Report of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Academy for the Blind, 1899-1900

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GEORGIA. ACADENY FOR THE BIND, "ACON REPORT

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1899-1900
FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
01' THE
TRUSTEES
OF THE
GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND
MACON, GA.
TO THE
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.

PRE

MACON, CA.: OF :\UTH & "'AT 0:'1:,
1900-

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BOARD OF VISITORS. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.

GOVERNOR'S BOARD OF VISITORS.
THOS. G. LA"'SOX,
Putnam COllnty.
T. B. CABA ISS,
)Iollfoe County.
J EL BRA~II 1\1,
Floyd COllllly.
R. H. PLANT,
Bibb COllnty.
R. C. ~EELY,
Burke County.
N. B. DREWRY,
Spaldillg County.
CHA . P. IL\~ ELL,
Thomas COllnty.
A. L. HlJLL,
.Clarke County.
HE. TRY R. GOETCHIC
:\lllscogee Couuty.
JOH~ A. COBB,
. umler Couuty.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.

SENATE.

1\1. T. PERKIN, Clia il'lIlfl/l . . . . . . . . . . . Habersham County.

J. A. BRAKXJo;X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bullock County.

Cor. '.liBUS HEARD . . . . . . . . .

Greene County.

:\1. T. HODGE

Pula ki County.

R. J. MOYE

Jobnson County.

J. F. REDDI 'G . . . . . . . . . . .

' . . . . . . . . Pike County.

\VM. RAWLINGS

\Va bington County.

W. E. TEED . .

. Taylor County.

T. C. UTTON

Terrell County.

B. E. THRASHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oconee County.

J. K. THO;\1PSO:-l .

. .... Bank County.

'. T. \VINGFIEI,D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Putnam Couuty.

HO'USE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

J. C. BEAUCHA;\[P, Cliairlllan. . . .

. . Pike County.

J. H. HALT. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . Bibb County.

E. \Y. WATKIXS .

. Gilmer County.

J. L. HARDIN. . . . . . . . .. .

Liberty County.

\\'. A. BLACK . . . . . . . . . .

Whitfield County.

D. P. ROSE. . . . . . . . . . . .

Camden County.

J. J. UPCHURCH . . . .

Charlton County.

A. J. BROWN . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . .. Bryan County.

\\'. C. BRYAN. . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd County.

J. J. EA.STERLIN

.. 1\Iacon County.

T. \\'. FAlX . .

. . White County.

AlII E[, GAY. .
J. D. HA;\DIETT

. Colquitt County. . . Troup County.

L. F. JOIl,'SON .

. Appling County.

R. R. HEXORICKS

. Tatlnall County.

G. P. MARTDl

. . Banks County.

J. R. 1\ICCRAKIE

Berrien Countv.

J. P. PADGETT

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Echols County.

\\:. H. Y A'1'ES .

. . Catoo a COUll ty.

J. C. NELL
T. J. LEE . . .

... Johnson Couuty. . . . Pulaski County.

J. R. GRORGE .

. .'. DeKalb County.

J. B. BELL

'palding County.

N. D. BLACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawson Couuty.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

BE~ C. SMITH, President,

T. D. Tlt'\TSLEY, Sec. & T,'eas.,

CHARLES E. CAMPBELL,

A. L. l\IILLER,

JOH~ L. HARDE~IAN,

THO. . CO NER,

GEO. B. JEWETT.

ORGANIZATION
OF
GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND.
OFFICERS AND TEACHERS.

OFFICERS AND TEACHERS.

D DLEY "'ILLIA:M , PRH\CIPAL.
W:\I. F. HOLT, 1. D.,
Physician.
C. H. PEETE, l\L D.,
Oculist.

WHITE DEPARTMENT.

1\1155 l\L ELIZA R AI,
chool ~lalrOI1.

MRS. AGNE S. FI DLAY,

MISS ANNIE V. DUNN,

1\1155 MATTIE LOU BA~KS,

1\1[55 E I!\IA JONES.

Teacher in chool Deparlmeut.

J. J. B RK ,
MRS. R. W. MACDONELL,
'reachers in )Iusic Department,

MISS MARY WILLIA IS,
Pupil Assistant.

W. S. CARGILE,
Librarian and Supervisor.

DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.

MISS MARY CA IPllELL,

1\1155 BELLE CA iPBELL,

COLORED DEPARTMENT.
1\1RS. E. A. WILLIAMS,
i\lalrOl1.
MISS SARAH l\lcKIKLEY,
Teacher.
1\1155 \\'ILLIE GAITHIR,
Pupil Assi tant.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT.
GEORGIA eADEMY FOR '.rRE BLIxD,
Macon, Ga. October I5th, I900.
H07l. Allen D. Ca7ldler, Governor 0/ Georgia:
SIR; I belT leaye to hand to you the Annual Report of the Officer of the Georgia Academy for the Blind for the year ending September 30, I900. These Report will furnish your Excellency with a rnnning account of the "'ork and condition of the Institution during the pa t year
You will ob en'e that a large fraction of the annual appropriation has been devoted by the Board of Tru tee to the making of certain repairs and improvements that have been pres.-in ly neces ary; the'e expenditure have been mentioned descriptively in the Principal' Report, 0 that.it \vill not be required to outline th m here. There yet remain many repairs and improvements to 1e made, and the Board will attend to these as it i enabled to do o. The e need are mentioned by the Principal and are al 0 specified in the Report made to your Excellency by the Board of Visitors appointed by you to vi. it the Academy at the cio e of our chool ses ion in June bst.
Be ide the expenditures cia ified in the Principal's .ummary of "Receipts and Di bursements" the Board ha spent a certain amount which you will find pecified in the Treasurer's
Report, thi arne report al indicating the Board's financial
tanding with the Treasury of the State. Attention is re pectfull)', and e 'pecially called to the Report
of the isiting Committee app int d by the Governor from the citizens of Geonria, wherein certain repairs and impro\' ments for the pre enTation of the property and for the better comfort of the inmates are recommended, and the Legislature requested to make an appropriation of 6,000 to cover the e repairs and improvements.

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FORT\:-~IXTH AXNUAL REPORT

The Tru tee. feel that the amowlt of 6,000 additional o\'er the l\Iaintenance Fund, which is yearly prO\'ided, can be wisely and intelligently spent in benefittinO' the property and making the e unfortunate ward- of the 'tate more comfQrtable. But recognizing the fact that the State has many calls ,to respond to, which taxes her Treasury to the utmost, we respectfully ask that the u 'ual annual appropriation of 18,000 for maintenance be granted us, and that the additional lllll of $+,000 be appropriated with which to make the challO'e and imprO\'emeuts recommended by the Committee, \yith the exception of the laundry, the cost of ,,'hich is e timated at >- 2,000. It i belieyed by the Board that while this \yould be an important addition to the work of the Institution, it can be po tponed to a later date when perhaps it may be more conyenient for the State to make the exp nditure.
I desire to ay that the Trustees feel a deep intere t in the charO'e placed in their keeping by th State, an intere t that is e\-idenced by the frequ ncy of their meeting and the constancy with which th yare :eeking to make the Academy a suitable home and. chool for the unfortunate children who come into their care. ur di po ition i to pro\'ide for these young people in a manner that shall make them a. comfortable a may be and at the same time, to furnish them ,,'ith the best educational adyantage. consistent with our funds in hand and our intention to follow the polic) hitherto pur ued by us-the policy of making the fewest demands po 'sible upon the Legislature.
\Vith sentiments of reo pect, I hm'e the honor to be,
\'ery truly,
BE~ C. Sl\IITH, Pres'l Board 0/ Truslees. Georgia rlcadclJI)' /01' !lie Blilld.

TREASURER'S REPORT.

REPORT OF TREASURER.

GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND,

Macon, Ga., October I t, 1900.

To the Trustees 0/ tlte
Georgia Academ)' for the Blind.

GENTLE:i\IEN The by-laws of the Board pre. cribe as olle of the duties of the Trea 'urer that" he shall make out, annually, a general statement of the receipts and expenditures of the In titution to be appended to the Annual Report of the Trustees. ' In conformity with this requirement, I haye the hOllor to ubmit this my report for the fiscal year closing with September 30th, 1900.
It will be remembered that Mr Chas. E. Campbell, the yery efficient Trea urer who preceded me, resigned the office of Trea 'urer of this Institution on October 24th, 1899, at which time I was elected to fill the vacancy thus created. On retiring, 1\1r. Campbell turned over to me as the maintenance fund (which i. derived from the yearly appropriation of the Legislature) the um of $ ,053.92, which amOlmt included the lao t quarter's appropriation for the year 1899. This report, therefore, commences at that date.

MAl TE ~ CE F ND.

REcEIP'rs.

Jan. 22, 1900.
Mch.27, April 24,
Oct. I,

Received from Chas. E. Campbell, retiring Treas-

urer

8,0-3 92

Received from State Trea urer, First Quarter's

Appropriation

. 4,500 00

Received refunded from Dunlap Hardware Co ..

5

Received from State Treasurer, econd Quarter's

Appropriation

. 4,500 00

Received from State Treasurer, Third Quarter's

Appropriation

.. 4,500 00

TOTAL

21 554 42

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FORTY-NL 'TIi A:'<~{;AL REPORT

EXPENDITURES.

Oct. 3 f , 1899
~ov. 8, ~ov. 15, Dec. 1,
Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Dec. 19, Dec. 23,
Jan. I, 1900.
Jan. T, Jan. 9, Jan. 19, Jan. 19,
Jan. 19,
Jan. 19, Jan. 25,
Feb. T, Feb. 1,
Mch. 1,
Mch. I, ~Ich. 27, April 1,
April 2, April If,
May f,
:'lIar 1, :'IIay 25, June 2,
June 2, June Jnne 16,
. Junt: 2 ,
July , July 20, Aug. 2,

Paid October Pay~roll-Priucipal, Teachers, aud

Help

.. 759 75

Paid Insurance Premium- outhern MutuaL . II 25

Paid October Bills as pa sed by Board

. 1,063 89

Paid 'o\'ember Pay-roll-Principal, Teachers and

Help

.. no 25

Paid Treasurer's alary for ovember

.. 12 50

Paid Iu urallce Premium-Southern l\1utual .. 27 00

Paid overnber Billsas pas ed by Board

. 1, 26 7 30

Paid lacon Paving Co., balance due-for paving

fronl walk

.. 8600

Paid December Pay-roll':-Principal, Teachers and

Help Paid Trea urer's alary for December

. 742 75 .. 12 50

Paid Treasurer's Baud

.. 15 00

Paid December Bills as pa sed by Board

.. 1,631 50

Paid Alex. Blair for plans and supervising work

of healing Boys' Dormitory

.. 54 82

Paid S. l\I. ubers' S n's approved bill for steam-

heating Boys Dormitor}'

.. 731 00

Paid Cha . E. Caldwell, C. E

.. 12 50

Paid Dudley Williams, Principal, advanced for

housekeeping contingencies

.. 100 00

Paid Trea urer's alary for January

.. 12 50

Paid Pay-roll for January-Principal, Teachers

and Help

.

Paid Pay~roll for February-Principal, Teachers,

750 75

and Help Paid Treasurer's Salary for F bruary

.. 745 75 .. 12 50

Paid for Bunting

. 15 00

Paid l\Iarch Pay-roll-Principal, T.eachers and

Help Paid Treasurer's Salary for March

.. 742 75 . 12 50

Paid Jauuary, February and March Bills as passed

hy Board

..

Paid April Payroll-Principal, Teachers and

Help Paid Trea urer's alary for ApriL

.. 745 50 .. 12 50

Paid April Bills as pas ed by Board

.. 872 19

Paid Pay-roll for May-Principal, Teacher and

Help Paid Trea urer's Salary for May

.. 739 50 . 12 50

Paid Cabaniss, \Valker & Coleman-Insnrance.. 50 00

Paid :\lay Bill as pas ed by Board

. 952 62

Paid .'Elna Fire Insurance Co.-Premium Paid Treasurer's Salary for Juue

.. 9000 . 12 50

Paid June Payroll-Principal and Help Paid July Pay.roll-Principal and Help

.. 434 00 . 310 00

GEORGIA .\CADEMY FOR THE BLIND

J7

Aug. 3r, 1900. ept. 20, ept. 20,
Sept. 20, 'ept. 30, ept. 30,
Sept. 30, Oct. 10, Oct. ro,

Paid Augu l Pay-roll-Principal aud Help .

Paid B. \.. \\'ise-lnsurance Premium

.

Paid Treasurer's Salaries-July, August, Sept. ..

Paid Co!>!>, tet on c' l\IaJlary-In urance

.

Paid June and July BiJls a passed by Board .

Paid September Pay-roll-Principal, Teacher,

Elc

.

Paid Geo. B. Jewelt-In urance Premium

.

Paid August and eptember Bill passed hy Board

Balance onlIaud deposited in First alioual Bank

of Macon lo T D. Tinsley, Trea urer Georgia

Academy for lhe Blind

.

32800
25 00 37 50
20 75 508 36
695 00 20 75
,r83 08
2,147 06

TOTAL

21,554 42

ADDl'l'ION.\L RF.POR'1' OF'!' D. TINSLEY, 'rREASURJ';R OF THE GEORGL\ ACADEi\fV FOR THE BLIND, ON THE SPECI L FUND L\\TES'1'ED FOR 'rUE BENEFI'r OF 'rHE puPIL AND K TOWN AS "Pl;PILS F ND."

The former Trea urer, Mr. C. E. Campbell, placed in my hand' at the time of myel ctioll as Treasurer, in cash the following amounts as belonging to this fund

Cash

.

.

Cash

.

