Report of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Academy for the Blind, 1919

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REPORT

OF THE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OF THE

GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND

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REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE
GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND
1919 BYRD PRINTING CO., State Printers
ATLANTA, Ga.

REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE
GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND
(June 1919)
fl'. A. L. Miller, President of the Board of Tru tees, ubmits his report, and transmit Mr. . Oliphant' report therein.
Ir. filler states that they have not employed an oculi t 01' 'a ph), ician at the School this term on a fixed alary but have aIled them into service when needed, and have foun 1 this plan more economical and atisfactory than the old plan heretofore followed.
He commend very highly, the Super~ntendent,Mr. G. F. Oliphant, statino' that in his opinion MI'. Oliphant give better and better service to the State in hi capacity, each year.
A copy of a letter which II'. Miller !",.mt out to the .Judges of the Superior Courts of the State , is attached, in which fro filler calls their attention to the academy, it service, etc., and requests that they will call the attention of their Gl~and Juries to the same, 0 that any per on needing attention which the
chool can give, may know of its existence and of its scope of ervice. He has received many gratifying replie .
The Board of Trustee do not ask any increased
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appropriation for the year, statinO" they hay kept within the pre ent appropriation and that the General A embly can re t ab olutely me they will not a k for a deficit.
In II'. Oliphant' l' port, he furni he a Ii t of all teacher , their term of office, th executive taff, the Bard of Tru tee , of both the white and colored school : al 0 a Ii t of the pupil , both white and color d, male and female, moIled in the Institution. There ar 39" hite male, 30 white f male ; total of 69 white pupil : 20 colored male , 10 colore I femal s; total of 30 colored pupil : a grand total of 99 pupils.
H also furni hes a sheet howing amount expended by the variou lepartment, both white and colored, and for what purpose. He show that the white school expended, through the Sup rint ndnt' office, $2 ,553.92; the lore 1 chool, $4,095.99 -a total of $32,553.92. Thi cover only tho e item which pa sed through the up rintendent' office, however.
In October 191 th re wa an epidemic of pani h Influenza in th cho 1 which mad it n ce ary to u pend the dutie for two weeks. A mo t gratif~-ing thino' cam about, in that not one of these pupils, althouO"h afflict 1 and naturally ub-normal phy ically, developed pneumonia or had any bad after-effects from thi . di ea e. A detailed report of thi epid mic, a it affected the choo1, wa furni hed by Dr. Richard on, th attending phy ician.
11' . Alic G. Cobb, the house-keeper, died very uddenly of h art failure on February 22 1919. he had b en ufferinO" from rheumati m for orne time. Her place wa filled for th remaind l' of the term by Ii Belle Campbell, the upervisor of the girls.
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In 1918, ne dling operation were perf~)l'med 011 se'i eral of the pupil , with beneficial results. As a rule, these operations have to be performed s veral times to secur,c the best results. So in 1919, some of the pupils were again operated upon and as a result, many of tlJem will be able to leave the school at the close of the term and complete their education in the public school. Dr. Penington, a noted oculist of 1acon, performed all of the e operations and hi~ report covering arne i attached to Mr. Oliphant's l' port.
Owing to war conditions, a stricter method of taking pupil in the chool, and the further fact that sev ral of the pupil who could not be further benefitted by re idence in the school have been di missed, th attendance in the Literary Department of the white school is smaller than u ual.
Two teachers, :Mis Hazel Holt and Mrs. Amaryllis Hio-gison, did not ask for re-election at the 010 e of the spring term, 1918. These vacancies were filled by the election of l\Ir . Walter Fulghum and !(iss Ruth Wall{er, both experi nced teachers. No other changes have heen made in the literary department.
The cour e of study ha remained unchanged, and .the work is satisfactory, in the main. It is suggested that arrangement he made with Lanier High School, wher by pupils who are capable of taking an additional two years in the Literary Department, may be permitted to take that extra term in that schooL The number of pupils who are capable of taking this extra term i so small at present, that the income would not warrant the additional expense. By such all arrangement with Lanier High School, the pupils could get this extra training and with greater
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benefit to them on a count of a ociation with eeing pupil and it would co t Ie s than to employ the extra teacher, nece ary. Such an arrangement as thi ha b:::en tried in other in titution . in the country, and with verv ati factory I' ult.
I(i Helen \Vbitaker, the violin teacher, did not apply for re-election in June 191. t that time as it wa er difficult to g t capable and experienced tach l' , it wa decided to u on of the pupils a a sistant teacher during the remaind I' of th t I'm. Accordingly Mi Emily McEntire was elected for the work, and ha given ex ellent ati faction. In-
truction ha be n given in piano, organ, yiolin, v ice t.raining, chorus singing, mu ical theory and ha1'111ony. Th u ual pupil 'recital i h Id th fir t Friday niO"ht in the month-a cu tom followed the pa t year with the exception of the time of the epidemic of the "flu." Thi department i oivinO" excellent re uIt , ill fittinO" the pupil to am. a livelihood for them-
elv . One of the pupil i now a member of one of the city choirs, and is O"ivinO" satisfaction to hi employer and reA ctino' credit upon him elf.
II'. Walter [cDonald, a repre entati e from Richmond county, in the 191 e ion of the L o'i latur ucce ded in o'etting an appropriation to purcha e a new pipe organ, a badly ne ded in trument as the pre nt one has be n in talled for ov I' 30 year and is not only in bad hape, but i out of date. Mr. McDonald ha th incere thank. of the chool-teacher and pupil alike-for thi , and th more 0 a the chool did not olicit it. The appropriation wa made payable monthly-and due to tbi fact, and th further fact that it will not all be in hand until the end of th1 y aI', 110 contract ha
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been let for the organ, and will probably not be until .1920. The chool ha held off contracting, due to the hiooh co t and unsettled condition , al ~. It i hop d, when this organ i in taIled, to make it a mean of preparing orne of the pupil for service as orO'ani t in orne of the churche in the malleI' citie and towns of th tat -a a great man of the e churche have bought pipe organs in the la t few years and have found di__culty in getting organi t . Many of the pupil it i believed can be trained to do this work effectiyely, and as proof of this belief, it i offered that :Mr. E. H. McNiel, the musical director, has been for many years organists and choir director of the Vine, ille Methodist Church of Jacon.
The School ha a fairly good equipment of piano , violin, one piano player, and four phonoO'raph . One of the phonoO'raphs i a new Edi on, with 30 record, donated recently by ~lr. Thomas A. Edi on and ::\11'. John Skelton Williams. The phonograph ha been found to be not only a fruitful ource of plea ure for the pupil, but an excellent mean of training them in vocal rou ic. It enables the chool to brinO' to the tudent the be t efforts of th O'reat arti ts and give a better opportunity for car ful
tudy than hearinO' the e inO'er in opera or concert J ecause the election may be repeated a many time as may be de ired.
In the Manual Training Department there has be n no change in the COul' e of study, nor in the teacher. The work has been carried on ystematically and satisfactorily. In the boy , d partment in truction i given in loyd, wood work, metal work, hoe cobbling, chair caning, bra-om making and piano tuning: the girl are t~uo'ht plain sewing, knitting,
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crocheting mat weavino-, ba ket making, chair can-

ino- and variou forms of fancy work. In thi de-

partment there has been added, recently, a loom for weaving rag rug, which has interc ted the pupils'

o-reatly and may prove the mean of earnino- money

for them.

