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FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT

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SEPTEMBER 30, 1884.

BOSTON :

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 Post Office Square.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Communication to the Secretin^ of State,

Officers of tlie Corporation, ........

Officers of the Institution,

Members of the Corporation,

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Corporation, .

Report of the Trustees,

Commencement Exercises, p. 19. — Kindergarten, p. 21. — Printing Eml)ossed Books for tlie Blind, p. 23. — Finances, p. 24. — Re- pairs and Improvements, p. 26. — Worlishop for Adiilts, p. 26. — Death of Meniljcrs, p. 27.

The Report of the Director,

Number of Inmates, p. 30. — Health of tlie Household, p. 31. — The School and its Founder, p. 33. — Early Benefactors of the Insti- tution, p. 38. — Review of the Various Departments, p. 38. — Lit- erary Department, p. 38. — Music Department, p. 43. — Tuning Department, p. 47. — Technical Department, p. 48. — Workshop for the Boys, p. 48. — Work-rooms for the Girls, p. 49. — Depart- ment of Physical Training, p. 49. — Give them Light, p. 51. — Kindergarten Exhibits, p. 70. — Conclusion, p. 71.

Special Report of the Director, ....

Cox'respondence,

Acknowledgments,

General Statement of the Treasurer, . Analysis of the Maintenance Account, Expenses of the Printing Department,

Worli Department,

Account of Property, September 30, 1884, . List of Contributors to the Kindergarten Fund, .

List of Embossed Books,

List of Appliances and Tangible Apparatus,

Terms of Admission,

APPENDIX,

Proceedings of the Commencement E.xercises, .

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Perkins Institution and Mass. School ron the Blind South Boston, Oct. 23, 1884.

To the Hon. Henry 15. Peiuce, Secretary of State, Boston.

Dear Sir : — I have the honor to transmit to you, for the use of the legislature, a copy of the fifty-third an- nual report of the trustees of this institution to tlie cor- poration thereof, together with the usual accompanying documents.

Respectfully,

M. ANAGNOS,

Secretary.

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION.

1884-85.

SAMUEL ELIOT, President. JOHN CUMMINGS, Vice-President. EDWARD JACKSON, Treasurer. M. ANAGNOS, Secretary.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

FRANCIS BROOKS.

JOHN S. DWIGHT.

JOSEPH B. GLOVER.

J. THEODORE HEARD, M. D.

EDWARD N. PERKINS.

JOHN C. PHILLIPS.

SAMUEL M. QUINCY. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL. SAMUEL G. SNELLING. JAMES STURGIS. GEORGE W. WALES. JOHN H. WETHERBEE.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Monthly Visiting Committee,

Whose duty it is to visit and inspect the Institution at least once in each month.

1885.

January, . . . F. Brooks.

February, . . . J. S. Dwight.

March, .... J. B. Glover.

April, .... J. T. Heard.

May, E.N. Perkins.

June, .... J. C. Phillips.

1885. July, . . . S. M. QuiNCT. August, . . Leverett Saltonstall. September, . S. G. Snelling. October, . . James Sturois. November, . G. W. Wales. December, . J. H. Wetherbee,

Coramlttee on Education.

J. S. Dwight. Francis Brooks.

S. M. QuiNCT.

House Committee.

E. N. Perkins. G. W. Wales. Francis Brooks.

Committee on Finance.

J. B. Glover.

James Sturois. John C. Phillips.

Committee on Health.

J. Theodore Heard, M.D. L. Saltonstall. J. H. Wetherbee.

Auditors of Accounts.

Samuel G. Snelling. James Sturois.

OFFICEKS OF THE INSTITUTION.

DIRECTOR. M. ANAGNOS

MEDICAL INSPECTOR. JOHN ROMANS, M.D.

LITERARY DEPARTMENT.

Miss Olive A. Prescott. Miss Etta S. Adams. Miss Frances B. Winsloav. Miss Julia A. Boylan.

Miss Della Bexnett. Miss Mart C. Moore. Miss Marian A. Hosmer. Miss Emma A. Coolidoe.

Miss Sarah Elizabeth Lane, Librarian.

MUSICAL DEPARTMENT.

Thomas Reeves. Frank H. Kilboirne. Miss Freda Black. Miss Mart L. Rilet. Miss LucT A. Hammond. Miss Julia H. Strong. Miss Jennt a. Wheaton.

Mrs. Kate Rametti.

C. H. HiGGINS.

Ezra M. Baglet. Julius Akerotd.

Music Readers.

Miss Allie S. Knapp. Miss Iola M. Clarke,

TUNING DEPARTMENT.

JOEL WEST SMITH, Instructor and Manager.

GEORGE E. HART, Tuner.

INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.

■Workrooms for Juveniles. John H. Wright, Work Master. Miss A. J.Dillingham, Work Mistress. Miss Cora L. Davis, Assistant. Thomas Carroll, Assistant.

"Workshop for Adults. Anthony W. Bowden, Manager. P. Morrill, Foretnan. Miss M. A. Dwellt, Forewoman. Miss Ellen M. Wheelock, Clerk.

DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.

Anthony W,

Steward. Bowden.

Matron. Miss Maria C. Moulton. Miss Ella F. Ford, Assistant.

Housekeepers in the Cottages.

Mrs. M. A. Knoavlton. Mrs. L. S. Smith. Miss Bessie Wood. Mrs. Sophia C. Hopkins.

PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

Dennis A. Reardon, Manager.

Miss Elizabeth S. Howe, Printer. Miss Martha F. Rowell, "

Miss Ellen B. Webster, Book-keeper.

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.

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MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION.

All persons who have contributed twenty-five dollars to the funds of the institution, all who have served as trustees or treasurer, and all who have been elected by special vote, are members.

Adams, John A., Providence. Adams, Waldo, Boston. Alden, Mrs. Sara B., Boston. Aldrich, Mrs. Sarah, Boston. Alger, Kev. William R., Boston. Ames, F. L., Boston. Araes, Miss H. A., Easton. Ames, Oliver, Boston. Amory, C. W., Boston. Araory, James S., Boston. Amory, William, Boston. Amory, Mrs. William, Boston. Anagnos, M., Boston. Andrews, Francis, Boston. Appleton, Miss Emily G., Boston. Appletou, Mrs. William, Boston. Apthorp, William F., Boston. Atkins, Mrs. Elisha, Boston. Atkinson, Edward, Boston. Atkinson, William, Boston. Austin, Edward, Boston. Aylesworth, H. B., Providence. Bacon, Edwin M., Boston. Baldwin, William H., Boston. Baker, Mrs. E. M., Boston. Baker, Mrs. E. W., Dorchester. Baker, Ezra H., Boston.

Baker, Miss M. K., Boston. Barbour, E. D., Boston. Barker, Joseph A., Providence. Barstow, Amos C, Providence. Barrows, Rev. S. J., Dorchester. Beal, J. H., Boston. Beard, Hon. Alanson W., Boston. Beckwith, Miss A. G., Providence. Beckwith, Mrs. T., Providence. Beebe, J. A., Boston. Bennett, Mrs. Eleanor, Billerica. Bigelow, Mrs. E. B., Boston. Binney, William, Providence. Black, G. N., Boston. Blake, James H., Boston. Blanchard, G. D. B., Maiden. Bourn, Hon. A. O., Bristol, R. I. Bouve, Thomas T., Boston. Bowditch, Mrs. E. B., Boston. Bowditch, J. I., Boston. Bowditch, Mrs. J. I., Boston. Brackett, Miss Nancy, Boston. Bradlee, F. H., Boston. Bradlee, Mrs. F. H., Boston. Bradlee, J. P., Boston. Brewer, Miss C. A., Boston. Brewer, Mrs. Mary, Boston.

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Brewster, Osniyn, Boston.

Brimmer, Hon. Martin, Boston.

Brooks, Francis, Boston.

Brooks, Mrs. F. A., Boston.

Brooks, Peter C, Boston.

Brooks, Rev. riiillips, Boston.

Brooks, Shepherd, Boston.

Brown, John A., Providence.

Brown, Mrs. John C, Providence.

Browne, A. Parker, Boston.

Bnllard, W. S., Boston.

Bullock, Miss Julia, Providence.

Bundy, James J., Providence.

Burnett, Joseph, Boston.

Burton, J. W., M. D., Flushing, N. Y.

Cabot, Samuel, M. D., Boston,

Cabot, Mrs. Samuel, Sen., Boston.

Cabot, W. C, Boston.

Calleuder, Walter, Providence.

Carpenter, Charles E., Providence.

Carter, Mrs. Helen B., West New- ton.

Carter, J. H., Roxbury.

Cary, Mrs. W. F., Boston.

Chandler, P. W., Boston.

Chandler, Theopliilus P., Brook- line.

Chace, J. H., Valley Falls, R. I.

Chace, J., Providence.

Chapin, E. P., Providence.

Charles, Mrs. Mary C, Melrose.

Cheever, Dr. David W., Boston.

Cheney, Benjamin P., Boston.

Chickering, George H., Boston.

Chickering, Mrs. Sarah M., Joy Mills, Pa.

Claflin, Hon. William, Boston.

Clapp, William W., Boston.

Clarke, Mrs. Jas. Freeman, Boston.

Clarke, James W., Boston. Clement, Edward II., Bi^ston. Coats, James, Provitleuce. Cobl), Mrs. Freeman, Boston. Cobb, Samuel C, Boston. Cobb, Samuel T., Boston. Cochrane, Alexander, Boston. Coftin, Mrs. W. E., Boston. Colt, Samuel P., Bristol, R. I. Conant, Mrs. Rebecca, Amherst,

N. H. Coolidge, Dr. A., Boston. Coolidge, J. R., Boston. Coolidge, Mrs. J. R., Boston. Coolidge, J. T., Boston. Coolidge, Mrs. J. T., Boston. Coolidge, T. Jefferson, Boston. Corliss, George H., Providence. Cotting, C. U., Boston. Crane, Zeuas M. , Dalton. Crosby, Joseph B., Boston. Crosby, William S., Boston. Cruft, Miss Annah P., Boston. Cruft, Miss Harriet O., Boston. Curamiugs, Charles A., Boston. Cummings, Hon. John, Woburn. Curtis, C. A., Boston. Curtis, George S., Boston. Curtis, Mrs. Margarette S., Boston. Dana, Mrs. Samuel T., Boston. Dalton, C. H., Boston. Dalton, Mrs. C. H., Boston. Darling, L. B., Pawtucket, R. I. Davis, Miss A. W., Boston. Day, Daniel E., Providence. Deblois, Stephen G., Boston. Denny, George P., Boston. Devens, Rev. Samuel A., Boston. Dexter, Mrs. F. G., Boston. Ditson, Oliver, Boston.

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Dunnell, Jacob, Pawtucket, R. I. Dwiglit, John S., Boston. Eaton, W. S., Boston. Eliot, Dr. Samuel, Boston. Emery, Francis F., Boston. Emery, Isaac, Boston. Emmons, J. L., Boston. Emmons, Mrs. Nath'l H., Boston. English, Jas. E., New Haven, Conn. Endicott, Henry, Boston. Endicott, William, Jr., Boston. Ernst, C. W., Boston. Farnam, Mrs. A. G., New Haven. Fay, H. H., Boston. Fay, Mrs. H. H., Boston. Fay, Miss Sarah B., Boston. Fay, Mrs. Sarah S., Boston. Fellows, R. J., New Haven, Conn. Ferguson, Mrs. C. H., Dorchester. Ferris, M. C, Boston. Fisk, Rev. Photius, Boston. Fiske, J. N., Boston. Folsom, Charles F., M. D., Boston. Forbes, J. M., Milton. Foster, F. C, Boston. Freeman, Miss Hattie E., Boston. French, Jonathan, Boston. Frothiugham, A. T., Boston. Frothinghara, Rev. Fred'k, Milton. Galloupe, C. W., Boston. Gammell, Prof. Wm., Providence. Gammell, Mrs. Wm., Providence. Gardiner, Charles P., Boston. Gardner, George, Boston. Gardner, George A., Boston. Gardner, Henry W. , Providence. George, Charles H., Providence. Gill, Mrs. Frances A., Boston. Gill, Mrs. Sarah A., Worcester. Glidden, W. T., Boston.

Glover, A., Boston.

Glover, J. B., Boston.

Goddard, Benjamin, Brookline.

Goddard, Miss Matilda, Boston.

Goddard, Miss Rebecca, Boston.

Goddard, T. P. I., Providence.

Goddard, William, Providence.

Gofl', Darius L., Pawtucket, R. I.

Gofl", L. B., Pawtucket, R. I.

Gray, Mrs. Horace, Boston.

Greene, Benj. F., CentralFalls, R. I.

Greene, S. H., River Point, R. I.

Greenleaf, Mrs. Jas, Charlestown.

Greenleaf , R. C. , Boston.

Griffin, S. B., Springfield.

Grosvenor, William, Providence.

Grover, William O., Boston.

Guild, Mrs. S. E., Boston.

Hale, Rev. Edward E., Boston.

Hale, George S., Boston.

Hall, J. R., Boston.

Hall, Miss L. E., Hanover.

Hall, Mrs. L. M., Boston.

Hall, Miss Minna B., Longwood.

Hardy, Alpheus, Boston.

Harwood, George S., Boston.

Haskell, Edwin B., Auburndale.

Ha3'ward, Hon. Wm. S., Providence.

Hazard, Rowland, Providence.

Heard, J. T., M. D., Boston.

Hearst, Mrs. Phebe A., San Fran- cisco, Cal.

Hemenway, Mrs. A., Jr., Boston.

Hendricken, Rt. Rev. T. F., Provi- dence.

Hei'foi-d, Rev. Brooke, Boston.

Higginsou, George, Boston.

Higgiuson, Henry Lee, Boston.

Hill, Hon. Hamilton A., Boston.

Hill, Mrs. T. J., Providence.

ISSL] IXSTITUTTON FOll THE P.LTXD.

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Hilton, Williain, Boston. Ho<;;g, John, Boston. Hooper, E. W., Boston. Hooper, R. W., M. D., Boston. Hoppin, Hon. W. W., Providence. Hove^', George 0., Boston. Hovc}', William A., Boston. Howard, Hon. A. C, Providence. Howard, Mrs. Clias. W., California. Howard, Hon. Henry, Providence. Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward, Boston. Howe, Mrs. Virginia A., Boston. Howes, Miss E., Boston. Houghton, Hon. H. O., Cambridge. Hunncwell, F. W., Boston. Hunnewell, H. H., Boston. Hunt, Moses, CharleStown. Inches, H. B., Boston. Ives, Mrs. Anna A., Providence. Jackson, Charles C, Boston. Jackson, Edward, Boston. Jackson, Mrs. J. B. S., Boston. Jackson, Patrick T., Boston. Jackson, Mrs. Sarah, Boston. James, Mrs. Julia B. H., Boston. Johnson, Samuel, Boston. Jones, Miss Ellen M., Boston. Joj', Mrs. Charles H., Boston. Kasson, Rev. F. H., Boston. Kellogg, Mrs. Eva D., Boston. Kendall, C. S., Boston. Kennard, Martin P., Brookline. Kent, Mrs. Helena M., Boston. Kidder, H. P., Boston. Kinsley, E. W., Boston. Lang, B. J., Boston. Lawrence, Abbott, Boston. Lawrence, Amos A., Longwood. Lawrence, Edward, Charlestown. Lawrence, James, Boston.

Lawrence, Mrs. James, Boston. Lawrence, William, Lawrence. Lee, Henry, Boston. Lincoln, L. J. B., Ilingham. Linzee, J. T., Boston. Linzee, Miss Susan I., Boston. Lippitt, Hon. Henry, Providence. Littell, Miss S. G., Brookline. Little, J. L., Boston. Littlefleld, Hon. A. H., Pawtucket. Littlefleld, D. G., Pawtucket. Lodge, Mrs. A. C, Boston. Lodge, Henry C, Boston. Lothrop, John, Auburndale. Lovett, George L., Boston. Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, Boston. Lowell, Augustus, Boston. Lowell, Miss A. C. , Boston. Lowell, Francis C, Boston. Lowell, George G., Boston. Lowell, Mrs. John, Boston. Lowell, Miss Lucy, Boston. Lyman, Arthur T., Boston. Lyman, George H., M.D., Boston. Lyman, J. P., Boston. Lyman, Theodore, Boston. McAuslan, John, Providence. Mack, Thomas, Boston. Macullar, Addison, Boston. Marcy, Fred I., Providence. Marston, S. W., Boston. Mason, Miss E. F., Boston. Mason, Miss Ida M., Boston. Mason, I. B., Providence. May, Miss Abby W., Boston. May, F. W. G., Dorchester. McCloy, J. A. Providence. Means, Rev. J. H., D.D., Dorches- ter. Merriam, Mrs. Caroline, Boston.

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Merriam, Charles, Boston, Merriam, Mrs. D., Boston. Metcalf, Jesse, Providence. Minot, Francis, M.D., Boston. Minot, Mrs. G. R., Boston. Minot, William, Boston. Mixter, Miss Helen K., Boston. Mixter, Miss Madelaine C, Bos- ton. Morrill, Charles J., Boston. Morse, S. T., Boston. Morton, Edwin, Boston. Motley, Edward, Boston. Moulton, Miss Maria C, Boston. Nevins, David, Boston. Nichols, J. Howard, Boston. Nichols, R. P., Boston. Nickerson, Andrew, Boston. Nickerson, Mrs. A. T., Boston. Nickerson, George, Jamaica Plain. Nickerson, Miss Priscilla, Boston. Nickerson, S. D., Boston. Norcross, Miss Laura, Boston. Noyes, Hon. Charles J., Boston. O'Reilly, John Boyle, Boston. Osgood, J. F., Boston, Osborn, John T., Boston. Owen, George, Providence. Paine, Mrs. Julia B., Boston. Paine, Robert Treat, Jr., Boston. Palfrey, J. C, Boston. Palmer, John S., Providence. Parker, Mrs. E. P., Boston. Parker, E. Francis, Boston. Parker, Henry G., Boston. Parker, Richard T., Boston. Parkman, Francis, Boston. Parkraan, George F. , Boston. Parsons, Thomas, Chelsea. Payson, S. R., Boston.

Peabody, Rev. A. P., D.D., Cam- bridge.

Peabody, F. H., Boston.

Peabody, O. W., Milton.

Peabody, S. E., Boston.

Peirce, Rev. Bradford K., D.D., Boston.

Perkins, A. T., Boston.

Perkins, Charles C. , Boston.

Perkins, Edward N., Jamaica Plain.

Perkins, William, Boston.

Peters, Edward D., Boston.

Phillips, John C, Boston.

Pickett, John, Beverly.

Pickraan, W. D., Boston.

Pickman, Mrs. W. D., Boston.

Pierce, Hon. H. L., Boston.

Pierson, Mrs. Mary E., Windsor, Conn.

Potter, Mrs. Sarah, Providence.

Pratt, Elliott W., Boston.

Prendergast, J. M., Boston.

Preston, Jonathan, Boston.

Pulsifer, R. M., Boston.

Quiucy, George Heury, Boston.

Quincy, Samuel M., WoUaston.

Reardon, Dennis A., Boston.

Rice, Hon. A. H., Boston.

Rice, Fitz James, Providence.

Richardson, George C, Boston.

Richardson, Mrs. Jeffrey, Boston.

Richardson, John, Boston.

Robbins, R. E., Boston.

Robeson, W. R., Boston.

Robinson, Henry, Reading.

Rodman, S. W., Boston.

Rodocauachi, J. M., Boston.

Rogers, Henry B., Boston.

Rogers, Jacob C, Boston.

Ropes, J. C, Boston.

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Ropes, J. S., Jamaica Plain. Rotch, Miss Anne L., Boston. Rotch, Mrs. Benjamin S., Boston. Rotch, Miss Edith, Boston. Russell, Henry G., Providence. Russell, Mrs. Henry G., Providence. Russell, Miss Marian, Boston. Russell, Mrs. S. S., Boston. Saltonstall, II., Boston. Saltonstall, Leverett, Newton. Sanborn, Frank B., Concord. Sayles, F. C, Pawtucket, R. I. Sayles, W. F., Pawtucket, R. I. Schlesinger, Barthold, Boston. Schlesinger, Sebastian B., Boston. Sears, David, Boston. Sears, Mrs. David, Boston. Sears, Mrs. Fred., Jr., Boston. Sears, F. R., Boston. Sears, Mrs. K. W., Boston. Sears, Mrs. P. H., Boston. Sears, Mrs. S. P., Boston. Sears, W. T., Boston. Sharpe, L., Providence. Shaw, Mrs. G. H., Boston. Shaw, Henry S., Boston. Shaw, Quincy A., Boston. Shepard, Mrs. E. A., Providence. Sherwood, W. H., Boston. Shimrain, C. F., Boston. Shippen, Rev. R. R., Washington. Sigourney, Mrs. Henry, Boston. Sigourney, Mrs. M. B., Boston. Slack, C. \V., Boston. Slater, II. N., Jr., Providence. Snelling, Samuel G., Boston. Spaulding, J. P., Boston. Spauldiug, M. D., Boston. Spencer, Henry F., Boston. Sprague, F. P., Boston.

