REPORT of the BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the Georgia Academy for the Blind JUNE, 1923 TO HI EXCELLE~CY T. \\. H RDWICK GOVER:-.JOR OF GEORGI . Ir: Complyin tY with the law tYoyerning the GeortYia . cademy for the Blind. I re pectfully ubmit for the Tnt tee of that / in titution a record of it operation for the year 1922. I beg that you will have thi record printed at an early date in order that it may oner reach the meml ers of the Tenera( embl)' for their con iderati n. Thi probably the malle t of the tate' educational 111 titution. At the ame time ti i the mo t pathetic and it claim on the intere t and the ympathy of our people J. uperior to that f all the other The important matter in thi paper which I am now . ubmittin tY thr twh th Executive to the LetYi lature are c ntained in the report of ~lr. . F. Oliphant. uperintendent. and the Trea urer. "Mr. '1', D. Tinsley. They how in full detail what ha been done with eyer)' dollar appr priated to the Academy for the preceding year. and r-,[r. Oliphant report ho\\. in itemized detail the urtYent need of the in tituti n for the coming year . . .' you kn \\'. the general appr priati n bill pa ed in 1921 and providin tY for the years 1922 and 1923. cut do\\'n our apl r priation of $40.000.00 to $36.000.00 and thi' wa done in face f the fact that \ e were a king f r a pecial appropriation which \y badly needed. Still we have been gettin o' alon tY a be t \\'e could with the reduced appropriation for general maintenance and have I t those thing for \\'hich \\'e a ked a special appr priation imply wait until we could app al t the eneral embly no\\' about to convene. In order to bring to y ur pecial attention, a well a that f the member of the General embl)', I incorporate in thi brief report an itemized tatement of the uperintendent a to the thintYs which we need or which need to 3 be done, together ,,jth a careful estimate of the re pectiYe amount needed for the purpo e named: If desired, we will undertake before thi matter come up for action before the ppropriation Committees, to have responsible bid ubmitted in writino- for their information. The items are a follow : "WHITE CHOClL' Additional f r pipe or ook, Felton 6 Daniel. Elmer 7 Davi, J0 hua 8 Dempsey, Will : 9 Ga rrison, Thoma _._ 10 Hargrove, Elwyn II ,Hurst Jim 12 Jone , Barna 13 King, larence 14 Layton, Lloyd IS Leverett, Elmer 16 Lewi, John _ ~ 17 Mann, Eeron 18 Mincey, George Robert 19 Myrick, Robert 20 'olen, Ellis _ 21 Oglesby, Eulice 22 Puckett, oleman 23 app, Lewis 24 ha \\'. J. V';. . 25 ears, Olin 26 ingleton. Ralph 27 human, Earne t 28 mith, Leroy 29 mith, Humphrey 30 mith, Oliver Lee 31 nipe, Woodie 32 pradley, Willie 33 ummerour, Richard 34 umner, Talmadge 35 ine, Rex J6 Weather by, Kos 37 'vVilson, Frank 38 \ orley, Loyd County. Ti ft Bibb DeKalb Grady Dodge Thomas Early Floyd Ful ton Bibb Thoma Fulton palding Turner Hou ton _ _ Bibb Troupe Chatham Chatham Wilkin on Rockdale DeKalb Berrien Fulton Coffee tephen Chatham Fulton Colquitt Fulton Stewart Dooly Gwinnett Lauren Richmond Baker Bibb Habersham 14 ENROLLMENT FOR WHITE SCHOOL, 1922. GIRL. No. arne I Amos. Lavada 2 Bennett, Glady .3 Burge, Annie 4 Clemons, Lucile 5 Cox. Rosa Lee 6 Driver Dori 7 Fields, Lottie Belle 8 Floyd. Ida May 9 Gay, Maggie Audry 10 Gary, Alpha II George, ell 12 Giddeons, Bertie 13 Gile, Inez 14 Green, Edna Estelle 15 Harper, Annie Laura 16 Hughes, Hazel 17 Knott, Sarah 18 Layton, Inez 19 Layton, Murrell 20 Lightfoot, Madeline 21 Maxwell, Edna 22 Mills, Annie Sue 23 Mosely, Mary Edith 24 Murrell, Glady y 25 Murphy, Mildred 26 Ogg, Eliza Jane 27 Pennington, Mardelle 28 Peter on, Leath~ 29 Rooks. Bonuie May 30 Sentell, Evelyn 31 heppard, Edna 32 nipe , Lota 33 Stallings, Glady 34 Swinford, Lillian 35 Vinson, Inez 36 Waldrip, Ruby County. Richmond Wayne Crisp Ben Hill Spalding Wayne Bartow Calhoun Bryan Douglas Fulton Coffee Douglas Upson Newton Fulton Pike Turner Turner Richmond Laurens pson Wayne Bleckley Clayton Turner Sumter Coffee Gwinnett Fulton Chatham Clay Bacon Lloyd Rabun Fulton 15 ENROLLMENT FOR COLORED SCHOOL, 1922. BOY.' '0. Name 1 Atwater, Cha 2 Barlowe, Harvey 3 Clarke. Baltimore 4 Davi, G. G 5 Emmanuel, Fred 6 Evan, Robert 7 Faun, Felix 8 Fields, Harry 9 Gregory, Milton 10 Harri, J ack II Jack on, Zedikiah 12 Lewi, Albert 13 Ligon, John 14 Lundy, Leroy 15 Maddox, John 16 Mitchell, Emmett 17 McLendon, George 18 Norrington, Walter 19 Porthro, John 20 Riley, Eugene 21 Rose, J. D 22 Reid, Jack 23 Richie, Willard 24 Smith, Thos. . 