Nearly all the male in tructor of the Phy ical

Culture Department have been taken into th mploy

of the Government in the Y. M. . A. work, owing to

war condition. The first half of 191 :fiE Helen

'\Vhitaker wa in chal'o-e of thi work; she ha had

special training alono- this line at Columbia niv r-

ity. The last half, fis Sarah Hendel' 'on had charo.c: she too had had pecial training alono. that

line.



It i ,believed that the pupil get much ne ded

exerci e from the 1anual Training, but that thi

develop only a portion of the mu cles of the body,

and a a result, there i over-developm nt of orne

of the mu cles producing awkwardne . It i in-

tended to develop the pupils, throuo-b the Phy ical

Culture Department, by ystematic exerci e so that

there will be a well balanced growth. The O'ood ef-

fect of physical trainino- are shown in the o'ood

health and better carriage of the pupil .

In the T~ewritino- Department)fi Winifred

Dixon tauo-ht the fir t half of the 191 term: the la t

half, )1i irginia Bland wa in charo-e. The pupil

how a mo t gratifying advancement in the u e of

the typewriter, and it i b ing.imore ed upon them

that tbe typewriter is the means of eommunicating

with the seeing people. While the pupil are enabled

to do a greater amount of written work in connection

with their tudie without the fatigue accompan -

illO' point type work, it i not thought thl;lt they will be able to make thi a mean of livelihood, althouo'h by means of th di taphone, some of the pupil could carry 011 a OU inc s corre pondence, if it were not too heR")'.
The pring term of the colored chool wa fini hed under the orO'anization a O'iven in the la t report. Louis H. William wa O'iyen the principai hip of thi chool in J ul~' 191. He i a on of Xancy William ,for 0 many year the e__ cient matron of the colored choo1. He was reared in the school and i familiar with the plan of operation. For many year he has been the principal of Green Street school in lacon. Hi wife, Alice Willi m , was elected matron of the s hoo1. nder their joint management the affair of the chool hay been conducted in a mo t sati factory manner. The literary work ha been more thorouO'hly y tematized, other department haye b n planned, which will be add d a soon a condition warrant. It ha be n a good many ears ince the color d school ha had a thorough renovation-it i very much needed. Th porche, front and rear, n ed rebuildinO', ext rior wood work need painting, con iderable calcaminin o' and other repair in ide the building are needed. It i expected durino. thi ummel' to do a much of thi repair work a the finance will permit.
At it 191 es ion, the Legi latur pa ed a bill regulatinO' the practice of midwifery; the purpo e of the bill beino. to prevent blindness due to opthalmia neonatorum or "babie ore eyes." In GeorO'ia thi ha been by far the mo t frequent cau e of blindne s. everal attempt haye been made to obtain a
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uryey, by a comp tent oculi t, of the cau e of blindne amono- the pupil at the chool, but without ucce .
n April 9, 1919, ~Ir. Oliphant made a ur.... y of the cau e of blinclne by an examination of the record of the In titution and by que tioning the pupil. It wa omewhat crude, and inaccurate, and it i believed the percentage given, a due to opthalmia neonatorum i probably too high. In all ca e where the cau e of blindne s wa o-iven a "babie ' ore eyes" or "born blind," the pupil was cla silied a "blind from opthalmia n onatorum." But the results obtained, even in thi crude way, show how ba ly the law i needed and indicate the laro-e number of children in G orgia blind from preventable cau es. The survey gave the following result
White chool.
Boy Girl Total. Pupil in attendance on April.9,
1919 ........................... 30 26 56 Pupil blind from ophthalmia
neonatorum ................. 12 15 27
Colored School.
Boy Girl Total. Pupil in attendance on April 9,
1919 ......................................... 20 10 30 Pupils blind from ophthalmia
neonatorum ....................... 4 6 10
Summing up the report, the chool doe not sugge t the amount to be appropriated to its u e: they
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have kept within the present appropriatipn, and do not ask for a deficit. But, attention is called to certain facts which may be of help in deciding what would be fair and just to the blind' children of Georgla,-
Foodstuffs are about 100% higher now than when the present appropriation was first adopted: wages have gone up in a like ratio: four of the teachers were lost last summer: trained teacher cannot be obtained for the work. After a teacher has been traine 1 and acquires skill and experience in teaching the blind, it is a erious 10 to have to replace with new, inexperienced, untrained ones. The scale of salarie in the Literary Department is lower than that paid by eeing chools for similar grades of work, and at the same salary, the averaO'e teacher prefers to work in chool for seeing children. The
chool cannot hope to keep teachers as good as those found in seeing chools unless better salaries are paid. Teaching the blind is a work for a specialist and hould be paid for, accordingly.
"Whatever economies are put in force, they must be done at the expense of the teaching efficiency. (At present the head negro cook is O'etting better pay than some of the teachers: there is little prospect, now, that cheaper cooks can be had). The only place expen es can be cut is in the salaries of the teachers. That will mean new, untrained, inexperienced teachers, and con equently lowered efficiency, temporarily at least.
BLIND CHILDREr ARE ALREADY SERIO SLY HA DICAPPED. WO LD IT BE FAIR T'O F RTHER HANDICAP THE { BY GIVING THEM TEACHERS LESS CAPABLE THAN
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THO E F R II HED THEIR EEIN G BROTHER ~D ITER?
Fortunat I for the blind, there ar a f w people who are ufficiently in. pired with the mi ionary pirit to work in In titution for the Blind, without making the que tion of alary of primary importance. The Academy for the Blind i willinO' to bear its full hare in whatever retrenchment may be nece sary on the part of the educational agencie of the State And they most respectfully urge that they have full share in whatever additional appropriations may be distributed to such educational agencies on account of the unu ual condition under which we are all now living.
REPORT of the
BOARD OF TR STEE of the
GEORGIA C DE~IY FOR THE BLI~D. June, 1919.
To Hi Excellency, Hugh M. Dorsey, Gover'nor of Georgia.
IR:
In compliance with the law relative to the Georgia Academ? for th Blind I have the honor to ubmit in behalf of the Tru tee. of that In titution its record for the year 191 , for your inspection and conideration; and also that the sam may be in due course submitted to the General As embly.
Thi report which I ubmit is made up of the An~ nual Report of the Superintendent, and the Treasurer, covering the proceeding of the in titution
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during the period commencing January 1 t, 191 , and ending on December 31 t of that ear.
It al 0 include very full and O'ratifying report from the phyisian and the oculist whom we have
mployed from time to time as n ed d during the period named. In thi connection let me say tha t, as I think was reported orne three year aO'o we no longer mploy on a fixed alary for the current year a phy ician and an oculi t but call them in
onl when their er"Vice are needed. v e find thi
both more economical and more ati factory than the old plan of having a permanent office for each of the e officer with a fixed alary.
All the report are so complete both in their scope and in all e sential details that my own report for th Tru tees i nece arily brief.
The Trea ureI" report hows in accurate detail all the fact touching the re eipt and di bur ement of th mone entru ted to our Board for the benefit and upport of the institution. Hi account have been duly examined and verified by a Committee from the Trustees and found to be correct in all particuhir. Let me add riO'ht here that in addition to thi hi entire account can be ea ily audited and "Verified by the proper officer in your office and the LeO'i lative Committee, by an inspection of the monthly report of payment and voucher fil d in the Executive Department as reguired b law.
I again beO' to call to the earne t attention of yourelf and the :Members of the General A sembly, the report of the Superintend nt of the Academy, Mr. G. F. Oliphant. This presents a lucid and yet concise tatement of the entire proceedings of thi Intitution during 1918. He furni he in orderly s qu nce what I regard a exactly the information
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which i naturally desired by the State' authoriti ,as well as b r our p ople in reference to the conduct and manaO'ement of thi great charity of the State. I am confident that it content ,rill afford O'eneral ati faction to all that larO'e body of our I eople who feel that interest in the care and in truction of the blind children of the State which their pathetic condition naturally excite .
It i needle for me to repeat at thi time what I ha\e seyeral times aid before in ubmitting the e annual report -that th tate of Georgia po e e in the uperintendent of thi Academy one of the most valuable officers in it entire ervice. As the year pa s by h eem each year to become better equipped for the management and in truction of our blind children, more deeply intere ted in their welfare and more re ourceful and per e\erinO' in originating additional plans and mean for their bettennent and more thorough instruction.
I beg to call pccial attention to what he say in hi report herewith in regard to the alarie paid to the tead er of the blind. I aO'ree with him that the State can urely afford to be liberal in ecuring the very be t teacher for thi mo t helple cIa of it citizen.
In thi conn etion I think it well to call the attention of the General A embly to a circular letter ent out by our Board on 0 tob l' 10th, 191 ,addre ed to the Judge of all the uperior Court of GeorO'ia, a king them to call the attention of the O'rand jurie to the exi tence and purpo es of the' Academy for the Blind. I attach a copy of thi letter hereto. The re pon e from a large number of the Judges wa prompt and cordial and I feel a ured that in 'every
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circuit in the State our request ha been complied

