The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18
EDUCATION OF BLIND
 CHILDREN AT TALLADEGA
MT. Johnson as President of the three

| MT. Johnson as President of the three schools.
 Beautiful situation. The main building of the School for the Blind fronts on Scuth Street about half mile from the town of Talladega. The main building Is constructed of red brick and is three stories high. There are five brick buildings in the enclosure of twenty acres and they are modern and well kept. Unlike the campus of the School for the Deaf. there are no shade trees. but the grounds have been made beautiful by grass lawns and flower beds.
 The administration offices. reception room, doEmitories, dining rooms ana kitchen arc in the main building. The recitation rooms and industrial depart ments occupy the other buildings. Most of the class rooms are in the big brick building just east of the main building. This is a two-story building with a been built in recent years to accommo- date the growth of the school.
 The work fof the blind classes Is fn< terestings I found one class at work in geoeraphy. Dissected maps are used and the students locate the counties, the cities. the rivers and the mountains by feeling for them. Many of the text
 
 though a considerable part of the work of the classes Is done by using texts in ink prints The embossed print in- cludes Line, Braille and New York point.
 This embossed or raised printing through which the student feels his way makes cumbersome volume as the letters are much larger than those used in ordinary print The school has 6pa ax found six and eight volumes of em- bossed print covering work that in ordinary letters would not make more than text book of the usual size. In the library I was shown five immense volumes sarrying the story Ben Hur," and six volumes devoted to an ordinary history of the United States. "Industrious Departmental
 The industrial departments are busy places. They might we'll be called in- dustrious departments for these blind boys and girls go about their work with enthusiasm and they appeared to take genuine interest in it.
 In the tuning room Prof. George s. Ham had class of blind boys at work tuning and repairing pianos. Although Professor Ham is wholly blind, he was directing the work with energy and in- telligence. He showed us one piano that his class had rebuilt and the boys were taking another to pieces. Prof. Charles Petty, a blind workman, who has charge of the shops, had class of young boys caning the seats of chairs, making baskets and mattresses. Some of the work turned out from here would reflect credit on the best facto- ries of the country.
 The blind girls were at work weav- ing, sewing, knitting, crocheting and making fancy bead-work.
 There is commodious chapel in the annex to the class room building and here inter er-denominational religious ser vices are held. A fine pipe organ Is shown in the chapel. Its master IS Prof. A. W. Williams, an accomplished blind musician, who received his train ing a the school. He played several difficult selections on the organ which he fondled with the affection of mother caressing child.
 The Resident Superintendent of this school is F. H. Manning, an earnest young man who Is deeply interested in the training and care of these blind children. Mrs. Manning Is the matron and mother of all of the unfortunate inmates of the institution. There are five literary teachers, three music teachers and three teachers of manual training. The teachers are F. H. Man ming. Miss Annie w. -Brockman, Miss Ida Henderson, Miss Clara Cruikshank, Miss Florence Blake, Miss Lena Leach, A. w. Williams, T. l.. Williams, Charles Petty, George s. Ham and Miss l.. Bonner. Miss Bonner is Supervisor of the girls and J. A. Griffin is supervi- sor of the boys.
 Needs of the school.
 Two years ago the school rooms here were equipped with steam radiators and connections were made with the steam plant. This gives the school modern heating. All of the buildings are equipped with electric lights. The greatest need of the school now is new kitchens and dining rooms. They are