Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-05-14
Arkansas Institution for the
 Education of tIse Blind.

NHE Legislature having made provision to I sustain this Institution, located at Arka- delphia; it is now open for the admission of Pupils from all parts of the State, and pre- pared to afford to the Blind a thorough course of instruction in letters, music, and various branches of handicraft. Applications for admission should be addressed to the Superin- tendent, OTIs EATEN, giving definite and truthful answers to the following questions {: 1st. What is the name and age of the per- son for whom application is made? 2d. At what age did he or she become blind, and from what cause?
 3d. Is he or she of sound mind and suscepti- ble of intellectual culture?
 4th. Is he or she free from all infections or offensive disease? sssss9 s@s&N gse
 9th. What are his or her personal habits and moral character? 4 M
 9th. What is the Post Office address of the parent or guardian of the applicant?s A
 No person having an offensive or infectious disease or addicted to immoral habits, will knowingly, be admitted into the Institution The terms where there is ability to pay, are one hundred and sixty dollars per session of ten months, payable quarterly in advance. This covers board, tuition and all expenses, except clothing, physicians bills in sickness, and travelling expenses to and from the h. stitution. x si
 Indigent blind persons, to the number of twenty, being residents of Arkansas, will be received, boarded and instructed at the ex- pense of the State. .ssss ssksA4 ts
 Such persons arc required by law to be between the ages of six and twenty-siy, and to obtain from the court of the county in which they reside, ? certified order, stating their inability to pay for board and tuition in the Institution which order being forwarded to the Governor, he will issue an order for their admission into the Institution at the expense of the State. Both State and paving Pupils must come supplied with changes of good plain clothing, which must be renewed from time to time as may be necessary. The term commences on the first Monday of Sep tember and closes the last Friday in June. Pupils may be received at any time during the session, but it is important that they should enter as near the commencement as possibe AsG sR&safs @aw Is2ss As only limited number of State pupils can be received, those wishing to avail themselves of the privilege, should make im- mediate application. of,k KR N "
 .eiBicH H.lFLANAGIN President.
 W. SMITH, Secretary. a a
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 II. E. GARRETT,
 H. B. STUART, Trnstees
 titA' J. B. MCDANIEL,
 T. A. HEARD, Ngs.s8
 s. STEVENSON. teR M Order to be Made by County Courts as to
 indigency of Blind Persons, wishing to be
 Admitted as State Pupils: "
 On this day was presented to the Court the case of ----,a Blind pesSon, for the pur- pose or having san examination as to his for her3 indigency under sectionN2d of an aet. passed by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved the 18th day of Janu ary, 1901, entitled an act 10 aid the aArkansas Institute for the Blindo And the Court after hearing the testimony adduced, and after que examinaqon aatl.an had, doth find that said that his Cor her) parent Cor parentsl are M in- capable by reason of poverty. of supporting said Blind person at said Institute. = ''0 Alter the abovesorder is made in any case. the Clerk of the Court will certify said ordey so the Governor, under the seal of said Court
 March 20, 186l.-3mps >00' v