Sprague, S. S., Providence. Stanwood, Edward, Brookline. Stearns, Charles H., Brookline. Steere, Henry J., Providence. Stewart, Mrs. C. B., Boston. Stone, Joseph L., Boston. Sturgis, Francis S., Boston. Sturgis, J. H., Boston. Stui'gis, James, Boston. Sullivan, Richard, Boston. Sweetser, Mrs. Anne M., Boston. Taggard, B. W., Boston. Taggard, Mrs. B. W., Boston. Thaxter, Joseph B., Hingham. Thayer, Miss Adele G., Boston. Thayer, Miss A. G., Andover. Thayer, Rev. George A., Cincinnati. Thomas, H. H., Providence. Thorndike, Delia D., Boston. Thorndike, Mrs. J. H., Boston. Thorndike, S. Lothrop, Cambridge. Thurston, Benj. F., Providence. Tingley, S. H. , Providence. Tolman, Joseph C, Hanover. Tingue, J. H., Seymour, Conn. Torrey, Miss A. D., Boston. Troup, John E., Providence. Tucker, W. W., Boston. Turner, Miss Abby W., Boston. Turner, Miss Alice M., Boston. Turner, Miss Ellen J., Boston. Turner, Mrs. M. A., Providence. Underwood, F. H., Boston. Upton, George B., Boston. Villard, Mrs. Henry, New York. "Wales, George W., Boston. Wales, Miss Mary Ann, Boston. Wales, Thomas B., Boston. Ward, Rev. Julius II., Boston. Ware, Charles E., M.D., Boston.

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Ware, Mrs. Charles E., Boston.

Warren, J. G., Providence.

Warren, S. D., Boston.

Warren, Mrs. AVm. W., Boston.

Washburn, Hon. J. D., Worces- ter.

Weeks, A. G., Boston.

Weeks, James H., Boston.

Welch, E. E., Boston.

Weld, Otis E., Boston.

Weld, R. H., Boston.

Weld, Mrs. W. F., Philadelphia.

Weld, W. G., Boston.

Wesson, J. L., Boston.

Wheeler, Nathaniel, Bridgewater, Conn.

Wheelwright, A. C, Boston.

Wheelwright, John W., Boston.

White, B. C, Boston.

White, C J., Cambridge.

White, Charles T., Boston.

White, G. A., Boston.

Whiting, Ebenezer, Boston.

Whitman, Sarah W., Boston.

Whitney, Edward, Belmont.

Whitney, E., Boston.

Whitney, H. A., Boston.

Whitney, H. M., Boston.

Whitney, Mrs., Boston.

Whitney, Miss, Boston.

Wigglesworth, Miss Ann, Boston.

Wigglesworth, Edward, M.D., Bos- ton.

Wigglesworth, Thomas, Boston.

Wightman, W. B., Providence.

Wilder, Hon. Marshall P., Dor- chester.

Williams, Geo. W. A., Boston.

Winslow, Mrs. George, Roxbury.

Winsor, J. B., Providence.

Winthrop, Hon. Robert C, Boston.

Winthrop, Mrs. Robert C, Boston.

Wolcott, J. H., Boston.

Wolcott, Mrs. J. H., Boston.

Woods, Henry, Paris, France.

Worthington, Roland, Roxbury.

Young, Mrs. B. L., Boston.

Young, Charles L., Boston.

SYNOPSIS OF THE PROCEEDINGS

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COEPOEATION.

Boston, Oct. 8, 1884.

The annual meeting of the corporation, duly summoned, was held to-day at the institution, and was called to order by the president, Samuel Eliot, LL.D., at 3 P.M.

The proceedings of the last two meetings were read by the secretary, and declared approved.

Mr. John S. D wight presented the report of the trustees, which was read, accepted, and ordered to be printed with that of the director, and the usual accompanying documents.

The treasurer pro tempore^ Mr. James Sturgis, read his report, which was accepted, and ordered to be printed.

All the officers of the past year were reelected.

The following persons were afterwards added to the list of the members of the corporation by a unanimous vote : Rev. Bradford K. Peirce, D.D., Rev. Brooke Herford, Edwin M. Bacon, J. H.

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Tinguc, Eev. F. H. Kassoii, S. B. Griffin, James W. Clarke, and Nathaniel Wheeler.

The meeting was then dissolved, and all in attendance proceeded, with the invited guests, to visit the various departments of the school and inspect the premises.

M. a:n^ag]s^os.

Secretary.

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EEPOET OF THE TRUSTEES.

Perkins Ixstitution and Mass. School for the Blind, South Boston, Oct. 1, I88i.

To THE Members of the Corporation.

Oentlemen and Ladies: — By requirement of law and custom, we have the honor to j^resent to you, and, through you, to the legislature, a brief i"e2:)ort of the progress and condition of the institu- tion under our charge for the financial year ending Sept. 30, 1884, — this being the fifty-third annual report.

1. ^o important change has been made in the manner of conducting the affairs of the institution, nor has any exceptional event of consequence occurred. The school — for this is what the insti- tution essentially and practically is, and in no sense an " asylum " for the blind, as it is too often called — has been carried on upon the same principles and methods, under the same wise and admirable supervision, and mainly through the

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same faithful and efScient corps of teachers, mostly women, as for several years past.

For fuller statements you have only to turn to the printed reports of those years.

The educational sub-committee of this board, in all their visits to the class-rooms and the weekly exhibitions, have remarked continual improvement, of a genuine and healthy sort, in all departments of the education, physical and moral, as well as intellectual. And the trustees desire hereby to congratulate you and themselves, and the whole philanthropic public, on the good providence which raised up at the right moment such a successor to the honored founder of the institution, as it enjoys in the j^erson of its present director.

The total number of blind persons immediate- ly connected with the institution at the end of the year Avas 166, of whom 132 were pupils, the rest being teachers, employes and workmen and Avomen. Of the pupils, 66 are boys and 66 girls.

The details of the admissions and discharges will appear in the report of the director.

The applications for admission for the term just begun have been larger than ever before. The increase has been greatest in the girls' depart- ment, — to such an extent indeed, that the director has had difhculty in finding room for the accom- modation of all. It is a singular fact, which may or may not admit of scientific explanation, and be reducible to rule, that this year, and for three

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years past, the number of girls ofieretl has been much larger than that of boys, the contrary having always been the case before.

The general health of the inmates has been better than it was last year, though hardly up to the clean record of many years before that. In December there were several cases of diphtheria among the girls. The little patients w^ere sent home, or to the city hospital, the cottages were thoroughly fumigated, bed-clothing disinfected, drains carefully examined by an agent of the board of health, and pronounced flawless. Two more cases, in a mild form, occurred in January", and were treated in the same w^ay, Since then, the health of the girls has been remarkably good; and so has been that of the boys throughout the year, with the exception of one case of diphtheria, and numerous severe colds and sore throats in May and June, which rendered several of the pupils unable to perform their parts in the grad- uation festival.

2. Commencement Exercises. These exercises took place at Tremont Temple, on Tuesday afternoon, June 3, before an audience which completely filled the floor and galleries of the great hall, — while admission could not be granted to almost an equal crowd of later appli- cants; an audience representing the most intclli-

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gent, earnest and philanthropic people of Boston and the state.

The president of your corporation, Dr. Samuel Eliot, who had been expected to preside, and His Excellency Governor Robinson, who had promised an address, were kept away by imperative engage- ments. Consequently there was not much speech- making to add to the sufficient length of the programme of the pupils' exercises, which nat- urally constitute the paramount interest of such an occasion. These were excellent throughout, and held the closest attention of the delighted audi- ence to the very end. They were sufficiently varied to illustrate (so far as possible in the brief space of two hours, — and there was no time lost, so perfect was the mechanism of all the changes — scene-shifting, one might say) most of the impor- tant phases and branches of the education.

Short original essays, delivered by three of the young ladies, showed clear, consistent thought, chaste, concise expression, and a very distinct and natural style of elocution. One young man gave a practical exercise in physics, — experiments with the air-pump — evincing theoretic comprehension, dexterous manipulation, and a good lecturer's happy way of mr.king his point clear. This was but one of the many specimens of this kind which could have been produced. The examples of ready reading with the fingers, and the exercises in geography, were indeed wonderful to witness.

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The gymnastics, calisthenics, and the military drill combined ease and accnracj of movement with attractive grace and beauty ; it all told of health and haj3piness, the mens sana in corpore sano.

The musical part of the exhibition, in spite of some omissions occasioned by colds among the boys, enlivened, and i-elieved the whole with well- rendered good selections for organ, band and solo- playing, chorus and solo singing, as well as with accompaniment for the timing and inspiring of the gymnastic and the choregraphic movements.

Kindergarten. But the most interesting feature of the programme appeared in the living practical example of the fruits of object teaching, or the kindergarten method, — that entering wedge of common sense in education, that return to nature's divine, instinctive method. These were presented by a bright and charming group of the youngest girls and boys. While their minds and fingers were busied in modelling their various devices in clay, or in simple card embroidery, etc., the time was also improved by an instructive and cogent ai)peal made by Mr. C. W. Ernst in behalf of the much needed fund for a kindergarten for blind children between the ages of live and nine, to save them and prepare them, before it is too late, for the more advanced tuition of the Perkins institu- tion. Mr. Ernst set forth the duty of the state and of society to educate its blind, and give them

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the cqaivalent of the common school education, which is enjoyed by all seeing children as a right. He cited the opinion of experts, that, by proper care in this early and critical period of life, about forty per cent, of the cases of blindness might be cured or ^^revented. The total number of the blind in ]^ew England is not far from 5,000 — about one blind person to every thousand inhabitants. He dwelt on the moui'nful fact that, of the 50,000 blind in this country, less than 2,500 are at school, and that the principle of compulsory education is not applied to those wlio need it most- He estimated that the support of the helpless blind costs the country some seven cmd a half millions of dollars, in spite of the fact proved by institutions like our own, that, with reasonable instruction, and good moral and social influences, the blind can be made not only happy, but self-supporting and com- paratively independent. For this reason, the estab- lishment, on a generous and broad foundation, of a well equipped primary school, or kindergarten, for the blind of New England is a matter of great public urgency.

Mr. Ernst's remarks were briefly supplemented by the director, Mr, Anagnos, whose whole heart is in this enterprise, who had only time to begin to tell of the promising, but as yet very inadequate beginning of a subscription to this end. The trus- tees, before the summer adjourned, appointed a committee of their number, who will now at once,

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and ill earnest, set about the work of soliciting subscriptions toward the beginning of the realiza- tion of this most important scheme of education. It had l)cen fondly hoped that sufficient means would be raised to ensure the purchase of a place, in the neighborhood of Boston, for the planting of the nucleus of such a school this very autumn; but so far we wait in vain.

The whole matter, under all its aspects, wdll be fully presented in the report of the director.

To return for a moment to the commencement exercises, the number of pupils who received diplomas this time was only three, whereas in the year before it was six; the diploma being rigidly limited to those, however few, who have accom- plished the w^hole (seven years) course of studies to the satisfaction of all their teachers. The three graduates, this time, were girls; one of them, to whom was assigned the part of honor, the valedic- tory address, being colored. They go out into the world well qualified for usefulness to society^ and for self-respecting self-support; openings hav- ing been already found for them either in teaching or in some industrial occupation.

3. Prixtixg Embossed Books for the Blind. The work of the " Howe Memorial Press " has gone on with the usual steadiness and vigor. During the year, the following books have been added to our list of publications: — " Bible Stories

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ill Bible Langnagc," by Emilie Poulssoii; Scott's '• Lay of the Last Minstrel," with 37 of his smaller favorite poems; "Byron's Poetry," selected and arranged by Matthew Arnold ; and "■ Life and her Children; a reader of Natural History," compiled from the writings of Mrs. Arabella B. Buckley and from Huxley's lectures on biology, by two of the teachers in the girls' department, Miss Delia Bennett and Miss Cora A. Kewton.

We have in press Bulwer's '^Last Days of Pompeii," in three good-sized volumes, one of which is already in use, and the other two will soon be finished. Arrangements are also being made for the publication of a comprehensive series of music in the Braille jwint system, beginning with simple exercises, and including masterpieces of the great composers.

The experience of another year confirms the conviction that the books issued by the " Howe Memorial Press " are a boon and a blessing, not only as a source of solace and happiness to the blind of JS^ew England, but likewise as an impetus to their education and an incitement to their intellectual progress.

4. Finances.

The report of the treasurer, herewith presented, sets forth fully and clearly the receipts of money from all sources, the disbursements, and the changes of investments, made during the year, showing the financial condition of the institution to be satis-

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factory. This exhibit may be summarized as fol- lows; taking the formula of last years report: —

Civsli in iKin.ls of treasurer, Oct. 1, 1883, . . $1,C27 47 Total receipts of the treasurer from all sources duriiii;- the year (including collections of pay- able notes), 122,709 H

S124,3'.)G o8 His total expenditure and investments, . . 103,727 89

Balance 820, GG8 G9

Changes of investments are made by the advice of the committee on finance.

In the absence (in Europe) of our treasurer, Mr. Edward Jackson, the board have elected Hon. James Sturgis to fill his place temporarily.

The auditing committee, to whom thanks are due for much faithful labor, have watched over the expenses with their accustomed care, and have scrutinized the accounts regularly and critically.

A legacy of $7,401.76 has been received from the estate of Miss Eunice M. Gridley, of Cam- bridge, during the year; and the late lamented Dr. John H. Dix, the distinguished oculist, and always a good friend to the blind, has bequeathed to the institution the sum of §10,000, which will become available in due time.

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5. Repairs and Improvements.

The cottages, school-house and walk-gallery in the girls' department have been thoroughly re- paired and repainted outside, and present a very pleasant appearance.

A great portion of the dilapidated wooden fence on Fourth street has been replaced by one of iron.

The renovation of the interior of the main build- ing has again this year been carried a few steps forward. The music rooms on the second story and several others on the first, 28 in all, have been replastered, the doors, wainscotting, frames and blinds replaced by new ones of hard wood; and the walls and ceilings painted.

6. Workshop for Adults. This department has continued to suffer during the past year, in common with most industrial enterprises.

The expenditures for the year

amount to .... $1G,G2I 50

Decrease of stock and debts due

Oct. 1st, 1884, ... 54 50

$1G,G7G 00

The receipts for the year amount to 15,909 04

S7GG 9G

Thus the cost of carrj^ing on the workshop, over and above the receipts, has been f 766.9G.

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The loss to the treasury of the institution, compared with thiit of tlie previous year, has been increased by |210.G9.

This department is not so extensively patronized as such a business should be. ]Sror is the quality of its Avork duly appreciated, except by a few families which have for years bought all their mattresses, etc., here, by decided preference on the ground of better quality than they find elsewhere. For these reasons the shop has become a burden to the institution. But its utility in keeping so many meritorious blind persons out of the alms- houses is so evident that no one questions it. It would seem that some new means should be devised for keeping its claims, too apt to be forgotten, more constantly before the public.

We ask for increase of patronage on business principles, and not for charity.

7. Death of Members.

Death has been busy in the midst of us this past year. Out of the 413 names composing the last printed list of members of this corporation, fifteen have died within the year and up to the re-opening of the school, namely:

Thomas G. Appleton, Mrs. Peter C. Brooks, John L. Gardner, Ignatius Sargent, Senator Anthony, of Providence, K. I., Stephen Salisbury, of Worcester, Amos D. Lockwood, of Providence, Samuel Ward, of New Yoi-k, George W. Daniel-

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son (editor of the "Providence Journal," who headed the list of subscriptions to the printing fund in his city and wrote several pathetic appeals in his paper), Mrs. Theodore Chase, George Baty Blake, Harvey D. Parker, Wm. H. Gardiner, J. M. Jones, and Dr. John H. Dix.

All these were valued members and good friends of the blind. May their example bear fruit!

All which is respectfully submitted by

FRANCIS BROOKS, JOHN S. DWIGHT, JOSEPH B. GLOVER, J. THEODORE HEARD, EDWARD N. PERKINS, JOHN C. PHILLIPS, SAMUEL M. QUINCY, LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, SAMUEL G. SNELLING, JAMES STURGIS, GEORGE W. WALES, JOHN H. WETHERBEE,

Trusti^es.

THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR.

To THE Board of Trustkes.

Gentlemen: — In compliance with usage and precedent, I have the honor to submit to you the report of the director on the workings of the insti- tution and the administration of its internal affairs.

Before entering upon the details of my account I beg to be permitted to say at the outset, with unfeigned pleasure, that during the past year the institution has maintained its career of usefulness and efficiency in an eminent degree and that nothing has occurred to interrupt the even tenor of its operations.

The pupils have been diligent in study, and generally correct and praiseworthy in their behav- ior. The friendly relations and kindly feelings which exist between them and those in authority are mutually creditable, and indicate that the government of the establishment is free from arbitrariness and unreasonable restrictions, and that candor, fairness, honor and truth constitute its essential elements.

The success which has crowned the beneficent ministrations of the school is very gratifying, and

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portends not only the continuance but the increase of its usefuhiess, and the attainment of a higher degree of excellence in its work. •

]N'uMBER OF Inmates.

The total number of blind persons connected with the institution in its various departments at the beginning of the past year as pupils, teachers, employes and workmen and women, was 160. There have since been admitted, 'M ; 25 have been discharged; making the present total number 166.

Of these, 145 are in the school proper, and 21 in the workshop for adults.

The first class includes 132 boys and girls enrolled as pupils, 10 teachers and 3 domestics. Of the pupils, there are now 127 in attendance, 5 being temporarily absent on account of feeble health or from various other causes.

The second class comprises 16 men and 5 women employed in the industrial department for adults.

The number of scholars has been steadily increasing, and the tendency to the disproportion- ate preponderance of the gentler sex, which was mentioned in the last annual report, has continued stronger than heretofore. As a consequence the capacity of our accommodations in the girls' depart- ment was taxed during the past year to the utmost. Nevertheless, no suitable candidate was refused admission.

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The cstahlishment ol' tlie kindergarten may eventually lessen this pressure somewhat: but it will not remedy existing dilticulties.

There are at present several applicants just of the proper age and of average intelligence, who are waiting for vacancies to occur either by gradu- ation, or otherwise, and who are therefore losing most precious time. For these and all others who may soon present themselves, asking for the advantages of education, immediate provision should be made, and measures should at once be taken either to procure or to build an additional cottage somewhere.

Health of the Household.

The year has been favored by the continuance of many of the blessings which in past times have called for so much gratitude and thankfulness. But there has been a perceptible want in one of them, — perhaps the most important of all, — the health of the household.

At the very beginning of the term one of the pupils in the boys' department was taken ill with symptoms of tyj^hoid fever, wiiich he had evidently contracted at home. At the advice of our medical inspector. Dr. Homans, the patient was speedily removed to the city hospital, w^here he received excellent medical treatment and nursing, and whence he came out restored to health in a few weeks.

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'No other case of illness of any kind occurred in this department until the latter part of May, when one of the boys had the diphtheria, and a number of others were confined to bed with sore throats and with a severe influenza bordering almost on pneumonia, so that several of the pupils were not able to take part in the commencement exercises at Tremont Temple on the 3d of June. Happily they all recovered soon, and the sanitary horizon of the establishment was as cloudless as ever, before the close of the school session.

In the girls' department diphtheria in a light form invaded the household at three different times during the months of JS^ovember, December, and January, and six of the younger children were attacked by it. Five of these were readily received and successfully treated at the city hospi- tal, and one at home. They all returned to their work with a reasonable measure of strength and without any constitutional weakness resulting from the disease, and for the remainder of the year the inmates of the cottages were favored with a remarkable degree of health.

It is my pleasant duty to acknowledge in this connection the uniform courtesy and readiness with which the superintendent of the city hospital, Dr. George H. M. Rowe, and his assistants, opened their doors to such of our pupils as we deemed it necessary to remove at once from our buildings and send to them, and to express my

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gi'atltiule for the fiiendly attention and kind care which tliey l)esto\ved invariabl}'^ upon each and all blind children placed under their treatment.

I fear that few of the wealthy citizens of Boston are aware that the department for contagious diseases of this hospital is one of the most impor- tant factors of public health, aiding as it does to prevent the spread of infection among the inmates of crowded tenement-houses and to check epidem- ics. If it were well known among the favored sons and daughters of benevolence how valuable are its beneficent ministrations to the poor and what a great comfort and relief it often aifords to many a distressed household, I doubt not that the necessary means might be easily obtained for the increase of its capacity and usefulness.

