New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-17
Louisiana Deaf, Dumb ana Blind Institution.

We are indebted to the Hon. c.. T. Estlin, for the
fourth Annual Report of the louisiana Institution for
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, presented to the General
Assembly fthe State Of Louisiana. 1t is prepared by
Andrew S. Heron, President Of the Board Of Admin
istrators, and contains large amount of very valuable
information. We are compelled to abridge the con-
tents and give ourreaders general resume:
The Institution, of which this is the fourth annual
report is stated have been in highly prosperous
condition during the, year past The number of
pupils has increased Mute pupils have been taught
TO read and understand books, to write compositions
and letters to their friends, in the space of two Or
three years and some are almost prepared to leave
school. The number of pupils has not been equal to
the applications. Want of accommodation has
caused this inconvenience; and, in the endeavor to
crafty many as possible the tenemcnts have been
dsagreeably crowded The buildings, at present in
course of erection are very substantial, and there is
prospect that many additional pupils may shortly
perceived The committee state that as they receive
no reward for their services they can only be sup
posed to be animated by the same impulses that are
felt by all good citizens The labor of citizens of our
own State has been almost exclusively employed,
thereby accomplishing two great benefits at once.
The present exgencies of the Institution require
and the same amount will be needed for the support
of the Institution the ensuing year that appropria
ted the past, even with the most rigid economy
Although during the past three years the pupils have
increased to thfcefold their original number the ex
penses have not advanced in the same ratio
The health of the pupils has been excellent during
the year-not single DEATH nor even severe attack
of sickness, having occurred during tile session. The
careful diet and exercise used, and with them the
able medcaattendance enGaged are creditors for this
result The expenditures of the Institution, part Of
which was for labor and building material, that can
be summed within the general stock and permanent
fund, amounted to $j4 ,7GS A. The total number Of
pupils was forty of whom precisely onc-half were
males; and twelve were from the Parish of Orleans
The rules for the admission Of pupils are appended
to the report, by which that all the deaf and
dumb of the State between the ages of ten and thirty
years, and all the blind between the ages Of eight and
twenty-five, entitled to an education free of charge
for board and tuition, in the institution Those de-
srous of placing pupil in the institution should
write to the General Superintendent, informing him
OF the name, age and residence of the mute or blind
applicant, and the cause thereof, if any is known
Pupils from other states will be admitted for one hun
bred and fifty dollars per annum. The length of
study embraces about seven years. The annual ses-
sions commence on the Wednesday following the
10Th OF November, and close on the Wednesday fol
lowing the 18th of August. No sectarian education
is given in religion, nor are politics embraced in the
course. The government is that of welregulated
family. The location is one of unsurpassed healthi-
ness and salubrity.
All business letters or letters of inquiry should be
addressed to James S. Brown, General superintend-
ent Institution for Mutes and Blind, Baton Rouge
louisiana
We have no space at present to do more than make
this general reference to the results Of tie Institution
for the year past but may refer to it and others Of
| our eleemosynaIy institutions at some future time.