Perkins Institution

SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT

THE TRUSTEES

Perkins Institution

Massachusetts School for the Blind,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING

August 31, 1905.

BOSTON Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co., 272 Congress Street 1906

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Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, South Boston, October 17, 1905.

To the Hon. Wm. M. Olin, Secretary of State, Boston.

Dear Sir:—I have the honor to transmit to you, for the use of the legislature, a copy of the seventy-fourth annual report of the trustees of this institution to the corporation thereof, together with that of the treasurer and the usual accompanying documents. Respectfully, MICHAEL ANAGNOS, Secretary. OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION

1905-1906.

FRANCIS H. APPLETON, President. AMORY A. LAWRENCE, Vice-President.

WILLIAM ENDICOTT, Jr., Treasurer. MICHAEL ANAGNOS, Secretary.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

FRANCIS H. APPLETON. J. THEODORE HEARD, M.D. WM. LEONARD BENEDICT. EDWARD JACKSON. WILLIAM ENDICOTT. GEORGE H. RICHARDS. Rkv. PAUL REVERE FROTHINGHAM. WILLIAM L. RICHARDSON, M.D. CHARLES P. GARDINER. RICHARD M. SALTONSTALL. N. P. HALLOWELL. S. LOTHROP THORNDIKK, Chairman.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Monthly Visiting Committee,

•whose duty it is to visit and inspect lite Institution at least once in each month.

1906. igo6.

January, . . . . Francis H. Appleton. July, . . . . . J. Theodore Heard,

February, . . . Wm. L. Benedict. August, . . . . Edward Jackson.

March, . . . . William Endicott. September, . . . George H. Richards.

April, . . . . . Paul R. Frothingham. October, . . . . Wii.LLAM L. Richardson.

May, . . . . . Charles P. Gardiner. November, . . . Richard M. Saltonstall.

June, . . . . . N. P. Hallowell. December, . . . S. Lothrop Thorndike.

Committee on Education. House Committee.

George H. Richards. William L. Richardson, M.D. Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham. Charles P. Gardiner. William L. Richardson, M.D. George H. Richards.

Committee on Finance. Committee on Health.

S. Lothrop Thorndike. J. Theodore Heard, M.D. William Endicott. William L. Richardson, M.D. Wm. Leonard Benedict. Richard M. Saltonstall. N. P. Hallowell.

Auditors of Accounts.

J. Theodore Heard, M.D. S. Lothrop Thorndike. OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS.

MICHAEL ANAGNOS, Director.

TEACHERS OF THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT. Boys' Section. Girls' Section. ALMORIN O. CASWELL. Miss GAZELLA BENNETT. Miss CAROLINE E. McMASTER. Miss SARAH M. LILLEY. Miss JULIA A. BOYLAN. Miss FRANCES S. MARRETT. Miss JESSICA L. LANGWORTHY. Miss MARY E. SAWYER. EDWARD K. HARVEY. Miss HELEN L. SMITH. RAY WALDRON PETTENGILL. Miss JULIA E. BURNHAM. Miss ALTA M. REED. Miss EUGENIA LOCKE. Special Teachers to Blind Deaf-Mutes.

Miss VINA C BADGER. I Miss ABBY G. POTTLE.

Miss ELIZABETH HOXIE. | Miss ANNIE CARBEE. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING. JOHN H. WRIGHT. Miss EUGENIA LOCKE. Miss LENNA D. SWINERTON. Miss MARY E. SAWYER. DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC. Boys' Section. AUGUSTO VANNINl. AUGUST DAMM. EDWIN L. GARDINER. Miss A. BLACK. FREDA Girls' Section. Miss HELEN M. ABBOTT. Miss MARY E. BURRECK. Miss LILA P. COLE. W. LUTHER STOVER. Miss MARY E. RILEY. JOHN F. HARTWELL. Miss LOUISA L. FERNALD. JOHN M. FLOCKTON. Miss HELEN M. KELTON. Miss BLANCHE A. BARDIN.

GEORGE W. WANT, Voice. \ . , ,, ^^ ^°* ^^^^ons.e„^.;^„<, EDWIN A. SABIN, Violin. \ DEPARTMENT OF MANUAL TRAINING. Boys' Section. Girls' Section. JOHN H. WRIGHT. Miss ANNA S. HANNGREN, Sloyd. JULIAN H. MABEY. Miss FRANCES M. LANGWORTHY, ELWYN C. SMITH. Miss M. ELIZABETH ROBBINS. * Miss MARY B. KNOWLTON, Sloyd. Miss MARIAN E. CHAMBERLAIN. DEPARTMENT OF TUNING PIANOFORTES. GEORGE E. HART, Manager and Instnictor. LIBRARIANS. CLERK AND BOOKKEEPERS. Miss SARAH E. LANE, Librarian. Miss ANNA GARDNER FISH, Clerk. Miss LAURA M. SAWYER, Librarian. Miss MAYBEL J. KING, .Hookkeeper. Miss MARTHA P. SWINERTON, Assistant. Miss EDITH M. GRIFFIN, Assistant. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. ELISHA S. BOLAND, M.D., Housekeepers in the Cottages. Attending Physician. Mrs. M. a. FREDERICK A. FLANDERS, Steward. KNOWLTON. Mrs. L. Mrs. FRANCES E. CARLTON, .Matron. CORA GLEASON. Miss E. STEVENS. Miss ALICE MERRILL, Assistant. CLARA Mrs L. R. SMITH Miss FLORENCE E. STOWE PRINTING DEPARTMENT. DENNIS A. REARDON, Manager. Miss LOUISE CHISHOLM, Prmte.,. " Mrs. ELIZABETH L. BOWDEN. Miss ISABELLA G. MEALEY, WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS.

EUGENE C. HOWARD, Manager. | Miss ESTELLE M. MENDUM, Clerk. MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION.

Abbot, Mrs. M. T., Cambridge. Bigelow, Mrs. Prescott, Brookline. Adams, John A., Pawtucket, R.I. Binney, William, Providence. Adams, Melvin O., Boston. Black, George N., Boston. Agassiz, Mrs. E. C, Cambridge. Boardman, Mrs. Edwin A., Boston. Ahl, Mrs. Daniel, Boston. Bourn, Hon. A. O., Providence. Amory, Charles W., Boston. Bowditch, Alfred, Boston. Anagnos, Michael, Boston. Bowditch, Dr. H. P., Jamaica Plain. Anderson, Mrs. John F., Boston. Boyden, Mrs. Charles, Boston. Appleton, Hon. Francis H., Boston. Brimmer, Mrs. Martin, Boston. Appleton, Mrs. R. M., New York. Brooke, Rev. Stopford W., London. Appleton, Dr. William, Boston. Brooks, Edward, Hyde Park. Apthorp, William F., Boston. Brooks, Rev. G. W., Dorchester. Atkinson, Edward, Boston. Brooks, Peter C, Boston. Bacon, Edwin M., Boston. Brooks, Mrs. Peter C, Boston. Baker, Mrs. Ezra H., Boston. Brooks, Shepherd, Boston. Baker, Miss M. K., Boston. Brown, Mrs. John C, Providence. Baldwin, S. E., New Haven, Conn. Browne, A. Parker, Boston. Baldwin, William H., Boston. Brj'ant, Mrs. A. B. M., Boston.

Ballard, Miss E., Boston. Bullard, Mrs. William S., Boston. Barbour, Edmund D., Boston. Bullock, George A., Worcester. Barrett, E., William Boston. Bumstead, Mrs. F. J., Cambridge.

Barrows, Hon. S. J., New York. Burnham, Miss Julia E., Lowell.

Barrows, Mrs. S. J., New York. Burnham, William A., Boston. Bartlett, Francis, Boston. Burton, Dr. J. W., Flushing, N.Y. Bartlett, Miss F., Boston. Cabot, Mrs. Joseph S., Boston. Bartlett, Mrs. Mary E., Boston. Cabot, Mrs. Samuel, Boston. Bartlett, Miss Mary F., Boston. Callahan, Miss Mary G., Boston. Bates, Arlo, Boston. Callender, Walter, Providence. Baylies, Mrs. Charlotte U., Boston. Carter, Mrs. J. W., West Newton. Beach, Rev. D. N., Bangor, Me. Cary, Miss E. F., Cambridge. Beach, Mrs. Edwin H., Springfield. Cary, Miss Ellen G., Boston. Beebe, E. Pierson, Boston. Case, Mrs. Laura L., Boston.

Beebe, J. Arthur, Boston. Chace, James H., Valley Falls, R.I. Beebe, Mrs. J. Arthur, Boston. Chace, Hon. J., Valley Falls, R.I. Benedict, Wm. Leonard, Boston. Chadwick, Mrs. C. C, Boston. Chamberlin, E. D., Boston. Earle, Mrs. T. K., Boston. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, N.Y. Eliot, Rev. Christopher R., Boston. Chapin, E. P., Providence. Elliott, Mrs. Maud Howe, Boston. Cheever, Dr. David W., Boston. Ellis, George H., Boston. Cheever, Miss M. E., Boston. Endicott, Miss Clara T., Boston.

Clark, Miss S. W., Beverly. Endicott, Henry, Boston. Clement, Edward H., Boston. Endicott, Miss Mary E., Beverly. Coates, James, Providence. Endicott, WiUiam, Boston.

Cochrane, Alexander, Boston. Endicott, William, Jr., Boston.

Coffin, Mrs. W. E., Boston. Endicott, Wilham C, Jr., Boston. Colt, Samuel P., Bristol, R.I. Ernst, C. W., Boston. Cook, Charles T., Detroit, Mich. Evans, Mrs. Glendower, Boston. Cook, Mrs. C. T., Detroit, Mich. Fairbanks, Miss C. L., Boston. Coohdge, Dr. A., Boston. Faulkner, Miss Fannie M., Boston. B., Boston. Coolidge, J. Randolph, Boston. Fay, Mrs. Dudley

Coohdge, Mrs. J. R., Boston. Fay, H. H., Boston. Coolidge, John T., Boston. Fay, Mrs. H. H., Boston. Coolidge, T. Jefferson, Boston. Fay, Miss Sarah B., Boston. Cowing, Miss Grace G., Brookline. Fay, Miss S. M., Boston. Cowing, Mrs. M. W., Brookline. Fenno, Mrs. L. C, Boston. H., Dorchester. Crafts, Mrs. J. M., Boston. Ferguson, Mrs. C. Crane, Mrs. Zenas M., Dalton. Ferris, Mrs. M. E., Brookhne. Crosby, Sumner, Brookline. Ferris, Miss Mary E., Brookline.

Crosby, William S., Brookline. Fields, Mrs. James T., Boston. Cross, Mrs. F. B., Cincinnati, Ohio. Fiske, Mrs. Joseph N., Boston. Cruft, Miss Harriet O., Boston. Fitz, Mrs. W. Scott, Boston. Cummings, Mrs.A.L., Portland, Me. Folsom, Charles F., M.D., Boston. Cunniff, Hon. M. M., Boston. Foote, Miss M. B., Cambridge. Curtis, Mrs. Charles P., Boston. Foster, Miss C. P., Cambridge.

Curtis, Mrs. Greeley S., Boston. Foster, Mrs. E. W., Hartford, Conn.

Curtis, Mrs. Mary S., Boston. Foster, Francis C, Cambridge. Dalton, C. H., Boston. Foster, Mrs. Francis C, Cambridge. Dalton, Mrs. C. H., Boston. Freeman, Miss Harriet E., Boston. Davis, Miss A. W., Boston. Frothingham, Rev. P. R., Boston. Davis, Mrs. Edward L., Boston. Fr}% Mrs. Charles, Boston. Dexter, Mrs. F. G., Boston. Fuller, Mrs. Samuel R., Boston. Dillaway, W. E. L., Boston. Gammans, Hon. George H., Boston. Doliber, Thomas, Boston. Gardiner, Charles P., Boston. Dow, Miss Jane F., Milton. Gardiner, Robert H., Boston.

Draper, Eben S., Boston. Gardner, George A., Boston. Draper, George A., Boston. Gardner, Mrs. John L., Boston. Dunklee, Mrs. John W., Boston. George, Charles H., Providence. Duryea, Mrs. Herman, New York. Gill, Mrs. Francis A., Boston. 8

Glidden, W. T., Boston. Hovey, William A., Boston. Goddard, William, Providence. Howard, Hon. A. C, Boston. Goff, Darius L., Pawtucket, R.I. Howe, Henr)' Marion, N.Y.

GoflF, Lyman B., Pawtucket, R.I. Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward, Boston. Goldthwait, Mrs. John, Boston. Howe, Mrs. Virginia A., Boston. Gooding, Rev. A., Portsmouth, N.H. Howland, Mrs. O. O., Boston. Goodwin, Miss A. M., Cambridge. Hunnewell, Francis W., Boston.

Gordon, Rev. G. A., D.D., Boston. Hunnewell, Mrs. H. S., Boston. Gray, Mrs. Ellen, New York City. Hutchins, Mrs. C. F., Boston. Green, Charles G., Boston. lasigi, Miss Mary V., Boston. Grew, Edward W., Boston. Ingraham, Mrs. E. T., Wellesley.

Griffin, S. B., Springfield. Jackson, Charles C, Boston. Hale, Rev. Edward E., Boston. Jackson, Edward, Boston.

Hall, Mrs. F. Howe, Plainfield, N.J. Jackson, Mrs. J. B. S., Boston. Hall, Miss L. E., Boston. Jackson, Patrick T., Cambridge. Hall, Miss Minna B., Longwood. James, Mrs. C. D., Brookline. Hallowell, Col. N. P., Boston. Jenks, Miss C. E., Boston.

Hammond, Mrs. G. G., Jr., Boston. Johnson, Edward C, Boston. Hammond, Mrs. G. W., Boston. Jones, Mrs. E. C, New Bedford. Hanscom, Dr. Sanford, Somerville. Joy, Mrs. Charles H., Boston. Haskell, Edwin B., Auburndale. Kasson, Rev. F. H., Boston. Haskell, Mrs. E. B., Auburndale. Kellogg, Mrs. Eva D., Boston. Head, Charles, Boston. Kendall, Miss H. W., Boston. Head, Mrs. Charles, Boston. Kent, Mrs. Helena M., Boston. P., Heard, J. T., M.D., Boston. Elidder, Mrs. Henr)' Boston. Hearst, Mrs. Phebe A. Kilmer, Frederick M., Somerville. Hemenway, Mrs. Augustus, Boston. Kimball, Mrs. David P., Boston. Hemenway, Mrs. Chas. P., Boston. Kimball, Edward P., Maiden. Henshaw, Mrs. Harriet A., Boston. Knapp, George B., Boston.

Hersey, Charles H., Boston. Knowlton, Daniel S., Boston. Higginson, Frederick, Brookline. Kramer, Henry C, Boston. Higginson, Henry Lee, Boston. Lamb, Mrs. Annie L., Boston. Higginson, Mrs. Henr\' L., Boston. Lamson, Miss C. W., England.

Hill, Dr. A. S., Somerville. Lang, B. J., Boston.

Hill, J. E. R., Boston. Lang, Mrs. B. J., Boston. A., Boston. Hill, Mrs. T. J., Providence. Lawrence, Amory Hoar, Gen. Rockwood, Worcester. Lawrence, James, Groton. Hodgkins, Frank E., Somerville. Lawrence, Mrs. James, Groton. Hogg, John, Boston. Lawrence, Rt. Rev. Wm., Boston. Boston. Hollis, Mrs. S. J., Lynn. Lee, George C, Holmes, Charles W., Canada. Lee, Mrs. George C, Boston. Holmes, John H., Boston. Lillie, Mrs. A. H., Richmond, Eng.

Horton, Mrs. William H., Boston. Lincoln, L. J. B., Hingham. Linzee, J. T., Boston. Nickerson, Miss Priscilla, Boston. Littell, Miss S. G., Boston. Nickerson, S. D., Boston. Livermore, Thomas L., Boston. Norcross, Grenville H., Boston.

Lodge, Hon. Henry C, Boston. Norcross, Mrs. Otis, Jr., Boston.

Longfellow, Miss Alice M. Noyes, Hon. Charles J., Boston. Lord, Rev. A. M., Providence, R.I. Oliver, Dr. Henry K., Boston. Loring, Mrs. W. Caleb, Boston. Paine, Robert Treat, Boston.

Lothrop, John, Auburndale. Palfrey, J. C, Boston. Lothrop, Mrs. T. K., Boston. Palmer, John S., Providence. Levering, Mrs. Charles T., Boston. Parkinson, John, Boston. Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, Boston. Parkman, George F., Boston. Lowell, Miss Amy, Brookline. Peabody, Rev. Endicott, Groton. Lowell, Charles, Boston. Peabody, Frederick W., Boston.

Lowell, Francis C, Bosten. Peabody, Mrs. R. S., Boston. Lowell, Mrs. George G., Boston. Peabody, S. E., Boston. Lowell, Miss Georgina, Boston. Perkins, Charles Bruen, Boston. Lowell, Miss Lucy, Boston. Perkins, Mrs. C. E., Boston. Lyman, Arthur T., Boston. Phillips, Mrs. John C, Boston.

Lyman, J. P., Boston. Pickman, D. L., Boston. Marrett, Miss H. M., Standish, Me. Pickman, Mrs. D. L., Boston. Marrs, Mrs. Kingsmill, Wayland. Pierce, Mrs. M. V., Milton. Marvin, Mrs. E. C, Boston. Pope, Mrs. A. A., Boston. Mason, Miss E. F., Boston. Porter, Charles H., Quincy. Mason, Miss Ida M., Boston. Powars, Miss Mary A., Boston.

Mason, I. B., Providence. Prendergast, J. M., Boston. Matchett, Mrs. W. F., Boston. Proctor, James H., Boston. Matthews, Mrs. A. B., Boston. Proctor, Mrs. T. E., Boston. Merriam, Charles, Boston. Quimby, Mrs. A. K., Boston. Merriman, Mrs. D., Boston. Rand, Arnold A., Boston.

Merritt, Edward P., Boston. Rantoul, Robert S., Salem. Meyer, Mrs. George von L., Boston. Reardon, Dennis A., Boston.

Minot, J. Grafton, Boston. Reed, Mrs. Wm. Homer, Boston. Minot, the Misses, Boston. Reynolds, Walter H., Boston. Mixter, Miss Madeleine C, Boston. Rice, Mrs. Henry A., Boston. Morgan, Eustis P., Saco, Me. Richards, Miss Elise, Boston. Morgan, Mrs. Eustis P., Saco, Me. Richards, George H., Boston. Morison, John H., Boston. Richards, Mrs. H., Gardiner, Me. Morison, Mrs. John H., Boston. Richardson, John, Boston. Morse, Mrs. Leopold, Boston. Richardson, MissM. G., New York. Morse, Miss M. F., Jamaica Plain. Richardson, Mrs. M. R., Boston. Moseley, Charles H., Boston. Richardson, W. L., M.D., Boston. Motley, Mrs. E. Preble, Boston. Roberts, Mrs. A. W., Boston. Nickerson, Andrew, Boston. Robinson, Henry, Reading. lO

Rodman, S. W., Boston. Stewart, Mrs. C. B., Boston.

Sturgis, Francis S., Boston. Rodocanachi, J. M., Boston. Rogers, Miss Clara B., Boston. Sullivan, Richard, Boston. Rogers, Miss Flora E., New York. Swan, Mrs. Sarah H., Cambridge. Rogers, Henry M., Boston. Taggard, Mrs. B. W., Boston. Rogers, Mrs. William B., Boston. Talbot, Mrs. Isabella W., Boston. Ropes, Mrs. Joseph A., Boston. Tapley, Mrs. Amos P., Boston. Russell, Mrs. Henry G., Providence. Temple, Thomas F., Boston. Russell, Miss Marian, Boston. Thaw, Mrs. Wm., Pittsburg, Pa.

Russell, Mrs. Robert S., Boston. Thayer, Miss Adele G., Boston. Russell, Mrs. William A., Boston. Thayer, E. V. R., Boston. Sabine, Mrs. G. K., Brookline. Thayer, Rev. George A., Cincinnati. Saltonstall, Richard M., Newton. Thayer, Mrs. Nathaniel, Boston. Sanborn, Frank B., Concord. Thomas, Mrs. Joseph B., Boston. Schaff, Capt. Morris, Pittsfield. Thorndike, S. Lothrop, Boston. Schlesinger, Sebastian B., Boston. Tilden, Miss Alice Foster, Milton. Sears, David, Boston. Tilden, Miss Edith S., Milton. Sears, Frederick R., Boston. Tilden, Mrs. M. Louise, Milton.

Sears, Mrs. Fred. R., Jr., Boston. Tingley, S. H., Providence. Sears, Mrs. Knyvet W., Boston. Tompkins, Eugene, Boston. Sears, Mrs. P. H., Boston. Torrey, Miss A. D., Boston. Sears, Willard T., Boston. Tuckerman, Mrs. C. S., Boston. Shaw, Mrs. G. Howland, Boston. Turner, Miss Abby W., Randolph.

Shaw, Henry S., Boston. Underwood, Herbert S., Boston. Shaw, Quincy A., Boston. Villard, Mrs. Henry, New York. Shepard, Harvey N., Boston. Vose, Miss Caroline C, Milton. Shepard, Mrs. T. P., Providence. Wales, Joseph H., Boston. Sherwood, W. H., Boston. Warden, Erskine, Waltham. Shippen, Rev. R. R., Brockton. Ware, Miss M. L., Boston.

Sigourney, Henry, Boston. Warren, J. G., Providence. Slafter, Rev. Edmund F., Boston. Warren, Mrs. Wm. W., Boston. Slater, Mrs. H. N., Boston. Watson, Thomas A., Weymouth. Sohier, Miss E. D., Boston. Watson, Mrs. T. A., Weymouth. Sohier, Miss Emily L., Boston. Weld, R. H., Boston. Sohier, Miss M. D., Boston. Weld, Mrs. William F., Boston.

Sorchan, Mrs. Victor, New York. Wesson, J. L., Boston. Spaulding, Mrs. Mahlon D., Boston. Wheelock, Miss Lucy, Boston. Spencer, Henry F., Boston. Wheelwright, A. C, Boston. Sprague, F. P., M.D., Boston. Wheelwright, John W., Boston.

Stanwood, Edward, Brookline. White, C. J., Cambridge. Stearns, Charles H., Brookline. White, Mrs. Charles T., Boston. Stearns, Mrs. Charles H., Brookline. White, George A., Boston. Stevens, Miss C. Augusta, N.Y. Whitehead, Miss Mary, Boston. II

Whiting, Albert T., Boston. Winsor, Mrs. E., Chestnut Hill.

Whitney, Miss Anne, Boston. Winsor, J. B., Providence. Whitney, Henry M., Brookline. Winthrop, Mrs. John, Stockbridge. Wigglesworth, Thomas, Boston. Winthrop, Mrs. Thos. L., Boston. Wightman, W. B., Providence. Woodruff, Thomas T., Boston. WiUiams, Mrs. H., Boston. Young, Mrs. Benjamin L., Boston. Winslow, Mrs. George, Roxbury. —

SYNOPSIS OF THE PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CORPORATION,

South Boston, October n, 1905.

The annual meeting of the corporation, duly summoned, was held

today at the institution, and was called to order by the president,

Hon. Francis H. Appleton, at 3 p.m.

The proceedings of the last meeting were read by the secretary and declared approved.

The annual report of the trustees was presented, read, accepted and ordered to be printed with the usual accompanying documents.

The report of the treasurer was read, accepted and ordered to be printed.

The corporation then proceeded to ballot for officers for the en- suing year, and the following persons were unanimously elected:

President—Hon. Francis H. Appleton.

Vice-President—Amory .\. Lawrence.

Treasurer—William Endicott, Jr. Secretary—Michael Anagnos.

Trustees—Francis H. Appleton, William Leonard Benedict, William Endi- cott, Charles P. Gardiner, J. Theodore Heard, M.D., George H. Richards, Richard M. Saltonstall and S. Lothrop Thomdike.

The meeting was then dissolved. MICHAEL ANAGNOS, Secretary. REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.

Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, South Boston, October ii, 1905.

To the Members oj the Corporation.

Ladies and Gentlemen:—We, your trustees, respectfully beg leave to submit the following report for the year ending on the 31st of August, 1905. The period under review presents a record of industry, peace and progress. The teachers and administrative officers have been faithful and diligent in the discharge of their duties and have labored assiduously to advance the interests of the institution. The pupils have been well behaved, attentive to their work and desirous of deriving a due amount of benefit from the advantages afforded to them by the school. At the beginning of the year there were 285 blind persons connected with the various departments of the establishment, including the kindergarten in Jamaica Plain. Since that time 37 have been admitted and 28 have been discharged, making the present number 294. The health of the pupils has been excellent. There have been only a few cases of severe illness, two of which, we regret to say, terminated fatally. Francis Drew of Boston and Ethel S. Hill of Amherst died in the city hospital, the former presumably of a tumor on the brain and the latter of diphtheria with a complication of other diseases. They were young persons of a pleasant temper and s;ood 14 disposition, whose early death was lamented by their teachers and associates. For special information with regard to the curriculum of the school, the methods of instruction and training and for all matters of detail we refer you to the report of the director, which is hereto appended.

Character and Aim of the Work of the School.

Great changes and momentous innovations have occurred of recent years in the world of business and in the social and economic order. Manual labor has gradually lost its hold in the market and has been displaced for the most part by the extensive use of machinery, while enterprises of various kinds, which were formerly within the reach of people of moderate means, have been rendered unprofitable and crushed out of existence by the pressure of immense financial combinations and multiform organizations. Furthermore, the progress of science has wrought a tremendous revolution in every department of human activity, and all the occupations of life—intellectual or mechanical, industrial or commercial—demand in those who are at the head of affairs an ever increasing degree of mental alertness, intellectual vigor, soundness of judgment, strength of will and personal initiative. From whatever standpoint we consider the circumstances and the material and moral conditions which surround us today, we cannot help realizing that they differ most essentially from those which have prevailed heretofore. We live in an age in which the stoutness of the sinews and the skill of the hands, whether with the plough, the axe, the hammer or the loom, count little in comparison with their significance in the past. The in- 15

tellect now dominates more than ever and insures success

in all undertakings when coupled with unremitting in-

dustry. It gives to its possessors a wide outlook and opens the door through which they pass into the field of achieve-

ment. Finally, it is through this all-conquering instru- mentality that obstacles are surmounted, far-reaching plans are made and executed and the whole earth is sub- jugated to the control of man. These considerations have led us to lay greater stress upon the cultivation of the mental powers of the pupils and to make this the primary principle and the basis of the work of the school. Accordingly the system of education therein pursued has been entirely reconstructed on a firm and broad foundation and is inclusive in its objects and rational in its methods. It comprises such exercises, studies and processes as are calculated to develop and strengthen the pupils physically, mentally and morally, to make them energetic and self-reliant and to call forth their natural powers by instruction, training and discipline.

Physical training is a fundamental factor in our scheme of education, and every pupil goes through the exercise of the gymnasium as a part of the school work. Dealing directly with the nervous system and the brain, it affects the whole being and is one of the best means for securing and preserving health, for developing the muscles of the human frame and pressing into service as many of them as possible, for making the joints supple and the mo- tions free and graceful, for correcting sedentary and awk- ward habits, for quickening the power of attention and for disciplining the mind. Agility of the body and regularity of its functions, courage and self-control, coordination of muscular activity and self-direction, all are promoted through the agency of systematic gymnastic exercises, i6

which are carried on under the supervision of competent and careful instructors. Manual training has been given a constantly increasing prominence in the curriculum of the school, and

it proves to be an educational factor of inestimable value.

In addition to making the fingers skilful, it affects the physical condition of the pupils favorably and has an excellent influence on their moral and intellectual nature. Thus head and hands are equally benefited, the judgment and will are materially strengthened, while the ability

to acquire mechanical arts and crafts is distinctly increased. The work of the literary department has been conducted on a larger scale and more advanced lines than heretofore and has produced excellent results. The

curriculum includes all the branches of study, which are taught in the best public and private schools of Massa- chusetts. The processes and methods of instruction have been selected with great care and are well adapted to satisfy the wants and meet the special requirements of the blind. The instructors have been in full sympathy with the plan of studying the individuality of each pupil and

ascertaining his needs, of leading him to take notice of all objects around him and helping him to seek and discover, to be exact in his observations, to think and to act, to gain knowledge through his own exertions, to be more creative and independent and less imitative and passive.

We are glad to be able to state that this department is in far better condition and does more satisfactory work now than ever before. For reasons which can be readily explained, music has special attractions for the blind and plays a very important role in their education and life. All the pupils, except a few who lack musical ability or whose intelligence is 17 below the average, receive instruction in this art and learn to sing or to play upon one or more instruments; and those who have well-marked taste, talent and the other qualifications essential to a good teacher and thorough musician have every possible aid and facility to become such. During the past year both instructors and students have labored zealously to place the work of the department on a higher plane, and they have met with signal success. The orchestra deserves special mention in this connection since its performances have been so fine as to win the unqualified praise and high commendation of the leading musical critics of Boston. training, Such is the general course of instruction and at this which is pursued with diligence and thoroughness

institution. When it is finished the pupils are dismissed and return home. There is the place for them to seek an opportunity of taking a humble but useful part in the great

drama of life. They are well fitted and prepared to work and become active and independent members of society. They receive from the institution such assistance as it is neigh- in its power to give them. It is the duty of their bors, friends and fellow townsmen to help them to turn their knowledge to advantage and to make their way in the world.

Need of Increase of the Endov^ment Fund.

While the loyal friends ol the blind rejoice at the pre- eminence which the school has already attained through the generous aid of the community and of which they have reason to be proud, some statements have gone abroad likely to create the impression that the institu-

tion is so rich that it stands beyond the need of further assistance. i8

Most fervently do we wish that these assertions were correct; but we are grieved to be obKged to say that they are wholly erroneous. The figures which we have before us tell a different story. As was pointed out in our last annual report, the accounts of the financial year ending on the 31st day of August, 1904, were closed with a balance of $2,034.17 on the wrong side of the ledger. This result was produced by the rapid rise of the prices of provisions, breadstuffs, fuel and all other commodities, and it was as annoying to us as it was sudden. Believing strongly as we do that the institution ought to live strictly within its revenue and that the principal of its invested funds must be kept intact, we decided to readjust the relations of the receipts and expenditures by cutting down the latter so far as was possible without crippling seriously the efficiency of the operations of the school. But in endeavoring to do this we have been obliged to defer starting new lines of work and at the same time to postpone indefinitely the making of some additions and general repairs, which are greatly needed, if not absolutely indispensable. These facts speak distinctly for themselves. They prove that the income is barely sufficient to cover the outgo and that after the current expenses are defrayed there remains no surplus which we can use for meeting unexpected emergencies or for further extension of the work of the school and for enlargement of the field of its activities. Evidently we cannot hope for much progress without a change in the financial condition of the institution.

This state of things renders it necessary for us to seek a permanent remedy of the difficulty by appealing to the public for an adequate increase of the endowment fund, which alone can furnish a shield of security against un- —

19 foreseen contingencies and varying conditions and remove once and forever all causes of anxiety.

It is upon the strength both of the past history and the present condition of the school that we ask its friends to come to our aid. Will they not, by legacies and gifts, so increase the endowment fund that it will yield an income large enough not only to meet the needs of the establishment as it stands now but to supply the means for its constant growth and development ? We feel sure that the institution is peculiarly fortunate in the character of its friends and supporters and that the

community, which has hitherto helped it so generously and has in reality made it what it is, will not fail to heed this appeal and to respond to it favorably.

Finances.

The report of the treasurer, which is herewith submitted, contains a detailed account of receipts and dis- bursements, which may be summarized as follows:

Cash on hand September i, 1904, . $16,078.31 Total receipts during the year (in-

cluding legacies and donations), . 202,175.61 Investnnents collected, .... 288,23^.71 $506,487.63 Total expenditures, .... $131,479.09 Investments, 349,394.20 480,873.29

Balance in the treasury August 31, 1905, . . . $25,614.34

It is believed that all items of expense have been prudently considered and judiciously authorized and that in nearly every instance the maximum of benefit has been obtained at the minimum of cost. 20

Legacies and Gifts.

We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following bequests since the date of our last annual report. Mrs. Susan A. Blaisdell, late of Lowell, Massa- chusetts, prompted by the spirit of pure benevolence and by an earnest desire to assist as many good causes as she could, bequeathed her property to several humane associations and institutions, among which ours was included, and the executor of her will has paid to our treasurer the amount of $5,060, which will stand for years to come as a monument to the memory of Mrs. Blaisdell. Mr. George Bruce Upton, a valued member of the corporation, who died in Milton on the seventh of Feb- ruary, 1904, and to whose memory an appropriate tribute was recorded in our last annual report, left to the institution a legacy of $10,000. Thanks to the diligence of the executors of his will, Messrs. George V. Leverett and Loren G. Dubois, this amount was promptly sent to our treasurer. Mr. Upton was noted for his sterling integrity, his keen intelligence, his sound judgment and his unobtrusive philanthropy. It was hardly possible for a gentleman of his type not to be appreciative of the value of

the work, which this institution is doing for uplifting the

blind or to withhold from it the aid which it was in his power to give. Mr. George William Boyd, who resided in recent years in this city but formerly in Portland, Maine, bequeathed about a quarter of a million dollars to charitable associations and to educational and religious corporations. He manifested a deep interest in this institution and left

to it a legacy of $5,000, which amount has been paid to our treasurer by the executor of his will, Mr. Louis E. G. Green. The poor, the sick, the forlorn and the blind, all 21 have reason to cherish the memory of Mr. Boyd and bless his name. Under the terms of the will of Mr. Charles H. Hayden, late of Boston, the residue of his estate, after the payment of several large legacies, was to be equally divided among seven benevolent associations, our institution having been named as one of these. In accordance with this provision the sum of $2,500 has been sent to our treasurer by the executors of the will, Messrs. George F. Manning and George A. Gibson. Mr. Calvin W. Barker of Millbury, Massachusetts, whose death occurred in March, 1903, following the example of his noble sister. Miss Lucy A. Barker, bequeathed to the institution the sum of $2,000. As the proceeds obtained from the sale of his property were not sufficient

to cover in full the legacies left by him, it was necessary to make a small reduction. Hence, the amount which we have received from the executor of his will, Mr. George C. Lawrence of Worcester, was $1,859.33. Miss Barker and her brother proved to be devoted friends to our school, and their names have been indelibly written in the golden book of the benefactors of the blind of New England. In addition to these legacies, welcome gifts to the institution have been received from Mr. Amory A. Law- rence, vice-president of our corporation, Mr. Robert M. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Benedict (in memory of their beloved son, William Leonard Benedict, junior), Mrs. William L. Hodgman of Providence, Rhode Island, Mr. Samuel N. Brown, Mrs. W. A. Richardson of Worcester, Mr. Charles B. R. Hazeltine, Mr. John T. Coolidge, Mrs. Thomas H. Talbot, Miss Isabella P. Curtis and Master Edward B. Benedict. These gifts and bequests bear testimony to the esteem, in which the institution is held by broad-minded and warm- —

hearted citizens, and give evidence that its beneficent

work is duly appreciated by those who have had an op-

portunity of becoming acquainted with its character.

The Howe Memorial Press.

The printing department has been conducted with in-

telKgence and efficiency. Through its ministrations the library for the blind has been enriched with works of permanent value. During the past year the following books have been

issued from our press: History of the Great Plague in London by Daniel Defoe, in two volumes, and The Boy^s

Percy, taken from Bishop Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. Of the standard works, which were either out of print or so seriously damaged by the destructive fire in the Howe building in 1901 as to be rendered entirely useless, ten have been replaced by new editions. There have also been carefully stereotyped and printed in the Braille system seventy-one pieces of music for the pianoforte, the voice, the violin and the orchestra, covering 944 pages. The Howe Memorial Press is a great blessing to the blind of New England and of other parts of the country. It provides for them a door of access to the best books and masterpieces of English poetry and prose. The collection of publications in raised characters owned by the insti-

tution forms an important adjunct to the school. As it has

increased in size it has occasioned a change in the methods of study. It enables the pupils to depend more upon themselves and less upon others. They begin at an early age the practice of research and original investigation. The records of history and science and the treasures of 23

poetry, philosophy and fiction are brought within their reach. Aside from solacing and cheering them in their solitude, this valuable agency helps to broaden their views, cultivate their minds and hearts and render them capable of thinking deeply and acting worthily in whatever po-

sition in life they may be placed. We are glad to report that the circulation of books in raised print has been vastly increased during the past year and that much of the embossed matter, which was

formerly very little used on account of the heavy cost of

transportation, has become recently available and is now

in demand. This change is mainly due to a beneficent law which has been recently passed by congress. In

accordance with the provisions of this act, publications

in relief, borrowed by sightless readers either from public libraries or from schools for the blind and returned to them, are carried both ways through the mails free of charge.

Teaching the Adult Blind in their Homes.

The plan of giving instruction to the adult blind in their homes has been in successful operation, and the results produced thereby show the wisdom of the state in making a provision for this purpose. Indeed, each succeeding year bears testimony to the value of this branch of our work

and to the necessity of its further development. We are convinced by observation and experience that the system of teaching the blind at the place of their resi-

dence is of inestimable benefit to a number of men and women who have lost their sight after reaching the age

of maturity. It has many features which commend it not only to serious consideration but to general adoption in preference to such arrangements as involve the gathering together, in one place, of large numbers of persons similarly 24 afflicted and the subjecting of them to the disadvantages which are inevitable in such congregations. It furnishes the blind with suitable occupation and relieves them from one of the saddest consequences of their condition—en- forced idleness in unbroken darkness. It opens to them channels of pleasure and storehouses of information and helps them not only to beguile their lonely hours, but to do something with their hands and to lead a more useful and congenial life. While it lifts them out of the isolation and idleness, into which they are thrust by their infirmity, it does not take them away from their homes and does not detach them from the communities to which they belong, but keeps them near their neighbors and friends and enables them to preserve unbroken their ties of kin-

their social relations. Nor does it ship and to enjoy ^ bring them within the category of pitiful pauperism, thereby wounding their sense of self-respect, offending the dignity of their manhood and womanhood, lowering their moral standard, degrading them in their own consciousness and in the estimate of their fellow men and rendering them abject in mind and spirit. We are far from claiming that this scheme of aiding the adult blind is so perfect in all respects that it cannot be improved and made much more effective than it is now, but nevertheless, whether we consider it from a moral and social or from an economical and practical point of view, we are entirely justified in saying that it is right in principle, beneficent in its results, frugal in its administration and absolutely free from the innumerable evils, which are inseparable from the aggregation of defective persons for any purpose whatsoever. A careful examination of the detailed account rendered to the state treasurer will, we believe, prove that the funds placed at the disposal of our board have been so prudently 25 husbanded and so judiciously used as to enable the teachers to enlarge the field of their operations and to respond promptly to a greater number of applicants for lessons than they could otherwise do. Nearly the whole sum of money appropriated by the legislature for the benefit of the adult blind has been applied exclusively to the payment of the salaries and travelling expenses of the instructors and those of the guides and to the purchase of a small amount of materials. Not one dollar has been expended either for the administrative supervision and proper direction of the work or for the rent of office and store or for the remunera-

tion of clerks, bookkeepers and librarians. All these together with a great supply of books printed in raised characters of various kinds have been given by the institution. Moreover, at the request of our director, the managers of the different lines of railroads running through the state of Massachusetts have been so generous as to allow the teachers and their leaders to travel from place to place at reduced fares, thus contributing their full share to the cause of the enlightenment and comfort of the blind.