TOTAL

1,5 5 or

He also cleli\'ered to me a belonging to this fund the following ecurities

Scrip 952-4 Shares of Soulh W stern Railroad
tate of Georcria 3 ~~ ~I Bonel
tale of Georgia 3~ ';, Eond
City of Macon 4.Yz " Rond City of 'lacon 4~ 'fr Bond City of l\lacon 4~ 'k Bond .. .. City of l\Iacon 4~ '!o Bond

tock

1,400 00
r,000 00
1,000 00
500 00 500 00 500 00 500 00

Total face value

5.400 00

I ha,-e collected on the e securities

Jau. R. 1900. Dividend on South Western Railroad tock

Jan. 8,

Coupons on tale Bonds

Jau. ,

City of "lacon Bouds

. 35 00 . 35 0:> . 45 00
II;; 00

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FORTY-XINTH AN UAL REPORT

On January 17th, 1900, I inye ted by order of the Board $1,677.50 of the cash on hand, a follows

Georgia 'outhern ,,' Florida Bond, First Mortgage for 1,000 $1,072 50 City of Macon Bond for 500........................................................................ 605 00
This adds to the il1\'estments $1,500, at face value, and leaves ;u my hauns in cash a balance of 22.SI, deposited at the First National Bauk of Macou.

Recapitulation of Pupils' Inve tmeut Funds on haud October r. 1900.

14 Shares of Southwestern Railroad Stock

1,400 00

State of Georgia Bond

1,000 00

tate of Georgia Bond...................

),000 00

City of 1\Iacon Boud

500 00

City of l\Iacon Bond. City of ;\Iacon Boud City of l\Iacon Bond.

500 00 .. 500 00
500 00

City of Macon Bond

500 00

Georgia S nthern & Florida Railroad

1,000 00

TOTAL

6,900 00

Balance of Cash on Hand............................................................................ 22 51

There is a dividend due on the S uthwe tern Railroad Stock not yet collected and, therefore, 110t induded in the abo\'e cash.

The'e securitie are depo. ited in the Safe Deposit Vault in the Exchange Bank of lacon, the box being entered in my name as Trea 'urer
Re pectfully,
T D. TINSLEY, Treasurer,
Ceorg'ia Academy}01' tlil! Blilld.

GEORGIA AC.\DE:\lY FOR TilE BLIxD
lacon, Ga., ~m'ember !..l.th, 1900.
The under iQ"TIed, a Committee appointed by the Board of Trustee. ot the Georgia Academy for the Blind to audit the foregoing report of the Treasurer of the Board, hereby report that they have, by examination of the book of that officer, Yerified each of the several entrie., finding- them all to be correct, and in addition" that they have examined and Yerified the balance in the bank and the securities in the Safety Depo it Vault.
T U. CO"X~ER, GEO. B. JEWETT
Comlllittee.

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT.

PRINCIPAL'S ANNUAL REPORT.

Board if Trustees,
Georg-ia Academy for tlte Blind:
GEN'l'LEl\JEN: I herewith present to you my Annual Report, as Principal of the Georgia Academy for the Blind. It is my hope that it will not prove unduly long; the Board has been kept constantly informed a to our condition and need: as an Institution, so that it will not be nece 'ary that I recite at the present time the matters upon which I believe the Trustees should dwell in making their Annual Report to the Goyemor and the Legi 'lature of the State. I presume that the gentlemen will take any steps that may strike them as being wi. e in the matter of requests, financial and oth rwise to be placed before the LeO'islature.

RECEIPTS AND DISB RSEMENTS.

RECEJPT .

Balance 1 98-1899 Checks from Treasurer-Payroll and Checks from McIntosh Couuty Checks fram \ are Counly
ale of Old Wagon

.

3 63

Iailltenance .. r8,898 13

.

33 00

..

15 00

.

12 50-- 18,962 26

DJSBURSEMENTS.
l\Iailltenauce, Payroll and Repairs and Improvements

18,962 26

EXPENDI'l' RES CLASSJFIED.

Payroll

.

Provisions and Pautry. Supplies

..

Fuel, Lights and Water Supply

.

Pupils Clothing, Sewing Materials, etc

:

..

Housefurnishing and Domestic Supplies

..

Current Repairs and Improvements

..

Heating of Boys' Building

..

Extra Hire for Cleaninf.f, Repair's, etc

..

Architect

..

Surveyor

.

Telephone

..

Poslage, Telegrams, etc.

..

7,763 5 4,798 62 r,374 II
608 12
1,034 58 76943 731 00 3 6 77 54 82 12 50
45 00 9 22

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FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT

Railroad Expellses, treet Car, Freight, Expre s, etc.

School Expenses, Book, Appliance, etc

.

Music, Tnlling and Repair of Instnllnellts, etc

.

'Work-shop Expenses and Materials

..

Board of Two Pu pils-Vacatioll

..

Drugs alld Infirmary upplies, Dentist, etc

..

Printillg and tationery

..

Laundry

..

Insurallce

..

Barber

:

.

Sexton

.

Oculist's Bill of Expen es

.

Photographer

..

232 41
199 51 66 50
49 95
33 00
76 5 193 65
111 12
280 00
23 65
5 00 12 50 II 25-$1 ,962 26

The above statement and analysis of e.-penditure' ho\ys my financial standing with the Board from Oct ber I, I 99 to date, and display al. 0 the \-ariou directions taken by the funds placed at my disposal. It will be obseryed that the disbur 'ement for the year exceed our appropriation by 962,26, a fact due to the Board' haying had to expend abo\'e a thousand dollar. on extraordinary improvements and repairs-the heating of the Boys' Building, the purcha e of needed furniture and domestic supplie , etc. The Trea urer' , Report will hm'\ that our excess above the appropriation does not mean an e" penditure of more money than 'we have had in hand, . ince thi. exce:s ha' been drawn from a balance which the Board and Principal. have, by clo e economy,
aved in former years with a purpo: of devoting the arne to the supplying of unusual property and 'ch 01 demand '. The remnant now left of the balance mention d will be applied, of cour e, from time to time and at the Board': (Tood plea 'ure, to the pur-
po e pecified. From our appropriation for this year we have
practically uo balance left-a condition regrettable from the :tandpoint of figure and precedent alone but not in th lea t deplorable when one con'ider that the money, pent has gone in the direction of an improved condition in the lives of these children and in our status a' an In titution. Iy as ertion receive' its easy verification when a comparison is made b tween our expenditures of thi year and of last.

EMERATION OF PUPIL .
Pupil enrolled October I, I 99-September I, 1900. Pupil', \Vhite Department-GirL Pupils, \Yhite Department-Boys . . . . . . . .

GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND

Pupil, Colored Department-Girls

10

Pupil. , Colored Department-Boy

20

\'erage attendance . . . .

9

Pupils admitted temporarily.

7

Pupil admitted permanently

16

Pupil lea\"ina school becau e of improved sight.

6

Pupil leadng chool because of bad health.

2

Pupils lea\"ing school, no cau e assigned.

2

Deaths ...

1

A verage age

13

1'."'U)IBER OF P PILS FRoC\r COU",TIES REPRESE" "rED.

Applin a Baldwin Bibb .. Bryan . Calhoun Chatham Clarke . Clayton Clinch. CO\\'eta . Crawford. Daw'on DeKalb Dougherty Dodge . Elbert . Emanuel Fulton. Gla cock Glynn Gordoll . G'Yinnett Hall .. Harris. Hancock Jeffer on Lauren

3

Liberty

Lowndes

II

McIntosh.

I

Meriwether

Monroe

2

3

Montgomery

I

2

Morgan

2

::-'Iu coaee .

2

Ne,,ton

1

3

Oglethorpe

Paulding

Pickens

+ Pike

2

2

Putnam

6

Pula ki

2

4

Randolph.

Richmond

2

18

Rockdale

I

cre;'en

'I'attnall

3

'I'errell .

'I'wiggs

I

2

Walker

3

Walton.

I

2

\Vare

I

Worth.

I

Our school is 'maller than I should like to be able to report it, but I am glad to ay that it i increasing in ize as the number

FORTY-NI TH AN 'UAL REPORT
of pupils admitted show. I might name a the two mo t evident cause of our havina- a small roll of pupils the clo ere. triction so wi ely placed by the Board upon the admis ion of seeing children, and the short period permitted our pupil to remain in the Institution (eight year). During the pa t year I ha,'e devoted a great amount of time and attention to the task of distributing through the tate information concerning our chool, and have devoted much effort towards coming into communication with tho e who hould be deri"ing the benefits offered by the State through the Academy. The re ult has been that our roll . hows promise of con tant, though slow, increa e in pite of our difficulty in getting the In titution known and under tood among the parents and guardians of young blind people and in spite, also, of the reluctance so often manife. ted by ignorant and overfond parents and friends in rea-ard to parting e,'en temporarily with the little ones. The school would be much larger did our fuuds warrant advertisement and canvassing by the officer' of the Institution in person: but an expeuditure of thi kind i: one that the Board has expres ed it elf as not empower d to endorse.

CHOOL EN MERATIO J

ORD1XARY CIIOOL DEPART)IEXT.

Readina-

,,...

67

pelling

,....

63

Arithmetic and ~'umber'

102

Igebra

,

2

Language, Compo:ition and Literature.

60

Point Writing. . . , , .

39

History- nited tates

29

History-General

6

Civics

7

Geography

55

Physics ..

Il

Phy iology

J'

cript Writing.

Recitations and Speaking

Primary ature tudy

EI men tary cience

I J~

GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND

MUSIC DEPART)IEX'l'.

Piano rgan

\'iolin

7

Totation

31

Singing-Chorus Cia 'e

37

Singinu-Children': Singing Cia :e

34-

Boys' Band . ..

.

5

IND S'I'RIA1. DEP R'bIE::\i'T:

e,Ying .

22

Chair eating .

6

Broom Making

16

CO R 'E OF I STRUCTION.

Co)nro" SCHOOL DEPARTJlIEWr.
FIRST GR.\DE-ReadilJ<Y, Spelling, \Vriting, Primary Number Study, Primary Nature tudy Recitations, Hi tory Stories.
ECO::\i'D GRADE-Reading, 'pelling, 'Writing umber tudl', Primary Xature tudy, Recitations, History tories.
TIITRD RADE-Reading pelling, Writing, rithmetic Primary Languaue Lesson., ~ 'ature tudy, Recitati ns.
FOt;RTH GR.\DE-Reading, Spelling, Arithmetic, Language Lessons, Geouraphy and ~ ature Study Recitations, Typewriting.
FIFTH GR.\DE-Language Lesson., Physiology, rithmetic, Hi tory of the nited tates Geography, Recitations, \\ ord 'tudy, Typewriting, cript Writing.
IX'l'n GRADE-Composition, Arithmetic, History of the nited States, Geography, Recitations, H istor 1 of Georgia, Physics,
SEVEN'l'H GRADE-Rhetoric Algebra and advanced rithmetic, General History, Physical Geography, Phy:ics, Recitations, Geography.
EIGHTH GRADE-Rhetoric, Aluebra, General History and GO\'ernment tudy, Chemistry. Animal and Plant Study Recita-
tions.

FORTY-l INTH ANAL REPORT
MUSIC DEP RTlIffiNT.
Individual lessons on piano, organ, \;olin, flute guitar and mandolin. (The in trumel1t adopted with each pupil is a matter that i left to the discretion of the Director, who decide from the standpoint of the pupil's proficiency and the 'i\"i h~s of the pupil' friend '.)
Class instruction in vocal music, class singing etc.
Training in Orchestra.
Clas instruction in harmony thorough ba ,etc.
Studies in the history of mu. ic.
Reading and writing of point type 111U. ic, and training in the u e of ink print music.
IXD STRIAL DEPART:\lExT.
In truction and occupation in caning chair making brooms and mattres -making.
Instruction and occupation in sewing knitting, crocheting, etc.
A glance at the enumeration of the pupils in the variou branches and studie "'ill furni h a mea urably just conception of \\"hat our choo! is doing in an educational \vay. I am glad to be able to ay that what is being done i. being done in a sati factory manner. Our teachers in all department. are eyer faithful and are apparently deeply intere. ted in the work. The children und r th ir care and instruction manifest a grateful and affetionate respect for them that cannot but be the result of kindly and positive influence on the part of the teachers. I am more than happy to be able t inform the Board that our \York,' both in the home and in the chool, i. in better organization, in a more ystematic condition than it ha been po.. ible to realize heretofore. "-e hm'e recently been able to achieve a gradin CT of our cia. se's and our course of tudy such as has not hitherto seemed "'ithin our reach, and I a111 sure the result will be a finer quality in our endeavors.
Referring to our cour e of tudy I "'ould 'ay that I belieY;) what "'e are pro\'iding for our pupil' i what is mo t e ntially nece sary and that we need modify nothing we are doin CT at pre ent when \ye begin to introduce into our work departmenst

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27

not in exi tence now but "ery much needed. Concerning the directions in "'hich intelligel,lt, progre i"e conceptions su<Yge t our moving if we are, at any time to enter upon a further irnprO\'ement in our tanding and condition a a school, I ha"e spoken plainly on more than one occa ion, and I trust that the time will not be far di tant when the Board will ee it ,vay to adopting the addition I have recommended, Our chool is what our ftmds permit, and the ab ence of anything further needed i' due to our limited financial ability, I regret to say that our mechanical department ba, for ometime uffered from thi di ability. Our chool department, too, lack in apparatus, furniture, and appliances \yhereby "'e might achie"e better results; e:pecially, with more money, might we introduce into our work much needed objective method: of teaching-methods by which the child COI11. into a finer and more thorough development of mind through use of hand as well as pure mind.

