Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-15
DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION
DIR. GALLAUDET SUBMITS AN
NUAL REPORT.
Estimated Cost for Coming Year,
$50, OOO-Praise for Retiring
Members Of the Faculty.

In the ffty-second annual report or
the Columbia Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb, to the Secretary of the In
terror, the president. DR.. z. M. Gallau-
Diet. estimates that 1t will cost $4,000 to
continue the work during the year ending
June 80. 1911.
These estimates" he says, ARE the
same in amount as those that we SUBJ
mitted for the year ending June 80, 1910.
It is believed that they will be sufficient
to cover the necessary expenses of the
institution, and that with less sum the
proper expenses of the institution can
not be met"
Changes in Faculty.
He then discusses the changes which
have taken place during this year
Asst Prof. Albert c. Cav of our col
lege faculty" he says. has resigned his
position, retiring at the end Of our last
college year. His retirement is greatly
to be regretted. for he has proved himself
an efficient and valuable officer OF the IN
stitution. Mrs. Anna S. Cav. who has
been for several years successful IN
structor Of speech and lip reading In our
Kendall School. resigned her position at
the close of our school year.
flames Denison, who has been
teacher in our Kendall School for NIFTY
thirty-nine years. resigned his position
last June Few teachers have made SO
long a record, and so creditable. In the
work of instruction as Mr.. Denison.
Mr. Denison will remain with US as an
instructor In our normal department.. and
his position as principal of the Kendall
School has been filled by the appoint
ment Of Lyman Steed, who has peen ior
three years the principal OF the !nstitu-
ton for Colored Deaf and Blind IN BAL
AoA 10 Graduate
minister College. Missouri. and OF the
state Normal School. He completed the
course of training in our normal depart
ment in 1906.
has been appointed to fill the vacancy
occasioned by Mrs. Gaw's resignation
She is a graduate Of our normal depart
ment, and has had an experience OF -FOUR
years as an instructor In the scnoolS ior
the deaf in Hartford. Conn.,, and Phila-
delphia, Pa
The resolutions adopted by the direct
ors of the institution and read at the
annual commencement exercises or the
school this summer, relative to the reslg-
nation Of Principal Denison. are set forth
In the report as follows: The directors
have heard with sincere regret that MI:
Denison, who has filled the position or
principal Of our Kendall School for thir-
ty-nine years, has resigned that office.
Mr. Denison has been a member Of
our corps of instructors for fifty-two
years, and his record Is that Of a good
and faithful servant Of whom the COM
mendation well done can be justly given
for all his work as teacher and as
principal.
The directors desire to express their
high appreciation of the value OF Mr..
Denison's services and their qualification
that he will still give a portion OF his
time to the work Of our normal depart
ment."
Officers Of the Institution.
The officers Of the institution are: Pa
tron. William Howard Taft, President Of
the United States; president. Edward
Miner Gallaudet: secretary. Charles s.
Bradley; treasurer. George X. McLana-
nan; directors, George c. Perkins. senator
from California: Charles n. Fowler men,