Workshop for Adults.

This department is entirely separate from the school

and has no organic connection whatever with the latter,

but nevertheless it is proper to refer to its aftairs here, as

it is under the same general administration. There has been a gratifying increase in the amount of business, which has been done at the workshop, and as a consequence steady employment has been furnished to a number of meritorious men and women. The sum of money paid in wages to them was $7,271.95. We are glad to report that the financial condition of this department has been steadily improving since the 26 removal of our office and salesrooms from Avon place to their present location, No. 383 Boylston street. An examination of the balance sheet will show that the amount on its right side is $378.46. Great assistance has been given to the excellent enterprise, which was inaugurated some time ago by the alumna association for the purpose of encouraging not only its own members but all sightless women to work at some of the handicrafts of which they have a knowledge and of disposing advantageously of the products of their industry. Thus, materials of various kinds are procured for them at wholesale prices, and all the articles made by them at their homes and sent to our store to be sold are readily received, and the full value is paid to the consignors.

There is a large number of deserving blind persons to whose case we desire to call special attention. Most of these people were born and brought up in this country and are imbued with the spirit of independence and the love of home life. They are industrious and self-respecting and shrink from the thought of being considered objects of charity. They loathe mendicancy and are eager to find something to do and to gain the means for their support through their own exertions. They beg for work, not for alms. In behalf of these men and women we appeal to the public for an increase of custom, which will enable us to give remunerative employment to a larger number of worthy applicants. We assure all housekeepers and heads of families, who are disposed to investigate matters before making their purchases, that it will be for their interest to examine carefully the articles manufactured at our workshop. They will find that these are strictly such as they are represented to be, while the prices are even lower than those charged elsewhere for goods of the same grade. May we hope that the claims of the sightless toilers for 27 a fair share of public patronage will receive favorable consideration and satisfactory response from our citizens ?

Commencement Exercises.

Never was a more interesting exposition of the work of this institution presented to the public than was offered by the commencement exercises of the school, which were held in Boston Theatre on Tuesday afternoon, June 6, at three o'clock. In spite of a heavy and continuous rain the spacious, historic auditorium was well filled by a thoroughly appreciative audience whose interest remained unabated to the very close of the entertainment. The exercises were begun promptly with an exceedingly fine performance of the first movement of Schubert's symphony in B minor, by the full orchestra of the school. These young musicians played with rare skill and feeling, and it is not too much to affirm confidently, without taking into account any physical infirmities, that a similarly masterly rendition could not have been given by any organization of non-professional players. The beautiful strains of Schubert's masterpiece gave to every music lover in the audience a high degree of pleasure, which could be felt in their rapt silence and absorbed attention to every note,—not because a group of blind boys and girls were playing but because they were playing well and ar- tistically. At the conclusion of this number the kindergarten children became the entertainers, and a full account of

their games and songs is given in the portion of this report devoted to that department.

When the little people had deserted the bright scene, the two girls of the graduating class, Lily Howard and Elsie Paine, gave a thoughtful and scholarly recitation 28

on the Rise of the Commons, a clear, concise and comprehensive account of that period in EngHsh history.

This was followed by the Song on the Hymn to St.

Cecilia, beautifully sung by Sophia J. Muldoon, accompanied on pianoforte and stringed instruments by a class of girls. Sophia's voice was fresh, sweet and true, and her accompaniment was entirely adequate. She sang well, and the gift of lovely carnations, presented to her at the close, was greeted by the audience as a fitting tribute to the principal participator in a delightful performance. By an inversion of the two succeeding numbers on the programme, the military drill by a class of boys came next. This was characterized by the proud bearing, swift obedience and precise movement of young soldiery and gave gratifying evidence of their ability to act in concert. Their

marching was excellent as well as their manual drill, and they won well-deserved applause for their fine appearance. No less interesting was the exercise in educational gym-' nasties, given by a class of girls who entered at this point and who, clad in pretty red and white suits, formed a pleasing spectacle. Their unity and promptness in exe- cuting the commands and the perfection with which they performed even the most difficult movements were admirable. Both of these examples of the physical training adopted in this school showed well the splendid work, which is being carried on for the purpose of correcting all bodily defects existent in these pupils and of inducing a proper amount of healthful exercise to offset their mental activity. The boys of the graduating class then gave an exceedingly interesting exercise in physics. Their subject was sound, and their carefully prepared and well arranged presentation of facts was clearly illustrated throughout by experiments with a sonometer.

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The consummation of the hopes oif the seniors was now attained, and the diplomas which were the evidence of a course of study successfully followed, the reward for diligent work through many years of close application, were presented by the Hon. Francis Henry Appleton, the president of the corporation, with a few earnest words, to each of the seven members of the graduating class, Lily Blanche Howard, Elsie Goulding Paine, Joseph Bartlett, Wilbur Dodge, Lyman Keith Harvey, Francis Charles Nelson and Edward Drury Ryan, who were warmly ap- plauded by the enthusiastic audience. The entertainment was then brought to a close by a second orchestral selection, the minuet from Haydn's symphony No. 2 in D, which was no less beautifully

played than the first musical number and with even more assurance of tone and volume of sound and which made a delightful ending to the exercises of the day. It is only due to these pupils who have so earnestly striven for such a successful exhibition of the year's work to say that this entertainment was unsurpassed by any of its predecessors and gave entire satisfaction to the host of friends who are so deeply solicitous for the welfare and prosperity of the institution.

Iln nDcmortam.

Members of the Corporation.

We are grieved to be obliged to report that since the last meeting of the corporation seventeen of its valued

members have died. In the list of the deceased are included the following honored names: Rev. William Rounseville Alger, D.D., died at his home, No. 6 Brimmer street, on the seventh day of -30

February, 1905, at the age of eighty-two years. He was one of the most noted unitarian clergymen of his day. He was born in Freeto^vn, New Hampshire, and was a de- scendant of the Huguenots who were exiled from France. He became famous throughout the country as a pulpit orator and also as an author. He was endowed with scholarly tastes and aptitudes, and his mind was habitually swayed by lofty aims. In the full tide of his career few men were better known as graceful writers and eloquent preachers. In literature he has left an enduring monument through books that have a solid worth and which testify to his uncommon ability and tireless industry. He had an unusual command of words and a quality of poetic feeling, which enabled him to clothe his thoughts in language of great beauty and charm. He was a true lover and discriminating critic of pictures and sculpture, and one of his best and most interesting lectures was a treatise on the fine arts. He was also passionately fond of music and had some intimate friends among the musicians of the highest class. Dr. Alger and his talented daughter, Miss Abby Langdon Alger, who followed him to the grave a few months after his death, were loyal friends to the institution and ardent admirers of its distinguished, founder. Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe. Mrs. Emily Warren Appleton, widow of William Appleton, one of the most noted philanthropists of this community, died at her home, No. 76 Beacon street, on the twenty-ninth day of May, 1905, at the age of eighty- seven years. By the decease of this noble woman Boston has lost one of its valiant daughters and most useful citizens, and the cause of the blind one of its stanch friends and generous benefactors. Blessed with high ideals, she was firm and unflinching in her pursuit of' them. She was a liberal giver, but she used great discretion in giving, —

and the cases which appealed to her most were those of silent and hidden suffering. To secure kind treatment for every living creature, to help the poor and forlorn in their misery, to protect the abused horse and the neglected cat or dog, to serve the cause of humanity in general, these became to her objects of passionate interest, and the influence of her benevolence was widely felt. A more conscientious, public-spirited, warm-hearted and white-

souled woman has not lived in this' city during the last half century. She was active in numerous good works. Her donations to the episcopal city mission, the establishment of which was made possible by a munificent gift from her father-in-law, amounted since 1888 to $50,000.

Mrs. Appleton was the first person in Massachusetts to endeavor to procure legal protection for dumb creatures from brutal abuse and shameful neglect. To her belongs the credit of having taken the initial steps for the establishment of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, similar to that already organized in New York by Mr. Bergh. Her efforts in this direction are described with becoming modesty, charming simplicity and absolute exactitude in a letter which she wrote on the 27th of June, 1888, from Falmouth, Massachusetts, to her cousin, Mr. Nathan Appleton, and from which we quote as follows:

I have just reached here after a fatiguing journey, but I feel that I ought to make some reply to your note, which awaited my arrival. It will be impossible for me to ^vrite anything for publication, but I will just give you some facts which you can use as you think proper. In 1867, while on a visit to New York, I called on Mr. Bergh to know how I could form a society P. C. A., in Boston. He replied that he would assist me with his counsel if I was willing to do the work. Subsequently he wrote a circular (I should say petition to the Legislature) to which I was to procure subscribers (names). I found great difficulty in getting the first name, but finally my brother- in-law, Mr. Charles Lyman, headed the list. My cousin, David 32

Sears, Jr., followed; then Jonathan Mason, William Appleton, added their names. I then called on Governor John A. Andrew, who cheerfully put his name down and expressed much interest in the work. Bishop Eastburn and about one hundred names of prominent citizens, among them lawyers, physicians, clergymen, super- intendents of railroads, were soon obtained. Dr. William W. Mor- land gave me much aid in this labor. I then called on Hon. Harvey Jewell, Speaker of the House, and asked him to assist me in arranging a bill for a charter. He said if I would draw up a bill, he would endeavor to get a charter. I then wrote to Mr. Bergh, who was enthusiastic with my success thus far, but he could only refer me to the New York charter. I copied that partially and it was referred to the Committee on Agriculture in the Legislature. About this time I saw in the Advertiser a communication signed George T. Angell, to the effect that the horse Eagle had been driven to death between Boston and Worcester, and he desired to form a society P. C. A., if anyone would aid him. I at once went to his ofl&ce, where I found Mr. Noyes and Mr. William G. Weld. I told my story. He immediately went to the State House, got my bill, amended and improved it, and got it passed in a few weeks. He then formed a society, and my friends and signers gave money freely.

I have all the details in a book written by Mr. Appleton, but I cannot get it while here. I expect to go to Nahant on Saturday.

I send you the bare facts, written in haste, just as they occur to me, but if you use them, do not let me appear as the author. You being a ready writer and accustomed to the use of the quill, can weave a better narrative from the facts than I can. Of course there were innumerable details to be arranged that it would take too much time to mention.

Personally Mrs. Appleton was courteous and dignified in manner, lenient in her judgments and candid in her dealings with others. We think of her as a type and embodiment of what was best and truest in the womanhood of New England,—as one of the ripest fruits of American life and civilization. Mrs. Hannah Staniford Willard Bartlett, wife of John Bartlett, daughter of Professor Sidney Willard 33

and granddaughter of the late Joseph Willard, president of Harvard college, died at her home, No. 165 Brattle street, Cambridge, on the sixteenth day of November, 1904. She was a woman of genial disposition, inflexible integrity and many lovable qualities of character. She carried about with her the sunshine of a pure and noble nature and was always earnest, frank and upright. She assisted the needy, comforted the sad, spoke words of cheer to the sorrowful and contributed her share to such good works as met the approval of her judgment. Thirteen years ago the cause of the blind attracted her attention, and through her active interest in it she became a member of the corporation.

James J. Bundy died at his home in Providence, Rhode Island, on the thirty-first day of July, 1905, at the age of sixty-two years. A native of Woodstock, Connecti- cut, he went to Providence early in the sixties and was employed in the Rhode Island horseshoe company for many years. He was a man of great mechanical ability and well fitted to achieve success in any undertaking in which he was interested and which required patient study, close attention and sound judgment. Earnest, faithful and compassionate, he was highly esteemed and duly appreciated by those who knew him well. His life was an eminently useful one, his honesty was unquestionable, and his aims were praiseworthy. He was admitted to the membership of the corporation in 1882 through an un- solicited contribution to the printing fund. Hon. William Claflin, former governor of Massa- chusetts and member of congress, died at his home, the "Old Elms" in Newtonville, on the fifth day of January, 1905, in his eighty-seventh year. He was born at Milford on the sixth of March, 1818, and was educated in the public schools, the Milford Academy and Brown university. 34

In 1 841 he went into business as a dealer of shoes in Saint Louis, where he remained several years. He then returned to Boston, continuing in the same business with different partners. Through his integrity, industry and ability he became a prominent citizen and left the stamp of his strong and sturdy personality upon many of the interests of the commonwealth. He was very generous without ostentation, and the cause of education is greatly indebted to him. He was a wise and safe counsellor, a patriotic and public-spirited citizen whose association with the affairs of the state was long and valuable. His conceptions of duty were high, and he loyally lived up to them. He served as treasurer of our corporation from 1862 until 1869 when he was obliged to resign the office on account of his election to the governorship of Massachusetts. Charles A. Cummings died at Asticon, Maine, on the eleventh day of August, 1905, at the age of seventy-two years. He was a man of exceptional culture and refinement, as well as of great practical ability. A gentleman in the true sense of the word, he was gentle, kindly, courteous and always glad to be of use to his fellow men. The death of such a man can not fail to be regarded as a loss not only to his relatives and friends but to the community, in which he was well known and greatly respected. Mrs. Rebecca R. Motley Fay, wife of Mr. Joseph

S. Fay, jr., died at her home. No. 169 Commonwealth avenue, on the fourth day of June, 1905. She was one of the leading and most useful women in Boston. She was full of good works and abounding in blessings. Ever sensitive to the sorrows and needs of the poor and the suffering, she kept open to them both her heart and purse and bestowed aid upon those who appeared to be worthy of assistance. Her wisely administered charities made her one of the most useful women in Boston, while 35

in private life she was a tower of strength to her family and friends and attended to her domestic and social duties with scrupulous care. Mrs. Fay occupied a high position in society and was prominent in many good works. A sweet and generous spirit has taken its flight, and husband, relatives and friends mourn their grievous loss. May the memory of her pure and beneficent life, filled with the love of humanity and devoted to good works, dull the sting of their sorrow. Hon. William Henry Hodgkins died at his summer home in Kennebunk, Maine, on the twenty-fourth day of September, 1905, at the age of sixty-five years. He had been seriously ill with kidney and heart trouble since early in the summer. He was born in Charlestown, Massachu- setts, on the ninth of June, 1840, and was the son of William and Abigail Hodgkins. After his graduation at the high school of his native town he obtained employment in a firm of shipping and commission merchants in Boston where he remained until the beginning of the civil war. In 1862 he enlisted in a company of the thirty-ninth Massa- chusetts regiment in Charlestown, and in three months he was made second lieutenant. Then he became first lieutenant, captain, and finally received his brevet as major on the twenty-fifth of March, 1865, for gallant service at Fort Steadman. At one time he was adjutant general of the brigade to which his regiment was attached. In June, 1865, he was mustered out of service. After the war Major Hodgkins took up his residence in Somerville. He entered the employ of the city of Boston and was chief clerk of the board of public institutions for a period of twenty-one years. He resigned in July, 1887, to as- sume the duties of trustee of the estate of J. Putnam Bradlee, in the management of which he has shown great administrative ability and unquestionable fidelity. At 36 the death of Miss Helen Curtis Bradlee, the surviving sister and heir of the testator, he followed her directions and disposed of the largest part of this immense property for benevolent objects, allotting to our institution a share of $100,000. For this munificent bequest the blind of New England will bless forever the name of their great benefactor, J. Putnam Bradlee, and at the same time will remember with gratitude the kindness of the faithful executor of his will. From 1892 to 1895 Major Hodgkins was mayor of the city of Somerville and rendered such valuable service that his positive refusal of a renomination was deeply regretted. He was also state senator for the years 1898 and 1899. In every position which he held, whether military, civic, political or of a private character, he has distinguished himself for courage, probity and executive ability and has written his name in the records of the honorable, patriotic and public-spirited citizens of Massachusetts. Hon. Henry Howard died at his home in Harris, Rhode Island, on the twenty-second day of September, 1905, at the age of seventy-eight years. He was one of the leading manufacturers of his native state and had been president of several industrial concerns. In 1873 he was chosen governor of Rhode Island and served until 1875. He was a man of wide and varied experience in business enterprises and was highly esteemed for his uprightness and practical common sense. He was a wise counsellor, an able manager of affairs and a firm believer in the principles and policies of the political party, to which he belonged and under the auspices of which he became a member of the legislature and chief executive of his native state. Mrs. Elizabeth Louisa Nichols, widow of Frederick Spelman Nichols, died suddenly at her home, No. 2 Joy 37 street, on the twenty-sixth day of December, 1904. She was a woman of exceUing character, ripe wisdom, and S)mipathetic nature. She was singularly unassuming, patient, kind-hearted and thoughtful of others. She was a dispenser of charity, and her deeds of benevolence will be long remembered by many. She had a host of friends to whom she endeared herself by her many virtues. She manifested an active interest in the cause of the blind and became a member of the corporation twelve years ago. John Hov^ard Nichols died at his home in Sargent street, Newton, on the fifteenth day of September, 1905, at the age of sixty-seven years, seven months and twenty- four days. He was born in Kingston, New Hampshire, on the eighteenth day of December, 1837, and in 1858 went to China, where he remained about twelve years. In 1876 he was made treasurer of the Dwight Manufac- turing Company, the plant of which was located at Chico- pee, Massachusetts, and in Alabama. He was connected with several manufacturing companies, serving either as treasurer or as president, and attained great success in the management of their affairs. He was diligent, upright and orderly in the conduct of his business and decided in his convictions. He has left behind him a large number of devoted friends and appreciative associates to mourn his death. His interest in this institution dates back to 1882 when he made a contribution to the printing fund and became a member of the corporation. Richard T. Parker, died in Dublin, New Hampshire, on the third day of October, 1904, at the age of seventy- four years. He was deeply interested in everything that touched the welfare of his fellow beings and was honored by his fellow citizens for the goodness of his life, for the gentleness and sweetness of his character. His natural abilities, his industry and his gifts of mind and heart 38 opened the way for him to an active and very useful life. He was highly respected for his probity, his business capacity and his quiet generosity. In all his relations and associations he was strictly honest, just and upright. He was one of the trustees of the estate of his sister, the late Mrs. John T. Coolidge, whose earthly career was closed on the eighteenth of October, 1899, and who made in her will a most generous provision for the benefit of the little blind children. Francis Howard Peabody, the head of the banking house of Kidder, Peabody and Company, died suddenly at his summer home on Ober street in Beverly Cove on the twenty-second day of September, 1905, at the age of seventy-four years. He was born in Springfield, Massa- chusetts, in 1 83 1 and was the son of the late Rev. William Bourne Oliver Peabody, a distinguished unitarian clergyman, to whom we owe several of the best hymns in our language and some of the most vigorous work, not only literary but social, of half a century ago. Mr. Peabody's education was obtained in the public schools and was supplemented by the teachings of his father. In 1845 he left school and secured a position as clerk in the Chicopee bank of his native city. Two years later he came to Boston and entered the employ of John E. Thayer and Brother who were then the leading bankers of New Eng- land. His younger brother, Col. Oliver W. Peabody, also became a clerk in the same house directly after leaving Phillips Exeter academy. The young men devoted themselves assiduously to mastering their work in all its details and grew in favor so that when Mr. Nathaniel Thayer retired from the banking business in 1865 his firm was succeeded by that of Kidder, Peabody and Company, which was at that time organized by his junior partner, Mr. Henry P. Kidder, and the two Peabody brothers. 39

Mr. Kidder's death occurred in 1886, that of Col. Oliver Peabody ten years later, and now the decease of Francis Howard Peabody removes the last of the founders of

Boston's foremost banking house—one of the best of its kind in the world. For nearly half a century Mr. Peabody has been prominent in the financial circles of the United States and was an acknowledged leader among the mone- tary magnates at home and abroad. His sagacity in his responsible calling was never challenged. His name was associated with some of the largest transactions, not only local. but national, and it was everywhere recognized as standing for strict integrity and for wise conservatism. He was noted for his superior moral character, to which he joined an exceptional business ability. With advancing years he retired from active work, but nevertheless was found daily at his desk, and his presence there was always inspiring. He evinced a keen interest in young men and watched the careers of his clerks with a knowledge of their trials and successes that surprised them. Fortu- nately the great banking house, of which he was the principal representative and which has long stood conspicuously for probity and sound principles and practices, remains in the hands of a younger generation who, like its original founders, have demonstrated their fitness and capacity to maintain its eminence and good fame. Mr. Peabody inherited his father's tastes and devotion to the welfare of society and up to the day of his death was occupied with public interests, of which he was ever a modest yet an intelligent, a generous and an effective promoter. He took a deep interest in the education of the blind and contributed largely to its advancement. He rendered also substantial assistance in deserving individual cases in an unostentatious way. In private life he was highly esteemed for his manly character, his 40 social virtues, his uprightness and his intellectual cultivation. Although of a quiet and retiring disposition, he had a wide circle of close friends and made many cherished acquaintances among all classes. He was without the least show a true philanthropist. He will be greatly missed by those who have benefited from his bounty and especially by those who held for him the tenderest affection. Elliott W. Pratt died at his home, No. 319 Beacon street, on the tenth day of February, 1905. For over two years he had been so much of an invalid that his retirement from society was absolute. Mr. Pratt had a rarely sunny disposition and was as ready with a kind deed as with a cheering word. Formerly a professional musician, his love of melody was deep and abiding. For many years he was a familiar figure in the concert room and the opera house when performances of a high character were expected. He was a most intelligent and appreciative listener and a keen though not a harsh critic. His nature was so kindly and he knew so well the great difficulties in the path of the musical performer that all sincere and earnest efforts called out his sympathy. He had a simple confidence in himself that gave to his manner a certain dignity; his estimate of his own abilities was modest, and he sincerely admired the fine qualities of others. He became interested in this institution through his friend and our former associate, the late John Sullivan

Dwight, and he declared emphatically that its work was excellent. We were profoundly grieved by the sudden and untimely death of Henry Sturgis Russell, fire commissioner, which occurred at his winter apartments in the Hotel Agassiz, No. 191 Commonwealth avenue, Febru- ary sixteen, 1905, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was one of the foremost and best citizens of Boston. 41

Few men with the disposition of their Hves so largely at their own command have given so much of themselves to the public service. He was a man of wealth and social position, who might have led a life of elegant leisure, but he was no idler nor weak-minded sportsman. He preferred to do what he could to benefit his native land and the community in which he lived rather than to lead a selfish and useless existence. As a young man Col. Russell was among the most gallant and successful young officers who volunteered for the defence of the nation in

its great crisis. He was cousin, classmate and friend of the lamented Colonel Shaw, and under the same circumstances he would have equally proved his heroism. He held two prominent positions in civil administrative

life, first, that of police commissioner; second, that of fire commissioner. In both offices he won the highest praise from those who were competent to judge of the excellence of his work. When he became the single executive

head of the latter department he found it in a somewhat demoralized condition. He made few changes by re- movals but eradicated mistaken notions of duty and restored a high standard of conduct. He was a strict disciplinarian, a hater of shams but a lover of manliness

and fidelity, and these qualities never failed to receive proof of his cordial appreciation. He discharged his duties in no perfunctory manner, but felt as deep an interest in the public service with which he was identified

as though it had been his own private business. In whatever position he was placed he achieved the highest success. He gave himself up to hard work for the benefit of the city as unreservedly as though his livelihood de- pended upon it. He was fearless and independent, not

because he could afford to be, but because it was in his nature to be so. He was willing to listen to suggestions, 42 but resented as an unwarrantable interference with his duty anything that had the least coloring of political in- trusion. Rather than lower his standard of duty an inch to partizan influence he would have resigned his position instantly. He possessed uprightness and downrightness of character and it was the exhibition of those qualities that drew out his warmest approval. He could forgive venial faults of men, but toward falsehood and deceit he was inexorable. Col. Russell was an example of the best citizenship and characteristics of New England life.

The chivalric motto sans peur et sans reproche may well serve to designate his character. He held many offices of trust and responsibility, philanthropic, civic, educational, and he filled them all with distinguished ability and exemplary integrity. Like his father, his mother and his sisters, he was deeply interested in the cause of the blind and served as a member of the board of trustees of this institution for four years. His late father, Mr. George R. Russell, occupied the same office with distinction from 1847 to the time of his death, which occurred in 1866. He was a classmate of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe at Brown University and one of his lifelong and best beloved friends. Samuel G. Snelling died at his home in Dedham on the twenty-first day of August, 1905, in the eighty-first year of his age. He was a member of the board of trustees from 1869 to 1886 and discharged his duties with diligence and devotion to the welfare of the school. He was deeply interested in raising the printing fund, and a great portion of it was obtained through his personal efforts. He also took an active part in securing the land upon which the kindergarten was built. Colonel William Augustus Tower, senior member of the banking firm of Tower, Giddings and Company, 43

died at his home in Lexington on the twenty-first day of November, 1904, after a short illness. He was born in Petersham, Massachusetts, on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1824, and was the son of Oren and Harriet (Gleason) Tower. He received his early education in the public schools of his native town. At the age of fifteen he was thrown upon his ow^n resources and became a clerk in Lancaster; a few years later he was admitted to partnership with his employer. This arrangement continued until 1848. In 1850 he entered the flour and grain business in Boston. In 1855, the same year in which he moved his residence to Lexington, his health was so seriously impaired on account of his unremitting attention to business that he found it necessary to travel and take a rest from care. During a trip to the south and west, he visited Chicago and established there, in conjunction with Mr. George Watson, a native of Scotland, the banking house of Watson, Tower and Company. He remained in Chicago, doing a prosperous business as a member of this firm, until i860 when he returned to Massachusetts and settled again in Lexington. In 1865 he organized in Boston the well known banking house of which he was the honored head to the end of his days. Besides conducting the affairs of his firm, he was director, manager or president of several banks, railroads and trust companies. Throughout his career Col. Tower remained true to his principles and was ever faithful and honorable. He was a practical and kindly man, liberal with wise and safe counsel when he thought it might be given without offence. He attached to himself a powerful group of young men to many of whom he was like a father, advising and assisting them in many ways. Although in later years he took no active part in politics, his interest in them never ceased. His was a well rounded life. 44

We cannot close these tributes to our deceased friends without saying that they bring to mind both the good fortune, which the institution has had in counting among its benefactors men and women of such rare characteristics, and the magnitude of the loss, which it has sustained in their death.

All which is respectfully submitted by

FRANCIS H. APPLETON, WILLLAM L. BENEDICT, WILLIAM ENDICOTT, PAUL REVERE FROTHINGHAM, CHARLES P. GARDINER, N. P. HALLOWELL,

J. THEODORE HEARD, EDWARD JACKSON, GEORGE H. RICHARDS, WILLIAM L. RICHARDSON, RICHARD M. SALTONSTALL,

S. LOTHROP THORNDIKE,

Trustees. THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR.

We have not wings, we cannot soar; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more. The cloudy summits of our time. -Tennyson.

To the Board of Trustees.

Gentlemen:—I have the honor to submit for your consideration the customary report of the director, setting forth in detail the history of the institution for the year ending on the 31st day of August, 1905, and presenting some observations, thoughts and opinions, which are pertinent to the education of the blind. The year under review has been a complete success in every particular. The teachers and administrative officers have rendered faithful and efficient service, and the scholars deserve commendation for their zealous efforts to improve themselves and for the spirit of obedience and order, which they have manifested. The operations of the different departments of the institution have been conducted with assiduity and intelligence and with a view of securing the best results at such a cost as the means at our disposal would allow. The plans and methods employed in the performance of the work of the school have been carefully chosen and judiciously applied. The dominant thought in all these has been to free the pupils as much as possible from the effects of their infirmity, to strengthen brain and muscle, stimulate activity, develop manual dexterity and lay the foundations of character. At the same time the greater 46

part of our efforts have been devoted to bringing out what

is good in our students and to training and disciphning certain mental faculties in their minds, through which

they will work out their destiny in life.

In the direction of the affairs of the institution it has been our highest aim and constant endeavor to meet the requirements of the time, to keep pace with every step in the march of progress and to provide our scholars with educational advantages of a superior character.

Enrolment of Blind Persons.

Shall we go draw our numbers?

—Shakespeare .

At the beginning of the year which has just closed the number of blind persons registered in the various departments of the institution, as pupils, teachers, employes and work men and women, was 285. Since then 37 have been admitted and 28 have been discharged, making the total number at present 294. Of these 168 are at the parent school in South Boston, no at the kindergarten in Jamaica Plain and 16 at the workshop for adults. The first division includes 156 pupils (79 boys and 77 girls), 9 teachers and other officers and 3 domestics; the second comprises 56 little boys and 54 little girls, and the third 16 men and women employed in the workshop for adults. The superior educational advantages and numerous facilities for thorough intellectual and moral development and aesthetic culture, which the institution affords to its students, are more complete now than ever before. They are fully recognized and duly appreciated everywhere, and as a consequence many parents living in the different parts of the country apply to us for the admission of their 47 children to this school. Much as we desire to respond favorably to their requests we are obliged by the limits of our accommodations to give negative replies. Now and then we find it convenient to make an exception in behalf of some particular case, and we are always glad when we have it in our power to do so.

The Record of Health.

What signify the loads of weahh, Without the richest jewel, health? -Lloyd.

In the training of all children, but especially in the education of the blind, good health is of the greatest importance, as it forms the fertile soil which alone can supply the roots of the tree of mental achievements and moral excellence with the needful vitalizing sap. Therefore health must be first considered and must receive all the attention and care which its importance deserves. In this institution the value of this inestimable blessing is fully realized, and all our sanitary and hygienic arrangements are made in the best possible way with a view of shielding the members of the household from sickness and of promoting their well-being and comfort. Thus with proper nutrition, pure air, regular hours of work and rest, perfect cleanliness, an abundance of sunshine and plenty of exercise in the open air the resistance to disease has been at its maximum and the conditions have been favorable for the development of a sound mind in a strong body. While we have cause for sincere thankfulness since our pupils have with few exceptions enjoyed a good degree of health, yet we are grieved to be obliged to report the death of two of them, Francis Drew of Boston and Ethel S. —

Hill of Amherst. Both of them died at the city hospital, the former on the ninth day of October, 1904, presumably from a tumor on the brain, and the latter on the sixteenth of March, 1905, from an attack of diphtheria, ag- gravated by a complication of other diseases. Francis was an amiable and quiet lad, Ethel an intelligent and well-disposed girl. Their loss was sincerely regretted by their teachers as well as by their young friends and associates. There have been three other cases of serious illness, one of a chronic organic malady, one of epUepsy and one of incipient tuberculosis. Fortunately none of these has proved fatal.

Economy and Efficiency,

Who keeps one end in view makes all things serve. —Browning.

In the administration of the affairs of a school like ours we feel that due regard must be had to proper economy. This subject is of paramount importance, and we pay strict attention to it as a matter of duty no less than of principle. We believe strongly in the art of saving and we practise it conscientiously and to the utmost of our ability. At the same time we cannot ignore the fact that economy itself ceases to be a virtue when it is carried too far and that it is not cheapness nor the reduction of expenditure below reasonable limits that will enlist the confidence of the public in our efforts and insure financial support; it is the thoroughness with which our work is performed and the superiority of its quality that will do this. So far the friends of the blind have responded readily to our appeals for aid and have furnished the means 49 necessary for the maintenance of the institution and for

the enlargement of the field of its operations. It is beyond question that they were led to do this not by mere sentimental motives, but because they firmly believed in the value of the work of the school and were thoroughly convinced of its great usefulness by the excellence of its fruits. It is evident that efficiency, which is the outcome of the endeavors of a skilful and zealous personnel, counts much more than any other consideration and that this is the one thing to be sought first and above all and to be secured at any cost. Without it the establishment cannot retain its prestige. In order to attain this very desirable object we must offer such inducements as are calculated to facilitate our task. We must render the atmosphere of our household very inviting and home-like and the relations of its members as pleasant and harmonious as possible. Fur- thermore, we must make the salaries of the teachers and the officers of administration proportionate to the quality of service desired and large enough to attract the right kind of people to our employ and to hold them there. If we are to keep a band of well trained and eminently able coworkers, we must be prepared to compete with others who are eager to enlist the interest of such persons and willing to pay the price asked by these.

In order to do this it is imperative to increase the permanent endowment of the institution, so that it may yield an income sufficient not only to cover the current expenses, but to provide the means for such further improvements in material arrangements and larger recom- pense for personal services as the future may call for. Although the funds placed at our disposal are very limited, we have thus far been so fortunate as to gather around us a staff of assistants and coadjutors, the su- 50 perior of which can hardly be found anywhere. It consists of men and women who are not only well fitted and adequately equipped for the performance of their specific duties, but noted for their self-forgetfulness and absolute devotion to the interests of the school and to the welfare of its pupils. Having learned by observation that even a few black sheep mar the whiteness of a large flock, we are exceedingly careful and circumspect in the selection of candidates to fill the vacancies which occur from time to time. Nevertheless we discover now and then that mis- takes have been made and one or two of the persons selected have not fulfilled our expectations. They prove to be selfish, inconsiderate and inclined to disregard the rights of others. They seem to have no clear conception of the duties of their position'^and of the loyalty, which is necessary in any school, but indispensable in an institution like ours. Persons of this sort create an atmosphere of discontent about them, and their presence cannot long be permitted without serious danger. They are chronic grumblers and constant fault-finders, criticising with equal indiscretion and asperity the food they eat, the liquids they drink, the air they breathe, the shoes they wear and the people they meet or associate with. They seek instinctively the dark side of things and never realize that— It is better far to look for a star Than the spots on the sun abiding.

They do not stop to think of their obligation to the institution and of the loyalty which is due to it and are utterly oblivious of the fact that the world will never adjust itself to suit their whims and vagaries. Such persons are very troublesome everywhere, but are especially out of place in any of our families. Their presence creates an unhealthy atmosphere and a spirit of discontent 51

and, in spite of their knowledge or experience, they ought to be unhesitatingly dismissed for the peace and harmony of the establishment- I am truly glad to state emphatically that cases of this sort are very rare. Nearly all our teachers and other officers are upright, methodical, diligent and conscientious.

Faithfulness is "the girdle of their loins." They possess a combination of qualities and natural gifts which, supple-

mented by careful training and thorough cultivation, fit them for the grave responsibilities, which must ever rest upon them. Many of them enter upon the work of the

institution at an early age, when the heart is warm and the instincts are keen and outreaching, and consecrate

themselves to it. These men and women have high ideals and a strong sense of honor that rises above mere mundane considerations.

A school that has in its service such persons is peculiarly fortunate, and we have ample reason to congratulate ourselves on this score.

Through Hard Work to Victory.

Thou canst not gather what thou dost not sow;

As thou dost plant so will it grow. —The Code of Manu.

The curriculum of the school has been constructed with great care and comprises in harmonious and symmetrical blending the modern and scientific subjects and the old classical and formal ones. It has a rigid back-

bone, which forms its strength and supplies its force. It

consists of well chosen and disciplinary studies and is accompanied by definite rules, which allow no changes,

omissions or substitutions in any of its principal parts. The elective or eliminating system, which has become :

52 rampant not only in the universities and colleges but in a large number of high schools and academies, has no place with us. The fallacy that infects the so-called practical education is the outcome of ignorance or of disregard for the history and philosophy of pedagogy and does an incalculable amount of mischief. No superstitious respect for exciting strong interest in the students by allowing them freedom of choice can betray us into scorning the finest of all human interests—the mind itself. The frivolities and superficialities, which abound around us, are the legitimate offspring of the elective system and of the sublime conceit of machinists, steel manufacturers, mining experts and builders of trusts, who pose as authors of utilitarian pedagogy and as instructors in social ethics. These fads constitute a warning to us and show that we must stand firm and not give up too readily the educational standards, under which remarkable success has been attained. They remind us to be prudent and not to substitute sham practicalities and gross materialistic processes for the liberal and sure training that makes the mind

sufficiently keen and hardy to answer all challenges and steady enough to meet the most exacting practical demands. No reasonable person can dissent from the simple proposition that mental fibre no less than physical muscle must be strengthened by use and exercise. Those who toil bravely become the strongest. Intellectual alertness, moral resolution, power of thought, force of will, unflagging

endurance, all are gained through hard work and persistent effort and not by means of flitting from one object

to another at pleasure and getting little from each and less

from all. Of recent years the following motto is in vogue

No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en;

In brief, sir, study what you most affect. 53

This has been conspicuously inscribed on the banners of preparatory and high schools and colleges. This

doctrine is a pernicious one tending to produce swarms of vagrant intellectual habits. If there be any advantage

in it, the latter is purchased at the sacrifice of mental concentration and strength. Only by performing his tasks well, whether they interest him or not, a student can avoid that flabbiness and skittishness of mind, which in later years will make any continuous mental exertion a direful

thing to him. What he needs is good hard work and stern discipline to develop the muscles of his mind, to

fit him to do easily what at first appeared to him to be

difficult, to free him, in short, from the misery of weakness, and lassitude and to foster habits of concentrated attention and energetic volition.

No one can truly toil in vain, Nor nobly strive for naught; For though the end he do not gain For which he strove and vs^rought, Yet will he some result attain As great as that he sought;

And better still, there will remain A mind with purpose fraught.

Our scholars are not permitted to consult their whims or to follow their fancies and go their own way in the

selection of studies. Their work is prescribed for them

in a definite manner, and its performance is obligatory.

None of its parts can be avoided or replaced by branches of study that are characterized as "soft snaps." In other words the pupils are required to labor under positive conditions at tasks, which have a high educational value and which are allotted to them with reference to the effect that these have upon the development of intellectual scope and power and upon the building of character.

Not what we would, but what we must ,

Make up the sum of living. j 54

That the educational advantages afforded by this institution are of a high order and that the diplomas given

to its graduates are not formal scholastic certificates of decorative worth, but have a positive significance and the distinct value of being won by diligent effort and un-

remitting toil, may be shown by a brief account of the work, which has been done during the past year in the various departments of the school.