DOMESTIC DEP,\.R'OlEX'l'.
Concerning the physical condition of our pupils during the past year, I feel that "'hat I said on this ubject in my la t Annual Report lUay be repeated with little variation save the statement that from the standpoint of health ,,'e have had an e,'en more unusual experi nce than last year in freedom from :ickne s-a fact that i due in no . mall degree to the u tomary contant attention that i' g1,'en their health-all the slightest tendencies to 'ickne . that betray themseh'es bein<Y arrested as soon a: detected.
The ladie. who ha"e the hou e and home arrangement. in char<Ye are the ame a heretofore. They are e,'er vi<Yilant, and never forgetful of th comfort and' ". Ifare of the pupils, and . ek trenously, ,vithin the strict economy demanded of u by our limited maintenance funds to provide as comfortable a home for the children as pos, ible. Without luxuries, our scho I furnishes its inmate with as sane a diet, as healthy a ~chedule of life and habit, and as free a home a. can be demanded by anyone who ba the true interests of young people at heart. I must commend ju. there tbe diligent. uper\'i 'ion of tho'e ill our school, \vho:e duty it is to ,,'atch the children and pres ITe a caution again t disea e. It i not out of place to . peak, in this conn ction, of the <Yreat sen'ice re}1dered our household by our phy:iciun, Dr. \V. F. Holt, who take the ke nest inter st in the welfare of the

FORTY-l -INTH A 1 VAL REPORT
pupil, and i unremittino-Iy prompt and ready "'ith his kind, a "'ell as . killful attention to the children when we haye occasion to make calls upon him. His visits are frequent and his concern for the sanitary conditions of the place are uncea. ing. He has . been th chool's phy ician for over eighteen years, and the hi. tory of his relation to the place ic; one that is full of disintere ted b . neyolence. His intimate knowledo-e of the con titutiou of the blind a' a cIa s i' a pos ession that i very valuable to the chool.
I must not end what I hm'e been aying concernino- the good comfort of our children without mentioning the re ults cominofrom the introduction by our Board of a perfect y tem of . teamheating into the Boy" Building at the \Vhite Department. Instead of a buildino- not at all heated or expo ed to fire dano-er when heated from the grates in certain of the rooms in that hou e, , e now hm'e a pleasant springtime temperature even in the severest weather.
It will be permitted, I trust, to say just here in the behalf of the Institution that our pupil' and all the inmates of the Academy recognize gratefully the e\'er con. tant desire of the Tru tee to consider the comfort and the \velfare of the hou ehold: if our Board 'ho,,-s an interest in one point rather than in another, that point will be found to be the physical ,,ellbeino- and happine of these blind children, the aim being with them first a good home and aft rwards a school.
I desire to call e. pecial attention to the benefit deri\'ed by our household and In titution from the services of our Oculist, Dr. C. H. Pete. During the year his treatment of tho'e ca es among our pupils where he has been needed the several :uccessful operations performed by him, his con tant and skilful supen; ion of all the pupils and his prompt examination of per. on: applyinofor admission, a al 0 his frequent examination and record. made concerning the eye. of all the inmates, hm'e manife ted an interest on hi: part that has made his appointment not only a \velc me fact to the Academy from within but a wi. e, far-s ing action on the part of the Board.
APPROPRIATIO .
\Vhen the Board of \; i. itors appointed by the Governor of Georgia according to custom, mad their yj it t 'the cademy in June last, they performed mo t gen rou. Iy aJ~d helpfully, as well a. thoroughly, the dutie. impo.ed upon them, and I take great

GEOR IA ACADEl\IY FOR THE BLum

plea:ure in referrin our Tnt. tee' to the Report made by tho. e

g ntlemen to the Governor concerning our condition and demands. I had an opportunity of reciting to them our pr s:ing needs aud was more than gratified when, after inspectioll, they corroborated

my tatemeut very practically and in detail. I would suggest that our own Board follow up the recOl11m ndations of the Visitor and requet of the Legislature just uch fui1Cls as will meet our needs-needs of our chool and property with which the Trustees are intimately acquainted. E pecially ,","ould I urge that our Board request that there be a restoration to the Academy of the appropriation ( '20000) which was our:, until two year. ago when, in their willingne to bear their part in the retr nch111 nts instituted in Georgia at that time, the Board and the former Principal volunteered to suffer, without suggestion from the Leo-islature, a reduction ,2,000. I am fully alive to th unusual reputation which the Academy has made for itself through its unwillingne s to pre ent demands to the Legislature except under extreme circum. tance ; but I fe I in an equally keen deo-ree that we shall need more funds than we now have if we are to mini ter to our charges in more fruitful fa hion than we are doing no,\'.
Respectfully

DUDLEY V. ILLIAMS,

Oct. 9, 1900

Prillcipal.

\

REPORT OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.

ANNUAL REPORT OF ATTENDING PHYSICIA
To tllc Prcsidcnt and Board of Trustecs of tltc Georgia Academ)' for tllc Blind:
GE:-<TLE]I[E:-<: I am gratified to again report that the health of the pupil in both the \yhite and colored chools for the year ending eptember 30, 1900, ha' been exceptionally good. The <aricd and more whole ome diet inaugurated by the present Principal has exerci 'ed a salutary influence on the health of the inmat . In conformity with the By-Laws, e,'ery pupil in both the white and colored schools was fully protected by vaccination whell the term do ed.
The heating apparatns in the new building warm it thoroughly and adds greatly to the comfort of the boy.
The Board of Trustee are fully alive to the unsanitary condition of the main buildin<Y- the waste from the bath tub' is emptied into the sanitary. ewers through the trap of the \mter do. et )-and contemplate correcting it as o~n a the neces ary fund are appropriated.
I \"ould reiterate the recommendation made in my fomler report a' to the nece sity of prodding a modern heating apparatu: in the colored chool before the ad\'ellt of cold weather. Also that the gymna ium be prO\'ided for and equipped, and that bath tubs and water do 'et. b fumished for the Infirmary.
I would be plea 'ed and gratified if the Board \"ould adopt my 'ugge tion for uniforming the \,"hole choo!.
Respectfully submitted, W~'I. F. H LT, Physician in Charge.
MACON, October 4, 1900.

REPORT OF OCULIST.

OCULIST'S ANNUAL REPORT.

To tlte Bom d of Trustees
of tlie Georgia AcadelllJI for tlie Blind:
GE)<TLE)IE~: In making my report for the year jut past, I hm'e seen fit to give a table. howing cau es of blilldnesi', or impaired vision, of pupil' attending, and justifying their admi ion into thi in titution. In everal ca e it was impo.. ible, from the hi tory gi"en to CYive accurately the cau es of blindne or impaired vi ion. I have therefore classified them a' best I could under the circum. tance. There are, no doubt, ome whose conditions were caused by inherited. yphili and other uch di 'ease , yet having to get the hi tory from the child, the e things could not be elicited from them.
In ome ca e where the hi tory wa ,'ery meager I have clas ed them uuder the head which seemed most likely to have been the cau. e .
You will notice in my table of cau e that the large t number come under the head of Ophthalmia Teonatorum, this being a disea e contracted at time of birth.
A number I have, on account of uncertain hi tory, put in my table as Blenorrhcea. I feel sure some of these hould have been put under the head of Ophthalmia Teonatorum and ome a' Gonorrhcea, yet the doubt of hi tory ha' allmved me to classify the e a I have.
Several pupils who e eye ight have improved ,,-ere dismi . ed. During the la t e. ion I made thirty-nine professional visits to the school; I te ted the eyes and furni hed glas es for ix of the children. I operated for the remm'al of cataract in m'o ca es, in one givill CY the I atient good, useful vision, the other receiving light benefit. In three cases the eyeballs were removed.
Re pectfully,
C. H. PEETE, M. D., Oculist.

Blenorrhcea...............

7

Congenital Cataracts

7

Injury

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Choroidal Atrophy..........

8

Ophthalmia Teouatorum

;...

27

Atrophy of Optic ~ 'en'e

9

ficrophthalmia

4

Exce siYe Astigmati m

2

Alublyopia

3

Chronic ConjtillctiYitis

I

Scrofula

3

ceration.

2

lea Ie.'

2

Remain of Retinal Art ry..................................................

4

Hydrophthalmia

2

Cataract

.

Meningitis

2

Panophthamitis

.

Albino

.

Feyer.

2

Di 'located Len.'

.

Tracon1a

2

nexan1ined

2

REPORT OF GOVERNOR'S BOARD
OF VISITORS.

REPORT OF GOVERNOR'S BOARD OF VISITORS.
To His Excellency Governor A. D. Candler:
Of the State Board of Vi itor to the Georgia Academy for the Blind, appointed by your Excellency, Me r. T. B. Cabaniss, Joel Brannan, R. C. Neely, R. H. Plant, and Thos. G. Lawson, met at the Academy on the morning on June I t, in tant, in the City of Macon, and "'ere joined by Dr. N. B. Drewry in the afternoon. The Board organized by electing Thos: G. Lawson, Chairman. Mr. Dudley Williams, Superintendent of the Academy; Mr. Ben. C. Smith, Pre ident of its Board of Trustees, and Judge J. L. Hardeman, al 0 a Trustee-to each of whom we are indebted for many courtesies-conducted us through the buildings and cheerfully and promptly an wered all inquiries and furnished all information sought from them.
Me sers. I eely and Plant were appointed to examine the Trea urer's books and v~uchers, and havino- performed that duty reported that II we find the books and vouchers of the accounting officer of the Academy neatly and accurately kept so far a opportunity wa afforded u for in pection and verification."
The various apartment of the building, incIudng school room , bed rooms, infirmaries for males and female ,dining rooms, kitchen I lavatories, bath room and cIo et , inside and out ide the main building, are model of neatne and deanline . The bed room in the buildino-s occupied by the white inmate are moderately well furni hed with enameled iron bed teads (single), good cotton mattresses, heet., blankets, white cO\'ering , and chairs. \Vith the existing facilitie' for heating these rooms there is no rea on why the occupants hould uffer any di comfort. They are not over-crowded. The furniture in the infirmarie i of imilar character, affording, as is obvious, scant comfort for the icknot the fault of the management, but of the meagre appropriations to this splendid charity. There were two patients in the infirmarie -Qne ayoung man, the other a little girl-each of whom had but recently endured the painful excision of an eye. The furniture in the chool rooms is of the rudest and most primitive style. It consi t of plain wooden desks (so-called) constructed of two boards, one above the other, with a few inches of pace

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between sen'ing as a depo:itory for hooks, etc, e,-tending- across the room, and a \yooden stool for each student, constructed of an upright post ,,"ith a piece of board al out t\\"(~h'e inches . quare fastened to the top of the post, All these seab are of the same size and height and are destitute of backs or any other contrivance to rest the stndent. The only e\'idence of modern i111pro\"(~ ment apparent in any of thi. furniture \\"as th red paint that sought to conceal some of its dekcts, The he. ting apparatu,.; in the building- occupied by the "'hites was :aid to be efficient.
The kitchen is located underneath the dormitories and other rooms, conseqnently while the Illeal.- are bei;lg cooked ltnpl a:ant odors pen'ade the entire building, and if not detrimental to the healthy inmate, must be nau"eous to the sick. The kitchen ought to be n:l11o\-ed to the top of the hOll.e, or a building ought to 1e erected for a kitchen oUbide of and apart from the main biulding. A book containing the bills of fare for the daily three meals was exhibited to us, from which it appears that the food consnlned is both \Yhole,;omc and of ample \ariety.
-either one of us \\"as qualified to judge intellio-ently of the course of instruction in the Academy nor of the degrees of attninment on the part of the student:-. \Ye \yould sugge t, howe\"(~r, that to the liberal art there taugl t, appliancc be added for teaching all the m chanic arts that a blind person. or persons with defecti\'e \"bion, can reasonably master.
\\That has been abo\"c stated concerning the building and ts contents, occupied by.the whitc inmates, is true also of the building occupied by the colored illmates, e.cept that the bedsteads in the latter are made of "'ood, tho'ugh :lIbstantial and of adequate comfort and eleg-ance, and that the latter building i:; not fut nished with modern heating apparatus, In the care and superyi~ionexerci:ed there. eems to be no discrimination against either race,

RECO:lL IE. DATIO. S.
The room used as a laundry and its appliances are \\'hol1y inadequate to the purpo..e. . Inch of the laundr) ing, for \\'ant of necessary roOUl and facilities, is done ontside in the ity at a cost which might be sayed if better facilities were prO\'ided in the Academy, '1'0 say nothing of economy, it is eYident that when the laundry is hired in the city the inmates of the. cadem)' are more or less always e.po~ed to ..uch infection: disea:es as may be pre\"alent in the city, But on the 'core of economy only, it will be found less expensi\"e in the cour~e of years to prO\'ide for thi

GEORGIA ACADE:\IY FOR THE BLL'D
\York in the Academy. \\Te therefore recommend that _-2,000.00 be appropriated for the pur ose of supplying the Academy ,,,ith .uch room and apparatus as may be necessary for the laundry.
\\-e recomt11end that _300.00 be appropriated for thepurcha. e of more comfortable and elegant furniture for the school room:.
Our attention was called to the def cti"e plumLing and dangerot\:; sanitary condition of the main building. To make the necessary repairs the co. t of labor and material ,\"ill not be considerable. :'1r. Ben. C. mith, President of the Board of Trustees, has, at our reque. t. furnished us \"ith an estimate of the cost, prepared by :'1r. John :'1. Daly, Inspector of Plumbing for the City of illacon. According to his estimate, Sgoo.oo 'Yill be sufficient to pay for the lahor and material requisite to placing the building in an efficient sanitary condition, and we recommend the appropriation of that amount.
The tin roof of the maill huilding has ,yithstood the weather and climatic changes of the past thirty years. It has dOlle and suffered ellolwh. \\Te did not need an e_-pert to inform us that it ,,,as unfit for further sen-ice. It is leaky, and to protect the walls, ro ms and furnitur fr011l damage during a rainfall, tub: and other vessel must be plac d under the leaks to catch the water. illr. Ale_-ander Blair, an architect of the cit:, has furnished us ,rith an estimate of the cost of putting a new tin roof, or a grm-el roof. which h thinks more suitable, 011 the building. His estimate of the labor and material for ither style of roof, i: _goo. 00 to _ 1000.00, and we recommend a sufficiel1t appropriation to meet this demand.
\Ye recommend that a sufficient appropriation be made to supply the building occupi cl by the colored inmates ,,,ith a modern heating apparatus. This imprO\-cment ,,-atl1d enhance the comfort of the inmates, afford better :ccurity against loss by fire, and effect a saying in fuel. ~1r. Blair estimates the cost of this improvement at ,~800.00 or _goo. 00.
Some. ections of the walks and flooring of the main huilding need repairing. \\Te failed to :ecure estimates of the cost of thi. ,,,ork, but it ought not to he neglected.
In addition to the usual annual appropriation for the maintenance of the Academy, we reCOt11m nd all extra S 1,000.00, to be u 'ed in supplying uniform. for the children, .fitting up a gynlllasiu1l1 in one of the large rooms of the main building, extendillg the curriculum, impro\-ipg the grounds, and such other incidental

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change as may tend to promote the health and contentment of the inmates.
It seems to us that while the State i so generou. to other classe of her citizens, notably in her liberal pen ion laws and in her donations to the common schools, she could well spare, without derogation from the e, the paltry ,6,000.00 recommended above, to equip for usefulness and happiness that class of her citizens who are smitten with the indescribable horror of blindne s. And thi suggestion is re-enforced by the fact that for two years last past the Trustees of the Academy, when called on to name the annual appropriation that would suffice for its needs, have, in view of the general financial distre s, voluntarily named an amount that was $2,000.00 less than they "'ere accustomed to receiving. The hard ti mes are now, we trust, pa$sing a way, and the time has come for the State to restore to them the money which they so generously relinquished.
We recommend also that the Superintendent and the Board of Trustees of the Academy be invested with a larger discretion in relation to the length of time that an inmate shall enjoy the advantage offered by theAc~de111Y. It is obvious that some inmates acquire the instruction and training of the curriculum in a much shorter time than others, and that a hard and fast rule a. to the period of their training cannot justly be applied to all.
We also recommend that it be made the duty of the County School Commissioners of the State to a.-certain the number and the names of the blind people in theirrespecti\'e cOllntie , and the' names of their parents or guardians, and to report the 'ame annuaHy to the Superintendent of the Academy in order that he may be able to communicate with them and inform therl1 of the State's beneficent provision for their care and education.
In concluding this report, it afford u plea 'ure to ay that, in our judgment, the Superintendent and his Assistants, and the Board of Trustees, realize the possibilities of this splendid charity; that they are profoundly interested in the work, and that they are achieving the best results from the inadequate mean at their command. Re pectfully submitted,
THOS. G. LAWSON, Cltairma17, T. B. CABANI S,
JOEL BRA::\'BAM,
R. H. PLAT, R. C. I EELY,
. B. DREWRY.
JUNE, J9, 1900.

