New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-14
ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF THE NEW

YORK INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.
The Academy Of Music WIS crowded 10 rs n'S.
espasitD on Wednesday afternoon BY toe 'nio's "
psopie desrous q seeing nos much e5ncato"
n Mitigation Of The - in.ss Of he dak ~ VI ~
who s-s s:r,ke, of Heaven 10 the della s'-'.
al, Sight. The tencsr in.eres, IN a.. l''.-" "
sequireDel.s the Improvements, %ce t-o 10 -
the ssh.les,, 10 always potent % s"i"",
fhs,r pub,ie exhi 5ilions aud 10 make lne Du| 1''
fuJe regard AIRY sbottcomlog. u 'nef eA ''-'
<,be- n.-form.r ces win delca'e o'nSue'"'"H CO.
dom e1.nded to o.rer. Inc wonder 5, 1o' -.I' MY
AL Oh ort Of the pnSace oil toe h'' % s'''''' '
thew leave its foot e, far oebina'
To-. remarks have 70 special reference % the ex'
,h;,;o, Of Yesterday, for everything thu: tie biaG
.esosr, s,isnp:sd do dore unte:s. adlnsy srt
v,ll, ara in mos. cases so aimraoly ina. suderis
xlo have .heir syes aud al their Cher teDse., might
ven b. proud OF hsv.og ,casyeds 81 much.
There were sbou: 80 pupils on re s,sge, OF wrom
abou. 50 we're macs. lacy wee aT-.rgei on TIE
sage 10 .ers, the younget in the backgI ound. lac
yorsg women were for the most part, sttred in ~a;e
aud blue and presented az appearapcsof u2ilJrmy IN
>o,tume that was rot dscoverabe the part Of tee
vcu,s mer The bsni composed OF fifteen blind boys,
occupied one of the Etage, and on one corner
rss large pile OF b-1oms, basket mate and other
unitarian products Of The industry OF the pupils OF
the Institution. The teachers, of whom eleven are
blind graduates OF the school, occupied the 'front.' rows
Probably thr, Of the audience were ladies,
and mary went away, being utterly Uaab.e 10 obtain
seats in any part Of the house.
The exercises begun with an Introductory piece By
Che band. TIE performances OF these In1siclGns,
which were interpreted throughout The e1e;c.ees,
were most credtabe and excited much lsudso-y com
ment in tie auditory The c'urse OF music ~ l5etruc
cn aiven is thorough and ia especially insisted on N
the osse Of ell who develop the slghes talent IN that
direction II is esteemed ty those mos. familiar with
tbe education of the bHud that the study Of mus; s,
Of al Others calculated TO afford them tie pdTet eDc
most ipte nse qualification.
There is t.le in it's pursuit 20 remind them q .heD
great misfortune, and IS not Only g-ea. soIsce q
AZ who make any proficiency 10 l., ou IN macy cases
il has proved mens OF obtaining comfortable lVel-
hood, where special excellence has been attained -
al the pupils study music, and there ore now o. Q;
them under Instruction In vocal music, ~ are pfs"u'-
ipQ piano-forte music. and the IS yo1.hs oe0.e meG
Toned, who compose the band, have regular irs,-n,
ton in the art OF blending the harsh voices c. :re
earopets, buges, horns, drums ana other curious IL
veptions, into :" concord of sweet sounds Noe
than 40 have beer expended during the sst we've
months IN the Musical Department, for salaries o.
teachers musical instruments, &C.. and tie s:tslr
ments Of the scholars, as yesterday shown sfe p:9o
unquestionsbe that the money has been vel lcvee,ed
There were a number OF solos, duets anc eoor~ -es
surg by he vocal profoer;s, admirably ard with ap-
pauee.
An original poem was spoken by Mss CYSTEn
BULLOCK, on which we can give no opinion, as It We,
inaudible 10 our IeporteT-tde managers, eno sCoui
have known bet :er, hsyiog neglected &c provide e
porsorial accommO datobs.
The cisssts were examined in arithmetic, American
history geography aud reading IN raised pro:, Ire
answers TO the proposed qnastons beng pIomp,y
gwen by the c,asses, either IL concert CT indlViaay
ss required.
All The appliances for the s.tsinren. o. knoT.edge
must Of course for these pups be 60 contryed thu
their fingers do the work OF the eyes IN other per-
cons. Therefore all kinds OF printed mater aed naps
used by The blind present rased outline that easily
ineligible 10 the IOuch. The states on which they
work out their mathematica problems are exceedingly
ipgenious--the fgrres or characters being moveabe
frOr one compartment 10 another, like the pegs on
tIibbsge board. The readiness with which these
clumsy looking contrvsnces eIe used Shove tatt ID
mliarty and practice with them give degree OF ex-
per.ness that is really wonderful.
OF course il was impractic sble TO give yesterday
any performances in mechanics as the stage Of the
Academy could not readily be transformed ioto
Workshop but the heaps of brOoms aud mats and bss-
ke;s showed that the msnuaebo students hGv al
tSinsd moet useful prof cheney IN several branches OF
education.
II he's been often argued that ths department OF ac
institution should pay ,s own expenses; that ia, tb:t
the money received for manufactured articles should
balance the sun expended for materials and the other
ne essary expenses Of the department. Tnis has not
been The experience of the New OK Institution TOR
toe b! lid. During the year ending December 1897
the amount expended by the Committee on Msnutsc-
furee ia Sl2 7i3 40 while the manufactures hsve
cold for only 50 JS7 o. leaving deficiency Of some
thing more than $1,000, from viii the value Of the
. ock OF hard must be deducted, and the COMMITTEE
Ter ors that the total loss for 1897 is 81 OO3 w.
The blind cannot vet successfully compete with
these who have to aid them not only eyes but ma
ChipeYy.
In the Literary Department t1e usual comnor-
scbool studies are taught also astronomy, chem
istYy natural history, political economy and Iteec
faa philosophy. In all of these studies in which the
classes were yesterday examined the result was emf
nently satisfactory; and the whole the Exhibition
vac one of the most attractive features Of tne Ami
versary week.