Department of Physical Education.

Stout muscle and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier spirit;

A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. —James Russell Lowell.

In order that our school may not fall lamentably short of its mission, it must provide for its pupils the best facilities and amplest opportunities for the harmonious development and thorough cultivation of their bodily and mental powers.

As it is upon the physical man that we can alone build with safety, we must first and above all things pay due attention to the amelioration of the physical organism of those committed to our charge and make this the corner-stone of our work. As we have repeatedly stated in these reports, the blind for obvious reasons are peculiarly in need of physical training. Observation and statistics show that their health and strength are far below the normal standard. The causes which produced the obscuration of their visual sense; the restrictions and limitations to locomotion and spontaneous exercise, which are imposed upon them by their infirmity, sap their vitality and leave 55 them puny and listless, with weak bodies, flaccid muscles, spongy spines, dormant brains and gelatinous powers of volition. These conditions affect all sides of their being most unfavorably and we can hardly expect that any scheme of education will be advantageous to them unless based upon adequate foundations. No substantial and enduring superstructure can be reared upon soft clay or arid sand; it must stand on solid ground-work otherwise it will be shaky and unstable. Hence before we can hope to obtain satisfactory educational results, all physical and physiological defects or faults must be corrected so far as they are curable, and the material frame must be strengthened and put in the best possible condition. To build a thoroughly sound body, crowned by an entirely developed brain, is the chief aim and most complicated problem in the education of the blind. It is the alpha and omega of the work of our school. Upon its consummation depend all other achievements.

In view of these facts physical training is placed in the first rank in our school and forms an integral part of its regular curriculum. It constitutes the leading article in our educational creed. According to the rules and regulations of the institution, every pupil is required to go through the course of physical training, which is wisely planned and properly arranged to meet the special needs of each individual case. It consists of a series of remedial and preventive exercises, which are calculated to correct any deformities in the muscular and skeletal systems and any deficiencies, which may exist in the nervous control of the physique; to thwart the rise of idiosyncrasies and unsightly movements; to improve and strengthen all the members of the body; to develop the brain through the activity of 56 the muscles and to leave no cells to drop out of existence because of disuse; to invigorate the heart and lungs; to stimulate the performance of all functions and further the digestion of the food, the assimilating process, the circulation of the blood, the breathing and molecular changes; to increase the volitional powers and to promote self-direction. The benefit which the pupils derive from this course of training is of the utmost value to them. It will be readily noticed in their activity, agility, healthy looks, cerebral energy and mental alertness. The erectness of their posture, the ease of their locomotion, the light- ness of their gait, the grace of their carriage, the balance of their muscular action, the quickness of their understanding and the power of self-control, all proclaim the high character of the improvement, which can be secured in the case of the blind by means of gymnastics. But important and helpful as are these exercises from a physical and intellectual point of view, their effect upon the moral fibre of our scholars is infinitely greater.

For it is this that tells in the life of the blind. The strenuous and robust qualities of grit and determination, the rugged virtues of courage and self-admonition, the ability to grasp the problems of the day and solve them quickly and the power of acting in conjunction with others, all these are developed and thrive in a wtU cultivated soil and under strictly hygienic conditions, and with them many a time come purity and sweetness, love of beauty and an appreciation of goodness, a feeling of hopefulness and a glow of optimism. The corps of instructors of this department has been greatly strengthened by the appointment of Miss Mary

E. Sawyer, who is exceptionally able and admirably fitted to meet the requirements of our pupils. 57

Department of Manual Training.

To play the flute is not enough to blow; We must use the fingers. —Goethe.

For some time past it has been repeatedly stated that the teaching of handicrafts of every kind has been aboKshed at this institution and that our pupils have no opportunity of being fitted and equipped to pursue industrial callings and to turn their manual skill to advantage. These statements are born of a gross mis- apprehension of the true situation and are utterly groundless. The facts in the case tell an altogether different story and are simply these. At the time of the organization of the first schools for the blind in the United States of America, the plan of their work comprised three distinct parts—instruction in the ordinary English branches of study, the teaching of the ele- ments of vocal and instrumental music and training in several branches of handicraft. It was positively asserted, however, at some of these institutions that the latter were of paramount importance and that their chief object was to teach their pupils a variety of mechanic arts whereby the means of self-maintenance could be surely secured. Accordingly a prominent place in the course of instruction and training was given to handicrafts and these formed its principal part and central point. Instead of being used as auxiliaries or as means to education, they were its aim and end. Thus special care and a great deal of time were devoted to the acquisition of several trades, which appeared to be profitable, and some of the leading schools for the blind in this country, although they paid considerable attention to the mental development of their pupils, were no less industrial in 58 their distinctive characteristics than were those of Edin- burgh and Glasgow in Scotland. Broadly speaking we may say that this system of training tended to relegate intellectual development and aesthetic culture to a secondary position and to place above them mere drilling in mechanic arts, which had little educational value. The natural outcome of this procedure would have been to produce human machines, so to speak, or narrow technical experts instead of turn- ing out all-round men and women, capable of thinking and knowing, of judging and planning, of doing and commanding. The exaltation of the work of the hands might be temporarily helpful and might answer a good purpose for a limited period of time; but- it could not be of permanent service. Manual labor began long ago to decrease steadily in value and in many instances has ceased to be remunerative or in demand on account of the extensive employment of machinery in almost every department of human activity. During the last twenty-

five years its decadence has been so rapid that its use has diminished seventy per cent, in the United States of America. For reasons which can be readily explained those bereft of sight were more injuriously affected by this radical change in the economic order than any other class of people. Thus the problem of their self-support, instead of approaching a satisfactory solution, has become more and more complicated by the new developments. When the Perkins Institution was founded in 1832, Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe sought to combine the advantages of the English and French systems. Hence he brought over as instructors a blind mechanic from Edinburgh to teach trades and an accomplished graduate of the famous school for the blind in Paris as a —

59 teacher in the literary department. In his first report Dr. Howe spoke as follows:

Considering handicraft work to be the occupation in which the blind can compete to less advantage with seeing men than any other, it should be resorted to only in the case of those who manifest no decided talent for anything else.

Thus while industrial training held a position of some prominence in the early days of the school owing to the necessities of the case, it was never made of paramount importance. Dr. Howe saw at once that the blind could not be freed from the effects of their infirmity and raised in the social and moral scale by means of manual occupations alone, which might be helpful to individual cases. He realized fully that the "mind was a kingdom to them" and that the power of their redemption and uplifting lay in the cultivation of their brains and not in the dexterity of their fingers. Therefore he departed from the Scottish or English models and laid the foundations of a system of broad, liberal and thorough education, which alone could release them from the captivity of their infirmity, from the bondage of dependence and degradation, and link their lives to a dynamic power able to lift them to the highest levels of usefulness and happiness. In building this system he labored indefatigably for its proper construction and based it upon the rock of sound physiological and pedagogical principles. Dr. Howe assisted in the foundation of twelve schools for the blind, and had the pleasure of seeing the plan, which he had worked out, adopted in all institutions of this sort in America. The test of time has proved the permanent value of this scheme, in which manual occupations played a role but not the supreme one. 6o

Firmly believing in the efficiency and beneficence of the educational plan designed by Dr. Howe for the blind,

we have striven to enlarge it and give to it that consist- ency and perfection, which will help to unfold, cultivate and discipline their being—the body and the mind, the brain and the feelings, the hand and the heart, the soul and

its emotions. Upon a complete development like this, supported by the pillars of a strong moral character, rests the destiny of our pupils, and the attainment of

this constitutes the goal of our work. Thus every exercise or branch of study included in the curriculum of

this school is employed as a means for reaching it. Gymnastics and literature, history and mathematics, phys-

ical sciences and chemistry, foreign languages and music,

all are made tributary to this end. Manual training holds a prominent place among these

agencies and is coordinated with them. Hence it forms an integral part in our scheme of education and receives such attention as its importance preeminently deserves.

Its value is not overrated, however, nor is it allowed to

absorb all the energies of the pupils. Among the various forms of manual training, which are in vogue both in Europe and in this country, sloyd

is peculiarly adapted to the needs and special requirements of the blind; it has done more than anything else

to lift the department in which it is carried on to a high educational plane and to supply the foundation of its true character.

This system is based upon universal pedagogical principles and concerns itself no less with the head and heart than with the hand. Being permeated with the spirit of Froebel, it is worthy to follow the kindergarten in a rational scheme of education. It offers an excellent opportunity for the exercise of both sides of the human 6i body with a purpose thus making the pupil ambidexterous, and improves the physical health and poise. It stirs up the senses and promotes concentration of attention and quickness of perception. It encourages observation of the activities that are close at hand and stimulates causal thinking. It feeds the imagination and arouses the whole mental energy. It cultivates manual dexterity and secures skill of organism to be used in life. It evolves the natural capacity for creative work and trains the fingers to execute it. It strengthens the will and fosters self-reliance. It conveys an idea of form and inspires an appreciation of symmetry and beauty. It instils a love of labor and begets habits of industry and perseverance, of cleanliness and order, of regularity and self-control. Finally, by planting in the minds of children the desire to realize an end, which they recognize to be of real value, it impels them to right action, which in turn leads them to the development of the power of concentrating all their energies upon the attainment of the desired end. The effects of the intelligence and general dexterity gained through this form of manual training are evident in the ability of the pupils to utilize their tactual power in different ways and in the facility with which they learn to read and write, to use the ciphering board and the embossing machine, to operate the type-writer and the sewing-machine, to master the keyboard of the pianoforte and that of the organ, to construct outline maps and geometrical diagrams, to ply the needle and wield the scissors, to manipulate the appliances and apparatus in making chemical experiments and to handle skilfully the tools employed in tuning and repairing musical instruments. The latter attainment is indispensable to our tuners. The degree of their success in the practice 62

of their trade is determined by the amount of skill shown in manipulating the various implements. The value of sloyd as an essential agent in perfecting not only the main features of our plan of education but

the whole of it can hardly be over-estimated. But while this system has been chosen as the founda-

tion of the manual training of our pupils and forms its substratum and framework, the ordinary trades taught in other institutions are by no means neglected in ours. On the contrary they are very judiciously selected and receive even greater attention and care here than elsewhere. From time to time we try to ascertain the avail- ability of various handicrafts; but, led by honesty and common sense in our decisions, we retain in practice only such as promise to be remunerative according to the usual standards of business and discard or discon- tinue those of which the products prove profitless and

serve only to adorn a show-case and to elicit the pity of benevolent people. We cannot possibly believe that the use of a fancy hand-loom or of any toy-machine will ever provide gainful employment for the blind or become a permanent source of revenue even to a very limited number of sightless persons. Nor can we countenance any of the numerous vagaries, in which place-seeking charlatans may find it advantageous to themselves and promotive of their selfish interests to indulge.

Nothmg is farther from our intention or more distaste- ful to us than to speak vauntingly of our own affairs; but we do not boast, we state a simple and incontroverti- ble fact when we say that there does not exist on either side of the Atlantic a school or college for the blind, which affords as ample opportunities and as great facilities for systematic manual training and for teaching its students one or more trades as does this institution. 63

Comfortable and commodious workrooms, tools, machines, materials of every description and a corps of able and skilful teachers, all are supplied with unsurpassed liberality. For about one hundred and sixty pupils we have EIGHT instructors, two of whom are graduates of the sloyd training school in Boston. It is true that the manufacture of brooms and door-mats has been abandoned because the articles made by hand could not compete advantageously in the market with those produced by machinery; but seating cane-bottomed chairs, making mattresses, upholstering furniture, sewing both by hand and by machine, netting hammocks, knitting and crocheting are systematically taught and diligently practised.

The course of manual training pursued in the girls' department of our school has been arranged with great care and is very inclusive. Indeed it is a model of its kind and covers the ground thoroughly. A detailed description of the plan of work, written by the teachers for the benefit of those who might be disposed to examine the extensive exhibit sent to the international exposition in Saint Louis, was published in our last annual report and is reprinted here in full.

Instruction is given in the girls' department in three distinct Hnes of manual training. The sloyd system is followed in all these branches, namely, knitting, wood-work and sewing.

The course in knitting is four years, in wood-sloyd three years and in sewing eight years. The work in each line is graded, but the pupil at her entrance begins them all and advances as rapidly as her ability permits. With the exception of the preparatory work in learning stitches and patching, something useful is created at every step of the way. The result of the first clumsy attempt in knitting is made into a bag for rubbers; the tools in wood-sloyd are first handled in an effort to make a flower-pin or a ruler; and the piece of canvas used in practising stitches in sewing is a pretty mat when 64

the work is finished. So the pupil produces something of positive value even in elementary exercises.

Training in knitting is begun with the use of coarse twine and heavy wooden needles, followed by finer cord and bone needles, and then by still finer twine and steel needles. The first worsted used is eight-fold Germantown, then four-fold, and from this the work grades through Saxony and Shetland wool to fine thread. The size of the needles of course decreases correspondingly. Two or three articles are made at each step of the process.

After the first exercise with twine, the regular course begins.

First Year: plain knitting, casting on and binding off. The worsted

is held over the left hand in the German way, as this position gives a freer and more even exercise to both hands. Second Year: seaming, widening and narrowing. Third Year: using finer materials with both coarse and fine needles. The rainbow shawl belongs to this period and other shawls made with two kinds of worsted. Fourth Year: using four needles and knitting with thread. Mittens, stockings, some kinds of infants' socks, and sweaters are made at this time. Crocheting comes in this last year of the course

but is not considered so good an exercise as knitting because

only one hand is actively engaged.

WooD-SLOYD is given only to the younger girls or to new pupils who need especially to gain control of their hands. The course usually extends over the first three years of a girl's training at South

Boston. She begins with a knife and makes a flower-pin ; then with a plane she makes a ruler and so on to tool-rack, coat-hanger, plant- stand, corner-shelf, paper-knife, knife-box and towel-roller, as she is learning to use the saw, awl, bores, dividers, spoke-shave, etc. She has the results of her labor and may keep her models or give them away, as she pleases.

The course in sewing is naturally the longest. Pupils can advance from the first simple stitches to the stage where they can darn, patch, draft their own patterns and complete common articles of dress.

First Year. The pupil is taught to make stitches with heavy worsted on perforated leather. She repeats these on burlap-canvas.

The openings in this material make it possible for her to keep

the stitches in a straight line. 65

Second Year. She applies her knowledge of stitches to coarse cloth by basting towels, dusters, etc. Third and Fourth Years. She bastes sheets, hems napkins and over- hands pillow-cases, puts two edges together with different stitches

in making bags, slipper-cases, aprons, over-sleeves, etc., besides measuring and cutting straight and curved edges, making but- tonholes, darning and patching. Fifth and Sixth Years. She gains a thorough knowledge of the sewing machine, and stitches towels, sheets, pillow-cases, and sometimes table-cloths. All the table linen, sheets, pillow-cases and towels for the five cottages of the girls' department are made by the pupils in class. Seventh and Eighth Years. Advanced work in taking measurements, drafting patterns for her own underwear, linen skirts, breakfast jackets, and shirt-waists, then fitting and completing these gar-

ments. The drafting is done by the help of a system with raised measurements and of a dress-maker's wheel to take the place of a pencil. The wheel leaves a line of perforations that can be easily followed by the fingers.

The order followed in the instruction in these different subjects is invariable; but the length of time taken by individual pupils to complete satisfactorily each step of the course depends upon the capa- bility of each girl. At the completion of this course the pupil has gained skill and strength in her hands, and probably has clearer ideas of shape and proportion, a little keener intelligence and more self- reliance. It is certain that she finds satisfaction in being able to do, to a great extent, what seeing girls of her own age are capable of ac- complishing in the line of repairing and dress-making.

This is not all that is done for fitting our girls to become useful to themselves and to others. There is more which is of equal importance to them. The pupils of the girls' department are divided into five separate families, which compare most favorably in every particular with the best in the neighborhood. The training received in the workrooms of the school is supplemented and enlarged by that obtained at the cottages, in which they live. Here they are taught by intelligent and cultivated New England 66

housekeepers the practical side of domestic science without being required to wear white caps and to carry note- books for the purpose of recording fine theories of cooking and digestion. Here they become acquainted with the ordinary duties of Hfe, with the amenities and courtesies of sensible society. Here in the quietness of the family

circle they talk of manners and morals; they listen to the reading of the magazines and newspapers and discuss

the civic, literary, artistic and scientific events and questions of the day. Here they learn to set and clear away a table, to wash and wipe dishes, to sweep floors and dust furniture, to make beds and help in the kitchen, to patch clothes and mend stockings, in short to do everything, which is needful to make a home clean, wtU ordered and attractive.

Thus it is evident that we have by no means abolished the teaching and practising of various handicrafts; nor have we directly or indirectly lessened their value as auxiliaries to the work of the school. We have simply put them in their proper place. Instead of making them the principal aim and sole end of our scheme of education

we use them as a means to it.

This is the true status of manual and technical train-

ing in our school. Any statement to the contrary is absolutely groundless. We desire to say most emphatically that the ultimate purpose of our system of education is not to transform our graduates into human machines of narrow gauge

fitted to work profitably at some manual occupation.

Far from it. Our main object is to produce men and women of a fine type—strong and hardy, self-reliant and enterprising, fortified with fully developed and well trained minds and with increased resources, adequately equipped to cope successfully with the problems of life 67 and able to use their powers intelligently and skilfully and to enter into as many relations with their fellow-men as circumstances permit. To the achievement of this end manual training is made to contribute its full share. Only one change has occurred in the corps of instructors of this department during the past year. Miss Marian E. Chamberlain has been chosen assistant teacher in place of Miss Grace E. Snow who declined a reappointment.

Literary Department.

Who feels the thirst for knowledge,

In Helicon may slake it,

If he has still the Roman will

To "find a way or make it." —John G, Saxe.

Under the judicious and efficient management of the head teachers and with the earnest and faithful cooperation of their associates, the work of this department has been carried along broad and progressive lines with increased energy and very gratifying results. The methods and processes of teaching herein pursued are so simple in themselves and so natural in application that the pupils do not lose sight of their work in the haze^ which is created by the instruction given. They stimulate and discipline the mental faculties, cultivate the understanding and the power of thought, vivify the imagination, refine the taste and have an elevating moral influence upon the lives of the scholars. Although our classes are much smaller than those in other schools, yet there is a wide difference in the degree of capacity and hereditary power of their members. Hence individual instruction is indispensable. This has been already very generally adopted and is steadily 68 becoming a feature in our work. The teachers are alert to ascertain the cause of the difhcuky met with and then they endeavor to remove or remedy it. The assistance which they give in each case is of a progressive character, so that as the inteUigence of a scholar is awakened and increased, he gains self-confidence, courage and willing- ness to think, to act and to do. Thus the spirit of indifference or apparent indolence disappears gradually, and in its place comes a readiness to persevere and strive until the prescribed task is accomplished. The teachers of the blind must never forget the fact that they deal with a class of students whose basis of mental conceptions is deep but decidedly narrow and that they must widen and broaden it as much as possible before they can build upon it a symmetrical, intellectual structure. The instructors of science are particularly urged not to confine their efforts to trivial specialization and atomic analyses or to the theory of potential and polyphase currents. They must seize every opportunity to inspire their pupils with love for nature and with reverence of her laws and to ennoble their hearts and stimulate the soaring of their minds. Above all they must avoid those educational methods, which narrow the intellect and turn it into a specializing mechanism, dwarf the imagination, banish the idealism and destroy sentiment. The educational facilities afforded by the institution have been constantly increased and greatly improved, while numerous additions have been made to the mechanical appliances and apparatus and to the materials used for illustration or for investigation and experimentation in the various branches of study. There are few public schools and private academies in the state, which are so well equipped for teaching by means of objects as ours.

The type-writer is classed with the exercises of the 69

school and is extensively taught. As an educational device, this machine is an invaluable aid to the formation of correct habits in the use of written language. It throws into bold relief all errors of form, such as bad spelling, incorrect grammar, imperfect arrangements and faulty punctuation and capitalization. It enforces constantly the advantages of neatness, care and order. It encourages close and accurate observation and brings about unconsciously a greater attention to style, choice of words, terseness and vigor of thought and expression. At the close of the school term two of the teachers, Miss Irene Mason who has rendered faithful service in the girls' department since 1902 and Mr. James W. Dyson who has done good work with the boys during the past year, decided not to accept a reappointment. They were succeeded by Miss Mary E. Sawyer and Mr. Ray Waldron Pettengill, a recent graduate of Bowdoin college.

Department of Music.

O, well for the fortunate soul Which music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows new and old. —Emerson.

Indisputably music is a great educational force, a power making for progress, intelligence and joy. It helps to enlighten and uplift its devotees, to intensify their inner life and to strengthen and deepen their character. It promotes the development of the intellectual faculties, quickens the imagination, strengthens the judgment and softens the passions. By calling for the closest attention-, it cultivates habits of observation, concentration and discernment. —

To the blind music offers advantages which they can derive from no other source. It refines their taste, puri- fies their heart and ennobles their sentiments. Like poetry, it addresses itself to their artistic nature and brightens their sense of the beautiful. It accentuates the receptive side of their being and fosters their creative powers. It is the sole means whereby they can ascend to the highest plane of aesthetic beauty accessible to them. No other member of the sisterhood of fine arts can be of any service to them in this direction. In view of these facts one of the leading places in the curriculum of the school has been assigned to music, and unremitting care has been bestowed upon its study as a science and its practice as an art. The department

devoted to it has been conducted . in both its branches with intelligence and earnestness and has attained a higher degree of efficiency and excellence than that ever

before reached. Great credit is due alike to pupils and instructors for the progress that has been made and for the results that have been obtained from its operations. Mr. Edwin L. Gardiner, the head master in the boys' section of this department, has furnished the following account of the work which has been done under his super-

vision :

Forty-five pupils were enrolled in the boys' section of the music department during the year just closed. Forty-three of these received instruction in playing the pianoforte; five studied the pipe organ, and nine have taken lessons in singing. Of those who played the orchestral instruments, ten studied the violin; four, the violoncello; three, the contra bass; two, the flute; two, the oboe; five,

the clarinet ; and one the bassoon. In regard to the brass instniments, three played the cornet; four, the French horn; and one, the trom- bone, while one studied the t\Tnpani. A large number of the boys received special lessons in the study of harmony, and the greater part of these made commendable progress. —

One evening each week, throughout the year, all the pupils who study music have assembled in two classes to listen to the reading of books and articles on biography, musical criticisms and current topics of interest. The orchestra has been increased in numbers and has improved in technique and in smoothness of ensemble playing. The pieces studied during the past year were selected largely from the works of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. The players applied themselves earnestly to their work and took much pleasure in seeing how well they could perform these beautiful old classic masterpieces. In the course of the year we have given much time to the stereo- typing of music in the Braille system, and we have added a very large number of vocal and instrumental pieces to our collection. Among these compositions will be found important works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Czemy for the pianoforte, while, for the voice, the studies by Vaccai and Seiber have been printed in relief and will be of great assistance and value to our students of vocal music.

Miss Lila P. Cole, the principal teacher in the girls' section of the music department, has written the following statement of what has been accomplished under her direction :

During the past year there have been forty-nine pupils in the girls' section of the music department. All of these have studied the pianoforte; seven, the violin; one, the violoncello; one, the double bass; and seven have made a special study of vocal music. We have had two classes in harmony, one having been organized at the beginning of the year. The pupils who do the more advanced work have studied sequences, the different kinds of cadences and the use of the dominant seventh and dominant ninth chords, by means of bases, figured and unfigured, and original phrases; while the class of beginners has devoted its time to the treatment of triads in fundamental position.

A large class has just completed the course in musical history. Our chorus class is still small, though a few additions have been made to it. At the beginning of the year we organized a second class composed of girls of lower grades, hoping that in due time we might be able to add at least a few voices to the first class. This we did 72 but found that on the whole the two classes could not work together to advantage. The work of the violin pupils has been very satisfactory. The ensemble-Y>la.y'mg class has met twice a week for practice, with excellent results. The addition of a double-bass has been very helpful. Pupils' recitals have been given as usual once a month, each pupil taking part at least once during the year. The musical readings on Monday evenings have been continued. Various articles of interest, selected from books, papers and magazines are used.

The results of the year's work have been generally satisfactory, the pupils having shown their interest by earnest and steady application.

As a general rule, the teachers have not confined themselves to giving formal and mechanical instruction in playing and singing. They have endeavored to guide the pupUs to the inner sanctuary of the art of ''sweet sounds" and to inspire them with love for its best forms. Their purpose has been to uplift the soul of every intelligent student and by attuning it to the music of the universe to enable him to comprehend more intricately woven harmonies.

The ample means and uncommon internal facilities, which the institution provides for the thorough musical education of its pupils are supplemented and fructified by external opportunities of a superior character, which are accessible to our advanced students.

Boston is world renowned for the intellectual and artistic advantages, which it affords to its inhabitants. Judged by the character of the symphony and chamber concerts, by the number and excellence of the choral works presented year by year, by the prominence of the societies that perform them and by the appreciation and size of the audiences that make the existence of such organizations possible, this city is deservedly called the 7Z musical centre of America. Thanks to the unfailing kin'dness and unstinted liberality of many earnest and loyal friends of the institution, whose names are gratefully recorded in the list of acknowledgments, our pupils have been permitted to attend, free of charge, a large number of fine concerts and to listen to eminent artists while these interpreted the masterpieces of the great composers. These exceptional opportunities enable the blind to broaden their views and to get a glimpse of the ideal beauty of art and at the same time to be imbued with the true spirit of classic music by becoming acquainted with the richness of Bach, the lucidity of Mozart, the magnificent strength and dignity of Beethoven, the melodiousness or tone poetry of Chopin, the refined and reverend grace of Mendelssohn, the sublimity of Schu- mann, the passionateness of Schubert and the lyricism of Franz.

It is not claiming too much to state that the music department has reached a degree of efficiency and com- pleteness, which is hardly equalled and not surpassed anywhere. It is conducted in an intelligent, systematic and business-like way and produces results of a high order. The excellence of its work is evident in every particular, but especially in the ensemble playing of the orchestra, which is the critical test of painstaking training and of artistic proficiency. The performances of this band may stand side by side with those of professional musicians. They have been witnessed by two of the ablest and keenest critics of music in the city of Boston and have been not only approved but most favorably commended by them. Mr. Philip Hale and Prof. Louis Elson had the kindness to attend last June the graduating exercises of our school in the Boston Theatre and to listen to the rendition by the orchestra of the first — —

74 movement from Schubert's symphony in B minor, with which the programme of the exercises was opened. Both these gentlemen were greatly pleased with the efforts of the players, and their remarks upon them were very gratifying as well as helpful. Mr. Hale spoke as follows of the performance in the Boston Herald of the yth of June :

One of the most interesting and moving features was the performance of the orchestra. For some years great pains have been taken in the instruction of the pupils in ensemble playing. Mr. Edwin A. Sabin has had charge of the strings, and the use of the wind instruments has been taught by various accomplished professionals. The pieces chosen for practice have been gradually more and more am- bitious. Until yesterday the performance of the first movement of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony showed the patience, tact and skill of the instructors as well as the musical instincts, taste and perseverance of the pupils.

The music itself, as all know, demands finesse in the expression of emotion, a fine sense of rhythm, perfection in the ensemble. The performance was one of engrossing musical interest. Not only was there a praiseworthy precision in attack, a general purity of intona- tion, a pervading euphony, but there was an unusual elasticity in the expression, a freedom in the display of emotion. When one considers how these youths and children must play without the sight of either time beaten or of temperamental conductor with encouraging face and magnetic gesture, the results obtained were surprising, wellnigh incredible. And in the performance there was often a grace, a finish that older orchestras composed of men more kindly treated by nature might envy.

In the issue of the Boston Daily Advertiser of the same date the following account was published, written by Prof. Elson:

THE PERKINS INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA.

Yesterday afternoon, in the Boston Theatre, before a large audience, the graduating exercises of the Perkins Institute (class of 1905) took place. One might say much of the interest of the general ex- 75 ercises, of the surprising results obtained in many different directions by the pupils who appeared in history, physics, etc., and of the charm of the kindergarten work, which contrasted well with the efficiency of the advanced grades; but the shoemaker must stick to his last, and the musical reviewer must speak only of the orchestra.

That it is advancing is evident. To fly as high as the allegro movement of the "Unfinished Symphony" by Schubert, argues a commendable ambition on the part of the students who form this band. Few outsiders can appreciate the difficulties that lie in the path of an orchestra of sightless musicians. In the first place their parts must be transcribed into a species of Braille point system that they may memorize their phrases. Only a few years ago this part of the task was much harder, for there was no notation system and each player was obliged to have his part "read." to him over and over, until he had committed it to memory. As the conductor cannot signal his points of shading by panto- mime, every "nuance" must be thoroughly studied beforehand, in a far more thorough manner than is the case with ordinary orchestras.

This handicap is balanced by the love of music that seems inherent in most of these young musicians. The conductor can, however, stand at the back of the band and lightly tap out the rhythm, in a

manner which is not audible to the audience, yet is perfectly clear to the keen ears of the players.

So that there is far less of rigidity in such a performance than an outsider would imagine. In a work so romantic and poetic as this symphony of Schubert's, the tempo and shading has frequent changes and many subtleties. It was gratifying to note how gracefully these were executed, and how full of true feeling the interpretation of the noble allegro became. It had something of the freedom of ensemble that we have heard in Hungary and Bohemia, where the natural musicians also play without the aid of notes and sometimes without a conductor. Once in a while one would have liked a little more power and emphasis on some of the "sforzando" effects, in the wind instruments and upon the kettledrums, but the strings played with more freedom

and fire than ever before. The orchestra has both male and female

musicians in its ranks and seems somewhat larger than heretofore. There were other excellent musical numbers on the programme; a 76

song with Miss Sophia J. Muldoon as soloist, a Kinder Symphony by the youngest players, etc., but the chief musical number was the

Schubert movement described above, and the orchestra is one of the most unique organizations in the music of America.

These critiques, \^Titten by authors of wide experience and unbiased judgment, bear authoritative and striking testimony to the remarkable progress, which this department has made during the last five or six years, and to

the superior chalracter of the work which it is doing. The

building of a fine orchestra is no ordinary achievement in the field of music. Thus far no school or college for the blind either on this continent or in Great Britain has attempted a task equal to that which has been hopefully undertaken and successfully accomplished by our institution. Owing to the lack of funds there have been but few additions made to the equipment of this department. We are in need of half a dozen new pianofortes, and we trust to be able ere long to obtain the means for purchas- ing them.

Tuning Department.

Strange! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long. —Watts.

Closely connected with the study of music is the art of tuning pianofortes. This calling considered from a financial point of view, is very lucrative and in addition it affords a pleasant occupation to those who pursue it.

The art of tuning is peculiarly suited to the blind, while it is also specially attractive to them for the reason that in its practice they labor under fewer difficulties and disadvantages than in any other kind of work, and 11 are not so handicapped by their infirmity as to be in- capable of competing with seeing men. But in order that our graduates may be successful as tuners they must be thoroughly prepared and adequately fitted to do their work in a faultless manner. For it is through consummate training, combined with an entire freedom from objectionable habits and with good address and blameless conduct, that they will be apt to overcome the prejudices, which exist against sightless workmen, and to win the confidence and secure the patronage of those who may be in need of their services.

The tuning department of this institution is conducted in strict conformity with these considerations. The instruction herein given is of the highest order, while its work is carried on in a dozen fine rooms, fully equipped with fourteen grand, square and upright pianofortes, reed organs, models of every kind of action in use, acoustic apparatus, tools and materials of all descriptions. In- deed, nothing is omitted which may contribute to render this branch of the music department the best of its kind and to aid the recipients of its benefits to become pro- ficient in their art and able to hold their own in the arena of competition with seeing craftsmen. During the past year twenty-four pupils have received regular instruction in tuning. The time devoted to it has varied from five to forty hours a week according to age, the degree of progress made and the prospects and capacity of the learner. The pupils, selected with great care, have been method- ically taught and systematically trained. They have been supplied with such facilities and advantages as are needed to enable them to gain a general theoretical knowledge of the art of tuning, as well as to become thoroughly skilled in the adjustment of its mechanical parts. 78

The class for training the ear of the students and of rendering it as keen and as discriminating as can be made has been continued, and the fruits of its work have been very satisfactory. In every instance the results of this trial have demonstrated to such of the candidates as were deficient in the sense of hearing, that it was useless for them to proceed farther and have led them to the conclusion that it would be best for them to abandon the attempt to become tuners and devote their time to some other occupation, which promised to be profitable to them. The natural sciences form a distinctive feature in the curriculum of our school, and those of the pupils who pursue these branches have an excellent opportunity to study acoustics both theoretically and experimentally in a thorough way and to gain an accurate knowledge of the science of sound in all its details. Furthermore they join the classes which study the theory of music and learn the principles of that art and the nature and the relations of the tones, which enter into musical composition. They derive great benefit both from these opportunities and from the musical atmosphere in which they live and which is a stimulus to them. The students of tuning in the advanced division put into practical use the skill, which they have gained through the exercises of sloyd in the manual training department.

This they do in the following way : They are given certain parts of the action of a pianoforte together with pieces of plain wood and are asked to duplicate the former by measuring, cutting, rounding and shaping the latter. If a tuner succeeds in doing this, he will find his accomplishment extremely serviceable in the practice of his calling, for he will sometimes be obliged to repair or replace broken or missing portions of actions and will 79

have very great difficulty in doing so unless he is capable

of using his knife handily. This exercise is exceedingly

pleasing to the apprentices, and they enjoy it very much. While sitting around a table, they whittle attentively but merrily. A casual observer, seeing them in this performance, may criticise them as loafing and wasting their time, when in reality they are learning to do a kind of work, which will be of the utmost value to them. The head master of this department, Mr. George E. Hart, deserves great praise for the diligence and zeal with which he manages its affairs. Under his direction and with his assistance the students are trained to do ordinary repairs in a neat manner, to replace the damaged parts of an action and to rely upon themselves in sur- mounting all the obstacles, which they may meet with in the practice of their profession.

Entertainment on Washington's Birthday.

Oh, beautiful my country! What were our lives without thee! What all our lives to save thee! —James Russell Lowell.

In accordance with a custom of long standing, the pupils of the boys' department of this institution made extensive preparations for the celebration of Washington's birthday by offering for the pleasure of their friends and patrons a musical entertainment of high order, which was given in the school hall on the afternoon of the holiday at three o'clock. The atmospheric conditions were favorable, but it is pleasant to believe that it was solely a deep interest in the achievements of these young musicians which drew so large a concourse of people from far and near, filling the good-sized hall almost to the limit of its 8o capacity. It was also a satisfaction to hear the heartfelt expressions of approval and appreciation from the auditors as they left the building at the close of the exercises, showing that they felt amply repaid for their visit to the school. On this occasion the full orchestra of the school, which has come more and more into prominence as its tone and volume have become more assured and as its rep- ertoire has increased, formed an important feature, contributing two numbers to the programme,—the first movement from Schubert's symphony in B minor and the first movement from Haydn's symphony No. 5. The rendition of both of these numbers gave evidence of the deep musical feeling of the pupils and their love for this beautiful art, which urges them forward in the careful painstaking effort whereby alone they can accomplish such fine results in this field of work. Some of the members of the orchestra are only thirteen years of age, yet the performance proved that each performer, of whatever age, was willing to put forth such earnest effort in the mastery of his individual instrument as to insure the success of the entire organization. Their playing was smooth, melodious and well-phrased, and their entire performance was such as to cause the personality of the musicians to be overlooked in pure delight over the strains which they evoked and gratification over the excellence of their playing. A quartet of stringed instruments gave exquisite expression to a theme with variations from Haydn's quartet,

No. 12. Each instrument sustained well its part, and as the motif was developed by each in turn the harmonious accompaniment of the other three instruments formed a beautiful background for the dominant tone. The quartet was thus composed:—Alfred Heroux, first violin; ;

Charles Amadon, second violin; Frank Nelson, viola; and Barnard Levin, violoncello. The programme included three solos, —one by John Wetherell who played a concertstuck for the flute by Popp a grand chorus, written for the organ by Guilmant and rendered by Wilbur Dodge ; and a selection from Carmen, sung by Charles Forrester. Each of these was an excellent exponent of its particular branch of musical study and enhanced greatly the charm of the well-diversified entertainment, while at the same time it added cumulative proof that the work in this department is thorough and comprehensive, embracing all musical branches in its scope.

Taken all in all, the entire performance presented an adequate conception of the high standard of attainment, toward which these earnest students are striving, and of the conscientious and painstaking endeavors, which are put forth by those who find in music a mode of self- expression and a valuable means of complete aesthetic enjoyment. The literary exercises which were introduced into the programme served as appropriate reminders of the purpose of the holiday. Joseph Bartlett read in clear, ring- ing tones Daniel Webster's Tribute to Washington, and a class of boys gave terse but telling descriptions of distinguished persons and events connected with the "Early Stages of the American Revolution."

Thus the day has taken its place in the annals of the year as one which has played a prominent part in promoting patriotic fervor among the pupils and it is pleasant to report that the boys were able through their own efforts to prove their belief and zealous interest in the kindergarten department by adding a generous sum to its funds. 82

The Education of the Blind Deaf-Mutes.

They lay in prison speechless, sightless, Unhearing, thralls of fate, Until he came and said, "come out!

It is not yet too late."

He came and lifted up and spoke, He set them in the sun; The great good work goes on and on That was by him begun. —Howard Glyndon.

The deliverance of Laura Bridgman from the dungeon of never-ending darkness and silence, to which she was doomed by a cruel decree of fate, was the cro^vn of the marvellous work, which Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe accomplished for the afflicted members of the human family, and one of the greatest educational achievements of the nineteenth century. In the year 1837 this eminent philanthropist learned through an account written by Dr. Mussey, then head of the medical department at Dartmouth College, that there was in Hanover, New Hampshire, a little girl, seven years of age, who had been bereft of all the senses save that of touch. She had been delicate and sickly from the cradle; but at the age of two years she was attacked by virulent scarlet fever, which ravaged her system for five months with fearful fury, destroying utterly the organs of sight and hearing, blunting the senses of smell and taste and prostrating the whole being so completely that recovery seemed impossible. The storm of disease had gradually abated, however, and the shattered organism at last floated peacefully and aimlessly upon the stream of life. But what a wreck! Blind, deaf, dumb and without that distinct consciousness of individual existence, which is developed in the normal child through the exercise of the CORA ADELIA CROCKER. ELIZABETH ROBIN. NELLIE WINITZKY. THOMAS STRINGER.

