The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-03-15

health, and q quiet, unobtrusive dis
cipline establishes, as soon as possible, !
the proper habits. In the matter of a
wholesome, nutritious diet, varying
according to the season Of the year, we
find, perhaps, one of our greatest diff
culties AND annoyances. Particularly
in the latter part of our long, hot sum-
mers, good fruit and vegetables, tender,
nutritious meats, milk, butter and
eggs, are scarce or too expensive to be
obtained.
PURPOSE or TIE INSTITUTION.
The design OF the Institution is the
education Of all the deaf and dumb in
the State, who, by reason of deafness,
cannot obtain an education in the sys-
tenn of common schools. a hearing
child, though dumb from some form of
imbecility as often occurs, has no claim
on the beniticence Of this Institute. We
arc reluctantly compelled every year to
turn away some of this class and dis
appoint and gricvc the fond parents
whose hopes have struggled against
the sad conviction that the dumbness
of their children was because they were
| idiotic. 1t is q duty, unpleasant but
unavoidable; and Information, thus
published, may save to some parents
! considerable expense as we'll to our
selves the annoyance.
Being an educational institution, the
| law limits the bencticiaries, to a school
| able age, namely, from eight to twenty
five. This limit has been Overstepp-
cd in Il fcW cases. We have two at pres
cnt, one Of whom is deaf, dumb and
blind, the other deaf, dumb and nearly
blind. These having been educated
| hnrf. and hci,,rr <,ifl,r,,% fc; l.. tn
for them, find here a comfortable home,
cnlivcIcd by ready facilities for CONVEX
s;,tion. Without this, they declare
that life would be intolerable. The
purpose ofthe Institution involves much
! more than pertains to any ordinary
school, inasmuch as it combines the
culture Of home for the moral and
spiritual nature of child, with an
intellectual culture, which is almost
the sole object Of our common schools.
| We add also a mechanical training
which will render those self-supporting,
VINO would be likely otherwise to be
n burden to the community in which
they live. We receive them while
they are babes in knowledge, depend
cnt and helpless, lead them by our
peculiar methods constructions through
a process of acquiring language analog-
GUS to that Of the first year Of the life OF
a child, add to this the moral, scientific
and intellectual culture of youth and
return them to the State at large, use
full, self-supporting citizeno. OF this
work and its claims, viewed in the
light of 4 human charity-the most
mportant-l1appily 1 need not speak.
f CONDITION Or TIE INSTITUTION.
We have Il fine building-one of the
best, and best adapted to its purpose,
in the country. The officers and pupils
are in almost perfect health and the
school is making fair progress. With
another teacher and q fair equipment in
respect to school furniture, apparatus
and library, we could do better. The
kitchen needs good range; the din
ing hall, hospitals, chapel and private
rooms, new furniture; and the Win
dows need shutters. The fences are sc
dilapidatcd that it is difficult to pro-
tcct our shrubbcry and garden.
The mechanical department has &C.
conlplishcd commcndablc results anG
We might point to A number O.
: our young men who have left us during
T. the past year and are cttrninga liveli
= hood by the knowledge and skill they
: obtained i'll our printing Office. Thi
l Office needs Il press, furniture, sever;l
= fonts OF type, means OF stcreOtypins
s and appliances for binding books.