The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-22
THE RoMNEY INSTITUTIoS.
Sour PoIDts to be Considered at Their
Next Meeting.

Some PoIDts to be Considered at Their
Next Meeting.
Our readers have probably not forgotten
that last Spring We published aletter from
Can't. Andrew Wilson TO the President Of
the Board Of Regents OF the Institution Of
,he Deaf, Dumb aud Blind, calling the at
ten,ion Of those gentlemen to some glaring
discrepancies in the report Of the Princi-
pal, and asking for certain information.
subsequently, and only few days prior
to the meeting Of the Board in June, we
published number Of questions which we
desired the Board TO answer fully and ex.
plirity so that the people, whose servants
they are, might understand how the large
amount Of money annually put into their
hands was spent, aud be able to judge
whether or not It was economically and
wisely spent f. rat
At the meeting Of the 10Th Of June last,
the Board resolved itselfinto committee
Of the whole for the consideration Of the
questions" proposed by us, and reported
q the Governor certain evasiys and i'm!
pe,iect answers thereto. These answers
xe Published, and have several times since
taken occasion to comment upon them.
We now propose alter an investigation
more careful and thorough as We believe,
than the Board could have made in the
few hours which they devoted to it, to
give to these questions the answers which
auth requires, and which the Board ought
80 Lave given. We will put these answers
IN tbe mouths oi the Board and let them
speak. 7N a..l6
Question What was the whole num-
ber Of profits At the Institution during the
years 1867, 1878, 1889?
Answer.-We find on the rolls OF the
Institution the names Of eighty-Rvs pupils
90, the first Of these years, ninety.fve for
the sscond, and eighty.fve for the third.
But whether these are the names Of pupils
who were in actual attendance or Of those
also who were expected 10 come, but some
Of whom did not come, We are unable to
say, as the recordsof the Institution do not
contain the information.
Question 2.-Whst was the highest
number present at any one time in each OF
those years? =
Answer.-Wellnd nothing in the records
TO enable us to answer this question. But
the Principal informs us that the highest
number present at any one time in either
gear was the same as the whole number
Tor that year, We suppose he knows, or
ought to; and SO we answer: IS in the
year 1851; 95in 1878; and IS in 1889.
Question 3.-What was the average
number present in each OF these years? I
Answer. The records OF the Institu-
ton afford no assistance whatever in
ascstaining the average attendance.
Judging. however, from the fact that the
pupils do no! return punctually at the
commencement OF the term, and that some
Of them leave before the close Of the term,
and that some of them spend one or two
weeks at home during the holidays, We
have every reason to believe, and so re-
port, that the average attendance for the
year 1867 was 73; for the year 1878,
81, and for the year 1889, rs.
Question 4.-What was the whole
amount OF money received In each Of these
years from all sources, viz: from the
State, from the counties, from the shops,
and from any other sources, together with
the balance on hand at the commencement
Of each year2 af IN
Answer by referring TO the Princi.
pal'sreport Of that year, and the same
officials bOoksas kept by him, We find
that the total receipts of that year were
either s4O,4Ol II; or s4O,7S43e. We are
not sufficiently expert in bookkeeping to
decide which Of these sums is right, and
which is wrong or indeed whether both
are not wrong; butwhaessthe difTerence2
Who cares for three or four hundred
dollars OF the peoples money? In the
words OF the immortal Mantelini, Dem
the ha'penny." 1t Ia hRrdlywofth while
to go into detail and give the sources from
which this income was derived.
1t would take too much time
md trouble. Besides it is an i'm
pertinent question. We got the money
and spent 1t, too. We decline to
tell you (tor reasons known To ourselyes)
whether or not there was any balance on
hand atthe commencement Of the year.
The receipts for the year 1s77.s amounted
to os39, 100 9?l, including q balance from
the last year OF SS,00l 1Sl, as you will see
by referring to the Principals. Report for
that year; andwe have no doabt his books
correspond, though we had neither time
nor disposition TO examine them. The re-
ceipts for the year ls7S.s, the Principal In
forms US, cannot be AsesEtained until the
lst OF next October. M NJ
Question 5.-What was the whole
amount OF money expended u each Of
those years?
Answer-By tho printed report which
the newspaper man, who annoys US with
these questions, can read from himself, we
see that the total expenditures for the
year 1851, II we understand the report
amounted to sS7,4Oo III. For the yeal
1878 we learn from the same reliable
source the total amount expended for hl
purposes was s2s,lGo 57i. The expense
for the year 1889 cannot now Be given
as the year has not closed. I , - "
Question 6.-whRt was the average cos
RsrPppil for each Of those yearsS
Answer The average cost per pupil de