The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-18

mlin. lie Is accessible 10 every ono an"
az all times: and he has smile Tor eV-
cry one. and they give him the sign
the small boy out there has hcre'oioie
given me @.
Although the new superintendent IL
very strict, so they say, l believe mere
cannot he found one who really Aea'S
him.
Captain DOYLE was ,Jry fond OF emil
d,en Tho Girls especially ran TO hiin
and clung to him as he passed. ",n5'
Among the bows he had favoritcs, thus
n was bv many he was feared. notice
they cling 10 Mr. Bowles too, but none
fear him. Whenever he passes Il 5 ba'
TO be led along by some OF these hanus
engaged. and his head mods up ana GOWN
In recognition like the brownies in toy
store windows. ~,
I'm. col. scott Ship. Col Bigger, and
| CAPT. Doyle is entirely unnoticcd here
now. They say he does not get cross,
and between him and the city mutes
there Is no wide chasm noticeable at all.
This was a feature Of Mr.. J. II. Lindsays
nopularltv. Among the deaf and the
blind il counts for great deal. Presi-
dent Gallaudet admits it one OF the real
secrets Of his success. as do many other
beloved principals Of these schools.
MANY ABBl.lt4A lO-NHs
There were hundreds Of applications for
positions out there. and in filling them
The new Board seemed 10 agree upon one
or two persons for certain positions and
then offer the rest whatever was left, as
far as they would go around. Natural
Is enough, the majority OF those in the
domestic department Of the institution
simply resigned, for in nearly every case
It was to lower salary and different
from what years Of hard and thankiess
work and much forbearance had ena-
llcd them TO obtain.
The result was that the positions were
then dealt out rather prOmiscuously'
the grab-bag fashion. 4 ledy that some
years ago aspired 10 instruct the second
highest class for instance, got through
the new Board. the position Of seam
stress. which. with the mistrcsship, paid
(during the last administration but SlrO
per month. Again, as | understand, a
lady whose experience. If any az ali, had
been I'm teaching deaf-mutcs to articu-
late. they placed I'm Mr.. Humberts old
position-undoubte the most important
class Of tbs blind department.
over the deaf-mute boys the new Board
placed q young man from Petersburg. so
near sighted. if not blind, that he can
not recognize an acquaintance "a few steps
(oraD department, it Is said. at the ad
vice OF ex-Principal Doyle who though
a member of the American Association
to Promote Speech Teaching and Speech
Reading among the Deaf, and bound by
its yearly deliberations as well. both dis
Outraged and encouraged this branch at
times, whether forced TO do it or not, ]
co not know.
TO SAVE MONEY.
To save money was a feature OF this
II is claimed yet the new Board made
one or more openings and again filled
them with persons who had had no eX-
perience whatever with the deaf or the
blind at all. They also put in Lou
Doyle's place a lady who could not make
the small pupils understand scarcely any
thing.
This IS according TO my notes taken
out there and here in town, ard from il
may be seen that the need Of a good
man in charge of III. and thus il IS thdt
Mr.. BOwles has been given a chance 10
show what sort of stuff he is made OF
and what may be expected of him.
Already Mr.. Bowles. with the consent
Of some Of the powers that be-" CT
course, has shown himself equal to this
work. Not only has he called down tie
blind young man from the deaf-mute s.
study room, but placed there an op-
pointee of the latter months OF the Doyle
administration. and one which did as
much credit TO the old Board or Mr..
Doyle as anything else ever did. This
young man also teaches q section OF the
youngest class which has q score Of pu-
piis-several times as many as q teacher
Of the deaf can well master.
BENEFICIAL CHANGES.
As m assistant TO the gOvcrncss he has
Mo hen.
ton. She was a candidate for the same
al the time Of the election, and she took
il Cor but a short while at most and
from other than pecuniary inducements.
The ladies' replacing Messrs Lou Doyle
and Humbert. Nr. Bowles has required
10 swap positions with most excellent Zee
suits. and there arc other good things
he has done that IL was believed only an
experienced and successful man from au-
other institution would or could do
Mir. Bowles himself would not discuss
these matters. His reasons are obvious.
Be tells me. however, that DE will Zee
open tho articulation rooms and in due
time vii nave IL as * should De now. Iio
proposes to have e. reading room for nu-
pills by an means and 20 encourage this
as a branch Of the curriculum. Hereto
fore, although hundreds OF papers, etc.
were sent 10 the institution for none
other purpose than for the pupils use.
yet 7 am told few ever saw them and
many never so much a. knew that they
came.
Mr. Bowles says there are III pupils
enrolled this week. and ne thinks he can
lodge and feed fully 20O with the present
appropriation. lie proposes TO work this
number down somewhat after this ses-
sion.
PUNISHMENT.
Mr.. Bowlos has already bad 10 punish
several boys for infraction of the rules.
even though his rules seem 10 be as brief
and pointed as those Of the great Bcnja-
min 1ailowen, Of Alexandria-"Be good
boys and girls: learn an you can" IN
doing this he did not hur the boy across
the room or upon a desk, nor lock- him
up on bread and water diet until he
pleaded hard FOR mercy. nor break a
fcnce-paling over any. as W. c. Ritter
testified during the late investigation Hc
uses a rattan or ruler when words Will
not answer. except upon the small boys
and upon them he uses his naked hand
upon naked little person, and these
are quite specific and much better than
such cruelty said 10 have been practiced
during a former administration.
lie is 4 disciplinarian Of the proper
kind for such an institution. THE whisky
matter IS as dead at this time as the tar
iff and protection. when all are whooping
for either gold or silver. Tobacco is also
under the ban, yet he has not wholly for
hidden its use. He does not believe il
a necessity amongst school-boys, and /
notice that 90 per cent. Of them agree and