The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-17

been $o2,5sl.57, and the expenditures
were as follows: for current expenses
$S02l OF, for construction $S697 80, for
furniture sl4S4 &c; total slS,203. Is,
leaving balances on hand belonging to
the several funds Of S437S.44. The
following appropriations are asked for
the current year
To complete building. ................. $500 90
Buii Id Kitchen. bakery, bath rooms,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. <,Up w
For closing rear porch, kc..."......." 6OO w
Improvement OF grounds, fences
Enrnitnre -.'......,,,.,,,.. l,400 90
Mechanical Instruction.. $500 0O
Current expenses for year $1,000 90
Total eeded."-"...........""..- w
The PRINCIPAL reports that during the
year 33 new pupils have been admitted
into the institution. The number now
receiving instruction there is 81, OF
whom 10 are blind and Al deaf mutes.
The oldest pupil is twenty-five and the
youngest eight years Of age. The gen.
eral progress Of the pupils has been
satisfactory and the hopes of friends
have been more than realized. With
the appropriation made by the Lesisla.
ture last winter for the construction OF
public buildings for the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind, an additional story has been
placed upon the building formerly occu.
pied, one new wing has been completed
and the other is under roof.
In order to give the structure har-
monious and pleasant effect, the old
building has been remodelled, and the
whole built in the French style OF
architecture; while the greatest fore
thought has been exercised to make the
interior convenient for the purpose
designated. The detailed drawings,
plans and specifications were furnished
by Jackson c.. Colt, ESQ.,, Architect,
Baltimore, Maryland. The wings are
built of brick each thirty feet by seventy,
and with three stories, including Man
sard, above basement The whole
building presents a front of one hundred
and ninety-four feet. The new parts
are devoted almost entirely to the use OF
the pupils, the north wing for the boys
and south wing for the girls. The first
floor furnishes sitting, with corridors
leading to the dining room chapel and
school room. The second and third
floors furnish dormitories and hospital
rooms. The dining room and chapel
and most of the private rooms are in
the old building. The rear wing has
been fitted up for school rooms.
The building, when completed, will
be of capacity to accommodate one
hundred pupils, and will allow one
thousand cubic feet to each occupant in
the dormitories, and corresponding
room in other parts of the building.
The Principal OF the institution has
now on file applications for the admis.
sion of eighteen additional pupils, and
has also list Of thirty-nine persons, OF
proper age and condition, who will seek
admission as soon as there is room to
receive them. 1t is said to be probable
that the number Of pupils during the
current year will be not less than 80, or
double the average OF the past year.
The following rules of the institution
and directions for the admission OF
pupils are published for the informa.
ton ofall concerned:
directions for the Admission OF
Pupils.
]. All deaf mutes anu blind persons
in the State Of sound mind and body,
between the ages of eight and twenty
FIVE wears, are entitled to admission free
of charge, except for clothing and trav-
cling expenses. 1t is earnestly request.
ed that parents Of children too young to
be admitted, Immediately place them
selves in correspondence with the Prin.
cipal in reference to the future training
of their children.
ii. Children when brought should be
provided with summer and winter cloth
ing, all plainly marked with the owners
name. A sum Of money not less than
S, should be left with the Principal
for incidental expenses. Whatever is
unexpended at the close OF the year
will be returned. Each pupil should
have a good trunk. Clothing will be
furnished to INDECENT pupils.
Ill. The sessions OF the school com.
mence on the second Thursday of Sep.
TENDER in each year, and continue for
the space of forty weeks. The regular
term Of pupilage is FIVE years; and the
Principal may, with the consent OF the
Board, select for an additional term Of
three years such as would be especially
benefited thereby.
Nv. All applications should furnish
the following information
l. The name and age.
2. Was the applicant born deaf or
blind Or at what age did he become
SOP Cause?
3. What is the degree Of deafness or
blindness -...
4. What is the physical and mental
condition Of the applicant?
5. Have any Instructions been given 7