Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-01-14

it forward as fast as the con
dition of the treasury will permit
IOWA COLLEGE FOR THE BLIND.
Since the last session of the Genera
Assembly, Prof. s. A. Knapp, thel
superintendent of the College for tn,
Blind, has resigned. The trustees IL
announcing it speak of his services a
an officer and his character as a man il
fitting terms of praise. Prof. Orlando
Clark, who formerly held the position
has been appointed to the vacancy, and
the work of the institution progresses
successfully under his charge. The i'm.
provements for which an appropriation
was made by your predecessors have all
been completed, and within the esti
mated cost. The trustees and superin-
terdent recommend the expenditure OF
$l6,250 in various improvements in
and about the building and in additions
to its appointments tor instruction. In
| the report of the superintendent at
tention is called to the necessity of an
industrial home for ADULT blind, and to
the fact that the present accommoda-
tons of the college are only adequate to
those who remain during pupilage. He
also calls attention to the propriety OF
establishing an infirmary for the eve.
These suggestions are timely and merit
serious consideration.
INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE
DEAF AND DUMB.
The Institution for the Education Of
the Deaf and Dumb is successfully
fulfilling the design of its establishment.
During the last five years the number of
pupils has increased from OF 70 1ba
This increase in the number necessary to
be accommodated enforces the many
reasons suggested for charging the in.
sttution; and it is urgently recommend.
Cd by the trustees and superintendent that
the west wing, originally Contemplated
IN the plan OF the building, should be
Immediately erected. The estimated
cost Is $65, 900. In addition to this the
sum of $1O,S0O is desired. for much
needed Improvements in the HEATING
apparatus and for the purchas. Of tools
and stock for the shops. The industrial
department of the institution now in
successful operation, will be promoted
in efficiency by an increase in it's re-
sources. The reasons for these various
improvements are forcibly presented in
these reports, to which call special at
tention. desire to add my recommend
alton to the proposed employment of an
instructor in articulation. This denart.
ment in deaf mute teaching has been
inaugurated, with the best results. in
many OF the States, and our institution
should lack nothing which will promote
the welfare or happiness of the unfor-
tnnate class committed to 1t for instruc.
ton. Since the last session of the
General Assembly, Hon. Caleb Baldwin.
one of the trustees of this institution
having resigned, I appointed Dexter
q. Boomer, Esq, Of Council Bluffs. his
successor, to hold office until your
meeting.
The report ofthe building commission.
ers is also submitted for your information.
accompanying this report Is the award
OF the referees appointed by the district
court OF Pottawattamie county In the case
of W. r. Craig VS.. the Commissioners
and others. The history of this case is
fully given by the commissioners and
referees. No more competent men
could have been found In Iowa for this
business than the referees appointed by
the court. And as they have considered
1t with great care, both as experts and as
dispassionate and impartial men, be-
lieve that the good faith of the State
Will dictate settlement upon the basis
they recommend.
SUMMARY OF EXTRAORDINARY APPRopRIA-
TIoNs PROPOSED.
l present herewith a com pilation of
the amounts, deemed necessary bv the
various boards having charge Of public
Institutions and enterprises, for i'm
provemcnts and for enlargement of the
scope of their respective operations:
STATE UNIVERSITY say "a m on mn
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,:
New heating apparatus 1l7 OOOOO
Other Improvements with
repairs. .....";....::... A,19OOO