mfu.

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In conclusion I beg to state as I did last year that

we are not asking for any increase in the annual

appropriation of Thirty-six Thousand Dollars. In

spite of the increased cost of living I think we can

manage to make it suffice for the current year. At

any rate we can give to the General Assembly the

po itive a surance that no deficit mll be incune'd.

Respectfully ubmitted,

A. L. :MILLER,

President Board of Trustees.

This June 10th, 1919.

(Copy.)

October 10th, 1918.

Judge .. ,

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..... , Georgia.

:My dear Judge:-

I write this letter as Pre ident of the Board of

Trustee ,Georgia cademy for the Blind.

It has recently come to our attention that there

are, blind children in Georgia whose parents do not

know that the State has provided for their ~fflicted

children a school where they can be educated, and

also taught a vocation which mll make them self sup-

porting.

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This in titution is not an asylum, but a school, yet

for a school year of nine months, beginning in Sep-

tember and ending in June, it provides these blind

children a home covering every expen e except their

clothing and furnishing the education be ides. We

do not know how mdespread is the ignorance of the

people as to the exi tence of this institution. We

have tried through various instrumentalities to make

its existence known to the people of all the counties.

I think our failure to reach the blind children arises

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from the fact that a vel' high p rcelltage of the. blind are m mber of poor and humble families who are not readily I' ached.
The Georgia Academy for the Blind i located at Macon, and there are few if any imilar chool in the whole nited State which afford bettor faciliti , or a tronO'er or more devoted facultv than we p o here. We havo determined to make a n w effort to bring thi chool to the attention of all our people, and to that nd our Board ha decided' to a k all the JudO'e of the uperior ourt of the State, in their next charg to the grand jury in each county of their respective circuits, to inform the jurie of the exi tence of this chool; that it i maintained by the tate and it advantages are availabl to e, ery blind child in Georgia o,er ix) ear of aO'e and entirely fr e of charO'e.
I re peetfu~ly a k you to do thi for our Board, and to urg the O'l'and juror if they know of any blind children in th ir countie to appri th ir parent or guardian of the exi t nee of thi choo1. If the juror will ju t tell them to write to uperinten lent G. F. Oliphant, Macon, G orgia, or if the juror will write Mr. Oliphant him elf about the e non att ndinO' children he will ee to it that all further tep needed to ecure th ir attendance will at once b taken. I addre you with confidence, believing that you feel the same deep intere t in these blind children in your circuit that, do who are charg d with admini tering thi great charity.
I am, with warm per onal regards, Your sincerely, A. L. fILLER,
Chairman of the Board of Tru te Georgia Academy for the Blind.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTE DENT.
Judge A. L. llIille1", President of the T1'u?tees, Georgia Academ,y f01' the Blind, Macon, Ga.
Dear Sir: In compliance with the statute, and in accordance with the requirement of the Trustees, I submit herewith the report of the operation of the Georgia Academy for the Blind for the year ending December 31, 1918, in order that this report may be transmitted to the Governor of the State, and through him to the Legi lature.
Owing' to the fact that the Legislature does not convene for six months after the end of the fiscal year, and during that time conditions arise that should be mentioned in this report, it ha been the custom to delay the recommendations for this report as long as po sible, in order that we may include all matters which should be brouO"ht to the attention of the Legislature. For this rea on the following report bears the date of May 26, 1919. The statistical data covers only the period from January 1st to December 31st, 1918, inclu ive.
ENROLLMENT. The enrollment of the two schoql for the year 191 , as shown by the roll of pupils hereto attached is as follows: White school: males, 39; females, 30; total, 69. Colored school: males, 20; flmales, 10; total, 30. Total enrollment for both schools was 99.
EXPENDIT RES. The amount expended through the office of the superintendent ",~a $32,553.92. As explained in previous reports this does not represent the entire amount of expenditures, for the reason that many
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item are handled by the hea urer direct, and the e voucher do not come through the uperintendent's office, and do not how in hi report; The e are fully et forth in the report of the treasurer. The amounts e:s:pende 1 and the purpo e for which they ar xpended are t forth in the following tatement:

GE RGIA ACADE IY F R THE BLIrTD, MA ON, GEORGIA.

Expenditure for the year 191

WHITE CHOOL.

Hou ek ping Department: Wage Food Furni hing

$2, 13. 5 6,567.20 120.41

$9,501A6

BuildinO', Furniture and Ground

Wag s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2,259.11

Repair

507.56

Betterment

1,491.27

4257.9-1:

Literary School: Wage Book and cce orie Furniture

. '26 2.00 . 22. 0 . 5.00

2,709. 0

Mu ic Department: Wage Book and Acce orie Incidental

. 1,464.00 . 19.41 . 64.06

1,547.47

Handicraft: WaO'es Iaterial

1,360.00 54.15 1,414.15
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Medical Wages Medicine and Supplie

. 505.50 4 .65'

554.15

Bencyolence: Trayel upplie to Pupil

. 35.3 . 41.33

76.71

Laundr)' Wao-e Implement Su pli

. 522. 0 . 446.55 . 7.5

1,056.93

General Expen e Salaries, Supt. and Steno. Printing and Stationery Po tao-e-Tel phone LiO'ht, Fuel, \ ater

3,0 2.00 . 115.10 . 131.16 . 4,011.06

7,339.32

'Iotal

$2 ,457.93

GEORGIA A .A.DEMY FOR THE BLI~ 1.IA .,., GEORGI .
Expenditure for the Year 191 .