PROGRAMME.
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.

MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.

BOY'S BAXD-" Dream \\'aHz,". . . . , . . . . , , . . . . . . (.1111/[1

PIAXO DUET-" May Breeze," . . . . . . .

, . . . . . A'i1l/[

ETHEL KELSF.;V and XE\'~\DA ADAi\IS,

CHILDREI 'S CLA S SOXG-"Ju t Like This," .

. . 5010111011

PIAXO D '81'-" Arrival of Santa Claus," . , . . Et.:T.\f.A BRADJ,Jo;Y and JA, IF.; SAXDERS,

. E1l/[e1man

\'IOLIN Dl"ET-" Sounds from Home,". , . . . . . . ' , . . . C1l1l/[1 PA 'I, DOXEHOO and WILI,IA:\I COOPER.

,"OCAL TRIO (Double I)-" The, pider and the Fly,"..

, IVi/[/[i1lS

BERTHA HUGHF.;S, ETHEL KgT,SIE, Lv !I.E RICl';,

MAY ERWOOD, WALTF.R SAPP, JUUUS Si\IITH,

PIAXO Dl'ET-" ::\linuet,", .. , ..... , ERl'EST KENT and JnDITE HILDS.

... lJfozari

CHORt: FOR FE:HALES-" Gently Falls the Dews of E\'ening,"

,,....

. lJlercadallle

PIAKO Dl"ET-" Marche des Tambour ," IIA'I'TIF. \\'HI'I'SWI'T and GERTRUDE JONES.

... Wells

VIOLIN SOLO-" Romance de Lucrece Borgia," , ,. PA 'r, DOXEITOO.

. ... A1'Ioi

DorBLE QL'ARTETTE-" Guide Thou my \,"ays, 0 Lord!" ( chubert) . . , . . , . . . . . . Arr. by Dressler
MARY \\'IU.IA~IS, J.~XlF. SA1'DERS, GERTRUDE J01'ES, DORA SHORT. JAi\IF.S CHILDS, \"n,r,IAi\I COOPER EDWARD TAYLOR, PA'I'i\IAX SNIDER.

PIAXO nl"ET-" OYerture to William T II," . . . . . Arr by Rummel MARY \\'ILLIAi\IS and PAI'L Do. 'UHOO.

CHORt: -" The Greenwood," , , ... , ..

f'ierlhl/[

PIA. '0 'SOLO-" Impromptu, Xo. 3, Gp. 142," , :'I1rss :'IiARY \\'Iu.rA~IS.

c1111berl

'CHOOL ANTHEl\I-" Praise to God Our Father," . . . . , . . . YOUli/[ People's HYlllllal

Exercises 1IIIlstralit!L' oj' Work DOlle i1l School J)eparlllle1l1.

ROLL OF PUPILS.

ROLL OF PUPILS-1899-1900.

\YHITE DEPARTl\IE~T.

BOYS.

a11lC.

BARRETT, ARTHUR

BARRETT, JOHN

BARRON B.-\RNIE.........

BAILEY, WALrER................................................................

BA GH, BELTOK

BEDIXGFIELD, FLOyD.........

.

BI~roN, JESSE

CARROLl" ROBeRT

CHILDS, JAMES

COL\\'ELL, THO:\IAS

COOPER, \VILLIAlII.

COUCH, FRED

CROW, Roy........

DONEHOO, PA I.......

..

D :\IAS, Roy

GLOVER, \VILLIE

GRIFFIN, GEORGE

HARBETT, CHARLIE

HERRING, JASPER

.

KE T, ERNEST...............

KING, ICHOLAS..........................

LOCKLEAR, CHARLIE

MASSEY, Do GI,AS...........

MATHE\YS, JUDIlE..................

MILLER, ROBERT...........

PAYNE, ELBERT

PHARR, LA WREXCE

.

PHIl'AZEE, HARRy.......

..

REAGI!", J A:\lF.S...................

..

REDDI~G, ALBERT.....

.. .

REEVES, CLA 'D..

Ro NTREF., \YELBORl'E. ..

RICHARDSOK, RALPH..........................

ROBBI:, , STEPHEK

SAPP, RALPH

SAPP, "ALTER.................

.

SCH\YARZ, FRIW

SHIP, ALTO~

SMALLWOOD, ORVILLE

Cou1Ity.

Daw on

Liberty

..

Hall

..

Elberl

Hallcock

.] effer on

Hallcock

DeKalb

Glyllll

Bibb

\Valton

Clarke

.. Flllton

FllltOU

l\10nroe

Lowndes

AppJitlg

Elbert

\Vorth

..

RiclImolld

.. 1cTIltosh

Paulditlg

...Muscog e

..

Bibb

.. Fulton

..

Coweta

:\Iontgomery

..

ilIonroe

..

DeKalb

.. Bibb

.

Fulton

Emanuel

.. Fulton

Gordon

Dodge

Dodge

Chatham

Cowela

\Valker

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S:\IlTH, J LIl:S

'NInER, JERRy

.

THWELL, LELA.D

T AVI,OR, EDWARD

\\'-UT, CHARLIE .

\\'ELL5, TUO;\l.-\S

. ...... Tattnall ..... Glascock . , Bryan
Chatham ....... Fulton
Bibb

lVame.

GIRI.S.

Couuly.

ADAMS, NEVADA..

Walker

BE. ');ETT, ARLIE. ....

Clinch

BOl:TWI-;I.L. ROSA BELL

..

Bibb

BRADLeY, El:LAI.A

""

Tattnall

Bl'R);HA;\I, DOYlE

.

'"

Dod~e

CAGLE, SEnu,.\.....

., Pickens

C-\RROLI" A:<NrE BELl.

. .. .

DeKlllb

DA Y, ,\l"lSIE

Dodge

D DGE . TO;\Dln: Lop..

FulLon

ERWOOD, M A Y . ...Fulton

FEl"N, DAISY

..

Fulton

GEORGE, ENNIS..

.. DeKaIb

GU.E, LEOI.A

Crawford

lIARRIS, PEARl....

.

Harris

III. 'V5;\IA:-I, BELyA..............

... Coweta

H L;\IE5, PE.\RI............

.

Fulton

lIl:GHES, BERTHA..........

Richmond

Jmms, GERTRUDE...........

Rockdale

Jo~ms. "'lADlE............

Twiggs

JO:-lES, ~I.-\TTn-:.............

. IIall

KgLSIE. ETHEL....

.

Fulton

:\In.I,ER, CARRIE

Fulton

:\lozo. ~I.\GGIE...........

Dodge

O\r;RBEY. ]E);)lIE

Laurens

PE \COOK, PEARL

.. Pula ki

PEACOCK, SADIE

..

Pnla ki

RICE, LUCiLE...... .

Gwinnett

SA:-IDER5, ]A);IE.

. .Elbert

SAPP, C.\RRIE..

... Dod ye

SCHWARZ, A.'. <IE

ChatlJam

SHORT. DORA.............

. Clarke

SDIONS, ~IATTm BEI,I,

. ..

.~Iu cogee

TIPPE, S, ETHEl.

.

Appling

W.\TSO. , LILLIE

Walker

\\THI TSI'I'T, HA'rTIE

Pulton

SPECI,\I, I'l:PU.S.

1\1155 ~I.\R\' \\'I.LU;\I.

"'lacoll. Ga

\\"U,l,IA;\1 SU.\RPTON.................................................San Luis Potosi, ~I('xico

GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND

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COLORED DEPARTMENT.

Name.

BOYS.

COlmty.

ARRINGTON, WtLLIE

ANDREWS, MONROE

BELL, ROBERT

BURGESS, CHARLIE

CONNER, \VILLIAM

CRAWFORD, HO~1BR

GAITHER, CHARLIE

HOWELL, HENRy

JACKSON, JOHN

JACKSON, ANDREW

MABREY, BEN

MAGBY, LUTHER

PATTERSON, HENRy

RICHARDS, ORWOOD

REDDING, WILLIAM

SMITH, LEWIS

:

THOMAS, PINK

WALL, ATHANIEL

WILLIAMS, JgDI IE

WU,SON, J A;lIES

\VRIGH'f, POJ,LARD........

Appling

Pike

Bihb

Ogletborpe

Scre\"en

~.~

Randolpb

Tewton

Lowndes

forgan

Ware

Dougberty

,

Meriwetber

Fulton

Bibb

Bibb

Tattnall

Morgan

Bibb

Cal boun

Fulton

.

Fulton

BOONE, GENEVA Cox, BELLE FIEf,DS, CLAUDINE HAWKINS, SUSIE; JENKINS, LUDIE LUCKIE, ESTELLA McINTOSH, CLARA PE:<INYlIIAN, JOSEPHINE THURMAN, FLORIDA \VALKER, IDELLA

GIRLS. ,

Fulton Fulton ; Clayton Putuam Dongberty Terrell Elbert
Pike Fnllon Baldwin

CENSUS STATISTICS.
BLIND CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE IN GEORGIA.
EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER,
1897.1898.

CENSUS OF BLIND CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE IN GEORGIA, 1897-1898.

CO NTY OR CITY.

Appling

_

.

Baker

.

Baldwin

.

Banks

.

Bartow

.

Cartersville (city)

.

Berrien

.

Bibb

.

Brooks

.

Bryan

.

Bulloch

.

Burke

.

Butts

.

Calhoun

.

Camden

.

Campbel1

.

Carroll

.

Carrollton (city) .......................................................................................

Catoosa

.

Charlton

.

Chatham

Chattahoochee

:

.

3

.

2

Chattooga. Cherokee

.

2

3

.

Clarke

.

2

Athens (city)

.

Clay

.

Clayton

.

Clinch

.

Cobb Marietta (city)

.

4

4

.

2

Coffee

.

2

Columbia

.

Colquitt

.

. Coweta Newnan (city)

.

3

.

Crawford

.

Dade

.

Dawson

.

Decatur

.

Bainbridge (city)

.

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DeKalb

Dodge

Dooly

Dougherty

Douglas

Douglasville (city)

Early

Echols

Effingham

Elbert

Emanuel

Fannin

;

Fayette

Floyd

Rome (city)

For ytll

Franklin

Fulton

Atlanta (cIty)

Gilmer..

Glascock

Glynn

Gordon

:

Greene

Gwinnelt

Habersham

Toccoa (city)

Hall

Gainesville (city)

Hancock

Sparta (ci ty)

Haralson

J

Tallapoosa (city)

Harris

Hart

Heard

Henry

Houston

Fort Valley (city)

Perry (city)

Irwin

Fi tzgerald (city)

Jackson

Jasper

Jefferson

Johnson

Jones

Lanrens

Lee

;

White. Col.

.

2

.

1

..

3

.

..

.

.

.

..

.

2

..

. 12

..

.

.

1

.

2

.

1

2

..

8

2

..

7

4

.

..

..

3

2

.5

..

.4 ..

.

..

;.

.

..

.

..

.

.

..

.

.

3

..

I

..

..

.

..

2

..

.

2

.

.

..

4

3

.

GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLI D

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Liberty

Lincolll

LOwlldes

Lumpkill

:l\1acoll

MadisOlI

1\larion

McDuffie

J.\>lcIlltosh

IVIeri wether

Miller

:l\1il t o n

~:ritchell

M:ollroe

NIontgolllery

~lorgan

Madison (ci ty)

Murray

M:uscogee

Columbus (city)

Newton

Oconee

Oglethorpe

Paulding

Pickells

Pierce

Pike

Polk

Cedartown (city)

Pulaski

Hawkinsville (city)

Putnam

Quitman

Rabull

Randolph

Richmond

Rockdale

Sch ley

Screven

Spalding

Griffill (city)

Stewart

""

Sumter

Americus (city)

Talbot

Tal iaferro

Tattnall..

Taylor

Telfair

White. Col.

.

3

.

.

.

.

.

.

2

.

2

.

.

,

.

.

.

.

_

.

.

.

..

2

.

..

.

.

.

2

.

.

..

.

.

.

.

.

~

.

3

.

.

.

3

2

.

2

6

.

.

.

r

.

r

.

.

.

3

.

.

.

.

.

3

..

FORTY-NINTH A NUAL REPORT

White. Col.

Terrel!.

.

2

Dawson (city)

.

Thomas

.

2

Towns

.'

.

Troup

.

6

Twiggs

Union

,

.

5

:..

Upson

.

\Valker \Valton \Vare

.4

..

