Report of Board of Visitors to the Georgia School for the Deaf, 1903

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OCT 6 ..RSITY OF GEORGIA

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BOARD OF VISITOR'S

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ATLA"TA, GA_ TH. FRAIIKLIN PRINTING &: PUBLISHING (;f)MP.UV
W. HAR&LSOII. STATE PRINTE'! 1903 -

R E PO Rrr
OF THE
BOARD OF VISITORS
TO THE
Georgia School for the Deaf
AT: ANTA, GA.
THE FRANKLIN PRINT NG & PUBLISHING Cn,\\PANY
GEO. W. HARR SON, STATE PRINTER '903

REPORT.
(JA'E SPRIKG, GA., May 27, 1903.
Governor J. ]1. Te1'1'ell, Atlanta, Ga. DEAR SIR :-In obedience to your order, dated May 13,
1903, we ba\'e vi ited the Georgia Scbool for the Deaf at Cave Spring, Georgia, and having met the Board of Tru tee Qf the school, as the tatute require, have examined into it -condition.
We took up the Treasurer's book from thetime the la t yi iting committee audited the sam e, made a casual investigation Qf them lip to each investigation a made by tbe Executive Committee of the Board of Tru tees up to the last time the investigation was made by them. From that time on to date we carefully and crutinizingly exami ned the same, and with pleasure state that we find the books neatly and accurately kept, and every dollat properly accounted and receipted for.
We al 0 examined the purcha es made for the benefit of the chool; we examined everal bills for each quarter of the la t three or four yeats, and found in each and every instance that the Superintendent helel a t'eceipt for the exact amount of the bill purchased, and the Trea nrer held a paid voucher for the same, endor ed by the eller.
We al a examined the variou articles bought and the price thereof, as appear on aid bills, and find tbat 10 many instance the price were below the market value of the goods bought, and lD no instance wa the price over

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market value paid, the prices being reasonable an~ just. No goods were purchased at one price and entered at another. The e articles, we found, were useful and such as were necessary.
We find that the nece sities for temporary repairs are constantly arising; we therefore recommend that such repair be made promptly, in order to preserve and protect the property, and that some provision should be made to meet the expenses of uch repairs.
There are now in actual attendance one hundred and thirtyeight white and thirty-six colored inmates. Their training, discipline, physical and mental development and culture i equal to the best of similar institution in the United States, and the State i annually redeeming and sending out from this school cultured young men and women and expert mechanics in various department of indu try.
We find the capacity of the buildinga insufficient to accommodate the children of the State who need the benefits of this chool, and that there are now on file applications for the admission of twenty-five children who lire entitled to its benefit, but who, for lack of room, cannot be admitted.
In order to accommodate the number now present the children are crowded in their recitation and sleeping rooms. In ome of the sleeping-room we find as many as fourteen white children, and in one colored room we find twenty. By strict adherence to the rules of health and cleanly habits, the -children are in good health, but the condition is unfortunate and should be remedied, not only on account of the condition of the children in attendance, but because the State

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hould extend equal opportunitie to all children imilarly situated.
We therefore recommend that the State take immediate steps to enlarge the buildin~s so that all the deaf Dhildren of the State may have opportunitie:; to become uHeful and educated citizen .
Our investigations have been thorough in every department of the school and its finances. We are convinced that the school is thorough, carefully looked after, and administered in a righteous, economical manner; we believe no better men could be had to look after the many details of the school than the pre ent Board of Tru tee and their Executive Committee, and we commend them for their devotion to the interest of thi chool and the State.
Respectfully submitted,
R. T. FOUCHE, Cbmn., Z. B. ROGER,
w. B. MARTI~,
CHAS. L. BASS, S. T. WI~GFIELD, J. P. PRE COT'T, E. T. COLE:llAN, J. H. SUT'TO~.

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