25 mith: J. R 26 Wiggin, Willie 27 \\ illiams Robert County. Glynn Fulton Pula ki Fulton Ja per Jone ChathaJl1 Fulton \Vare Steyen Richmond Fulton Fulton Washington umter umter Schley Walton layton Baker Tiit Hall Fulton Clarke Terrell Camden Bibb 16 ENROLLMENT FOR COLORED SCHOOL, 1922. GIRL. No. arne County. I Akin, Fleeta Floyd 2 Andrews, 'Lucy .._ : Laurens 3 Bonner, Lena Bibb 4 Bennett. Alger Bibb ~ ~::;t~. ~:~~:~ ::::::~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~.~~~~~;;~ 7 Gilead, Lucile tephen 8 Haynes, Gus ie Bibb 9 Holloway, Lucile Ben Hill 10 ] ack on, Mamie Bibb II ] ones, Roma L Taylor 12 Lewis, Corinne Wa hington 13 .Mo e . Annie R Burke 14 Norman, Alma ] one 15 Reid, Freddie May Chatham 16 Thomas, Eunice Floyd 17 Thompson, Hattie Floyd 18 \ \' atts, Ida Bulloch 17 HEALTH RECORD. During 1922 there were no epidemic and only one case of serious ilIne . a case of ma toiditi at the white school. The patient' life \Va aved by a prompt operation. He is now entirely well but had to receive treatment for a con- iderable length of time. During :March of 1923. we had an epidemic of measles at the white chool.-the fir t epidemic of a contagiou di ea e in ten year except the epidemic of "flu" 10 1918. 11 cases recovered without any eri us result . t the colored chool there were several mild case of "flu" and since January 1, 1923. one ca e of appendiciti , which wa ucces fully operated on by our physician, Dr. C. H. Richard on, who e report is attached hereto. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. We were fortunate in retaining the entire taff in thi department without change. a re ult there ha been constant improvement. a our teacher have become more experienced in teachino- the blind. I ao-ain call attention to the fact that it i impo ible to get teachers trained for thi work except tho e wh have had actual experience in in titution for the blind. It i not economical to change teacher frequently in any chool, lea t of all in chool for defective, on account of the highly pecialized character of the work. 1 0 change ha been made in the cour e of tudy followed in previou years. On account of the adoption of the standard dot s)' tern in the lower grades, we are now getting for tho e grade - modern textbook a good a tho e used in the public chool. Thi ystem i being in- troduced into one grade each year and in course of time all graades will be upplied with modern textbook . The recent increa e in the Federal appropriation to the American Printing House for the Blind enables us to furn- ish an ample supply of textbooks for all our pupils for the first time in the history of the school. 18 MUSIC DEPARTMENT. 'fhi department ha given instructi n in piano, violin, voice training, choru ina-ing and mu ical theory and harm ny. J\lu ic recitals have been given monthly during the year. The department haa been und r the management of 11r. E. H. ~1c 'ie!. for f urteen year the efficient director of mu'ic. He ha been ably a isted by :\lis Beulah mith, teacher of piano, and ~Ir . Catherine Reynolds McCook, teacher of violin. MANUAL TRAINING. The boy continue to make ati fact ry progre under the intruction of :\1r. Cha. \V. Johnson. Trainina- ha been ffered in sloyd, ,,"ood ,,"ork. metal w rk chair canina-. br III making and piano tuning. ~li 's Roddie Mock, teacher of the girl" manual trainina- cia 'se' ha - done very acceptable work. The girl have been in tructed in paper cutting and foldin ,plain ewina-. knitting, crocheting, ba ket making, rug weaving and chair caning. The manual trainina- ha been omewhat handical ped by lack of material and equipment. TYPEWRITING DEPARTMENT. ?