3

.

Waycross (city)

.

Warren

,

..

\Vashingtou................................................................................................

2

\Vayne

.

Jesup (city)

..

Webster

.

\Vhite

.

\Vhitfield

~

Dalton (city)

.

\Vilcox...........................................................................

2

Wilkes

.

Wilkinson

.

\Vortli

..

2

2

Total

125 140

CIRCULAR. APPLICATION.

'.

CIRCULAR.
Thi is an in titution, as its corporate name implies, for the education of the blind youths of the State. It is not, therefore, an asylum, nor a ho pital for the treatment of eye disea es.
The Academy compri. es two departments, one for "'hite and one for colored. The e departments, although conuected, under the same management and superintendence, and conducted on the same sy tern of government and in truction, are located: on separate lot and have no internal conllectioll other than that named.
The course of in trncti II 2nd training includes: The School Departnient, in wl.ich blind childrell and youths are in tructed in all the branches laught in 1110 t of the common and higl1 school of the tate. The Department of Music, in which in. truction in "ocal and in trumental music i gi"ell to tho:e pupils who manife t an aptitude and capability in thi direction. The Industrial Department, in which the blind are trained in manual wOrk and in certain handicrafts.
Q 'ALIFICATIQ 'S FOR AD:\!I SIOX.
The Academy recei\'e uch youth., male or female, a are hopelessly blind or deficient in ight to that degree which prevents education in the ordinary method; between the age. of seven and t\venty-one years; of sonnd mind; free from chronic disease that would interfere with in'truction or incommode the hou ehold' and of good l1Ioral character and habiL. .
Blind men, not too old to learn a trade, will be receh'ed as apprentices in the Illdu trial Department on the same terms as pupils are received in the .choo!.
'l'BRl\IS OF AD IISSION.
Those of the State haying the requisite qualifications. are taken without charge for board and tuition, being supportedupoll State appropriation, Per on maki ng appl icatiou must fn rni h proof of citiZen hip and re idence of two year iu this tate immediately previou. to the time of application. It is expected

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that those who are admitted into the in titution, shalI come provided with a supply of good comfortable c!othiqg. to be replenish,=d by their friend or means provided therefor, from time to time, as it becomes ueces ary. \Vhere it is impossible for the friends of the pnpil to provide the above named uece sities, and proper certificates as to such inability are presented, it is cu 'tomary for the Institution to supply what may be needed-it being clearly and definitely understood that uch furnishing i intended simply to supplement what the parent or guardian is able to do. The above statements also hold good with referellce to traveling expense..
JJ a person admitted to the benefits of the school, shall, after
a fair trial, prove incompetent for useful in truction, or disobedient to the regulations of the Institution, or in any way unfit or improper to be retained, he or she will be di charged.
Persons from other States may be received upon such terms as the Trustee may accept.
Pupils are Gldmitted at any time, All wl{'o are admitted here have their eyes examined by the Institution Oculist, and if at any time he finds that sight and eye strength are ufficient to make it unnecessary for the pupil to be retained in the school, he uotifies the Trustees, and, upon their authority, the person is dismissed,

INFORi\fA'.rION.
All persolls are requested to send to the Principal the names and addres es of blind children and youths kno,\'n to them, with a statement of the circulllstance, 0 as to enable him to form 'ome opinion as to their fitne s for adtnissiolJ into the Institution, and to as ist in putting him into communication with their friends. The information sought may be conveniently given in imple answers to the questions contained in the "Application" formwhich form is usually sent, upon reque, t, to any who may desire to have blind persons admitted iuto the Academy. Tho e making application for such admission should give true and correct answers to the question a. ked; sr.ould procure whatever certificate are required and forward the same, with the Application, to the Principal; and in no ca'e should the per 'ou be sent to the Institution before the application has been favorably acted on by the Tru tee , and notice to that effect has been issued.
Persons bringing pupils to the In::;titution or visiting them

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there, .cannot (except upon special occa ions) be furnished with board and lodging while in the city.
All WllO accept the provision' of the State for the education of the blind, place themselves under obligations to keep their children or wards in the school, without unneces ary interruption or iuterferen e, during the full term of year allowed, for otherwise the school fails, in great measure, to accomplish the design of its establi hmellt.
All who are admitted compose one family in each of the two Departlllellts, respecti\'ely, alld Ulnst conform 'to the O"overnment of the school (wlJich resembles that of a well regulated family) and be placed ou an equality as to attention, opportunities, labor, etc. There will be exerci. ed contilluous supe.rilltelldence of the health and the manuers and morals, of the children.
All letters to the pupil' 'hould be add ressed to the Academy, aud all boxes or packages should be ent in the alne way, alld should have trausportation prepaid aud safe delivery provided for.
The anu ual school term begi us in September and ends in June, on dates determined each year by the Trustees and dnly anllollnced by the Principal to the friends or the pupils.
The friends of the pupils are writteu to twice in each mouth, and, in case of :ickne. s, are informed promptly and regularly.
Persons desiriug further informatioll are requested to address-
DUDLEY WILLIAMS Principal,

APPLICATION.

Trllstees oj'the Ceorgia Academy j'or the Blind, lIfacoJl,. Ca.

GENTLEMEN: Desirillg that the perSOll named below shall

be admitted to the benefits of the GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE

BLIND, I here\\'ith furnish the information required by you in de-

termining whether

be a proper ubject for education in that

Institution:

1. arne of the person for who e admission application is made?

2. Age ?

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3. Sex?

.

4. Race ?

.

5. Is the hlindne s total or partial?

.

6. If partial, to what extent i the sight deficient or the eyes affected? .

7. Cause of blindue ,if known?

..

8. Was the person born blimP If not, at \ hat age did the eyes become

affected?

.

9. Ha\'e the eyes beell examined by a physician?

.

10. U so, what treatment has been gi\'ell?

_

.

II. Is the persoll of sound mind and susceptible of education?

..

12. Has the person ever attended ~chool? If so, where and how long ? .

13. Is the person of good character alld habits?

.

14. the person ill good health alld free from disea es that will interfere

with in tructioll or illcol1ll1lode the household?

.

15. Kc.me of pareuts or guardiau?

.

16. County ?

.

17. Post Office?

.

I. Can the parents or gnardian furni h proof of citizen hip in the tate?

19. Name of the person who obligates himself to take care of the pupil

during vacations and to remove the same at any time should such

remo\'al be requi red?

.

20. What pro\ision is made for clothing alld railroarl fare?

..

I certify that the all weI's to the abo\'e question are true and correct,

and I promise that if the person for whom this application is made, be ad-

mitted. I . hall, ill e\'ery respect in which I am concerned, con form to the

rules allel regulation of the Institution, and that if.

be not a

proper subject or hould at any time, pl'ove to be a person who should not

be in the Institution, I shall immediately remove

whell 1I0tified

by the Tru tee or the Principal.

(Sign here)

. PaY~llt or Guardiatt.

U'tlless.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
We take this opportunity to expre. our gratefulness (for the kindne e. named belO\, ,) to the following:
Penn yh'ania In titution for the In truction of the Blind, through it uperintendent, Mr. Ed\Yard E. Allen, for two large boxe of book and reacli ng matter in Broille sy tern of point print.
Mr'. C. E. chofield, for yocal recital complimentary to pupil of the Academy.
lis. e' Fannie and Louise ingleton, for mu ical entertainment complimentary to pupils.
Ministers of the city who hm'e kindly conducted weekly n~ ligiou' exercises in the In titution.
Prof. J. R. :'10 eley, for lecture given to pupil.
\\ esleyan Female ollege for 'pecial im'itation to its public entertainment .
Those railroads of our State that have given us reduction in railroatl fare.
The lacon Telegraph, for reduction in ub cription price. The follo\\'lng papers that hm'e been ent u free of charge: Chri tian Ob. en'er, of Loui 'ville, Ky. Christian Index, of Atlanta Ga, \Vesleyau Christian Ach'ocate, of Atlanta, Ga. Colorado Index-Colorado chool for the Deaf and the Blind, Colorado pring. West Yirginia Tablet-\\ est Viro-inia chool for the Deaf and the Blind, Romney, 'vV. a. Good on Gazette-- iro-inia chool for the Deaf aud the Blind. Philauthropic Iudex and Reyie\y, Kalam~oo, rich.
unday chool Les ons (raised print)- ociety for Proyiding Evangelical Religiou Literature for the Blind.
DUDLEY WILLIAMS, Principal.

GEORGIA ACADEl\IY FOR TIlE BLIND.
(COLORED SCHOOL.)

GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THF BLI D.

17

are doing. If asked whether, in carrying out this scheme of work, we are wholly fulfilling the function implied in the establishment of thi Institution, I must answer candidly, no: I believe we are only partly doing what i demanded-the finer and more helpful element in our purpose a a school lies ahead of us, as yet unrealized. Our school, at pre ent, i an ad\'ancement on what i past, just as that past was a good a could have been expected under a narrow financial limit and under the general conditions then existing-the conditions that made it possible for the blind to get along in the world with a Ie s complete dc\'elopment than competition and closer population now require. The time ha come when we lDUSt advance and more closely and conscientiously adapt our methods and the content and management of thi place to the actual blind child. So far, our work bas been primarily with the child's intellect and secondarily with wbat we are pleased to term the branches looking towards self support (money making) among our graduates. Henceforth we must realize that, in order to accomplish our function, broadly and freshly considered it is a prime consideration of our to deal with the child as an individual who must be fitted to go out and take his place in the world reputably and equally with hi eeing brother. The urest way of doing this is to give him not only his school work, but uch a home training as will most rouudly develop him-fit him roundly to be among meu; make him free of all tho e peculiarities that eparate his fellowmen from him and lead them to think him queer; train him to be self-helpful, enterprising, willing and used to work at anything he find to do' beget within him a quickening impulse toward self-activity; have him grow up
ound and lithe in body; have him more or less acquainted inductively with the manners and customs, the social usages and better expectatious of bis fellowmen.
Toward sucb a conception we are borne by the inevitable condition facing each of our pupil -the simple fact, as sure a daylight, that be can no longer expect easy self-support (except under unusual circumstances,) through any particular trade or profe ion that we have been accustomed to give. Competition is uowadays too sharp; and in order to guarantee a livelihood now we would have first to find him a situation and then get his employer or patrons to wait for him until we could properly traiu him for the special work obtained-manife tly an impos-

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sible process. But what ,ye can do is to train him in such a way as that he will be able and wi/liug to do any work that presents itself when he leaves this place, and will be full of the conception, or, more to the truth, the faling that hi: only opportunity for success lies in finding work, creating hi. own method of selfsupport, being inventive and apt to detect channels in which he can work out hi own opening to self-re pecting activity. And, again, to thi idea of the neces. ity for personal effort on the blind man. part, ,ye mu t add that other and equally true idea that his attitude toward life mu, t not be, as has been pain_ fully the case heretofore, that we, his fellowmen and educators, measure his re ults in dollar, aud cents, bnt rather in his O\yn life. testing it as to its fullne 's of actiyity and good whether in work that pays or in work that, without compensation, makes him felt as useful SOIJlCll'!lcrc in a practical way; such an attitude he mu t understand to be ours and that of his friends, I presume that there is no one in Georgia \\'ho looks upon this Institution as a financial iuve t11lent. And ju t here I wi h to say, in speaking of self- upport among the blind, that oftener than not the friends and relatives of our graduates mar the lives we are di cu ing, by not feeling it a dnty to help the unfortunate brother to work and self-respecting activity; the mi taken idea \"ith the e friends seem to be that the graduate IIIU t either earn a living through the few means we profe s to furnish here or it in idleness at home; th y seem to look too much to this Institution for the self-support of their children, It i true, I am glad to say, that very many of our graduates earu a li\'ing through music or broom-making' but in l1ine ca es ont of ten, in my opinion, thi succe s i attributable primarily to p r:onal enterprise on the part of the person and hi' friend., This Institution cannot guarantee any mean of self-support; it can ouly train its wards in the way that will make self-respect and u efullabor mo t probable. I may be excused for devoting "0 much space to this puint the point i. important in that some lUi conception eem to exi:t in the minds of many touching the relation borne by thi Institutiou to self-support among the blind. In my statement of the case, I am endorsed by the best men who are eno-aged in the profession of edncatiug the blind, and, as far as I can judge, by our o\\'u Board. Certainly the facts in\'o!\'ed ju tify rue in saying as I have been doing, that what rest upon our school a a duty is simply to furni 'h our pupils with a souud fortifying preparation, a individuals, for life.

GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR 1'HE BLum.
I~ fulfilling the duty named, I think we need undo nothing that ha' been done thu far; our line of progreso lies in simply adding to what we are doing; this I say stating by way of information, that, having in mind the po sibility of new departments in our \'-'ork, I have lessened the hours of actual school-room exercises, this sfep being also made in the intere t of health; '0 that, introducing new elements will not overcrowd our children. Iu the way of needs in our chool, I wi h to mention the following, each seeming imperative:
1. A gymnasium, or physical culture department, such a , being in charge of a specially prepared per on, will mini tel' not alone to good health in the highest manner, but also to ease and lightnes of carriage among our children. It i needless for me to stress this work as imp rtant; being without the sight that leads among the seeing, to lI1ulation in appearance, and having bodies that, because or blindness, are peculiarly prone to unshapeliness and stooping, our children need physical training of a raclically thorough nature, more than is po 'ible in the drills our teachers are already conducting in the chool-rooms for a few minutes each day. I belie"e, too. that this department will tend to bring about self-helpfulness in the place of the helplessne that too largely prevails among our children at pre. ent.
2. manual training department, in which our boys shall gain the cunning hand and the self-helpful 'pirit, as well a. the educati"e developluent of mind that cannot but come through this uew means of expression-the practical work invoh'ed in making articles of carpentry alld using systematically, tools of various kind '. Of all our needs thi eems most pre' 'ing, for no one who i without daily contact with the blind can understand how helple s they are \\'here the lea t dexterity is required-a helplessne. s that reacts on the whole life, I believe the introduction ot" thi feature into our com e will have the effect of brightening the child's life and dissipating a certain inertne' that clings in manhood to the blind. Certainly too, it is not necessary to call attentioll to the fact that education through doing is resourcefulof fine result:. This department will lend it. elf also, to the life of work '0 much needed by our pupils. Just here I may say parenthetically that so far it has been a fault in this Institution that we have not required a certain amount of actual labor on the part of tho e whom we profe s to train for self-helpfulness, the consequence of which policy is a . ort of indisposition for

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work on the part of the blind who go out from this school; thi is an evil that finds an ea y reform in requiring a rea onable amount of practical labor. Our pupil feel this need and welcome the idea of making work an element in their school life. The workshop I recommend will help satisfy this demand and will also minister to a preparation for self-support as, when the boy gets advanced in his cour e, it will be a simple matter for him to learn any trade open to the blind, for the department I urge should be entirely practical, and while at the start, not unlike Sloyd, it should not, I repeat, stop at anything less than what will serve the special practical demand of the pupils of this particular place. I am glad to ay that our Board i. already taking thi matter into consideration.
3. A more extensi\'e work department for our girl. What we are at present doing satisfies so far as it goes, and our housekeeper, in the one hour at her disposal for this purpose, accompli hes most encouraging results. But we need to enlarge this feature of our course until it includes more work of the kind done at present, as well as other work of a domestic nature. It is needles to emphasize the good results to follow the employment of orne one whose principal teaching shall lie in this direction. \V hat the manual training department will be to the boy, this occupation will be to the girl.
4. An extension of the period permitted the pupil in this In titution. The eight years given are too few, fewer than it is customary to allow in schools of thi kind. The blind child is slow, and within the period at present granted, few are able to to complete the course provided. If a child comes to this place as young a he should, he finishes hi time much too young to go forth. It may serve as an illu tration of the shortness of our own limit to. tate that in the Georgia School for the Deaf tweh'e years are permitted. Our limit is rare among chools for the blind, no instances coming to mind ju t now, in which the course is less than ten years.
5. A kindergarten department. This would be an invaluable addition to our work, for if anyone needs just the development that comes through the kindergarten training, it is the young blind child. Because of blindness itself the child is apt to be dull, helples , and peculiarly the victim of a life hut off from healthful, vigorous response to the outside world and to the quickening suggestion that comes to the ordinary little ones

T ERE 0 C RAP H.
PRR5F.:\"TItD BY
CRAUl'ATIiS t\1\D Pl"PILS OF
CEORGIA ACADE~JY FOR TIlBJBI<IND,
IN MEMORY
OF'
~JISS HANNAH Cnr<I,.'\N, Died JUlie I, 1898.

GEORGIA ACADE 1\.'" FOR THE BLIXD.

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through the eyes and faces of kindly elders and playful mates. It is just at thi point in life, too, that the blind child needs the developing touch of the kindergarten teacher, for anyone who knows the blind from infancy to maturity, must have noted that almost as a universal rule, a dormant, stupid childhood, without intelligent activity and quick pulse, ever cramps the after life. All through life, the blind need an outward, objective experience in thought and work, to counteract the too inward-dwelling mind to which they are disposed. Conseqnently, I recommend for our school a kindergarten de!>artment-not, perhaps, pure and impIe, but a a component and pervading element in our primary work since our pupils come to us a little too old for what i intended in the first step of the kindgarten.
6. A larg-er investment in school appliances and means for making our school exercises objective, such being much needed if we "",,auld no longer be purely intellectual in our class work. If our school has suffered from anyone malady more than another it has been in not furni hing our pupils with something to do in the school-room, some engagement for the restle s hand, some means of expression otherwise than by mere month. Snch our shop, our music, our typewriting and point writing give us; but we need still more means and it is the sati faction of this demand that I urge.
7. Lastly, a piano tuning department. It is . trange ",e have never had such, when in our own tate so promising a field of remunerative labor is open to the blind, a field in which the graduates from the schoQls of other States are making self-support aud in which blindness is a peculiar qualification. In urging this department, I feel that I am rather behind the times, since this branch is one that exists in almost all schools for the blind.
As to the endorsement, however, which comes from the presence in other schools, of what I recommend, I may simply say that all I have mentioned as needed here is supplied in most of the institutions meeting the function implied in our foundation, so that I can all the more make a plea for haste in satisfying such demands. Only what I suggest as to the nature of our manual training department differs, and that not radically, from what is found in the other institutions, and the difference in this case is merely in favor of our own peculiar need.
Our Board, I take pleasure in saying, is in favor of adopting additions that promise an up-to-date, modern work on the part of

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the Academy, :My purpose in namiug the above need i simply to tate our present conditions and the lines along which our progre:s in the immediate future must lie.
During the recent term \ye have already begun an advance. \Ve now have a well graded cour e; regular examination work; a unified system of co-operati\'e work amoug teacher and pupils; teachers' meetings where \'ital intere t of the work are discu . ed; frequent school meetings, where the children are led to talk 0\ er the various matters that make for or against the coml1lonwealth of our household; weekly reception for visitors, in which as far a po sible, different children shall, with each time, entertain; monthly entertainments of a private character in which the children, a different set each time, recite and furtJish music for the rest of the pupils. I mention, with pleasure, the recent election of three new teachers with sight. who come to u with excellent recommendations as to experience and preparation- Irs. Agnes S. Findlay, :Miss Annie V. Dunn and Mi s l\Iattie Lou Banks. Their ability and intere t in the work has already begun to be manifested. The acces ion of these teachers with sight marks an advance, as heretofore we have employed, with few exception, only blind teacher. But, I mu t ha ten to say that the :ubstitution i not a reflection upon the three young men teachers recently leaving the Institution, since they were persous with jualifications of an unu ual nature, their only limitation being absence of ight. I may remark in ju tlce to them that two notified me at the close of la t term that they would not returtJ without increased indncement and a third wa undecided in the matter.
Our latest good fortune comes in the form of a notice from the graduates and pupils of the Institution that they ha\'e the funds in hand for the purchase of a stereo<Traph, a machine that is proviug so helpful in many of the blind institutions of our country; one of these pres es, the person above meutioned express their intention of presenting to the Academy as a memorial to our fonner Matron, the sainted Hannah Guil1an, who died last year, aud whose practically helpful activities during her lifetime uggest the propriety of placing, in her memory, this useful machine among the apparatus of the school. I may mention by way of explanatio'1 that this press, if it may be called such, will perform the very helpful and economical process of furnishing our school with embossed printed matter as it is needed

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from day to day, and this senice it will do at a pl1enomenally low expense to the Institution.

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Concerning this side of our In titution, I ha\e simply to ay that it ha been managed, during the pa t year, with the same care and effort after wise economy that haye prevailed in the year <Yone by. The ladie who have the house and home arrangements in charge are the same as heretofore, no change having been necessary in this part of the work. They are eyer vigilant, and never forgetful of the comfort and welfare of the pupils, and seek strenuously, within the triet economy demanded of us by our limited maintenance fund. , to provide as comfortable a home for the children as possible. \Vithout luxurie , our. chool furnishes its inmates with as sane a diet, as healthy a chednle of life and habit, and as free a home a can be demanded by anyone who has the true interests or young people at heart. The health of our pupils has been very good during the past year, a fact that is due, in no mall de<Yree, to the con tant attention that i: given to their health-all the slightet tendencies to icknes that betray themselves being arre ted as .0011 a. detected. I lllUSt cOJ1lUlend ju t here the diligent supervision of those in our school, who e duty it is to watch the children und pre erve a caution again. t disea e. It i .not out of place to peak, in this connection, of tl1e great senice reudered our hou ehold by our physician, Dr. 'iV. F. Holt, who takes the keene. t interest in the \yelfare of the pupil., and is unremittingly prompt and ready with his kind, as well as skillful, attention to the children when we ha\e occa ion to make calls upon him. His Yisits are frequent and his concern for the anitary conditions of the place are unceasing. He ha been the school' physician for over eighteen year, and the history of his relation to the place is one that is full of disiut rested benevolence. Hi intimate knowledge of the con titntion of the blind a. a class is a possession that is very n:luable to the school.
To the above urief statement I may add that dnring th past year the Board's attitude toward the school has manifested its kindliness in several actual impr vements in the interest of health. The new bathing facilitie. and stricter requirements upon the pupil and their domestic Ruurdians in this direction; the new beds and bedding; the llew hou ehold furniture, especially the chairs and rug for bedroollls, and the placing of ne\

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tables and chairs in the dining halls-all the e, with other ordered facilities not yet in place, are illu trative of the advancement made in the interest of health and comrort. The school now furnishes a more varied and bettp.r diet than heretofore; it is pleasant to state that the improvement in this featnre has not proven quite so heavy fiuancially a I have feared. During the past term, I have 'ought to make the school hours uit to our desire to gi\'e the children more time than heretofore in the open air aud in freedom from taxation to their young minds; the result has sati fied onr hopes, for the children eem Ie s pale and tronger, more full of life. They now frequently (at lea t once a \\'eek,) go out into the country on long walk ; the benefit is to be inferred.
In conclusion, I may say that we have been guided by the wi h a expressed by the Tru tees, that the Academy shall be first a home of the proper sort; then, a school.
Our pupils need better and more plentiful clothing, the qnality and amount at present in use being, with, of cour e, many exception, scarcely sufficient for the neatnes , and consequently, the healthfulness demanded. This I mention as one of the problems now before the Board. It is to be hoped that before another Report, the Board shall have found a olution that will relieve the evident difficulty in thi direction.
I mention, with pleasure, the election of a local oculist, who e duty it hall be frequently to examine the eyes of all the pupils with a view to car and treatmeut. Hi position will also empower him to issue a certificate recommending admission, or the re\'erse, of all applicants for admi sion into the Institution, so that in doubtful cases hereafter our seeing children. if properly pupil , can ha\ e ample protection from the in 'illuations of uninformed critics. The election of the oculist \Va made necessary by the re ignation of the chool's good friend and former oculi t, Dr. A. \V. Calhoun, to whom, I may say just here, as a parenthesis, our Institution owes a debt of ill1measureable gratitude for actual services throngh many years and for a cordial support in its efforts. Dr. Calhoun, in resiguing, suggested that the office be modified so as to have a local oculist who might give a more constant and immediate oversight than was possible in his OW11 case. Hence the election to the place of Dr. C. H. Peete, of Macon. The report of this officer for the time elap ing iuce his appointment will spow that he has taken his

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duties well in hand and will make the place he fills valuable to the Institution.

CO 'CL S10 .

It might perhaps be expected that one who, in my present

capacity, presents a report of this kind, should say something by

way of tribute to a predece 'sor who so honorably pas ed out of his

sen-ice as did mine last December; but owing to the relationship

between us, I presume I shall do my most appropriate act and at

the same time best consult my own feelings, in letting my father's

death pass unmentioned and the COillments it suggest, unspoken.

The Board has fittingly embodied, in its resolutions, all that can be

said of his connection with the Institution, and the beautiful tab-

let of antique brass on heavy oak, placed upon the wall of the

entrance hall of the Academy speaks, in exceptionally rare fash-

ion, the most exact tribute which could be paid to the distinction

that characterized his official and personal relation to his work in

life. One thing, however, I trust I may not be out of place in

aying; I am sure the State will not dissent from this tribute

and those who have gone out of this place will not feel less than

an affectionate throb in response to the impulse which prompted

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the Trustees to pay this beautiful tribute to one who was the friend of the blind in a peculiarly personal and individual way.

Of the tribute paid by the Board it only remains to say that its

delicate dignity of de ign and word finds its only parallel in the

unique kindness with which the gentlemen composing that body

treated our former Principal in his extreme age and encroaching

feebleness-a kindness of a quality rare in this day and fine in

any.

Respectfully,

ov. IS, 1899.

D DLEY WILLI MS, Principal.

FORTY-EIGHTH A AL REPORT.

REPORT OF PHYSICIAN IN CHARGE.

To the President and Boa1"d of Trustees

of the Georgia Academy for the Blind:

GENTLEl\1E : The health of the pupils at the Academy for

the Blind has been phenomenal-there has not been a serious or

protracted case of illne s in either school during the present year.

There was a number of cases of Mumps during the Spring term,

mild in type and requiring but little medical treatment-only

intelligE'nt supervision. Heretofore we have had each year,

during the Spring and early Summer, a large number of cases of

Dysentery and Diarrhcea-in anticipation of the usual outbreak,

I suggested to the Principal the necessity of filtering and boiling

all the drinking water, with the view of preventing it; the result

has proven that it was a wise precautionary measure, as the pupils

have been singularly exempt from all bowel affections.

The plan adopted by the Principal (since the porcelain bath



tub were placed in the building,) of having the children

bathed three or four times a week under the direction and super-

Yision of an attendant, has had a very salutary effect, and in

my opinion, contributed in no small deRfee to the good health of

the pupils. The blind, a a rule, are careless aud indifferent

about their persons and di inclined to take the neces. ary amount

of exerci e, and I would reiterate the recommendation made in a

former report, that the long room in the new building, which is

admirably adapted for the purpose, be fitted up as a Gymnasium.

It can be made very attractive at a small outlay, fitted up with

all the modern appliances, which would enable the pupils to take

the necessary amount of exercise in inclement weather. The

general improvement in the physique of the pupils would fully

compensate for the money expended.

I have often been impres ed with the tawdry, ill-kept appear-

ance of the pupils and would respectfully suggest that your

Board adopt a uniform for the whole school. It would certainly

greatly add to their comfort and appearance, and with more

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attention paid to the hair, care of teeth, etc., a wonderful trans-

form would soon be apparent.

I would suggest that stationary washstands be placed in the

fourth story, on the girls' side, in order that the large girls can

make their morning toilet without going down to the lavatory in

the basement. The ventilators heretofore recommended in the

sleeping apartments are still urgently needed if the comfort and

health of the pupils are to be considered. In compliance with

yonr By-Laws, every pupil in both the White and Colored Schools

were protected by Vaccination before the pupils were sent home

for their vacation. Fresh Bovine Virus has been ordered for the

unprotected pupils and will be used as soon as received.

During the intense cold the past Winter, it was impossible to

heat the Colored School Building. The danger from fire from

the open grates is very great, and I would earnestly recommend

that the building be heated by steam before the advent of cold

weather.