The School and its Founder.

Were a sttir (jiumu-IumI on high,

For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky,

Shine on our mortal sight.

So when a great man dies,

For years beyond our keu The light he leaves behind him lies

Upon the paths of men.

Longfellow.

A careful examination and study of the his- tory and present condition of the institution must

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prove n source of pride and congratulation to its friends and patrons.

The school is the product of the last fifty-two years. During this time it has grown from small beginnings to its present proportions. Many faithful and self-sacrificing persons have devoted to it the conscientious labor of the best part of their lives, and have placed the blind under a debt of lasting gratitude. But the first and last link in this solid chain of earnest workers was the eminent founder of the establishment.

Dr. How^e was the king of its creation, the motive power of its advancement, the promoter of its beneficence, the director and ruler of its destinies, and the crown of its success. He tilled and prepared the ground of its organization with the vigor and skill of a sagacious husbandman, steeped the seeds of its existence in the spirit of perennial life and energy, and w\atched its develop- ment and growth Avith parental solicitude. From the day that he put his hand to the plough to that when he was stricken down, the fire burned with nndiminished heat and lustre, and the ardor of his heart in the cause which he championed was as buoyant as his maiwellous brain w^as clear.

Being a man of strong will, of cultivated tastes and lofty conscience, Dr. IIowc became the inspiration of his co-laborers, — a mighty galvanic battery, as it were, which by a process of intellec- tual and moral induction, charged their own efforts

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with electric power. These arc the foremost among the forces that mould human activity into special phases: and the rich harvest which con- tinues to be reaped year after year in this field of philanthropy, is mainly and principally due to the assiduous care with which the illustrious friend of the blind planted the first germs of their develop- ment and advancement, to his warm zeal, his chivalrous character, his tireless industry, and his Avisdom and proverbial broad-mindedness. I'or in the words of Mazzini, the eminent Italian patriot and agitator, " men of great genius and large heart sow the seeds of a new degree of progress in the world; but they bear fruit after many genera- tions."

Dr. Howe holds a high position not only as a pioneer, but as a permanent power in the cause of the blind in this country, from the excellence of his ideas, their scientific basis, their clear and philosophic exposition, and their important prac- tical bearing on the welfare and happiness of this afflicted class of men. His great object was to benefit them individually and socially, and to open to them a career of usefulness and independence. Like all students of human nature and of human well-being from Socrates downwards, he realized, as few have done more intelligently and earnestly, that in any attempt to aid those bereft of sight, the largest fiictor is thorough and liberal education, and that in the development of this factor, science

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and philosophy exercise their highest and wisest functions. Into the education and training of the blind, therefore, as the great lever for their deliver- ance, he threw himself with the zest of a powerful devotee, and with remarkable purity of motive, singleness of purpose, and calm but deep enthu- siasm. All his studies and labors by pen and voice were henceforth unremittingly directed towards this end. Gradually his plan grew and matured in his thonght. The whole framed itself in his mind into a definite form, and, when complete in its outline, it was put to practical application with exemplary eagerness. He discerned the signs of the times and anticipated the demands of progress. His success was evident.

The experience of half a century proved the soundness of his ideas, and confirmed the correct- ness of his judgment. The blind of ISTew Eng- land are to-day unquestionably in the very front ranks of civilization, and the work of no individual can approach that of Dr. Howe in placing them there. He labored sedulously for this result, and had no peers in its attainment. He stood in the midst of his competitors like a giant among pigmies. They could not enter into the spirit of his social philosophy, and follow his lead. His heart was the temple of a divine power, which loves truth, justice and humjinity. Keferring to the greatest and most wonderful of Dr. Howe's achievements, the deliverance of Laura Bridgman

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from the horrors of her intellectual and moral imprisonment, E,ev. John Weiss seems to think that the credentials of his mission came from on high, and speaks of the noble deed as follows : —

"■ Do not say that Dr. Howe was woilliy to attain to immor- tal contiiuianco, but tliat witliout hi :ii Laura Bridgmau would nowhere ever have picked a way out of tiie triple-bolted dun- geon of her body, in which a personal / languisiied waiting for his miracle. Dr. Howe's achievement is to us a guarantee that the Creator will not let one of His little ones perish. Laura's liberator was an incarnate word of God. In him w^as that impulse of creation which is continually' struggling to be set free into symmetry and sanit}'. To every country these apostles of redem[)tion have been furnished, for each act of whom nothing but immortality can account, as nothing else could break into thi§ life with such an impetuous solicitation from God to us to improve His imbeciles and make His futui'e task the easier."

Dr. Howe's deeds consecrated the very earth beneath his feet. Ilis fame was securely chiselled on the loftiest pinnacle of the history of philan- thropy. His genius was confessed in both hemispheres, and its gleaming coruscations con- tinue to flame on the regions of ceaseless night, and to lead its victims onward and upward.

May the kindly wings of his broad and liberal spirit be foi'cver spread over the work of his noble life and rare talents, and waft down to his successors wisdom, blessings and direction.

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Eaely Benefactoks of the Institution.

When the houses for the girls were finished and made ready for occupancy, Dr. Howe intended to dedicate each of them to the memory of one of the early and most distinguished friends and benefac- tors of the institution. In order to carry out his wishes and give tangible expression to his pur- pose, silver plates have been placed on the front doors of the four cottages, bearing the names of "Fisher," for Dr. John D. Fisher; "Brooks," for Peter C. and Edward Brooks; "May," for Samuel May; and " Oliver," for William Oliver of Dorchester.

Revieav of the Yaiiious Departmen^ts. A casual visit to the institution or a brief review of the work of each department, will give an idea of its varied, extensive and beneficent operations. Hardly any mental, moral, physical or technical interest of the blind has been overlooked in the organization and administration of the establish- ment, every branch of which is characterized not only by thoroughness and completeness, but also by an entire absence of all stationariness and by a constant endeavor after still greater improvement.

Literary Department. In reviewing the work performed by the school daring the past year we have abundant cause to

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be gratified at the success which has attended it, and which is "known and read of all men."

The daily records kept by the teachers, as well us all other competent and reliable tests, show that the progress of the pupils has been commendable in every respect.

We have endeavored to adapt our methods to the requirements of the pupils, to keep pace with the demands of the time, and so to sha])e our course that there may be constant growth and improvement.

I can give no better proof or fairer illustration of the scientific methods of instruction which pre- vail in the school, and of the progressive spirit Avhich animates those in charge of it, than that which is afforded by their own words. To a reader or compendium of biology and natural his- tory, which was compiled by two of our teachers fi'om the works of Mrs. Arabella B. Buckley and of Prof. Huxley, and published during the past year under the title "Life and her Children," a third instructress, Miss Mary C. Moore, wrote a brief preface, from which I copy the following extract : —

*' Tho viiliie of natiinil science as a means of devclo[)incnt, intellectual and moral, is incalculable. But it must be taught scientifically. Typical plants and animals should be i)ut into the iiands of the children, who must then be led to make their own careful and correct observations, their own comparisons, their own classilications. and tlieir own deductions. So, and

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so only, will they grow into a reverent knowledge of the

life around and within them, and at the same time gather strength to become truly ' winners in life's race.' "

"While the use of text books as all-sufficient vehicles of instruction has been persistently avoided in our school, the practice of reading by the touch has been encouraged by every pos- sible means. One evening in the week has been exclusively devoted by most of the pupils to the perusal of works of various kinds, and their selec- tions have covered a gr.at range of embossed liter- ature, and have included history, biography, poetry, science, philoso])hy, and belles-lettres. The read- ers have been allowed to follow their inclinations, and to make their own choice with perfect free- dom, the leading motive being similar to that enunciated in the burthen of the ftimous chorus in the Agamemnon of ^Eschylus,

'' Let the good prevail."

Thus the love of reading for its own sake, which has always been cherished among the blind, is developing into a strong habit which will follow them through life, and aiford them the means of greater aid, solace, comfort and cnjoj^ment.

Our library, enriched from year to year by the choice products of the " Howe Memorial Press," is becoming the centre of immeasurable pleasure and inspiration to the studious pupils, and in no house-

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hold can a greater appreciation of its benefits and delights be formed than in onrs.

The commencement exercises of the school held in Tremont Temple on the 3d of June, were of a very high order. The large hall of the temple was filled to overflowing with an audience repre- sentative of the intelligence, the refinement and the benevolence of Boston ami the neighboring towns, and several thousands of applicants were refused admission for want of room. One of the most memorable features of the occasion was the address of Mr. C. W. Ernst on the kindergarten project. Pure in diction, rich in erudition, strong in logic, and convincing in argument, it appealed to the reason and to the sense of justice rather than to the sentiments of the hearers, with irresistible force. A Greek statue could be no more simple and severe. The festival proved to be of such unusual importance, and elicited so great an inter- est and so many favorable comments in the com- munity, that a full account of the proceedings, including the essays of the graduates, is given in the appendix.

Towards the close of the last school session the ]:)rincipal teacher in the boys' department, Miss Julia K. Gilman, presented her resignation. She was induced to take this step for the purpose of assisting her eldest sister in the establishment of a private school for young ladies, and of obtain- ing some recreation and rest, which in her case

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were much needed aftei* arduous work pursued through iihie consecutive j^ears. On careful con- sideration of the matter, I concluded that both these ends could be attained by a leave of absence for one year, which I was exceedingly glad to grant to Miss Gilman. The offer was accepted,. and thus the tie of service in the future was not severed.

Miss Gilman is one of the most efficient and con- scientious teachers ever employed by the institu- tiou. She demonstrates in her labors what perse- vering industry, stimulated by unfailing earnest- ness of purpose and strengthened by unaffected sincerity, can achieve, and what the honesty which springs from principle and draws its insjoiration from a pure heart, is worth. Her keen and warm interest in everything pertaining to her work, her sense of justice and fairness, — sustained by thought- ful firmness and blended with discrimination and candor, — her unswerving devotion to the progress of the establishment and to the welfare of its bene- ficiaries, and her modest estimate of herself and generous appreciation of the efforts of others, cause her to be highly esteemed and greatly be- loved by her associates, and help not only to create a spirit of manliness and good will among the pupils, but to increase the efficiency of the school and enlarge its ethical atmosphere to a very grati- fying extent.

Miss Olive A. Prescott of Ayer, a graduate of the State !N^ormal School at Bridgewater, and a

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person of ability and cxpcneuce in teacliing-, has been appointed as Miss Gihnan's substitute for the cui'rcnt year.

About three Aveeks before the l)eginning of the present school term, another faithful and talented teacher, Miss Cora A. Newton, asked to be re- leased from her engagement at the institution in order to accept a situation at the Haverhill training-school. I complied with her Avishes very reluctantly and with much regret. The vacancy has been filled by the appointment of Miss Marian A. Hosmer.

No other change has taken place in the corps of teachers ; and I am most happy to say that all of them discharge their respective duties with hearty zeal and exemplary fidelity. They are striving Avith a determination worthy of the warmest pi'aise to realize the highest standard of educational excellence, and they throw all their energy and enthusiasm into their Avork and the advancement of their pupils, cheering the industrious, sustain- ing the studious, rousing the inert, stimulating the idle, encouraging the hopeful, and laboring Avith all. Failure cannot possibly attend such efforts.

Music Depaktment.

" IMusie alone with sudden charms can bind The suffering sense, aud calm the troubled mind."

The Avork of this department has been carried on Avith the usual thorouofhness, and Avith a

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measure of success corresponding to the spirit of devotion on the part of those engaged in it.

The progress of the pupils both in instrumental and vocal music has been most satisfactory.

Of the ninety-four scholars who have received instruction in this department during the past year, seventy-eight have studied the pianoforte; nine, the cabinet and church organs; twenty-six, harmony; five, the violin; twentj^-six, reed and brass instruments; seventy-five have practised singing in classes, and nineteen have received private lessons in vocal training. Moreover, all the advanced pupils have participated in the practical exercises of the normal teaching classes, in which they learn what are the best and most advantageous methods adopted in their profession, how to trace the difficulties which may arise in its course and to overcome them, and how to pursue their avocation with success.

Besides the practice which our advanced scholars obtain by teaching the younger ones under the supervision of their instructors, oppor- tunities are sought and often secured for their giving music lessons to seeing children in our neighborhood. The experience gained thereby is of incalculable value to them, for it gives them a foretaste of their future profession and enables them to find out where their deficiencies will lie, and to resort for their remedy to the assistance of those who have traversed the road before them

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and who arc familiar with its windings and its obstacles.

During the past year our supply of musical instruments has been thoroughly replenished. Twelve of the pianofortes which have been in use for a long period and have become moi*c or less worn out, have been exchanged for new ones. Of these six were procured from the firm of Messrs. Chickering & Sons, and six from that of Mr. Henry F. Miller. They were all selected with care from large assortments, and prove to be excellent instruments in every respect. With these additions our facilities for the study and practice of music have been greatly improved, and the equipment of this department has reached a degree of completeness which is not surpassed anywhere. ,

Our pupils are systematically trained to avoid what is trashy and degrading, and to choose and admire what is beautiful and elevating in their art. Great stress is laid on this point, and their success is undeniable. The character of the music per- formed and appreciated by them is a conclusive proof of the high standard of taste which prevails among them.

For this attainment, as well as for the acquisi- tion of artistic refinement and aesthetic culture, the development of the sense of discrimination and of the critical faculty, and the enjoyment of a great deal of pleasure, we are indebted to the continued

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favors bestowed upon our students by the leading musical societies and organizations and by the distinguished artists of the city of Boston.

As in former years, the doors of the best concerts, oratorios, operas, recitals, and entertain- ments have been freely opened to them, and they have also been placed under renewed obligations for some excellent performances given in our own hall. For these great privileges and uncommon advantages we render our most hearty thanks and grateful acknowledgments to the generous friends and constant benefactors of the blind of New England, whose names will be printed elsewhere, and whose kindness and benevolence will be engraved in the memory and cherished in the hearts of the recipients of their libcralit}^

There have been three»changes made in the corps of teachers and music readers of this department^ Miss Annie Keith resigned her position at the close of the last school session; five or six weeks later, Miss Mary A. Proctor declined a reelection on account of ill-health, and shortly before the 4'eopening of the school, Miss Caroline L. Bates was advised by her physician to discontinue her woi'k, and rest at home. All these young ladies have rendered good service to the institution, and will be missed by their pupils. Their places have been respectively filled by Miss Julia H. Strong of Auburndalc, Mass., Miss Jenny A. Wheaton

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of JUitlaiul, Yt., and :Miss I(;la M. Clarke of Hampton, Conn.

Tuning Drpartmrnt.

Dnring the past year, as in previous ones, tliis dep.irhnent has been conducted with uncommon ability and uiili the most gratifyin;^ success. Thoroughness in theoretical stnd}^ and practical training in the art of tuning in both ils scientific and mechanical bearings, has been the mark towards which all efforts have been directed.

Indeed, nothing has been omitted, either in the form of appliances or in that of tuition, which could contribute to its attainment.

The contract for tuning and keeping in good working order the pianofortes in the public schools of Boston, — one hundred and thirty-two in number, — has again for the eighth time been awarded to the institution for another 3'car, on the same terms as heretofore. Faithful guardians of the interests of the city, the committee on accounts, in whose charge this matter is placed, before coming to any decision, instituted a careful inquiry as to the quality of the work of our tuners and the amount of remuneration charged by them, and, having been convinced that the instrumenls are entrusted to safe hands and kept at less cost in a f\ir better condition than they ever were before, they have renewed the agreement promptly and without the least hesitation. 'Jhis action is truly

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beneficent to theblindof New England, and reflects great credit on the school board. Would that all official bodies who have access to the treasury of Boston were as honest, fair minded, judicious and conscientious in the discharge of their duties as the members of this committee.

Technical Department. The Avorlv of the technical department has been conducted with the accustomed assiduity and fidelity on the part of those in charge, and with very gratifying success. 'No changes of any kind have taken place in either of its two branches, and but a few lines will suffice in review of the results accomplished in each.

1. Worlvsliop for the Boys.

The usual trades of making mattresses, seating cane-bottomed chairs, upholstering parlor furniture, and manufacturing brooms, have been regularly and systematically taught in this shop, and the pupils have been diligently trained to work steadily, and to fit themselves for the practical pursuits of life.

The mode of instruction employed in this depart- ment is very simple, and the advancement of its recipients quite satisfactory.

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2. Worl' rooms: for the Glils.

Uiulor the ellicicnt direction of Miss Abby J. Dillingham and the assistance of Miss Cora L. Davis, nncommon activity has prevailed in these rooms, and the girls have labored with untiring diligence, and have made excellent progress in sewing and knitting, both by hand and machine, in crochelting, and in the execution of a xqyj great variety of plain and fancy work.

The articles made by our girls for the bazaai", which they planned and carried out themselves in aid of the kindergarten for little sightless children, and for one or two smaller fairs which were held in the city for the same purpose, were in constant requisition, and the demand could hardly be supplied. A great deal of taste was displayed in the design and manufiicture of these ai'ticles; and their work attracted great attention, much of it being considered vei-y remarkable, while all of it was readily and advantageously disposed of, and received unqualified commendation,

Departmkxt of Physical Traixinc. In a complete system of education, scientifically arranged and wisely administered, the care of the physical frame is not less important than the cultivati n of the brain. On the contrary', it is infinitely more so : for the operations of the mind depend whollv upon the soundness of ihe maehin-

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ery by which it manifests itself. No activ^e intel- lectual life can thrive in a feeble and debilitated body. When the forecastle of a vessel' sinks, the cabin must soon follow. It is impossible to preserve the leaves and blossoms of a plant when its roots are decayed.

In conformity with these views, which have been fully stated and repeatedly commented upon in previous reports, due attention has as usual been given to this branch of our scheme of in- struction and training, and a system of physical exercise in the open air at proper intervals, together with regular gymnastic drill under shelter, has been carried on without interruption. The effects of the practice of this system upon the appearance, health, strength, elasticity, and en- durance of the pupils are very noticeable. Many imperfections which are indicative of a stunted growth and muscular flabbiness have diminished perceptibly, gracefulness and agility have taken the place of awkwardness and clumsiness, and the groundwork upon which the temple of education can be safely built has been carefully laid.

Our scholars are required to pursue the series of exercises assigned to them with strict regularity, and only those among them are excused from spending one hour daily in the gymnasium, in whose case our medical inspector finds sufficient cause to recommend a cessation from phj^sical exertion.

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Give them Light.

" 'I'lms with the your Seasons vetuni ; l)ut not to them returns Day, or the sweet :i[)i)roaeh of even or morn Or si<2;ht of verii;il l)h)oin, or summer's rose, Or flocks or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead and ever-during dark Surrounds ihr)n, from the clieerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works, to them expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out."

Milton.

This picture, conceived in the mind of one of the most eminent victims of blindness under the painful influence of personal experience and tempered with the sighs of sorrow, is neither highly colored as a whole, nor exaggerated in any of its shades. It is true to nature and consistent in all its features. It is a photographic portrait of actual woes, rather than a fancy painting, in which the reality might be idealized or travestied. It describes forcibly and graphically the gloom, the sadness, the privations and the intellectual and moral disadvantages arising from the loss of sight.

But, cogent and striking as this drawing is in all its delineations, it can hardly be considered as complete and adequate when applied to the case of the little sightless children, who, oppressed by

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poverty and doomed to an existence of degrada- tion and misguided indulgence, are left to grow, like unkempt creatures, without care, protection, or training of any kind, and in whose behalf repeated appeals presenting their claims to rescue and human sympathy have been addressed to the public; for it gives no idea of the by-ways of ignorance and depravity in which many of them were born, nor implies even a suggestion of the misery, the wretchedness, the mire of vice, the pernicious surroundings, and the deleterious atmos- phere, in which they dwell and breathe and move. Most of the nnfortunate waifs never see one ray of light. They live in ceaseless night fi-om the cradle to the grave. The brilliant myriads of luminous bodies which stud the firmament, the tints of the flowers, the plumage of the birds, the endless varieties of foliage and scenery, the symmetry and harmony of the visible nni verse, and all the beauties of nature and excellences of art are utterly hidden to them. Their eyes are hopelessly closed, and no human power can open them and restore their sight. To them all is, and will ever be,

" Dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrevocal)ly dark, total eclipse, Without all hope of day."

