The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-08-02
The Blind Asylum.

There appears to be a good deal OF diSsatis
faet:on with the present management Of the
above Institution among the students. Il a
petition to the Trustees, whieh We ind in
Republicaa, they say:
ISDIASAPoLs. June 2s.h. 1885.
To the Hon. Board Of Trustees of the IN
diana Institute for the Education OF &c
Blind:
Gentlemen
We. the undersigned pupils OF said inSsi.u-
ton return our thanks TO you aud the citizens
of this State for the benevolent provision
which You have made Ia our behalf. Ii the
establishment OF said institution, and We vi
sill be more gratifed if YOU viii grant tie
following request, viz. We are dissatisfied
with our present Superintendent. and hope
that Your Honorable body viii, Al Your next
meeting. favor Us BY electins one who viii al
vance the interests and exert q. good influence
over the school. We are well pleased viii lie
rest Of tie officers particularly Prof Hoss
Hoping You viii see proper to grant oar
request, We remain yours with due respeei A.
becomes our position.
II explanation be required call upon tie
school and /. will be given.
This petition is signed by thirty-two male
ing i IS an address to the citizens Of Indiana.
setting forth their causes OF complaint against
the present Superintendent, whose appoint
ment some two years ago, was the subject Of
much pointed animadversion.
To THE CITIZENS OF INDIANA:
We. the undersigned, pupils of the Indiana
Institute OF the Blind, which vou have so lIb-
orally provided for, and still cheerfully pay
heavy taxes 10 support thank YOU with deep
and unfeigned gratitude for Your benefcence
in providing for our comforts; but as we hold
that the Institution is under bad mana cement,
and as the Board of Trustees. lis proper guar
dams. have totally disregarded Our statements
and petitions concerning this management; We
hereby lay our aygrievances before you, our
true friends our 5enefceht benefactors.
Among which aggIievances, we present
and certify 10 the following:
LIST. That the Superintendent of the Insi-
tuition, is a man entirely roia OF sympathy for
those under his charge.
Cd He is void of interest in our progress
the evidences of which are, that he neither
teaches, neither Classics the students in their
various classes, nor even visits the classes
once a month, hence We doubt, if he
ever knows W hat studies are being taught IN
the Institution.
Sd He is tyrannical in his government
ruling never by persuasion and kindness but
rather by rashness, threats and menaces.
4th. He is in the habit of using harsh Ian
guage 10 US generally, and tie females partic :
larly, and often also to our friends, who visit
us at the Institution.
/. 9TH. He has been in the habit, in his re-
marks to us. of making comparisons improper
ndt STRAIT IN, pjtrp mis-
fortunes by likening us 10 blind horses.
9th There is little or no reliance to be
placed In his promises to pupils.
7th. He has refused the female portion o.
the school keys and bolts to the sleeping rooms
the result being that certain of said rooms
have been entered time and again, at various
hours of the night, by persons unknown, the
consequences being great fear and dread, and
also the loss of money and other property
Now. citizens of Indiana, we as before
said, have been refused hearing by the
Board of Trustees. now present our aggriev-
ance 10 Your patriotism, philanthropy and
benevolence, hoping that you will be suffici
emily interested TO examine the facts as they
exist IN the Institution of which we are mem
bers.
This address is signed by thirty one stu
dents, who conclude as follows:
We, the above pupils named. invited Mr.
Ames into the room TO hear these charges, bu
he refused to hear them. We informed lin
our object was 10 have him resign, and if h,
would do this our ends would be accomplish
ed, and we would 90 farther. We alsc
have to say, that stated TO the Board. tina
as they refused US hearing, eve would BIZ
heard BY the public
Removal Gov. ReedeT.
President Pierce has succumhed L. was