The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-01-13

peel 10 tine 0rOaQfS 81 Sentlme0tS oil the neaft
and the wisest CO ceptions of the brain.
This assembly should provide another in
sane asyl um in one of the eligible points Of
the state; also enlarge those already
bu Ii.
DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.
DR.. w. ID. Kerr, the superintendent in
charge of the deaf and dumb institution at
Fulton, makes an admirable showing of the
condition of that institution in the synopsis
of his report furnished me. 2s4 pupils have
been taught there within the last two We 4rs.
There are POS in attendance at this time.
The building has been greatly enlarged and
improved with the money appropriated by
the last general assembly. / suggest that
reasonable appropriation ought to be
made for the pur ose of buying carpets for
: the rooms, and perhaps other article neces-
ssry to the comfort of the children. The
mansgers of the asylum will recommend to
you the estsblishm ent of an institution for
the care and education of the feeble min &
ed. They will present the matter TO you in
detail, with the reasons for their recon-
mendation 1t Is grave question and
worthy OF your serious attention. / believe
that such an institution should be prov d.
ed, as by proper training, many of the fee
ble-miudtd of our state could be taught to
be self-supporting.
THE MISSOURI SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.
The repor:s of the superintendent nd
tru>tees of the Missouri school for the
blind are very full and explicit, and make
a most satisfactory showing of The progress
made by the pupils of that Institution, and
give evidence of an honest and economical
administration OF its finances.
The state has always evinced an enlight-
ened liberslity in providing for the educa-
ton of It's bin nor can the resources of
the state be more humanely or wisely ex.
pended than in liberal appropriations for
their education. 1t is the chief object of
the Miss ouri school for the blind TO teach
its pupils such branches and mechanical
industries as they may most readily utilize
In their own maintenance. In tn language
of DIR. John I. Sibey, the efficient super
inteDdent of this school:
"rhe object Of the school is to make the
blind seif-sustaining, and to the extent that
il fails in this, just to that extent does il
fail in its chief object. The question then
arises: Do the y:adustes of the school sup
port themse' yes? In majority of cases
thew co. In some cases they do not"
No stronger statement than this can be
made regarding the pradu ates of our best
colleges, and if any considerable number OF
the graduates of this school can be educai-
ed to the point of becoming self-sustaining,
the state is simply compensated for all the
money expended In the accomplish ment OF
so grand a result
The economy OF the management is shown
by the fact that an unexpended balance of
Sl1 ,218.44 remains of the amount sppro-
priated by The last general assembly. In
the report made to me by Mr.. Richard NJ.
Scruggs, president of the board of trustees,
an appropriation of $4,000 is asked for the
years 1856, as follows:
For maintenance. ... ..... .....,.. S36 900 CO
For pay of officers, employees, etc...... 16 900 90
This il S. 600. 90 less than the sum sp-
propriated for the two last years I trust
that you will not hesitate to appropriate
the sum asked for. During the years 1884, |
l47 pupils were in attendance, which is an
increase Of "a over the years 1882. The |
reports of the superintendent and trustees,
which will De laid before you, will give |
you, in detail, all the information necess 4ry |
to thorough understanding of the work |
and wants of the school.
TYPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY.
An act was passed by the last general as
sembly, entitled can act to provide for
Typographical survey of the sunk and over
flowed lands of Southeast Missouri, and to
appropriate money therefor" under the
provisions of which, on the % b day of
April, 1888, | appointed James F. Brooks,
of Cape Girardeau county, as skilled and
competent civil engineer, to take charge of
and supervise the work of the survey.
This appointment was made up
on the recommendation of many OF
tbs representatives and lie ding citizens of
so utbeast Missouri, who strongly endorsed
his competency 10 successfully manage
that important enterprise.
The sum of $4,000 was appropriated to
pay the expenses of making the survey and
preparing proper charts, maps, pla:s, pro-
lies, field notes, explanatory notes aud
other necessary inform alton rs the act re-
luires.
Of this sum tbs engineer has drawn from ;
the state treasury SS,l43.23. He has made
40 report to nue. of the progress made In his {
work. Complaints were made to me that {
ne was not performing the work contem {
,lsted In the act under which he was ap- s
pointed, and addressed several eommunt- j
cations 10 him. calling upon him for re-
bort or showing of Inc progress made in
he survey. Alter repeated solicitations, be q
listed Jefferson City and assured me, in :
'erson, that he was engaged in the per 7
ormance of bis duties, and that he would \
omplete the survey in a manLer sa.isf &C. 4
DRY to the people. Y
Since that visit have heard nothing h
rom him, and know nothing of the pro- O
'ress made in his work. would have re- h
moved or suspended him from his Office if G
he power to do so had been vested in me. ii
ut, having no power to interfere, have a
cen compelled to await the final result of v
be mstter, without action upon my part. D
Though dissatisfied with his conduct and 81
,ethods. Such a survey should be M ade D
the sunk and overlooked lands of south is
ast Missouri, as is contemplated in that c,
ct, as il is believed that a vast ouantitv II