COLORED SCHOOL.

Hou ekeeping Department:

\Vao-es

$ 449.30

Food

1,967.46

Furni hino-

30,24

$2,447.00

Building, Furniture and Grounds:

-Repair

149.4

Betterment

6.25

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] 55.73

Literary School: "ao-e Books and Acce sorie

1I1u ic Department: Wage

Handicraft : Wages 1.1aterial

:Medical \i'\ ages :Medicine and Supplie

Benevolence:

T'ravel

,

upplie to Pupil

Laundry:
Wage Implement Supplie

General Expen e:
alary, Principal Printing and tationery Po tage-Telephone Light, Fuel, Wat l'

1 9.30

259.50

. 45.00

.

.10

. 20.00 23.95

. 10.10 . 12.57

. 119.25

. 16.00

.

.'_ru

. 175.00 . 14.15 . 36.56 . 570.65

190.1 259.50 45.10 43.95 22.67 135.50
796.36

Total Total for both chool

: $4,095.99

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$32,553.92

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HE LTH RECORD. During 191 we had an epid mic of f:;jpani h Influenza in October. On account of thi epidemic it wa nece ary to upend chool dutie for a period of tw week. A remarkabl feature of the epidemic wa that not with tanding the large numb I' of ca e and the fact that our pupil are sub-normal physically, all of them recovered without pneumonia and 'without any bad after-effect. A more d tail d account of thi epidemic i giyen in the report of Dr. C. H. Richard on, the attendin oo phy ician. With the e:s:c ption of thi epid mic, the health of the pupils ha been e:s:ceedinooly ooood.
On February 22, 1919, the hou ekeeper, 111' . Alice G. obb, died very udd nlv of heart failure. he wa advanced in year and had been sufferinoo for om time with rheumati m. 111'. obb had been connected with the in titution for sev ral year and had rendered faithful and efficient ervice. 11i Belle Campbell, th upervisor of the girl ha taken over her dutie for the remainder of the term.
Durinoo the year 191 needling operation were performed on orne of our pupil with beneficial reI' ult. Additional neecUino' haye been performed form d everal times in order to procure the best re ult. Additional needlino' ha\e been performed in the year 1919 for orne of the e pupil with a re ult that everal of them will probably be able to lea'-e the chool at the qlo e of the term, and complete their education in the public schools. All of the e operation haye been performed b~r Dr. Pennington, a noted oculi, t of the city of lacon. A report from him a to these operation i attached hereto, to which you are referred for additional information.
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LITERARY DEPARTMENT. The attendance at the white school ha been some what malleI' than u ual owing in ome instance to war condition , in other to the fact that we haye been more particular about admitting..... pupil , and have di mi sed tho e who could not be further benefitted by residence in the in titution. At the close of the spring term, 1918, Mi s Hazel Holt and :Mrs. Amaryllis Higgison did not ask for reelection. Their places were filled b the election of ~Irs. Walter Fulo-hum anI Ui Ruth Walker, both of whom ~ave had con iderable experience in teaching. With the e two exception no changes were made in the literary d partment. The cour e of study ha remained unchanged and the work done ha been in the main satisfactory. It would be de irable for our pupil to have at lea t. two additional years in the Literary chool but the number of pupil capable of taking this work i at present so small that our income would not warrant the additional expen e. It might be po sible to make arrano-ement by which pupil capable of takino- thi work could re ide 'at the in titution and complete the high chool cour e at the Lanier Hio-h choo!. I b lieye that uch an arrangement would be of o-reat benefit to our tudents on account of their a ociation with eeing tudents, and would co tIes than to employ the nece ary extra teacher. An arrano-emcnt of thi kind i in u e in ome of the other in titution in the Tllited State and i proving very ati factory.
M SIC DEPARTMENT.
In June, 191, Ii s Helen Whitaker, the teacher of violin did not apply for re-election. On account
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of condition at that time it wa very difficult to secure capable and experienced teachejs. For this reason it was decided to use one of our pupils a a sistant teacher during the remainder of the year. Miss Emily IcEntire was selected for the work, and ha given excellent sati faction. Instruction has been given in piano, organ, violin, voice training, chorus singino-, musical theory and harmony. The usual pupil's recital on the fir t Friday nights in each month have been held throughout the year except during the epidemic of Spani h Influenza last fall. The work of the musical department continues to be sati factory both in !riving pleasure to the pupils and in fitting them for earnino- a livelihood. At present one of our pupils is a member of one of the ity choir, filling t~s position with satisfaction to hi employer. and with credit to himself. .
EW PIPE ORGA J.
Durino- the se sion of the Legislature of 191 an appropriation for a new pipe organ was obtained through the efforts of Mr. 'Walter fcDonald, a representative from Richmond count , and a former pupil of this institution. The appropriation was made payable in monthly installment continuing through the year 1919, so that we will not have the money in hand until the end of this year. For this reason and al 0 because of high co ts and un ettled conditions, we have as yet made no contract fOT this organ, and probably will not do so before 1920. This organ ha been needed for a very long time, as the pipe organ now in u e was built more than thirty years ago, and in addition to being worn out, is not a modern instrument. When the new organ i instal-
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led, we hOI to make it a mean of preparing many of our tu lent for ervice a organi t in the malleI' town and citie in GeorlYia. Ju t now many of these town have purcha ed pipe organ for their churche and find it difficult to e ure competent 01'gani t. Experience how that many of our pupil can be trained to do thi work efficiently. A proof of thi , it may be mentioned that our musical dir ctor, Mr. E. H. McNiel, ha . been for many Veal' 01'gani t and choir director of the ineville:ll thodi t