83 senses! Could any one appear more absolutely buried alive in a hopeless grave! In Dr. Mussey's pathetic description of Laura's mourn- ful condition Dr. Howe perceived a signal of distress flying over a perishing soul and calling for immediate assistance. Led by his quick sympathies and his ardent love for humanity, he became deeply interested in the hapless victim of a dire calamity and began at once to think of devising ways and means for her rescue. He lost no time in going to Hanover to see her and after a careful examination of her case he was so profoundly touched by the appalling blackness and desolation of her solitary confinement that he decided there and then to devote his energies to its alleviation. He talked the matter over with her parents and tried to convince them that there was a possibility of ransoming their little daughter from the captivity of her affliction and of re- storing her to her human inheritance. Finally he per- suaded them to bring her to the institution for the blind in Boston and place her in his charge. This was done on the fourth day of October, 1837, and the great work of Laura's liberation was then commenced. In order to realize fully the magnitude of Dr. Howe's undertaking and to estimate accurately the boldness of his mind and the resoluteness of his spirit, we must recall to memory that at this time the condition of persons shorn of the senses of sight and hearing was generally regarded as hopelessly irremediable and beyond the reach of man's power. He had to confront not only the enormous

difficulties inherent in such a new and thorny path, but

the still more deterring and discouraging feature that the consensus of opinion of the foremost thinkers, philoso- phers, savants, scientists and medical men of that time in Great Britain was decidedly pronounced against such 84 an undertaking. Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Thomas Dick Lander, Sir Astley Cooper, the distinguished occu- list Mr. Vaughan and Dugald Stewart, the essayist, all had seen James Mitchell in Scotland, and after a thorough investigation and careful consideration of his case either concluded that nothing could be done for him or declared that they could see no way whereby assistance might be given to him. The same view was held by Gall of Edin- burgh. The natural inference drawn from this judgment was to the effect that persons deprived of the two principal avenues of sense were ever doomed to an intermin- able prison-house of darkness and silence.

This verdict, coming as it did from high authorities, seemed to be final, and it was generally supposed that no one would dare to attempt to set it aside and insist upon a new trial. Yet this was just what Dr. Howe decided to do. He had already given much thought to the question as to whether a deaf, dumb and blind person could receive an education and resolved to discover the means for solving the problem satisfactorily and for snatching Laura's mind from its fearful destiny. He was the pioneer in this branch of pedagogy, and although his task was a mighty one, he proved equal to it. He entered confidently upon an untrodden field and an unknown region without any precedents to direct his steps and with no one to give him counsel or encouragement. Only here and there he had a shadowy hint or a vague suggestion for inspiration and guide. There was no compass to point the direction. But, relying upon the strength that comes from clear insight and firm conviction, he was determined to succeed. Never for an hour was he disheartened at the seemingly overwhelming odds against him. Dr. Howe arrayed his forces of marvellous ingenuity 85 and immeasurable patience in front of the formidable dungeon in which Laura's soul was imprisoned, and he began a regular siege. He brought to bear upon this undertaking the resources of a keen intellect and an indomitable energy that refused to quail before any obstacle. Splendid audacity, fertility of imagination, unfaltering perseverance, knightly chivalry and passionate love for humanity, all were employed with consummate skill in this campaign against "night and death itself," which was enthusiastically but wisely planned and set on foot by this modern Sir Philip Sidney. Experiments and processes of various kinds were used with unyield- ing pertinacity, and the failure of one suggested the immediate invention or adoption of another. Finally the triply- barred gates of the castle were forced, the in- carcerated mind of Laura Bridgman was set free and a thoroughfare was opened for the redemption of all children and youths similarly afflicted. Both by nature and training Dr. Howe was peculiarly fitted for this great work. He was one of the most remarkable men of his time and generation—a sane idealist, a practical reformer, a true philanthropist whose energy and talents were always devoted to the cause of the weakest.

He mapped the desert of a soul Untracked by sight and sound.

His achievement was a triumph of supreme faith in the inner capacities of the human being. The facts, which he gathered from an exploration of a pedagogical field hitherto untried, are of the utmost value to educators, psychologists and men of science. Starting with unproved but rational methods of his own device. Dr. Howe studied carefully every phase of 86 his work, sifted out the results of his observations and experiences and evolved a system of education for Laura

Bridgman, which is used today in the same form in cases of similarly afflicted persons in all parts of Europe and America. In the journals, which he caused to be kept by his famous pupil and her instructors, we find an accurate record of every step taken in her progress, while his annual reports contain not only a masterly summary of these, but a clear and cogent statement of the principles upon which he based her education. Dr. Howe was an original thinker, possessed of great constructive ability. What he said or did concerning the deliverance and instruction of Laura Bridgman was conceived in his fertile brain and described in language which was as forceful as it was concise. He lived long enough to see the desert which he undertook to reclaim and cultivate transformed into a veritable garden, blossoming as the rose. The seed which he planted sixty- seven years ago has grown into a stately and wide-spreading tree, under the shelter of which stricken souls, shut out from sight, sound and speech, may nevertheless grow to full mental and spiritual stature. He blazed a path through a trackless and dreary wilderness and beat the way in which his disciples and successors travel with ease and certainty as to their destination. Of recent years these followers of the distinguished leader move under a flood of light shed by careful studies of the development of children and avail themselves constantly of the thoughts and suggestions of modern educators, as well as of the teachings of a new psychology constructed on purely physiological lines and differing essentially from that of the past. They use freely and to great advantage the improved methods and processes of instruction and training indicated by Froebel and Herbart, Beneke and

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Rosenkranz, Herbert Spencer and a large number of scientific writers; yet, so far as fundamental principles are concerned, they have not adde'd an iota to those systematized and enunciated by Dr. Howe. Pretenders may appear from time to time, arrogating to their own marvellous skill and extraordinary ability what actually belongs to the uncommon natural endowments of their pupils and cannot help blossoming out even under the most ordinary modes of teaching; but when their claims to new discoveries are placed under the searchlight of scrutiny, they vanish.

It is very gratifying to know that the great work of teaching the blind deaf-mutes, which was inaugurated at this institution by Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe sixty-

seven years ago, is receiving due attention and that many

earnest and intelligent persons are devoted to it. In the following pages we propose to give a brief account of the work, which has been accomplished by each of the three blind and deaf pupils, Elizabeth Robin, Thomas Stringer and Cora Adelia Crocker, whose training has been carried on during the past twelve months

without interruption. It is very gratifying to be able

to say that all of them have made satisfactory progress in their studies and manual occupations. For reasons, which have been fully stated in our last annual report, Marion Rostron, who was admitted here

in 1 90 1, was discontinued at the close of the school year in July, and her place has been given to another girl, similarly afflicted, Nellie Winitzky of Springfield, Massa- chusetts. This new pupil was born on the 28th day of May, 1892, and seems to be very amiable, intelligent

and well-disposed; but it remains to be seen whether

she will prove a fit subject for education at this school. Elizabeth Robin.

Her soul, awakening every grace,

Is all abroad upon her face. —William Hamilton.

We state a simple fact when we say that Elizabeth

Robin is an exceptionally fine girl not only in looks but in mind and character. Whether she is judged from a physical or an intellectual point of view, she stands first among those of our pupils who are both blind and deaf. Elizabeth enjoys excellent health. She is sound in body and has a tall and commanding figure. She is erect in carriage, attractive in appearance, lively in her movements, yet free from restlessness. Her face is beautiful and kindly, her manner courteous and refined and her bearing graceful and dignified. She is industrious, thoughtful, energetic. She likes to oblige and assist her school-mates and to contribute her share of service to the comfort of the household to which she belongs. She is joyful and entirely free from mental lassitude and such morbid peculiarities as are inherent in weak and disordered constitutions. During the period of time covered by this report Eliza- beth has made decided progress both as a student and in the development of character. The mental acumen, which she has gained by earnest effort in the course of the past twelve months, has enabled her to master the tasks of the schoolroom more readily than any previous year. The difficulties of her school work have lessened per- ceptibly in proportion to her increased control of the powers of attention, reason and memory, and she has attained a creditable standard of scholarship. She is a member of the senior class of the high school division in ELIZABETH ROBIN.

89 the girls' section of the hterary department of the institution and, will graduate next June. She will be then thoroughly prepared to enter upon active life and make herself useful in any community. She plans to return to her home in Texas, to labor with her own people and be helpful to them and to do as much good in the world as she possibly can. Under the watchful care of her special tutor, Miss Vina C. Badger, and the wise guidance of the teachers in the girls' department, Elizabeth is brought up in the best possible way. She is taught both by precept and example to be truthful and just, upright and honorable, fairminded and considerate of others. She is deeply impressed with the value and importance of veracity, moral rectitude and purity. She shuns meanness and deceit and is genial and sympathetic, seeming always bright and happy.

A sweet heart-lifting cheerfulness, Like spring-time of the year, Seems ever on her steps to wait.

Last year Elizabeth experienced her first heavy bereavement. She lost one of her best friends and most generous helpers by the death of Mrs. Albert T. Whiting, which occurred on the twenty-seventh day of January, 1905. For about thirteen years this noble woman has manifested a genuine maternal affection for the unfortunate girl and treated her as lovingly as if she were her own daughter. She offered to Elizabeth the hospi- tality of her home during the long summer vacations and short recesses of the school, took excellent care of her, replenished her wardrobe from time to time, travelled with her and did everything in her power to make the girl comfortable and happy. Whether Mrs. Whiting 90 was sick or well, she never ceased to the last day of her life to think of Elizabeth's future welfare, and the relations which existed between them were touching and bore ample testimony to the goodness and tenderness of her heart. Since the death of Mrs. Whiting the problems, which have meant struggle to Elizabeth, have been questions of life, arising from her first acquaintance with sorrow. Her strong will was at first in open revolt against the great changes, which it brought to her, and the inner process of growth, by which she has been learning to adjust herself to new conditions, has been of particular value in the enlargement of her conception of the true purpose and meaning of life. The motive power of

''right" is, we believe, working in Elizabeth's nature through the darkness of personal loss to new strength and courage for the days to come. Miss Vina C. Badger, who has been serving as Eliza- beth's special teacher and mentor since 1896 with great devotion, exemplary self-forgetfulness and sound judgment, has kept as usual an absolutely correct journal of what her pupil has accomplished and of the difficulties met with in the performance of her tasks. At the close of the school year these materials were placed in the hands of Miss Anna Gardner Fish, who has gone through them with scrupulous care, selecting with rare discrimination the most interesting portions. Her account, which is concise and strictly accurate, here follows:

Each succeeding year of Elizabeth's school-life gives abundant cause for gratification in the excellent results, which are the fruition of the twelve months' growth and development. Her duties have been well performed, and the work has progressed, for the most part, easily and pleasantly. Elizabeth has studied United States history and geometry, which in the middle of the year 91 gave place to physics. Daily attention has been paid to composition and to type-writing, while work in the gymnasium and in the department of manual training have filled to the brim days bright with the zest of endeavor and crowned with a fair measure of success. Her work with her needle has been accomplished with much greater assurance than hitherto and with more rapidity, to which, however, accuracy and neatness have been by no means sacrificed. Several of the articles, which she has completed, were of a complex nature, that made large demands upon her ability; but she has met these without dismay or misgivings, and the finished work, whether knitted jacket or shawl, skirt or shirt-waist, has in every instance justified her confidence. With her accustomed fond remembrance of her home-people she has gladly turned to account her facility with the needle in making gifts for the several members of the family, which must be, indeed, highly prized by them as an expression of the affection of this far-distant daughter and sister. The study of geometry had been well advanced during the previous year, and Elizabeth therefore took up the subject again in Sep- tember with a sense of renewing acquaintance with an old friend. Although some of the terms had escaped from her memory the necessary processes of demonstration were clear in her mind, and she was able to undertake advance work with little or no delay. Her interest in it has been well sustained, and her record of achievement is very creditable to her. Lifting the thick book of theorems, which she had written out in Braille during the previous year, she exclaimed: "I can hardly realize that I did all this last year." In the course of her work one day she remarked: "I could not enjoy arithmetic as I do geometry." She did not in the least realize how much she had gained since the days of her early struggles with mathematics. Elizabeth took part in a recitation in geometry, which her class gave in public. She betrayed neither pleasure nor dissatisfaction in the prospect, but made her preparations for the event carefully and thoroughly, and when the occasion arrived she proved clearly and correctly the theorem, which had been assigned to her. During her preparations one or two of her expressions had been criticised and suggestions for their improvement had been made. In giving the exercise in public by means of the manual alphabet, Elizabeth could not resist an emphatic gesture to indicate to her teacher the fact that she had remembered to substitute proper phrases for the ex- . 92 pressions that had been corrected some days before. Althou^ all went well, she exclaimed fervently as soon as it was over: "I hope this will be the last time." In her original work at the end of the course in geometry she proved satisfactorily her mental grasp of the subject. Early in January geometry gave place to physics. In the new study Elizabeth was an enthusiastic student, for she expressed a strong desire to acquire a practical knowledge of natural forces. Never- theless she failed to make a triumphant entry in consequence of the metric system, which formed the preliminary step and confused and perplexed her not a little. It was soon mastered, however, and the subject of density was considered. Scales were given to her and she pulled the spring and noticed that she was using muscular power. Then a weight was hung on the scales and she noted that the finger on the scales stood at the same point at which it did when she exerted force. As the result of some thought she reached the conclusion that the weight had power, too, but of a kind different from her muscular exertion. From this point her mind became alert and she was able to reason promptly with no more than a hint by way of help. After the force of gravity had been explained to her and she had been led to perceive the difference between weight and density she did not once confuse the two terms. Frequent examinations throughout the course have shown the steady growth of her mental powers and a greater facility of expression, and she has proved herself capable of sustained effort. A summary of these tests at the end of the course in June proved Elizabeth's work to be equal to that of the other members of her class for, although she had fallen below them in her ability to answer general questions, she had excelled in the working out of problems, which involved the practical application of principles. As a preparation for the study of the history of the United States three weeks were spent in the review of English history for the purpose of refreshing in the minds of the class our ancestral characteristics and the development of the English government, which with slight variations has become the government of the United States. Elizabeth had chafed under the restrictions of the review which, however, had proved to be very necessary in her case for, while her mind had retained many facts with surprising clearness, others no less important had quite slipped from her memory. It was noted that she had remembered details connected with religious movements 93 much better than those of political import. At the conclusion of the introductory lessons, Elizabeth's interest was quickly aroused, and each successive step has added to her enjoyment of the subject. She has seemed to have a feeling of personal relationship to certain of the occurrences in her own country and has exhibited a truly patriotic sentiment in regard to them, while some of them, like the an- nexation of Texas, her native state, have touched her very deeply. Such a topic as the revolutionary war finds her keenly alive to every detail of the campaign, and she likes to follow the plan in its working out through battles, advances, retreats and sudden surprises. As of yore she has exhibited a great interest in anything involving action and has shown less appreciation of political or diplomatic schemes. Her written work has been adequate to the requirements, and her marks while not high have established a satisfactory record for her in this branch of study. After one examination, in which her per- centage was seventy-one, she was sufficiently magnanimous to congratulate a more successful classmate.

In Elizabeth's papers it is extremely difficult for her to express herself concisely and her thronging thoughts often lead her farther afield than the allotted time will permit. Realizing this, it was with a sense of triumph that she presented an outline of the Civil War, covering a page and a half. At a lecture on Some Fugitive Slave Escapes, given to members of the school by Mr. Frank B. Sanborn, Elizabeth was enabled through her knowledge of that period of the country's history to enter into full understanding and real enjoyment of the discourse. More and more Elizabeth proves capable of taking care for herself and of exercising forethought in the arrangement of her affairs.

She is as sociable in disposition as ever and dearly loves a friendly chat, while her horizon has been broadened not a little through conversation with those who have travelled afar. She spent a delightful evening with a teacher who had recently returned from Sweden, the home of Elizabeth's ancestors, and who kindly devoted herself to entertaining her visitor by a full description of that country. At another time a lady from Sweden was a guest of the school, and Elizabeth acted well the part of hostess, escorting her to the different schoolrooms and showing as fully as possible the work of the school and the household arrangements. Incidentally she gained much pleasure in learning the details of similar work in Sweden, in which the lady was interested. Elizabeth pays much more intelligent 94

attention to affairs of world-wide importance than ever before, and actual contact with the dwellers in different climes does much to strengthen this interest.

A source of deep enjoyment is found by Elizabeth in her oc-

casional visits with friends or the' little journeys into the country or to the seashore, which she has sometimes taken with them. In calling at the house of an acquaintance, to which Elizabeth had been once

and her teacher not at all, they failed to find the place readily. After

walking some distance Elizabeth said: "We are going too far. I

know it doesn't take so long to go to her house." She was right for, on retracing their steps, they soon arrived at their destination. On another occasion when a party of four, including Elizabeth, had passed a pleasant afternoon rambling in the country, the question arose as to how far they had walked. One said ten miles and another, eight, but Elizabeth said: "We have walked about five miles." This seemed to the others to be an under-estimate, but upon measuring the distance by the aid of a map it was proved that her judgment was correct.

The most delightful outing of the year came near its close in a visit, which Elizabeth paid to Edith Thomas. The latter had long looked forward to such a meeting and in her letters had expressed a desire to see "her Betsy" who was "like sunshine" to her. The two girls were very happy together. They had much to talk over, and their fingers flew with old-time rapidity in their attempt to say all that they wished in the limited time at their disposal. It was a "red- letter day" to both, and the lunch in the open air served to heighten the festivity and increase their enjoyment. Edith clung fondly to ' Elizabeth and both were loth to part when the hour of their separa- tion came, all too soon, with the close of the joyous day. Although the daily tasks of the school-room have presented no especial difficulties, Elizabeth has been confronted by some of the graver problems of life which have taxed her powers to a far greater degree than ever before. This year has brought to her the deepest sorrow which she has known in the death of her dear and devoted friend, Mrs. Albert T. WTiiting. This fine, true-hearted woman has been in very truth a second mother to this young girl who owes to her a debt larger than Elizabeth herself can ever realize for the comfort and happiness, which she has enjoyed and for many of her excellent qualities. This unexpected loss was a blow to Eliza- beth, from which she has hardly recovered. The mutability of

THOMAS STRINGER. 95 conditions was brought home to her with crushing force, and she found it difficult to readjust herself to the consequent changes. Her sorrow and sense of bereavement have been a severe strain upon her and have left a deep impress upon her nature. There- fore this year, when for the first time the stern realities of life have presented themselves to Elizabeth, may be regarded as a transi- tional period in her life, from which it is hoped that she may emerge with a new strength of <:haracter and with courage to accept patiently the storms as well as the sunshine, which the future may bring.

Thomas Stringer.

My hands in earnest blessing On thy dear head would rest, Praying that heaven e'er may keep thee So fair and pure and blest. —Heine.

The story of the emancipation of this hapless boy from the thraldom of a double affliction and of his reinstate- ment in his human inheritance is as instructive and inspiring as the tale of his early life is sad and pathetic. Bereft of the senses of sight and hearing at the age of three years, Thomas was abandoned to the mercy of fate and became one of the most forlorn and hopeless creatures that ever crawled on the face of the earth. There was nothing done to arouse him. from his drowsiness and kindle in him a spark of intelligence. He was in a pitiful plight, although his physical wants were attended to, and he was comfortably clad and fed. It was in April, 1891, that this unfortunate child was brought to us by a kind-hearted nurse from the Alle- gheny hospital near Pittsburgh. He appeared then to be like a good-natured little animal, wholly unconscious of himself and of his isolation from the outer world and utterly indifferent as to where he was and what was going 96 on around him. He was indeed an abject image of life- less apathy, a bundle of flaccid muscles and nerveless flesh. He showed no signs of energy and no desire to come into communion with his fellow men. Apparently his actions and movements had their origin in an elementary instinct of self-preservation, not unlike that of a puppy, and were very simple and rudimentary. They consisted in eating, drinking, creeping, shaking a bunch of keys for amusement and sleeping, and these performances constituted the strands in the web of his existence. Although a number of persons deprived of the senses. of sight and hearing had been educated at the institution, no one of them had come to us in such a low and wretched condition. Nevertheless the poor boy was received with open arms at the kindergarten in Jamaica Plain, and the momentous task of building up a frail and weak constitution and of releasing an enchained soul from its fetters began at once. Tommy was four years and nine months of age at this time.

It is no exaggeration to say that the happiest and most auspicious event in Thomas' life was his admission to the blind children's sunny garden, which was most appropriately called by Dr. Alexander McKenzie of Cam- bridge " the university of humanity." Here he was placed in the midst of genial surroundings and was cared for and watched with parental solicitude. Here everything was fresh, sweet and invigorating, and he lived, moved and had his being under a "canopy of love." Here he was trained and brought up in accordance with the methods invented by Dr. Howe for the deaf- blind and with Froebel's principles of modern pedagogy. Here his mind was disentombed from the sepulchre of never ending darkness and stillness and set free to

Ascend the native skies and own its heav'nly kind. 97

Here simple rational methods of nurture and all available means for improvement were intelligently used and skilfully applied to develop his muscles and strengthen his vital organs ; to awaken the dormant parts of his brain and rouse his spirit from its torpor; to foster to germina- tion the seed of his intellectual faculties and give him the habit of learning by doing ; to make him skilful in the use of his hands and cultivate his natural inclination and aptitude, and to lay firmly the foundation of his character. Finally, here a splendid educational battle was fought against fearful odds and appalling difficulties, and a signal victory was won. Thus through the unwavering attention and the judicious treatment and discipline, which Thomas has received at the kindergarten, a remarkable transformation has been achieved in his case. Out of a puny, dull, spiritless little creature, a mere piece of clay shaped into human form and endowed with breath and with blind impulses to certain actions there has been triumphantly evolved a fine sturdy boy, possessed of superior qualities of head and heart and of rare manual dexterity and mechanical ingenuity. Indeed, the general development of this child and the rapid progress, which he has made in climbing the rounds in the ladder of human intelligence, constitute a most remarkable feature in the history of education and afford a striking example of the great work, which is done in the kindergarten at Jamaica Plain.

Physically Thomas is a well grown lad with a sound, healthy and robust body. He measures 5 feet and 5 7-10 inches in height and weighs 131 pounds. He is gentle and amiable, yet not lacking in spirit, resolute in purpose, noble in aims and sentiments. No one meets him without being deeply impressed with the manliness of his bearing, the erectness of his carriage, the comeliness of 98

his appearance and the neatness of his attire. The weight of his affliction has been unable to overcome the

joyousness of his disposition, and he is bright, merry and

full of fun. He represents a typical youth who is strong and hale and who thinks acutely, reasons rationally, judges accurately, acts promptly and w^orks diligently.

The picture of Thomas inserted on this page is an exact copy of the photo- 1 graph taken of him soon after his admission to the kindergarten and represents him just as he then appeared — a drowsy, i heavy child, disinclined to stand erect and disposed to creep backwards and "grovel on the ground." 1 Compare this with the one taken a year ago, which faces the beginning of this 'i account, and then say whether or not a veri-

I table educational miracle r. has been performed in the L .. . iB^p case of Thomas Stringer. TOMMY STRINGER AS HE APPEARED SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING But remarkable as are IN BOSTON. the steady and symmetrical growth of his physical and intellectual powers and the sweetness of his disposition in the midst of adverse circumstances, his moral development, the rich fruition of

his early training and the crown of his character, is even more noteworthy. He loves truth and uprightness and loathes mendacity and deceitfulness. He appears to be absolutely unselfish and is very grateful to his benefac- —

99 tors. His is a loyal and self-poised soul—affectionate, tender and brave. He enjoys the tranquillity of inno- cence and the blessings of the pure in heart. He is honorable, faithful, straightforward and trustworthy in all his relations. He is not only happy and contented with his environment, but seems to dwell perpetually in the sunlight of entire confidence in the probity and kindness of his fellow men. He knows nothing of the meanness and covetousness or of the falsity and brutality, which may exist among men, because the wrong side of the shield of human conduct has never been described to him in its dark colors either by his teachers or by his companions and schoolmates. His serene and peaceful life may be justly compared to

A clear stream In whose calm depth the good and pure Alone are mirrored.

At the beginning of the school year in September, 1904, Thomas was transferred from the juvenile school in Ja- maica Plain to the parent institution at South Boston, and here the work of his training has been carried on with renewed zest and under peculiarly favorable circumstances. A broader field of activities, a wider circle of domestic and social relations, a much larger number of students and playmates of his own age, a new special tutor of exceptional efficiency and enthusiastic energy, all contributed to render the change truly delightful and to make him exceedingly happy. His teacher entered upon her duties with great earnestness. As she had found that he was not as thoroughly grounded in some branches of study as he needed to be, she undertook to give him instruction in such subjects as were required to fill the gaps and make up the deficiencies in his previous training. This was done with the explicit purpose of enab- lOO ling him to gain admission to the advanced department of the institution; which corresponds to the pubhc high schools, and to graduate therefrom in due season. The arrangements, which were made for the continuance of Thomas' education as well as for his personal comfort, were eminently satisfactory, and an era of good work, full of promise for the future, seemed to have been inaugurated. But in the midst of his joy and contentment he met suddenly with a terrible loss, which came like a shock upon him and plunged him into a sea of distressing sadness and heart-rending sorrow. His beloved teacher and devoted companion, Miss Ruth Louise Thomas, was drowned on the seventeenth day of August while bathing with two of her sisters at Sea View beach in Scituate. This dreadful accident caused consternation to Thomas, who was informed of it by his intimate friend and faithful comrade, Frederick Vincent Walsh. For days, weeks and months the unfortunate boy moaned and grieved over the awful calamity. The loss to him was irreparable. Miss Thomas was a young woman of exceptional parts and rare traits of character that commanded the admira- tion of those who were brought into close contact with her. She was born twenty-eight years ago in Worcester and was the daughter of David R. and Susan Thomas. She received her education at the classical high school in her native city and at Mount Holyoke college. Miss Thomas possessed an active mind, keen insight, an amiable disposition and the true missionary spirit. She was an indefatigable worker in her chosen calling and eminently candid and straightforward. One felt indeed that she was the soul of honor. Her frank and womanly nature, her broad sympathies and lively temperament gave her a winning personality. Although her term of service lOI with us was very short, she proved to be one of the ablest instructors of the bHnd deaf-mutes we ever met. She was entirely altruistic and thoroughly devoted to her pupil. She worked and walked with him, advised him and corrected his faults gently, and did everything in her power to improve his mind and to help him rise in the scale of manhood. She strove to quicken his energies, broaden his views and to supply what was lacking in the symmetry of his development. On his side he felt the warmth of her love and found cheer and delight in the sunlight of her genuine friendship. We grieve that such an invaluable co-worker was taken from us at the height of her usefulness, and we use no formal phrase in saying that she is deeply lamented by every member of our household. The void which she left in our circle can hardly be filled. At the close of the school year Miss Thomas prepared a detailed account of the work of her pupil, which her untimely death invests with increased interest and which is herewith inserted in full.

With the beginning of the school-year Tom found himself again in new surroundings and under changed conditions both in his home life and school relations. The larger buildings at South Boston, the increased number of fellow students, the transition from the family circle at the kindergarten in Jamaica Plain to the community life at South Boston all demanded a readjustment of Tom's energies. The change has proved beneficial, making him more unselfish, more mindful of the rights of others while enlarging and broadening his views of life. The comradeship of lads of his own age, the daily contact with all sorts and conditions of boys, has done much to lessen some of Tom's too-precise habits and his tendency to fall into ruts, while most encouraging of all, it has aroused his ambition to be just as other pupils are. This has been shown in his reluctance to remain with his teacher during recess, for, as he says, "the other boys' teachers do not walk with them on the piazza," and in his I02 annoyance, at the beginning of the year,, when some of the scholars tried to lead him up and down stairs, to and from his room, "I can walk alone," Tom said indignantly. In his studies, Tom's methodical habits and excellent memory have stood him in good stead. His work has been thorough and his progress steady. His comprehension of life wiU always be concrete and his training should invariably be along the path of the actual rather than the theoretical, along practical rather than philosophic lines. His sense of touch, unaided by imagination, is the great avenue of mtercourse with the outer world. This sense, as might be exjjected, has been highly developed. Thus he can distinguish the steps of his room-mate, his friend Fred, and his teacher by his acute sensibility to vibration. In taking up tyjDe-writing it was thought that he would have difficulty in telling when the end of the line was reached, but it was soon evident that Tom felt the jar made by the warning-bell, and thus the problem was solved. Tom has studied English grammar and composition, physiology, type-writing, seating cane-bottomed chairs and gjonnastics. In English Tom has made good progress in the use of longer and more complex sentences and in more careful construction, and he has shown a greater interest in language. Special effort has been put forth to widen his vocabulary and to overcome his tendency to use short, disjointed phrases. Physiology has been the subject in which he has been most interested, arousing his enthusiasm more than any other of his studies. Such questions as "why has the tongue no bones?" "Why are there eight carpal bones and only seven tarsal bones?" betray his interest, as do such original remarks as "the heart has two floors, an upper and a lower, the upper with two auricle rooms in it and the lower with two ventricle rooms," and "animals' hind knees bend backward and that is the reason a cat cannot sit down as I do." Type-writing has brought into play Tom's neatness and accuracy, while in caning he has done excellent work, having caned fourteen chairs during the year, working fifty minutes each day. G}Tnnastics, which Tom has not practised regularly for some years, have done much for him physically, strengthening his mucsles and serving as an outlet for the abundant energy of the growing lad. He has been the equal of any boy in climbing ladders and ropes, in jumping and swinging, performing the tasks with dogged perseverance, which allowed no sign of shirking. Bar-vaulting was I03 new to him, but aftei touching one of the boys as he vaulted, Tom quickly caught the idea and vaulted fourteen holes at the first attempt. Soon after this first trial he slipped and became frightened, so that he contented himself with a jump at the sixth or seventh hole, until one day, of his own accord, he announced that he was going to try to jump the fifteenth hole. Those watching him were somewhat skeptical, but Tom persevered until he had cleared the seventeenth hole, and then he stopped only because the director was afraid of his becoming frightened again. The running, jumping and wrestling with the other boys has met precisely his need of active motion. Tom's leisure hours have been given to work with his ever-beloved tools, to walks and, one happy day, to fishing with the other boys, to excursions to Newton, Taunton, Nantasket, Worcester, Brookline, Jamaica Plain and the Youth's Companion building, to letter- writing and to the making of plans of various enterprises of his own. He has spent many happy hours in trying to make a metronome out of an old clock which had been given him and in measuring, with a plumb-line and a surveyor's tape, the height of his room above the ground and the depth of the water in various places about City Point. Tom's sense of humor has often helped to enliven the year. He has taken mischievous delight in shutting the doors in the lower corridor of the school and in laughing gleefully when the boys bumped into them with a great clatter; in jumping out of his closet un- expectedly upon his room-mate; in hiding the latter's clothes and then explaining, "I did it because I am a joker;" and in clumping down to gymnastics with number nine shoes on his number six feet.

The year has been one of progress for Tom along every line. He has grown more manly, dehghting in many little courtesies to his teacher, in generosity to his friends and in obedience to the rules of the school. His spirit of independence has been shown in his request to be allowed to pack his own trunk, to arrange his own room and to do many other things for himself. His life has been broadened, as shown by the fact that, whereas in the fall he con- tinually talked over and over again upon a few subjects in which he was interested, he now seldom harps upon the same thing. His interests are more and more those of a typical, healthy boy. In disposition, the end of the year finds a gradual lessening of the at- I04 tacks of moodiness, which were a constant source of anxiety in the fall, and a gentler, less obstinate, more tractable spirit in their place. Tom's personal charm has been shown very clearly in the way, in which he has endeared himself to many in his new home. He has cause to be heartily grateful to the numerous kind friends he has found among the teachers and students of the school and to others, life-long friends, who have again this year been helpful to him. The close of the year finds him contented and happy,—"happy," as he says, "because I have so many friends."

There is just one story of Tom's perseverance which must not go untold. He has long talked of walking twenty-five miles, the distance of Wrentham from Boston but found time for it only this spring in the Easter vacation. In the orchard at Mr. Brown's farm, he measured off a certain distance between the trees and tied a string from tree to tree, marking his course. Then, allowing twenty minutes for a mile, Tom walked back and forth eight hours and twenty minutes of one day, stopping only for meals. Although so footsore and weary that he could hardly walk the next day, Tom was, nevertheless very proud of his achievement and asked Miss Brown to write on some cards "TOM STRINGER, 25 miles." These, on his return to South Boston, he gave to his friends in memory of his great feat.

Thus has passed another year with its days of light and shade, its hour of contrariness, its hours of conscientious effort, happily growing more and more frequent, all melting, in retrospect, into a whole which gives encouragement for the past and hope for the future.

Miss Annie Carbee, a graduate of the Boston university, has been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Miss Thomas. She was highly recommended to us by men of learning and competent judges of her abihties, and we are very glad to be able to state that she is doing excellent work for her interesting charge.

There is no spot in New England, which is more attractive to Thomas than the farm of his esteemed friend, the Rev, William L. Brown, in Wrentham, Massachusetts. As soon as the school closed he went directly to this en- I05

chanting place, and there he remained during the summer vacation under the judicious care and wise guidance of his former teacher and thoughtful companion, Miss Laura A. Brown. In the midst of pleasant and peaceful surroundings he resumed his accustomed occupations in and out of doors and kept himself busy in reading and writing, in working with his tools, in making simple repairs in some parts of the buildings and on the fences, in taking long walks, in helping the aged members of the family and in rendering such service to them as he was capable of giving. No boy residing in the good old town of Wrentham enjoyed himself more or derived greater pleasure from life than he did. The following account, written by Miss Brown at our request, describes briefly the ways in which Thomas passed the summer months at her father's farm.

As Tom's summer was spent among familiar surroundings, he turned his activities at once into accustomed channels and took up his usual lines of work. Returning to Wrentham is a veritable home-coming to the dear boy, and his sense of part ownership in

the farm, with the members of the family, makes him deeply interested in the repairs and improvements which he undertakes. During the vacation Tom caned two chairs and re-covered several window-screen frames, besides undertaking many minor enterprises in which his carpentering tools were in constant requisition. A metronome which he made from the works of an old clock, providing it with a suitable wooden case, kept him happily employed for a long time.

So busy was he that it was hard for him to tear himself away from his labors long enough to enjoy the short trips which were occasionally planned for his pleasure. Late in the vacation, Tom received an invitation from a friend to spend a week in Maine. He loves dearly to travel, and the prospect of visiting these good friends in a state into which he had never been was most alluring; yet his sense of duty toward the occupations which he had outlined for himself conflicted with his desires and led him to declare that he io6 was too busy to go. Finally he arrived at a solution of the difficulty. He would arise at half past two o'clock in the morning, and with the extra time thus gained he could plan his work so that he could accept this invitation. This he did, and the week in Maine brought him much happiness and many novel and intere-ting experiences. Among his self-imposed tasks was that of letter-writing, a thing for which he formerly showed a decided distaste. He wrote in all sixty-seven letters, some in the Braille system and others in the square-hand form of pencil-writing; he showed in them a positive improvement in the ability to express himself clearly. Tom took plenty of exercise in the open air and in the barn where he arranged a gymnasium. He developed there an original idea in a swing with four ropes. It required a considerable amount of muscular effort on his part to operate it, and thus it constituted an excellent means of exercise. The last few weeks of Tom's vacation were clouded by the severe loss which he sustained in the death of his teacher. Miss Thomas. This was the greatest sorrow which Tom had ever known, and his grief was very deep and almost overwhelming. The thought of returning to school without finding Miss Thomas there to meet him made him very sad. Nevertheless, with real courage and a manly effort on his part to bear his loss bravely, he once more set his home affairs in order and prepared to begin his school life again.

Here ends the story of what Thomas has accomplished or attempted to do during the past twelve months, in South Boston and at Wrentham, and of his joys and sorrows. Whether it is considered from an educational or from a humane standpoint, the record is exceedingly interesting and instructive. It bears witness to the continued development of the capacities of his mind and to the steady growth of the sterling traits of his character. The sweetness of his nature increases as the years go by. Furthermore, the record speaks eloquently of the unfailing liberality of those who voluntarily supply the means for his maintenance and training. Nothing could have been accomplished without their assistance. 107

Among the many firm friends and benefactors of Thomas there is one of whose unostentatious benevolence and exemplary generosity we have had occasion to speak repeatedly in these pages but whose name we are for- bidden to mention. She shuns publicity and is averse

to having her left hand know what the right one is doing. She belongs to that class of noble and modest men and women who, following in the foot-steps of their distinguished ancestors, love to do good solely for its own sake. Their sympathy with the suffering members of the human

family is not an empty word nor an effervescence of vapid sentimentalism, but a positive fact. This lady recog- nizes readily the urgency of Thomas' needs and the va- lidity of the claim for relief made in his behalf. No sooner had she seen in our last annual report the account showing that his expenses for the previous year exceeded the receipts for the same period of time by $441.68 than

she sent to us her cheque for the full amount of the deficit,

accompanying it with a note showing her deep interest in the lad's welfare. Thus through her thoughtful gen- 'erosity the two sides of the balance sheet were brought into a complete agreement and no encroachment was made upon the permanent fund or its income. This deed

is characteristic of the doer who delights in good works. She has a genuine fondness for helping neglected children and other deserving cases in a quiet way, and many are the sufferers who are relieved by her in an unobtrusive manner. We are sincerely glad to be able to state that, in addition to this beloved friend, Thomas is so fortunate as to have many others, who are equally interested in his welfare and upon whose yearly bounty he depends to a great extent for his maintenance. Prominent among these are such liberal givers as A. B. (another anon3nnous subscriber —

io8 who under the first two letters of the alphabet is a regular contributor to almost every good cause), Dr. B. H. Buxton of New York, the Children's Aid Society of Wash- ington, Pa., Miss Jane F. Dow, Miss Mary E. Eaton, Miss Sarah M. Fay, Miss Caroline L. W. French, Miss Susan Day Kimball, Mrs. Annie B. Matthews, Miss Eleanor G. May, trustee of the Lydia Maria Child fund. Miss Ellen F. Moseley, Mrs. John W. T. Nichols of New York, Mr. Grenville H. Norcross, Mrs. Otis Nor- cross. Miss Mary D.Sohier and many others whose names are printed in full in another part of this report. We wish to tender our warmest thanks to each and all of the kind contributors for their participation in the magnificent work of freeing Thomas from intellectual and moral darkness and enabling him to rise above the murky clouds of a double affliction. The blessings of heaven will surely be vouchsafed to them for what the;^ are doing in his behalf. He is not indifferent to the sac- rifices made for his benefit. He strives to turn to account the aid given to him, and his swift appreciation of the favors bestowed upon him marks the fineness and nobility of his character. We are sure that, if he could have an opportunity to address his benefactors and express to them his sense of gratitude for their assistance, he would do it in the spirit of these words of Words- worth : You gave me eyes, you gave me ears, And humble cares and delicate fears; A heart the fountain of sweet tears; And love and thought and joy.

