McEwen, Annie, 1\fay, 187 l, Delaware.Mills, Emma, Jan. 1868, Philadelphia. Murray, Margaret, April, 1869,
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Neal, Clara A., March, 1871,
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Nimon, Nancy, Jan. 1867,
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O'Donnell, Margaret, Sept. 1869, Luzerne. Pearson, Mary J., Dec. 1870, Cumberland.
Preiss, Hnnnah C., Jan. 1868, Bt14rks.
Rettew, Mary, Sept. 1864, Lancaster.
Richardson, Margaret E., Jan. 1867, Bucks.
Ritter, Aquilla, Jan. 1869, Lehigh.
Rowbottom, Annie, Sept. 1866, Philadelphia. Smith, Jeannetta, Sept. 1863,
Smith, Mary E., Nov. 1870, Alleghany.
Solomon, Martha, Sept. 1868, Chester.
Spangler, Ellen, Sept. 1869, York.
Stahl, Mary Jane, April, 1868, Dauphin.
Steele, Sarah E., Feb. 1865, Philadelphia.
Strauss, Caroline, Sept. 1866,
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'rhomas, Fannie A., May, 1871, Schuylkill. Tretton, .Julia, Sept. 1867, McKean.
NAMES. ADMI'ITED. COUNTIES. Warren, Hannah A., April, 1869, Philadelphia.
Wheeler, Margaret L., :Feb. 1871, 'l'ioga.
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Whelan, Susan L., Sept. 1871, Philadelphia.DAY PUPILS. MALES.
Brassington, John, Oct. 1871, Northampton.
Broadbent, Geo., Nov. 1871, Philadelphia.
Fenimore, ·William P., Nov. 1864,
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Gibat, Albert G., April, 1871,
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Graves, Josiah S., Sept. 1871, Chester. Gryder, Walter, Dec. 1865, Philadelphia. Hood, WaltervY.,
May, 1870,"
PROM NEW JERSEY. MALES.
Blackwell, Aaron B., Jan. 1871, Mercer.
Booth, William J., Sept. 1867,
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Cunningham, Jos. B., Sept. 1871, Ocean.
Fenton, Thomas \V., May, 1870, Mercer.
Hunt, Abraham J., Sept. 1869, Camden.
Madden, John P., Feb. 1871,
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Marcy, Walter E., Sept. 1870, Cape May. Martin, Robert M., Oct. 1869, Essex.
O'Harra, John, Dec. 1868,
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Pearce, David, March, 1864,
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Pedrick, Isaac C., Nov. 1871, Camden.
Wescoat, Daniel II., Sept. 1871, Atlantic. FEMALES.
Cattell, Ella, Nov. 1866, Camden.
Hale, MaryJ., March, 1866, Gloucester. Madden, Sarah E., May, 1867, Camden. Marcy, Lucy E., Oct. 1869,
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Marple, Emma M., Jan. 1870,"
McQuade, Eliza, Jan. 1870, Passaic.
Murphy, Mary, Jan. 1868, Cumberland.
Smith, Catharine, Sept. 1867, Camden.
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FROM DEL.AW .ARE.
NAMES.
Donohue, Bartholomew, Downing, George S., Martin, Robert, Pfeiffer, David, Fisher, .Ann Eliza,
MALES. ADMITTED. Dec. 1868, Sept. 1868, Feb: 1869, Dec. 1868, FEMALES. Jan. 1868, COUNTIES. New Castle.
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Kent. New Castle. Sussex.FROM OTHER ST.ATES.
ADULTS IN THE WORK DEPARTMENT.
MALES.
NAMES. ADMITTED. COUNTIES,
Anderson, David F., Jan. 1S71, Montgomery.
Davis, David M., June, 1870, Schuylkill.
Davis, Isaac, May, 1868, Philadelphia.
Kelly, David F., Sept. 1866, N ortharnpton. Maher, Thomas, Sept. 1869, Schuylkill. O'Donnell, Patrick, Sept. 1865, Carbon. Preston, Patrick, Feb. 1868, Philadelphia.
Rafferty, Michael, May, 1866,
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Reiff, Jas. J., Sept. 1871, Berks.
Reilly, Patrick, May, 1871, Philadelphia.
Rothermel, J as., Sept. 1871, Berks.
Schaefer, Peter, May, 1867, Alleghany. Scott, Robert, Oct. 1865, Philadelphia.
Vancleve, Henry, Jan. 1864,
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Willis, George Henry, Jan. 1868,
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FEMALES.
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RESIDEXT ASSISTANTS. MALES.
NAMES. ADMITTED. APPOINTED. STATES,
Baker, Samuel, Sept. 1858, Sept. 1868, · Pennsylvania.
Ervin, Thomas H., Oct. 1864, Jan. 1871,
Hamilton, James, Jan. 1857, Nov. 1860,
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McMillan, William, Oct. 1843, Oct. 1851',
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Overton, Edward L., Sept. 1862, Sept. 1870,
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Wall, Matthew, Oct. 1854, Oct. 1862,"
FEMALES.