hurch in thi city. Ware o-reatly ind bted to Mr. IcDonald for procurino- th appropriation fm thi organ. It wa otained entirely upon hi initiativ and by hi effort, no reque t having been made by the Board of Tru tee .
Th mu ical d partment ha a fairly o-ood equipment of piano , violin, one piano play l' and four phonograph. On of these phonographs, a n w Edi on, too-ether 'with thirty records has' been recently donated to the in titution by :JIr. Thoma Edi. on and :Jfr. John kelton William. \ve find that the phonograph i not only a fruitful ource of plea ure for our pupil, but a mo t excellent mean of trainino- them in vocal mu ic. Throuo-h it aiel we are able to bring to our tudent the be t effort of all the o-reat arti t of the world. For our pupil the phonograph really giv s a better opportunity for careful tudy than hearino- th e ingers in opera or conc rt, for the rea on tha.t the election may be repeated a many time a may be desired.
_IAN AL TRAIl: ING DEPART IJ:EN'I.
In thi department there ha been no change either in teacher or in the cour e of tudy. The work ha
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been carried on y tematicallyand ati factorily. In the department for the boy in truction i o-iven in loyd, wood work, metal" ork shoe co'bblino-, chair canin0-, broom making and piano tuning. The girls are taught plain sewing, knitting, crocheting, mat wea ino' ba ket makino-, chair canino- and variou form of fancy work. In the girl ' department we have recently added a loom for weaving rag rug. Till eems to be intere tino- work for them and they are taking it up with a o-reat deal of zeal. nder ome condition, it may be made a m an of earnino' money.
PHYSICAL C LT RE DEPARTMENT.
On account of war condition nearly all the male in tructor of phy ical culture have been taken into the mployment of the Government for Y. M. work. During the fir t half of 191 ,the phy ical culture work wa in charge of nIi s Helen Whitaker, who had made pccial preparation for thi work at
olumbia niv l' ity. During the la t half of the year the work was in charge of Mis Sarah Hender-
on, who ha had imilar preparation. Our pupil get a great deal of healthful exerci'e from their manual training work, but this kind of "Work d \'elop only a portion of the mu cl of th body with the re ult that the over-de\'elopment of orne mu cle produce awkwardne . In phy ical culture the work i int nded to o-iv not onl y tematic ex 1'ci e, but uniform gevelopment, 0 that the pupil may hl;tve a well balanced growth. Th o-ood effects of phy ical trainino- have b en hown in the o-ood health and better carriao-e of the pupil.
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TYPEWRITli\'"G DEPART lENT.
Durino' the fir t balf year in 191 ,thi' department wa tauO'ht b~:JIi Winifred Dixon, durinO' the la t half it wa tauo'ht by :Mis Virginia Bland. 'rhe pupil' have bown gratifying ac1vancem nt in the u e of the type'writer. It ha proyen helpful in enablinO' tudent to do a 0'1' ater amount of written work in connection with their tudi s without the fatigue accompanyino' point type work, both tudent and teacher. In addition to thi the pupil are O'ra pino- the idea that while point ty-pe i a nec ary means of making record for them elve , it i not a m an of communication with eing people, and they are bein o' trained in the idea that in communication "ith eeing per on the should u e the typewriter in tead of point character. Typewritino- i h Ipful for student while in school and will be a onyeniencn after 1 ving choo1. It i not probable that any con iderable number of them will be able to make it the mean of earning a liy lihood. With the aid of the dictaphone ome of the mo t capable of the pupil may be able to carryon bu ine corr ponrlence for bu ine firm, if the corr nspondence i not too laro-e.
COLORED DEP RT:ME.L '"T.
The prinO' term of the colored chool was finished under the organization outlined in my la t report. In July, ) 91 ,th principal hip of the chool wa !!inn to Loui H. William , who i a on of ~ ancy 'William, for 0 ll1an~7 ear efficient matron of the colored . choo1. He wa reared in the chool, and i familiar with it plan of operation. In additi 11, he ha for many year been principal of th .Gre n
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Street School in the city of Macon. Hi wife, lice \\ illiam was elected matron of the chool. nder their joint management of affair the chool ha been conducted in a mo t satisfactory manner. The literary work has be n mol' thoroughly systematized and other department have been plann d which "will be added a oon a condition will warrant.
It ha been a good many y ar ince the colored chool had a thorouO"h renovation and it i needed Yer~' much. The porches both in front and rear ne d to be rebuilt, all exterior wood work need to be painted and con iderable calcimining and other repair are needed within the buildinO". Durin th coming ummel' a many of the e improvement will be made a the tate of our :finance will permit.
PREVENTION OF BLINDNES .
ThrouO"h the effort of the National Committe for the Pr Yention of Blindne ,the GeorO"ia Legi latme at it 191 es ion pa ed a bill r gulatinO" the practice of mid"wifery. The purpo e of th bill i to preyent th blindne due to ophthalmia n onatorum, or "babie' ore e e ." In this state thi ha be n by far the mo t frequent cau e of blindue . I have made everal attempt to have a urvey made by a competent oculi t of the cause of blin In amonO" the pupil of- the GeorO"ia Academy of the Blind, but ha..e failed to O"et it done.
On pril 9, 1919, by an examination of the record of the In titution and by que tioning the pupil I made a urvey of the cau e of blindn . Thi urvey i neces arily omewhat crude and inaccurat , and the per centaO"e due to ophthalmia neonatorum i probably too high. In all ca e where the cau e
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of blindn s wa O'i, n a babie' ore eyes," or "born blind," th pupil wa cIa med a blind from ophtalmia neonatorum. The results obtained in thi way how how badly the law is needed and indicate the larO'e number of children in Georgia blind from prey ntable cause. The survey gav the fol10willO' re ult :

