The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-02-22
Iowa's Deaf and Dumb.

tion for the education Of the deaf and
dumb Is before us. That Institution
does not include all the deaf mutes In
the State; only those Of them who are
being educated at the States expense.
OF these there have been enrolled,
during the past two years ll8-of
whom q were males, and AZ females.
This preponderence in The number of
male pupils Is partly due to the fact
that the parents of deaf mutes are
more willing to let their sons go away
from home to receive the advantages
OF such an institution than they are
their daughters; and partly to the fact
that male deaf mutes are really much
more numerous than females. A COM
parison with the census returns shows
that fully one third the deaf mutes of
the State are not sent to the State In
stitution.
During the past two years embraced
in this report 26 pupils have been ad-
mitted, 10 of whom are natives of
Iowa. The supposed causes OF their
deafness are set as follows: congenital.
1; scarlet fever, :; spotted fever, 4;
brain fever, 3; measles, mumps, scrof-
ula. gathering in the ears and un.
specified sickness" each 2; infiamma.
tion Of the brain, small pox, whoop.
ing cough, diptheria, sunstroke, medi-
cine, cold, and cod in the head"
each one.
This institution originally occupied
leased premises at Iowa City, but in
October, 1870, was removed to Council
Bluffs, where new building had been
erected for it-and sad specimen of q
building it is, according to the report.
II says:
" II Is very poor job, and reflects
no credit on the State of Iowa. We
presume no other 80 poor a job Of car
penter work can be found in any of
our State buildings. The windows
and doors are badly fitted, and shrun.
ken, leaving free access to the free
breezes Of that exposed situation. =
We do not believe the building can
ever be properly warmed in its present
condition.
Besides this, it is too small anyhow.
The present building says the reportl
Is too limited in accommodations for
the numbers We now have.
Either we must refuse admission to
many needing and equally entitled to
the privileges Of the institution, or We
must have more room" Again, 1.-The
institution is without barn and
out-buildings; no place to store its
hay, or grain and provisions. Its gas
works are failure, and freeze up in
winter just when light is most needed;
there is lack Of ordinary furniture
for the building, ani of books and ap-
paratus for the school room. The sup
ply of water is SO limited that ia case
of fire there would be no means o.
checking it, and the institution, with
all its inmates, would be at the mercy
of the devouring element" Many
other lacks and needs are mentioned.
OF oourse these cannot be remedied
without an appropriation from the
Legislature, which is earnestly asked
for.
The report speaks we'll for the intel.
lectual and moral progress of the pu-
pills.
The expenditures seem to indi .ate
economy AMI judgment. The Super
intcndent, 4. Talbot, receives the
highest salary of any one connected
with the institution-Sl, 200 year.
Next comes the steward. A. P.lWalker.
500 while the matron, teachers, DC,
receive from $3.50 down to $3.50 per
year.
The institution Is open to all deaf
mutes of sound mind, free from i'm.
morality or contagious or offensive dis
eases, between the ages Of 10 and 25.
A course of instruction covers q
space Of seven years. All are expected
to clothe themselves but Legislative
provision has been made whereby
those too poor to do SO, may be sup
piled with clothing at the expense of
the counties from which they severally
come Dubuque Times.