The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-25

Boys--Thcre arc thirty -one boys working
CASH ACCOUNT.
Balance on hand November I. 1895. $204.la
Cash received for sales and from
repairs st.............. ......... so'.oV
Total .... ...................st ,17t,6t
CIR.
BY material furnished shops $3.50. $6iS.60
by amount paid pupils for work.
including shop expenses and
building broom corn house 211.R
| BY cash on hand .................. 3ll.SV
Iotal ....,... ..,..''.....,''.;..*Li 'l,ot
Note.-Emergencies arise where cash
must bo paid for articles purchased, or Tor
| work done on the premises, The shop
| fund. being the only available cash on
| hand. is used. receipts are taken. and,
when approved by tho board OF trustees.
are filed with the incidental cash account.
| This money Is replaced out OF the miscel-
| laneous fund as far as may be necessary
| In the purchase OF materials for the shops.
, Whatever balance there may be Is used
| in actual cash expenses for which vouch-
| ers are filed.
Girls observation-disclosures are nineteen
girls working in this department.
deem It my duty to call your attention
to the fact that a radical change ought to
be made In the In lustrinl department for
males. Under the regulations men up to 50
years old may be admitted to learn a trade.
In many instances thcee men have mingled
with the world. their blindness being only
of recent date. and some - them are not
proper associates for school boys, Last ses-
sion had abundant evidence that zone sin
ner destroyeth much good" |; would be
well II an appropriation were made and a
building erected exclusively for the use OF
blind men who come ncrc to learn trade
only. feel assured that your exc'icrcy
VIII appreciate the situation. and hope
to he able 20 convince committee Of Irac-
| tical LEGISLATORS vi the importance aht ne
coss'ty for this.
The Alumni association hold It's biennial
. meeting at this institution in June last.
Papers were read and discussions had on
things Of interest TO the lild.
, deeply reglet 30 have TO oport the
death Of pupil. Mr.. II. NJ. Lawrence, aged
&c years Application 20: admission was
mnde by his parents August ~. 1926, This
application states that he has a sound
mind. no bad habits, moral character good.
1 has good use OF his Limbs. has no chronic
disease hearing good. etc, otc." Upon this
certificate, and one from physician as TO
the condition Of his ewes admitted him
for the purpose OF learning traces tnuGht
here. ON his arrival found he vas blind,
and that his mind was worry weak; hat he
did no, have good use OF his limbs. WAS un
abl, to walk without assistance. a Few
days after his arrival he had an attack ri
epilepsy and | determined 10 sund him
nome was making my HrrhnS'nnn's ac,
= oordinsIy when ne mao ano'her "'"rh "nu
fell icwn stairs, producing conclusion NJ
the trair from which lac Jied. Had his
I true condition been known To mo | would
D not have admitted him. hnfort Iuately foi
, the institution, many regard 1t. not as
school for the blind, nut as an asylum, Vol
them. relative OF Mr.. Lawrence, rcply,nt
,e''Sr wriu,en oy nr ,uw 'As ~, Wv, Wv,
can no, do awning with him YOU will hav,
| TO put him In the other asylum, for we car
| not possibly take charge Of him.
IMPROVEMENTS MADE
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buildings as were necessary for the com
fort of the pupils have been made: A new
bathroom made and the old ones ren,odeled
the old closets removed and twenty fou
new ones of modern pattern put IN ,hei
| place; the capacity Of sewerage ripes in
creased; balustrndcs on s.airways and gal
| lerics ON that norton of the building occu
: pied by the smaller children have beer
{ raised. school rooms and oeuiist's cuorat
:, ing rooms remodelcd; the steam plant over
hauled and repaired. The walls OF IN
=, building used as laundry were cracking
~ the keystones In the arches over the win
~ dows getting loose. The continual vibra
!, tion OF the walls consequent upon the run
ming OF the heavy laundry machinery wa
increasing the damage and rendering tn
building dangerous. The suporlnt endcnt n
b. public buildings and grounds. Mr. j.
ID Mohley, inspected tho building and pro
nounced It unsafe as n laundry building
thon had substantial two-story brio
! building erected, costing. including tn
ic moving and putting In running order IN
A. laundry machinery. s3asS. To this som
II minor improvements were uftcrward added
IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED
;, v, -, -, -, -. -.
!, we very "'"on hue" 'u"hu' rum W.
boiler house TO the main building, TINS WI
A enabie the engineer TO pun the steam pipe
10 where he VIII have access to them whe
they need repairing At present the pipe
80 are under ground the boxes enclosing thel
- are rotting allowing the water to run !
70 on the pipes. causing Them to rust; ther
T. Is loss OF steam by condensation In pass
III Ing through these pipes and 1t Is sometime
,d difhcult to Keep the building properly heat
ed.