White chool

Boys Girl

Pupil in attendance on Apr. 9,

1919

30 26

Pupil blin 1 from ophthalmia

neonatorum

12 15

Total 56 27

Colored School

Boy Girl Total

Pupil in attendance on Apr. 9,

1919 ...................... 20 10 30

Pupil blind from ophthelmia
neonatorum .... , ........... 4

6 10

APPROPRIATION. ,
In "iew of the condition of the tate' finance , a reported in th public pres by tate official I do not make recomm ndation a to the amount to be a k d for by thi in titution for the next ~Tear. We have kept within our oppropriation and do not ask for any amount to mak up a deficit. I wi h, however, to call attention to certain facts which may be helpful in determining what would be fair and ju t to the blind childr n of GeorO'ia.
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I

Food tuff are about 100 per cent higher now than when the pre ent appropriation wa first tdopted. Wage have O'one up in a like ratio. La ~ ummer we 10 t four of our teaching forc. "\ e can not obtain teach l' already trained for our work. After a teacher ha acquired kill and xperi nc in teaching the blind, it i a erious 10 to have to replace them with new and untrained teacher. In the Literary departm nt our scale of alaric is lower than that paid by eeing chool for a imilar grade of work. At th same alary the average teacher prefer to work in chool for eeinO' children. Dnle '\\'e pay better alaries we can not hope to keep teacher as good a tho e found in eeino' chool. TeachinO' blind children i work for pecialist and hould be paid for accordinoly.
Whatever additional economie are put in force mu t be at the expen e of our teachinO' efficiency. At pre ent our head neO'ro cook i getting better pay than orne of our teacher. Ther is littl pro pect that we can get any kind of cook cheaper than at present, at least for ome time to come. The only place we can cut our expen e furth l' i in alarie of teach r. That will mean new, untrained teacher and lowered efficiency,-at least temporarily. Blind children are already eriou ly handicapped. I it fail' to further handicap them by O'iving them teacher Ie capable than tho e furni hed to their
eeing brothers and si tel'. Fortunately for the blind, there have alway been a f w people ufficiently inspired with th mis ionary pirit to work in In titution for the Blind without making the que tion of alary of primary importance. The number of such i notJarge, and in the 10nO' run In titutions
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for th Blind get in the marts of the world only what they are able and willing to pay for. We are willing to bear our full hare in whatever retrenchment may be nece sary on the part of the educational agencies of the state. We most respectfully urge that we have full share in whatever additional appropriations may be distributed to such educational agencies on account of the unu ual conditions u~der which we are now living.
Respectfully submitted, G. F. OLIPHANT, Superintendent.
Macon, Ga., May 30, 1919.
Mr. G. F. Oliphant,
Macon, Ga.
Dear Sir:-
I "wish to hand you herewith my report on the health condition of the Georgia Academy For The Blind for the pa t year.
Thi I' port must necessarily deal in generalities, ince outside of the influenza epidemic there has b en only one serious ca e of illness in the Institution for the pa t year, and no d aths. In October last an epidemic of influenza attacked the Institution and forty-five (45) children came down with disease in ono day; practically all the others subsequently developed it. We were able to use the dormitories as large airy wards, and were fortunate in securing good nurses. Out of fifty (50) cases not a single developed any complication, and there were no deaths. This was particularly gratifying owing to the fact that many of these blind children are apparently poor risks in infectious diseases.
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Thi wa the only epidemic of the year, and the only time wh n the infirmary wa reall needed durinO' the year. On account of the larO' number of children attacked it wa too mall to be u ed.
In the colored Academy For The Blind there wa also an epidemic "hich attacked over on half the inmate. Some of the ewer eriou 1 ick but all recovered.
Both In titution are clean and well kept, and the children are apparently well fed and receiv excellent attention. Thi, I think, accounts for the rather remarkable health report which the In titution enjoys.
Respectfully yours, OHA . H. RICHARDSON, JR., M. D.
June 2nd, 1919.
G. F. Oliphant, Supt., Georgia Academy for the Blind,
~Iacon, Ga. Dear u:-
You will find below report on ca e op ra ted on b~r me.
Dori Floy-d.-Both ye operated on and O'ood re ults obtained in both. She should con ult an oculi t in about two months and have O'la e fitted and then he" ill be l' ady to enter public chool. From examination everything indicates that he will have practically normal vi ion in each oy .
Frank Floyd.-Both ey s operated upon, good reults obtained in both an 1 at the end of two month he hould consult an oculist and have o'la es fitted and he should enter public school thi Fall. Hi
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VI Ion hould be certainly better than two third normal vi ion.
Ida May Floyd.-Right eye operated on twice how marked improvement, but not ufficient amount to end her out of the chool at pre ent. She hould return next Fall and 'within three or four month he 'will po ibl be able to be ent to public school.
Lavada Amo .-Right eye operated on how orne improvement but hould l' turn at Fall term. May Radcliffe.-Left eye operat d on hows marked improvement and by the end of next term will be able to attend public school.
Eliza Jane OO'O'.-Both e were operated on but ab orption ha been very low. While all indication are that th re ults will be unusually O'ood, he will have to return for th Fall. term, and pos ibly by
pring term he will be in condition to send out to public chool.
Travi Chitwood.-Both eyes were operated on and results were goocL He hould be ent to an oculi t in about two month and have gla e fittted, and he hould nter public chool at the Fall term.
Any other information that may be de ired I will be very O'lad to furni h.
Your very truly, C. L. PENI "GTO., M. D.
Macon, Ga., la 2, 1919.
Hon. A. L. liller, Pre .,
lacon, Ga.
My Dear ir :
I am enclo ing ou in accordance 'with the By-Law a tatement in detail of the receipt and di burse-
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ment of the Georo-ia Academy for the Blind for the year 191 .
,The appropriation made by the General ssembly for the upport of the In titution for the year ju t clo ed wa $36,000.00 total, or $3,000,00 per month. You will note that we carried over into the pre nt year a balance of $2,272.55, but it mu t be al 0 noted that durino- 191 we received in all thirteen month ' appropriation, that i to ay that on January 5th I receiv d the December appropriation of 1917 of $2,500.00 and on the last of December there wa paid to the Tru tees the De ember apportionment of that year $3,000.00.' In the past few years I have not been receiving the Decemb I' payment until the followino- January, therefore, had we not I' ceived the thirteen payment durino- 191 we not only would have had no balance to carryover into the pre ent year but a mall deficiency, ay $225.44. I am calling attention to thi fact in order that Hi Excellency, the Governor and the G n ral A embly may Imow that the appropriation ju t about fit the expenditures and would leave no balance on hand whatever for any unfore een or emero-encv expenditure .
I al 0 enclo e with my report a tatement of the receipt and di bur ement of the Pupil Fund, which fund con i t of $11,000.00 in ecuritie . From this report it will be noted that intere t from the inye tment fund la t year amounted to $475.00 and that we exp nded for the children ome $653.95, u inoas per in truction of the Trustees all of the income for 191 and a portion of the balance which we brouo-ht over from 1917.
I also have on hand at the Fourth National Bank a mall balance of $151.72 left from the appropria-
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tion made in 1915 of 2,000.00 for typewriter, dormitory equipment, etc. I re pectfully ugge t that the Legi lature permit u to close this mall balance by transferring to the Maintenance Fund.
I a k as usual the appointment of a committee to examine my book , ch ck over my voucher and ecuritie on hand and verify the balance which I report as beillO" on hand at the Fourth rational Bank:.
I have the honor to be, ery re p ctfully, T. D. TIN LEY, Treas.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRU TEES OF TIlE GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLI~D FOR THE YEAR 19] . Organization, 191 .

BOARD OF TR TEES.

A. L. Miller, Pre idellt. John L. Hardman, J. R. Van Buren, T. D. Till ley, ee. and Trea . Geo. B. Jewett, Geo. . JOlle ,
Wm. P.

oleman.

EKE TIVE TAFF.
G. F. Oliphant, uperintendent, Mis Virginia Bland, tenographer from eptember. Mi s Winifred Dixon, Stenographer to June.
WIlITE HOOL.
Literary Department. ~r . Minnie J olles, :Mr . Walter Fulghum, Mi s Sarah Hendel' on,
1\11' Amaryllis Higgi on, (to June) ~!i Ilazel Holt, (to June) Mi s Ruth Walker, (from eptember) Mi Emma Jones.
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~Iu ie Department.
E. H. MeXiel, Direeto1!, ~js Helen Whitaker, (to June)
Mi Emily:M Entire, (from eptember).

F. T. Perrigo,

Manual Trainincy Department. Mi s Eva Au tin.

Phy ieal Cnltnre Department. :Mis Helen Whitaker (to Jnne) Mi Sarah Hemler on, (from eptember)

Typewriter Department. Mi Winifred Dixon, (to Jnne) Mi s Virginia Bland, (from eptember)

Hou ekeeping Department. Mi Belle ampbelJ, upervisor, :\fi s Jennie Oliphant, upervi or, Mr . Alice G. obb, Housekeeper.
OLORED HOOL. L. H. William, Prin ipal, (from Jul.v) Laura Williams, Matron, (from July) Laura Lloyd, Matron, (to July) Willie Gaither, Litera1'y Teacher
arah Kirby, :\Iu ie Teacher (from eptember) lifford Moore, Mannal Training Ro e Atkin on, Mu ic Teacher, (to Jnly) Rose Atki.n on, Literary Teacher, (to July).

E~ROLLME -T OF WHITE S HOOL, 1918.

Boy.

Xo.

Xame.