Respectfully submitted,

WILLIAM F. HOLT,

Physician in Cltarge.

Macon, October 1st, 1899.

FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF OCULIST.
To the President and Board of Trustees of the Georga Acade1l7)' for tlte Blnd :
GE TLElIIEN: On a suming my duties as Oculist to this Academy I find it olle of extreme importance, requiring study aud attention.
Dr. A. W. Calhoun, who recently resigued this position, has for year given yOll the benefit of his vast amount of knowledge and experience iu treating and mallagiug this class of case .. As his successor, I hope to maintain the school's high stauding and to serve you diligeutly and as faithfully as he ha' done so many years. As Oculist, it will be my duty to examine each applicant before admission and recommeud or not for admission, to be governed by rules which will be made for this purpose. It will be my duty to treat and operate on such eyes as it may be necessary for the pupil's well-being and improvement, to make frequent re-examination and keep systematic records of the conditions found, to supervise the care of the eyes, especially the seeing pupils, and to make occasional reports to the Superintendent and Tru tees of the Institution.
The value of an Oculi t to an institution of this kind is too evident to need comment. Although I have served you in this capacity a short time, I have had the opportunity while examining applicants for admi sion, to see the necessity for more authority to be given the Oculist. In the organization of this Institution a by-law was made by which any practicing physician has the right to send a pupil to you, with a written statement that the pupil is entitled to the advantages of the Institution, and your Superintendent has no authority to question his or her eligibility. There should be a law empowering only the Oculist to decide this matter of admission, making it his duty to examine every child and giving him or her a card of admission, thereby relieving others of the re 'ponsibility which should be borne by him. This fact has been brought out forcibly by my examination

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of the schools a few months ago. In making this examination there were found cases who may be benefited by operations, others who may be improved by the use of the proper glasses. Had it been necessary for the e to report to your former Oculist for admission, I have no doubt some would have been refused. In my more recent examination I find that some haye been improved sufficiently since entering the school to allow their dismi sal, and I have so recommended. Since each applicant is to be examined by your Oculi t before being admitted, there should be & standard test to govern tho e at a distance who might wish to come and are in doubt a to requirements-and since there can be no ab olute rule to govern amount of vi ion which will admit a pupil I will suggest for the benefit of di tant applicant and physicians that the vision must be unquestionably too deficient for any attendance on ordinary schools.
There will be found cases where eyes are too weak [or any use in doing school duty, and \,'here, when all efforts to strengthen and repair them have failed, applicants may be admitted temporarily at least. There are others \,"hose vision is comparatively good but who are likely to 10'e the sight by continuous use of the eyes, such as is J;equired in the ordinary schools, these hould, at the discretion of the Oculist, be admitted.
There are tho e whose vision may be deficient to a degree yet not be endangered by attending an ordinary chool, who should uot be admitted. It is evident that the object of this Institution is not fully under tood by many. It seems that parents and many phy icians throughont the State are impressed with the idea that your object is to chool any child whose vision is slightly deficient, and a great many make no ~ffort to have corrected, troubles that may be removed by their nearest oculist.
This is not an In titution solely for the treatment of eyes, but for the education of the blind, or those whose eyes will be, by reason of inheritance or disease, 0 weakened by attendance on an ordinary school as to place the sight in jeopardy and prevent an education being obtained. Those children who are admitted will have every care given their eyes that is necessary, nothing beinR spared that will be of benefit to them.
In making my examination of the pupils at the opening of the school I have noted cases of all types of disease and degrees of vision from almost perfect vision to total blindness. Some who have during attendance improved sufficiently to allow their leav-

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ing, I have so recommended for dismissal, others have been admitted temporarily in order that they may have the advantages of the school while efforts are made to give them relief.
The seeing pupils should be put on the blind basis in their studies, except insomuch as is necessary to learn to read and write; then use should be as limited as possible. They may be allowed in school to use their eyes for learning symbols and written forms peculiar to a particular study-in writing of short examination exercises, also of occasional writing of letters at discretion of Principal and Matron. On the other hand, they should not be used in sewing, in unnecessary reading or writing; nor for any purpose on dark days, nor when forbidden by Principal, Matron or Oculist.
In order to keep systematic, uniform records I have found it necessary to have different blank forms printed and have in process of construction a case record book which is an absolute necessity. These forms and the book will, at a glance, enable us to know the history and progress of any case from his or her entrance into the Institution to the time of leaving.
Very respectfully,
C. H. ;PEETE,
Oculist Attending. Macon, Ga., October 15, 1899.

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REPORT OF GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE.

To the H01lO1'able A. D. Candler, Governor of Georgia, Atlanta.

SIR: In pursuance of notice, the Board of Visitors to the

Academy for the Blind cOllvened at the Academy, in the City of

Macon, on the 8th of this month. There were present John A.

Cobb, P. A. Stovall, H. R. Goetchius, C. B. Willingham, C. P.

Hansell, T. B. Cabaniss, and H. G. Turner. The last named

was made chairman, and Mr. Hansell, secretary.

On inspection, the various rooms, including dormitories,

study and recitation rooms, bath rooms, closets, kitchens, and

dining rooms, were found to be thoroughly clean, neat, and free

from musty, damp and offensive odors. The diet of the pupils

was ascertained to be generous and varied. There was not a sick

pupil in the Institution. They have now very neat and clean

metallic bedsteads in the main buildings, and new mattresses

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are being supplied, as they are made by the pupils. The school-

room furniture and appliances we found very meagre. The desks

are ancient in pattern, and the seats are very narrow stationary

stools without backs, and all of the same height. We think that

there should be more point-type boards, more slates, comfortable

seats and desks, two additional globes, six type-writers, some

forms or models to teach the qualities and characteristics of natu-

ral objects, also a machine upon which can be printed on thin

metal plates the type now used in the school, which machine

costs about two hundred and fifty dollars. A man to operate

this machine could be employed at two hundred and fifty dollars

a year. These items of expenditure, according to the estimate

of the acting Principal, would. aggregate about fifteen hundred

dollars. In hi~ last annual report, the late' Principal recommended

the purchase of nearly all these articles.

The heating apparatus in the building for white boys, and in

the department for colored children is still unsatisfactory, and the

laundry arrangements in both white and colored departments are

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inadequate; but we understand that the Trustees intend to sup!Jly these wants from the regular appropriation.
There has been this year a diminished attendance of pupils, the number of white children in the Academy at this time being seventy, and the number of negro children being eighteen. This falling off will raise the per capita cost of each pupil, as is obvious. We understand that there are in the State two hundred and sixty-five blind cqildren of school age. It is to be regretted that a larger proportion of these unfortunates is not placed in this school. We fear that many of those who are not in the Academy will be neglected, and that in their cases, the misfortnne of ignorance will be added to the un peakable calamity of blindness. We think that railroad companies of the State, on being approached on the subject, would gladly, for business reasons as well as from humane considerations, furnish transportation free to an agent of the Academy, engaged in extending the beneficence of the State throngh this noble charity.
The range of study pursued in the academy is necessarily quite limited; but we would be glad to see the curriculum improved and enlarged in the academic a well as in the mechanical branches. We agree with the acting Principal that the teachers of the blind should, as a rule, be able themselves to see. 0 one would think of employing a blind teacher for pupils who can see, and a teacher of the blind should have every natural a well as acquired advantage for his difficult task. A (I blind leader of the blind" is not, in our opiniun, a wise arrangemeut. A change of this system we under tand can be made without much hardship to the blind teacher , at the end of the term; but in any event, we think the interest of the blind pupil i. the paramount cousideration. Economy at this point would, we thiuk, be a great mistake.*
In view of the great liability to loss of life by fire in this Institution, we recommend that an additional night watchman be employed, and that all practical precautions against fires be observed.
Through a committee consisting of Mr. Cobb and Mr. Stovall, the books and voucher. of tlle accounting officers of the Academy were examined, and were found well kept and correct, so far as opportunity was afforded for their inspection and verification.

The abo've opinion is in 110 way a reflection upon the ability of blind teachers

when considered aSIde from luere lack of sight.

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The committee also reported that the supplies of the Academy were obtained at a small advance over wholesale prices.
Messrs. Hardeman, Tinsley and Miller, of the Board of Trustees of the Academy n]et the Board of Vi itors, and offered us all the aid ill their power for the performance of our duties. Messrs. Miller and Tinsley suggssted the advisability of a change of site for the Academy, for reasons which appeared to have force, but which our Board did not have time to investigate. The present properties of the Academy in which the white children are taught being situated in the thickly settled part of the City of Macon, where real estate is dear, and the fire risk great, we recommend that the General Assembly consider the propriety of disposing of this property and erecting another Academy for the Blind of modern character and with as little exposure to fire ri 'k as possible on cheaper and more extensive ground in the suburbs of the City.
Besides the practical question just sugge ted, we beg to add that we know not whether any leO'al barriers to thi . change of site exist in title or charter of the Academy.
Judge Hardeman, of the Board of Trustee, did not join in this suggestion of the other Trustees, stating that he had not considered the subject.
We see it stated that at Pekin blind people are taught to read and write the difficult language of China in three month ! (" Current Literature" magazine for February, 1899, page 178.) While this statement seems almo. t incredible, it is to be hoped that we are soon to have in this age of scientific progress, great improvements in the method of teaching the blind.
On the loth of December la t, Mr. W. D. Williams, for nearly forty years the devoted Principal of this Institution, departed this life, full of years and honors. For this long period he was a kind and gentle father to blind pupils of this State, as well as their efficient and painstaking instructor. And while patiently and faithfully executing the duties of hi high mi sion, he never once exaggerated the wants of the Institution, and always applied the moneys of the State with as much care as very prudent persons observe in the management of their oIVn affairs. Such a career is so rare and so honorable, that the memory of it should be perpetuated by a memorial tablet fittingly inscribed, and conspicuously placed in the Academy. obody grudge:;

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honors and monuments in other fields; we think it a good time to remember the philanthropist al o.
Respectfully submitted,

Juue 29th, 1899.

H. G. TURNER, Chairman, JOHN A. COBB, P. A. STOVALL, H. R. GOETCHIUS, C. B. WILLINGHAM, T. B. CABANISS, C. P. HANSELL.

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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
BY BOARD OF TR STEES.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Academy for the Blind, the following Memorial and Resolutions, offered by Mr. T. D. Tinsley, were unanimously adopted:
On the roth day of December, r898, William Dismukes Williams entered into tbat eternal rest which is prepared for who, like him, have performed with such painstaking care and zeal, every duty and obligation of life imposed on them.
Professor Williams was born in Putnam County, Georgia, on the 7th day of September, r823.
Early in his youth he developed a decided inclination for those quieter pleasures which are derived from the pur uit of study and reading, and eagerly availed himself of every opportunity for mental improvement; he was therefore ripe for the collegiate course which it was bis good fortune to receive, and graduated with honors from the ni"ersity of Georgia, in r8..j.8.
The first few years of his young manhood were spent in teaching in the County of Talbot and filling the position of Instructor in the Madison Female College, at Madison, Ga. Afterward, d was elected to the Chair of Latin at Emory College, Oxford, Ga., where he remained until r 58, when he accepted the position of Superintendent and Principal of the tate Academy for the Blind, at Macon, Ga.
Here was practically his life work. That he performed it with conspicuous fidelity and ability is attested by the fact that for forty continuous years he served this Institution, until death closed his labors. He was that rare combination of the sturdy integrity which marks the upright bu iness man, coupled with the tender ways of womankind; a gentle man in the full meaning of the word. His watchful care at all times of the financial management of the Institution has saved to the State many thousands of dollars, while his gentle consideration and tender care of the

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unfortunates placed in his keeping brightened their lives and has shielded them from many a heartache and mortification and thereby lessened, as far a it \Va possible for man to do, the affliction which the loss of sight ca~ries with it. He was a father to every child in the Institution and their heartfelt love for him was manifested by their pitiful orrow at his taking away.
This Board and the entire State llas suffered a distinct loss by the death of Professor \\ illiams, yet one not to be measured by the 10 s sustained by the iumates of the Institution.
Death is not a pleasaut contemplatioll at any time, but when one ha filled his life with useful work for others, and has lived to see the good results of much of it, he may lay down his labors and rest frolll his toil with the cou ciousness that it will bear him fruit hereafter.
Profes.or Williams gave much of his time aud thought to the cause of education in other direction. He wa a charter member of the Board of Public Education of Bibb County, Ga., and was largely instrumental in putting this valuable sy tem into practical operation. He was al 0 at the time of his death, a member of the the Board of Trnstees of We leyan Female College, and in 1888, was elected ice-President of the American Printing House for the Blind.
othing that this Board can ay, however laudatory, could increa e the love and admiration in which his fragrant memory is held by the entire people of the tate, but in deference to a universal custom, this Board
Resoh'ed, That the Tnt tees of the Georgia Academy for the Blind realize in the death of Profe sor Williams a 10 to the entire State, a per ollal loss to the illmates of the Institution, over which he presided, as well as a personal loss to each member of the Board of Tn! tees.
Resolved, That a Tablet be erected and placed in the hall of the Institution, which shall bear testimony to his life work and devotioll to the duties of his Tn! t.
Resolved, 1~hat a copy of the'e Resolutions be forwarded to the Governor of tlte State, and to his immediate family.
BY PUPILS AND 'rEACHERS OF THE ACADEl\IY.
WHEREAS, The affairs of this Institution during the past forty years, through the infinite mercy and wi e ruling of

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Almighty God, have been administered by that great and noble man, Mr. William Dismukes Williams, who ha. recently passed from our midst; and
WHERE 5, We wish to pay one more tribute of respect to hi memory, therefore we, the teacher and pupils of the Georgia Academy for the Blind do adopt the following re.olution :
Be it Resolved, That we deeply deplore the death of our dear Superintendent, who, for more than a generation, has so ardently devoted his talent, hi money, his learning and his sweet influence to the education and ele\ ation of the blind of the State, and whose efforts to bring un hine and happine into hundreds of homes that would othenvi e ha\e been dark and gloomy, have been so successful as to call forth the applause of every Governor and Legislature that have been elected in Georgia during the last forty years.
We found in him more than a friend; we found a benefactor. His anxiety for ns was always that of a father for his children. But while this Institution has been the great pride of his life. hi good work has not been confined to the bliud alone; as an educator he has stood prominent for more than half a century, receiving the praise and support of all appreciative citizens, and winning for himself thou ands of friends and admirers throughout the country; therefore be it
Resolved, That we, as representativ~sof the yariou section of the State, do hereby express the profoundest grief over the loss to society of so efficient and faithful a servant. Be it further
Resolved, That we extend to the friends and relatives of the decea ed our deepest ympathie, and invite them to be comforted in the fact that he has lived an exemplary life, and has built lor himself a monument that will stand the \year of age -a monument that will ever give credit to the family name. His brilliant intellect, his high conception of ju tice and right, his great burning love for humanity, and his unwavering trust in God have all found expression in his beautiful life; that i his monument. Again, be it
Resolved, That we request the publication of the e Resolutions in the Macon Telegraph, the Atlanta Constitution, the
Christian Index, the v esleyan Advocate, and the Christian Ob-
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or relative with a copy of the foregoing Resolutions ot} his or her application.