\o change have been made in thi d partment. The re 'ult accompli hed under the management of Mi s Vira-inia Bland have been highly ati factory. Mi Bland ha had trainina- in a fir t-class bu in college. COLORED SCHOOL. The affair of the school have been faithfully admini tered under the upervi ion of L. H. V\'illiam Principal, and hi wife, lice William, matron. In truction in the Literary Department has included the ame ubject a heretofore, and covered approximately the ubject taught in the grammar grades of the Public chools. 19 In the Mu ic Department in truction ha been given in piano, organ and inging. The work of the lanual Training Department ha been confined largely to chair caninO" for the boy. O"reat deal of this kind of work i ayailable in Macon, and in addition to training pupil to u e their hand, it furni he to me of them a source of income. The girl have been in tructeded by the matron in ewing and the hou ehold art. The report at the Colored School. mentioned in my la t report have not bee\l made for the reason that the LeO"i lature did not appropriate the nece ary fund. The external woodwork ha not be;en painted in more than' fifteen year and as a con equence i uffering from decay. The plumbing need replacement and repainting. The furni hing need con iderable addition. The porches are 0 badly decayed as to be danO"erou . The school i in great need of equipment. We have been compelled to su pend the broom hop on account of lack of machinery and material. The amount a ked for a workshop i not adequate by any mean but it will enable u to build a hed in "'hich manual training can be carried on until better quarter can be furni hed. The colored chool i in need of repair and all kind of equipment. It will uffer eriou Iy unle - something i done to meet the e need. THE SCHOOL FINANCES. It i hardly nece- ary to ay that the la t two year have been very difficult for public in titution. Information on thi point will be thru t upon the legi lator from all ections of the tate. Price reached their peak during 1920, and are not yet down to prewar ba i. Repair have been neglected which will co t more for each year's delay. The building for the White School wa built sixteen year ago. ince that time it has not had a thorough renovation. The interior woodwork has not been repainted. The walls have not been refinished, and much plaster- 20 109 in bad condition. The" plumbing fix'tures are badly "'orn and need exten ive repai~ , and insome ca e entire replacement. The amount appropriated for a pipe organ in 191 , paid in monthly in tallment . and available in January, 1920. amounting to $4.000.00. i till in the hands of the Trea urer. for the rea on that on account of the co t of labor and material, it i impo ible to buy a uitable organ for the amount appropriated. The oro-an now in u e "'a purcha ed thirty-five year ago. The organ purcha ed now ought to be ,veil adapted to the present and future need of the in titution, a it will probably be a lono- time before another can be purcha ed. Organ co t even now are approximately double what they were before the war. \Ve therefore need an additional $4,000.00 to purcha e an organ adapted to our need and give it uitable in tallation. This organ i needed for the purpo e of trainino- uch of our pupils a are capable to be church oro-ani t. Many churches in Georgia are purcha ing pipe organ which in orne ca e are not in use on account of the lack of competent organi t . church able to pay an organi t usually own an organ co ting $7.000.00 or more. Our pupil . hould be trained on an oro-an a near like tho e they will have to play in church a po ible. n organ co tino- Ie than $7,000.00 at the pre ent time, would not have the combination and mechanical equipment nece ary for the ucce ful training of our pupil. It ,,-ill co t $1.000.00 to