1. Adams, Jolm 2. Allen, Joe 3. Bas, lifford 4. Bennett, Rufus 5. Campbell, Douglas 6. Carwile, Rob 7. Chi. k, Lewi
hitwood, Travi

Post Office.
Alamo, Ga. ~Iontro. e 'fifton Sere\'e11 Atlanta Ft. Valley :Monroe Baldwin
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County.
Montgomery Lauren Tift Wayne Fulton Houston 'Walton Habersham

9. Cofer, Leon

Cul\'erton

10. ook, Felton

Chaunee~'

II. Daniel, Elmer

Pelham

12. Delaney, Harry

Atlanta

13. Eubanks, Fred

Atlanta

14. Floyd, Frank

~for an

15. Gary, Will

ColI ge Park

16. lIargro\'e, Elwyn

Macon

17. Hollingsworth, Freeman Cuthbert

1 . Hurst, Jim

Ochloclmee

]9. Jone , Oti

J ~hburn

20. Jonc , Barna

Ea t Point

21. King, 'Iarence

Griffin

22. Knowle , Paul

~racon

23. Leathers, Henry

Cornelia

N. Lewi , John

Macon

25. Mitchell, Fred

Cave pring

26. McPher on, Henry

Columbu

27. Mullin , Henry

Xewnan

Q Puckett oleman

Lithonia

29. Ratcliffe, Hugh

t. George

30. app, Le,,,i

Adel

31. haw, John W.

Winder

32. ingletol1, Ralph

Toccoa

33. pradle;v, Willie

Pinehur t

34. ullb'an, Gregg

Au u ta

35. Vine, Rex

Augu ta

36. Wheeler, Erne t

Kingston

37. 'Wilson, Frank

~facon

3 Wright, harle

edartown

39. Yarbrou h Werth

~Ioniac

IIancock Dodge
~fitcheJl
Fulton Fulton
alhoun Fulton Bibb Randolph Thoma Turner Fulton
palding Bibb Haber ham Bibb Floyd Mu cogee
o\\"eta DeKalb
harlton Berrien Jack on
taphen Dooly Richmond Richmond Bartow Bibb Polk Charlton

EXROLLMEKT OF WHITE CHOOL, 191 .

Xo.

Xame.

1. Amo s, Lavada 2. Barton, Milwee 3. ndle, Ethel 4. aclle, J nanita 5. annon, Anna 6. Cox, Ro a Lee 7. Floyd Dorris
Floyd, Ida May 9. Ga~' Maggie Audrey

Girls.
County.
Augu ta Toccoa Augu ta Augu ta Newnan' Gl'iffin :'IIorgan :Mo)'aan Lanier

County.
Richmond tephells
Richmoncl Richmond
oweta palding alhoun Calhoun Bryan

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10. Harper, .Annie Laura 11. Higginbotham, Hettie 12. Hooks, Ellen 13. Hughe, Margaret H. Johnson, :F:'rancc 15. Kirk ey, Myrtle Mae 16. Lightfoot, :Madeline 17. Mock, Roddie 1. McClatchey, Belle 19. McEntire, Emily 20. Xichol, Lois 21. Ogg Eliza Jane 22. Pa ley, allie Emma 23. Pennington, Mardcl 24. Ratcliffe, Lillie May 25. entell, E\'eiyn 26. uttle, Livie 27. Swinford, Lillian 2. Tharpe, Elizabeth 29. Waldrip, Ruby 30. Yarbrough, lara

ovington Ellcnwood
obb Atlanta 'ouncil Edi on Augu ta Colquitt Atlanta Adair ville Atlanta ] laddock 'l'homa ton Ander onville Alma Atlanta Brooklet
I~ome
Moultrie Atlanta
~roniac

Xewton Trpup
umter Fulton
linch alhoun Richmond Miller Fulton Bartow Fulton Turner 'p on umter harlton Fulton Bulloch Floyd Colquitt Fulton harIton

E~"'ROLLMENT FOR OLORED SCOOL, 191

Boy.

Ko.

Xame.

ounty.

1. Andrew, Grover 2. Atkins, Jame 3. Barlow, Harvey 4. Butt, Frank 5. Harper, Willie 6. John on, Troy 7. Lewi, Henry
Lundy, Leroy 9. Lewis Albert 10. M<!ore Clifford 11. Morrowfi Isaac J. 12. Maddox John ]3. Mitchell, Emmett 14. Norrington, Walter 15. Patter on, Millard 16. Prothl'o, John 17. :Riley, Eugene 1. Ro e, .J. D. 19. Smith, John 20. William, Andrew

Baldwin Pike Fulton Putnam H nry Baker Bibb Washington I'ulton
~onroe
'C][t~'ton , umter
umter Walton Jenkins
layton Baker Hou ton Terrell Bibb

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Girl.
J. Andrews, Lue.v 2. Druett, Geneva 3. Gailliard, Lucille 4. Jackson, Mamie 5. Rooks, Laura 6. Sapp, iDliline 7. Thompson, IIattic
Thomas, Eunic 9. Wynn, Anna 10. Watt, Ida

Lamens :Fulton . tephens Bibb Richmond Cli:ttham FIord Floyd Hanco k Bulloch

REPORT OF T. D. TIN LEY, TREA URER GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLTND

Of the Receipts and Disbur ement of the Intere t A.ri ing frol11 the Il1\-estment of the Pupil Fund from January 1 t, 1918, to January 1 t, 19] 9.

RECEIPT.

191 .

Tan. ] t, By amount brought from 1917

$

Feb. 7th, By interest on 30 shares S. W. R. R.

_

" 7th, By interest on .'1,000.00 bond G. S. 8.; F. R. R. __
7th, By intere t on $3,000.00 City of Macon bond _

" 7th, By intere t on $4,090.00 Georgia bonds

_

Aug. 13th, By intere t on 30 hares So. "\V. Railroad

_

" 16th, By intere t on $1,000.00 Bond Ga. 5% 6 months

" 16th, By iJlterest on $3,000.00 ty of Macon bonds__

16th, By intere t on $,1,,000.00 Georgia bond

_

461.U 75.00 25.00 67.50 70.00 75.00 25.00 67.50 70.00

$936.74

THI lXVE T;\JE~T

Is no,,, held by the TreasUl"er of the Georgia Academy for the Blind

for the Funds knolVn a the Pnpil Fnnd for the 'hilllren

of the Academy.

30 hare o. W. Railroad tock, $100.00 each-

$ 3,000.00

1 $1,000.00 1 t Mortgage Bond G. . 8.; F. Ry.________ 1,000.00

6 $500.00 City of ;\facon bonds .

.

3,000.00

4 $1,000.00 State of Georgia bond

0

4,000.00

$11,000.00
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DISBURSEMENT

19] . Peb. 25, To William b'll of records
Apr. 17, To 5% on $500.00 Liberty BOIl L May 27, To Williams Music Co., records June 17, To Turner upply 0.-
Dec. 19, To pail pupils r.aiJroad fare lIo01e Dec. ]9, To paid pupils for Christmas

$ 2 .65
------ ---- ----- 25.00 _ 19.50
_ 45.00 _ 76.80 _ 459.00

Dee. 31, Balance on band to 1919

$653.95 2 2.79

$936.74 Resp etfnny submit.ted,
T. D. TINSLEY, Treasurer. Examined and applo\-ed. All ex] ellditurcs accompanied wit.h propel' vouchers.
ecur'ti as I'cport.ed found 011 depo it at Fourth ational Bank, and balance a' shown by reports found correct and to cre lit of the Academy at Fourth j ational Bank.
W. P. COLEMAl , J. R. Van BUREN,
Tru tees.