Cormany, Maria, Oct. 1842, Oct. 1868, Pennsylvauia. Gill, Maria C., May, 1837, Sept. 1854,
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Haslem, Ellen, Oct. 1851, Sept. 1863,"
McCabe, Bridget, Sept. 1859, Nov. 1867,
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Murphy, Catharine, Sept. 1865, Sept. 1870, New Jersey.
Robinson, Anna E., Nov. 1859, Nov. 1867,
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HOME INMATES.
WITH DATES OF ADMISSION AS PUPILS AND IN.TO THE HOME. MALES.
ADMITTED AS RECEIVED INTO
NAMES. PUPILS. THE HOME. STATES. Besant, Peter, June, 1846, Oct. 1851, Pennsylvania, Crilley, M., Apr. 1858, Feb. 1866,
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Folwell, James M., Sept. 1849, Apr. 1862,
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Kinney, Michael, May, 1848, May, 1852,
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McCloskey, James, Dec. 1843, May, 1852,
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Riley, Bernard, Sept. 1858, Jnne, 1863,"
Williams, Michael, Oct. 1853, Nov. 1862,
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FEMALES.
Boyer, Emma, Sept. 1854, June, 1863, Pennsylvania.
Cruser, Catharine, Feb. 1844, Feb. 1852, New Jersey. Cruser1 Matilda, Apr. 1843, Oct. 1851,
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Doherty, Eliza, Jnne, 1851, Oct. 1859, Pennsylvania.ADMITTED AS RECEIVED INTO
NAMES, PUPILS. THE HOME, STATES, Greenwalt, Mary, June, 1855, June, 1863, Penn,sylvania. Gutzlaff, Fanny, Feb. 1843, Oct. 1851, China.
G utzlaff, Jessie D., Sept. 1861, Oct. 1869,
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Hogg, Hannah, June, 1853, Sept.1862, Pennsylvania. Lyle, Rachel, Mar. 1858, Mar. 1866,
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Osborn, Eliza, Sept. 1851, Oct. 1859,
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Sterrett, Elizabeth, Sept. 1854, Sept.1864,
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FORM OF LEGA.CY.
I hereby give and bequeath to "THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITU TION FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THE BLIND," in Philadelphia, and their successors forever (if real estate), all that, &c.; (if personal), the sum of, &c.
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TERMS.
Pay pupils are charged three hundred dollars a year, which in cludes board, instruction, and medical attendance.
Blind children, in indigent circumstances, from the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, are provided for by those States, respectively, for the term of five to eight years.
The most suitable time for admission is between the ages of eleven and sixteen years. Persons over twenty-one years of age are admitted to learn some useful handicraft.
Applications may be addressed to A. V. Parsons, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Admission and Discharge, or to the Principal. Vacation continues t"'.o months-from 1st July to 1st September. The Institution is situated at the corner of Twentieth and Race Streets. It is open to visitors every WEDNESDAY AFTERNOo:-., at half-past two o'clock, to examine the work-rooms. At half-past three o'clock an exhibition is given, consisting of music and other exercises.
Owing to the impossibility of accommodating the large numbers that attend these exhibitions when free, a small admission fee is charged at the door. This fund is appropriated in outfits to pupils on leaving the Institution.
U sefnl and fancy articles and brushes are offered for sale in the female pupils' work-rooms and at the stores.
The Institution has erected and opened a NEW STORE at the corner of Twentieth and Race Streets, on the premises, where an assortment of brooms, brushes, mats, rag carpet, &c., is offered for sale at the lowest wholesale and retail prices. The store at No. 11 South Eighth Street is still continued.
Mattress-making and the repairing of cane-seated chairs has recently been added to the business. Articles will be sent for and delivered, on notice left at either store.
The attention of passenger railroad companies is particularly requested to the facilities for making and repairing car mats.
Grocers and other dealers are invited to examine the above articles. Exchange will be made for groceries at cash prices.
OF THE
CONVENTION OF SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS FOR TllE BLIND, AT INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST, 1871.
OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION.
President, WILLIAM CHAPIN, A.M., Philadelphia, Pa. Vice-President, W. H. CHURCHMAN, A.M., Indianapolis, Ind. Secretary, Rev. S. A. KNAPP, Vinton, Iowa.
BUSINESS COMMITTEE.
W. B. WAIT, Chairman, New York.
T. H. LITTLE, Secretary, Janesville, Wis.
W. H. CHURCHMAN, Indianapolis, Ind.
B. M. PATTON, Louisville, Ky.
F. D. MORRISON, Baltimore, Md. A.. D. LORD, Batavia, N. Y.
The following resolutions were fully discussed and
adopted:-SYSTKMS OF PRINTING.
Resolved, That this Convention recommend to the favor of the American institutions, the books printed in the modified Roman lower case type, known as the " Boston letter;" and also those printed in the combined system of the capital and angular lower case letter.
HORIZONTAL POINT ALPHABET.
Resolved, That the New York hor.izontal point alphabet, as arranged by Mr. ,Vait, should be taught in all the insti tutions for the education of the blind.
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MR. D. B. SHB.;RROD-UNIVERSI1'Y AND PRI.'sTl::,.TG HOUSE.
