Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-05
EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.
Annual Report Of the Trustees Of the Wiseon.
sin Institute for the blind.

cOOOhIlUN VI IdE BLIND.
Annual Report Of the Trustees Of the wiscon.
sin institute for the Blind.
From the twenty-second annual
report of the Institution for the Edu.
cation of the Blind, we make the fol.
lowing abstract:
The present Board of Trustees is
composed of the following named
persons:
Messrs r. b. Treat, w. H. Tripp,
A. A. Jackson, j. d. Rexford and ]
B. Whiting.
The resident officers of the inslitu-
tion are as follows,
Superintendent-Thomas II. Lit
tie.
Teachers-Miss S. A. Watson.
Miss Ill. A. Dagget and Miss G. l..
Baldwin.
Teachers of Music-Maurice ID.
Jones and Miss Flora f. Winslow.
Foreman of Sbop-James Stephen.
Matron-Mrs. Maria I'll. Whiting.
From the Trustees report we copy
the following:
The Institution is in prosperous
condition, performing its beneficient
work in manner highly creditable
to the state. The number in regu-
lar attendance upon its privileges
has been greater than in any pre-
vious year. 1t has now ample ae-
commodatiOns for all who are likely
to be present for some years. Refer
ence is made to the appended report
of the Superintendent for an account
of its educational operations and for
other matters of interest pertaining
TO the general subject of the educa.
ton of the blind.
| The total receipts, during the past
year. have s35 22S 50
Total S6 16
Leaving balance in Treasury,
sept, ~, 1911 ,36T 43
A considerable amount of the ex-
penditures, during the past year, has
been for new improvements.
The Board estimates the amount
that will be required to support the
institution, for the next year, at S21,-
600.
From the superintendent report,
we make the following extracts:
1.-The twenty-frst year of the his
tory of this institution differs from
preceding years mainly in the fact
that this is the first in which the
school has had room sufficient and
cow enient for its operations.
During the year sixty-eight pupils
have been in attendance, of whom
fourteen were not present the pre-
vious year nine have left school.
Fifty-six have come in this term.
Applications for the admission of
eight more persons have been ac-
cepted, and several others are under
consideration.
The parents of six of our pupils
have removed from the State, during
the past four years, reducing our cat
alogue by that number.
Instruction has been given, as usu-
al, in literature, in music, and in va
rious branches of industry.
In the literary departments class
es were taught during the gear end
ing on June 21st, as follows: Read
ing, B; spelling, 4 writing, by Bra
lille system, l arithmetic, geog-
raphy, 3 !; grammar, algebra, natur-
al philosophy, and mental philoso-
ply, l each. This session classes
are arranged as follows: Reading 3
spelling, B ; geography, 4; arthme-
tic, 8; grammar, l history, /;
rhetoric, l. Those which are usual
ly styled common branches" have
received by far the greater amount
of attention.
In the musical department three
choirs were sustained until spring,
when one was dropped. In Harmo-
ny there has been two classes. The
orchestra, which at the close of the
preceding term numbered seven
pieces at the close of the last term
in June numbered fourteen pieces,
and was able to playsacceptably such
music as Meyerbeer's Coronation
March, and Rossini's Overture to
Tancred. In addition to these class
es, pupils have received private les
sons as follows; upon the piano, "a
upon the organ and melodeon,
upon the violin and other stringed
instruments, - upon the flute and
other wind instruments, z. Individ-
ual vocal lessons have been given to
eleven pupils.
In the industrial department pupils
have been taught broom-making.
The smaller boys as we'll as the girls
have learned to make the bead-work
commonly taught in institutions for
the blind. The girls have also learn
ed TO sew, knit and make fancy work
of various kinds.
No correct statement can be made
of the pecuniary profit or loss of the
girls work department, because OF
an error made by the person who
took account of stock last year. A
considerable amount of material has
been set aside by the person previous
ly in charge, and was not included in
the statement of last year, nor was
its value estimated when it was dis
covered. The receipts from that de-
partment during the year have been
$780,.
The account of the Broom Shop is
as follows:
SHOP.
September l. 1870 DR.
BrcOms on hand 4 40 IN
Materials on hAno... ............ 80. so Go
September ], 1871.
Tools and materials since Sept 1s7O.... 2o9 SC
s4ls %
September i, 1871 Or