REPOH'f BY T. D. TI SLRY, THEA RER, GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND

Of the Receipts and Disbur ements of tbe Appropriation of $36,000.00 Made 1y the General Assembly for tb UPlort of the In titution for 191

HECEIVED

]91 .

Jan. 5th, By amount for State for December 19]7-

$ 2,500.00

Feb. ]5tb, By amount from tate for January, ]91

3,000.00

Mar. 20th, By amount from tate for February, 191

3,000.00

Apr. 14th., By amount from State for Mal'ch, 191 ________ 3,000.00

May 6th, By amount from State fOI' April, ] 91

3,000.00

June th, By amount from tate for May, 1918__________ 3,000.00

July 24th, By amount from tate for June, 1918__________ 3,000.00

Nov. 5tb, By amount hom tate for Aug. alid ept., 191 __ 6,000.00

Nov. 16tb, By amount from tate fOI' October, 191

3,000.00

No" 25th, By amount from State for November, 191

3,000.00

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Nov. 29tb, Received from Oliphant balance unexpended 011

amouut advan ed him to Baltimore Convllntiou _ 20.00

Dec. 27th, By amount from tate for Decem bel', ] 91

3,000.00

Respectfully submitted,
Examined and apprOl'ed. proper vouchers.

.3 ,520.00
T. D. TIN LEY Trea nrel'.
All expeuditur aeeompani d with
W. P. COLEMAN, J. R. Van B REN,
1'ru tees.

DJ BRED.

191 .

Jan. 1 t, To balance f1'0111 Dec. 31st, 1917" 7th, To weekly help roIL

" 14th, To weekly help roU 11 21st, To weekly help ron , 2] t, To appro\"ed December bills " 2 th, To ,,"eekly help roll

" 31st, To l110nthJy pay roll January

~

Feb. 4th, To weekly help roll

" 11th, To weekly help roll

" 1 th, To weekly help roll

" 20th, To approYed January bills 25th, To weekly help roll

_ th, To mouthly pay roll February Mar. 4th, To weekly help roll
" nth, To weekly help roll

" 1 th, To weekly help roll " 21 t, To approved Feb. bill

" 25th, To weekly help roll Apr. 1 t, To weekly help roll

" ] t, To monthly pay roll March

" th, To weekly help roll , 16th, To weekly help roll

" 16th, To paid Trea urer July to Jan., 191 " 22d, To weekly h~lp roll

" 22d, To approved March biIls " 29th, To \veekly help l'oll , 30th, To monthly 1'011

May 6th, To weekly help roll

40

$ 596.75

_ 5 040

_ 74.05

_

4.50

_ 1,531.9:-

_

6.45

_ 1,079.00

--- 7 .60

_ 87.75

_

4.25

_ 1,5 6.19

_

7. .3

_ ] ,091. 0

_

6.50

_ 7 .30

_ 78.30

_ ],7 9.03

_ 7 .30

_ 90. 0

_ 1,114.65

_ 90. 0

_ 90.75

_ 150.00

_ 90.75

_ 1,211.11

_ 90.75

_ 1,064.65

_ 90.40

" 9th, To Griffith & Till ley Premium on Trea . bond__ 25.00

" 9th, To WiJ on, Agt., Premium on illsuranee_'

_ 27.00

" ]3th, To weekly roll

_ 90.75

" 20th, To ,veekly roll

_ 90.75

" 24th, To approved April bill 27th, To weekly help roll

_ 956.05 _ 90.75

, 31st, To paid monthly roll ilIay June 7th, '1'0 weekly help roll
, 7th, To weekly help roll

_ 1,141.41

_

6.75

_

9.55

" 11th, To Dlonthly roU June 17th, To ]day appro~ed bill

_ 756.00 _ 1,759J2

" 17th, To weekly roll

_ 35.70

" 1 th, To e...x-tra work 011 reports

_

5.00

" 20th, To amouot paid Oliphant to Convelltion~ " 22d, To weekly pay roll

_ 150.00 _ 44.55

" 29th, To weekly pay roll July 6th, To wc kly pay roll
" 15th, To wecKly ray )'011

_ 44.95 _ 4]. 0
_ 51.30

" 19th, To o. ]dutllal In Ul'Ullce Co., premillnL Aug. 1st, To June bills appro\'ed

_ 41. _ 40 .

" 1st, rfo weekly roll July 20th

_ 44.40

" 1 t, To weekly roll J'uly 27th 1st, To monthly roll for July

_ 3 .55 _ 390.00

" 3Tel, To Treasurer from Jan., 191 , to July 5th, To weekly roll
]2th, To weekly roll
19th, To weekly roll

_ ]50.00 _ 46.50 _ 44.50 _ 45.60

J1 26th, To weekly roU 26th, Jo .July bill appro\-ed 27th, To JIIO. E. Wilson, In urance
pt. 3rl, To weekly pay roll

_ 45.60

_ 2,239.1

_

3.00

_ 45.60

" 31, To tnonthly roll ugu t

- 390.00

" 9th, To weekly roll

_ 49.20

" 13th, To Griffith & Tinsley insurance Sept. 19th, To roll ~veekly
" 23o, To weekly roll
2 th, To Augu t bills appro~ec1

_ 140.00 _ 76.55 _ 90.20
_ 371. 7

" 30th, To "Teekly Toll

_

6.25

" 30th, To monthly roll Oct. 7th, To weekly roll

_ 910.50 _ 80.00

" 14th, To '\'eekly roll

_

9.00

" 21st, To weekly roll

_

4.95

24th, To eptember bills approved

_ 1,450.41

" 2 th, To weekly roll

_ 96.20

" 31st, To nlonthly October roll

_ 1,]94.00

41

)lOL 4th, To weekly 1"011 , lIth, To weekly roll
" 14th, To Juo. E. Wilson insurance JI 14th, To We t & Daolour in urance " 14th, To We t & Da010Ul' in urance J1 14th, To Morris Harris insurance " 14th, To Geo. B. Jewett insurance " 1 th, To ,,,eekly roll 11 ] th, To Oliphant to Baltinlore " 20th, To G. G. Hardell1an in urancc
20th, To So. Mutual insurance " 25th, To weekly roll " 27th, To appro\'ed bill for 0 tobel'
29th, '1'0 monthly pay roll Dec. 2n(1, To weekly pay roll
" 6tb, To Tr asurel' to December 1 t " 9th, To weekly pay roll " 16th, To weekly pay roll
19th, To appro"ed bills for No\'embel" 20th, To monthly pay roll 23d, To ,Yeekly pay roll
" ~ th, To Trea urer to Jan. Jst, ]919 " 30th, rro weekly pay 1'011 " 31st, To appro\' d monthly bill " 3Jst, 'ro balance carried o,"er to 1919

_

94.35

_ 94.45

_ 57.4

_ 56.00

_ 'll2.00

_ ]35.00

_ 73.60

_ 102.45

_ 125.00

_ 55.00

_ 37..30

_ 101.95

_ 2,:-45.40

_ ],127.00

_ 97.30

_ 125.00

_ 104.25

_ 95.75

_ 1,614.53

- __ 1,_37.00 _ 9,*.15

_ 25.00

_ 6 .25

_ ] ,207.19

_ 2272.55

.3 ,520.00

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