Evening journal., 1915-05-01

labor. S2.S0S.Ei This department gave
occupation n four men and turned
out 1929 smd an rugs, 1879 large whole
floor rugs and $50 yards of carpet.
The Gaming department had cash re-
ceipts of $1F1241. disbursements of
81 .562.45. and gave employment TO
eight men an / caned 1852 chairs. The
basket department had cash receipts
of S747.93 with disbursements OF
S74316, gave employment to two men
besides sales of materials and pro-
duced 400 baskets and 202 repairs.
The broom shop had receipts of &c.
3S2.12. disbursements of S4,356.47.
This shop gave employment TO five
TO seven men and produced 1854 doz-
en- brooms There was some new
machinery purchased leaving the net
expense of this department at SS44.SS,
but each quarters report has shown
that this expense is being reduced at
rapid rate. The tuning department
had receipts of S10226. AS this work
at the present is being done by our
field officer this is an Offset to the
expense of home teaching. The cir
culation of embossed books to be
read with the fingers, from the library
was 634 with a maximum of twenty
readers.
"As a large proportion of the indus
trial line of the State are at the Blind
Shop the field officer has found his
chief occupation here. Two hundred
and sixty-four cases of blindness are
on the record. Seven new cases were
reported and eleven deceased. Thir-
ty-eight men and nine women are in
dustrially occupied. Thirteen chill
dren are in the schools for the blind
and FIVE are on the waiting list
Twenty-siX readers of embossed type
are reported. two persons we're taught
Gaming and one man was brought Ia
the shop. The field officer made five
trips throughout the State, travelling
$50 miles including 432 visits.
Upon this commission devOlveg
the duty of inspecting the education
of the wards of the State under the
provision for the education of defec.
tive children and an annual report
on the subject is made to his excel
lency the governor. At present there
are fifteen deaf mute pupils, eight in
} the Kendall Green School at Wash
ington, and seven at the Mt. Air,
School in Philadelphia; thirteen bin,
, pupils: six in the Maryland Schoo
/ for the Blind at Overlea. Nd. an,
seven at the Pennsylvania Institute fo
Z the instruction of the Blind at over
} brook, Pa: besides these there ar,
/ thirteen inmates of the pennsylvani;
Training School for Feebleminde'
2 Children at Elwyn, Pa. This provi
sion for the blind and deaf il mos
2 excellent, the schools are of the high
D est and on the latest models for thi
e special training, the tuition is tn
I same. the several States pay for tn
- education of native children and
r less. and the advantages to our pu
I pills far greater than could be give
a by a local school, But in the case O
a the feeble-minded this provision
e entirely inadequate for the man
y hundred persons in Delaware of thi
= unfortunate class. OF the thrice
/ persons who are receiving adeQuat
e care. a majority of this number ar
3 HELPLESS imbeciles which are maxim
e no progress. where at least two hun
G dred urgently require this care an
s. segregation; they are at large witt
v out home protection open to the in
culcation OF vicious habits and bOun
e to produce criminals or paupers. an
e worse than all to reproduce the
It own kind at an alarming proportion
e to vitiate the race and be a snare [
l. our normal youth. There are fil
x blind children, three of which al
f. most urgent now waiting to receiN
l. their just rights Of an education an
e for whom there seems to be no pre-
l. vision and when it is considered thu
II an education to a blind or deaf chill
j. is far more necessary even than
lie a sighted child because without a spl
m cial training to At them to their col
le ditiOn in life they are utterly incal
le able not only of useful work hut
IN mental and spiritual impressions an
ID rise little above the brute, il will
re seen what an injustice is being dor
r to these unfortunate children.
"On June 9. 1914. a concert W.
ID given of the blind. by the blind and +,
L the blind at the New Century Gu
re The results of this presentation we
ie most gratifying All the artists we
n blind and their efforts were great
u appreciated by a very cOmplimentai
Of audience. The net proceeds of tn
~ concert were 1891 which was depo
v tied with the trustees of the bull
of ing fund. Mr.. Herman Gossen. pres
Id dent of the Delaware Saengerbun