States and Territories. In the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, at Delavan, oral instruction has been given for many years to such pupils as it appeared would receive practical benefit therefrom, and a good measure of success has attended these efforts. And to the end that whatever can be accomplished with this method of instruction and culture may be realized, the oral teaching force has been augmented, and now numbers three ladies, who devote all their time to this system, their classes being instructed wholly therein. TABLE 66.-Summary of statistics of institutions for the deaf and dumb. Total 61 596 7,411 4, 254 3, 157 52, 278 7, 345, 364 1, 335, 463 100, 724 1, 332, 540 a This includes the Deaf Mute College, an organization within the Columbia Institution. Expenditure for the last year. TABLE 67.-Statistics of institutions for the deaf and dumb for 1833–86; 2 3 4 1860 J. H. Johnson, M. D....... 1868 1860 Alabama Institution for the Whipple's Home School. Francis D. Clarke, M. A... D. C. Dudley, A. M 1818 Job Williams, M. A 1869 N. Hammond 1885 Park Terrell Georgia Institute for the Deaf 1846 Wesley O. Connor........ and Dumb. Chicago Day School for Deaf- Voice and Hearing School for 1875 Rev. Philip A. Emery, M. A., D. D. Illinois Institution for the Ed- 1839 Philip G. Gillett, A. M., LL. D . . . . . From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-'85. a These statistics are for both departments of the institution. from replies to inquiries by the United States Bureau of Education. Pupils. Property, income, &c. Average number of years spent in the institution by pupils. ས Female. 5 66 87 8 40 9 45 9 84 8 24 20 8 4 2 9 29 44 Central New York Institution North Carolina Institution for Cincinnati Day School for Deaf- 1875 Alfred F. Wood........ Ohio Institution for the Educa- 1829 Amasa Pratt, A. M......... 1870 1821 Rev. P. S. Knight, superintendent Mary S. Garrett...... 1883 Emma Garrett Private School for Teaching 1885 Western Pennsylvania Institu- 1876 Rev. John G. Brown, D. D.. Rhode Island School for the Deaf. Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum. 1857 1839 West Virginia Institution for 1870 Wisconsin School for the Deaf.. 1852 Thomas L. Moses Rev. W. Shapard, superintendent John C. Covell, M. A John W. Swiler, M. A., saperintendent. Milwaukee Day School for Deaf *From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884'-85. E. M. Gallaudet, PH. D., LL. D., president. E. M. Gallaudet, PH. D., LI D., president. Lars M. Larson Henry C. White, A. B a This institution has two branches, one situated at Brooklyn (510 Henry street) and one at Throgg's Neck. The statistics here given are for the three branches. An organization within the Columbia Institution; its statistics are there included. |