in tall a ne,v organ, on account of nece ary chano-e 111 buildino- and foundation and "'iring for blower. The equipment at b th chool ha been o-reatly depleted durino- the pa t five year. \Ve are in need of blanket, heet, beddino-, towel . table linen dining room and kitchen equipment. At the \Yhite chool there mu t be new grate bar and flue for the heating boiler, and considerable repair to the heating plant. We have not bought a new piano in ten year, and some of our piano have been in use more than fifteen 21 year. nder normal conditi n we c uld have taken care f 'ome of the' e item from our maintenance account. nder the exi ting condition it has been impo ible to do more than take care of the mo t imperati e need. The pay of ur teaching force wa increa ed three year agl!' but i till Ie than the alarie paid for imilar work in th city public school. The amount a ked for are neces ary to keep the chool from u ing backward. Blind children are already laborin u under an enormou handicap. It hould not be increa ed by uiving them Ie efficient training than their ighted broth rand iter. 'Ve have lived on what the Legi lature ha given u . '" are ready to do 0 again, but if other in titutions who have gone beyond their appropriation, upplyinu their want ut of the -redit of the tate are allowed deficiency appropriation, while , e are denied mall pecial appropriation to meet our actual need, then a premium i placed on deficits, while a penalty i put on economy. I recommend a the minimum amount required for our need the foil wing: 22 WHITE SCHOOL Additional for pipe organ and installation ~ Repairing plastering and kalsomining and re- painting woodwork _ -' Repairs to heating plant; new valves to radiator, new flue and grate bars in boiler, new engine ~ew furniture for bedroom and dormitories Bed furni hing , table linens, tableware, kitchen furnishing, new stove Pianos _ Repair and replacement of plumbing Replacement gutters and downspout De ks Iron and concrete stairways in dormitorie wimming pool Floor coverings (Battleshi Linoleum, for hall and Arcade) $4,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 _ 1,000.00 . 1,000.00 . 500.00 . 500.00 . 1.000.00 1,000.00 COLORED SCHOOL. Repairing pia tering and kalsomining, painting interior and exterior Rebuilding porches $1,000.00 1 000.00 Building fuel hou e 500.00 Replacing plumbing 500.00 Furnishings, bed, table, kitchen and dining room.... 500.00 Heating plant 500.00 Laundry equipment 115.00 Building for shop and laundry 1,000.00 Respectfully submitted, G. F. OLIPHA T, Superintenden t. 23 May 15, 1923. Judge . L. illiller, Pre ident Board of Tru tee , )'Iac n, a. Dear ir: I beg to . ubmit t y u the following report of my work a Oculi. t. uri t and LaryngoloCTist to the Georgia Academy for the Blind during the year of 1922 and 1923. I have made nine examination of eye, ear, no e and throat. and in addition to that, I did one enucleation on John mith of the Colored Blind Academy. Respectfully, C. L. PE I GTO . May 15, 1923. 24 Judge . L. Miller, Pre ident Board f Tru tee, Macon, Ga. Dear Ir: I hand y u herewith my report for the chool year ju t cIo ing. DurinO" the month of eptember, Octob r and November there were nly a few ca. e of a minor nature. DurinO" December. there \\'a a mall epidemic of influenza at the \"hite Academy. ab ut ten ca e in all. and they were f a mild nature. no ca es of pneumonia deyeloped and all made prompt recovery. In January, ne f the little O"irl at the \\ hite . cadem::uffered a br ken elbow. Thi heal d nicely and he haa u eful arm. In ~Iarch there "'a one ca e of appendiciti at the C lored Blind cadem)" which \Va operated on at the .Macon Ho pital and made a good recovery. Since that time there have been only a few ca e of illne of a minor nature. There \Va a mild epidemic of mea Ie in March, 1923. The health of the children at both chool ha been good and the)" seem to ha \'e been exceptionally well cared for. It i a ource of ati 'faction and urpri e that recei\in