Resolved, 'fhat this Convention, representing the institu
tions for the education of the blind in the United States, has no confidence in the plans of Mr. Dempsey B. Sherrod, for the establishment of a university and printing house for the blind, in 'Washington City, and hereby disowns all connection and sympathy with the same.
Resolved, That this Convention regards the establishment
of any college or university for the blind as unnecessary, and even prejudicial to their interests; and the Convention strongly recommends, that the efforts and contributions of benevolent persons, who desire to benefit the blind, be turned in some direction more likely to promote their welfare.
These resolutions were unanimously adopted.
S. P. RUGGLES'S PROPOSITION.
Resolved, That we have received with great satisfaction
nnd pleasure the generous offer of S. P. Ruggles, Esq., of Boston, Mass., proposing, conditionally, to devote a por tion of his time and capital to the benefit of the blind, by furnishing books and school apparatus for their use.
A committee to make arrangements with Mr. Ruggles was appointed.
MUSIC.
Resolved, That the aggregate results warrant the great attention bestowed on the rn usical education of the blind.
THE BLIND, A::,.TD DEAF MUTES.
Resolved, That it is not expedient to instruct the blind in
the same institution with deaf mutes. BLIND DEAF MUTES.
Resolved,, That the facilities for the education of blind
deaf mutes should be provided in the institutions for the. education of the blind.
LITERARY, MUSICAL, AND MECHANICAL INSTRUCTION CO-ESSENTIAL.
Resolved, That for the proper organization of institutions for the blind, three department sare co-essential, viz: lite rary, musical, and mechanical, aud that each department should afford snch facilities as will meet the actual require ments of the bli.nd iu the several schools.
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND, AT LOUISVILLE, KY.
Resolvecl, That we do cordially approve of the "Ameri can Printing HoL1se for the Blind," and we do hereby com mend said institution to the patronage of the several in stitutions for the blind, and the blind themselves, through out the United States.
Resolved, '11hat while this Convention heartily approves
the print, and the objects of the .,}-merican Printing House for the Blind, and all other existing establishments that have for their object the printing of books and making of apparatus for the blind, it is also our opinion that the whole matter of patronage rests with the several institutions, and that the publishing of books should be governed by the law of supply and demand.
COMMERCIAL AND HOUSEHOLD PURSUITS.
This whole subject was largely discussed. ·while va rious occupations were referred to, in which the blina are successfully instructed, such as brush, broom, mattress, and mat-making, carpet-weaving, cane-seating, etc., it was the unanimous opinion of the members that domestic, house hold employment, beyond the lighter work of sweeping, bedmaking, etc., should not be considered as a branch of instruction. Most of them are so engaged in all the insti tutions, and all have the opportunity of practising it at their own homes.
PERMANEN'J.' ORGANIZATION.
A permanent organization was effected, with the title of "AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INSTRUCTORS OF THE BLIND."
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BOOKS PRINTED IN THE RAISED LETTERS,
At the Presses of various Institutions and Printing Associations in the United States. Books out of print not included.
AT THE PEN�SYLV ANIA INS'£1'£UTION.
Dictionary of the English Language, 3 vols. A valuable reference and class book.
The Book of Proverbs, l vol.
Church Music with Hymns. The musical characters in relief, 3 vols.
Die Ostereier (German), 1 vol. Buth and Esther, l vol.
Apparatus.
Pin-type Printing Box.
Arithmetic Slates and Figures. I Algebraic Letters and Signs. Writing Cards,Grooved and Bevelled.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTION, BOSTON. Lardner's Universal History. Cyclopredia, 8 vols.
Howe's Geography. Natural Theology.
Howe's Atlas, Islands. Combe's Constitution of Man.
Howe's Blind Child's Books, 4 vols. Diderot's Essay.
English Reader, 2d part. Baxter's Call.
Pierce's Geometry. Common Prayer. First and Second Tables of Loga- Hymns for the Blind.
rithms. Pilgrim's Progress.
Astronomical Dictionary. Life of Melancthon.
Philosophy of Natural History. Old Curiosity Shop, 3 vols.
Rudiments of Natural Philosophy. Hamlet and Julius Cresar. Guyot's Geography. Byron's Childe Harold.
VIRGINIA INSTITUTION, STAUNTON, VA.
Parley's History, 2 vols. Guyot's Geography.
History of Virginia. Story Book.
History of England. Recueil Choisi (French).
History of America. Robinsonian System (French).
Arithmetic.
AlIERICAN PRINTING HOUSE, LOUISVILLE, KY.
Gay's Fables.
I Midsummer-Night's Dream.
Fables for Children. King Lear.
Virgil's lEneid (Latin). Macbeth.
NATIONAL PRINTING ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA. Musical Dictionary.
I Etymology: A Class Book. Compendium of American Literature. Select Hymns.
Life and B�auties of Shakspeare.
If. B. KNEAS, JR., PHILADELPHIA. Monthly Magazine.
Poetry of England. Poetry of America. Elementary Arithmetic. Merchant of Venice. Catholic Prayer Book.
Catholic Catechism. Second Class Reader.
Progressive Speller.
A Variety of Elementary Tables, Tracts, etc.