Add to this crushing pressure of the iron veil of their calamity, the glaring want of sufficient food

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and raiment and care and decent quarters, and all the multifarious physical ills and moral monstrosi- ties with which their environment is pregnant, and you will have a perfect picture of their condition, and of their sufferings and dangers. It is no hyperbole to say that the poisonous influences to which they are exposed not only impede healthful development in any direction as effectually as the iron shoe prevents the growth of a Chinese woman's foot, but, like the blast of a frigid wind, they freeze and kill and destroy the germinating seeds and sprouts of all good qualities, and thus the ground is wholly given up to weeds and tares.

But the light of truth and knowledge and honor and love can be introduced into the heads and hearts of these victims of affliction by means of thorough education, and, by the aid of early and efficient training, they can be rescued from the very jaws of intellectual and moral darkness, and made good, active, helpful and useful men and women. As the primroses and violets lie in ambush till the first warm breath of spring bids them reveal themselves, so the minds of these lowly waifs remain buried in the sepulchre of neg- ligence and rust, waiting for the angel of kind- ness and benevolent generosity to roll off' the stone from the entrance of their prison and call them forth to resurrection and life.

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erly conducted, Avill help most effectuall}' to the accomphshment of this end.

This project, like a great mountain, is impressive from whatever side it is approached. Viewed from the heights of philanthropy, it is grand, noble, elevating; for it aims at the deliverance of scores of little blind children, who are overwhelmed by the deluge of a dreadful calamity, and are, more- over, plunged into an ocean of ills of a social, domestic and ethical nature. Considered in the light of justice and fairness, it is the embodiment of equal rights and opportunities for all members of the human family, regardless of bodily defects or imperfections, and commends itself to the judg- ment and sympathy of all benevolent and kind- hearted persons. Examined from the stand-point of education pure and simple, it presents its most in- teresting aspect, for it carries in its very roots the elements and promise of becoming an ever-burning torch, dispelling the clouds which thicken and threaten on the horizon of misfortune, and render- ing its darkest sky bright.

There is no scheme of training so admirably adapted to the condition, wants, and peculiar re- quirements of sightless infants as that of Froebel. This wonderful system is the true starting-point on the royal road of learning. It marks the spot where we must begin to search for hidden treasures. Its philosoph}^ is based upon the natural growth of little human beings, and is thei'efore as deep and

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broad and higli and as enduring as humanity itsolf. It runs i)arallel with the entire educational career of the child, the youth and the man. Its gifts and toys, its games and amusements, its play and merriment, are means of grace and salvation. They give joyous employment to tiny fingers, impart physical strength and elasticity of motion, cheer the heart, arouse the mind and quicken its powers, train the senses to keenness and fineness, foster the faculty of invention, and engender habits of observation and industry. Through their ministry intellectual torpor, moral sluggishness, weak purposes, and bad tendencies and projoen- sities are changed into a progressive forward and upward movement, and the puny pupils, effectually shielded from all poisonous influences, which defile and deform the crystalline thread and the fresh delicate bloom of the soul, grow in all things strong and healthy and entirely free from those stains, which, if not removed in time, would seriously affect the course of harmonious development and pervert its soundness.

" A i)C'bl)le on the streamlet scant

lias tuiMUMl the course of many a river; A dew-drop on the l»a1)y phint

Has war[»e(l the giant oak forever."

Thus the demands of equity and science blend together in this cntei-prise with the iron laws of political econoni}^ and the higher logic of the heart, and render the foundation and endowment of a

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kindergarten for sightless children of infant years for whose care and instruction there is no provision whatever, not a simple wish or a mere desideratum, but a grand want and an imperative necessity.

^o class of people can appreciate more thor- oughly the importance of the effects of early train- ing and of the numerous other advantages afforded by Froebel's grand system of education, or can estimate their value more highly than our scholars. Those among them who have tasted the fruits of the kindergai-ten even in a very small degree, have become so infatuated with its blessings, that they are most eager to secure them permanently for their tiny brothers and sisters in misfortune. To this end they have continued to labor incessantly, unswervingly, and with profound and unabating enthusiasm, which, in the language of Bulwer- Lytton, "is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it." No task has seemed too severe to them, and no amount of work or magnitude of diiSculties could dishcai'ten them or diminish their zeal. Full of faith in the goodness and grandeur of their cause, and hopeful for its final triumph, they have shrunk from no exertion or hard work, always conscious of the fact, that,

" As insect toil at last the island rears,

Or mushroom pillars lift the wayside stone, So he succeeds who truly perseveres,

With powers converged to noble ends alone.

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AVith constancy through fair and f(Jiil the same, In growinu^ strongtli our recompense we find ;

But hesitation, want of earnest aim,

Far more than hihor wearies lieart an<l iiiiii<l."

The means and measnres to which our pupils resorted for the purpose of bringing the enterprise to the notice of the pttblic and of enlisting the interest of the community in its furtherance, were many and various: but the most important among them were the bazaar which was held in our girls' schoolhouse on the 21st and 22d of February last; a dramatic entertainment in Avhich Sheridan Knowles's play, William Tell, was represented by our boys; and several concerts given in Charles- town, Allston, Milton, Bridge water, and elsewhere.

'^i'hc fair, which proved as unique in its character as it was productive of a good harvest, w^as an intuitive suggestion Avith oiu* girls, and forth from mere intention leaped the determination. For them to resolve was to achieve. They entered upon their work with unrivalled earnestness and with an exemplary spirit of self-sacrifice and surrender, but with the most modest anticipations. Fifty or at the utmost seventy-five dollars would have been the highest mark of their expectations. How gratifying then was the unlooked-for result of their patient and untiring labor. They formed their plans, organized their committees, issued their notices and advertisements, sent their invita- tions I'iglit and left for assistance, and strove in

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every possible way to secure the good will and hearty cooperation of a large class of people. It goes without saying, that the teachers and other officers stood steadfastly by the scholars, helping, advising, directing and guiding them.

The pathos inspired by the sight of this group of courageous workers was enhanced by the liveliest and most energetic part taken in the movement by that living monument to Dr. Howe's patience and sagacity, Laura Bridgman.

This woman, whose touching history encircles her with a halo which no worldly fame or brilliancy could give, surrounded as she is by an impenetrable wall of darkness and silence, is in all things a living and feeling person.

" Shut ill, shut in from the noise and din Of the world without to the world within,"

Laura may be likened to the snow-covered Ilecla, whose icy barriers enshroud the burning fire under- neath. Stirred up by the suffering of the poor little sightless children, she took the success of their cause very much to heart, and the warmth of her interest in it had a miraculous influence upon her whole character. It raised her far above her- self, broadened her sjanpathies, and led her to that celestial ladder, which, like the vast stairway seen by Jacob in his dream, reaches in long perspective upward from the dungeon of seclusion and help- lessness to the divine throne of goodness and joy.

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In the quickness of her intellcc-lual perceptions and the vividness of her emotional nature, she pondered seriously, acted energetically, worked incessantly, and ui-ged her friends and acquaintances to join her in her labors. Jean Ingelow's beautiful words,

" To servo tlie dear, The lowlier children, I am here,"

seemed as if they were written to express her feel- ings and purposes. To crown her endeavors, Laura wrote propria 7nanu the following plea to the public, a facsimile of which was reproduced and printed in many of the leading journals of iS^ew England: —

\ ^l'tlL^ClI to I'll'L JDOD

Vl] l^Q ItTia Q./itL|Lr7La

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^ lb ( L ^ > ^ TV . "^^ 1l t u I [ V e Li \^ li V o^\l\ pu por l^fiefTL

These simple words fell among the community at large like a ball of fire, which, rolled and shaken by earnest friends, glowed with a thousand hues.

The final arrangements for the opening of the sale were completed under circumstances most favorable and auspicious, and signal were the blessings which were showered upon the efforts of its projectors. The two days of its duration were the finest in our winter calendar. Contributions flowed in generously alike from the rich and the poor, and the articles made by the girls themselves were so numerous as to fill quite a space in the rooms. Seldom has a fair in this city presented

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so many novel and attractive ieatures grouped together.

No sooner were the doors of the Howe building ajar than the manifestation of genuine human goodness and of the immense public interest felt in the enterprise, became evident in the thronging crowds of friends, who came to bring the encour- agement of their presence and their patronage to the enterprise. Their benevolence swept its golden circle around the little laborers. The tables were entirely depleted of their contents, and the success of the undertaking was so great as far to exceed the most sanguine expectations of its originators and ardent promoters. The net profit yielded by the fair amounted to $2,050.35.

These efforts touched the chords of the human heart throughout the community, bi'inging forth the sweetest music, and arousing everywhere a strong curi'cnt of sympathy and a great amount of philanthropic intei'est. Their effect seemed to be like that of a melodious song, the refrain of which is caught and repeated in every direction. Hun- dreds of children as well as of grown persons warmed themselves at the fire of the enthusiasm of our girls, and learned from their fervor to cast off indifference and to participate in the cause of the little sufferers. Their tiny hands have been stretched forth in aid and have brought valuable assistance with them. Especially pathetic and marked was the zeal manifested by a number of

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lame and invalid children, who, in their sad imprisonment, were inspired by an ardent desire to make the lives of their little blind friends more bright. Fairs, concerts and miscellaneous enter- tainments, given in private drawing-rooms and public halls and churches, have been in order for some time past, in behalf of our enterprise, with varied success. Even a circus w^as devised by a little fellow, who announced its result in the following charming note :

"Dear Miss Bridgman ; — Mamma read the letter in the Christian Register^ and since that we have been saving our money. I had a circus yesterday, and raised 18 cents. Bessie saved 75 cents. I saved $1.25. That will amount to $2.00. Now I must close. — Yours truly,

Chas. E. Barry."

In numerous instances, where children denied themselves many pleasures and enjoyments, and even their play, in order that they might enable the blind to taste these privileges, the spirit of self-sacrifice was truly great, but it reached its climax when the pupils of a charity kinder- garten, on whose countenances the marks of destitution were deeply impressed, contributed cheerfully the very few pennies in their possession for the purpose of helping in the efforts to extend the light radiating from FroebeFs system to the sightless infants, whose deliverance seemed thus to have been made the concern of the public at

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hu'ge. As ol" old the "" widow's initc'' was celebra- ted, so to-day the children's oirerings stand forth a touching, noble moniunent of the power and inherent goodness wielded l^y the hands of sim- plicity and innocence. The movement has proved in all its phases a blessing and a benediction alike to beneficiaries and benefactors. For the sun which searches in the bosom of the earth for seeds to fecundate, is also the wondrous painter wdio imparts their splendor to the flowers.

The results of these efforts, rich as they were in human kindness and sympathy and good w ill and touching incidents of self-sacrifice, have not as yet, however, placed the enterprise beyond the need of pecuniary assistance. Thus far we have in our treasury $25,231.63. This amount, chiefly con- tributed from the hai'd earnings of people of moderate circumstances, is not sufficient for the ])urchase of suitable grounds and the erection thereon of a cheap building. Of a peimaneut en- dowment fund, which will impart life and security to the undertaking, there is uot even a nucleus raised. But such an institution as we propose to establish cannot possibly exist and thrive by depending wholly upon annual subscriptions and occasional or casual gifts for its support. It should rest upon a broad and solid financial foundation. To the scanty stream of the offerings of the poor, which can scarcely rise above the rocks and stones of the brook-bed, should be added the mighty cur-

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rent of the donations and contributions of the affluent, brimming the river banks and rolhng on in triumph to the sea of success.

There are, no doubt, many persons, noted for their benevolence and generosity, who, if they are opportunely approached and properly informed of the wants and requirements of the blind, will look npon their case with favor and compassion, and do their whole duty by them. In direct contrast with these there are others, whose spirit and heart arc debased by insatiate covetousness and palsied by selfishness and greed for the accumulation of money, and wdio, enchanted and elated by the all- absorbing music produced by the clinking of their gold, are utterly senseless to the groans of dis- tressed humanity. But the man or woman, who, after becoming acquainted with the woes of little sightless children, refuses to offer from his or her abundance for their mitigation is unworthy to rank among those citizens who have given Boston its world-renowned character and glory. To such a person the following words of Emerson can be addressed with peculiar force and appropriate- ness : —

" Oh mortal ! thy ears are stones,

These echoes are laden with tones.

Which only the pure can hear.

Thou canst not catch what they recite

Of will and fate, of want and right,

Of man to come, of human life,

Of death and fortune, growth and strife."

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For a long period the project was perinilted to sail in a frail craft, and to drift along with tlie current of popular favor. There were no experi- enced and steady hands at the helm. It was left with our pui)ils and their immediate helpers to steer it on the sea of public patronage. But no young enterprise, however grand in its conception and beneficent in its eflfects, can go on its own feet alone. We have to furnish it with w ings born of our earnestness, our fidelity, our wisdom, and our devotion. Unless there is behind it a strong body of well-known and sagacious men represent- ing its claims before the community and endeavor- ing to promote its interests continually, its succes is very problematic.

In view of this fact, the kindergarten scheme was 2)laced by the trustees in charge of a special committee, consisting of Mr. Snmuel G. Snelling as chairman, and Messrs. Leverett Saltonstall, Francis Brooks, and James LSturgis, with full powders to add to the number of their members and complete their organization.

This action of the board filled the fi-iends of the project wdth joy, and inspired them with fresh hopes, that active measures w^ould soon be taken by Mr. Snelling and his associates for soliciting contributions, and that they will strive to carry the lamp of happiness and intelligence on to the goal while it is burning in their hands.

I am aware that the task of raiding a large sum of

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money is very great, and that the forces at com- mand are comparatively small: but I have also learned by experience, that the frosts of external obstacles and temporary hindrances dissolve as readily before the intense heat of noble resolution and moral purpose, as the snowdrifts melt away under the rays of the burning sun. Be the barriers of obstruction and the chills of indifference what they may, it is our solemn duty to press forward without a halt. Those alone serve the cause of humanity who march unflinchingly under its banner, and fight bravely in its behalf Those who only stand and wait, may not have an oppor- tunity to win a victory. The soldier whose heart is set on a conquest, makes no account of the perils of the battle-field, nor shuns its terrors. With the faithful and tireless worker things are easily con- trolled, and impossibilities are turned into possibili- ties. He takes hold with unrelaxed strength, and walks with a full confidence of success. If en- dowed with a vigorous intellect, a resolute will, and a reliable judgment, he " mounts the whirlwind and directs the storm." His earnestness grasps the cords that move the human heart. His cry, echoing in all the retreats of benevolence, arrests its attention; and, as a consequence, a new gem is added to the crown of philanthropy.

Posterity commends with admiration the perse- verance of the Roman censor, who became famous, among other things, for repeating, whenever he

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spoke in public, tlic then significant phrase, '' JJdcnda est Carthago,^- until, by dint of unwearied repetition and insistence, his ])lan of destruction was carried out. Much after the lashion of Cato we must seize every opportunity, and enunciate and reiterate in the ears of men, women and chil- dren a sentence quite as laconic as his. But ours is not a proclamation of ruin, and desolation. It is a motto of love and charity. Instead of " Delenda est Cai'tJmgo,'" we say, " Levanda est afflictio," and we must not cease rehearsing this watchword, and emphasizing its import, until the burthen is taken up by a friendly chorus, who will help us to fulfil its prophecy. In other words, we should adopt all available means, and employ all expedients calcu- lated to arouse public sentiment in favor of our movement. Agitation is the atmosphere of mind and the crystallization of earnestness. It is the marshalling of the conscience of a community to mould its benevolence into forms which humanity can use. It prevents injustice, stimulates fairness, preserves harmou}^, and secures progress. Under the influence of its heat and through the action of its forces, the undisputed claims of the sightless waifs, which are still like unrecognized fugitive sparks in the general social atmosphere, will be forged into a thunderbolt, which shall suflice to dash the bulwarks of apathy to pieces, and to demolish the ramparts of selfishness and exclusive- ness. When these are removed, kind thoughts

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and generous deeds will rise in their place, and pierce and dispel the dark shadows which yet hang like a murky cloud over the lives of a large part of the human family.

For the last four years Fi'oebel's system has played so important a role in our school, and has produced such marvellous results in rescuing many of the younger pupils from the very depths of sluggishness and feeble-mindedness, into which they were gradually sinking, and in conferring substantial and lasting benefits upon all of them, that its vast and life-giving importance will undoubtedly be appreciated by those who are entrusted with the stewardship of riches, so that a kindergarten for the blind may be securely founded and adequately endowed in the near future. Of the realization of this hope I feel perfectly confident, and, as the poet says, —

" The mind I sway by, and tlie heart I bear, Shall never sag with doubt, nor shake with fear."

Fully conscious'of the arduousness of the duties devolving upon the promoters of the enterprise, and of the particularly trying difficulties which stare them in the face at every step, I yet do not waver for a moment between success and failure. There is no ground of apprehension or despon- dency. The cause is too good and too noble to be permitted to fade away for want of support. The project is too practical and humane to be allowed

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on

to collapse for lack of means. Its consummalioii has passed the nebulous stage of uncertanity, and assumed so tangible a form, that I can see it Avith the eye of faith and hope. From the tiny acorns of benevolence, which have been planted in love and kindness and watered by the golden stream of sympathy and charity, there cannot but grow np stately oaks, under whose branches and thick foliage the sightless waifs of 'New England will find a shelter from the storms of misery and wretchedness, and protection from the contagion of moral pestilences. They have already sutfered long enough for a misfortune due to no fault of their own. Let there be an end lo their woes. Let the sum total of the ignorance and neglect and evil and vice which shroud them at present, be but as a dark background to a sunny landscape in the future, where brightness and warmth and purity and virtue will shine with heavenly radiance : and when the poor blind infants breathe out their sighs of deep delight over all the joy that the kindergarten will bring, though it be shaped into no word, it may sound to their kind helpers and generous benefactors like a " Gloria in ^xcelsis." However weak, and enervated, and helpless, and almost blighted these little soldiers may appear, give them the weapons of character, together Avitli the ammunition of physical health and the drill of early education, and cover their heads with the helmet of intelli-

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genee, and their breasts with the shield of manli- ness, and they will hold the fort of humanity tenaciously, and fight the battle of life successfully. To all oAr fellow-citizens, but especially to those who possess the goods of the world in abundance, and who are light of heart and whose cup is filled with earthly enjoyments, we most earnestly and respectfully commend this project. To their liber- ality and beneficence the kindergarten for the blind, driving away like an ever-burning taper the darkness of affliction, will stand as a monument in perpetuity. Sculptured marbles and bronze statues and honorable inscriptions carved on the front of massive and magnificent structures, will crumble through the lapse of time and perish from the sight and memory of mankind : but this will endure for ever.

KiNDERGARTEK EXHIBITS.

Our pupils, although busily employed with the regular studies of the school, and with the extra work for fairs, concerts and entertainments under- taken during the past year, found time to prepare two exhibits. One of these was sent to the kin- dergarten exposition, held last summer in Madison, Wis., during the meeting of the National Educa- tional Association, under the direction of Prof. W. i^. Hailmann, president of the American Froebel Institute; the other was placed in the annual fair of the JN^ew England Mechanics' and Manufactur-

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ers' InsLitute of lliis city. JJotli these exliibits attracted considerable attention, and were very favorably commended. A special correspondent of the "Boston Herald," from Madison, giving in its issue of the l^tli of July a descriptive account of the magnificent display of the kindergarten exhibition in that city, speaks most kindly and encouragingly of the work of our children. We quote as follows from the columns of the "Herald": —

" Strange as it may seem, the finest work in clay modelling is that of scholars in tlie kindergarten do[)artment of the Mas- sachusetts Institution for the IJlind in South Boston. The objects represented in i)lastic material are almost perfection, and, in seeing the whole exhibit of this institution, tiie visitor can no longer doubt the value of the instruction of the blind in kindergarten methods. Some unique geometric work in the handling of [jroblems in thai subject is done by the use of pins stuck in cusliions."

These words, coming as they do from an impar- tial judge and keen observer, bear witness to the usefulness of our infant enterprise, and add strength to the weight of the testimony in its favor.

Conclusion. As the length of this report has already ex- ceeded its reasonable limits, I feel obliged to leave out many pages of manuscript which I have already written, and among which there is a full account of the present low condition of the education of the

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blind in this country, together with a brief exposi- tion of some of the principal causes which have produced it, and of the evils which beset the prog- ress of many of the public institutions. This necessity I deeply regret; but I hope to be able to carry out my intention at some future day.

Respectfully submitted.

M. AKAGNOS.

SPECIAL KEPORT OF THE DIKECTOK.

South Boston, Oct. 1, 1884.

To THE Tkustees of the Perkins Institution

AND Massachusetts School fou the Bund.

Gentlemen: — Since my communication to you with regard to the application of a portion of the income of the national subsidy fund to the pur- chase of books and apparatus not printed or manu- factured by the American Printing House for the Blind at Louisville, Ky., two meetings of the managers of that institution have taken place, one in Louisville, and the other in St. Louis. For reasons relating partly to my work at home and partly to my health, I have not been able to com- ply with your directions and attend either of them personally; but I have presented the case to both of them by writing, and requested the adoption of a resolution embodying our views.

