The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-02
STILL HARPING
AbOut That Bad Butter Found at the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum In
January.
The Committee Grinds Out An
other Bach of Evidence.
The other Side OF the Case Presented
Yesterday.

The Committee investigating the charges
preferred against the officers and managers
q the Bsaf and DUMB Institution, met Mon
day at the Board Gf Health office. There
were sut three OF the Committee present:
Messrs. Mason, Hargrave and Gilman.
MISS DORA BLACK,
a student of the Institution, was sworn and
testified briefly in regard to the food much
the same as other witnesses have formerly
testified.
NoRRIA :. HIATT.
am a teacher i'm the Asylum: have been
there for twelve years; the progress OF the
pupils in the school is good; out OF school
order is not good: the general discipline In
school is not a. good as it ever has been
the order outside 1 do not think is as good
Is il formerly was: the pupils make COM
plant to me OF the food; don't know OF my
own knowledge anything about 1t; the
complaints have only been since last tall
there are religious services held at the In
stitution; the complaint IS mostly about the
cooking: ] know of no bad treatment; i
know nothing about the boys; am only with
the girls: DR. Glenn does not teach any OF
the pupils; Dr. Mcintyre did not teach
while he was the Superintendent
W. y. BURT.
Live or East Washington street; am q
teacher in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
have been there fourteen years; the pupils
make no complaint of treatment or food
there has been some little complaint
but it is by no means general
when DIR. Glenn came to the Institution ne
could not converse with the pupils in the
: sign language; do not board at the Asylum
CHARLES B. HowLASB.
am Steward ofthe Institution; have beer
since the lst OF October, ISL; DIR. Glenn has
been the Superintendent of the Institution
since 1879: do not think that DIR. Glenn
has any trouble in talking with the pupils
in the sign language; as / understand
the duties of the Superintendent
| think DR.. Glenn is performing hi:
IA every respect. There is not enough room
a. the Institution. and think the Legisla
tuFe should make an appropriation, and
prOside for more room. \ new play room
Is quite necessary The complaint about
food etc, i no worse than it was under
former management OF the Institution
There are now on the rolls $40 pupils, whit
have the privilege Of the Institution.
.Cross-eXamined-I have had general
supervision of the purchasing OF the
went there in 1871. Robert Owens
the chief cook ! regard as n good one
The assistant cooks are also good cooks.
see no change whatever in tine general man
agement of the Institution; we have better
cooks now than there ever has been since
have been there; everything is kept i'm :
good. clean condition: the quantity -Of fOec
l regard as amply sufficient and 80 is The
quality; bread is baked every day except
sunday; the potatoes are good; the meat i
better than il ever was; the flour is a good
straight grade OF family flour; the food fur
nished the officers is the same kind
thai is furnished the students; il
all frnnt tho mn pfInr.lx~
= and il Is all the same: cooked by the same
cooks. The butter IS inspected when il
comes To me. There has been all kinds Of
' butter brought there but none but the good
received except at one time when batch oi
butter escaped my inspection which was Ho'
good quality, and that is the only bad but
ter that has gone into the Institution: We
use'the best midland butter We can get; some
of the most reputable dealers in the city
have furnished butter TO the Institution
everything for the Institution is purchased
under contract made by the Board of Mana
gers OF the Benevolent Institutions
DIR. CLEAN
am superintendent OF the Deaf anC
Dumb Asylum. Have been the Superin
tendent since 1879. DIR. Glenn gave 10 the
Committee, by the request Of the Chairman
a brief history of himself for the purpose o
showing to the Committee his competency
70 perform the duties of Superintendent
never attended any school &c become &C
.quainted with the art of teaching either the
deaf or dumb. have eighteen teacher:
under me in the Institution. There ART
eighteen grades taught i'm the Institution.
The teachers are, ! think. all good teach
-ers, with the exception of one or two. The
same corps OF teachers are there new thai
were there when became the Superintend
ent. | have never had a complaint from
single parent of children in the Institution
since have been there. No complaint
made To me whatever by pupils or parents
The evidence OF DIR. Glenn was taken a
I some Length in addition to that given 'Ov,
pertaining mostly to sanitary condition anC
the many needed improvements necessary {,
make it what it should be- and also ian regarC
. to recommendations made to former Legs
latures by former managers of the Insti
! tEtiOn asking for the improvements now
necessary. The evidence in all was in M
wise derOgatory To che management of the
Institution, aside from the complaint of ths
bss batch OF butter and the bread business
The Institution will introduce evidence
in rebuttal of the evidence heretofore giver
by the students. The Committee adjourned
to meet again on tomorrow evening at the
same place. at which time it is supposed The
Committee wilfcOmplete its labors.