The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-01-29

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The Blind Asyl"m,-Ws have received the
18th Annual Report of the Trustees of the
Wisconsin Institute for Education of the Blind,
for the year esdiug Sept. Goth, 1862. From
this report the Institute seems to be in q PROS
porous condition, and answering the ter ev>
olent purposes for which it was founded. The
following extracts from the Superintendent
Report show the Educational condition If the
institute.
THE year has been one of prosperity, The
teachers and other officers have lshcrea with
fai.hfulness and skill. The scholars have de-
voted themselves TO their duties With diligence,
and their department has been such as { have
much satisfaction i'll reporting to you.
The whole number of pupils in attendance
during the year is fifty, a number c3usideI ably
exceeding that of any previous year.
OF this number, forty .thrse wer e present last
term, and seven have just entered. Three who
were present last term, left at it,i close, and one
Is dead, SO that we now have co. ity>six scholars.
Others are daily expected, aud it is probable
that fifty will soon he present
The admission of severai adults, for whom
application has been made in order that they
might learn "a trade, has bG 'en necessarily de-
clined, partly because OF v ant CT room in the
shop aud partly because y 7 the scantiness of our
means for carrying On the Institute. 1 have
NOT, however, felt at lii ,erty 10 decline TO re-
ceive any children for whom application has
been made. On the CT d trary feeling that whine
all Institution for i heir benefit exists. it would
be a sad pity that any qchild should grow up
under the double misfo rtuue oil blindness aud
ignorance, i have used every means in my
power to convey 30 thei IL the knowledge OF the
Institute. and to Undue e them to avail them
selves of lis adv antapss."
The Truste as ash for an appropriation, for
the coming year. of $l1,soO.
The following in refer ence to The admis-
sion If Pupils may bo interesting to some of
our readers.
"Any peiso WISHING to make application for
he admission Of a pupil into the Institute,
, must address the SUP erintendent, giving det-
| mite and truthful answers 10 the following cues"
st!ons, viz
lst. What are To Z names and post Office adj
dress OF the parents or guardians Of the person
for whom application is made?
"a. Are such pa rents or guardians legal resi-"
dents OF the State of Wisconsin?
Sd What are the name and age of the per-
son for whom app iication is made
18th. At what age did he or she become blind,
and from what cause2
9TH L. he or she Of sound mind, and sus-
eeptibhe of inkellecJua culture
9th. Is he ar she free from bodily detorlntty
and al infectioas Diseases?
7th. What are his or her personal habits and
moral character
Upon the receipt of such Applicant N by the
Superintendent, Ehe applicant will be notified
as go whether OF not the person in question
will be admitted, and no one must be sent TO
the Institute until such no titication shall have
been received.
No person of imbecile and unsound mind, or
Of co ,firmed Immoral character, will be know
ing'.y received into the Institute and III case
an $ pelson shall, sfteI a fair trial, prove lncom"
p'ytant for useful ms fraction, or disobedient to
f.ne wholesome regulations Of the Institute such
pupil will De thereupon discharged.
No charge is made for the boarding and in
struction of pupils from the State of Wiscon-
sin; but all are expected to come provided with
sn adequate supply of good, comfortable cloth-
ing, which must be replenished from time to
time, as 1t becomes necessary.