At the last of these meetings, which was held last August, the matter was discussed, and a special committee was appointed to examine the transactions of the American Printing House, but

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the resolution was rejected by a large majority, only three of the trustees voting in its favor.

I herewith submit to you the entire correspon- dence, and leave it with 3^ou to decide as to the further steps to be taken in the matter.

I have the honor to be, gentlemen,

Respectfully yours,

M. Al^AGXOS.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Perkins Institi tion And Massachcsutts Schooi, fou thk Blind, South Boston, Januai\v 11, 1883.

Dkau Sir, — Please send by freight to this institution tlie

following pultlioations, issued by the American l*rintiiig House

for the Blind, to be paid out of our quota of the income of the

national fund : —

G coi)ies Grandfatlier's Chair, by N. Hawthorne, . $21 00

2 '' " " " " unbound, 5 00

6 " Tliackt'ray's English Humorists, . . .21 00

2 " '• '• '• unbound, . o 00

6 " She St(K)[)s to Conquer, etc.. Goldsmith, . 18 00

2 •• " " " " unbound, 4 00

6 " Readings from Englisli Ilistor}-, . . . 21 00

2 '' '• " " *' unbound, . o 00

G '^ About Old Story-tellers, by Mitchell, . . 21 00

2 " " '■'■ '• " " unbound. . o 00

6 " Chapters from a Woild of Wonders, . . 21 00

2 " " •• •• '' unl)ound, 5 00

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6 " Swiss Family lv()l)inson (2 volumes), . . 42 00

2 " '^ '^ " " unl)Ouud, 10 00

6 " Perry's Introduction to Political Economy, . 42 00

2 " " '• " '• unbound, 10 00

4 '' (iospel of Mark, revised version, . . (! 00

2 " " " " " unbound. . 1 :)0

2 '• Colburu's Mental Arithmetic, . . . G 00

10 " Class! (ication in Z()ult)gy and Glossary. . 3 50

10 '• N. V. Point Primer 1 .')0

Carried forward, . . . . . $274 50

.274	50
15	00
8	00

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Brought forward, .....

(5 copies of o:ich of the five N. Y. Point Readers, 2 " uuboijud Picciola (2 volumes),

$297 50

Please also order of the Howe Memorial Press the following books, to be paid out of the amount due us under the provisions of the act of congress to pro- mote the education of the blind : —

G copies George Eliot's Silas Maruer, . . $21 00

10 " Dickens' Christmas Carol, etc. . 30 00

10 " Children's Fairy Book, . . . 25 00

10 " Whittier's Poems, . , * . . 30 00

6 " Higginson'sHistoryof the U. States, 2100

5 " Tennyson's Poems, . . . 15 00

10 •' Youth's Library, vol. 1st, . . 12 50

10 " " " " 2d, . . 12 50

10 " " " " 3d, . . 12 50

10 '^ " '^ " 4th, . . 12 50

10 " '^ " " 5th, . . 12 50

204 50

$502 00

I make this requisition of books not included in your own list for the following reasons : —

First. The publications issued by the Howe Memorial Press are superior to those of the American Printing House for the Blind, both in the subject-matter and in mechanical execution and durability, and better adapted to the wants and require- ments of our school.

Secondly. They are more legible to the sense of touch, be- cause, according to the testimony of experienced readers, the impression is sharper and clearer.

Thirdly. The price of books published by the Howe Memorial Press is from seventeen to twenty-five per cent., at least, lower

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tli;iii licit cliaij^'cHl liy the .\uK'ric;iii I'riiiliiii; IIuiisc for llic lUiiid. In order not to leave the least douht on this point. I heri' and now ol'tcr ti> icpiinl every one of the hooks on your list ill better «tyK' tiuin they now arc printed, and to furnish llieni to tiie various institutions in the country, at a c(jst of sevi'ntccii per cent, less than tiicii' present prices. A further discount ('(pial to llie niUDunt i'e(piired for setting type and making eloetrotyped plates to lie made on the second edition of every book after the first one of two hundred copies is exhausted. Add to this the discount of fifteen per cent, below the actKCtl cost which the Howe ISIemorial Press allows to all schools for {\\e blind, and there is a difference of thirty-two l)er cent., which the blind can ill afford to spare, but which they are forced to lose for no other reason than simply to help in establishing an absorbing and expensive monopoly at Louis- ville. This statement I am prei)ared to prove l)y facts and figures at any time.

Fourtldy. It is very important tiiat the blind shoukl have a wider field of embosst'd pulilications from which they can select what is best adaj)tcd to their wants than is offered to them l)y your list alone, provided they are not compelled to pay higher prices for them. Most of the institutions are so well supplied with the books of your list that they have no further need of them. Yet they are oliliged to order them 3'ear after year, and to give them away, while they are sadly in need of embossed literature for the use of their pupils.

In view of these facts I make the above requisition, which T hope you will not reject on mere technical grounds. The law authorizes your printing-house to manufacture and •' furnisli" books and tangible apparatus for the blind at actual cost. I'jy a just interpretation of the law a resolution was adoi)ted two years and a half ago. l»y which the various institutions in the country were allowed to spend one-fifth of their quota of the income of the national fund for the purchase of embossed l>ui)licatious and api)aratus not included in your own list. This

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proviso, limited as was the amount, had at least the appear- ance of fairness, and enabled most of the schools to make a good selection of books. But you succeeded, last summer, in having it repealed, on the mere assertion that the income of the national subsidy, reduced by about fifteen hundred dollars, was not sufficient to cover the expense of the American Print- ing House. How could this be so ? Have you submitted to the trustees an itemized statement of receipts and expendi- tures, showing how much money was spent for labor, how much for stock, and when and to whom it was paid ? Have you given anywhere, and in any tangible form, the data upon which the prices set upon ^'^our publications are based ? All this is absolutely necessary, since no information whatever on any of these points can be obtained from the annual reports of the American Printing House. The abstracts or summaries therein published are extremely meagre and very general in their character. They contain no details or items. I know of no public institution in the country the financial transactions of which are set forth in so rudimentary and vague a form as are those of 3'our printing-house. This would be a lamentable omission at all times and under any circumstances ; but it is particularly so in this case, and I for one nmst ask its imme- diate correction.

In closing these remarks permit me to assure you that I have neither the taste nor the inclination to give you the least annoyance, and that I shall be very glad to meet you half-way in any proposal of fair and equitable settlement of the matter. But if you insist upon carrying out a policy of exclusiveness, which is not only unjust but positively detrimental to the vital interests of the blind throughout the country, I shall deem it my imperative duty to submit the case to proper tribunals, leaving the whole of the responsibility with you.

I have the honor to remain, dear sir, truly yours,

M. ANAGNOS.

Mr. B. B. HuNTOON, Secretary of the American Printing House for tite Blind, Louisville, Ky.

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Loi isvii.i.i:, Jaiiiiarj- 23, 1883.

Dkau Mk. Ana(;n<)s, — Miicloscd plcMsc fiiiil invoices <jf I)()()l<s (ndci'i'd l>y yon. liili i>t' l:i<liii<2; f)f l)ooi<s from lioi't'. draft to pay for books piinlcd in I'xiston. lilank for dni)lic:it(' liill. and Mank rtH-cijits, all foi-wai'dcil witliont prcjndici'. and witli- out being considered as estalilishinii' a preeeilfiit for fntui'c action.

1 am somewlial at a loss how to answer yonr letter. Some points in it ai'e well taken. I confess oiu- [)i-inteil linaneial statements arc mea<;i'e ; l)nt onr reports made to tiie <i('neral governmeut, and the verbal reports made at our annual meet- ings are so fnll that it never struck me before that the printed rei)orts might be unsatisfactory, until you called my attention to them.

They have always been in compliance with the law, but it is easy to make them fuller, and I thiidv yon will find them so hereafter.

As to what you say about your own work I heartily con- gratulate you, not only upon your success in raising your l)rinting fund, but also upon the great improvement in the character of the books you have printed. I rejoiced the more because I thought tliat the result of two well-endowed printing establishments for the blind in this country, rapidly turning out good books for the blind, would be an incalculable good. That gradually, as blind readers increased, and books became more accessible, both institutions and individuals, from their own means, would sup[)lement governmental and other aid.

Pardon me if I cannot see that any person or any institution is the worse off for what we have done in the American Print- ing House for the Blind.

As to the other remarks in your letter, it seems to me that you mistake your premises, and so err in your conclusions. But, as you once said to me, you and I are not the proper per- sons to discuss the differences between us.

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Wishing you all prosperity in your kindergarten project, and in all your noble undertakings, I am yours truly,

B. B. IIUNTOON.

South Boston, February 5, 1883.

Dear Mr. IIuntoon, — Your letter of the 23d ultimo, with the enclosed bills, blanks and draft for $204.50 (two hundred and four dollars and fifty cents) was duly received. Please accept m}^ thanks for the same. I herewith return receipted bill in duplicate for the books ordered of the Howe Memorial Press, together with a receipt in duplicate for the amount of $520.05 (iive hundred and twenty dollars and five cents) due to this institution for its quota of the income from the national fund for the year ending Dec'ember 31, 1882.

I am exceedingly sorry to be o1)liged to say that your reply to my letter of the 11th ultimo leaves the main point entirely unsettled. I mean the question whether an arrangement may be effected whereby the schools for the blind may be enabled, through the American Printing House, to apply a reasonable portion of their share of the income of the government sub- sidy to the purchase of embossed publications and tangible apparatus not included in your list. I must ask for an explicit answer regarding this point. I am credibly informed by com- petent exponents of law that such a request can hardly be overruled under existing circumstances by the proper tribu- nals.

I earnestly hope that you will see the justice of the idea and adopt an equitable polic}^ which will obviate all difficulties. If this be not possible, please then let me know your final con- clusion, so that the case may be submitted to those who are competent to judge it upon its merits, and decide it definitely and permanently.

Hoping to hear from j'ou soon, I remain, yours very truly,

M. ANAGNOS.

Mr. B. B. HiNTOON, Secretarij American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, Ky.

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Df.ah Mil. AxAr.KOs. — Your letter ('ncl(>.siii<; icceipts was «liily received.

Ill respect to the demiinds you make in your letter 1 can only sav tliat I will lav your letter before our local hoard at their next meeting.

I may say for myself, personally, that I am in favor of any- thing that can conduce to the welfare of the American Print- ing House, and I presume you would not ask anything against its interests.

There are many things in our work here that I think you do not fully understand ; but I fear that any effort on my part to explain them might increase the difficulty instead of olniat- ing it.

I trust, however, to time, and your wise forbearance, to make things clear that now seem obscure.

Yours very truly, B. B. HUNTOON.

SovTH Boston-, August 14, 1883. Genti.kmex, — At a meeting of the trustees of this institu- tion, at which nine out of the twelve members of the board were present, the enclosed con-espondence between Mr. B. B. Huntoon and myself was submitted and rea*!, and the follow- ing vote was thereupon unanimously passed: —

" Voted, That the director be authorized to attend the meeting of the trustees of the American Printing House for the Blind at Louis- ville, Kentucky, and be invested with full powers to pursue such a course as he may deem necessary for the settlement of the matter of applying a portion of thv income of the national fund to the pur- chase of embossed publications and tangible apparatus not included in the catalogue of said Americm Printing House tor the Blind."

In compliance with this vote it was my intention to attend your meeting and sul)mit the matter f(jr a fair settlement. But for reasons relating to my health it is not prudent for me to take a trip to Louisville in the heat of the summer. 1 there-

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fore write to request your consideration and action upon the enclosed draft of a resolution, marked No. 2.

The arguments in favor of the adoption of such a resolution are so full}^ stated in my letters to Mr. Huntoon that it is scarcely necessary for me to say anything further on the sub- ject.

I have the honor to be, gentlemen, respectfully yours,

M. ANAGNOS.

To the Trustees of the American Printing House fur the Blind, Louisville, Ky.

[No. 2.] Form of Resolution. Resolved, That requisitions may be made for embossed books or tangible apparatus not printed or constructed bj the America a Printing House for the Blind, by any institution, not exceeding twenty-five per cent, of its money quota of the income of the sub- sidy fund.

Submitted by M. Anagnos.

South Boston, August 14, 1883.

Dear Mr. Huntoox, — As I do not feel able to be present at the annual meeting of the trustees of the American Printing House for the Blind, will you be so kind as to submit to them the enclosed communication, together with the accompanying draft of a resolution, and the copies of our correspondence?

Please return the latter to me after thQ meeting and oblige,

Yours truly, M. ANAGNOS.

15. B. Huntoon, Esq , Secretary, etc., etc., Louisville, Ky.

Louisville, August 24, 1883.

Dear Mr. Anagnos, — I return herewith the copy of our correspondence, and the resolution you-sent me.

The Board met on the 22d, but as only two states were represented there was no business done except the formal reelection of officers, which is all that is usually done at the annual meeting here. Your papers were read to the board, but their consideration was postponed till the meeting next year in St. Louis.

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I am Sony llial yoiii- licallli did not piTiiiil y(Mi to pay us a visit. Wc would have boon glad to liavo met you, and think vou would enjoy seciiiii c;ur inipi'ovcnicnts and our great expo- sition.

Yours very truly, B. B. IIUNTOON.

South Boston, August 13, 1884. To the Trustees of the American Printing House for the Blind.

Gentlkmen, — Permit me to submit to your consideration the enclosed correspondence, which speaks sudiciently for the subject of which it treats without any further comment on }ny part, and to request your action on the form of the resolution which is marked No. 2.

I have the honor to remain, gentlemen, respectfully yours,

M. ANAGNOS.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Among the pleasant duties incident to the close of the year is that of expressing our heartfelt thanks and grateful acknowl- edgments to the following artists, litterateurs, societies, pro- prietors, managers, editors and publishers, for concerts and various musical entertainments ; for operas, oratorios, lectures, readings, and for an excellent supply of periodicals and weekly pa[)ers. minerals and s[)ecimens of various kinds.

As I have said in previous rei)orts, these favors are not only a source of pleasure and hapi)iness to our pupils, but also a valuable means of a'sthetic culture, of social intercourse, and of mental stimulus and in)i)rovi'ment. So far as we know, there is no comnumity in the world which does half so much for the gratification and improvement of its unfortunate members as that of Boston does for our pupils.

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/. — Acknowledgments for Concerts and Operas in the City.

To Mr. Henry Lee Higginson we are under great and con- tinued obligations for twenty season tickets to the public rehearsals and twelve season tickets to his series of twenty- four symphony concerts.

To Messrs. Tompkins and Hill, proprietors of the Boston Theatre, for admission of unlimited numbers to three operas.

To the late Mr. George H. Tyler, manager of the Bijou Theatre, for admission to one operetta.

To the Handel and Haydn Societ}^ through Mr. E. B. Hagar, secretary, for tickets to two oratorios and one pul)lic rehearsal.

To the Cecilia Society, through Mr. Charles W. Stone, secretary, twenty, twenty-four and thirty-two tickets to each of three concerts. To Mr. C. C. Perkins, for four tickets to these concerts.

To the Boylston Club, through its secretary, Mr. F. H. Rad- cliffe, eight tickets to each of four concerts.

To the Apollo Club, through Mr. Arthur Reed, secretary, six tickets to each of six concerts.

To the president of the Euterpe Society, Mr. C. C. Perkins, an average of six tickets to each of three concerts.

To Mr. L. C. Bailey, for an average of twenty-six tickets to the three vocal recitals given by Mr. and Mrs. Henschel.

To Mr. Arthur Foote, for twenty-three season tickets to his three concerts.

To Mr. Ernst Peral)0, for ten tickets to his concert.

To Mr. H. G. Tucker, for six tickets to one concert.

To Mr. Albert F. Conant, for ten tickets to one concert.

To Miss P^mma DeWitt, for fifteen tickets to one piano recital. «

To Miss P^tta W. Parker, for fifteen tickets to one concert.

To Dr. Eben Tourjee of the N. E. Conservatory, for tickets to various entertainments given by the society.

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To Mr. L 1>. 31ars)li, I'or Iwt'hr season tickets to six or<f:iii recitals by Mr. George E. Wliitiii<f, in Tii'inont 'reniplc.

To Mr. G. A. Foxcroft, for :i generous invitation to the entertuininonts in the St:ir lecture course at the Tremont Temple.

To the Maritime Provincial Association, throngli its presi- dent, ]\Ir. S. .1. Peters, for tliirty-seveu tickets to a inusical and literary entertainment.

To Dr. L. D. Packard, for twenty tickets to a concert in the Broadway M. E. Church.

To Mr. O. T. Taylor, for eight tickets to the same.

To Mr. F. Smith, for twenty tickets to a concert by his choir.

To Mr. Philip Elton's S. S. class, for admission to an enter- tainment in the M, E. Church.

To Rev. J. J. Lew'is, for a general invitation to all enter- tainments helil in the Broadway Universalist Church.

IT. — Aclcnowledgments for Concerts given in our Hall.

For a series of recitals and concerts given from time to time in the music hall of the institution, we are greatly indebted to the following artists : —

To Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sherwood, assisted by his l)upil. Miss Jenny Brown, pianist, and Miss Marion Osgood, violinist, for two concerts.

To Mr. John Orth, assisted by Miss Clara Nichols, and Mr. C. F. Weber, vocalist, one concert.

To Miss Culbertsou, assisted by Mr. Noyes, pupils of Mr. Wm. II. Sherwood, one concert.

To Mrs. V. A. Howe, assisted by ^Mrs. E. C. Fendersou, ^Irs. Stackpole, Miss L. B. Langley, Miss A. P. Emery, Miss Daisy Tighe, and Dr. Feuderson, reader.

To Miss McKissick, fur a vocal concert.

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///. — Acknowledgments for Lectures and other Entertainments.

For various lectures, readings and other entertaiumeuts, our thanks are due to the following friends : Mr. Philip Boune of Brooklyn, N. Y., Capt. S. C. Wright, Mr. S. L. Pierce, and Rev. Brooke Herford.

To Mrs. John C. Phillips, for a series of readings, given at her expense by a professional reader, in both the departments of the school.

To the managers of both the New England Institute and foreign fairs, for admitting large numbers to an afternoon entertainment at each ; and to Mr. R. M. Chase, for giving the smallest members of the school a similar pleasure at the Institute fair.

IV. — Acknowledgments for Books, Minerals, Specimens, etc.

For various books, specimens, curiosities, etc., we are in- debted to the following friends : Miss Abbie Alger ; Mary M. Davidson, Kansas ; Mrs. W. C. Wendte ; Miss Fanny Eliza Webster ; Dr. T. R. Armitage, London ; Mr. Charles Fisher ; Rev. T. M. Miles ; Capt. Robert B. Forbes, Milton ; Mr. Mor- rison Heady, Mr. William C. Howes, C. A. W. Howland, Mrs. Pond, The Society for providing Religious Literature for the Blind, The U. S. National Museum, and The U. S. Agricul- tural Department.

The donations of Capt. Forbes included the model of a schooner, 26 inches long, made and fitted up by his own hands.

V. — Acknowledgments for Periodicals and Newspapers.

The editors and publishers of the following reviews, maga- zines, and semi-monthly and weekly papers continue to be very kind and liberal in sending us theii* publications gratuitously,

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which :ii(* always cordially wc-huiiifd. intoiest : —

ijij piTiiseU witii Boston, Mass.

The N. K .Joiinial of l-^diiratiuii,

Thr Atlantic,

Hoston lloino .Tounial.

Youth's Coiui)anioii, .

The Christiau, .

The C'luistiau Register,

The Musical Kecord, .

The Musical Herald, .

The Folio, ....

Littell's Living Age, .

Unitarian Review,

The Watchman,

The Golden Rule,

Zion's Herald,

The Missionary Herald,

The Salem Register, .

The Century,

8t. Nicholas,

The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, " "

Church's Musical Journal, . . . Cincinnati, 0.

Goodson Gazette, Va. Inst, for Deaf-Mates and Blind.

Tablet, . . West F«. " " '^ "

Companion, . Minnesota Institute for Deaf-Mutes.

II Mentore dei Ciechi, . . Florence, Italy.

I desire again to render the most hearty thanks, in behalf of all our pupils, to the kind friends who have thus nobly remem- bered them. The seeds which their friendly and generous attentions have sown have fallen on no barren ground, but will continue to bear fruit in after years ; and the memory of many of these delightful and instructive occasions and valiuible gifts will be retained through life.

M. ANAGNOS.

Salem, Mass. New York, N. T.

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90

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. [Oct.

ANALYSIS OF THE MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.

