The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-29
Expenditures.

nursery matron ....... $4,000
Salary of steward ........ 10000
Balance cash on hand 80. 965.99
Total .....,....,......., O,lZO.i2
Received and placed in the
hands of Geo. W. Curtis,
financial agent, legacy,
Mrs. Nathan A. Baldwin 100000
JOSEPHINE S. NEWTON,
Treasurer.
Examined and found correct,
OLIVER S. WHITE.
Auditor.
In behalf OF the board OF managers,
Mrs Bertha G. Townsend reported in
part as follows:
February 90, 1908, was the 10Th birth
day OF the New Haven orphan asylum.
on the evening OF March /, this occas-
lon was commemorated by appropriate
exercises in the United church 1t
cannot fail to be an inspiration to look
backward for n moment over these
years and review our history. The
growth Of this asylum, its loyal friends,
those that have given literally Of their
wealth, and others that have given
themselves In It's administration; the
many children that have gone forth in
to the world calling 1t home. Surely
we who are working In this latter day
know little by experience Of the strug-
giles that the managers Of earlier years
endured for this beloved institution. 1t
is with loving thoughts and tender
memories that we turn from the years
that have passed and relate the hap
penings from May 10, 1907 to May Is,
1908.
All institution life may be represent
ed by wonderfully complicated ma
chine, each part dependent upon an
other part, and only as each does all
expected OF II does II move In perfect
quietness and harmony, accomplishing
that for which Il was constructed, Per-
haps an annual report should deal with
the various parts Of this machine-pro-
visions, dry goods, plumbers, and
plumbers helpers, general repairs, etc.
but to the mind OF the writer, while
these are all important, the children are
what constitute the New Haven Orphan
asylum, and to them / shall confine
myself ns closely q S possible.
Statistics show the number OF chill
dren aided during year 1870; average
number, lis; new admissions, 49, re-
turned TO friends, As; placed at service,
49, George junior Republic, l. died, 2,
Present number unuer asylum care,
1871
In August Miss Missler who had been
our matron for several years, resigned
because Of III health After due consid-
Grafton we promoted Mrs. Douglas, first
assistant matron, to the more response
BILE place Of matron, and then In turn
promoted each helper, filing tho va
cancy thus caused at the lover round
Of the ladder. This so far has proved
wise move, and we would gratefully
acknowledge to all the workers In the
institution our appreciation Of their
faithfulness and the endeavor to exc
cute what the managers direct To
these faithful women falls the real
moulding Of the child life, a response
hility that by none can be held lightly
In the house nursery Miss Geary still
serves as mother, and while her flock
Is diminished Just now by a part of
them being temporary residents Of the
Ives cottage, owing to whooping cough,
their love Is shown by the fact that the
first time they we're sent out to play
they made straight line for the house
nursery and announced, Mamma
Geary, we're all we'll now"
Mrs Burns, matron for some time of
the Nina Lynette, has been replaced
by Miss Hoag, 1t Is with JOY that we
often see these very little people out
for a stroll in the sunshine, and find as
one manager reports, "the babies OBJ
stnately rosy and healthy
In the work shop perhaps we find the
greatest transformation We have pro-
vded, upon the suggestion of MI.
Barnes. the manual training teacher,
new benches and tools for the use of
the boys, and under the direction Of
their teacher the results are most en-
aging Paper cutters, picture
frames and book racks are numbered
among the finished products, This
manual work Is very important part
of the boys education.
The sewing class meets on Satur-
day morning under the guidance Of
volunteer teachers, and the girls here
not only learn to sew, but receive in
struction In manners and morals
The health of the large family as
whole has been good. Slight cpl
denies of chickenpox and whoopng
cough have visited us 1t is always
hard when these occur, causing the
entire family to be quarantlned, as
they are deprived of much that to
them means pleasure. Perhaps it Is
best expressed by one of the boys who
was heard to say. Cant go to Sunday
school cause we got the measles;
can't go to church cause we got the
measles, and can't have the measles
cause we've had the measles"
On May 1, 1908, occurred the death
Of Charlotte Jackson. She died from
tuberculosis, the disease that had de-
prved her Of both parents,
Archie Kulman died in Nina-Ly-
nettes nursery on August IA, 1907 Of
mal-nutrtion.
Mrs. Frederic Ives, whose death oc-
cured March IL, 1908, was manager
for nine years, treasurer for nineteen
years, and while for the last ten years
Lnr mama ptood IN the honorary liSt