For the first time in his life Thomas has been kindly remembered with a legacy by one of his friends, Mrs. Mary E. Meredith, who during her lifetime and for a number of years manifested a deep interest in his case. I09

The amount of the bequest was S500. It has been promptly paid to us by the executrix, Miss Ehzabeth L. Tappan, and has been deposited in the bank for use in such emergencies as may arise before the income of the permanent fund shall become large enough to cover the current expenses. We regret more deeply than words can express our inability to present a satisfactory report of Thomas' case on its financial side. Contrary to our expectations, the receipts from annual subscriptions, instead of increasing, have been falling off steadily, and there is again this year in the account of his maintenance a deficit of $415.05, which has to be provided for. This shortage will be materially diminished as soon as that part of the fund which is now placed in one of the trust companies is advantageously invested and the income of the real estate already purchased becomes available. But even under favorable conditions the problem of providing adequate means for the support of the hapless lad cannot be satisfactorily solved in this manner.

The fund already secured is not large enough to yield a sufficient income, and as a consequence we shall still have to take our hat in our hands, as it were, every year and stand by the wayside, soliciting subscriptions. The sum of $5,000, at least, must be added to that which we have thus far obtained. This amount will guarantee the safety of the dear boy for all time to come. Mutely but most pathetically Thomas appeals to the public in general and to his faithful friends and benefactors in particular, asking them to contribute the balance of the money required for the completion of the permanent fund and thus finish the erection of a splendid monument, the greater part of which they have already —

I lO built. The approval of a plea for helping a case like his issues from the white throne and is written in letters of fire on the walls of the temple of humanity. If the dumb stars could hear they would glitter a favorable reply to it and fight for its success. Shall fair-minded men and tender-hearted women turn a deaf ear?

Cora Adelia Crocker.

She must be taught and trained and bid go forth. —Shakespeare.

This unfortunate girl, who was admitted to this institution five years ago, has made satisfactory progress during the past twelve months in her studies and manual occupations. She has pursued her work with energy and zeal and has shown a desire to improve herself. Cora had not only to conquer a high temper, the out- bursts of which were at times almost intolerable, but to overcome many and serious difficulties, which were the result both of inheritance and environment. She seems to realize the value of goodness and honesty, and there is a perceptible change in her conduct and disposition. Her thoughts, feelings and actions are beginning to be to some extent a reflex of the impressions and training, which she receives under the supervision and influence of a corps of able and conscientious teachers. Briefly speaking, Cora has done fairly well, though she has not fully justified our expectations. Of the work which she has accomplished during the past year, her faithful tutor and helpful friend. Miss Abby G. Pottle, has written the following account:

The beginning of the present school-year found Cora a member of the fourth grade, promotion to which she had achieved solely CORA ADELIA CROCKER.

1 1 through her own persistent efforts and arduous work. In no study has this been more apparent than in arithmetic which is a veritable bete noire to the young girl, and her faithful work in this study deserves no little credit. She has mastered multiplication by one and two figures, short and long division and addition, subtraction and multiplication of mixed numbers. Reading has been a source of pleasure as well as of profit to Cora during the past year, and no stronger proof of this can be offered than the fact that, of her own volition, she now spends much of her leisure time with books, whereas formerly it was devoted almost altogether to sewing and letter-writing. In the classroom she has read The Child's World, two volumes of Tanglewood Tales, and selections from Gods and Heroes; in recreation periods Water Babies, Heidi, Black Beauty and several volumes of the Star Reader claimed her attention. Cora has a strong sense of humor and delights in reading funny stories or in having them told to her. She has no difficulty in remembering anything that appeals to her and recounts her favorite myths and fairy tales with such evident appreciation that her merriment becomes contagious. She enjoys using the long words, which occur in her reading lessons and which she stores in her memory for futyre use. One day at a picnic she surprised her companions by exclaiming: "What gormandizers we are!" when she learned that the big lunch was all eaten. She often speaks of "encountering" her school-mates in the yard and accuses her friends of being "melancholy" when they are not smiling. Her natural impulsiveness influences her speech, which is so rapid

and abrupt that strangers find it difficult to understand her. Special effort has been made to overcome this fault, but thus far without very satisfactory results.

Letter-writing is one of Cora's chief interests. She favors her friends with long and delightfully original epistles, and she is never at a loss for apt similes or illustrations. Sometimes she becomes so

engrossed in the thought which she is expressing that she forgets to give due heed to her penmanship, but in her classroom work her

writing is neat and legible, the words are well spaced and the sentences are properly punctuated. She has reproduced several stories in the course in writing and composition and has done some original work. I 12

Cora has a special aptitude for manual work. She has wonder- fully capable hands, and in knitting, crocheting and sewing or in her household duties she has no difficulty in keeping her work up to the standard established by teachers and matron. In the gymnasium she enters with enthusiasm into the games and sports. She is able to execute many of the orders with a fair degree of promptness and correctness, but the balance movements are still very difficult for her. Her superabundance of vigor and energy hardly find sufficient vent through the gymnastic work, her outdoor exercise or her manual occupations, and she has not yet succeeded in gaining the amount of self-control without which the full value of the year's training cannot be said to have been acquired. It is earnestly hoped that the future, which is bright with promise of further success, may hold for Cora the accomplishment of this important victory over self.

Conclusion.

It is the end that crowns all. —Herrick.

In bringing to an end the story of the operations of the different departments of the school during the past year, I desire to state that grateful acknowledgments are due to my faithful and diligent coworkers, who have contributed in a great measure to the success which has been attained in the administration of this great establishment.

The achievements of the present fill us with inspiration and hope for the future and indicate to us clearly that our course is to advance with undiminished earnestness and unconquerable patience. We cannot stop or fall back. Our work is constantly growing, and its magnitude brings sometimes bewilderment; but we must not be daunted. From the time of the foundation of the institution to this day, our place in all matters relat- 113 ing to the education of the blind and to the amelioration of their condition has been in the front. We are determined to keep it there, and we appeal to the friends of the school to supply us with the necessary means for carrying out this resolution. All which is respectfully submitted by MICHAEL ANAGNOS. —

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Among the pleasant duties incident to the close of the year is that of expressing our heartfelt thanks and grateful acknowledgments to the following artists, litterateurs, societies, proprietors, managers, editors, and publishers, for concerts and various musical enter- tainments, for operas, oratorios, lectures, readings, and for an excellent supply of periodicals and weekly papers, books, and specimens of various kinds. As I have said in previous reports, these favors are not only a source of pleasure and happiness to our pupils, but also a valuable means of aesthetic culture, of social intercourse, and of mental stimulus and improvement. So far as we know, there is no community in the world which does half so much for the gratification and improvement of its unfortunate members as that of Boston does for our pupils.

/. Acknowledgments for Concerts, Operas, Recitals and Lectures.

To Major Henry Lee Higginson, through Mr. Fred R. Comee, for thirty tickets for the course of symphony concerts in Sanders Theatre, Cambridge. To Mr. Hiram G. Tucker, for more than thirty tickets for each of the two series of Sunday Chamber Concerts in Chickering Hall; for seventy-five tickets for the course of concerts by the Boston

Singing Club, through its secretary, Mr. George H. Weale; and to both of these friends, for sixty tickets to the orchestral rehearsal of the Handel and Haydn Society for the International Peace Con- gress, with ten tickets for the evening performance. To Mr. Jacques Hoffmann, for thirty tickets to one and thirty- six tickets to another of the recitals of the Hoflfmann Quartet. To Mr. Lawrence McCarty, through Mr. F. E. Pond, for a general invitation to the opera, "Parsifal," at Boston Theatre. To Mr. Richard Newman, for twenty-two tickets to a lecture 115 on "Parsifal" by Mrs. Raymond Brown and for as many tickets for each of a series of concerts and recitals in Steinert Hall. To Prof. Carl Faelten, for ten tickets to each recital by his pupils, for eight tickets to that of Mrs. H. H, A. Beach, and for six tickets to that of Mr. Josef Hofmann, at the Faelten Pianoforte School. To Mr. George Longy, for nineteen tickets to one and for forty tickets to another of the concerts by the Longy Club. To the Cecilia Society, through its secretary, Mr. Edward A. Studley, for thirty-six tickets to one of its concerts. To Mr. Albert Marshall Jones and Mr. L. H. Mudgett, for a general invitation to a concert by Creatore's Band; and to Mr. Mudgett, for nine tickets to an organ recital by Guilmant. To Mr. Ralph Flanders for ten tickets to a pianoforte recital by Mr. Frank Watson and for the same number to an organ recital by Mr. Lemare. for twenty-five tickets to a con- To Mr. J. Wallace Goodrich, cert by the Choral Art Society. To Mr. Wilhelm Heinrich, for four tickets for his course of Lenten season recitals. To Mr. Klahre, for twenty-two tickets to his pianoforte recital in Jordan Hall. To the Music Department of Boston, for fifty tickets to each of two municipal concerts. To Mr. John M. Flockton, for six tickets to a concert by the Verdi Orchestral Club. To Mr. B. S. Gaylord, for twenty tickets to a concert in Potter Hall in behalf of Denison House. To Miss Mary L. Ware, for eight tickets to a concert in Jor- dan Hall for the benefit of Miss Elvira Leveroni. To Miss Olive Mead, for nine tickets to a recital by the Olive M€ad Quartet in Potter Hall. To Mr. George O. Fogg, for twelve tickets to a recital by Madame Gladys Perkins Fogg in Winchester Town Hall. To Miss SiGRiD Olsen, for thirty tickets to her recital in Stein- ert Hall. To Mr. H. N. Redman, for four tickets to the recital of his compositions in Jordan Hall. To Mr. Fred C. Way, for six tickets to an entertainment by the Phillips Brooks Glee Club. — —

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To a friend, for two tickets to the opera, "Die Meistersinger," and for the same number to a concert by the Boston Singing Club. To the Rev. John D. Pickles, for a general invitation to a concert in St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church, South Boston. To Mr. Frank V. Thompson, for a generous supply of tickets to a series of illustrated lectures in the Bigelow School, South Boston.

//. Acknowledgments for Recitals, Lectures and Readings given in our Hall.

To Prof. Arlo Bates, for a lecture on "The Art of Thinking." To Miss Edith E. Torrey and Mr. George Turner Phelps, for a lecture-recital on "Parsifal." To Mr. A. Gordon Mitchell, organist, and Miss Edith Hods- don, contralto, for a recital. To Mr. William Strong, for a pianoforte recital. To Miss McQuESTEN, for a reading from "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

To Mme. Gladys Perkins Fogg, assisted by IVIr. Milo E. Bene- dict, for a concert. To Mr. Frank B. Sanborn, for a lecture on "Hector St. John." To Mr. H. C. Brown, for an entertainment. To members of the senior class of the New England Conserva- tory of Music, for a concert. To Mr. Henry E. Mozealous, baritone, and Miss Margaret M. Lackey, contralto, for a recital. To Mr. Frank V. \\'eaver, pianist, and Miss Florence Purin- ton, violinist, for a recital.

///. Acknowledgments for Books, Specimens, etc.

For various books, specimens, etc., we are indebted to the following friends: To Messrs. Houghton and Dutton, Mrs. Charles B. Row- land, New York City, jSIr. Augustus Sparhawk, Mr. 'Thomas Beechwood Mulheirn, San Francisco, California, and the Xavier Free Publication Society for the Blind, New York City. —

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IV.—Acknowledgments for Periodicals and Newspapers.

The editors and publishers of the following reviews, magazines and semi-monthly and weekly papers continue to be very kind and liberal in sending us their publications gratuitously, which are always cordially welcomed and perused with interest:

The N. E. Journal of Education, Boston, Mass.

The Atlantic, . Boston Home Journal, Youth's Companion, Our Dumb Animals, The Christian Register, The Missionary Herald,

The Well-Spring, .

Woman's Journal, .

St. Nicholas, . New York, N. Y. Collier's Weekly, New York, N. Y. American Annals of the Deaf, Washington, D. C. The Etude, Philadelphia, Pa.

The Mentor, . Inst, for Deaf-Mutes, Malone, N. Y. Daily Advocate, Inst, for Deaf-Mutes, Rochester, N. Y. The Silent Worker, Inst, for the Deaf-Mutes, Trenton, N. J. The California News, Inst, for Deaf, Dumb and Blind, Berkeley, Cal. The Ohio Chronicle, Inst, for the Deaf-Mutes, Columbus, O. The Web-Foot, School for Deaf-Mutes, Salem, Ore.

The Messenger, . Ala. Academy for the Blind.

The Tablet, . West Va. School for Deaf-Mutes and Blind.

The Washingtonian, . School for the Deaf, etc., Vancouver. The Colorado Index, Colorado School for Deaf and Blind. The Sunday-School Weekly (embossed), Philadelphia, Pa. LIST OF PUPILS.

Addelson, Bessie. Knap, Mary G. Allen, Mary K. Landregan, Annie. Anderson, Elizabeth D. Langdon, Margarita. Bailey, Minnie. Lawrence, Anna. Burke, Norah. Lewis, Jessie. Burns, Nellie. McCabe, Jennie L. Crocker, Cora A. McClintock, Mary. Crockett, Marion S. McDuffie, Lottie A. Cross, Ida. McKenzie, Ethel.

Curran, Mary I. McKenzie, Margaret. Dart, M. Femette. McVay, Catherine. Deveau, Evelyn M. Miller, A. Marion. Dodd, E. Elizabeth. Montgomery, Ethel A. Dolan, Ellen F. Morris, Mary E.

Dubreuil, Maria. Muldoon, Sophia J. Durant, Rose M. Murphy, Frances A. Elmer, Edith M. Norton, Agnes E. Elwell, Gertrude. bvens, Emily A. Finnegan, Alice. Parcher, F. Mabel. Perella, Julia. Fisher, Annie J. Flardo, Rena. Puffer, Mildred E. Forbush, Vinnie F. Robin, Elizabeth. Gavaghen, Annie. Ryan, Margaret. Gavin, Ellen A. Sheehy, Margaret M.

Gilman, Lura. Sheffield, Emma J. Goullaud, E. Edna. Skinner, Maggie.

Hamlet, Ethel. Smith, Nellie J. Harvey, Ida M. Spring, Genevra S. Gladys L. Healey, Mary J. Steams, Hilgenberg, Johanna. Stewart, Margaret C. Hinckley, Gussie P. Traynor, Rose. Houghton, Elizabeth M. Velandr^, Corinna. Ingham, Beatrice E. Viles, Alison P. Jones, Louise. Walker, Isabella M. Jones, Maud E. Walsh, Annie, Keegan, Margaret M. Wells, M. Esther. Kennedy, Annie M. Wilde, Agnes. Kennedy, Nellie A. Wilmot, Anna. 119

Winitzky, Nellie. Heath, Aldace C. Aberg, George H. Heroux, Alfred N. Adler, Morris. Hickey, Bernard. Amadon, Charles H. Holbrook, William F. Bardsley, William E. lerardi, Francesco.

Barnard, Richard J. C. Jordan, John W. Bartlett, Joseph. Kettlewell, Gabriel. Bates, Harold W. Kirshen, Morris. Bixby, Charles A. Levin, Barnard. Black, Charles. Lucier, George. Blood, Howard W. Lund, Olaf H. Butler, Frank B. Marshall, Joseph. Butters, Albert W. McDonough, William. Cameron, Chester V. McQueeney, William. Carragher, William A. Morang, James A. Corliss, William A. Muldoon, Henry M. Cotton, Chesley L. Muldoon, Robert D. Crandall, Albert M. Nelson, Francis C. Crandall, Daniel L. Nelson, Ralph. Cummings, Edwin. Osborne, Patrick. Cunningham, James H. Pratt, William. Curran, John. Rand, Henry. Davison, Everett H. Ray, Edward R. Deming, Harold B. Robinson, William E. De Roche, Gilbert H. Ryan, Edward D. Diamond, Francis. Ryan, M. James. Dodge, Wilbur. Sacco, Nicola. Elms, Arthur W. Stamp, Charles. Farley, Charles E. Sticher, Frank W. Fyrberg, Oscar A. Stover, Alfred.

Gibson, Leon S. Stringer, Thomas. Gordon, Allen G. Stuart, Edwin. Gosselin, Arthur. Vaughn, William M. Gosselin, Napoleon. Velandrd, Daniel. Govereau, Edward. Viggers, Frederick. Goyette, Arthur. Walsh, Frederick V. Graham, William. Walsh, William. Hagopian, Krikor D. Wetherell, John. Hamlett, Clarence S. White, Thomas E. Harvey, Lyman K. Wolpe, Aaron D. » «

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Si 3 .ass ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.

Meats, fish and vegetables, $5,067.19 Butter and milk, 3,646.43

Bread, flour, meal, etc., 1,038.88 Fruits, fresh and dried, 399-87 Sugar, tea and coffee, 1,124.70 Groceries, 1,339.17

Gas and oil, 607.69 Coal and wood, 5,166.90 Sundry articles of consumption, 695.99 Wages, domestic service, 8,411.02 Salaries, superintendence and instruction, 32,763.30 Medicines and medical sundries, 78.03 Furniture and bedding, 1,892.96 Expense of stable, i70-37 Musical instruments and supplies, 492.48 Manual training supplies, 139-76

Stationery, printing, etc., 1,082.46 Construction repairs, 1,963.93 Taxes and insurance, 588.00 Sundries, 596.01

$67,265.14 WORK DEPARTMENT.

Statement for the year ending August 31, 1905.

Receipts. Cash received from sales, $26,036.67

Expenditures.

Cash paid for salaries and wages, .... $11,570.37 Cash paid for rent, stock and sundries, 12,799.22 24,369.59

Balance of cash, $1,667.08

Stock on hand and bills receivable August 31, 1904, $9,269.04 Stock on hand and bills receivable August 3i» i905> 7>98o.42

Less difference in amount of stock and bills receivable, 1,288.62

Gain, $378.46 . —

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The following account exhibits the state of property, as entered upon the books of the institution, September i, 1905:

Building, 205-207 Congress street, . . . $75,800.00 House, II Oxford street, 8,500.00 House, 402 Fifth street, 4,300.00

Houses, 412, 414, 416 Fifth street, . . . 9,300.00

Houses, 424, 426, 428 Fifth street, . . . 15,300.00 Houses, 430-440 Fifth street and 103- 10=5 H street, 47,200.00 Building, 442 Fifth street to 11 1 H street. 21,300.00 House, 537 Fourth street, 3,900.00 Houses, 541, 543 Fourth street, 7,800.00 House, 542 Fourth street, 7,800.00 House, 555 Fourth street, 2,000.00 Houses, 557, 559 Fourth street, .... 14,900.00 Houses, 583, 585, 587, 589 Fourth street, 18,700.00

Houses, 591, 593, 595 Fourth street, . . 15,400.00 Houses, 99-101 H street, 3,000.00 House, 527 Broadway, 8,200.00 $263,400.00

Real Estate used by the Institution.

Real estate, Broadway and Fourth street, $345,000.00 House, 418 Fifth street, 3,100.00 House, 422 Fifth street, 3,700.00 351,800.00 Unimproved land. South Boston, .... 5,196.00 72,500.00

Stocks and Bonds.

Fitchburg R.R., preferred, 150 shares, . $21,500.00 Chesapeake & Ohio R.R., ist consolidated 5s, New York Central & Hudson River R.R., debenture 4s, 25,000.00 New York Central & Hudson River R.R., (Lake Shore), 3is, 9,500.00 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R., Den- ver extension, 4s, 14,000.00 Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield R.R., cs 3,000.00

New York, Ontario & Western R.R., 4s, . 40,000.00

Long Island R.R., refunding, 4s, ... . 25,000.00 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R.R., debenture, 4s, 30,000.00 American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 4s, 48,500.00 Illinois Steel Co., 5s, 35,000.00 271,500.00

Amount carried forward, $964,396.00 126

Amount brought forward, $964,396.00 Cash, 16,908.53 17,900.00 Household furniture, South Boston, . . . 1,690.00 Provisions and supplies. South Boston, . Pofll South Boston 2,627.50

Work Department.

Stock and bills receivable, 7,980.42

Musical Department. P"iftv-fivp niflnnfortps $9,300.00 250.00 One three manual pipe organ, 9,000.00

Knur rppH nrcffins . 100.00 Fifty-nine orchestral instniments, .... 2,250.00 Musical library, 1,400.00

Miscellaneous. School furniture and apparatus, .... 14,000.00

Library of books in common print, . . . $7,325.60

Library of books in embossed print, . . 23,800.00

Special library . . 7,500.00 38,625.00 120.00 Rtflhlp and tools 400.00

$1,086,947.45 —

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The foregoing property represents the following funds and balances and is answerable for the same:

INSTITUTION FUNDS. General fund of the institution, ^121,458. 42 Stephen Fairbanks fund, 10,000.00 Harris fund, 80,000.00 Richard Perkins fund, 20,000.00 Stoddard Capen fund, ...... 13,770.00 1,000.00 In memoriam Mortimer C. Ferris, . . .

Legacies:— 2,500.00 Mrs. Eleanor J. W. Baker, Miss Lucy A. Barker, 5>953-2i Calvin W. Barker, 1.859.32 Thompson Baxter, 322.50 Mrs. Susan A. Blaisdell, 5,060.00 George W. Boyd, 5,000.00 100,000.00 J. Putnam Bradlee, Robert C. Billings, 25,000.00 Robert C. Billings (deaf, dumb and blind), 4,000.00 T. 0. H. P. Burnham, 5,000.00 Miss Mary Bartol, 300.00 Mrs. Eliza Ann Colburn, 5,000.00 I. W. Danforth, 2,500.00 John N. Dix, 10,000.00 Albert Glover, 1,000.00 Joseph B. Glover, 5,000.00 Joseph B. Glover (deaf, dumb and blind), 5,000.00 Charles H. Hayden, 2,500.00 Benjamin Humphrey, 25,000.00 Mrs. Susan B. Lyman, 4,809.78

The Maria Spear Legacy for the Blind, . . 15,000.00 Stephen W. Marston, 5,000.00 Edward D. Peters, 500.00 Henry L. Pierce, 20,000.00 Mrs. Elizabeth P. Putnam, 1,000.00 Mrs. Charlotte B. Richardson, 40,507.00 Mrs. Matilda B. Richardson, 300.00 Miss Mary L. Ruggles, 3,000.00 Samuel E. Sawyer, 2,174.77 Joseph Scholfield, 2,500.00 Mary F. Swift, 1,391.00 Alfred T. Turner, 1,000.00 George B. Upton, 10,000.00 Mrs. Ann White Vose, 12,994.00 Joseph K. Wait, 3,000.00 Mrs. Mary Ann P. Weld, 2,000.00 Thomas Wyman, 20,000.00 Charles L. Young, 5,000.00 $607,400.00 Cash, 16,908.53 Buildings, unimproved real estate and personal property in use of the institution. South Boston, 462,638.92 $1,086,947-45 — —

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The following account exhibits the state of property as entered upon the books of the institution, September i, 1905:

PRINTING DEPARTMENT. Stocks and Bonds.

Fitchburg R.R., preferred, loo shares, . . . H4,ooo.oo

Boston & Providence R.R., 75 shares, . . . 22,500.00 Boston & Albany R.R., 209 shares, .... 52,000.00 Old Colony R.R., 70 shares, 14,000.00 West End Street Railway, common, 100 shares, 9,800.00

Suffolk Real Estate Trust, 15 shares, . . . 15,000.00

Boston Ground Rent Trust, i share, . . . 900.00 Eastern R.R., 6s, 1,000.00 St. Paul, Minneapohs & Manitoba R.R., 4s, 9,000.00 Northern Pacific & Great Northern R.R. (C. B. & Q.), joint 4S, 10,000.00 Chicago, Burhngton & Quincy R.R. (IlUnois division), 3^5, 1,800.00 Western Telephone & Telegraph Company,

• 5s, • • • 15,000.00 American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 4S, 14,500.00 $179,500.00 Stock and machinery, !S2,ooo.oo Books, 14,300.00 Electrotype and stereotype plates 27,778.00 44,078.00 Cash, 2,896.33

$226,474.33

The foregoing property represents the following funds and balances and is answerable for the same:

PRINTING FUND. Capital, [0(5,500.00 Legacy, Joseph H. Center, 1,000.00 Additional funds, 70,000.00 $179,500.00 Cash, 2,896.33 Personal property in use of the printing department, 44,078.00

$226,474.33 INSTITUTION ENDOWMENT FUND.

List of Contributors.

From August 31, 1904, to September i, 1905.

Benedict, Edward B., $1.50 Brown, Samuel N., 10.00 Coolidge, John T., 10.00 Curtis, Miss Isabella P., 5.00

Ellis, George H., 75-oo Hazeltine, Charles B. R., 10.00 Hodgman, Mrs. Adelaide K., 25.00 Holbrook, Miss Eunice, 3.00

In memory of William Leonard Benedict, Jr., 25.00 Lawrence, Amory A., 100.00 Peabody, F. H., 100.00

Pierce, S. S., Company, 120.00 Pratt, Robert M., 50.00

" Richardson, Mrs. W. A., Worcester, 10.00 Talbot, Mrs. Thomas H., Brookline, 5.00 Vose, Frank T., 2.00

$551-50 SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THOMAS STRINGER.

From September i, 1904, to August 31, 1905.

A. B., $10.00 Bancroft, Miss Elizabeth Hope, i.oo

Children of the first grade of Winthrop School, Brookline, through Miss Anna M. Taylor, i.oo Children's Aid Society of Washington, Pa., 25.00 Dow, Miss Jane F., Milton, 25.00 Fay, Miss Sarah M., 50.00 George, Mr. Robert H., i.oo Hudson, Miss Mary R., i.oo Income from house in Washington, Pa., through A. Leg-

gate and Son (for 1904 and 1905), 97-37

Jackson, Mrs. Mary J., 2.00 Kimball, Miss Susan Day, 10.00 Matthews, Mrs. Annie B., 50.00 May, Miss Eleanor G., trustee of Lydia Maria Child fund, 35-oo Moore, Mrs. George W., Brookline, 5.00 Norcross, Mr. Grenville H., 50.00 "Rodelmer," 2.00 Seabury, The Misses, New Bedford, 5.00 Sohier, Miss Mary D., 25.00

$395.37 A friend to make up the deficit in the account of the previous year, 441.68 Bequest of the late Mrs. Mary E. Meredith, through Mrs. Elizabeth L. Tappan, executrix, 500.00 PERMANENT FUND FOR THOMAS STRINGER.

[This fund is being raised with the distinct understanding that it is to be placed under the control and care of the trustees of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, and that only the net income is to be given to Thomas so long as he is not provided for in any other way, and is unable to earn his living, the principal remaining intact for ever. It is farther understood, that, at his death or when he ceases to be in need of this assistance, the income of this fund is to be applied to the support and education of some child who is both blind and deaf and for whom there is no provision made either by the state or by private individuals.]

A. B., $100.00 Buxton, Dr. B. H., New York, i5-oo Children's Aid Society of Washington, Pa., 25.00 Conant, Miss Grace W., «... 5.00 Eaton, Miss Mary E., Newton Centre, 20.00 French, Miss Caroline L. W., 100.00 Income from the Glover Fund, 50.00 Moseley, Miss Ellen F., 100.00 Nichols, Mrs. John W. T., 100.00 Norcross, Mrs. Otis, 50.00 Primary department of the Sunday-school of the First Methodist Protestant Church of Pittsburgh, Pa,, through Mrs. William McCracken, 6.00 Primary department of the Sunday-school of the Winter Hill Congregational Church of Somerville, Mass., through Miss Gertrude D. Hall, 5.00 Wallace, Mrs. Augusta H., Allegheny, Pa., 5.00

$581.00 LIST OF EMBOSSED BOOKS

Printed at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for THE Blind, Boston, 1905.

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

JUVENILE BOOKS.

Alcott, L. M. Little Women, 59-75 Andersen, Hans. Stories and Tales, 3-25 Arabian Nights, six selections by Samuel Eliot, .... 3-25 Arnold, S. L. Arnold Primer, .50 Baldwin, James. vStory of Siegfried, 3-25 Burnett, F. H. Little Lord Fauntleroy, 3-25

Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, . . 1-75 Child's Book, first to seventh, 3-5°

Children's Fairy Book, arranged by M. Anagnos, . . . 2-75 Chittenden, L. E. Sleeping Sentinel, •50 Coolidge, Susan. What Katy Did, 2.75

Cyr, E. M. Interstate Primer and First Reader, . . . •50 Eclectic Primer, •5°

Ewing, J. H. Story of a Short Life, 2.25 Greene, Homer. Blind Brother, 2.25 Pickett's Gap, 2.25 Harte, Bret. Queen of the Pirate Isle, •50 Kingsley, Charles. Greek Heroes, 2-75 Water Babies, 2-75 Little Ones' Story Book, •5° Percy, Bishop Thomas. Boy's Percy. Ed. by Sidney Lanier, 3-25

Poulsson, Emilie. Bible Stories in Bible Language, . . 3-25

IntheChild's World, Part I., . . . . •50

In the Child's World, Part II., . . . .60

In the Child's World, Part HI., . . . 1-75 Stories for Little Readers, •50 Through the Farmyard Gate, .... .60

Richards, L. E. Captain January and other stories, . . . 3-25 Ruskin, John. King of the Golden River, 5°

Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty, . 3-25

Spyri, Johanna. Heidi, translated by Mrs. Brooks, . . . 5-5° Standard Braille Primer, revised, .60

Thompson, Ernest Seton. Wild Animals I Have Known, . 2-75 Turner's First Reader, •SO Twelve Popular Tales, selected by H. C. Lodge, .... 2.25

N.B.—All the books are printed in the Boston line type. ^33

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

Wiggin, K. D. Christmas Dinner, I $0.50 Story of Patsy, I .60 Youth's Library, arranged by M. Anagnos, 8 12.00 Script and point alphabet sheets, per hundred, 5.00 GENERAL LITERATURE.

American Prose, 2 6.50 Anagnos, J. R. Longfellow's Birthday, I •35 Burt, M. E. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca, I 2.75

Cervantes Saavedra, de. . . . Miguel Don Quixote, . 3 8.25 Cooke, R. T. Deacon's Week, I •35 Cooper, J. F. Pilot, I 3-25 Defoe, Daniel. History of the Great Plague in London, . 2 4-50 Dickens, Charles. Christmas Carol, with extracts from Pickwick Papers, I 3-25 David Copperfield, 5 16.25 Old Curiosity Shop, 3 12.75 Don't; or. Directions for Conduct and Speech, I .60 Eliot, George. Adam Bede, 3 9^75 Janet's Repentance, I 3-25 Silas Marner, I 3^75 Emerson, R. W. Essays, I 3-25 Extracts from British and American Literature, .... 2 S-50 Francillon, R. E. Gods and Heroes, I 3^25 Goldsmith, Oliver. Vicar of Wakefield, I 3^25 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Scarlet Letter, 2 5^5° Tanglewood Tales, ..... 2 4.50 Twice Told Tales, I 3-25 Irving, Washington. Alhambra, 2 5-50 Sketch Book, 2 6.50 Johnson, Samuel. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, . . . I 2^75 Kingsley, Charles. Hypatia, 3 9^75 Lubbock, Sir John. Beauties of Nature, I 2-75

Lytton, Edward Bulwer. Last of . . Days Pompeii, . 3 9-75 Macaulay, T. B. Essays on Milton and Hastings, . . . I 3-25 Martineau, Harriet. Peasant and the Prince, I 3-25 Most Celebrated Diamonds, translated by J. R. Anagnos, . I .60 Ruskin, John. Selections by Edwin Ginn, I 2.75 Sesame and Lilies, I 2-75 Saint Pierre, J. H. B. de. Paul and Virginia, I 2-75 Scott, Sir Walter. Quentin Durward, 2 6.50 Talisman, 2 6.50 Thackeray, W. M. Henry Esmond, 3 9^75 POETRY.

Anagnos, J. R. Stray Chords, 2.25 134

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

Bryant, W. C. Poems, %-25

Byron, Lord. Hebrew Melodies and Childe Harold, . . 3-25

Poems selected by Matthew Arnold, . . . 3-25 Holmes, O. W. Poems, 3-25 Homer. Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, .... 9-75 Longfellow, H. W. Evangeline, 2.25

Evangeline, and other poems, . . . 3-25 Hiawatha, 2-75 Lowell, J. R. Poems, 3-2S Milton, John. Paradise Lost, 5-5°

Paradise Regained, and other poems, . . 3-25

Pope, Alexander. Essay on Man, and other poems, . . . 2.75 Scott, Sir Walter. Lay of the Last Ministrel, and other poems, 3-25 Shakespeare, WilUam. Hamlet, 2.25 Julius Caesar, 2.25 King Henry Fifth, 2.25 Merchant of Venice, 2.25 Romeo and Juliet, 2.25 Tennyson, Alfred. Idylls of the King, 2-75

In Memoriam, and other poems, . . 3-25

Whittier, J. G. Poems, 6.50 Wordsworth, William. Poems, 3-25

BIOGRAPHY.

Biographical Sketches arranged by M. Anagnos, .... 3-25 Ehot, George. Biographical Sketch, •35 Howe, S. G. Memoir, 3-25

HISTORY.

Constitution of the United States, •50 Dickens, Charles. Child's History of England, .... 6.50 Duruy, Victor. General Historj' of the World, 13.00 Fiske, John. War of Independence, 2..7S Washington and his Country, 9-75 Freeman, E. A. History of Europe, 2.75

Green, Short . J. R. History of the English People, . . 19.50 Higginson, T. W. Young Folks' Historj' of the United States, 3-75 Schmitz, Leonhard. History of Greece, 3-25 History of Rome, 2.75

RELIGION.

Book of Common Prayer, 3-25 135

No. Price Title of Book. of Vols. leT.

Book of Psalms, I $2.75 Combe, George. Constitution of Man, I 4.25 Hymn Book, I 2.25 New Testament, 3 8.25 Paley, William. Natural Theology, I 4-25 Swedenborg, Emanuel. Selections,*

TEXT BOOKS.

Buckley, A. B. Life and Her Children, a reader of natural history, 3-25 Caesar. Commentaries on the Gallic War, 3-25 Cicero. Orations, 3-25 Collar and Daniell. Beginner's Latin Book, 5-50 Latin-English Vocabulary, .... 1-75

Cutter, Calvin. Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene, . . . 3-25 English-Greek Vocabulary (Braille), 1. 00

Eysenbach, William. German-English Vocabulary, . . . 2.25 German Grammar, 5-50 Geometrical Diagrams, 1.25 Gleason, C. D. Handbook of Crochet, •50 Handbook of Knitting, •50 Goodwin, W. W. Greek Grammar (Braille), 5-50 Guyot, A. H. Geography, 325 Harper and Wallace. Vocabulary to Xenophon's Anabasis, 8.25

Homer. Iliad, Books 1-3 (Braille). R. P. Keep, . . . 2.25 Howe, S. G. Cyclopaedia, 34.00 Huxley, T. H. Introductory Science Primer, 2.25 Latin-English Lexicon, vol. I., 3-25 Latin Selections, 2.25 Riehl, W. H. Der Fluch der Schonheit, I-7S Scribner, Charles. Geographical Reader, 2-75

Seymour, J. O. Vocabulary to Keep's Iliad of Homer (Braille), 5-5° Townsend, Mabel. Elementary Arithmetic, •50 Walsh, John H. Problems and Exercises, •5° Wentworth, G. A. Grammar-school Arithmetic, .... 3-25 (Braille), 11.00 White, J. W. Beginner's Greek Book .... 4 Xenophon. Anabasis (Braille), 2 4-5°

MUSIC.

Pianoforte.

.60 Bach, J. S. Fifteen Two-voiced Inventions. (Peters), Fifteen Three-voiced Inventions. (Peters), .60 French^Suite, No. 6. (Peters), .... •35

* Printed by donor for free distribution. 136

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

in minor, >o.o6 Bach, J. S. Gavotte G

Prelude and fugue, Book i. No. 5, . . . . .20

Prelude and Fugue, Book 2, No. 6, !• . . .20

Prelude and fugue. Book 2, No. 7, . . . . •25

Six Little Preludes, . .20 Bach-Saint-Saens. Gavotte in B minor, .12 Bach, C. P. E. Solfeggietto, .06 Bargiel, W. Album Leaf, .06 Idylle, Op. 32, No. i, .12 Barili. Dance Caprice, .12 Baumfelder. Good Humor, .06 Beethoven. Farewell to the Pianoforte, .06 Fiir Elise, .06 Sonata, Op. 2, No. i, •50 Sonata, Op. 2, No. 3, •85 Sonata, Op. 10, No. 2, •25 Sonata, Op. 24, for violin and pianoforte (ist movement), •35 Sonata, Op. 49, No. i, 30 Sonata, Op. no, 1.20 Sonatina (F major), .12 Sonatina (G major), .06 Six Little Variations (G), •25

Six Variations on a theme by Paisiello, . . •25

Nine Variations on a theme by Paisiello, . . •25 Behr, Frangois. Bolero, .06 Evening Prayer, .06 On the Lake, .06 Silent Happiness, .06 Behr, Franz. Minuet, Op. 503, .06 Spring Chimes, Op 503, .06 The Bird's Message, Op. 503, .06 Think of Me, Op. 575, .06 Berens. School of Velocity, Op. 61, 2.40 Bertini. Octave Study, Op. 29, .06 Study in A, .06 Blakeslee. May Party Dance, Op. 9, .12 Crystal Fountain Waltz, Op. 25, .06 Brahms, Scherzo, Op. 4, •35 Brauer, Fr. Twelve Studies, Op. 15. (Litolff), .... •25 Burgmiiller. £tudes. Op. 100, (new edition), .60 Chopin, fitude, Op. 10, No. i, .12 Etude, Op. 10, No. 2, .12 Etude, Op. 10, No. 3, .20 Etude, Op. 10, No. 4, .20 Etude, Op. 10, No. 5, .12 Etude, Op. 10, No. 7, .12 137

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Sec.