Miss MARY WILLIAMS,

Miss EMl\'[A JONES,

Miss KATIE McKAY,

Miss CORA BARRO

Mr. JOHN W. WILLIAM, Mr. W L S. CARGILE,

Mr. WILLIAM H. CHILDS, Mr. OLIVER W. TAFF,

Mr. WILLIAM J. JOHNSON, Chair17la1l.

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MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.
MAY 31st, 1899.

BOYS' ORCHE TRA-"Mountaiu Quickstep,"

A. Ewills

CHILDREN'S CLASS SONG-" Spring's Delight,"

Gco. F. Root

PIANO DUET-" Love at Sight," JANIE SA 'DERS and SALLIE THORNTON.

Kmlkd

VIOLI SOLO-Air with ariations, No. 2 PA L DONEHOO.

Dallcla

PLANO SOLO-" Polish Dance," JOHN MARTIN.

Xavicr ScilarWcllka

CHOR S-" How Bright and Fair!" (William Tell)

Rossi,li

PIANO TRIO-" Anvil Chorus," (II Trovatore)

Arr. by Bissd

B NA LITTLEFIELD, NANNEE PEACOCK and EULALA BRADLEY.

DO BLE Q ARTETTE-" He Wipes the Tear from Every Eye," ....Da'lks
MARY WILLIAMS, JANIE SANDERS, DAISY iATHEWS, GERTR DE JONES,
JOHN 1ARTIN, 'WILLIE COOPER, JOHN WU.LIAMS. ADRIA ROBINSON.

PIANO DUET-"Je Suis Pret." DAISY MATHEWS and SADIE PEACOCK.

La/uwtc

CHILDRE CLASS SONG-" The Palms."

Faurc

PIA 0 SOLO-" ([usical Rockets," MARY WILLIAMS.

SI1'akocsil

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FORTY-EIGHTH A AL REPORT.

VOCAL D ET-" Oh, Would That My Love," MARY \VlLLlAMS and DAISY MATHEWS.

lIIendlesso/m

PIANO DUET-" Oheron," (Fantasie Brilliante)

Arr. by Lcybach

PAUL DONEHOO and JOHN IARTI .

CHaR -" We are Free as the Birds," (Lombardi)

Verdi

Exe1'ciscs illllsb'aliz1c of work done i1l ordinary school department.

CHOOL SONG

" Star Spangled Banner"

GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLnm.

(COLOR EO.)
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.
JUNE 8th, 1899.

PIA TO D ET-CC German Patrol" ORWOOD RICHARD and JACK JACKSON.
SCHOOL SONG-cc The Crow Song,"

Eilellberg Pltillips

VOCAL DUET-cc Thinking of Thee, FLORIDA TH RMA and ESTELLA LUCKIE.

Hays

RECITATIO -"The Wind's Trea nre, ANDREW JACKSON.
PIANO SOLO- cc Moonlight on the Hud 011," ORWOOD RICHARD.

. 1Vilson

SCHOOL SONG-"The Sailor' Chorus,"

.. Emerson

RECITATIO _cc Anction Extraordinary," FLORIDA TH Rl\IAN.

LuCI'etia

MALE QUARTETTE-cc German Rhine, ,

Wilhelm

B. H. WOODWARD, W. H. ROBINSO~, J. JACKSON, N. RICHARD.

PIANO DUET-cc \Vaking of. Love," NATHANIEl, WALT, and JIMMIE \VILSO T.

Ha'lJen

SCHOOL SO G-cc The Spaciou Firmament," (Creation)

Hayd1t

PIANO SOLO-cc Les Sylphes," JIMMIE WILSON.

J. Baell/nan1t

CHOOr, SON _cc The Happy Couple, '

O./fmbaelt

FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT.

RECITATION-ClOh, Why should the SpiritofMortal be Proud," A. Knox
\VILLIE GAlTHER.

PIANO SOLO-Cl Polish Dance,"....
JACK JACKSON.

.. Scltarwellka

RECITATIOr -" Vacation,"

.

NATHANIEL WALL.

SCHOOL SONG-" Sea Song, '

Root

l\lALE Q ARTETTE-" The Knight's Farewell,"

Killket

B. H. WOODWARD, \V. H. ROBINSON, J. JACKSON, N. RICHARDS.

SCHOOL 01 G

" Star pangled Banller~'

...,.
"

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ROLL OF PUPILS.
WHITE DEPARTME T.

Name.

MALES.

BARKSDALE, ROBERT

BARRETT, ARTHUR

BARRETT, JOHN

BARRON, BARNIE

BAUGH, BELTON

BEDINGFIELD, FLOYD

CALDWELL, THOMAS

CARROLL, ROBERT

~

CHILDS, JA:\IS

COOPER. WILLIAM

COUCH, FREDDIE

CROW, Roy

DONEHOO, PA L

DUMAS, ROy

GLOVER, 'WILL

,

GRIFFIN, GEORGE

HARBETT, CHA.RLIE

HOSCH, OMER

KENT, ERNEs'r

KING, ICHOLAS

LOCHLEAR, CHARLIE

McKAY, WILLIE

l\'IARTIN, JOHN

MATHEWS, JIMMIE

MILLER, ROBERT

PAYNE, ELBERT

PHINAZEE, HARRy

REDDING, ALBERT

REEVES, CLA D

ROBINSON, ADRIAN

ROPER, EDWARD

Ro NTREE, \VELBOURNE

SAPP, RALPH

SAPP, WALTER

SCHWARZ, FREDDIE

SHIP, ALTON

_

SMITH, JULIUS

SNIDER, CLAUDE

COUllty. Hancock Dawson Liberty Forsyth Hancock JeJferson Bibb DeKalb Glynn Walton Clarke Fulton Fulton Monroe Lowndes Appling Elbert .Jackson
Richmond McInto h Paulding Bibb Bibb Bibb Fulton Coweta Monroe Bibb Fulton Pike Pickens Emanuel Dodge Dodge Cbatham Coweta Tattnall Schley

PORTY-EIGHTH A UAL REPORT.

Nalllc.

SNIDER, JERRy

S 'IDER, PAT:uAN

TAYLOR, EDWARD

THORNTON, CLAUDE

WELLS, TOM

:

FEMALES.

ADA:\IS, EVADA

BARRON, CORA

BEGGS, MAMIE

:

BENNETT, ARLIE

BOUTWELL, ROSABELL

BOWIE, '\VILLIE

BRADLEY, EULALA

BRO\\'N, SUSIE

BURNHA:\I, DOVIE

CAGLE. EVILLA

CARROLL, ANNIE BEI,L

DODGER, TO:\IMIE Lou

EDWARDS, :MARY

ERWOOD, lAY

FENN, DAISy

GAINES, LELA

GEORGE, ENNIS

GILES, LEOLA

HARRIS, PEARL

HINDS, E GENIA

HINDS:\IAN, BELVA

HOLMES, PEARL

HUGHES, BERTHA

ITTNER, JA IE

JACKSON, Lo ISE

JOHNSO', MATTIE

JONES, GERTRUDE

JONES, l\'lADIE

JONES, l\IATTIE

~

KELSIF., ETHEL

LITLEFIEI,D, BUNA

MARTIN, HILYER

:

MATHEWS, DAISy

,

liLLER, CARRIE

OVElillY, JE IE

PEACOCK, PEARL

PEACOCK, SADIE

RICE, LUCILE

ROBERTS, LAURA

SANDERS, JANIE

APP, CARRIE

SCHWARZ, fu'<NIE

County. Glascock Gla cock Chatham Web ter
: Bibb
Walker Forsyth Bartow
Clinch Bibb
Elbert Tattnall Bulloch
Dodge Pickens DeKalb
Fulton Bartow Fulton Fulton Barlow DeKalb Crawford Harris Harris Coweta Fulton Ricbmond Fulton Bartow Stewart Rockdale
.Jones Hall
Fultou Bartow Morgan Fulton Fulton Laurells Pulaski Pulaski Gwinnett Ecbols Elbert Dodge Chatham

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Name.
SHORT, DORA SDIONS, MATTIE BBLL S RRE CY, ALICE THOR. TON, SALLIE TIPPENS, E;rHEL WATSON, LILLIE

Cotenty.
Clarke Muscogee
Wayne Webster Appling Walker

JOHKSON, \VILLIAM
WILLIAMS, J. W
\VILLIAi\IS, MARy

SPECIAL MUSIC PUPILS.

Meriwether Pike Bibb

COLORED DEPARTMENT.

BELL, ROBERT

CO NOR, \VILLIAM........................

Cox, BELLE

CRANFORD, HOl\IER

HOWELJ~, HENRy

:

JACKSON, JOHN

JACKSON ANDREWS

LOCKHART, lIIos~s

LUCKY, ESTELI.A

l\IABREY, BEN

MAGBY, LUTHER

McINTOSH, CLARA

1UNROE, ANDREWS

RICHARDS, 1 OR\\"OOD

l\lITH, Lo IS

THOl\IAS, PINK

THURMAN, FLORIDA

W AI.KER, ISTELLA

WALL, NATHANIEL

\VILSON, JnIl\ITE

WRIGHT, POLLARD

~

Bibb creven Fulton Randolph Lowndes Morgan
\Vare Bibb Terrell Doughert)' Meriwether Elbert Pike Bibb Tattnall Morgan Fulton Baldwi n Elbert Fulton Fulton

GAITHER, \VILLIE ROBINSON, HENRY

SPECIAL PUPILS. ,

"

Newton

Crawford

FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT.
CIRCULAR.
GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND.
This is an Institution, as its corporate name implies, for the education of the' blind youths of the State. It is not, therefore, an asylum for the aged and the helpless, nor a hospital for the treatment of eye di eases.
The Academy comprises two department, one for whites, and one for colored. These departments, although connected under the same management and superintendence, and conducted on the same system of instruction and government, are located on separate lots distant from each other, and have no internal connection other than that named.
The course of instruction and training embraces-The School, in which blind children and youths are instructed in all the branches of English, taught in the common schools of the country. Department of Music; in which vocal and instrumental music are taught in connection with the following in truments: Piano, Organ, Guitar, Violin, Flute, Mandolin, &c. The Department of Handicrafts; in which the blind are trained to industrial work, and taught trades by which they can earn a livelihood furthemselves.
QUALIFICATIO S FOR ADMISSION.
The Academy receives into its School Department such youth, male or female, as are hopeles ly blind, or incurably blind to that degree which pre, ents education in the ordinary method, between the ages of eight and twenty-one years, of sound mind and free from bodily disease, and of good moral character and habits. It is desirable to have on the points of health and vision the certificate of a physician.
TERMS OF ADMISSION.
Those of this State having the requisite qualifications, are

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taken without charge for board and tuition, being supported upon State appropriation. The applicant must furni h proof of citizenship and residence of two years in this State immediately previous to the time of application. All are expected to come provided with a supply of good comfortable clothing, to be replenished by their friends, or means provided therefor, from time to time, as it becomes neces ary. And al 0 all traveling expen es.
Blind men, not too old to learn a trade, will be received as apprentices, in the Department of Handicrafts, on the same terms a pupil are received into the School.
If a pupil or apprentice shall, after a fair trial, prove incompetent for 11 eful instruction, or disobedient to the wholesome regulatiou of the Academy, or in anywise an unfit or improper subject for retention in the Institution, he or she will be discharged.

THE A' UAL CHOOL TERM BEGINS I SEPTEl\IBER AND E DS
IN JUNE, ACCORDING TO PREVIOUS OTICE GIVE .
Pupils admitted at any time. All persons are requested to end to the Priucipal the names and addre ses of blind children known to them, with a statement of their circumstance, so as to enable him to form some opinion as to their fitness for admission into the Institution, and to a sist in putting him in communication with their friends.
The information sought may be conveniently given in simple answers to the que tion appended, in form, to this Circular, which, although no form is prescribed, may be used as a form for application for admission.
Pupils from other States may be taken upon such terms a the Trustees may accept.
Persons bringing pupils to the Institution, or visiting them while there (except upon special occasions) cannot be furnished with board and lodging during their stay in the city.
All letters to the pupils should be addressed to the care of the Academy, and all boxes or packages sent to them should have transportation prepaid, and be carefully consigned and afe delivery pro\ ided for.'
Parties making application for the admission of pupils, should make true answers to the questions subjoined, and procure

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

l

We take this opportunity to expre sour gratefulnes. (for

the kindue es named below,) to the following:

Wesleyan Female College for pecial invitation to it public to its public entertainments.
Tho e railroads or our State that have giveu us reductioll in railroad fare.
The Macon Telegraph and Atlauta Constitution for reduction in sub -cription price.
The following papers that have been ent u free of charge: Chri tian Observer, of Loui. ville, Ky. Christian Index, of Atlanta, Georgia. Wesleyan Christian Advocate, of Atlanta, Ga. Colorado Index -Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, Colorado ::springs. West Virginia Tablet-We. t irginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Romney, W. Va. Goodson Gazette-Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. Philanthropic Index and Review, Kalamazoo, Mich. Sunday School Lessons (raised print)- lis ouri chool for the Blind, St. Louis, Mo.
D DLEY \ ILLIAM , Prillcipal.