Meat, 26,02G lbs.,

Fish, 4,056 lbs.,

Butter, 5,170 lbs..

Rice, sago, etc.,

Bread, flour and meal,

Potatoes and other vegetables.

Fruit, ....

Milk, 25,520 q_ts..

Sugar, 7,728 lbs..

Tea and coffee, 463 lbs..

Groceries, ....

Gas and oil.

Coal and wood, .

Sundry articles of consumption.

Wages and domestic service,

Salaries, superintendence and instructi

Outside aid,

Medicine and medical aid,

P'urniture and bedding,

Clothing and mending.

Stable,

Musical instruments, .

P>ooks, stationery, etc..

Construction and repairs.

Water taxes and insurance.

Travelling expenses, .

Bills to be refunded, .

Sundries, .

^3,008 72

199 86

1,597 91

22 56

1,477 56

748 69

304 49

1,502 98

593 27

169 67

732 71

482 02

2,415 23

334 10

4,189 05

16,301 69

251 63

34 65

1,352 73

56 04

171 57

1,975 06

1,153 48

1,025 88

1,509 24

65 GG

186 94

52 73

$41,916 12

is.sl.J INsriTl'TlON FOi; TlIK I'.LI ND.

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Exri:.\si:s of tiih im;i.\'hn(; dfi'artmkni"

Stock, Electrotypin^-.

Uiiulin^",

Mai'hiiiory (ro[):iiis), liisuraiK'e, . Cleaning, i^im, etc.,

81	,:}(JG	02
	i'nii	o2
	G7G	y«
	540	35
	17.J	G3
	83	3G
	GO	00
	34	37

j3,452 23

AVORK DEPAimiEXT, Oct. 1, 1884.

Statement. Expenditures during the year ending Sept. 30, 1884. Salaries and wages to blind people, . $3,599 58 •' •' to seeing people, • 2,381 20

Sinuliies for stock, rent, etc., . . 10,640 72

Receipts. Cash received during the year for

sales, rents, etc., ......

»S7ocA: and Debts Due.

Stoek, Oct. 1. 1883 87,27G51

" Oct. 1. ISHI, . . 85,217 34

Debts due, . . . 2.(I(>1 G7

7,222 01

81 G, 021 50

15,909 04

8712 4G

54 50

Cost of carrying on the work department during

the vear 87GG 9G

92

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. [Oct.

The following account exhibits the state of the property as embraced in the treasurer's books, September 30, 1884.

Real Es/a!e yielding Income. House No. 11 Oxford street, . Three houses on 6th street, South Boston,

Real estate used for school purposes, Unimproved land in South Boston,

Mortofage notes,

South Boston Horse R.R. Co., note,

Railroad Stick. Boston and Providence Railroad, 30

shares, value,

Fitchburg Railroad, 50 shares, value, Chicago, Burlington & Quincj R R., 60

shares, value,

Railroad Bonds. Eastern Railroad Co. (is, 2 at foOO^j

each, value, f 1,140, . . . 1 Eastern Railroad Co. 6s, 3 at f 1,00 ) (

each, value, f 3 420, . . . j Boston & Lowell Railroad Co. Gs, 1 at

$1,000, value,

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. Co.

4s, 27 at f l,Oi)U, value, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R.R. Co.,

Dubuque Division, 6s, 5 at f 1,000 val., Ottawa & Burlington R.R. Co. 6s, 5 at

$1,000 value,

Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs

Railroad Co. 7s, 6 at $1,000 value,

Cash (less amount due M. Anagnos, Director), ......

Household furniture, ....

Provisions and supplies, ....

Wood and coal,

Work department. — Stock and debts for same,

Amou7it carried forward.

$5,500 00 11,472 73

$4,920 00 5,600 00

7,200 00

$4,5G0 00

1,150 00 24,300 00 5,2o0 00 5,300 00 5,850 00

$16,972 73 243,824 24

8,500 00 196,001) 00

7,500 00

17,720 00

46,410 00

20,668 69

16,320 00

890 66

2,718 00

7,222 01

,746 33

issi.] TXSTITUTrON FOR THE RLTXI).

Amount brought forward.

Musical itistrutncnts and books, I'rintiiijr : stock and niacliinery, Books and maps. Stereotype plates, .

School furniture and apparatus.

Libi'ary,

Boys' shop, . . . . Stable and tools.

? 1,800 00 8 500 00 5,000 00

$584,746 33 17,885 00

15.300 00

7.700 00

9,900 00

79 80

988 75

$636,599 88

The foregoing property/ represents the folloiving funds and balances, and is ansioerohle for the same.

General fund, investments, Cash Harris fund, investments, Printing •' " .... Kindergarten fund, cash, ....	$102,632 73 799 19 74,720 00 107,250 00 19,869 50	$305,271 42 331,328 46
Buildings, unimproved real estate and personal property in use for the school.
	$636,599 88

94

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.

[Oct.

KINDERGARTEN FUND.

List of Coxtrij^utors Amount acknowledged in the last report Estate of Moses Day, Miss Lucy H. Simonds, Rev. A. F. Washburn,

Mrs.

Miss Clara B. Rogers,

Edward A. Freeman,

John Lart,

A Friend,

Two Friends, .

]Mrs. Dr. Freeman,

F. Freeman, .

Walker Children, .

A Friend to the Good Cause,

Joseph C. Tolman, Hanover, Mass.,

Little Children from Newburyport,

Mrs. I. D. Harrington, .

Miss Sarah B. Fay,

Lawrence Model Lodging House Fund

Mrs. J. H. Wolcott (second subscrii)tion

Miss Anne Wigglesworth,

Mrs. Jeffrey Richardson,

Mrs. Susie J. Loring,

R. J. Fellows, New Haven, Conn.,

	S2,855 00
	1,000 00
	10 00
	10 00
	0 00
	3 00
	25
	25
	50
	2 00
	1 00
	1 00
	1 00
	25 00
	800 00
	30 00
	5 00
	500 00
	500 00
1), .	300 00
	250 00
	200 00
	200 00
	100 00

Amount carried forward,

$6,808 GO

i.ssL] ixsrrn'TJox i\)ii Tin-: iujm).

95

Amounl brought forivard, Mrs. J. T. Coolidge, IMiss Edith Rotch, .

r. A. W

llarwood juid QiiiiUT,

Miss Abby W. May,

Mrs. Horace Gray,

(ieorge ^^^ A\ ulos, .

Mrs. Virginia A. Howe { proceeds of concert)

Miss Anne L. llotcli,

Miss A. C. Lowell,

Dr. S. Cabot

Mrs. Wilkins Warren, .

Mrs. Eleanor Bennett, Billerica,

Edward Lawrence, Cluirlestown,

Miss Abby W. Turner, ' .

Miss Alice M. Turner, .

Miss Ellen J. Turner,

Mrs. Isaac Sweetser,

Mrs. B. S. Roteh, .

Miss M. A. AVales,

]Mrs. D. Merriani, .

Dr. .T. W. Burton and Friend.s, Flusshing, X. Y

Mount Everett Social and Dramatic Club,

Abbott Lawrence Lowell (second donation),

Dahlgren Post No. 2, South Boston,

Mrs. Julia B. IL Jaraes,

Mrs. Sarah M Chickering,

A Friend, ....

Rev. Fred'k Frothinghani. ^liUon,

C. J. "White, Cambridge,

Mrs. Elisha Atkins,

E. K. AVelch, ....

8*J,80K	00
100	00
,100	00
100	00
100	00
1 00	00
100	00
100	00
?.">	25
r,()	00
r>o	00
.")0	00
">0	00
50	00
.")()	00
r>()	00
TjO	00
.;<)	00
r)0	00
:>{)	00
50	00
,')0	00
.;0	00
50	0(J
50	00
50	00
50	00
50	00
40	00
30	00
30	00
30	00
25	00

Amount carried forward,

96

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.

Oct.

Amount brought forward, F. P. Sprague, ....

Miss Laura Novcross, Dr. F. Minot (second donation). . Presbyterian Church, South Boston, F. W. Maekay, .... Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst, . Miss Clara E. Sears, Mrs. G. G. Lowell, Miss Mary Larmon, Mrs. James Freeman Clarke, . Bellingham Sunday School, Chelsea, Employes in Photo-I^lectric Company.

Mrs. AVells,

Master Sumner Crosby, ,

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lowe, Clinton.

Miss Sarah A. Rollins, .

Mrs. G. W. Hammond, .

Ladies' Society, South Brookfiehl. .

Henr}' M. Rogers, ....

Mrs. T. A. Davis, ....

Boston Type Foundry. .

J. B. T.,

H. K. Morrell, Gardiner, Maine.

Little Helpers, Unitarian S. S., Medfield

Miss Sophia A. Baden, .

Employes in Workshop of Inst, for the Blind

Mrs J. C. Gray, ....

William E. DeWitt,

W. H Reynolds, ....

Mrs. Hoyt,

Ellie and Walter Capron.

Willard B. Vose, ....

$8,688	25
25	00
25	00
25	00
25	00
25	00
25	00
20	00
20	00
20	00
20	00
19	72
17	20
10	00
10	00
10	00
10	00
10	00
10	00
10	00
10	00
10	00
10	00
10	00
9	G4
5	00
5	00
5	00
5	00
3	00
3	00
1	00
1	00

Amonnt carried forward,

1,102 81

is.si.] IXSTJTL'TION FOR THE liUM).

117

Amount brought forward, Miss Lucy T. .Soule, A Frieiul, .....

Cash, ......

Cottage Place Kindergarten. .

blaster I). W. Merriaiii, .

Proceeds of the Girls' Fair at South Uoston,

James Coats, Providence, R. I.,

A Friend, .....

Miss Mary Anne "Wales (second donation), Mrs. J. E. Lodge, ....

A Friend, .....

Miss Minna B. Hall, proceeds of concert in

wood,

C. A. Curtis, .....

W.,

J. II. Carter, Roxbui-y. .

Otis E. Weld, ....

C. W. Amory, ....

J. IJ. Glover,

The Misses C,

Mrs. G. Brooks, , . .

E. Francis Parker, ....

Mrs. Freeman Cobb, proceeds of concert

James Lawrence, ....

B. .Schlesinger, ....

Mrs. B. vS. Rotch (second donation),

Mrs. C. B. Stewart,

Charles T. White, .

Albert Glover, ....

Employes Boston Type Foundry.

Mrs. P. 11. Sears, ....

Mrs. F. G. Dexter,

Amount carried forivard,

Lons

SO, 102	SI
1	00
1	00
1	00
	41
	25
2,050	35
500	00
500	00
250	00
200	00
200	00
17G	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
75	00
50	00
50	00
50	00
50	00
50	00
50	00
30	35
25	00
25	00
$i4,;;.y.s	17

i)8

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. [Oct.

Amount brought forward, J. L. Emmons,

Crosbie Street S. School, Salem, Sara B. Alden,

Henry F. Spencer, . . . In answer to Laura Bridgman's Appeal, Cash, ......

Proceeds of play, " William Tell,"

Children of St. John's Church S. School, Sandy

Hook, Conn., . . Proceeds of concert in Allston, A Friend, .... First Parish Sunday School, East Bridgewater, Sunday School, Church of the Messiah, Chicago, 111 Miss Sears, .

S. M. Stewart,

Mrs. Otis Norcross, Jr., .

St. Peter's Sunday School, Beverly,

Through Laura Bridgman,

Sixth Class, Agassiz School, Cambridge,

H. C. Whitcomb,

Mrs. E. E. F. Field, Milton, . .

Mrs. Sarah M. Chickering (second donation),

Mrs.

M. C, . . . . .

Miss Mandor, ....

Bridgewater Unitarian Sunday School,

Rev. Mr. Wright, ....

Philadelphia, .....

Master James S. Davis, Dorchester,

Miss Pinkham's Class, Dr. Briggs's Church, Cam

bridgeport, .... A Friend in Norwood, .

L,338 17 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 20 00 20 00 16 75

15 40

15 20

15 00

13 00

12 50

10 00

10 00

10 00

10 00

8 00

6 12

5 90

5 00

5 00

5 00

5 00

5 00

4 00

3 50

3 00

2 00

2 00

2 00

Amount carried fonoard,

$14,667 54

ISSL] IXSTITUTIOX FOR TIIK HLIM).

Di)

Amouvf hroiiijht foricard,

Capo Cod Item,

A Frii'iiil,

Cash, . . . .

1). 1). Tnppnn,

Laur.a IJiidgman,

Miss Ida M. Mason,

Miss Nancy Brackett,

Mrs. James Greenleaf, Canibiidoe,

Mrs. William Appletou, . . . . .

Hyde Park, through Miss Floiience Fj. Leadbetter,

Kiith N. roarson and Minnie M. Graves, Charles- town, proceeds of Fair, . . . . .

Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Ware,

Mrs. Isaac Sweetser (second donation),

Mrs. Frances A. Gill, .

Mrs. Mary Yj. Pierson, Windsor, Conn.,

INIoses Hunt, Charlestown, . . . . .

Proceeds of Concert in Bridgewater,

Miss Anne Wigglesworth (second donation),

Proceeds of Concert in Charlestown,

Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, Phillips Church, South Boston, . . . .

" Never too late to mend " Sewing Circle,

Mrs. J. II. Thorndike (second donation),

Back Bay Theatre Co., ......

Mrs. F. A. Brooks,

Miss S. G. Littell,

'J'hroiiiih ^Tr. and ]Mrs, B. T. Johnson, Middle- borough, ........

Dr. Kufus Ellis's Sunday School, ...

Miss M. L. Ware,

C. M. L.,

sii,(;(;7	51
1	00
1	00
1	00
1	00
]	00
1,000	00
200	00
200	00
200	00
130	00
120	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
100	00
74	00
72	22
50	50
50	00
50	00
50	00
50	00
37	33
31	00
25	00
25	00

Amount carried forward,

100

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.

[Oct.

Amount brovght fonvard,

Miss Ellen M. Jones, ....

Mrs. L. M. Hall,

Charles H. Stearns, ....

Mrs. Constantine V. Ilutchius,

Mrs. Eobert Swan, ....

Miss G. Lowell, . .

Mrs. C. C. Chadwick, ....

Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Piper, Cambridge,

Robert B. and Mary G. Stone,

Friends, through Miss L.,

A. A. H., St. Paul, Minn., .

Miss M.,

Through Mrs. George A. Mitchell, Hyde Park,

Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Morehead, Marshfield,

Mary E. Piper, .....

E. J. Langley, .....

W. Y. Gross, . .

Lady, by E. 11. Hall

INIrs. Frances H. Gray, ....

Mrs. L. C. Goodwin, ....

Miss S. G. Fisher, ....

Mrs. D. N. Richards, ....

Nettie M. Bartlett, West Gardiner,

Entertainment by little boys of Perkins Institution,

Sunday School, Dr. Rufus Ellis's Church (addi- tional), ........

Anonymous, ........

Children's Fair, Bridgewater, ....

Bessie Elliot and Bertha March, Cambridge, proceeds of sale, ........

Entertainment by little girls of Perkins Institution,

Through Laura Bridgman, .....

7,737 5!) 25 00 25 00 25 00 15 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 5 00 5 00

0 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 10 4 50

2 75 2 50 2 00

2 00

1 ()G 1 00

Amount carried fortvard,

7,989 10

l.ssi.] IXSTITUTIOX von rilK I5LIM).

101

Amoxint brought furward, Anoiiynioiis, . 'riii()ii<;li Miss A., . Iliiaiii A. Wright, Roxbtiiv, Tliruugli Fannie E. Jackson, Mrs. Mary L. Brown, Sak' of Kindergarten work, C'asli, .... T. Jefferson Coolidge, ]\Iiss Minna AVesselhoeft, Ladies' Unitarian Domestic Missionary Society

Portsmonth, N. II., . Miss Isabel Merry, Newark, New Jersey, Mrs. lieniy Sigouruey, Boston, CM. Kettell, Boston, .... Children in Lowell, ....

Florence Sunday School, by Miss Elder, Miss Martha Carter, Boston, . H. L., Charlestown, .... Helping Hands Societ}', b}' Carrie T. Foster, Mrs. S. K. Burgess, Boston, . Mrs. E. K. Storrs, Boston, Faust Social Club, F. M. Dean,

Miss C. E. Jeuks,

Proceeds of Dr. II. P. Bowditeh's children's fair

Jamaica Plain, G. A. White, .... Mrs. Sarah A. Oill, Worcester. Dr .lohn II. Dix, .

817,980	1
1	00
1	00
1	00
	50
	50
	50
	50
50	00
5	00
2')	00
5	00
100	00
5	00
5	00
11	•25
1	00
2	00
20	00
10	00
10	00
10	70
0	00
44	27
50	00
500	00
1,000	00
eiD,y53	32

102

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.

[Oct.

Additional Contributions.

P. S. — Since the 30th of September, when the auunal ac- counts of the treasurer were closed, to the 1st of December hist, the following contributions were received by him : —

Amoiint acknoid edged in the foregoing pages, Unitarian Sunday School, New Bedford, "Warrenton Chapel Kindergarten, . . . . Unitarian Sunday School, Dorchester, . Mrs. Ferguson, proceeds of concert in Dorchester, Mrs. Helen B. Carter, proceeds of sale, West

Newton, .......

Children of Wellesley Hills Primary School, . Pupils of Miss Sampson's Private School, Boylstoi

Chapel. .......

Miss Mary Brackett's infant class in Dr. Ellis's

Church, .......

Poor children on Albany Street,

Fair held by four little girls, 6 North Avenue

Cambridge, ......

Eliza Blodgett and Helen Patterson, St. Johnsbury

Vermont, .......

Nimble Fingers Society, Dorchester, Entertainment by five little girls in Newtonville, E. W. S.,

Little lame boy in Hartford, Conn.,

Guests of Lancaster House, through C. H. Prescott

Sunday School class, Litchfield, Conn., .

Through Martin H. Smith, ....

Unitarian Sunday School, Lexington,

Little lame girl in Hartford, Conn.,

,853 32

23 00

3 41

39 03

100 00

108 00 2 00

9 00

9 25 50

51 41

2 00

20 00

1 50

1 00

50

8 00

5 00

4 75

10 00

28

Amount carried forward,

^20,251 95

l.s,sl.j INSTITUTION KOK THE liLIND.

Amount brought forward^ ... S

Proceeds of fair in Swampscott ])y Hlaiu-he Loiin

and Susie Hastings, ..... Eustis P. Morgan, Saco, Me., Mrs. M. C. Ciiarles, Melrose,

Cash

ISIiss C. F. F.,

Lindauna i\Iax(ield, .....

Lady from Sandwich, througli Fannie Jackson, Sale of materials, ......

Proceeds of concert at South Abington, Dennis A. lleardon, .....

Fair in Cambridgeport by Bessie Elliot, Bertha

March, Marion R. Brooks, and Alice Elliot, Proceeds of fair, through Mrs. J. Huntington

Wolcott,

Mrs. John Lowell, .....

Miss Lucv Lowell, .....

io;j
20,2.">1	;>')
no	00
10	00
25	00
	2.")
20	00
1	k;
2	;')()
2	00
41	88
30	00

34 00

4,G02	89
50	00
50	00

^25,231 63

104

INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.

[Oct.

LIST OF EMBOSSED BOOKS,

Printed at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind.

TITLE OF BOOK.

Howe's CyelopEedia,

Baxtei''s Call,

Book of Proverbs,

Book of Psalms, .

New Testament, .

Book of Common Prayer,

Hymns for the Blind, .

Pilgrim's Progress,

Life of Melanchthon, .

Natural Theology,

Combe's Constitution of Man,

Selections from the Works of Swedenborg,

Second Table of Logarithms,

Philosophy of Natural History, .

" Life and her Chilih-en," or a Reader of Natural History

Huxley's Science Primers, Introductory,

Memoir of J^r. Samuel G. Howe,

Cutler's Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene Viri Roma?, new edition with additions. Musical Characters used by the seeing. Key to Braille's Musical Notation,

(iuyot's Geograjihy,

Scrilmers Geograijhical Reader, . Dickens's Child's llistory of England, Anderson's History of the United States, . Higginson's Young Folks' History of the United States, Schmitz's History of Greece, Schraitz's History of Rome, Freeman's History of Europe, " An Account of the Most Celebrated Diamonds, Exti-acts from British and American Literature

American Prose,

Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales, ...

Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop,

Dickens's Chi-istmas Carol, with extracts from Pickwick

The Last Days of Pompeii, by Edward Bulwer Lytton,

Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield,

George Eliot's Silas Marner,

Biographical Sketch of George Eliot,

$4 00 2 50

2 00

3 (10 2 50

00 00 00 O'l

00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 85 35 00 50 00 50

4 2 3 2

3 50 3 (0 2 50

2 50 50

3 00 3 00

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l.s.si.j IXSTITUTION VOU Till-: r.IJM). List uf Embossed Hooks — Conlimied.