Chopin. £tude, Op. lo, No. 8, $0.20 £tude, Op. lo, No. 12, .12 Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66, .12 Impromptu, Op. 36, .20 Polonaise, Op. 40, No. i, .12 Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4, .06 Prelude, Op. 28, No. 6, .06

Prelude, Op. 28, No. 7, .06 Prelude, Op. 28, No. II, .06 Prelude, Op. 28, No. 13, .12 Prelude, Op. 28, No. 21, .12 Waltz, Op. 34, No. 3 (Kullak), .12 Waltz, Op. 64, No. I (Kullak), .12 Waltz, Op. 64, No. 2 (Kullak), .12 Chwatal, F. The Merry Postillion, Op. 228, .... .06 Sonatina in F, Op. 245, .12 Cramer-Biilow. , Fifty Selected Studies, Books i and 2, 1.70 Czerny. Fifty Etudes from Op. 821, .90 Six Octave Studies, .20 Dennee. Scherzino, Op. 15, .12 De Wilm. Canzonetta, .12 Durand. Pastorale, .06 Chaconne, .06 Dussek. La Matinee Rondo, .12 Duvernoy, Studies, Op. 176, .60 Egghard. Tender Flower, .06 Fontaine. Swing Song, .06 Foote, A. Sarabande, Op. 6, No. 3, .06 Gade. Capriccio, Op. 19, No. 2, .12 In the Woods, Op. 41, .12 Godard, B. 2d Valse, Op. 56, .12 Goldner. Gavotte Mignonne, .06 Grieg. Air, (from Holberg Suite), .12 Albumblatt, Op. 12, .06 Album Leaf, Op. 28, No. i, .06 Album Leaf, Op. 28, No. 3, .06 Erotic, Op. 43, No. 5, .06 Gavotte (from Holberg Suite), .12 In the Home (In der Heimath), .06

Lonely Wanderer (Einsamer Wanderer), . . .06 Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 •35 Papillon, Op. 43, .12 Prelude (from Holberg Suite), .12 Rigaudon (from Holberg Suite), .12 Sarabande (from Holberg Suite), ...... 06 To the Spring, Op. 43, .20 Voglein, Op. 43, .12 138

No. Price Title of Book. of Vols

Gurlitt. Hunting Song, $0.12 Morning Prayer, Op. loi. No. 2, .12 Studies, Op. 50, •85 The Festive Dance, .06 The Hunt, .06 Haberbier. A Flower of Spring, .06 Handel. AUemande, Courante, Minuetto No. i, Minuetto No. 2, Preludio. Above numbers are from "Twelve

Easy Pieces,' ' •25 Handel. Air a la Bourree, .12 Haydn. Minuet Giocoso, .06 Heller, St. fitudes, Op. 45, Book i, .60 fitudes, Op. 45, Book 2, .60

• £tudes, Op. 46, . . . . .85 fitudes. Op. 47, •85

Promenades d'un Solitaire, Op. 78, No. i, . . .12 Tarantelle (Napoli), .12 Wanderstunden, Op. 80, No. 6, .20 Henselt. If I were a Bird, •15 Hiller, P. The Lonely Rose, Op. 66, .06 Little Rider, Op. 66, .06 Hofmann, H. Along the Brook, .12 At Evening, .06 Gestaendnis, Op. 52, .20 Gavotte from "Donna Diana," .12 GondoUiera, .06 In the Month of May, .12 Minnelied, .06 On the Rivulet, .12 The Nightingale Sings, .12 Zur Laute, .12 Hummel. Sonata, Op. 13, .90 Variations, Op. 57, •35 Jadassohn, S. Scherzo, Op. 35, .12 Jensen, A. Berceuse in A, .12 Barcarole, Op. 33, .12 Canzonetta, Op. 42, .12 Cassandra, .12

Erster Walzer und Zweiter Walzer, Op. sSj • • .06 Irrlichter, Op. 17, .12 Polonaise, Op. ^^, .12 Reigen, Op. 33, .12 Reiterlied, Op. 33, .12 The Mill, Op. 17, .06 Trompeterstiicklein, Op. 33, .06 Widmung, Op. 33, .06 Jungmann. Will o' the Wisp, Op. 217, .06 139

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

Kirchner. Album Leaf, Op. 7, i $0.06 Valse Impromptu, i .06 Kohler. Coming from School, i .06 Krause. Trill Studies, Op. 2, Book 2, i .35 Kuhlau. Sonatina, Op. 20, No. i, i .20 Sonatina, Op. 20, No. 3, i .35 Sonatina, Op. 55, No. i, i .20 Sonatina, Op. 55, No. 2, i .12 Sonatina, Op. 55, No. 3, i .20

Kullak, Th. From Flower to Flower (octave study), . . i .12 Im Gruenen, Op. 105, i .12 Scherzo, i ,06 The Little Huntsman, i .06

Youthful Days, Op. 62 (12 numbers), . . i .50 Landon. Pianoforte Method, 2 4.50 Lange. In Rank and File, i .12 Playfulness, i .12 Dressed for the Ball, i .12 Meadow Dance, i .12 Valse Champetre, i ,12 Happy Meeting, i .06 Lavallee. Caprice (The Butterfly), i .12 Lichner. Waltz, Op. 270, i .06 Morning Song, Op. 174, i .06 Liszt. La Regata Veneziana, i .12 Loeschhom. Arabeske No. i, i .12

Arabeske No. 3, i .12 Etudes, Op. 65, Book i, i .30

fitudes, Op. 65, Book 2, ...... i .25 Etudes, Op. 66, Book i, i .35 Hungarian, i .12 Lysberg. The Thrashers, Op. 71, i .12 Mason, Wm. Touch and Technic. Vol. i, i 2.25 Mathews, W. S. B. Standard Graded Course of Studies, Vol. I, I .85 Mendelssohn. Christmas Gift, Op. 72, i .25 Prelude in E minor, i .06 Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14, i .60 Scherzo, Op. 16, No. 2, i .12

Song without Words, Op. 19, No. 4, . . . i .06

Song without Words, Op. 30, No. 9, . . . i .06

Song without Words, Op. 38, No. 14, . . i .12

Song without Words, Op. 67, No. 34, . . i .20

Song without Words, Op. 102, No. 45, . . i .12

Song without Words, Op. 102, No. 47, . . i .12

Song without Words, Op. 102, No. 48, . . i .12 Merkel. Friihlingsbotschaft, Op. 27, i .12 140

No. Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

Merkel. Impromptu, Op. 18, 10.12 In the Beautiful Month of May, .12 Jolly Huntsman, .06 Pleasures of May, Op. 81, .06 Spring Song, .06 The Hunter's Call, .12 Moszkowski. Waltz in A flat, •25 Mozart. Sonata No. 2 in F (A. P. Schmidt), .20 Sonata No. 8 in C (A. P. Schmidt), •30

Nicode, J. L. Barcarolle, Op. 13, .12 Parker, H. W. £tude Melodieuse, Op. 19, .12 Nocturne, Op. 19, .12 Romanza, Op. 19, .12 Scherzino, Op. 19, .12 Porter, F. A. "In the Springtime," Book i, .20 "In the Springtime," Book 2, .... •25 Raff, J. Am Loreley-Fels, Op. 134, .20 Rigaudon, Op. 204, •25 The Echo, Op. 75, .12 Ravina. Arabeske, .06 Reinecke. Gondoliera, .20 Minuetto, .06 Sonatina, Op. 47, .06 Thirty Pianoforte Pieces for Young People, Op. 107 (Litolff), .60 Reinhold. Impromptu, Op. 28, .20 Suite Mignonne, Op. 45, •25 Rheinberger. Ballade, Op. 7, .12 Impromptu, Op. 183, .20 Prelude, Op. 183, .12 Roeske. Capitol March, .06 Dover Galop, .06 Electric Polka, .06 Happy Thoughts Polka, .06 The Hub Waltz, .06 Rosenhain. Andante and Rondo, .20 Rummel. Little March, .06 Little Waltz, .06 Saran. Phantasie Stiick, Op. 2, .12 Scharwenka, P. Tanz Vergniigen, Op. 68, .06

Scharwenka, X. First Valse Caprice, Op. 13, ... . .25 Polish Dance, Op. 29, .12 Valse Caprice, Op. 31, 30 Schubert. Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 2, .20 Impromptu, Op. 142, .12 Waltzes, Op. 9a, •30 Schumann. Album for young Pianists, 1-50 141

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

Schumann. Cradle Song, $0.06 Curious Story, Op. 15, .06 Evening Music, Op. 99, .12 Novellette, in F, •25 Playing Tag, Op. 15, .06 Valse Noble, Op. 9, .06 Schmoll. (The following pieces are from Op. 50), Kathinka, .12 Pastorale, .06 Polonaise, .06 Return of the Gondolier, .06 Rose Mazurka, .06 Saltarella, .06 Scherzetto, .06 Song of the Miller Maid, .06 Spring Thoughts, .06 The Hunter's Horn, .06 The Shepherd's Repose, .06 Schytte. Bird-trills in the Wood, .20 Hide and Seek, .06 Playing Ball, .06 Youth and Joy, .06 Strong, T. Danse des Sabots, .12 Thirty-five Easy Pieces ( N. E. Conservatory Ed.), . . . .60 Thoma. Polish Dance, .12 Twenty-three Select Pieces (First Grade), •85 Urbach. Prize Piano School, 4-5° Weber. Invitation to the Dance, •30 Rondo Brillante, •30 Wollenhaupt. fitude in A flat, .12

Organ.

Allen, N. H. Themes with varied basses, •35

Vocal.

Songs for Solo Voice.

Beach, Mrs. June, .20 Beethoven. Nature's Adoration,* .12 Brahms. Cradle Song,* .12 Chadwick. I said to the Wind of the South,* .20 O let Night Speak of Me,* .li Sweetheart thy Lips are Touched with Flame,* .12 Cowen. To a Flower, .12 Franz. Dearest Friend,* .12 From Grief I cannot Measure,* .12

Songs marked thus (*) are for low voice, all others are for sop. or tenor. 142

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

Franz. In Autumn,* Marie,* Now Welcome My Wood,* Oh! why so soon,* The Mourner,* Grieg, A Swan,* Departed,* StroUing Minstrel's Song,*

Handel. Arm, Arm, Ye Brave (Judas Maccabeus),* . . But Who May Abide (Messiah),*

Every Valley shall be Exalted (Messiah), . . .

Hear Me Ye Winds and Waves (Scipio),* . .

Shall I in Mamre's fertile Plain (Joshua),* . . The People that walked in Darkness (Messiah),* Mendelssohn. Afar,* If with all Your Hearts, O God have Mercy,* Moir. Best of All, Rotoli. My Bride shall be my Flag,* Schubert. Songs in the original keys, Augener & Co. Ed. By the Sea, Faith in Spring,

Hark, hark! the Lark (high voice), . . . .

Hark, hark ! the Lark (low voice), .... Hedge Roses, Her Portrait, Huntsman's Even Song, Impatience, Morning Greeting, My Sweet Repose, Resting Place, To be Sung on the Waters, Wanderer's Night Song, Wandering, Who is Sylvia? Schumann. Ah, Sweet, when in thine Eyes, Beside the Rhine's Sacred Waters, .... I'll not complain, Intermezzo, Moonlight, My Soul will I Steep with Longing, .... O Sunny Beam, The Rose and the Lily, Thy Lovely Face, When May shed Loveliness around, .... Where'er my Tears have Fallen, Woman's Life and Love, Nos. i-8, ....

Songs marked thus () are for low voice, all others are for sop. or tenor. 143

No. Price Title of Book. of Vols. e:i

Storace. My Native Land I bade Adieu,* I fo.l2 Wagner. Prize Song from "Die Meistersinger," .... I •25 Whelpley. The Nightingale has a Lyre of Gold, .... I .12

Duets.

Smart, Henry. " The Fairy Haunted Spring,

Part Songs for Male Voices. Abt. Night Song, .12 The Parting Day, .12 Bank, C. Evening Song, .06 Becker. Vocal March, •25 Boieldieu. Praise of the Soldier, .12 Chwatal, F. X. Lovely Night, .06 Cramer. How Can I Leave Thee, .06 Gounod, Ch. The Chase, .20

Hatton, J. L. Tar's Song, .20 Bugle Song, .20 Sailor's Song, .12 Knowles. Our Flag, .12 Kreutzer. Serenade, .12 Kiicken. O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast, .12

The Banners Wave, . .20 The Rhine, .12

Macfarren, G. A. Now the Sun has Mounted High, . . . .12 Mendelssohn. The Huntsman's Farewell, .12 Farewell, .06 The Cheerful Wanderer, .12 Parting Song, .12' Rhine Wine Song, .12 Serenade, .12 Pflueger, Carl. The Bugler. Song for medium voice with male chorus, .20 Weber. Bright Sword of Liberty, .06 Champagne Song, .12 A Nation's Day is Breaking, .06 O How Lovely the Face of the Deep, .06 Werner. Two Roses, .06

Part Songs for Female Voices.

Gumbert. Maidens' Spring Song (trio), .12 Hiller. Dame Cuckoo (trio), .12

Mendelssohn. Hearts Feel that Love Thee (trio), . . . .12

O Vales with Siinlight Smiling (trio), . . .12

Songs marked thus (*) are for low voice, all others are for sop. or tenor. 144

No. Title of Book. of Vols.

Wagner, R. Spinning-wheel Chorus (trio), Wiegand. A Meadow Song,

Mixed Voices.

Hatton, J. L. Let All with Merry Voices Sing, .... Mendelssohn. On the Sea, Smart, Henry. Wake to the Hunting,

Chorals, Anthems, Hymns.

Bach, J. S. Sixteen German Chorals edited by John S. Dwight, Gounod. Praise be to the Father (anthem), Hymns. Collection of Forty-five Hymn Tunes, .... Selected Hymns. Words and music, .... Weber. God of the Fatherless (anthem),

Vocal Exercises.

Concone. Fifty exercises. Op. 9, Panofka. Vocal A, B, C, Scala. Twenty-five Concise Vocal Exercises,

Music for Children.

Children's Souvenir Song Book, Selections from. Arr. bj William L. Tomlins:

Chadwick, J. W. The Brook, Faning, Eaton. -Boat Song, Foote, A. Land to the Leeward, Foster. Every Night, Johns, Clayton. The Fountain, Osgood, G. L. Happy Spring Waltz, Parker, H. W. An Even Song,

Roeske, C. C. Collection of Songs, Duets, and Trios, . .

Orchestra.

Bach. Adagio (Quintet for Strings and Clarinet), . Beethoven. Andante con moto, from Symphony No. i,

Menuetto from Septet, Op. 20, . . .

Scherzo from Septet, Op. 20, ... .

Scherzo from Symphony, No. 4, . . Bendix. Cradle Song, Boccherini. Minuet in A,* H^ Minuet No. 2 in A,* Eichberg. Andante,

* For string orchestra. 145

No. Title of Book. of Vols.

Eilenberg. The Mill in the Forest, Fahrbach. Mazurka, In the Forest, Godard. Berceuse, Gregh, L. Joyous Serenade, Passacalle, Grieg, E. Anitra's Tanz from Peer Gynt Suite,* .... Gavotte from Holberg Suite,* Rigaudon from Holberg Suite,*

Haydn. Symphony No. 5, First Movement, Symphony, No. 8, Finale, Symphony No. 11, First Movement, Symphony No. 11, Allegretto, Symphony No. 11, Minuet, Symphony No. 11, Finale, Symphony No. 13, Largo, Hofmann, H. Serenade, Op. 65, First Movement (Flute and Strings), Hofmann, R. No. i from Suite, Op. 60,* Jungmann. Will o' the Wisp (Quintet for Strings and Harp),

Mascagni. Intermezzo from . "Cavalleria Rusticana," . Mendelssohn. Festival March, Priests' March from "Athalie," .... Mozart, W. A. Andante from E-flat Symphony, . . . Andante from the 8th Quartette, . . . Divertimento, No. 2, D major (First Movement), Finale from the E-flat Symphony, . . . Magic Flute Overture, ......

Menuetto from the Jupiter Symphony, . Menuetto from the E flat Symphony (composed 1788), Reinecke. Pastoral,* Marchen Vorspiel,* Aus Tausend und eine Nacht,* Frieden der Nacht,* Ballet Music,* (The above numbers from Zwolf Tonbilder). Schubert, F. March Militaire, Moment Musical, Symphony, B minor, First Movement, . . Schumann, R. Traumerei, Strauss. Light and Shade Waltzes, Thomas. Gavotte Mignon, Wagner. Vorspiel from Lohengrin, Waldteufel. Invitation a la Gavotte,

*For string orchestra. 146

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

Violin.

Accolay. Concerto, Bach. Concerto for Two Violins, .40 Dancla, C. First Air Varie, Op. 89, ." .06 De Beriot. Fantasie Ballet, Op. 100, •25 Method for the Violin, Part I., 2d and 3d Po- sitions, .60 2.50 Eichberg, J. .Complete Method for the Violin, . . . . Godard, B. Canzonetta, .06 Berceuse from "Jocelyn," .06 Hauser. Longing (Le Desir), .12 Leclair. Sarabanda, .06 Mendelssohn. Concerto, Op. 64 (Andante), .40 Mlynarski. Mazur, .20 Schradieck. Technical Studies, Book i, •85 .12 Sitt. Ele'gie, Op. 73, .12 Preludium, Op. 73, .12 Tarantelle, Op. 73, .12 Fruelingslied, Op. 73, .20 Wieniawski. Chanson Polonaise, Op. 12, .... .

Violoncello.

Bruch. Kol Nidrei, •25 Romberg. Concertino, •25 Schumann. Stuck im Volkston, .12

String Quartet.

Haydn. Quartet No. 12 (Adagio), Peters Edition, . . . •25

Military Band.

Bach, Charles. Twelfth Andante and Waltz, I •30 Balfe. Fantasia from "Satanella," I •so Balfe-Claus. Selection, "Bohemian Girl," I 1.25

Balfe-Wiegand. Selection, "Puritan's Daughter," . . . I .60

Beyer, E. Fantasia from "Le Val d'Amour." Arr., . . I •35

Bizet. Selection from "Carmen." Arr. by Beyer, . . . I .70 Toreador's song from "Carmen," I .80 Catlin, E. N. Overture, "Welcome," I .70 Donizetti. Nocturne from "Don Pasquale,"* Ringleben. Polka Mazurka,* I •30 Sponholtz. Peace of Mind,* Donizetti. Sextette and Finale from "Lucia," I •85

* Sextette for brass instruments. 147

No. Price Title of Book. of per Vols. Set.

Flotow. Selection from "Martha," .80

Fantasia from "Stradella." Arr. by Heinicke, . ^50 Gilmore, P. S. 22d Regiment March, •35 Gounod-Heinicke. Selection from "Faust," ...... 60

Halevy-Heinicke. Selection from "The Jewess," . . . .60 Heinicke. Grand National Melody Potpourri, .... .60 Military Prize Quickstep, •50 Hungarian Quickstep. Arr., •50 Reminiscences of Verdi, .90

Herman, A. Overture, "L'Espoir de 1' Alsace." Arr. by Claus, .90 Laurendeau. Overture, "Lilliput," .70 Lavallee, C. Overture, "The Bridal Rose," •85

Mendelssohn. Priests' War March from "Athalie," . . •35

Meyerbeer-Heinicke. Selection from "Les Huguenots," . .70 Meyerbeer-Meyrelles. Coronation March from "Le Pro-

phete," . .40 Mozart. Overture, "The Magic Flute," .60 Prendiville, H. Little Rose Waltz, •30 Rollinson, T. H. The Color Guard March, •30 Day Dreams, .60 Schubert-Vaughan. Arr. of Serenade, •35 Sousa. Semper Fidelis March, •35 Suppe. Banditenstreiche, overture, •50 Suppe-Wiegand. Overture, "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna," •85

Troop-Heinicke. Arr. of Second Andante and Waltz, . . •30 Verdi. Scene and Aria from "Ernani." Arr. by Claus, .60

Selection from "Ernani." Arr. by Heinicke, . . .90 Viviani. The Silver Trumpets (Grand Processional March), .70

Wagner. Selection from "The Flying Dutchman," . . . •85

Weber-Heinicke. Selection from "Der Freischiitz," . . .60

Clarinet.

Klose. Conservatory Method for the Clarinet, 3^5o

Cornet. Arban. Fantasie Brillante, ....".. .12 Method for the Comet and Saxhorn, 6.75

French Horn and Pianoforte.

Beethoven. Sonata, Op. 17 (First Movement), •30 148

• No. Price Title of Book. of Vols.

Miscellaneous.

Braille's Musical Notation, Key to, $0.60 Bridge T F Counterpoint, 2.2^ Double Counterpoint, 2.75

Cole, S. W. N. E. Conservatory Course on Sight Singing, . •50 Fillmore, John C. Lessons in Musical History, .... 2.25

Musical Characters used by the Seeing, . .40 Norris, Homer A. Practical Harmony, 4-5° Rollinson, T. H. Popular Collection for Cornet and Piano, .60 Streatfeild R A The Opera, 2.7=; Webster, M P. Preparation for Harmony, •50 — —

LIST OF APPLIANCES AND TANGIBLE APPARATUS

Made at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for THE Blind.

Geography.

I.—Wall Maps.

The Hemisphere, size, 42 by 52 inches. United States, " Mexico and Canada, . . North America, " South America, " Europe, " Asia, " Africa, " The World on " Mercator's Projection, . .

Each, $37; or the set, $296.

//. Dissected Maps. Eastern Hemisphere, size, 30 by 36 inches. Western Hemisphere, " North America, " United States, " " South America, . . . Europe, *" Asia, " Africa, "

Each, $25; or the set, $200.

///. Pin Maps.

Cushions for pin maps and diagrams, each, $1.00

Arithmetic.

Ciphering-boards made of brass strips, nickle-plated, . each, $3.00 Ciphering-type, nickle-plated, per hundred, 1,00

Writing.

Grooved writing-cards, aluminum, each, $0.18

' " leatherboard, " .08

KINDERGARTEN REPORT

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION.

1905-1906.

FRANCIS H. APPLETON, President. AMORY A. LAWRENCE, Vice-PresidenL WILLIAM ENDICOTT, Jr., Treasjirer. MICHAEL ANAGNOS, Secretary.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. M.D. FRANCIS H. APPLETON. J. THEODORE HEARD, WM. LEONARD BENEDICT. EDWARD JACKSON. WILLIAM ENDICOTT. GEORGE H. RICHARDS. Rev. p. R. FROTHINGHAM. WM. L. RICHARDSON, M.D. CHARLES p. GARDINER. RICHARD M. SALTONSTALL. N. P. HALLOWELL. S. LOTHROP THORNDIKE.

LADIES' VISITING COMMITTEE. Mrs. JOHN CHIPMAN GRAY, President. Mrs. ELIZABETH C. AGASSIZ, V ice-Preside nl. Mrs. Larz Anderson, .... July. Mrs. Harold J. CooLrocE, . . January. Mrs. Thomas Mack February. Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott, . August. Mrs. A. Draper, . . September. Mrs. John Chipman Gray, . . March. George C. Warren, . . October. Miss Constance G. Lee, . . April. Miss Annie Miss Ellen Bollard, .... May. Mrs. George Howard Monks, November. Mrs. Guy Lowell, June. Mrs. E. Preble Motley, . . December. Miss Agnes Brooks. Miss Annie Norton Ward. Mrs. KiNGSMn.L Marrs, Honorary Member.

OFFICERS OF THE KINDERGARTEN.

MICHAEL ANAGNOS, Director. HENRY W. BROUGHTON, M.D., Attending Physician.

FRANCIS I. PROCTOR, M.D., Ophthalmic Surgeon.

Boys' Section. Girls' Section. Miss Nettie B. Vose, Matron. Mrs. J. M. Hill, Matron. Miss Flora CFovynMi^, Assistant. Miss Cornelia M. Lorino, Assistant. Miss Ellen Reed Mead, Kindergartner. Miss W. Humbert, Kindergartner. Miss L. Henrietta Stratton, Teacher. ]Miss Alice M. Lane, Teacher. Miss Minnie C. Tucker, Music Teacher. Miss Helen M. Hinolf, Music Teacher. Miss Laura A. Brown, Teacher of Manual Training.

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. Boys' Section. Girls' Section. Barrett, Matron. Miss Mary J. Jones, Matron. Miss Blanche Miss Angle L. Tarbell, Teacher. Miss Ada S. Bartlett, Assistant. Miss Isabelle C. Bixby, Teacher. Miss Bertina Dyer, Teacher. Miss Lydla Howes, Music Teacher. Miss Maria L. Church, Teacher. Miss Sigrid Sjolander, Sloyd. Miss B. C. Chamberlain, Music Teaclier. Miss Kittie I. Fish, Music Teacher. Miss Inger Wuk, Sloyd. .

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GIFTS IN LIFE AS WELL AS IN DEATH.

Dear Freend:—Are you thinking of making your will and of disposing of the whole or a part of your estate for educational and benevolent purjooses? If so, do not forget the Kindergarten for the Blind in Jamaica Plain. Pray bear in mind the fact that this institution is doing a holy work for the needy little sightless children, its object being to mitigate the sad effects of their affliction, to improve their condition physically, intellectually and morally, and to free them from the fetters of helplessness and dependence.

FORM OF BEQUEST.

I give, devise and bequeath to the corporation of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, Boston, Mass., for the sole use and benefit of the Kindergarten for the Blind, the sum of dollars.

FORM OF DEVISE OF REAL ESTATE.

I give, devise and bequeath to the coqjoration of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, Boston, Mass., for the sole use and benefit of the Kindergarten for the Blind (here describe the real estate accurately), with full power to sell, mort- gage and convey the same, free of all trusts.

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.

To the Members oj the Corporation.

Ladies and Gentlemen : — In presenting our annual report for the year ending on the 31st day of Au- gust, 1905, we take great pleasure in being able to inform the friends and supporters of the liindergarten that good progress has been made in every one of its departments and that its work has never been productive of better results than those of the past twelve months. The affairs of the juvenile school have been man- aged with great ability and success, and everything has been done to promote the health and welfare of the pupils.

It is our purpose to give a favorable response to all those who seek to profit by the advantages afforded by the kindergarten and to provide the best possible means and opportunities for the early training of the little sightless boys and girls who are entrusted to our care. Hence we are constantly improving our facilities and making plans for the enlargement of our accommodations in order to be able to meet promptly all reasonable demands. Visitors to the kindergarten cannot fail to notice the

spirit of earnestness and devotion, with which the teachers and caretakers perform their duties, and the signs of happiness and contentment which are visible in every part of the establishment. 156

We are deeply grateful to our friends and benefactors for the kind interest which they have evinced in the work of the kindergarten and for the generous and cordial way in which they have responded to all appeals for its support.

Value of the Work of the Kindergarten.

The cause of the little blind children appeals to all benevolent and kind-hearted persons with peculiar force and receives cordial sympathy and substantial aid from those who take an active interest in the welfare of the suffering members of the human family and are desirous of contributing their full share to the amelioration of their condition. Deprived of one of the royal avenues of sense, these unfortunate children are cut off from the outer world and live in total darkness and isolation. They are shut out from the visible universe, from all that is lovely and refreshing and stimulating in nature, from the bright heavens, the verdant earth and from the pleasure of look- ing at the dear faces of those whom they love. Their helplessness surpasses that of all other human beings. They are circumscribed in their movements, timid in their actions, averse to play and to exertion of any kind. They depend entirely upon others for the means of their development and amusement and of acquiring elementary knowledge. On account of their inactivity and inertness, their physique is enervated, their mind dwarfed and their spirits cowed. In fine, they are at once unfortunate and sad in themselves and a burden upon society. Proper and systematic training at the tenderest period of their lives is the only means that can release these 157 little boys and girls from the shackles of their afniction and mitigate its injurious effects. It is through this alone that they may be brought forth from darkness to light, from passive indifference to activity, from sorrow to joy, fron^ bondage to freedom. To those who are bereft of the visual sense early education means much more than to those who possess all their faculties. It helps them to grow in the right direction and to become strong and vigorous, sensible and thorough, earnest and cheerful, sympathetic and helpful. It paves for them the way to develop into full efficiency the possibilities of their being. In order that this invaluable advantage might be secured for these hapless children, the kindergarten was established eighteen years ago and has been ever since in successful operation.

This juvenile school purposes to keep its doors wide open to all suitable applicants and to treat them in such a way as to reduce the consequences of their infirmity to the minimum. It affords the tiny victims of the loss of. sight a congenial sunny home, where love reigns supreme and where unremitting attention is paid to their dietary and cleanliness, their exercise and health and their manners and general comfort. It provides excellent facilities for their physical and mental development and for their moral and spiritual welfare. It supplies them with ample means for acquiring habits of self-reliance and self-helpfulness and lays in them the foundation of that kind of education which will fit them to mingle with their more fortunate fellows and prepare them to obtain larger measures of knowledge as opportunities in after life may occur. The work of the kindergarten has proved exceedingly beneficial to the blind, and its effects have been felt at home and abroad. Not only has the public heart and : .158

conscience been so deeply touched and quickened by the urgent appeals persistently presented in behalf of the little sightless children as to lead the community to make adequate provision for their education, but the impulse given in Boston and Massachusetts has stirred up other states and countries and has produced the conviction that early training according to Froebel's rational philos-

ophy of pedagogy is the most powerful lever in raising the intellectual and moral standard of the blind and in improving their social and moral condition.

Condition of the Buildings and Grounds.

The year just closed has differed from several of its predecessors in respect to the matter of additions to the premises of the kindergarten and of improvements or changes in the buildings. No land has been purchased during the past twelve months nor have any new houses been constructed. Moreover the hope that some person might volunteer to provide the means for the erection of the main or ad-

ministration building has not been realized. We are still

waiting for the coming of a great benefactor of the little blind children, who will be disposed to link his name with their cause and perpetuate his memory everlastingly by

undertaking to build the needed edifice, around which all the others will cluster and form a symmetrical and harmonious group. The grounds, therefore, remain precisely the same in size and shape as when our last annual report was laid before the corporation; nevertheless, they have been graded and greatly improved in every particular, and the place looks attractive and altogether different from what

it did several years ago. 159

After a careful study of the needs of the bhnd and the purposes of the school, a ground plan has been drawn, which provides in detail for all future developments and points out the location for every building, play-yard,

grass-plot, driveway and row of trees. It seems to us that the time is at hand when such preliminary work should be done as would be required to make plain the distinctive features of this plan and to pave the way for the gradual execution of its constituent parts in a systematic and economical manner.

Exercises at the Boston Theatre.

Although commencement day may be considered to

belong peculiarly to the seniors of the institution, it is certain that the little people from the kindergarten play a very important part in the exercises and contribute in no small degree to the festivity of the day. On this annual occasion, held in Boston Theatre on

Tuesday, June 6, at three o'clock, the rows of daintily dressed little figures, forming the front ranks of the pupils upon the stage, lent a brightness and gaiety to the scene from which the dreary rain without could not detract, and surely the many friends of the little school, who were not deterred by the unpleasant weather from wit- nessing the exercises, must have felt that they had chosen the one favored spot in the city, which was aglow with warmth and happiness, quite independent of outside sunshine.

Their special part in the programme came early in the afternoon, immediately following the fine opening orchestral number. As soon as this was ended the familiar kindergarten tables and chairs were placed at the front of the stage, and four of the tiny pupils seated —

i6o themselves and fell busily to work on the lumps of moist clay before them with an air of perfect understanding of their duties and ability to perform them. This appearance was amply borne out by the skilful way in which the deft little fingers moulded the rough material into shape. While this work was going on, President Appleton introduced the Rev. Nicholas Van der Pyl who delivered the following thoughtful and eloquent address:

Address of Rev. Nicholas Van der Pyl.

WTien the request came to me to participate in the exercises of this afternoon I inquired what subject I should be expected to speak upon, and in reply I was told that anything along the line of the work done by this institution would be acceptable. But when the programme came to me, I noted that I was to speak on the work of the kindergarten. Now there are some subjects in the sphere of education which I have not thought through, and one of these subjects is the work of the kindergarten. In an institution like this, which has always been under the most expert and skilled supervision and which ministers to a class of scholars for whom hands must fulfil the function of eyes, I have no doubt that the kindergarten is a most valuable adjunct to the general system of education. But my experience as a school ofl&cial during the greater part of the last ten years has not yet convinced me that the kindergarten has been made an essential or a vital part of our educational system. What Froebel called the "gifts" are very generally used in kindergartens, but I have some doubts whether the ideas which lie behind these gifts are fully understood. Therefore, not 'desiring to be a critic or an iconoclast, I shall follow the practice of some preachers and make the kindergarten the text from which I shall make my departure. Massachusetts has always been foremost among American- com- monwealths in matters of education. Those were significant words of the seventeenth century Puritans who established this commonwealth. They are very appropriately engraved over the gate of yonder college in Cambridge. "After God had carried us safe i6i

provided to New England and we had builded our homes, necessaries for our liveUhood, reared convenient places for God's worship and settled the civil government, one of the next things we looked for and longed after was to advance learning and per- illiterate ministry to petuate it to posterity, dreading to leave an the churches when our present ministers shall lie in the dust." Those seventeenth century Puritans may not have been so broad and tol- erant as their twentieth century descendants, but they had the root bringing of the matter in them. They had a peculiar faculty for things to pass; they had a genius for action. It was action, not the discovery of new truths nor yet the embellishment of old truth, that marks the contribution of the Puritan to the world. It was his faculty in applying ideas and clothing great principles with flesh and blood which has made him and his descendants so vital in de- termining the destiny of this nation. Narrow as was his educational comprehensive sys- scheme it had in it the germ of the broad and tem of today. Knowing the character of that seventeenth century Puritan, ap-

prehending his purpose, it is not difficult to understand why almost every great philanthropy and every great reform which has marked

our national life found congenial soil first in Massachusetts. There justice, was in those old Puritans a passion for righteousness . and which made the oppressed and the unfortunate the objects of their solicitude. And I say this with the knowledge of their intolerance vividly in mind. Goldwin Smith was not a man who was in full accord with the spirit of the Puritan, but he does full justice to the Massachusetts Puritan in his lectures on History when he says: "The history of the Puritan church in New England is a history of enduring glory and of transient shame; of transient shame be- of cause for a moment it gave way to persecution and intolerance; enduring glory because persecution and intolerance immediately gave way to liberty of conscience and free allegiance to the truth." An institution Hke this is but the natural flowering of the spirit of these men. Their passion for justice and for the equality of all men in the sight of God made its establishment inevitable. 'To them kings had rights, but he had no rights that contravened the

rights of his subjects. And if a man possessing all his faculties

and all his senses had rights, then those who came into the world deprived of any of these had rights that were paramount. This commonwealth recognized the spirit of these men when the general l62 court in 1833 made a grant of $6,000 to educate twenty blind children. The glory of the Puritan spirit lay in the fact that no department or sphere of life or activity was foreign to its interest. And in no life did it find a more complete expression than in the life of the man to whom this institution owes its being and its large usefulness, Samuel Gridley Howe. His life story is too familiar in this presence for rehearsal, but behind those facts is a spirit which men must all possess if they are to become benefactors of the race. We note in the various life activities of this truly great man the effluence of the one spirit. The young physician, enkindled by the poet Byron's plea, who went forth to participate in the heroic struggle for the independence of Greece, who later carried aid to the struggling Polish army in Prussia, gave his hand and voice to the cause of abolition, enlisted in the work of the Sanitary Commission, inter- ceded in Greece for the struggling Cretans,—this man was not an adventurer lured into action by the attractions of romance. Every Macedonian cry was an appeal to his sympathy, and he gave himself prodigally to every cause affecting the welfare of humanity. It was his passion for justice that called out his sympathy and endeavor for struggling humanity everywhere. And when the alarm of battle and the tumult of the nations ceased, he turned to other fields where men were held in bondage. That pilgrimage to Han- over, N. H., where Laura Bridgman seemed doomed to a life of impenetrable darkness and unbroken silence offered a field of service for the young physician compared with which the liberation of Greece might seem a trivial task. And how nobly he wrought and how well he succeeded, we need not here be told. He also recognized as Dickens did when describing the idiotic Barnaby Rudge that the absence of a soul in a living man is far more terrible than in a dead one. And to this must be added the interest in defective children, which led to the establishment of the Massachusetts School for Feeble-minded Youth. No other American toucherl the heart of Dickens and won his reverence so thoroughly as Dr. Howe whom he recognized as one of the greatest men produced by our American civilization when men are tested by their purposes and by their unselfish work for humanity in hitherto untrodden paths. And truly does he say, after describing Dr. Howe's work for the blind: "There are not many persons, I hope and believe, who after reading these passages can ever hear that name with in- — —

i63 difference." The words of the sacred dramatist are not amiss when applied to him, "I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out. I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth."

This is the man whose spirit rises ever before us on occasions like this, and as I contemplate the services of this man in this presence, I cannot resist the temptation to preach a bit by making a few observations on his life of broad sympathy and far-reaching influence. That sentiment which resounded through many a Roman amphitheatre in the early days and elicited thunderous applause, "I am a man, and nothing that concerns humanity is foreign to my heart," was a sentiment which might often have passed the lips of Dr. Howe. For the universality of his interests is manifested in the varied causes which called forth his enthusiasm and his endeavor. To him

—Mankind was one in spirit, and an instinct bears along, Round the earth's electric circle, the swift flash of right or wrong; Whether conscious or unconscious, yet Humanity's vast frame

Through its ocean-sundered fibres feels the gush of joy or shame; In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.

There was no provincialism in his nature. The foreigner who arrived in the steerage with all his earthly belongings done up in a bed ticking and a red handkerchief was neither a loathing nor a dread to him; he knew they did not represent the off-scouring of Europe. They had a pair of willing hands, they had true hearts, they cherished in their souls noble traditions of a glorious history. He had seen them when their souls were creeping to the awful verge of manhood, prompted by an energy divine; he knew there was nothing to fear from the men of Italy, who had followed the states- manship of Cavour and Mazzini and the strenuous fortune of Gari- baldi; from the men of Hungary, who battled with Kossuth; from the men of Poland, who fought under de Kalb and Kosciusko; from the Scandinavian, in whom dwelt the spirit of the great Gus- tavus; or from the men of Holland, who enjoyed constitutional lib- erties when England was yet a despotism and harried the Pilgrim and the Puritan out of the land. He saw in these men Pilgrims,

who had the misfortune of coming in a later boat, that is all. He would not judge them beings of a lower order because they wore 164

a strange but picturesque garb, ate with their knives instead of

their forks and had customs and habits which were strange but in no wise more repugnant than seme of ours. He reached out to the souls of men and had learned the one touch of nature which makes the whole world kin. Then, too, there was no shallow sentimentalism in his nature. He wept no tears of ineffectual sorrow. His constant aim, as the

present director has put it with reference to the work of this institution, was to raise men from a condition of dependence to one of independence, to make them self-supporting and self-respecting through a broad and wise system of education. Sentimental folk

weep over the pathetic incidents in the life of Uncle Tom, they

follow Jeannie Deans with anxious heart all the way from Edin-

boro' to London, where she goes to plead for the life of her sister

EfiSe before the Queen, their agony is great when they hear the mad ravings of the shattered, ruined Margaret in the tragedy of Faust. There the sentimental folk stop. But the man of true sympathy goes forth from such scenes to break shackles, to thunder against

tyrannies and to improve the lot of men. It is not sentimental

tears that the world wants, it is not intangible sympathy that institutions like this one need. To sigh for a wayside beggar and toss a nickel in his cap may not be reprehensible, but to take that beggar, stand him on his feet and send him forth with the capacity to win

his o\ATi livelihood, that is a divine work. The first represents charity, the last represents rights—rights to which every man in

this world is entitled.

