The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-24
WHERE aUIBS ARB TAUGHT
RepOrt of Columbia Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb.

Thirty-oue states and the District of
Columbia Represented Among the
pupiIs-EStimHteS for Salaries and
Expenses for the Next Fiscal Year.
The Secretary of the Interior has just
made public the forty-fourth annual re-
port of the Columbia Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb. located in Kendall
Green. this city. showing the work ac-
complishcd by that institution during the
past fiscal year The report i'm part says.
The pupils remaining in the iusutu-
ton July T. 1860 numbered l26. admitted
during the year. ~, since admitted. 81. to-
tai 20 Under instruction since July l.
1907 lS3 males, 80 females OF these. l5>
have been in the college department, rep
resentiuE 81 States. the District Of Co
umbia. Canada. and Ireland. and 81 in
the primary department Thirty-eight Of
these pupils were admitted as heuehciI-
ries from the District Of Columbia under
YOUR order. and 90 have been admitted
GO the cole giate department under tho
provisions OF the acts of Congress APP
proved, August 80, 1890, and June o. l''l
Under the head Of deaths among Jn5
ofIgs rs OF the Institution tho report SI\N
During the last year the institution
has LOST 10y death an unusual uUuN'T of
is OMCeTs. During the autumn OF 1880 lht
Hon. William L. Wilson, of Virginia
President OF Washington and Lee Uni
versity. who had been Tor several years
q member Of the board OF directors, was
called away from earth.
The management of the institution has
sustained severe less IN the death ol
Roy. Byron Sunderland. d. D., VINO nae
been member Of the board Of directors
since the foundation OF the institution
DR.. Sunderland was one Of the incor
porators OF the institution. and was
named in the act of Incorporation as q
member of the provisional board 81 al
r,ctars- lie had, therefore, been ldcntl
fed with the management OF the lnSJI'
tuition Tor more than forty years.
"A warm personal friend of lion Amos
Kendall. the first president OF the board
Or. Sunderland took a deep interest lf
the organization Of the institution. IN tht
development OF the school. and later ~
the organization and development OF th'
His intelligent counsels were always o
value in the meetings Of the board. aul
his warm sympathy with the work OF tn
officers Of the institution was most highly
Eat tho closing exercises Of our term
on the 18th OF June last DR. SUNDERLAND
was the only member Of the board pres
ent Although having passed the limit o.
fOuT-SCoTe years. his eye was not dlmmt
nor was his natural force ahattd- Iii
usual yivacity and c0rdiality marked hl
intercourse with officers and students ui
that day and none dreamed that th
hand Of death was approaching"
The following estimates for the hEc9
year ending June 80. 1913 were submitted
For The support of the institution. in
Guiding salaries and incidental expenses
for books and illustrative apparatus an,
for :, neral repairs and Improvements
SrHuln
For r.uairs 20 the buildings of the in
stituti0n. including plumbing and steam
heating apparatus and for repairs e
pavemy utS. 500"
For deficiency in the appropriation
for IN, CGrrcut year. S3r.N.
This deficiency hes arisen ID conSc
queucg of the increase i'm the ur-'s 20
our benehciacies provided Tor lu Ile &C
Of Congress Of June 8. 1899"
These estimates are all based on IN
provisions and requirements OF law. an
IL IS believed that they viii be r,gardc
as eaSonable and proper.
In conclusion the report calls the atten
tiou of the Secretary Of the Interior &
the rCEulaT tTienuial meeting Of the con
vtutiou OF American Instructors OF IL
Deaf which was hcli in Buffalo in IU'H
the Columbia Institution was rep-escut'
by its president Pros Fay, Itrf 5-a0
Prof. Day, A y. Fay and Miss Pet