The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-04
THE pEAF AND DUNE.
Twenty-fourtb Annual Report Of the
Columbia IustftuttOu


The twcnty-fourth annual report of the
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb for the fiscal year ending june 80,
1881, was completed At tho Interior De-
partment to-day. 1t Is very extensive rs u
report and completely explicit The
officers of the institution as contained
therein are
James A. Garfield, patron; Edward
Miner Gallaudet, Phi. d., LII. D., president
Hon. William Stickncy, secretary George
W. Riggs, treasurer, and the directors arc
Senator Bnyard, of Delaware; John r.
Harris, Of Virginia. Congressman Clafin,
Of Massachusetts,; Senator Dawes, Of Mass.
achusetts William Il. Niblack, of Indiana;
Rev. Byron Sunderland and james G. Ma
guirc, of this city. The attendant physi-
clan is DIR. N. $. Lincoln; the matron, Miss
Anna A. Prout, and the steward, II. NJ. Van
Ness.
peculiarly sad feature strikes One In
looking over tho list Of the officers that
thro of the most promincnt-Prcsidcnt
Garfield, William Stickney and George w.
Riggs-havc died within the past few
months.
Robert G. Fox has been elected secretary
in place oe the late Mr.. Stickney and
Elisha i. Riggs tretshrcr in liet Of his
father George w. Riggs, deceased. Presi.
dent Chester A. Arthur is cx-oflicio patron
in the place of his distinguished prede.
| cessOr.
The number of pupils in the institution
on the LIST of July $780, was 81; the Number
admitted during tho year was 80, and those
since admitted 80 making total of ia
There have been under instruction since the
LIST of July, 1880, 1903 males and II females
OF this number 6S have been in the collegi.
ate department, representing 81 States and
the Federal District, and 40 in the primary
department.
Tbe Mute Aiadthis:
Tho following is the catalogue of the
students and pupils in the college:
Malcs.-Colin Johnson, Doughdvillc,
Ala. Theodore A. Keisel, Del; George M
l.. Booker, James II. Cloud, Charles Chester
Colman and Thomas Lynch, ILL.,;
Albert Berg, John NJ Brown, G.
V. Dantzcr, Z. H. Hazenstabt
c. Kenpcy, N. T. Morrow and Oscar Os-
born, Ind; A. L. Adams, Iowa; l.. o. Herr,
KY; Matthew billiard, Lyon; ]. A. Trunale
and G.. w. yeditz, Nd; II. L. Babbitt, A. w.
Oscutt, A. S. Tafts and +. w. Wood, Mass:
+. Louis Van Damms, Michigan G.. ii. Al
len and Olof Hanson, Minnesota F. G.
Cook, J. p. Kelley, NJ. o.. Robert and J.
Lewis Smith, Louisiana; G. w. Cara
Asa Asa A. Gray and II. T.. tobD ussa'r II.
Mo-; G. Wesley Collins and Is. c. Warihg,
Neb,; s. @. Davidson, n. j.. j. II. Ddndon,
T. +. Fox, c. w. Hathaway, NJ. J. Ken
drick and J. G.. Saxton, N. Y; G. S.
jr., j. Finley Haskins, J. Serene
Leib, Il. l.. II. Long, A. II. Schorry
and +. w. Shaw, Ohio. A. w. Anthony,
b. Randall Allabaugh, W. Brook
mre, l.. Wallace Callahan, s. s.
Haas, w. A. Miles, p. Shakspean Morley,
Lincoln Smith, +. Widaman and r. Zeig-
Ter, Pennsylvania; T. II. Coleman, South
Carolina; L. A. Palmer and l. N. Hammer,
Tennessee; G. Layton, West Virginia; Ny
ron j. Clarke, Lars Lawson, II. Reed, w.
Robinson, Eric Sampson and +. Stickles,
Wisconsin; Charles Clifford Griffin, District
of Columbia.
Females: Ida r. Chase, ID. of c.; Alvenia
+. Corroy, DEL; Maggie Hyde, and Alice
Hahn, Del; Louisa Fisher, Katie FOgarty,
Allie Dorsey Linthicum, Gertrude Scho-
field, Eliza Thompson, Laura A. Turner,
and Clara V. White, ID. of c., and Anna
May Wood, Montana Ty.
In the primary department the following
are from the District of Columbia: Robert
Bell, jr., /. IL. Boston, w. II. Cattell, J. +.
Craig, r. w. Daily, Il. Davis, David Horn,
G. !. Kesper, VIM. Kohl, G. Kingbaum,
Joseph Lylcs, J. o. Rourkc, Franck Stew
art, w. ]. Rich and j. Smith.
The report shows that the general health
Of the inmates of the institution is excel
lent. The only deaths from disease were
that of Alice HUM, of Wilmington, Del
in April last; she had only been in the
institution five months and was in feeble
health when she entered, and of J. T. Has
kins, of Ohio. The latter died from
typhoid fever.
John NJ. Brown, of franklin, Ind, was
killed in the playground last November,
by the falling of piece of timber used to
support revolving swing. Oscar Osborn,
of Indiana, was drowned in the swimming
pool.
The estimates for the next year are
$4,000.
Murder of the InnOcents.