If every child with five senses has an inalienable right to the de-

velopment of his powers and capacities, if the state of Massachu- setts makes it obligatory upon every municipality to educate its children and fit them for a life of independence and service, then an institution like this has a right to be and must be, if the rights of men are equal. This institution has a sovereign right to make

its appeal to the munificence of the state and to the generosity of the philanthropist, not on the low ground of charity but on the high ground of justice. The greater the limitation of a class, the larger is the obligation of the state and the man of wealth and talent to that class.

That I believe was the motto of Dr. Howe's life in the light of his activities. Provincialism and sentimentalism had no place in his nature. Universality of sympathy, a passion for right and jus- —

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tice towards men in foreign lands struggling for liberty and for those in this land who began the race of life handicapped by limitations from which we do well to pray God that those dear to us may be delivered. Right here in this assembly should be many to covet

this great man's spirit, who expressed in all his life the longing of the poet who

Lived to hail that season, By gifted minds foretold, When man shall Hve by reason, And not alone for gold; When man to man united, And every wrong thing righted, The whole world shall be lighted As Eden was of old. Lived for the cause that needs assistance. For the wrongs that need resistance. For the future in the distance. And the good that he might do.

At the close of his inspiring remarks the children were ready with their models, which they proudly exhibited in illustration of a boating trip among the reeds and rushes. The well-modelled boat and oars, the cat-tail,

the lily resting on its pad and the basket supposedly woven from rushes hardly needed words of explanation

to tell their meaning. The pretty games and songs of the children, which followed, expressive of the innocent

merriment of childhood, showed these little ones at some of their most joyous moments and brought tender an- swering smiles to the faces of the onlookers who rejoiced at the happiness, which the kindergarten has given to

these otherwise sunless little lives. They sang their merry melodies and danced gaily about the stage, acting out the words of the songs,—riding, rowing, gathering flowers, playing in the orchard or swinging under the

trees. But all too soon "Game Hour in the Kindergar- ten" was over, and the children filed slowly away, leaving on the stage only the members of the kinder orchestra, i66 who assembled at the front of the platform and played a kinder symphony by Lachner, in a very spirited manner. This marked the close of the kindergarten exercises, and the little ones gave place to the older pupils who continued to show the work of the school along more advanced lines, —achievements which have usually come with the incentive of a successfully completed kindergarten course. Too much value cannot be ascribed to such a foundation in the education of blind children, nor can sufficient gratitude be expressed to the good friends of the little school, through whose generosity its prosperity and welfare have been assured.

All which is respectfully submitted by

FRANCIS H. APPLETON, WILLIAM LEONARD BENEDICT, WILLIAM ENDICOTT, PAUL. REVERE FROTHINGHAM, CHARLES P. GARDINER, N. P. HALLOWELL,

J. THEODORE HEARD, EDWARD JACKSON, GEORGE H. RICHARDS, WILLIAM L. RICHARDSON, RICHARD M. SALTONSTALL,

S. LOTHROP THORNDIKE,

Trustees. — —

KINDERGARTEN FOR THE BLIND.

NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR.

Though nought avails our pity for the past, With records closed and filed,

One deed there is, all others shall outlast, To help a httle child!

To reach out lengthening arms, whose molding might No barriers can abate: For they who guard the bud from touch of blight, Shall save the harvest's fate. —Edith H. Kinney.

To the Board of Trustees.

Gentlemen:—In bidding farewell to the year which

is just closed, I deem it incumbent upon me to take a retrospective view over the past twelve months and give some account of what has been done in the course of that period, together with the thoughts called out by the subject and some suggestions for increasing the usefulness and enhancing the success of our work. At the opening of the school year the more advanced pupils, 14 in number, were transferred to the Perkins Institution at South Boston. There are at present no children registered in our books. Of these 54 belong to the kindergarten proper and 56 to the primary department. The general health of the children has been good. During the year there have been eight cases of chicken —

1 68 pox, eight of rubella, two of mumps, one of membranous croup, one of appendicitis and one of inflammatory rheumatism. No deaths have occurred and no diseases of distressing character have invaded our premises.

It is gratifying to be able to report that the school has

reached a high degree of efficiency and that its ministrations are more beneficent now than ever before. We are constantly receiving testimonials of appreciation of the excellence of the work of the kindergarten, the extent

of its influence in the education of the blind and the

skill and loving service of the teachers and matrons.

Advantages Afforded by the Kindergarten.

The lofty oak from a small acorn grows, And to skies ascends with spreading boughs;

As years increase, it shades th' extended plain. —Louis Duncombe.

The kindergarten has been firmly rooted and is steadily growing. It has already become a centre of rational education and a source of intellectual and moral light to a large number of the victims of blindness who live in perpetual physical darkness. Its mission is unique,

its influence far-reaching and momentous and its beneficence broad and fruitful.

It is hardly possible to overestimate the value of the

educational advantages, which the little sightless children enjoy at the juvenile school. Here they are placed under right conditions for physical, mental and spiritual development. Here they grow and expand in accordance with the laws of their being. This is the place

Where every day The cheerful play Of love and hope and courage comes

HOLD THE FORT. —

169 to them. Here they are trained to adjust themselves to their environment and to reahze their possibihties. Here they are fitted for the larger work of school and life, while their spontaneous and impulsive actions are turned to educational account. Here the ample grounds give them plenty of room for exercise. They run and play about as freely as seeing children, roaming over the grass and among the trees, picking fruit and listening to the song of birds. Thus they study nature in the spring and autumn, while in the winter they slide and skate on the ice, roll snow balls and construct toy forts. Last winter they had uncommon opportunities for applying their energies and skill in the latter direction and they improved them with eagerness and delight. They built a good sized snow fort, which is well illustrated in the two pictures inserted on the opposite page. The following description of it was written by William Hol- brook, one of the pupils of the third grade in the primary department for boys:

We began our fort in January. We rolled some large balls for the foundation on the fixst day. We commenced early in the morning, and worked all our free time until four o'clock, when we poured water upon them and left them over night. The next day was warm, and we had very good rolling. The boys made ten or twelve balls which were placed on top of the foundation walls. On this day, two boys rolled a very large ball, weighing several hundred pounds. In the afternoon it was broken into several smaller ones which were placed on the fort. Several weeks of cold -weather came, and we could not iinish our work. But at last, on the twenty-first of January, we could roll snow balls once more. We worked as fast as we could, cut out a door about four feet high, and plastered up the walls nicely. About five o'clock we decided to call the fort finished. It was

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We thought we should Hke to have some fun after our labor. We chose James Morang for our captain, and on Washington's birthday raised a flag over the fort. We had a joyous time all day. In a hard snow-ball fight Capt. Morang and his men won.

During the last eighteen years no agency has exerted a wider and more salutary and uplifting influence upon the education of the blind than the kindergarten. To the correctness of this statement the results of the work of the juvenile school bear abundant testimony.

The Corps of Teachers and Other Officers.

Peace here; grace and good company. Shakespeare.

When the kindergarten was reorganized in 1899 and the heads of the several households were placed on a footing of equality, all causes of discord ceased and peace and harmony have prevailed ever since. According to this arrangement each housekeeper was left free to manage the affairs of her family without the least interference from any person occupying a similar position, all matters requiring special attention being referred to the headquarters at South Boston. This plan proved to be right in principle and simple in practice and has worked admirably. It has done excellent service and produced results far beyond our antici- pations. Those results are shown in increased economy, order and efficiency. A spirit of good will has prevailed, and there has been an earnest desire for mutual understanding and hearty cooperation among the teachers and other officers. The work of the various departments of the kindergarten has been done in a very satisfactory manner. 171

It is only just and fair to state that the matrons and instructors have labored assiduously and to the best of their ability to promote the welfare and happiness of the children committed to their care. There has been among them concord of views and unison of action in all matters pertaining to the performance of their respective duties. We have been peculiarly fortunate in securing a corps of teachers and caretakers, whose superiors whether as to ability and loyalty or devotion and disinterested- ness can hardly be found. It consists of four matrons and three assistants; eight kindergartners and primary teachers; five instructors in music, and three in manual training. They have been chosen with great care and are thoroughly trained and adequately equipped to perform well the work assigned to them. There has been but one change in the staff of instructors during the past year. Miss Katherine Sweeney, who has rendered faithful service for three years as first teacher in the primary department for boys, declined a reappointment last June and has since married. Miss Angle L. Tarbell, a young woman of good abilities, reserved force of character and experience in her profession, has been chosen to succeed Miss Sweeney.

Legacies and Gifts to the Kindergarten.

The benedictions of these covering heavens Fall on their heads hke dew. —Shakespeare.

Much as has been already accomplished in the effort

to supply the little blind children with proper care and to give them the advantages of an early education, much more remains to be done. I 72

Unquestionably the kindergarten is already well developed and does a splendid work, keeping its doors wide open to those who seek admission and providing them with a beautiful home and with excellent opportunities for physical, mental and spiritual improvement.

It occupies a foremost rank in our scheme of education and has won the hearts and hands of many benevolent people. But, notwithstanding all this, the juvenile school is far from being as complete as it ought to be.

Its pressing needs and reasonable requirements are still numerous. It should possess a central or administration building, two schoolhouses, adequate accommodations for the departments of manual training and of music, a separate gymnasium for each sex, a commodious concert hall, a library and a museum. These features are at present lacking and they must be supplied in the immediate future or the work of the institution will have to be carried on under serious limitations and at great disadvantage.

It is scarcely necessary to observe that a large amount of money is needed for the erection and equipment of these buildings, and this money must be raised, because we have none in our treasury that can be spared for these purposes. Furthermore the endowment fund must be increased to an amount, which will not only yield an income large enough to cover current expenses, but also to supply the means for future improvement and for the extension of the field of operations. The completion of this fund is indispensable. Nothing less than this consummation can place the kindergarten on a firm basis and secure the permanent continuance of its work in a high degree of efficiency without the hard necessity of resorting to annual appeals for subscriptions. These subscriptions naturally can be prevented from falling off . 173 more rapidly than they do only by strenuous efforts and never-ceasing solicitations. In view of these facts we are eager to obtain the means required for the fulfilment of the above described purposes. The main sources, upon which we depend for the success of our endeavors in this direction, are the legacies and special gifts, with which the kindergarten is favored from time to time. It is therefore with a sense of profound gratitude that we acknowledge the receipt of several, which have been given to us during the past year. Our treasurer has received from Messrs. Richard H. Dana and William H. Herrick, executors of the will of Mrs. Mary Longfellow Greenleaf, late of Cam- bridge, the sum of $2,157.75, being the balance of a legacy of $5,000 left by Mrs. Greenleaf to the kindergarten. Miss Sarah W. Taber, late of Roxbury, Massachu- setts, bequeathed the sum of $1,000 to the kindergarten and this amount has been received from Mr. Frank E. Smith, the executor of her will. Mr. Smith has also paid to our treasurer the sum of $i22.8"i from the estate of Mrs. Harriet Taber in addition to her legacy of $500, the receipt of which was acknowledged in our last annual report. Miss Ellen Maria Jones, whose death was noticed a year ago, remembered the kindergarten in her will with a legacy of $500, which has been promptly paid to us by the executor of her estate. Mrs. Mary Abbie Newell bequeathed to the kindergarten the sum of $500, which has been paid to us by the executor of her will, Mr. Augustus T.Jenkins. Owing partly to her natural love for children, but mainly to her exemplary affection for her late husband, Mr. Andrew H. Newell, who lost his sight while pursuing his hon- 174

orable career as a successful merchant, Mrs. Newell proved herself to be a true and devoted friend of our pupils and a generous contributor to the cause qf their education. From the residue of the estate of Miss Caroline T. DowNES, late of Canton, Massachusetts, we have received the sum of $600, which, added to the amount previously paid to our treasurer, brings the total of her bequest up to the sum of $12,950. Finally we acknowledge the receipt of a legacy of $50 under the w^ill of Miss Anna Russell Palfrey, late of Cambridge, whose loyal devotion to the kindergarten dates back to the time of its establishment and of whose death fitting mention is made in another part of this report.

These legacies will be preserved intact for all time to come as fitting monuments to the blessed memories of those whose names are affixed to them. Side by side with these bequests stand the gifts of a number of living champions of our cause, who never forget it or fail to assist it liberally and to whose donations we cannot refrain from referring here. Foremost among the annual contributors are Mrs. Annie B. Matthews and Miss Sarah M. Fay, who have again shown during the past year that their interest in the welfare of the kindergarten is as strong as ever, each adding the sum of $1,000 to the. fund which is known under her name. Few persons continue to do so much for the cause of the little sightless children as these two sisters. They have been stanch friends and firm supporters of our juvenile school from about the time when the corner-stone of its first edifice was laid, and thev wdll always be remembered with great joy and deep gratitude. !

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The annual catalogue of the generous benefactors of the blind is as extensive as usual. It comprises the honored names of Miss Mary S. x^mes, Mrs. Charles W. Amory, Mrs. Joseph Brewer of Milton, Mrs. Henry C. Clark of Worcester, Mrs. Z. Marshal Crane of Dalton, Mr. Zenas Crane of Dalton, Mrs. George. A. Draper, Mrs. Samuel Eliot, Mrs. Francis C. Foster of Cambridge, Mr. Henry H. Fay, Mr. George A. Gardner, Miss Clara Hemenway, Miss H. W. Kendall, Mrs. Marcus M. Kim- ball, Mr. Charles Larned, Mrs. Joseph Lee, Mrs. Thorn- ton K. Lothrop, Miss Amelia Morrill, Miss Fanny E. Morrill, Mrs. Leopold Morse, the Misses Peabody of Cambridge, the late Mr. Francis H. Peabody, Mr. Wallace L. Pierce, Mrs. Winthrop Sargent, the Misses Sohier, Mrs. Mahlon D. Spaulding, Mrs. Bayard Thayer of Lancaster, Mr. Charles A. Welch and Mrs. Charlotte F. Woodman of Cambridge.

This is by no means a complete register of the names of those who have gladly assisted the cause of the little blind children during the past year. There are hundreds of others who have proved their deep interest in the kindergarten by regular and unfailing annual subscriptions to its funds and whose names, together with the amount of their respective contributions, are printed in the several lists of acknowledgments, which may be found in another part of this report. The duty of giving was never better nor more wisely and conscientiously performed by any class of people than by these representatives of the ideals of New Eng- land generosity and philanthropy. Fortunate is the land which bears such sons and daughters! Happy is the community which includes among its own members the men and women whose honored names are to be found in the noble record of the benefactors of the blind 176

Appeal to Annual Subscribers.

Whatsoever thing thou doest To the least of mine and lowest, That thou doest unto me. —Longfellow.

To the friends of the little blind children: At this season of the year when the people of our great and prosperous country are rejoicing in the abundance of the harvest, it is fitting that we also should give thanks for the good things which have come to the kindergarten. Our pupils have been blessed with health, the work of the school has been carried on with success, legacies and gifts have been received from philanthropic men and women. Hence the day of national thanksgiving finds us grateful for these blessings and for the interest shown in our sightless children by so many good and true friends. One feature of the situation gives us serious anxiety. The annual subscriptions and donations are gradually decreasing. The amount contributed during the year 1905 was $1,380.16 less than that for the year 1902. Yet no diminution of interest in the w^ork of the school has

been apparent. The friends of the little blind children are as loyal to them as ever and speak with the same enthusiasm of the excellence of their training. We believe therefore that this falling off in the annual sub-

scriptions is due in great measure to the mistaken notion that the kindergarten no longer needs assistance. Un-

fortunately this is not the case. It is true that we have been favored in recent years with several substantial legacies and gifts. For these we are deeply grateful. They have enabled us to purchase additional land, to erect a new building for the girls and to make other much needed improvements. A great part of the funds

177 generously contributed has been spent in this way, yet much more remains to be done. Several buildings are needed and cannot be erected until a sufficient sum of money is secured. To use the endowment fund for building purposes would be extremely unwise, since this would leave the kindergarten without any reliable source of income for its support. We have frankly stated the facts in order that our friends and benefactors of past years, and the public in general, might understand the situation clearly. We must remind them furthermore that the cost of education is everywhere increasing, since the standard is constantly growing higher. The expense of teaching the blind is necessarily great, as many things, which the ordinary child learns by observation and almost unconsciously, must be imparted to the little blind boy or girl by special methods, sometimes by tedious processes. Yet they have the same thirst for knowledge as seeing children, while their need of it is even greater, owing to their affliction. They ask us for their human birthright, the birthright of every child in a country whose welfare depends on the intelligence of its individual citizens. Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe struck the keynote of our American thought on this subject when he uttered the following, words: "We do not consider blind children as mere objects of charity, but as members of the rising generation whose claims upon us for an education are of the strongest nature, and not to be resisted upon the ground of difjictdty or expense.'" On the opposite page is inserted a picture showing Thomas Stringer, as he stood examining an automobile with his wonderful fingers. The intelligence of the bright, upturned face with its sightless eyes, the quiet strength of the erect young figure furnish a better proof of the 178 beneficent work of the kindergarten than a thousand volumes could do. Though deaf, dumb and blind, this young lad is indeed a member of the rising generation, thanks to the man who rescued Laura Bridgman and to the happy child-garden at Jamaica Plain. What greater privilege can there be than to bring such light into a human face, into a human Hfe ? The kindergarten offers this privilege to the people of New England, ever eager since the commencement of their history to extend the sum of human knowledge. You who have given so generously in the past, will you not help us to maintain and enlarge your work, will you not interest others in it? We ask confidently for your assistance, since we have never appealed in vain for means to carry on the school. If every one who reads this plea will do what he can to help the kindergarten, we may hope ere long to have it fully equipped and housed with the dignity befitting its noble mission and high standing in the community.

Legacy of Mrs. Jane' Roberts.

She is our wonder and astonishment, Has built herself a perpetual monument.

' —Milton.

During the early days of the kindergarten, when its financial support was by no means assured and its future prosperity was only dimly foreshadowed in small be- ginnings, the little school was fortunate in counting among its stanch friends and adherents, Mrs. Jane Roberts of Jamaica Plain. This lady died in November, 1889 and remembered the kindergarten substantially in her will. 179

She was the daughter of Mary Dawson Curran and Robert Curran of Whitehaven, England, and was born

January 29, 1801. Her father was a ship captain and commanded the Lapwing, which was captured by the Spaniards in 1809. He was released and returned to Liverpool, but on a subsequent voyage he was probably shipwrecked, as he was never heard from again. His daughter Jane was married in Liverpool in 1827 to Mr. William B. Roberts of Merriontshire, Wales, and soon afterwards the young couple came to this country, arriving and settling in New York. In 1838 they moved to Jamaica Plain, where Mr. Roberts soon became well known as an expert gardener and florist, many of the older estates bearing testimony to his skill. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts were regular attendants at the Baptist church and were everywhere respected for their integrity and public spirit. Mr. Roberts died in October, 1887, and his wife survived him for only two years.

In her will, provision was made for a son who had not been heard from for many years and was believed to be dead, but the bulk of her property was left in trust to her son, William Henry Roberts, who had been the stay and comfort of his mother's declining years, with the proviso that at his death "the remainder of the trust shall be paid or conveyed to the Perkins Institution for the Blind to be expended or invested for the benefit of and support of the Kindergarten for the Blind." Mr. William Henry Roberts, the son of the testatrix, was of a roving disposition in his younger days and spent many years at sea; but later he lived quietly with his parents and engaged in business as an upholsterer. He was very much attached to his mother, and at her death he closed the house entirely, refusing to allow any change in the arrangement of any article of furniture. He i8o

placed a cot for himself in his workshop making that his home, and the closed house on Green street, showing

no signs of life, gave no hint of this single occupant at

its rear, who made use only of . the back entrance on Seavems avenue. Always of a retiring nature, he became more and more a stranger to his kind. He was seldom seen upon the street and to the younger generation was practically unknown; but to his acquaintances and friends he showed himself to be of a kindly disposition, and he could talk most entertainingly of his early adventures. His death occurred on the 25th of January, 1905, at the age of seventy-four years. Mrs. Roberts' generous gift to the kindergarten, which now becomes the property of that institution, has in-

creased during the intervening years until it has reached the magnificent amount of $76,400. This munificent legacy will form a permanent fund, the income of which will be used to further the interests of the little blind children, while the principal will remain intact and serve to perpetuate for years to come the fragrant memory of this beloved friend and benefactress, Mrs. Jane Rob-

erts, whose name will ever be remembered with heartfelt gratitude by the blind and by those enlisted in their cause. We cannot close this tribute to the memory of Mrs. Roberts without tendering our earnest thanks to the trustee

of her estate, Mr. J. Franklin Gammell, who took good care of the property and performed the duties of its manager w^ith strict honesty, fidelity and diligence. The accounts, which he submitted to the probate court at the end of each year, showed that the estate grew steadily in his hands. In another part of this report we publish a memorandum of the securities, which Mr. Gammell delivered to our treasurer. i8i

Mrs. William Appleton.

A whiter soul, a fairer mind,

A 'life with purer course and aim, A gentler eye, a voice more kind. We may not look on earth to find. —Oliver Wendell Holmes.

The kindergarten has lost one of its stanchest friends and most constant benefactors by the decease of Mrs. Emil^ Warren Appleton, widow of WiUiam Appleton, who died at her residence, No. 76 Beacon street, on the twenty-ninth day of May, 1905, at the ripe age of eighty- seven years. Born in Boston of distinguished ancestry, Mrs. Appleton was noted for those qualities, which are most esteemed in New England character. She was a woman of many virtues—of rare integrity and a high sense of honor. Her disposition was at once gentle, generous and self- sacrificing. A widow for many years, going but little into society, she lived very quietly, happy in the love and devotion of her children. She was very reluctant to appear in public affairs, but her influence, exerted in hidden works of charity, was far reaching. She was so modest and unobtrusive that she seemed to dwell in an atmosphere of her own above the mists and vapors of fashionable society. Her whole life and conduct were an outward visible sign of inward and spiritual grace by which she was illumined. She was a shining star in the firmament of benevolence, and her lamp burned with a clear and steady flame always lighting before her the path of duty and honor. Mrs. Appleton gave liberal assistance to many humane and educational institutions and worthy persons. She was one who spent little for herself and much for others. -

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Indeed, she never turned a deaf ear to an appeal made to her in behalf of a good cause. The Episcopal city mission, the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and the kindergarten for the blind were the three beneficent enterprises, which were nearest to her heart and ever present in her mind. At the time of the foundation of the juvenile school for little sightless children, Mrs. Appleton became one of its most generous patrons and strongest supporters

and remained such to the last day of her noble life. She

opened to it both her purse and her house where meetings of many kinds were held in behalf of the kindergarten.

She also rendered valuable personal service, first as one of the original members of the ladies' visiting committee and afterwards as its honored and efficient president. Her annual gifts to the kindergarten formed a permanent fund amounting to $13,000. To this sum she added a bequest of $5,000.

Owing to ill health and to the effects of advancing age, Mrs. Appleton was compelled a year ago to send in her resignation from the office of president of the visiting committee. This her associates and coworkers received with sincere sorrow and profound regret; in accepting it they passed the following resolutions:—

Resolved, that we have received with deep emotion and with a keen sense of irreparable loss the announcement of the resignation from office of our honored and respected president, Mrs. William

Appleton, on account of the condition of her health. During all the active years of a long and noble life, Mrs. Appleton has been indefatigable in doing good and in striving to make the world better than she found it. Nearly twenty years ago she espoused the cause of the little blind children and has been ever since an earnest advocate and stanch supporter of every movement aiming at its advancement. She was one of the original founders and a most i«3 valuable and efficient member of the ladies' visiting committee, as well as its esteemed and beloved president. Modest and unassuming by nature, she was wise in counsel, firm in her convictions, yet careful not to force these upon others, clear in judgment, upright in every relation and of sterling character. She has conducted the business of our committee with dignity and courtesy, and we shall miss sadly her genial, kindly and inspiring presence at our meetings. We feel especially thankful that in the fine discrimination, with which she has given her aid, time and influence to many humane and educational societies, the kindergarten for the blind has been always regarded by her as worthy of her special attention and of her cordial support. Resolved, that we deplore most sincerely Mrs. Appleton's retirement from the presidency of our committee and that we desire to convey to her the assurance of our heartfelt sympathy with her in her illness and our earnest wishes for the recovery of her health. Resolved, that the secretary be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mrs. Appleton.

A few months after receiving these resolutions, in v^hich her long and invaluable services to the cause of the little sightless children were justly and appropriately recognized, Mrs. Appleton passed away, deeply lamented not only by her family and friends, but by a large number of people to whom she had greatly endeared herself by her lovable nature and charitable deeds. We feel keenly the loss, which the kindergarten has sustained in the death of this unassuming and self-for- getting philanthropist and which no words can measure. We fully realize that our enterprise has been deprived of one of its most loyal friends. We have had the privilege of an intimate acquaintance with her during the last fifteen years. Her unfailing interest in our efforts in

behalf of the blind made it necessary for us to meet her now and then and to correspond with her frequently. Thus we have had a good opportunity to observe how —

i84 liberal and thoughtful she was, and to see how much she did for man and beast. Her life was indeed beneficent and fruitful and embodied the best traditions of her native city. Although she was very reticent and habitually self-effacing, we could not help noticing that she possessed an exhaustless fund of sympathy, a "heart wide as life, deep as life's deepest woe." We have known of a large number of charitable acts performed by her in a quiet and unostentatious way, and we avail ourselves of this occasion to bear testimony to her bountiful generosity and to lay on the altar of her blessed memory a ^weath of reverence and gratitude.

Our honored friend is gone from us. We can no longer receive the benediction of her presence; but the in-

spiring influence of a life like hers can never be extin- guished. It will live forevermore

In minds made better by her presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn Of miserable aims that end in self.

Annual Reception at the Kindergarten.

The many chambers seemed full of welcomes. —Longfellow.

The annual reception at the kindergarten was held by the ladies of the visiting committee on Monday after-

noon, April 24, at three o'clock. The conditions were most favorable, and all circumstances combined to make the occasion a truly perfect one in every particular and thoroughly enjoyable not only to the guests but to those responsible for its success, including the little pupils who take great pleasure in filling the post of hosts and hostesses. The children were radiant with health i85

and happiness, the day was charmingly clear, and both indoors and out the thronging friends of the school exclaimed over the beauties of their environment. The spacious grounds were delicately tinted with fresh ver- dure, and within the houses the school-rooms were like conservatories with their array of thrifty plants, forming a pleasing and appropriate background for the little human blossoms, clustered around the low tables, intent upon their allotted tasks. Every phase of the regular daily life of the school was represented in the different classrooms. Here the ab- sorbing occupations of the kindergarten were engaging the tiny fingers of the latest comers; there the sterner

realities of arithmetic or geography were being wrestled with by those who had left behind them the charms of

Froebel's gifts; or again some of the little students were so entranced by the gems of literature which they were reading from raised print with flying fingers that they were

almost oblivious to the unusual stir of their surroundings. Many of the visitors lingered long in the schoolrooms, engrossed in watching the busy little folk, while some found more enjoyment in wandering about the premises and inspecting the buildings, admiring their perfect order and spotless cleanliness. But at 3.30 o'clock the children and guests gathered from every quarter of the estate in the central hall of the school, where the formal exercises of the day took place. The Hon. Francis Henry Appleton, who presided,, greeted the audience in a few well-chosen words and thanked the ladies of the visiting committee, in the name of the trustees, for their zeal and interest in the welfare of the school and for the honor which they had paid to the trustees in calling upon one of their members to pre-

side over this occasion. He then announced the first —

1 86 number on the programme a Kinder Symphony by Lachner, to be rendered by the kinder orchestra. This proved to be a bright and spirited selection, which was well played by a large and diversified band of youthful students; the instruments were of many kinds, including not only those designed for children's fingers, but others upon which older musicians might be proud to evoke such melodious strains. At the conclusion of this number a Spring Song by Sharpe was admirably sung by a class of boys, and at its close a trio for the pianoforte, a Gavotte by Baker, was delightfully rendered by three little girls, Catherine Kelly, Edna Abbott and Nettie Gray. The meed of praise accorded to each of these selections showed that the audience was keenly alive to the excellence of the children's work. The speaker of the afternoon, the Rev. W. H. Lyon, D.D., was then introduced and made the following admirable address:

Address of Rev. W. H. Lyox, D.D.

Mr. President, friends and teachers oj the School:—I have been wondering, as I sat here, just why I should be here, for I come without the sHghtest intention of giving instruction to any of these good people who are caring for this school so patiently and generously. Would I be so presumptuous as to tell them how to carry on the school? Not in the least. What can I say, then, to you? As I asked myself that question, I remembered that years ago I was leaving England on the steamer " Cephalonia," and as we got a day out some one saw smoke on the horizon. A steamer was coming. Of course we all rushed to the side of the ship and looked

off; and there the stranger was coming nearer and nearer, evidently steering toward us. Pretty soon word went around among the

passengers that it was the "Etruria," and that the Captain of the "Etruria" was a brother of the Captain of the "Cephalonia." Upon the bridge of the "Cephalonia" stood one brother, and, as our ship drew near, there stood the other brother on the bridge of the "Etruria." The ships did not slacken their pace, but as —

i87 the ships passed, the two brothers waved their hands to each other. I have my work that I am trying to do, you have your work, but we belong to the same Hne of steamers, and it is not for me to tell you what you ought to do, though I would be very glad indeed if you would get off your bridge and come over to mine and tell me what to do. So I come here and wave my hand to the brothers and sisters going on their way and doing their work so well and so generously.

I have been wondering, as I looked over the list of halls, whether they all have names, and whether you have a Livingston Hall. Now you are wondering why there should be such a name as Liv- ingston. Because Livingston went, and was among the very first to go, to open a way into the "Dark Continent." Here was this great world of Africa, with here and there along the coast a settlement, but nobody knew what there was inside, what great treasures lay hidden there, what possible civilization. Dr. Livingston came and he made his way into this darkness, and we all know what has come of the Hght he carried inside the "Dark Continent." So I think you ought to have a Livingston Hall, and when people ask you why it is so named you can say that Livingston was one of those who opened the way into darkness, and carried light, and

that this is what this blessed institution is for, to open the way into darkness and to carry light. Not long ago a little girl was walking through the streets of Boston with her mother, and they met a very singular woman, a very beautiful woman. She had on a garb that struck the child as being rather odd. She wore a black dress, and around her neck was a long string of black beads. At the bottom of the string of beads was a black cross, and on her head she had some sort of a curious bonnet or cap. Close around her face was a band of white; then she had on this cap flaring white

wings standing out on either side. The little girl said, "what sort of a woman was that?" The mother said, "a Sister of Char-

ity." "Well, which is she—is she Faith or Hope?" You see

the little child had heard, " And now abideth faith, hope and charity" and as many people are called Faith, Hope or Charity, she got the idea that they were three persons, and the sister of Charity

must be either Faith or Hope. The Sister was very tall, and the

little girl looked at her again and said, "what a tall woman Char-

ity must be!" The mother said, "why, you have never seen her!" i88

And the little girl said, "The greatest of these is Charity, and she must be the tallest of- the three sisters." Charity means love, and when anybody engages in a good work he must begin first of all and most of all with love; he must have an earnest affection for those for whom he works. When the work is very difl&cult he must have a great deal of faith that he can do it and that it will be worth doing. Then he must go to work with hope; so we must have all these three sisters in oui work. We must have a great love, and with it a great faith and hope. Now, evidently, my children, you have a great deal of faith and hope in you, for I am on the school committee in the town of Brookline, and, though I visit a great many schools, I have not seen a school anywhere that is so full of bright faces. I am reminded, as I look at the brightness of them, of the little boy who met a lady one morning who had just had a great happiness come to her; her face was very bright, her eyes were shining, and he said to her, " why Miss So and So, have you got a new face?" Her face, you know, as we say, was as "bright as a new dollar," and he thought that some- how or other she must have got over night in some way a new face. And I must say, my dear children, that you look as though you had new countenances every morning, as if each one woke up and said, "yesterday has gone, and today I am going to begin afresh and put on my very best new face." I will tell you a secret, children—there are more bright faces in the hall on this platform than there are off it. It is not simply because you are children. I sat through a dinner one evening not long ago, and right by my side sat a man whom nothing seemed to please; he was what we call a "pessimist." He thought that this was a pretty bad world and the people living in it were pretty bad people. At least they did not seem to be going his way. Right across the table from him sat two old men, and they were both blind, but their faces were just as happy as your faces are. I said to myself, " On which side of this table are the blind men? Is it simply the people whose eyes are blind or is it the people who can see with their eyes, but are so blind in their hearts that they cannot see the bright side of this world?" I judge that, although your eyes do not see, your hearts and your souls do see; you see, and I hope you always will see, the bright side of life. As long as you can see that you have the very best eyes that anyone can have; for this thing* and that thing may bring happiness, but a cheerful heart—that is happiness. —

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But I wonder if you have found out a certain philosophy that came to a man in the far west. He was a very rich man and owned acres upon acres of land. He raised thousands and thousands of bushels of grain. At last he met with reverses. He became a very poor man and he lost all his lands except a very few acres. He said to himself (being a very courageous and cheerful man), "Well

there is no use in my trying to raise grain on the few acres. I

cannot compete with the great grain-farmers. I will tell you what I am going to do on the land I have, I am going to plant my few acres with roses." He planted rose bushes and tended them, and when I last heard from him he was making more money off those few acres of rose plants than he had made out of his thousands of acres of grain land. Now I suspect, my children, that you are doing the talking now,—you are talking to these people down there, and you are saying, " You have the thousands of acres, you can raise crops perhaps that will load long, long trains of cars. We have only a few acres but we are raising roses, and we are getting more happiness out of our few acres of roses than many of you are raising off your great many acres of land."

Now, children, come on, right out into the world,—but it is a sunshiny day, so just now I will let you stay here; but some day,

when it is cloudy, and when the market turns the other way, and stocks are not quite so high as now, when trade begins to go down

a little, and the good ladies cannot have as many new bonnets as they have had this Easter,—then I want you to go through the streets, carrying the best of sunshine that comes from a bright and cheerful

face, and I think it won't make much difference to the people who look at your faces, whether stocks are as high or bonnets are as

cheap or not. They will say, "why, we thought it was a cloudy

day, the weather bureau said it was going to rain, a thunder storm

was coming up,—but it is not true, for here comes the cheering sunshine!"

I do not know what the secret is but I do know that there is not one of us who will not go away from this school this afternoon better because he has seen you. Well, I suppose I was asked

here to tell these people they ought to give something to this school, in order to enable it to enlarge the field of its operations and to do more effective work, and here I am telling them what you have

given to them.—My speech is a failure and I am going to sit down. 190

When the applause, which expressed the appreciation of the audience for these interesting remarks, had died away, the president announced the next number on the programme, a song by Delibes, entitled Bees, which was very sweetly sung by a chorus of girls. Their fresh young voices, unaccompanied by any instrument, brought pleasure to all their hearers. Joseph Rodrigo then played well a solo on the pianoforte, Spring's Greeting by Porter, and this was followed by a charming little song, The

First Rose of Summer by Clayton Johns, sung by three little boys, Ludge Jean, Arthur Tousignant and Willis Whitcomb. James Ryan then played a solo for the violin. Cantilena by Bohm, a truly fine performance by this youthful musician. Five of the tiny little kindergarten girls sang very prettily a group of nature songs, among which was interposed a very pleasing recitation by the smallest one of all, eliciting a tender murmur of commendation from all her hearers. Herbert Brownell recited a little poem, Pussy Willow, with good effect, and the chorus, The Wind Flower by Miss Roeske, which was sung by the whole school, made an end to an entertainment, which was admirable in every particular and exceedingly gratifying to all the friends and patrons of the school. The president then called upon Mr.

Anagnos to tell something of the purposes and achievements of the institution, which he did in a brief statement of facts concerning the education of the blind and its results. Although the exercises were thus brought to a close many were loth to leave the scene of good cheer and lingered for additional conversation with the children and their teachers or to renew acquaintance with Tom Stringer who as a member of the more advanced school at South Boston was proud to be numbered among the audience 191 this year. When at last the guests dispersed it was with a feehng of distinct satisfaction and pleasure in the welfare and prosperity of the school and a renewed interest in furthering this beneficent initial work for the little sightless children, which is proving such a valuable ally in the education of the blind.

Ifn riDemortam,

Death of Friends of the Kindergarten.

Sad we count the vacant places

Made by every broken tie, One by one the friendly faces Leave us as the years go by. —Helene Callanan.

In the history of the past year are recorded the deaths of eleven of the devoted friends and generous benefactors of the little sightless children, who took a deep interest in the welfare of the kindergarten and contributed liberally to its support and progress. The list of the deceased comprises the honored and beloved names of Mrs. James Brewer Crane of Dalton, Massachusetts, Miss Sarah Vincent Dexter, Mrs. Joseph S. Fay, jr., Hon. William Henry Hodgkins, Mrs. Francis C. Manning, Mrs. M. W. Manning of Brooklyn, New York, Mrs. Frederick Spelman Nichols, Miss Anna Russell Palfrey, Miss Elizabeth W. S. Parkman, Mr. Francis Howard Peabody, and Colonel William Augustus Tower. Mrs. Mary E. Crane, widow of James Brewer Crane, died at her home in Dalton on the twelfth day of Oc- tober, 1904, in the sixty-sixth year of her age. She was born at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on the twenty-first of June, 1838, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 192

Noah W. Goodrich. Her husband was a brother of one of the distinguished benefactors of the blind, the late Zenas Marshall Crane, and was associated with him at Dalton in the manufacture of paper. Ever gracious and kindly, she possessed admirable qualities which endeared her to a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Like all the members of the Crane family, she took a deep interest in the cause of the little sightless children. Both Mrs. Crane and her beloved daughter, Mrs. Mary Crane Johnson, wife of the Rev. Herbert S. Johnson, were annual contributors to the fund for the support of the kindergarten. She believed firmly in the gospel of brotherly love and gave much of her thought, time and means to charitable, religious and educational work. She was president of the Berkshire county home for aged women and took a great deal of interest in the Pittsfield house of mercy and in foreign missions. She established an annual prize-speaking contest in the public schools of Dalton as a means of promoting education, cheerfully paying the expenses herself. She encouraged in young people all efforts for self-improvement, and her benefactions were numerous.

