Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-13


CLEvELlEP ORPHAN AaTLUH-AsEuAL
MEETIxs. The annual meetingo of the mem-
bers Of the Cleveland Orphan Asylum was
held Tuesday evening, and the old officers
and Board of Managers were reelected.
The Reports Of the Treasurer and Secretary
we're submitted and adopted. The Treasur-
er's report shows tho permanent endowment
of the Asylum to hsve reached nearly $l4,-
900. The amount received from the secre-
tary last year for subscriptions, donations
&c, S5s5. .25, while this year it was s707 81 /;
difference being s152.O6. The current ex-
pensss for last year were 81 sO2 Is, beside a
debt Of sl4O, which was unpaid. This year
the current expenses are $1,Ts4, %, and this
debt has been paid.
The following is synopsis of the Score
tary'a MRS. Thomas Brown Report,
Few changes have taken place in the
Asylum during the past year. Mrs. Mason
retains her ofice as Mstron, and Miss Helen
Townsend as Tesoher. At the close of the
year 1880 there were thirty. seven chill iren
IN the Asylum. At the close Of the year 1861
the number had increased 10 fifty.
During the past year twenty-five children
have been admitted into the Asylum
Thirteen have left it. Four have been
boarded therein. -Four have been shelter
ed for time and then returned TO their
friends. Two papers of indsntuTe have, for
Just reasons, been cancelled by the Board.
The present number in tbs Asylum is forty
nine. There have been no deaths, and the
health Of the children has been uniformly y
good. The regulations of the Asy linn vary
but little from those Of the past year. The
patient teacher deYotes each alternate day
In iustructing the girls in sewing. Itwould
be greatly to the advantage Of the boys if
they could be engaged in some useful en-
ployment. It would form in them habits Of
industry, and prepare them 70 obtain in the
future their own support. We have an ex-
ample Of the benefit derived from such q
source Of discipline in many of the benevo-
lent institutions of the dAv. The necessity
Of employment for boys was felt by the
founder Of Girard College, at PhiladelPhia /;
for after the age Of fourteen years they are
bound out 10 mechanical, agricultural, OF
commercial occupations. This subject COM
mends itself 10 the careful consideration oi
the Trustees and patrons of the Asylum.
On application TO the Board Of Education
| l2 Ct the children have besn admitted into
the Public Schools, that they may share the
advantages which they are 80 we'll known
20 possess.
For ten years the Asylum has depended
mainly upon annual subscriptions for sup
port. This year it realized IS, 1880 from
the Bazaar. Tbs proceeds Of the Bazaar
will relieve the managers from the iDhu
ences which have oppressed it, and it is will
thankful hearts that they receive thi
dOnnsiOn from the; people. The Trustee
and Managers have invested $4,000 Of thi
amount 70 Be added to the permanent fund
A delightful Christmas Festival was pre-
pared by the ladies, which glsddsned tn
orphsus' hearts. The mansgers have ex
perieneed difficulty in binding out thechil
dren to different persons, and hence tn
Board adopted in June last & resolution t
retain them in the Asylum-the boys unit
they reach the sge of Il years, and the girl
either Is or Is. The managers thank tn
citizens generally for their liberal suPPor
and donations, and congratulate them uPO
the prosperity of the Asylum.