The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-12

Tho Deaf ana Dumb ana Blind
Asylum.

Asylum.
We have before us copy Of the bien.
NAL report Of this institution for the Two
Gsca! years ending September SOLh, 1875,
and September 3Oth, 1875. The total
number Of deaf mutes in the institution
Is nov %, and Of blind 10; total 81. This
ia an increase Of 10 in the former depart.
mcnt over the preceding year. The nun.
ber Of blind is the same in both years.
The total expenses Of the institution
for the last fiscal year were S44,72l IA.
OF this amount S3l 1922 90 were spent
for current expenses, an average Of say
1915 for each pupil. Tae amount ex.
pended for construction and repairs was
Sl2,0S7 A, for furniture $l,472 sS, and
for pupils travelling fund SlS3. The in.
crease Of total expenditures over 1876 is
about $1,000.
The Superintendent states that no fur.
ther appropriations are asked on &C.
count Of construction. The buildings
are completed and literally supplied
with necessary furniture in every depart
ment, thus precluding, ashe says, "any
further appeals for special appropriations
for several years at least" He asks that
the sum Of $50, 600 be appropriated at the
present session Of the legislature to cover
the expenses Of 100 pupils, the number
expected before the close Of the present
year. This will be $3.50 per pupil for
the foil wing expsnaes-yi yiz-"board, tut.
tion, IL lights, washing, books, musical
instrum H," and an "averaye Of $50
each for clothing" making the total ex.
pense per pupil $500 per year, which, the
Superintendent says, is as low as "other
dual institutious"in in the country.
An itemizel statement Of the expendi.
lures OF the institution for the two years
is given in the report. The expense for
aour was SI,o93 80, for bacon $500, but.
terSGSO, other meats 81, ,72S "a, dry goods
(pupils generally furnish their own
clothingl SAL Al, coffee $3.50 Al, drugs
and medicines SIP so, fruit S3Sl 70
lights (the institution makes its own gasl
1888 80, musical instruments and music
S29l SO, travelling expenses Of teachers
and pupils lit will be rscoIlecled that
they came TO Wheeling and gave an ex.
hibition before the Legislature and cili.
tens at the Opera House, LOGS 81.
The salaries aggregate $3.50 oil, an
increase of S2,2G2 40 over The preceding
year. This strikes us as large amount
for salaries in an institution having only
81 pupils. Especially as these teachers
are 1--WE presumel boarded and lodged at
the State expense.
The institution has loIr industrial de.
parIments in which the pupils are EN-.
ployed, viz: carpenter shop, shoe
shop, tailor shop, mattress and broom
shop, and sewing room. The amount
OF work done in the carpenter shop
amounted to S2,93l OF, yielding net reve.
nue. oil 81 ,S705S. In the shoe, tailor, and
mattress and broom shops, there we're
small balances against the shops. The
work done in the sewing room amounted
toS2Si17.
Among the pupils who have been, or
are now in the institution, we notice the
names OF the following from Wheeling
David Beckendori, G. L. s. Canaan, Robt.
D. Garry, Wm. Halpin, Heber Hasanour,
j. II. McMechen, Harry E. Marsh, Fred.
W. Vogt, Chap Watson, Philda Breemer,
Alberta l.. Gregg, Annie V. Hitchcock,
sAIlIe Osborne, John s. McGee, Chas.
McNieI, W. II. Mooney, E. F. Danaia.
frot and Mary McNiel.
Tie faculty OF the institution is as fol-.
lows: Principal, J, C. Covell. Teachers
in the Deaf Mute Department, o. D.
Cooke, RIG Ferguson, Holdridgo Chi.
dester, L. L. Chaplin, and Miss l.. NJ.
Kern. Teachers in the Blind Depart.
menl. II. II. johnson, AIiss Maggie Blue
and Mrs. Cornelia Wilson. Besides these
thereis Steward, a Matron and Gov.
etness,
The regulations for admission into the
institution are as follows:
|. All deaf mutes and blind persons,
in the State Of sound mind and body, be-.
tween the ages OF eight and twenty-five
years, are entitled 10 admission free Of
charge, except for clothing and travelling
expenses. II is earnestly requested that
parents Of children too young to be ad-
mitted, Immediately place themselves in
correspondence with the principal in re-.
ference to the future training Of their
children.
II. Children when brought, should Je
provided with summer and winter cloth.
ing, all plainly marked with the owners
name. A sum OF money, not less than
s. 10, 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 indigent pupils.
Ill. The sessions OF TIE school COM
mence on the first Monday Of September,
in each wear, and cnntiDna IOH tho snoca