North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-02-05
$20,l27 90


the LIST Session.
Amount expended for buildings,
and furniture, and for which
i,ed $50, 1857 %
Your Committee have ascertained that the Printing
Press and other necessary appendages have been pro-
vded by the Board of Directors at the cost OF $780,
which, upon an examination of practical printer,
they are satisfied fair and reasonable price.
There have also been furnished to The instilHnon'
by the Board, tools for mechanical purposes,
with which the pupils occasionally work. Tor the Pur-
pose of learning to do cabinet, and carpenter work.
and shoe making.
The Board of Directors entered into an engagement
with Mr.. Cooke, the Principal of the Institution, to
the effect that he was to have the use OF the printing
press and other materials for the purpose of instruct
ing the pupils in the of printing, but that he was
provide practical printer at his own cost, as wen
as the paper and every thing else connected with
printing, and that whatever loss or gain should De
the result of the arrangement shouldNbs his. Ihey
have appended herewith paper marked b, as evidence
Of the operation of the system.
Your Committee submit a statement furnished by
the Principal OF the expenses and profits OF the Prn-
ting establishment.
Your Committee cannot dismiss this part of the
subject, without expressing the decided conviction
with which they impressed, of the great lmpor-
TO the welfare and future usefulness OF The pu-
pills, of acquiring, while connected with the lnsu-
lion, knowledge OF some mechanic art; for while
the great and noble aim of those who established and
have osered the institution is to enlghten the mind
and improve the heart of the unfortunate beings,
whom a-W Use God in his inscrutable Providence
has proper to afct; yet they believe that it will
materially contribute the humane purpose OF the
authors of this noble charity TO give them as far
sibe, knowledge of some useful trade. Such is
believed to be the experience OF other similar lnsu-
tutions.
In one of the Reports of the Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb of New York. it is said, that
ployment of the pupils of school has been SUBJ
ect of socitude and enquiry. portion of that time
must necessarily be devoted TO study, and yet several
hours in The day would still be consumed in ideness
if some useful occupation Tor the pupils not
provided"
Again-the benefits resulting from manual labor
are immediate well prospective. 1t gives vgor
TO the constitution, elasticity the frame, and pro-
cheerulness and good feeling, while it holds
out the certain prospect of future support. Expert
encs has fully demonstrated the fact, that these adj
vaniages, and many realized under this sys-
tenn, which, at the same tme has proved an auxiliary
70 the more rapid development of Intellect.
One Of the most useful features of the system ia
that which, by teaching each pupil a trade, prepares
him for supporting himself by the labor OF his
hands, and thus renders him independent of the aid
of his friends and The public Without the aid of
apprenticeship in useful art they would be bur-
den on their friends or the public through life; where
as, by supporting them few years, and teaching them
trade, they only become independent of the aid
of others, but the community exchanges Improbable
consumers for producers, and in this perhaps fui
ly repaid the expense which it has incared in pre-
pairing them for usefulness.
Your committee therefore, believe that the best in
terest OF the Institution requires the connection of
mechanical establishments with il and especially
SO, when by the existing judIcous arrangement they
are sustained without cost to the Institution.
Your committee have felt it their duty to inquire
into the moral and social condition of the pupils and
after very rigid and thorough examination, they be-
lieve that the Principal w. ID. Cooke is bind and
attentive to the pupils under his care and that pro-
per and JudIclous government is exercised Them
The subject of the annual charge per pupil in the
Institution. has claimed the attention of the commit
tee, and they have ascertaned that it amounts, al
present, TO about the of 1888.
by reference to the report of the Board of Direc-
lots OF the Institution, II appears that they entered
into contract with the Principal that he shall re-
cslve $l45 for each pupil in consideration of which,
and salary of 81 200, he is to furnish boarding of
the pupils and all connected with tho institution in
Guiding his own family, to furnish two teachers
atron all necessary servants, medical attendance of
Inc pupils, clothing of such of the pupils whose pa
rents unable to furnish it, postage expenses Of
parents visiting their children, while here, bouks and
s'atonery and II IS distinctly understood that there
is 70 be no extra charge of any kind for services.
our committee consider this a wise and very ill.,
dlcIous arrangement, and which the best interest
OF the Institution requires should not be disturbed
In order that the Legislature and the public NAV
nave Inc means OF forming idea Of the pro-
per expense tor each pupil this Institution YOUR
committee hope and believe they will be rendering an
acceptable service in publishing together with this
report statement of charges similar institutions
which Is taken from authentic Sources and which
Will be found appended, marked A.
Your committee cannot dismiss this interesting |
suoJeI'; without stating that alter very strict and
eareIu investigation of the affairs of the institution
they are fully impressed with the belief that II bs,
neen managed with economy, judgment and fidelity bv
the Board OF Directors; and they have every reason 70
oeleVe' Judging from the pasD that under their adm
nstratIon the Institution will flourish and will he III
means of untold blessings that unfortnnate se
of population for whose benefit it was
ed; and in conclusion, cannot refrain from
the hope that the institution may long remain as a
monument of the wisdom and the muni6cenna 80 -
Legislature of North Carolina. All of which ia ,ss
pectfully submitted. ie'-
J. H. HAUGHTON, chu;ruo,
1t has been shrewdly remarked, that those xho
most business are those who advertise most ertan1
syely. There is probably no one instance in ter
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