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Milton's Paradise Lost,

Tope's Lssay on Man and other Poems, Shakespeare's liamlet and Julius Ca'sar, . Seotfs Lay of the Last Minstrel and .57 other Poems Byron's Hebrew Melodies and C hilde Harold, . Poetry of Byron, seleeted by Mattiiew Arnold, . Tennyson's In Menioriam and other Poems,

Longfellow's Evangeline,

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Lowell's Poems,

Bryant's Poems, ..... Longlellow's Birthday, by J. R Anagnos, Constitution of the United States, Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Persons, Commemoration Ode, by H. W. Stratton, .

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Youth's Library, vol. 1st,

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Youth's Lilnary, vol. 5th, .

Youth's Library, vol. 6th,

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Children's Fairy Book, by ^L Anagnos,

Andersen's Stories and Tales,

Eliot's Six Arabian >.'ights, .

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IXSTITUTIOX FOR THE BLIND.

[Oct.

LIST OF APPLIANCES AND TANGIBLE APPARATUS,

Made at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind.

Geography. 1. — Wall- Maps.

1. The Hemispheres, .

2. L'nited States, Mexico and Canada

3. North America,

4. South America,

5. Europe,

6. Asia,

7. Africa, .

8. The World on Mercator's Projection, ''

Each S35, or the set. S280.

size, 42 by 52 inches.

II. — Dissected Mojys.

1. Eastern Hemisphere, . . . size, 30 by 30 inches.

2. AVestern Hemisphere,

3. North America,

4. L^nited States,

5. South America,

6. Europe,

7. Asia,

8. Africa, .

Each 823, or the set, 6184.

These maps are considered, in point of \yorkmanship, accu- rac3' and distinctness of outline, durability and beauty, far superior to all thus far made in Europe or in this country.

l.ssL] INSTITUTION FOK THE HUM). KiT

" Tlie Nt'w Kii!j,l;iii(l .lournnl of Ivliicatioii " says, " Tlii-y arc very strong, prosciil a liiu-, l)ri<ilit siirfact,', and aru an orna- mciil to any scliool-rooni."

III. _ Pin-Maps. Cushions for i»in-inai)s and diagrams, .

.VkITII-MKTIC.

C'iphcring-boards made of brass stri[)s, nicki'l- plated, ........

Cii)lK'riug-types, nickid-platod, per hundred,

AViUTiNi;.

Grooved writing-cards. Braille tablets, with metallic bed, Braille French tablets, with cloth bed. Braille new tablets, with cloth bed, Braille Daisv tablets, .

each, 80 7'»

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108 INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. [Oct.

TERMS OF ADMISSION

" Candidates for admission must be over nine and under nineteen years of age, and none others shall be admitted." — Extract from ih<i by-laws.

Blind children and youth between the ages above pre- scribed and of sound mind and good moral character, can be admitted to the school hy paying $300 per annum. Those among them who belong to the state of Massachu- setts and whose parents or guardians are not able to pay the whole or a portion of this sum, can be admitted gratuitously l^y application to the governor for a warrant.

The following is a good- form, though any other wall do: —

" To His Excellency the Governor.

" Sir, — My son (or daughter, or nephew, or niece, as the case maj-

be), named , and aged , cannot be instructed in the common

schools, for want of sight. I am unable to pay for the tuition at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, and I lequest that j'our Excellency will give a warrant for free admission. Very respectfully, ."

The a[)])lication may be made by any relation or friend, if the parents are dead or absent.

It should be accompanied by a certificate, signed by some regular physician, in this form : —

" I certify that, in my opinion, has not sufiacient vision to

be taught in common schools; and that he is free from epilepsy, and fi'om any contagious disease.

(Signed) ."

l.ssl.] IXSTITr'I'lON FOK TIIK I'.LI ND. !<»!»

Those i):i[)in"s sliouM l)c doiic u[) togctlicr, and lorw mdcd to the DiKKtToii oi' TIIK iNSTiTrriox Fou Till; Dlim*, Scnilli Boston, Mans.

lUiiul children and vonlh rcsidin^^ in .Maine, New IIani[)siiire, N'ernionl, ('onneetieiil and Khodc J.shind, hy appl^inir as al>ove to the governor, or the " Seeretary oi" State," in their respective states, ean obtain warrants for free admission.

The sum of $800 above speciKed covers all expenses (except for clothing), mimelj, board, lodging, washing, tuition, and the use of books and musical instruments. The pupils must furnish their own clothing, and ])ay their own fares to and from the institution.

An obligation will h(\ required from some res})onsiI)le persons, that the pupil shall be kept properly supplied with decent clothing, shall l)e provided for during vaca- tions, and shall be removed, without expense to the insti- tution, wdienever it may be desirable to discharge him.

The usual period of tuition is from five to seven years.

The friends of the pupils can visit them whenever they choose.

The use of tobacco, either in smoking or otherwise, is strictly prohil)ited in the institution.

Persons applying for admission of children must till out certain blanks, copies of which will be forwarded to any address on api)lication.

For further information address M. Anagnos, Directok, Perkins Ixstitltiox for tiih Blind, South Boston, Mass.

APPENDIX.

PROCEEDIXGS

COMMENCEMENT EXEECISES

Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind.

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

PERKINS INSTITUTION AND MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.

The commencement exercises of the school were held early in June, in Tremont Temple, having been first announced by the following circular : —

Peukixs IxsTiTirioN AND M.vss. School for the Blind,

Boston-, May 10, 1884.

The eommenccniont exercises of this school will be held at Tremont Tenii^lc on Tuesday, June 3, at 3 i\ m. Samuel Kliot, J.L.I)., will preside; His Excellency, Governor Robin- son will give a brief opening address, and Mr. C. W. Ernst will si)eak on the kindergarten project.

You are most cordially invited to honor the occasion with your presence.

The seats on the floor and in the first balcony of the Temple will be reserved for the choice of the members of the corporation and the friends and patrons of the institution, to wliom this invitation is sent, until Saturday, May 24. Tickets are ready for delivery, and those who may be desirous of obtaining them are requested to send me a postal card indi- catiiig the number wished for. It will give me very great pleasure to forward them at once.

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The seats will be reserved until 3 o'clock, pnnctnally, when standing persons will be permitted to occupy all vacant places.

M. ANAGNOS.

No tickets are required for the Second Balcony of the Temple, to which the public are cordially invited.

A kindergarten, or primary school, is imperatively needed for little sightless children. Without it the system of educa- tion for the blind cannot be regarded complete. The attention of the generous and benevolent members of our community is most respectfully called to this project.

The total amount of the kindergarten fund on the first day of May was about $17,000. Further contributions are earn- estly solicited, and will be thankfully received by

JA']\IEvS STURGIS, Treasurer pro tern.

N'o. 10 Kilhy street, Boston.

This circular also contained the 2)rogramme of exercises hereafter given. The city journals and many of the newspapers of neighboring cities and towns, then took np the word and gave it the wider ntterancc demanded by the increasing in- terest of the people in this institution.

PROGRAMME. Part I.

1. ORGAN SELECTIONS.

Miss Freda Black.

2. BRIEF OPENING ADDRESS.

His Excellency Governor Robinson.

3. BAND, — March, — " British Heart/' . . . Hartncr.

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4. ESSAY, — " Work."

Miss Alick S. IIoi.hkook.

.5. SOLO FOR ALTO IIOKX, - 'Morcoau ile ? jj Pahipa e Salon," No. I?, ^ ' '

ClIKISTOl'IIICK A. IIoWLAND.

C. LXEIICLSE IX PHYSICS.

ClIAKLKS T. GlEASON.

7. SOLO FOR CLARINET, — "Veuzano Waltz," L Vaizano.

Clarence ^V. Basford.

8. ESSAY, — " Four Poets."

Miss Susanna E. Sheahan.

Part II. 1. GYMNASTICS, Military Drill and Calisthenics.

■2. SOLO FOR CORNET, — "Arbucldeinian Polka," Harlmann. Charles II. Pkescott.

3. READING WITH THE FINGERS, — Exercise in Geography.

4. KINDERGARTEN EXERCISES.

Remarks on the proposed Kindergarten, by Mr. C. W. Ernst.

5. DUET, — " On to the Field of Glory," — from ) Donizetli.

Belisai'io, * >

Messrs. L. Titus and Wm. B. Hammond,

G. VALEDICTORY^

Miss Isabella Romily.

7. CHORUS FOR FEMALE VOICES, — " Charity," Rossiyii.

8. AWARD OF DIPLOMAS.

By Dr. Samuel Eliot.

9. CHORUS, — " O hail us ye free," — from Ernani, Verdi.

NAMES OF GRADUATES. Alice S. Holbrook. Alice M. Lowe. Isabella Romily

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The better facilities for knowing the character of this school, afforded since holding these annual exercises in a more roomy and accessible place, has been one important means of awakening and extending the public interest; and the consequent demand for tickets was so great that the supply was exhausted several days before the festival was to take place, and hundreds^ (pei'haps tliousands) of applicants were unavoidably refused.

The hall was filled by an audience the character of which was an honor to the occasion. The pupils occupied nearly all the seats upon the platform, a few being reserved for the trustees, members of the corporation and other prominent gentlemen. Kear the centre of the platform, among the older pupils, sat Laura Bridgman, ever an object of uni- versal interest and wonder, and her presence awoke a deeper interest in her appeal for the kindergar- ten, fac-simile copies of which had been distributed through the hall and were now in the hands of the audience.

While the later arrivals were finding seats among the audience, some selections for the organ were very acceptably rendered by Miss Freda Black, and the meeting was then opened by the chairman, Mr. John S. Dwight, who made the following ad- dress : —

''It is my misfortune, as well as yours, ladies and gentle- men, that the honored president of our corporation, Dr. Samuel Eliot, is unable to be with us, and that I have to be

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(•:i1UhI upon to try to sociii to fill his place. I ;iiii pi-ol):il)ly seli'cti'd from aiiioii^" my collfn^ius in tlic board of trustees, partly :is lepreseuting the connnittee on educiition, but chiefly, 1 imagine, on the ground of age. And that shall be my fair excuse for falling back on something very near to ' total abstinence ' from speP'7/-9/ja7.//?_7, — plenty of that (and of the best, I dare say) you will find provided in the i)rogrannne. There, too, you will find a great variety of branches and of topics which may well surprise any one (present for the first time) to see figuring in a scheme of education for the l^lind. lint I assure yon there is no vanity in all this ; no silly ambi- tion for display. It only means that our school deals with this serious privation of its pupils in no spirit of mere sentimental charity. In the first place, it is not an ' asylum^' as it is too often called ; it is simply a school. And having undertaken their schooling, we think it no cruelty to them to make them perfectly aware how much they lose, through their infirmity, of means and opportunities and pleasures always accessible to those who see. "We do not educate them on the principle that ' ignorance ' (for them) ' is bliss.' On the contrary, we try to teach them all that everybody knom, or can and ought to know, — at least so far as practicable ; teach them not only reading, writing and arithmetic, but also liigher mathematics, language, literature, music, history, geography, philosophy, political econ- omy, natural history, physical sciences, even including optics, or the laws of light and sight ; and above all, the art of honest thinking and of siini)le, clear expression. All this on the one hand, with no neglect of physical or moral culture ; while, on the other, we endeavor so to educate them as to make good their loss by more than equal gain in other faculties.

" The result you may here see in the intelligent and happy aspect which they all present ; in the cheerful fervor with which they go about their studies and their work ; in the ease and cleverness, the buoyancy, — I may even say, the aesthetic unity, so manifest in all their plays and their gymnastic exer-

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cises ; and even in the spirit and the zest, the quick percep- tion of character and fitness, with which some of them enter into the acting of dramas and charades.

" In short the curriculum is an3^thing but fanciful or super- ficial ; it is eminently practical , — in nothing more so than in the large share of attention which is given to music, which is not only the blind man's solace, a refining, elevating influence, and an inspirer and preserver of harmony and order in the school (just as the electric lights are said to be the best kind of police out of doors), but which, more generall}^ than any other art or craft which they can learn, enables them to earn their living, either as teachers or performers, when they come out into the world. The sightless can compete now with the seeing on far more equal terms after these seven years of train- ing so exact and thorough, of culture so liberal and many- sided.

"This annual exhibition held for many j^ears in the very small hall of the institution at South Boston, and much shaded from publicity, has been assuming larger proportions for a few years past, and attracting wider interest and attention ; so that now it is not uncommon to hear these exercises spoken of as our ' commencement ! ' The number, to be sure, who ' grad- uate,' or take the diploma each year, has been very small ; none can have it until they have fulfilled every requisition of the course, — that is to say, until their teachers can pronounce them thoroughly prepared to go out and meet the world and take their places as useful and worthy members of societ}'. Last year there were six graduates ; this year only three, and these all of the gentler sex ; and one of these, unfortunately, is kept away by illness. For those who do receive it, this diploma is ample assurance, won by thorough tests, of char- acter and of capacity for self-supporting, good work in the world. It ctu'ries with it, too, the heart}^ sympathy and God- speed of all their teachers and companions.

" As all earnest pursuit of knowledge sooner or later teaches

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us tliiit \vc know :iliii(i.-.l iiotliiipj,, so in :ill cmiiicsI (Johirj, even if wr si'i'in to rciicli tlic snnnnil. it is only to sliow us t!i:it there is yi't more :intl greater to be done. 'JMie Terkins Institution has reacht'd the point where it feels the absolute necessity of a separate provisiijn, on a generous stale, for the introduction of the kindergarten, — tiiat enti-ring wedge of conniion sense in education, — for poor, sightless children of a tender age. The want tmd the idea will be explained to yon in the course of the exei'cises, while the deft fingers of some of the smaller children will be silently illustrating the beauty of the method here before your e\'es.

"The Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind originated, as you all know, in the large heart and brain of that great philanthropist. Dr. Samuel O. Howe, of whom a most lit monument now sits bc^fore you on this })latform in the l)erson of Laura Uridgman who, bereft of sight and speech and hearing, yet through the electric finger touch of friends about her, apprehends, appreciates and feels with deepest in- terest and joy all that is here going on. His genius and inde- fatigable zeal shaped and built up the institution and left it on a solid basis for his no less indefatigable and wise successor. "While it has owed the larger part of its financial endowment to private munificence, nolalily to the late Thomas Ilandasyd Perkins, it is also largely dependent on the fostering aid which the good old state of INIassachusetts has alwaN's extended to all educational, humane and charitable institutions within her b(jrdi'rs ; and she has shown herself no parsimonious ste[)- mother toward this school for the blind. For years past has the state, by act of legislature, ai)propriated annually $:30,0n() to the sui)[)ort of this instit.ition. In return for this the state is rei>resented in its government, four of its twelve trustees l)eing api)ointed annually by the governor and council. More- over, blind chiUlreu of poorer families, or orphans, are sent to it. under proper safeguard, without charge, as wards of the

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commonwealth. The other New England states share, in their proportion, like contributions and privileges.

" Very fitly, therefore, had the chief magistrate of the com- monwealth, His Excellency Governor Robinson, consented to lend ns the honor of hi^ presence here this afternoon, and make the opening address. But, unfortunately, the ' Great and General Court,' that august body that sits month after month industriously multiplying laws, having at last concluded to adjourn, has fixed upon this very day for bringing its labors to a close and keeps His Excellency a prisoner at the state house until its bills are all disposed of.

' ' So much the worse for us ! But also so much the better in one view of the matter, inasmuch as you will come all the sooner to what constitutes the real and persuasive eloquence of these occasions, — that which springs from the lips and fingers of these blind pupils here before you. Such eloquence can speak for itself, perhaps, better than doctors of law or gov- ernors, however sympathetic."

The following letter from the Governor was then read: —

Executive Chamber, State House,

Boston, May 30, 1884.

My dear Sir : — You will remember that some time since I gave you to understand that I would be glad to accompany you to the anniversary exercises of the Perkins Institution, at 3 P.M., Tuesda}^, June 3. As you are probably aware, the legislature is in its closing hours, and it is extremely doubtful whether I shall be able to keep that engagement, my official duties requiring my constant presence in the executive cham- 1)er. Knowing that you will fully appreciate these circum- stances, I do not hesitate to request you to release me from a

definite engagement.

Very truly yours,

GEO. D. ROBINSON. Hon. James Sturgis, No. 70 St. James Ave., Boston.

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The exercises commenced with llarlner's mai-ch, " Bi-itish Heart," which was played by the band " with excellent efTect and precision." The follow- ing essay was then given by Miss Ilolbrook, who was commended both for " its conciseness and argumentative sequence" and for the "exactitude of utterance " which marked her delivery.

WORK.

* BY MISS ALICK S. IIOLBUOOK.

lie who blesses mankind by his work has reason to be proud of that work, whatever it is.

Day after day, year after year, the miner toils in the deep caverns of the earth. By his industry civilization makes great strides over land and sea. The products of his labors are present everywhere.

Long live the farmer, wlio ploughs, plants, reaps, tends his flocks and herds, and by his honest toil provides food and raiment, — sources of strength, from which all gatlier power to perform their daily tasks.

If the mariner braved not the dangers of the mighty deep, commerce would ])ecome cri[)i)led, knowledge less diffused, and the benefits derived from the presence and thoughts of good and wise men less universal.

!Mental labor has devised better and swifter methods of accomplishing every variety of work. The matliematician helps to rear the lofty pile, while scientists open the book of nature that all may read.

The pulpit, the press, and tlie platform exert a powerful moral intlucnce. Equally powerful are the smiles, the tear, and the warm grasp of the hand to the weary one struggling to overcome obstacles in his way. A i)hilautliropist is too wise

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even to desire the removal of obstacles, because lie knows that strength is acquired by wrestling with them.

To-day calls for workers ! It finds many humble, patient workers in every station making civilization a fact. The call comes to those who gratify selfish desires regardless of the ruin they bring. The call comes to the idler. " Up ! rouse thyself ! Shake off thy lethargy ! Lo ! thy brother's burden is too heavy, wilt thou not lighten it ? "

As the hopes of every generation are in its children, " How shall we train the children ?" is the important problem of the day. To those who have the training of youth, the call comes : "Work to-day ! Plant the seeds of physical, mental and* moral truth. Humanity cries to every one in whatever sphere :

"Act, act, in the living present. Heart within, and God o'er head."

The pleasant tribute of several bouquets re- warded her at its close.

The solo for the alto horn, Painpare's " Morceaii de Salon," played by Christopher A. Howland, was enthusiastically received by the audience, and he, too, was greeted with flowers.

The subject of the "Exercise in Physics" by Charles T. Gleason, was air-pressure, which he illustrated by several experiments, closing by ex- hausting the Magdeburg hemispheres and proving the truth of his previous statement by a struggle with Mr. Anagnos to wrench them apart. The exercise was watched with interest.

The solo for the clarinet was necessarily omitted on account of the illness of Clarence AV. Basford,

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and the first part of the program me t-luscd w>th Miss Sheahaii's essay on " Four Poets."

FOUR pop:ts.

BY MISS SUSANNA E . S 11 K A II A N .

Ill tliL' loii<;- list of authors who have labored dining tiic past fifty years, the names of Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier and liryaiit stand foremost as representatives of Ameriean liter- ature.

Li studying their writings we eannot fail to reeognize tlie individuality of each. Although tiie thought, opinion, or object may be the same, yet there is something in the mode of expression that seems to whisper to the careful student, "This is Longfellow, that is AVhittier."

" Death is the brother of Love, twin-brother is he, and is only More austere to behold. With a kiss upon lips that are fading Takes he the soul and departs, and, rocked in the arms of aftection, Places the ransomed child, new born, 'fore the face of its father."

" At that wished gate which gentle Death doth oi)e, Into the ])oundless realm of strength and hope ?"

" I cannot feel that thou art far, Since near at need the angels are ; And when the sunset gates unbar,

Shall I not see thee waiting stand, And, white against the evening star,

The welcome of thy beckoning hand ?"

" And thou, who, o'er thy friend's low bier, Dost shed the bitter drops like rain, Hope that a brighter, happier sphere Will give him to thy arms again."

The same thoughts are expressed by them all, that death is uot a separator but a uuiter ; that the future world is not a place of uncertainty, but a place of strength and hoi)e. Yet

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how^differeut fire the figurative expressions of Longfellow from the pathos and trust of Whittier ; the classical phrases of Lowell from the tender simplicity of Bryant !

Their treatment of the cause of slavery affords another illustration of their individuality.

