The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-30
The Deaf. Dumb and Blind Asylum.

1t is to hc regretted 10y the people Of
Wheeling that any obstacle should have
been thrown in the way OF the recent
action of the Board Of Regents in select
inc this city a the location for the
Deaf. Dumb and Blind Institution TO
lee established 10y the State The Board
assembled here last week, composed of
gentlemen of character and intelligence,
aud after carc!ullycanvassing the claims
and merits Of all cuntrstinE localities,
they selected Wheeling 10y a very de
cidcd majority "a the most proper and
desirable point for It's location, and ac-
cepted a. the building the Wheeling
Female Seminary, which was @cner-
ouslv rendered them 10y our Board Of
Supervisors. This result was extremely
gratifying to our citizens, and the Board
of Regents adjourned with the conf
dent assurance that their work had
been completed. But it is now pub
licly announced through the press
hv some of the parties interested in the
College a. female school, that IN
pledsing that building to the Regents
Of the Asylum, the parties so attempt
ING have acted unadvisedly and without
authority and it has been determined
hv them. we understand, not to Surren-
der the property.
or course We can entertain no I'M
friendly sentiments toward the parties
operating in this matter, nor help feel
Ing very lively interest in everything
looking to the advancement of male
and female education. But we must
he excused for expressing the very de
cided opinion that the refusal of Prof.
MORT0N. or the Trustees of the College,
To surrender the building to the call
which this city and county have made
upon them, will be serious y damaging,
if not fatal, to their enterprise. The
Institution has been in operation some
fifteen wears, under the supervision of
various religious denominations, and
we presume it is not unkind to state the
fact, that it has never vet reached any
thing approaching desired success. In
deed, truth warrants us in saying that
ii ALWAYS has been and is now, in Ian
gnishing and sickly condition, and could
only hope TO become a growing and
popular Institution 10y enlisting the con-
fdence and support Of an undivided and
enthusiastic community. In any aspect
OF the case, to do this is not probable;
and 10 refuse to surrender the building
10 the call of the Regents. and
earnest solicitation OF the people of
Ohio county, should, We respectfully
think, at once suggest to the parties OBJ
jecting, that their action would be fatal
To their future success. Ii would array
the great mass Of our people in this
section OF the State az ainst them, and
render it improbable for them ever to
succeed; while, to surrender their oh
iections, would be at once TO enlist pop
ularfavor and secure success For while
there is no other building in the State
so well suite,l-Or suited at ALTO the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, there
are in Wheeling other buildings as well
suited TO the Female Seminary.
These views are thrown out in no UNI
kind spirit, but in the earnest hope
that they will suggest to those who are
attempting to defeat an important
county enterprise, and pledge which
ii will be painful for our people to fail
to fulfil, that their action is founded in
mistake and will result in disaster to
their Seminary as well as injury to our
city 1t is not yet too late to correct
this serious error.