In all of Longfellow's poems we find that he has paid great attention to the arrangement of verse, and his words are at once simple and elegant. He is thei-efore considered by many the most artistic of the four. The king and the beggar, the divine and the savage, alike claim his sympathy and attention. " Evangeline," one of his most popular poems, a descrip- tion of the life and exile of the Acadian farmers, was the first successful attempt to use the old Latin heroic metre in English poetry. The descriptions of nature in this poem are in per- fect harmony with the story, and add greatly to its pathos and beauty.

"The Tales of a Wayside Inn" illustrate what ability Longfellow possessed of treating a variety of subjects with equal skill and interest. "The Song of Hiawatha" affords beautiful examples of music in literature.

Whittier is much more impulsive than the former, and writes, as Lowell says, " at white heats." As soon as he has grasped the thought himself, he wishes to give it to others. It flows from him because he cannot keep it back, and because he is the natural poet, almost unconsciously, in verse. He possesses a deep sense of religion, and of all that is great and good ; and his love of God and man breathes through all his works. In the " Songs of Labor" he enters into the simplest occupations, and finds something poetical in them all.

Lowell writes with more humor and incisiveness than any of the others. The number of short sayings that may be quoted on so many occasions have done much toward his popu- larity : —

" They have rights who dare maintain them." " Not what we give, but what we sliare."

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One of liis liucst i)()eins is " The \'isi()n of Sir Lauiiful," wliitli eoiidiiiis :i perfect description of a .lune duv. •' Mv Love," " To M. L.," " Irene," contain fine pietnres of womanly character. His style is broad, comprehensive, witty and incisive, and liis power of criticism is acknowledged by many to be unsurpassed.

In Bryant's writings we find more simplicity than in any of tiie others ; and he differs from them in that he holds himself a part of all natnre. The trees, flowers, streams, winds, birds and insects are alike living creatnres to him, a part of the same great family of which he is a member. He talks to them as to human friends, and sees in everything aljout him silent lessons of love.

So great are the powers of these four poets, that the more we study them the harder it is to form a just estimate of their ability and influence ; and it is only the critics of the years to come who will be able to place them according to their true merits.

Her essay was very favorably criticised by the press, and praised as " a critical analysis of rare power and discernment."

Dm-ing its progress a part of the pupils had been quietly leaving the hall in little groups, and, at its close, the second part of the programme opened by their reappearance in gymnastic dress and order. First, fourteen little boys in blue flannel suits, with tri-colored breast-knots and red neckties, marched upon the platform with wooden dumb-bells, and, without word of command, per- formed a scries of calisthenics to the music of the piano. These retired and were succeeded by nine little girls dressed in loose frocks of creamy white.

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with blue sashes' and caps of the same color, who executed a different set of movements; and* these, in turn, gave place to a squad of ten young men, commanded by Major "Wright, who went through a military drill Avhich was intently watched by the audience, especially the silent manual; and, as they disappeared down one stairway, eight little girls with silvery wands ascended the platform from the opposite side, and performed a semi- military drill. These exercises followed each other in such rapid and easy sequence that, to the eyes of the audience they formed one complete panorama.

The illness of Charles H. Prescott necessitated another break in the programme by the omission of the cornet solo, " Arbucldeinian Polka."

An exercise in geography followed, in which the teacher, showing separate models of various states and countries, was at once answered by the pupil giving its name and adding some geographical or historical fact belonging to it; after which a lad arranged upon an easel a dissected map of Europe, while two older girls read selections in raised type.

At the close of this exercise small tables were placed on the platform, and a class of the youngest boys and girls, furnished with materials for kin- dergarten exercises, busily worked in presence of the audience, while Mr. C. W. Ernst was making the following remarks : —

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Ol IJ 1)1 TYTO TIIK r.LINI) A 1)1 TV TO Or'RSKLVES.

AI>I>i:i:SS IIY C. \V. KUNST.

Lat^iks AM) (1kxti,i:.mi;n : — Your wclcoino presence shows yon to be so well interested in our friends, the blind, as to nuike it entirely unnecessary on my part to arouse your syni- patliy or to address your l)ity. jNIoreover, otiu-r [)eople have ai)pealed and will appeal to your sentiments more effectually and, I am sure, more acceptably than I could. Beside that, the blind speak to-day very well for themselves. Their addresses, to wliich avc have listened, and their interesting exercises, of Avhich we have been grateful and delighted witnesses, plead their cause with touching eloquence, to which we all have readiW responded with our applause, our sincere sympathies, and not a little of that tender emotion which dwells in this splendid audience and in every human breast. But for the present I shall bid farewell to these pleasing con- siderations, and in taking a somewhat sterner view of the case now in hand, permit me to address your reason ratiier tlian your sentiment, and your intellect rather than your feelings.

Though not strictly germane to the subject which Mr. Anagnos, the honored director of the Perkins Institution, desires me to lay before you, we should no longer forget that in a very large sense blindness is a preventable malady. The healing art — and in matters concerning the treatment of the human eye we may sa}', perhaps, medical science — has taught U3, or is beginning to teach us, that what we popularly call blindness may, in very many cases, be described as a lilth disease which can be prevented or removed by an early appeal to almost any one of the many excellent oculists who are now found in every great city of our cotmtry. Investigators* find, that of the persons now blind, about forty per cent. rei)resent the result of simple ignorance or neglect. The census of 1880

• See Dr. Huj,'o Magnus, Die BUndhcit, Breshni, 1883, p. 285, whose authori- ties are quoted.

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tells us that four years ago we had 48,928 bliud iu the country. Very nearly 20,000 of these are blind from causes of which modern medicine is no longer afraid.

The lesson of this is patent. AVhenever the eyes, especially of a child and a new-born infant, are not entirely normal, the only right thing to do is to call promptly for the assistance of a trained oculist, — not of persons who have patent medicines or family remedies, or undertake to cure by dogma, but of a trained specialist who has studied modern ophthalmology.

That branch of the medical art, thanks to the great men of our own time, is rapidly becoming an exact science, for which the thinking people should have nothing but deep admiration and gratitude, and the benefit of which is now accessible to substantially all people, at least here in Boston and throughout New England. Nevertheless we shall always have the blind with us, and we must face the problem of which they are the occasion.

From what is due to the blind, and far more from what society owes to itself, the policy may be laid down that the blind should be enabled to compete with seeing people on some- thing like equal terms. This is not a matter of charity, but, as Dr. Samuel G. Howe and his successor have not failed to point out, a matter of right. In our social intercourse with the blind it is not quite civil to remind them of what to us looks like a defect, though to some of them a state different from their own is scarcely imagined, much less estimated as it is by ourselves. But the case involves rather more than»mere cour- tesy or what the world has learned from the New Testament to call by the sweet name of "charity." The question is one of statute law and political economy, and I shall have failed in my little endeavor if I do not justify our object to your sense of right as well as to your conception of a sound public policy.

It is a fortunate circumstance that I, comparatively a stranger to you, may reason before you and with you as to what is best for our society, and that you solicit rather than tolerate a train

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"if I faSDllillir |li;lt sIldllM ln'MT tllC ICSt ol' tllC ('( Ullltilio-roolll . of

our public hiws unci of (jur soeiiil polity, liut lioston and Nt'w Kugliind have always listened to reason, and, when convinced liy adecpuite arguments, have never failed to act. Tiic result you sec licforc you in tiic litllc people who use tiieir plialile lingers in part for your edification, and chiefly for the purpose of showing that the blind no less than the seeing may become producers, artisans, and accomplished members of society.

The law requires that every child shall be educated at the public cost. And as the Perkins Institution is a school for all New England, I may remind you that in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire every child from .5 to 1.0 years old, in Connecticut every child from 4 to lO years old, in Vermont every child from .') to 20 years old, and in Maine every person from the infant age of 4 to the 21st year, is either entitled to a place in the public schools or absolutely compelled to acquire an education. If that be the law, — and a good law it is, — the blind children of New England do not ask for charity, but for their legal rights, when they or their lawful protectors ask for school accommodations. Nor would the law be wrong if it said, not that blind children may be taught, but that they shall be taught, and that the truant otlicer will step in if their educa- tion be neglected. It is strictly under the letter and in the spirit of our public law that we ask for a school in which the blind children of New England may learn the rudiments of knowledge, in order that later on they may attend to better advantage the higher school whose guests we are upon this occasion. It is hardly necessary to add that the Perkins institution is neither an asylum nor an eleemosynary establish- ment, but simply a school somewhat like the Boston Latin school. As such it is a part of our public school system ; only, while the young i)eople learn a little Latin and Greek in one school, they learn arts of equal usefulness in the school at South Boston.

Call it a kindergailcu. or a [)rimaiy school, or a preparatory

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school ; what we urge upon your atteution is that the Perkins Institution is not large enough to aeconmiodnte the blind less than nine years old, and that these young people are in need of a school, partly because they are children, and partly because they are blind. We have the law of compulsory education ; Jet your law be executed. But 1 shall not hesitate to add, let your law be executed not as a matter of kindness to the blind, but as a matter of justice and right, and because there will be hard consequences if we fail to enforce the law that stands on our statute books. For it is a fundamental maxim in ethics, of which political economy is but a branch, that the evil-doer punishes himself more than he punishes the object of his act, be that act one of commission or omission.

But how can that be ? Well ! the answer is ready and it involves a good problem in political economy. There are in the United States, to-day, over oCOOO blind. What is the annual consumption of one blind person, if we include food, raiment, housing and the merest necessaries of life ? It seems to me that $150 a year is a modest allowance. If .50,000 blind non-producers consume $1.50 each per year, the annual capital thus consumed is $7, .500, 000, or probably more than the richest state of the union raises by taxes for its own purposes. With the possible excei^tion of New York there is no state which raises $7,.500,000 a year by public taxes for its own uses. If we capitalize that sum at but four per cent, we find that our blind fellow-citizens consume the annual interest on $187,500,- 000. There are not less than twelve states in the union whose total valuation respectively does not reach that sum, and I leave it to the hard-headed, gentle-hearted men in this audience to say whether or not it is expedient or sentimental, a matter of self-preservation or a mere fancy, to save a part of our national capital, the annual product of which now goes largely into unproductive consumption on the part of the blind.

The case will be very diffei-ent if the blind are treated like all other people, if they are taught to support themselves, if

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llicv nil' Mski'd lt» piodiici' i-LpiUil iiLsLoud ul' coiisiuuiiig it, and if tlii'v ;ii»' placrd on (I'lins of entire e(juality with ourselves. Tlu'v should \(>tc, tlii'V should work lit ii trtide, tliey should liiiv :md sill, they should go to ehurcli, they should go to our phiees of iiimiseineiit like other people. The difference between tluMU and ourselves, whose eyesight is as yet sound, should be sonu'wJKit likr the difference between persons who know some foreign language and those who do not. The false difference, as between happy i)eople and the unfortunates, should be re- moved by making the blind self-reliant, self-respecting and ha[)i)y competitors in the friendly battle for all the treasures of life. A long step Avill have l)een taken in that direction if we join heart and hand in giving the ])lind children of New P^ng- laud a good primary school specially superintended by the otlieers and teachers of the Perkins Institution whose young jjiipils will now show you what may be accomplished by intelli- gent eft'orts well directed. And when you applaud these kin- dergarten pupils, do not omit to praise the teachers who have taught them and you, their friends.

Mr. Anagnos added a few urgent words of the great need of the kindergarten and his determina- tion to effect its estabUshment. He said that before autumn he hoped the trustees would purchase a piece of real estate and that they would then start, with a few pupils, the nucleus of the proposed school ; and that next year he hoped to bring upon the platform some of these little children and show the results of the work.

Now the little ones having finished their models, held them up before the audience, telling their names and some additional fact connected with thoni. These models were of considerable variety?

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ranging from simple geometric forms, wrought in clay, to a series illustrative of successive chap- ters of American history, and made with sticks blocks, strips of colored paper, etc. Thei'e was the ship in which John Cabot sought this country; an Indian wigwam; the Mayflower; Plymouth Pilgrim Meeting House ; our flag with its stars and stripes; Bunker Hill Monument; the shackles of the slave; a statue of Lincoln; and the American eagle. Eighteen girls then formed a ring and sang a spring song, a wave song and a march.

The duet from '' Belisario," " On to the Field of Glory," given by Messrs. Titus and Hammond, was remarked for having been sung "with fine intonation and the marked fidelity which dis- tinguished all the exercises of the sightless."

Then came the valedictory, by Miss Isabella Romily, which was commended as *■' well written and well delivered, not the less eff'ective that it came from the environment of a dusky skin, showing that intelligence knows not color, nor place, nor surroundings, making akin all whom the great Maker has gifted with the divine spark."

VALEDICTORY. \

Before entering another field of duty, with its many paths, we pause for a moment on its margin, reluctant to bid farewell to our cherished and happy school-days and the many friends thev have revealed to us.

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An \\c rdiacc. ill iiiriiiory, the way liy wliicli we have cdiuc. we liiid llic li()|)('.s and f'cais. successes ami lailiin's (W scliool- lil'i' iiiar\ fllinisl V and closclv iiiU'i'wovcii. And \vc iiiaik tlir olistacli's that have cast tlieir »iiiiii sliatlows Itcfoic us. and arc (li'C|tly <i.i:itc'tul U) those who liave so faithfully shown ns that •• we rise by the tliinjj,s that arc under our feet."

( )iii' love and niatitudc to all who luivc aided ns arc too ilec|) i\)V words tdone : an active and virtuous life must prove tlu'ir sincerity.

To His Kxci'llcncy the (Governor and the leuislatnrc of Massachusetts, and to the governors and le<j,islatuies of the other New Euglaud states, we proffer our ^^ncere thanks for tlii'ir liberal sui)port of our school.

To our trustees we extend our heartiest thanks for their never-failing interest and the zeal with which they labor to advance our cause.

Director and teachers : we shall ever be indebted to you for yt>ur faithful care and patience during these years of prei)ara- tion, for which we shall endeavor to prove ourselves worthy.

Schoolmates : besides the pleasant memories of school-days, we take with us one ardent hojje, in which our hearts are llrinly united. — the kindergarten, — for this shall our motto continuL' t(» be, •• Orare et laborare."

Now must we onward to take our allotted paths. And though we cannot know what awaits us in that broad field, the future, yet may we rest assured that,

" Behind the dim unknown Standeth God, within the shadow, Keepinir watch above His own."

The chorus for female voices, " Charity," was well rendered; and the diplomas were then pre- sented to the graduates by Mr. Dwight, who read the following address from Dr. Eliot : —

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To the r/nuhiates of the ilo,;/ : — 1 had liojji'd, my y<>un<2; friends, to be i)re.sent at your commencement exercises, and to perform the welcome part assigned me. But an engage- ment of long standing calls me from home, and I must content myself with leaving a few written words to be read to you at the moment of awarding your diplomas. These diplomas come, as you are well aware, not from me, or from any officer of administration, but from the director and teachers of the school, from those who have led you step by step along the way from your admission to your graduation. I am merely their agent in transferring the diplomas to your hands.

Let me speak,* in the first place, for them. Let me tell you what they have probably already told you, that they remember all you have done to deserve these honors. Thej^ look back upon your studies, upon the difficulties you have met, the struggles to do right and be right which have marked your course, and they rejoice that this bright hour dispels all shadows as it sees you numbered among the full members, the life members as we may say, of this great institution.

Let me speak, in the next place, for the friends who have gathered here to-day. They come bringing sympathy and respect with them, yet gaining a fuller measure of both from the exercises they iuive attended. There is no person in this audience who cuuuot share 3'our satisfaction in having reached the place at which you stand. The knowledge that you have won, the character that you have formed, the high purposes of the past and the present, claim our recognition, and you may be sure that we give it from our hearts.

I cannot stop without a word for your future. Not only your school-life rises before us, but the life yet to come, the days and years which stretch on far forward. They will be happy if our wishes can make them so. You take into them the affection of those who have taught you, the confidence of those who have administered the institution, and the good will of all acquainted with it and its work. This is a rich store for

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voii l(» draw lioiii Iicicaf1( i'. It is yoiiis. ymi liavc pioMMl voiirsclvcs wortliv ol' it. and so loiiu' as yon contiiiiic woitliy. wliicli I pi'ay may lit- tliroii<;lioiit your li\cs, i1 will never fail von. .Villi niay(i<>(l iiiiiiself lie very near you in all yon are vet to learn ami to lie.

Miss Lowe being absent on account of illness, was thereby prevented from receiving, in person, the diploma awarded her. The exercises closed with Verdi's chorus, " O Hail us, ye free ! " sung by a full choir of the pupils, after which the audi- ence slowly departed, many lingering to examine the educational appliances and the models made by the children.

The exercises as a whole received very favorable notices from the press. The clear enunciation of the pupils was especially remarked. The essays were characterized as " thoughtful in their nature and finished in their construction ; " the vocal music, as being " very sweet and remarkable for its harmony," and the recitations, as " wonderful in accuracy;" but the gymnastics and militai-y drill, and the exercise in geography and kinder- garten work seemed to give the greatest pleasure, as well as to excite the deepest and most universal interest, and they proved a most persuasive argu- ment for the proposed kindergarten.

FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT

THE TRUSTEES

rERKINS INSTITUTION"

Pafjfiaduifiettr) School (or the gliiul,

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FOR THE YEAR ENDING

SEPTEMBER 30, 1885

BOSTON :

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 Post Okfice Square.

1886.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Communication to the Secretary of State, ....

OIVkuis of the Corporation,

Ollicers of the Institution,

Members of the Corporation,

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Corporation, .

Repout of the Trustees,

1. Numlior and Health of the rupils, p. 17. — 2. The School, p. 18.- 3. The Kiiidergarten for the Blmd, p. 22.-4. The Finances, p. 21 — 5. Repairs and Improvements, p. 24. — 6. Printing for the Blhid, p. 2.J. — 7. The Workshop for Adults, p. 27. — 8. Death of Members, p. 28.

Thje Rei'Okt of the Director, .

Number of Inmates, p. 32. — Health of the Household, p. 33.— Changes in the Statf of Assistants, p. 35. — Scheme of Instruction and Training, p 38. — Literarj- Department, p. 39. — Music De- partment, p. 44. — Tuning Department, p. 47. — Technical Depart- ment, p. 48. — Workshop for the Boys, p. 49. — Work-rooms for the Girls, p. 50. — Department of Physical Training, p. 51. — The Kindergarten and its Prospects, p. 54. — A College to crown our system of Education, p. 79. — Generous Aid from the Press, p. 82. — International Congress iu Amsterdam, p. 84. — Conclusion, p. 88.

Acknowledgments,

General Statement of Receipts and Disbursements,

Analysis of the Maintenance Account,

Work Department,

Printing Fund Statement,

Kindergarten Fund Statement, ....

Account of Property, Sei^tember 30, 1885, .

List of Contributors to the Kindergarten Fund, .

List of Embossed Books,

List of Aijpliances and Tangible Appai'atus,

Terms of Admission, ....

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Proceedings of the Commencement Exercises,

Comments of the Press,

Letter from Mr. William Chapin,

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Comm0nfocaItb of glassatbusrfts.

Perkins Institution and Ma88. School fou the Blind. South Boston, Oct. 30, 1885.

To the IIoii. IIi:xuY B. Peiuck, Secretary of State, Boston.

Dear Sir : — I have the honor to transmit to you, for the use of the legisUiture, a copy of the lifty-fourth an- nual report of the trustees of this institution to the cor- poration thereof, together with that of the director and the usual accompanying documents.

Respectfully,

M. ANAGXOS,

Secretary.

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION

188S-86.

SAMUEL ELIOT, President. JOHN CUMMINGS, Vice-President. EDWARD JACKSON, Treasurer. M. ANAGNOS, Secretary.

BOARD OP TRUSTEES.

FRANCIS BROOKS.

JOHN S. DWIGHT.

JOSEPH B. GLOVER.

J. THEODORE HEARD, M. D.

EDWARD N. PERKINS.

HENRY S. RUSSELL.

SAMUEL M. QUINCY. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL. SAMUEL G. SNELLING. JAMES STURGIS. GEORGE W. WALES. JOHN E. WETHERBEE.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Monthly Visiting Committee.

Whose duty it is to visit (aid in^2'>ect the Tnstitutiotl at least once in each month.

		1886.	1886.
January,		. F. Brooks.	July, . . . S. M. QuiNCT.
February,		. J. S. D WIGHT.	August, . . Leverett Saltonstall
March, . .		. J. B. Glover.	September, . S G. Snelling.
April, . .		. J. T. Heard.	October, . . James Sturgis.
May, . .		. E. N. Perkins.	November, . G. W. Wales.
June, . .		. H, S. Russell.	December, . J. E. Wetherbee.
Committee	on Education.	House Committee.
J. S.	DwiGHT.	E. N. Perkins.
Francis	Brooks.	G. W. .Wales.
S. M	QuiNCY.	Francis Brooks.

Committee on Finance.