Surely she loved her kind

And strove to serve it too, And in her secret mind Adored the good and true.

The death of Miss Sarah Vincent Dexter, which occurred at Zermatt, Switzerland, on the third day of August, 1905, in the forty-second year of her age, is one of the severe bereavements that are keenly felt in this community. She was the daughter of the late Edward Amory and Sarah Ellen Dexter and belonged to one of the leading families of Boston. She was a woman of bright mind, tender feelings and sterling character. 193

Thoroughly imbued with the spirit of benevolence, she was a judicious dispenser of charity and responded freely to the appeals of such good causes as appeared to her worthy of assistance. Miss Dexter was a true friend of the poor and needy and was exceedingly generous in unostentatious ways, taking care habitually to keep from

the left hand the knowledge of what the right one was doing.

She always did what was right And had a sweet reward Of inward music and celestial light In beautiful accord.

The untimely death of Mrs. Rebecca R. Motley

Fay, wife of Mr. Joseph S. Fay, jr., which occurred at her residence. No. 169 Commonwealth avenue, on the fourth day of June last, was a distinct loss not only to the kindergarten but to many good causes. She was a lady whose sympathetic nature, unaffected manners and generous impulses won for her numerous friends. In the wide circle of her family and kindred, sorrow for her loss

deepens as the days pass, and the community is greatly poorer by reason of her death. Eager, enthusiastic and of quick intelligence, she was faithful to the best traditions or her ancestry. Belonging by birth and marriage to two of the leading families of Boston, she was imbued with the spirit of genuine but unostentatious philanthropy, which distinguished the best people of

New England. Goethe says that there is a courtesy

of the heart, which is akin to love and which rests on a deep moral foundation. Mrs, Fay possessed this quality

in full measure, and it showed itself in the gentleness of her manners, in thoughtfulness for others and a genuine

sympathy with those whose lot was cast on the dark side

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Of her it may be truly said that —

In her heart a fountain flowed,

And around it pleasant thoughts reposed, And s}'mpathies and feelings high Sprang like the stars in evening sky.

In sadness and with sincere regret we chronicle the loss which the little blind children have sustained in the decease of the Hon. William Henry Hodgkins, formerly mayor of Somerville and for two years a highly esteemed member of the senate of Massachusetts. He died at his summer home in Kennebunk, Maine, on the twenty- fourth day of September, 1905, at the age of sixty-five years. He showed deep interest in the kindergarten at the time when it was first established and has befriended it ever since in every way that was in his power. He was

the sole surviving trustee of the large estate of Mr. J. Putnam Bradlee at the time of the final settlement of its affairs. Thus the distribution of the residue of the property came under his management and he carried out faithfully the directions of the late Miss Helen Curtis Bradlee and provided most generously for the needs of

the little sightless children. It was through him that a munificent addition was made to the permanent fund, which Miss Bradlee established in their behalf and which stands as an enduring monument to her blessed memory. Major Hodgkins' services to the cause of the blind were invaluable and constitute a solid claim on our regard, remembrance and gratitude. He was a man of warm heart, strict honor, unimpeachable integrity and unswerv- ing firmness. He was respected and trusted by all who came in contact with him and loved by those who knew him best. There was nothing base or small Or craven in his soul's broad plan; Forgiving all things personal. He hated only wrong in man. ^95

Mrs. Abby Howard Manning, widow of Francis C. Manning, died at Cohasset on the twenty-first day of July, 1905. She was a woman of broad views, refined taste, tender feeHngs and philanthropic instincts. She united with great force of will and keenness of intellect the more valuable qualities of a warm heart and a strong sense of justice. The law of kindness was in her soul and beautified every act of her life. She did much for charity and both she and her daughters became deeply interested in the cause of the little blind children and bestowed substantial aid upon it. Mrs. Manning lived to the good old age of four score and eleven years.

And watched by eyes that loved her, calm and gentle Faded her last decHning years away: Cheerful she gave her being up, and went

To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent.

Mrs. Mary W. Manning, widow of Richard Henry Manning, died in Brooklyn, New York, on the thirtieth day of May, 1905, at the age of nearly ninety years. Of old New England stock, she was a most sincere, con- sistent, kind-hearted and generous woman. Of an even and sunny temper and extremely sympathetic disposition, she was beloved for her kindness and uniform courtesy. She always gave help and encouragement to the poor and needy or to those suffering from depression of spirits. Her presence was a blessing in her home, a ray of sunshine to the afflicted and a charm to every one with whom she came in contact. Although she led a quiet life and was unknown to fame, yet her name was writ large on the heart of many a suffering and forlorn person. She was ardently devoted to the cause of the blind and the deaf- blind, and assisted liberally many individual cases. Both Edith M. Thomas and Elizabeth Kobin were kindly remembered by her. It was through her munificence, — — —

196 that an edition of Miss Louisa M. Alcott's famous book Little Women was electrotyped and printed in three volumes for free distribution among the blind. The evening of Mrs. Manning's long and beneficent life was as beautiful as its day,—radiant with peace, full of good works and glowing with hope and love.

WTiy weep then for her, who having run The bound of man's appropriate years, at last Life's blessings all enjoyed, Hfe's labor done Serenely to her final rest has passed?

We were suddenly called to mourn the decease of Mrs. Elizabeth Louisa (Humphrey) Nichols, who died at her home in this city on the twenty-sixth day of Decem- ber, 1904, after a short illness. She was the widow of the late Frederick Spelman Nichols, who passed away three years ago. Mrs. Nichols was well known and highly respected in the community. She was liberal, public- spirited and absolutely free from self-seeking. She was to the last the loyal, helpful friend of the little blind children, and her contributions to the fund for the support of the kindergarten were as regular as her sympathy with them was warm. Gentle and sweet, generous and noble, keeping faith in her ideals always, Mrs. Nichols was indeed singularly fitted to enter on the "life more abundant" with all its exaltation and its peace and beauty. To her we may most appropriately apply the following words of the poet:

She had a natural, wise sincerity, A simple truthfulness, and these have lent her A dignity as moveless as the centre.

Miss Anna Russell Palfrey died at her home in Oxford street, Cambridge, on the seventh day of March, 1905, in the seventy-ninth year of her age. She was the daughter of the late Rev. John Gorham Palfrey, the —

197 well known clergyman and historian, who died in 1881. Miss Palfrey lived in the old homestead with her sisters, Sarah H. and Mary G. Palfrey, and had been much engrossed with them in literary work. When the kindergarten was established all three of them became its stanch friends and supporters and never ceased striving to promote its welfare. Miss Anna Palfrey's last gift to it was a legacy of fifty dollars. She was very charitable and possessed those traits of character, which inspire respect, confidence and affection. Her innate refinement and unbounded generosity endeared her to all about her. She inherited the intellectual strength of her ancestors, and one could easily perceive in her the distinct type of New England womanhood. She was

From her mother's knee Faithful and hopeful, wise in charity, Strong in grave peace, in pity circumspect.

By the death of Miss Elizabeth W. S. Parkman, which occurred at her home in Chestnut street on the sixteenth day of September, 1905, another link was broken between the present generation and the one which is fast passing from the stage. She was the beloved sister of the eminent historian, Francis Parkman, who died twelve years ago. She was a woman of warm heart, broad sympathies, generous disposition, exquisite refinement and sound judgment. Her devotion to her distinguished brother not only prolonged his life but helped him greatly in his work. It is doubtful if he could have accomplished so much had it not been for her care and encouragement. She was his intellectual companion as well as his loving sister and their life together was very beautiful. Miss Parkman took a deep interest in the welfare of the little sightless children, and in addition to other gifts she presented a pianoforte to the kinder- 198 garten. She bequeathed to her sex an example worthy of the best traditions of Boston. She was thoroughly sincere and entirely altruistic, thinking much more of others than of herself. No stain of selfishness nor desire for public life or distinction marred the beauty and simplicity of her character.

She was noble in every thought And in every deed.

In the death of Francis Howard Peabody, which occurred at his summer residence in Beverly Cove on the twenty-second day of September, 1905, at the age of seventy-four years, a life of genuine nobility, exemplary modesty, aclmowledged ability and conspicuous usefulness was ended. He was a veritable model of manhood, a gentleman in every fibre of his being. He was an im- pressive figure in the financial world, and his decease is a bereavement to the city and the country. Born and brought up in Springfield, Massachusetts, he came to

Boston almost a boy, and from the first he made his service and his influence felt in the business, civic and social life of this community. In banking matters he was an authority, and long before he became one of the three founders of the world-renowned firm of Kidder, Pea- body and Company (the other two being his brother Col. Oliver W. Peabody, and Mr. Henry P. Kidder), he w^as noted for his probity and forethought in all financial movements. He was quiet and unassuming and shunned publicity; yet whenever there was work to be done, whether philanthropic or for the public weal, he could be counted upon to pull a laboring oar, if assured that he might do so in the background. Although closely attentive to the duties of his calling and eminently successful in whatever he undertook to do as a financier, 199

he was much broader and finer than a mere business man. He possessed Hterary and artistic tastes of a high order and was a lover of music, and no mean musician him-

self. He was ever a supporter of those agencies and influences that had for their purpose the education and elevation of society. In the passing away of Mr. Peabody charity has lost a beneficent patron. His attention during the last years of his life was largely given to the necessities of the less fortunate. To no worthy appeal for assistance did he ever turn a deaf ear, but he followed with careful interest the careers of those whom he was

able to assist. To the cause of the little blind children he was a liberal contributor. His gifts to the kindergarten came as regularly as the return of the seasons of the year. Personally Mr. Peabody was a man of exquisite courtesy, of charming manners and of a most amiable disposition. Though along with his success

he has suffered his full share of the sorrows of life, he rose superior to them and never permitted them to em- bitter his natural kindliness or warp or weaken the strong fibre of his character. Few men have worn the proud

title of an American citizen with greater dignity or a

profounder sense of the responsibility that it imposes than he. To him belongs the credit of a true patriot, a sincere lover of his kind and a broad-minded helper of the afflicted and suffering meqibers of the human family. He occupied a large and worthy place in the city that he loved and one that cannot easily be filled. Calmness, sincerity, strength of intellect, moral steadfastness, a lofty devotion to duty, readiness to serve the public at any cost of time or strength, loyalty to friends and a tenderness in his domestic relations as rare as it was beautiful, these were the qualities that made the life of Francis Howard Peabody a rich and precious treasure. May —

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the memory of it be a sacred legacy to the youth of Boston for years to come.

This is the noblest truth sublime, The wisest thought of sages: Who lives to bless his age and time Has Uved for all the ages.

Another Hfe of long and steady usefulness was ended by the death of Colonel William Augustus Tower, which occurred at his beautiful home in Lexington on the twenty-first day of November, 1904, in the eighty- second year of his age. He was an excellent example of a self-made man, having risen from a clerkship in a small country store to the high position which he occupied in business circles. He was noted for strength and orig- inahty of character, yet this strength was combined with a geniality of manner and a kindliness of heart that en-

deared him to all who came in personal contact with him. He was exceedingly fond of children, and they loved him dearly. His charities were wide, generous and prudently bestowed. Both he and his benevolent daughter, Miss Ellen M. Tower, manifested great interest in the

cause of the little blind children and gave from time to time substantial assistance to the kindergarten. The following lines make a fitting ending to this brief tribute to the memory of Col. Tower:

So calm, so constant was his rectitude.

That by its loss alone we know its worth. And feel how true a man has walked with us on earth.

These dear friends, whose death we deplore very deeply, were unfailingly mindful of the needs of our juvenile

school and constant in their benefactions to it; they will be sadly missed and gratefully remembered for many 201

generations. Year after year the benefactors of the

little sightless children, who have done so much for them, are steadily passing away. Their ranks are rapidly thinning and we earnestly hope that others may be found

to fill the vacant places. May new friends be raised up who shall show a like spirit of benevolence toward the kindergarten and who will be willing to make strenuous

efforts in the time to come for the advancement of its

welfare and the increase of its usefulness.

Retirement of Mrs. Elizabeth Gary Agassiz.

Her high endeavors are an inward light That makes the path before her always bright. —Wordsworth.

We regret more deeply than words can express that

need of rest renders it necessary for Mrs. Elizabeth Gary Agassiz to relinquish the task of receiving money for the kindergarten. In 1888, when a branch of the ladies' auxiliary society was established in Gambridge, Mrs.

Agassiz was chosen as its treasurer and has held this

office ever since with exemplary fidelity, sound judgment, tireless industry and splendid results. The profound interest which this dear friend of the

little sightless children has taken in them came to her by inheritance and was intensified through study and observation. Both her grandfather, the merchant prince of Boston, Gol. Thomas H. Perkins, after whom the institution at South Boston was named, and her father, •the late Thomas G. Gary, who was for a long time a member of the board of trustees, were noted benefactors of the blind and earnest promoters of their cause. Im- bued with the spirit of her distinguished ancestors and obeying the promptings of her heart, Mrs. Agassiz has —

202 labored diligently and with unsurpassed assiduity for the welfare of this class of people and has spared no efforts in striving to aid them. She gladly undertook the work of providing the means for the support of the kindergarten and performed it with indefatigable energy and great devotion. Year after year she addressed a printed appeal to the citizens of Cambridge, asking their assistance for the relief of the afflicted members of the human family. These appeals, written in a simple and forceful style, were models of clearness of statement and cogency of argument and were attentively read. They made a deep impression upon the community and met with remarkable success. Owing in great measure to Mrs. Agassiz's efforts in

behalf of the little blind children, the Cambridge branch has been able to contribute towards the support of the kindergarten an average sum of $550 per annum, and by keeping the cause before the public in this locality has doubtless influenced benevolent persons to make special gifts as well as to remember the school in their wills. At a meeting of the ladies' visiting committee, held at

the residence of its president, Mrs. John Chipman Gray, the resignation of Mrs. Agassiz was accepted with sincere sorrow^, and the following resolutions were unanimously passed in recognition of her invaluable services to the cause of the blind:

Whereas our dear friend and esteemed colleague, Mrs. Elizabeth Gary Agassiz, has been obliged, owing to the condition of her health, to resign from the office of treasurer of the Cambridge branch of the ladies' auxiliary society of the kindergarten for the blind, therefore be it— Resolved, that we desire to express and place on record our deep appreciation of the value of her services during the seventeen years 203 of her stewardship, as well as of that broader philanthropy and public spirit, which have made her name known and honored throughout New England. Unsparing in her efforts to promote the cause of education and of humanity, she has added much to the renown of her native city and has won for herself a distinction not of her own seeking. She is made on a large pattern physically and mentally. A thorough gentle woman in the best and highest sense of the word, noble and dignified, yet ever amiable and courteous in manner, she possesses the charm of an ideal character, the principal traits of which are inflexible strength and firmness, combined with purity, kindness and sweetness. Although now living in retirement, she is greatly honored and beloved, her influence is widely felt, and her eagerness to be of use to her fellow men gratefully appreciated. Following in the footsteps of her distinguished ancestors, Mrs. Agassiz has always taken a profound interest in the welfare of the blind and has labored to better their condition with wisdom, perseverance and unfailing devotion. She accepted the task of serving the kindergarten with characteristic energy and enthusiasm, sparing neither time nor labor in the prosecution of the work. Her long connection with our committee and her services as the founder and treasurer of the Cambridge branch of the ladies' auxiliary society have been of the utmost benefit to the juvenile school and will always be gratefully remembered by her fellow members. Resolved, that we feel keenly the loss, which the auxiliary society has sustained by the retirement of a loyal and earnest worker, whose life and labors are a bright example and a source of inspiration to those fortunate enough to enjoy the privilege of her friendship and of association with her.

Mrs. Agassiz labored always with earnestness and efficiency in the fields of philanthropy and education. She was foremost in the movement for the higher education of women, which led to the estabHshment of Rad-

cliffe college. She was the first president of that insti-

tution, and to her influence is due its success and its position in the academic world. For many years the loving helpmeet of a famous man of science, she has 204 increased the lustre surrounding the name of Agassiz and won distinction for herself. The vacancy created by the resignation of Mrs. Agassiz from the office of treasurer of the Cambridge branch of the ladies' auxiliary society has been filled by the election of Miss Elizabeth G. Norton, who has kindly con- sented to serve the cause of the little blind children. We have every reason to believe that Miss Norton will perform the duties of the position with thoroughness and that she will achieve a success equal to that of her honored predecessor.

Let Us Work for Greater Progress.

Forward! let the heights you climb

Point men to heights still more sublime. —Mary M. Adams.

In closing this report we desire to express our sense of deep gratitude to every one of those who have in any way helped us to conduct the affairs of the kindergarten through another period of twelve months and to make preparations for enlarging the field of its operations and for increasing its usefulness. In entering upon the duties of a new year we have ample cause to be thankful for what has been already achieved and lies behind. "The past at least is secure."

But while we think of it joyfully and hold its treasures in our heart for aye, we must reach forward to the things before. In front of us lie the hills sunlit with promise of fairer fulfilments than the past could know. Let us then press onward to the goal of our aspirations. During the eighteen years that have elapsed since the establishment of the kindergarten we have come along in all kinds of weather, cheered by the sunlight that has —

205 fallen upon our path and passing through the shadows unscathed. Journeying on into the undiscovered days ahead of us, let us go forward with courage and with good cheer. What tonic there is in the fine unconcern of Emerson, when he sings

Nature shall mind her own affairs; I will attend my proper cares. In rain, or sun, or frost.

Respectfully submitted by

Michael Anagnos. —

WORK OF THE KINDERGARTEN.

Extracts from the Reports of the Teachers.

The work of the kindergarten scarcely needs explanation and certainly does not require justification or apology. A glimpse of some of its underlying principles, however, as expressed by the teachers in their annual reports, may serve to open the way to a better comprehension of the

breadth of its mission and the significance of its methods of training.

Kindergarten.

With joy and happiness the little children engage in the delightful employments which the kindergarten gifts and occupations afford, while thereby the tiny fingers become more supple, dexterous and sure in their grasp and the infantile minds expand normally and unconsciously under the vivifying influences of this most beneficent training. The kindergartners^ thus speak with enthusiasm of their work:

During the past year, which was remarkably free from interrup-

tions through illness, the children were able to receive the full benefit of the kindergarten course, and its excellent effects were evident in every way. Satisfactory progress was made by all the members of the class, but the youngest children did especially good work, proving that the earlier kindergarten training is instituted the more quickly will the spirit of the school be felt by the little pupils and the better will be the results. Much of the good seed sown in the childish hearts germinates so slowly that it does not manifest itself outwardly at once; but in the later school life of the pupils the effect of the kindergarten i& clearly visible. —

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Each season brings its especial joys into these Httle hves. The children are wide awake to the beauty and joyousness about them,

in which they are led to share as fully as possible, and every festivity

and holiday is made to play its part in completing the round of the pleasant year at the kindergarten.

Department of Primary Studies.

After the successful completion of the kindergarten

work the pupils begin the usual course of study, first in an elementary way in the intermediate classes of the kindergarten building and later in more advanced form in the primary department, from which they are promoted to the parent school at South Boston. The teachers have thus characterized the results in their department:

The literary studies in the intermediate class have included reading, writing, arithmetic, language, elementary science, history and geography. The lessons in school are supplemented by many walks and talks about nature and by visits to places of historic or literary

interest. Each excursion is made the topic of work in composition and thus becomes firmly impressed upon the minds of the children.

Great efforts have been made .to cultivate a love of nature, to stimulate the power of observation, to develop an appreciation of the best in literature and to inculcate high ideals of living. The children have shown deep interest in their studies, and their painstaking endeavors have been evident in the satisfactory results of the year's work.

Music Department.

Music affords real enjoyment to the blind. Even the little pupils of the kindergarten are glad to take up the study of singing and of several instruments. In these first years of school-life, it is none too early to begin to lay a foundation of musical knowledge and appreciation, from which much may be accomplished in after years. — —

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The teachers of music have given the following account of the work of their pupils:

Music finds many devotees among the little pupils at the kindergarten who spend many happy hours in singing and playing. From the time that they are taught the fundamental principles of the art until they are promoted to South Boston, they progress through a well-arranged course, beginning with learning to distinguish tones and going on to a point where they perform very creditably upon the pianoforte and perhaps on some other instrument. The daily singing class offers an opportunity for concerted workj and the children heartily enjoy the two- and three-part songs which they have learned. At certain times they have listened with pleasure to sketches of famous composers. Very satisfactory results have been attained n the study of music during the past year.

Department of Manual Training.

In order that the education of these children may be thorough and symmetrical from its very beginning, a full course of manual training is provided at the kindergarten. It follows pedagogical lines and is found to be a very helpful and well-nigh indispensable agency for training the childish hands and brains to work in conjunction. The achievements of the pupils in this direction have been thus summarized by the teachers :

Both boys and girls have entered with enthusiasm into the work in sloyd, the younger ones beginning with pliable materials, the older ones taking up the course in wood-sloyd, and the older girls the admirably arranged course in sewing. Each branch in this department awakens the keen interest of the children and fills an important mission in developing hand and brain. For those who are less strong physically or mentally a special course of carefully arranged exercises has been instituted for the purpose of arousing the intellect to the fullest extent and of producing muscular control. The completed articles show that the year has been a fruitful one in this department of work. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Again it is our privilege and pleasure to pay grateful tribute to Dr. E. G. Brackett, Dr. E. A. Crockett and Dr. F. I. Proctor. These gentlemen, with great kindness and generosity have given their services free of charge to such of our little pupils as needed medical attendance. Our heartfelt thanks go out in full measure to them and to the physicians, officers and employes of the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary w^here our little ones have received very beneficial care and assistance.

Through the courtesy of Miss Helen W. Aubin and Miss Lucy

W. Davis one of the little boys spent a happy vacation at the Chil- dren's Island Sanitarium in Marblehead. The gift of $20.00 from Miss Mary Carleton Learned was a very welcome contribution, which has been applied to the needs and pleasure of the children, and Mr. Lawrence Morse has also given money in furtherance of the work of the kindergarten. Bountiful supplies of fruit and vegetables have come from Mrs. Prescott Bigelow, the Misses Slocum and Miss Edith Mayo of Bath, Maine. A gift of figs and bananas was received from Mr. John M. Rodocanachi. Confectionery has been donated in plentiful measure by Mrs. L. O. Wallace, Miss Isabel H. Murray, Master Joseph Feld-

MAN and Mrs. Thomas Mack, much to the delight of the little blind boys and girls. The same kind and thoughtful friend, Mrs. Mack, provided a treat for the children in a sleigh-ride, which made them very happy.

The Christmas season was again made memorable for our little pupils through the great kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, who entertained them with a Christmas tree and provided refresh- ments for them. Thanks and grateful acknowledgments are due to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson for the pains which they take to give pleasure to their little guests and make them happy. .

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At Easter time the children were the grateful recipients of lilies from the Herford Club of the Arlington Street Church, while potted plants from the Unitarian Church in Jamaica Plain and a large quantity of asters from Miss Grace L. B. Deans of West Medway, added brightness and happiness to the lives of the little blind children at other times in the year. Mrs. Lew C. Hill was the kind donor of a pretty valentine for each one of the tiny pupils, and the welcome gift of a rocking-horse from Mrs. Slocum and toys from Master Edwin Benedict furnished fun for the children throughout the year. On different occasions Mr. Harold A. Cole and Mrs. Alfred

BowDiTCH, remembering the love of these sightless little ones for music, furnished tickets for their use, which would give them this gratification, and with the same kindly thought Dr. John Dixwell provided an entertainment at the kindergarten in carrying out plans for the disposal of the "Hospital Music Fund." The children thoroughly enjoyed Miss Sarah Cone Bryant's reading of fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen, during "Story Hour" at the Boston Public Library, to which they were invited through the kindness of Mr. Otto Fleischner. The library has been augmented by the gift of The Nursery Fire by Miss Rosalind Richards and by the presentation of Miss MufjeVs Christmas Party and On Gratidfather's Farm from Mr. C. B. R. Hazeltine. Miss Amy White very kindly donated a collection of classical music, and to Messrs. Silver, Burdett and Company we are indebted for The Silver Song Series. The Jamaica Plain News has been sent to the kindergarten by- its publishers throughout the year. LIST OF THE CHILDREN.

Abbott, Edna May. Kelly, Catherine A. Anderson, Muriel C. Kimball, Eleanor. Andrews, Hattie M. Lincoln, Maud E. Baker, Mary M. Ljungren, Elizabeth. Barrabessi, Lucy. McGill, Marie. Bartlett, Priscilla. Miller, Freda G. Boland, Annie. Miller, Gladys L. Brannick, Elizabeth. Miller, Margaret.

Brayman, Edith I. Minahan, Annie E. Caiger, Martha. Noonan, Marion L.

Carlson, Helen J. Randall, Helen I. Clark, Helen F. Sanders, Olive B. Connelly, Elsie M. Sibley, Marian C. Daicy, Gertrude C. Smith, Elena. Drake, Helena M. Spencer, Olive E. DriscoU, Margaret. Stevens, Gladys L. Duffy, Nelly. Terry, Annie B.

Evarson, Elvera J. Thain, Gladys L. Fisk, Mattie E. L. Wallochstein, Annie. Flynn, Marie E. Watts, Kate. Gadbois, Roselma. Welch, Ellen. Gagnon, Albertina. Galvin, Margaret L. Anderson, Adolf A. Galvin, Rose. Andrews, Thomas. Goldrick, Sophie E. Barry, Thomas. Goold, Claudia K. Brown, Arthur F. Gray, Nettie C. Brownell, Herbert N. Guild, Bertha H. Buck, Arthur B. Hamilton, Annie A. Casey, Frank A. Hayden, Ruth R. Clarke, Jerold P. Holbrook, Carrie F, Cloukia, Roy. Irwin, Helen M. Cobb, Malcolm L. Johnson, Ellen T. Cuervo, Adolfo. 212

Curran, Edward. Moore, Henry A. Deane, William. Pearce, Sidney A. Devine, Joseph P. Riley, Fred O. Dexter, Ralph C. Robertson, David O. Dodge, George L. Rodrigo, Joseph L. Dow, Basil E. Safford, Robert F. Ellis, John W. Salesses, Adrian. HitzSimmons, Joseph R. Salmon, P. Joseph. Hadley, Kenneth G. Schoner, Emil. Harris, Clifton W. Sebastian©, Angelo. Fart, D. Frank. Sharp, William F. Hawkins, A. Collins. Sikora, Frank E. Holmberg, Arvid N. Stearns, Allen C. Hopwood, Clarence A. Tobin, Paul. Jean, Ludge. Tousignant, Arthur. Lambert, Frederick A. Tyner, Edward T. Leach, Avery E. Walker, Roger T.

LeBlanc, I. Medee. Wallochstein, Jacob. Lindsey, Perry R. S. West, Paul L. Mahoney, James M. Whitcomb, Samuel W. Main, Lewis E. Williams, Edward. Martin, Stephen H. Woods, Richard E. McFarlane, Francis P. * MOO o N O ^ « ro O ^ N roOO o ^

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C/2 ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.

Meats, fish and vegetables, $2,528.33 Butter and milk, 2,236.79 Bread, flour, meal, etc., 584-21 Fruits, fresh and dried, 148.07 Sugar, tea and cofi'ee, S76.86 Groceries, 692.46 Gas and oil, 263.11 Coal and wood, 2,496.91 Sundry articles of consumption, 516.26 Wages, domestic service, 5,722.87 Salaries, superintendence and instruction, 9,829.25 Medicines and medical sundries, 98.00 Furniture and bedding, 646.28 Musical supplies, 11.69 Manual training supplies, 105.87 Stationery, printing, etc., 729.30 Construction repairs, 945-56 Taxes and insurance, 275.00 Sundries, 401.87

$28,808.69 —

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The following account exhibits the state of property as entered upon the books of the kindergarten, September i, 1905:

Building, 288-290 Devonshire street, . . $69,800.00

Building, 250-252 Purchase street, . . . 76,800.00

Building, 150-152 Boylston street, . . . 125,000.00

. . 1 10,000.00 Building, 379-385 Boylston street, .

Building, 383-385-385^ Centre street, . . 5,400.00 Real estate, corner Day and Centre streets. 22,500.00 Real estate, Wachusett street, Forest Hills (subject to life annuity), 7,600.00 Real estate, 132 Hudson street, Somerville, 2,900.00 Real estate, St. Paul, Minnesota, .... 32,887.00 $452,887.00 Real Estate used by the Kindergarten. Real estate used for school piu-poses. 279,000.00 Jamaica Plain, . . ,

Stocks and Bonds.

Boston & Providence R.R., 25 shares, . $7,500.00 Boston & Albany R.R., 2 shares, .... 500.00 Old Colony R.R., 14 shares, 2,800.00 New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R., ^c OIltXJ.V^Oj«;}iarf*«; 1,000.00. Boston & Maine R.R., preferred, 31 shares 5,400.00 West End Street Railway, common, 100 shares, 9,800.00 United States Hotel Company, 68 shares, 10,800.00 Albany Trust, 100 shares, 10,000.00 Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, 5 shares, 2,600.00 Northern Pacific & Great Northern R.R. (C, B. & Q.), 4s, 90,000.00 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. (Illi- nois division), '^hs, 20,000.00 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. (Den- ver extension) 4s, 7,000.00 New York Central & Hudson River R.R. TT.akp Shored •jIs 9,500.00 Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs

RXV. RIN.., 7S/a, 5,200.00 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R.R. (general mnrtp'acp^ /is 10,000.00

Central Vermont R.R., 4s, . . . \ 4,400.00 ' Central Vermont R.R., 4 shares, i " '

Long Island R.R., refunding, 4s, ... . 24,000.00 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R.R., flpKflTlfllT-p AC 15,000.00 U.t U\-11H-11 \.^j ^^^ ,,,,..••••

Amounts carried fonvard, $235,500.00 $731,887.00 —

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Amounts brought forward, $235,500.00 $731,887.00

Western Telephone & Telegraph Com-

panv, =;s, . 50,000.00 Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Com- panv, 4S 5,000.00

Cash, 5,809.48

Household furniture, Jamaica Plain, . . 17,600.00

Provisions and supplies, Jamaica Plain, . 800.00 Coal, Jamaica Plain, 2,072.50

Musical Department. . Nineteen pianofortes, $3,800.00

Tvirenty-one orchestral instruments, . . . 200.00

$1,052,668.98

Memorandum.

The following securities were received from Estate of Mrs. Jane Rob- erts, and are not included in the above list: 2,000 American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 4s. 1,000 Northern Pacific & Great Northern R.R (C, B. & Q.), 4s. 1,000 Long Island R.R., refunding, 4s. 89 shares Boston & Albany R.R. stock. 5 shares Boston & Providence R.R. stock. 16 shares Old Colony R.R. stock. 75 shares Boston & Maine R.R., common stock. 152 shares American Telephone & Telegraph Company stock.

20 shares New York, New Haven 8z: Hartford R.R. stock. — —

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The foregoing property represents the following funds and balances and is answerable for the same:

KINDERGARTEN FUNDS.

Mrs. William Appleton fund, $13,000.00 Nancy Bartlett fund, 500.00 Miss Helen C. Bradlee fund, 140,000.00 In memory of William Leonard Benedict, Jr., 1,000.00 Miss Harriet Otis Cruft fund, 6,000.00

Mrs. M. Jane Wellington Danforth fund, . . . 11,000.00 Mrs. Helen Atkins Edmands fund, 5,000.00 Miss Sarah M. Fay fund, 12,000.00 Mrs. Eugenia F. Farnham fund, 1,015.00 Albert Glover fund, 1,000.00 In memoriam A. A. C, 500.00 Moses Kimball fund, 1,000.00 Mrs. Emeline Morse Lane fund, 500.00 Mrs. Annie B. Matthews fund, 12,000.00 Mrs. Warren B. Potter fund, 30,000.00 George F. Parkman fund, 3,000.00 Miss Jeannie Warren Paine fund, 1,000.00 Mrs. Benjamin S. Rotch fund, 8,500.00 John M. Rodocanachi fund, 1,250.00 Memorial to Frank Davison Rust, 5,000.00 Mary Lowell Stone fund, 1,500.00 Mrs. Harriet Taber fund, 622.81 Transcript ten dollar fund, 5,666.95 Mrs. George W. Wales fund, 10,000.00 In memory of Ralph Watson, 237.92

Legacies :

Mrs. Harriet T. Andrew, 5,000.00 Mrs. Eleanor J. W. Baker, 2,500.00 Mrs. Ellen M. Baker, 13,040.65 Sidney Bartlett, 10,000.00 Thompson Baxter, 322.50 Miss Harriet Tilden Browne, 2,000.00 Robert C. Billings, 10,000.00 Samuel A. Borden, 4,675.00 Mrs. Sarah Bradford, 100.00 John W. Carter, 500.00 Mrs. Adaline M. Chapin, 400.00 Benjamin P. Cheney, 5,000.00 Charles H. Colburn, 1,000.00 Miss Susan T. Crosby, 100.00 Miss Sarah Silver Cox, 5,000.00 George E. Downes, 3,000.00 Miss Caroline T. Downes, 12,950.00 Mrs. Lucy A. Dwight, 4,000.00 Mary B. Emmons, 1,000.00 Miss Mary Eveleth, 1,000.00 Mrs. Susan W. Farwell, 500.00

A mount carried forward, $353,380.83 219

Amount brought jorward, $353,380.83 John Foster, 5,000 .00 Mrs. Elizabeth W. Gay, 7.931 .00 Mrs. Ellen M. Gifford, 5,000 .00 Joseph B. Glover, 5,000 .00 Miss Matilda Goddard, 300 .00 Mrs. Mary L. Greenleaf, 5.157 •75 Mrs. Jane H. Hodge, 300 .00 Mrs. Josephine S. Hall, 3,000 .00 Mrs. Olive E. Hayden, 4,622.•45 Miss Ellen M, Jones, 500..00 Mrs. Ann E. Lambert, 700..00 Elisha T. Loring, 5,000..00 Miss Rebecca S. Melvin, 23.545'•55 Augustus D. Manson, 8,134..00 Miss Sarah L. Marsh, 1,000..00 Mrs. Mary Abbie Newell, 500,.00 Miss Anna R. Palfrey, 50 00 Miss Helen M. Parsons, 500.00 Mrs. Richard Perkins, 10,000 00 Edward D. Peters, 500 .00 2,000. 00 Mrs. Mary J. Phipps, Mrs. Caroline S. Pickman, .... 1,000 00 Francis S. Pratt, 100 ,00 Mrs. Jane Roberts, 13,693 55 Mrs. Mary S. C. Reed, 5,000.00 Miss Dorothy Roffe, 500.00 Miss Rhoda Rogers, 500.00 Miss Edith Rotch, 10,000.00 Miss Rebecca Salisbury, 200.00 Joseph Scholfield, 3,000.00 Mrs. Eliza B. Seymour, 5,000.00 Benjamin Sweetzer, 2,000.00 Miss Sarah W. Taber, 1,000.00 Mrs. Cornelia V. R. Thayer, .... 10,000.00 Mrs. Delia D. Thorndike, 5,000.00 Mrs. EUzabeth L. Tilton, 300.00 Mrs. Betsey B. Tolman, 500.00 Royal W. Turner, 24,082.00 Mrs. Mary B. Turner, 7,582.90 George W. Wales, 5,000.00 Mrs. Charles E. Ware, 4,000.00 1,000.00 Miss Rebecca P. Wainwright, . . . Mary H. Watson, 100.00 Mrs. Julia A. Whitney, 100.00 Miss Betsey S. Wilder, 500.00 Mrs. Jennie A. (Shaw) Waterhouse. 565-84 Miss Mary W. Wiley, 150.00 Miss Mary Williams, 5,000.00 Almira F. Winslow, 306.80

Funds from other donations, . . . , 195,084.33 $743,387.00

Cash, • • 5,809.48 Land, buildings and personal property in use of the kindergarten, Jamaica Plain, 303,472.50

$1,052,668.98 iKlNDERGARTEN ENDOWMENT FUND.

List of Contributors.

From August 31, 1904, to September i, 1905.

Bacon, Mrs. F. E., $20.00 Bissell, H., West Medford, 1500 Blake, Mrs. Arthur W., 10.00 Brett, Miss Anna K., 10.00 Brewster, Miss Sarah C, 5.00 Bryant, Mrs. Annie B. Matthews, 10.00 Children of Mrs. Nancy C. Sweetser's kindergarten of West Newton, 5.00 Clapp, Mrs. Mary L., 5,00 Crafts, Mrs. James M., 30.00 Draper, Mrs. George A., 50.00

Eliot, Mrs. Samuel, in memory of Dr. Samuel Eliot, . . 100.00 Fairbanks, Caroline L., 10.00 Farnham, the Misses, 5.00 Friend H. H. F., 100.00

Friend S. E. A., i.oo Hammond, Ellen, 5.00 Hazeltine, Charles B. R., 10.00 Hemenway, Miss Clara, 100.00 In memory of Miss Alice M. C. Matthews, 100.00

Jackson, Mrs. Mary J., 8.00 Kendall, Miss H". W., 50.00 Earned, Charles, 100.00 Lombard, the Misses, 10.00 Morison, Mrs. Frank, 25.00 Morse, Mrs. Leopold, 100.00 Moulton, Mrs. Louise Chandler, 25.00 Murdock, Mrs. M. N., in memory of Miss Annie E. Smith of Roxbury, 100.00 Nichols, Miss Sarah H., 10.00

Amount carried forward, $1,019.00 221

Amount brought forward, $1,019.00

Otis, Mrs. William C, 10.00 Parkman, Miss Eliza S., 5.00 Peabody, the Misses, Cambridge, 50.00 Pierce, Wallace L., 100.00 Pratt, R. M., 25.00 Primary Department of the Union Congregational Church Sunday-school of Weymouth and Braintree, 16.00 Proceeds of entertainment given by the pupils of Perkins Institution, February 22d, 1905, 38-50 Raymond, Fairfield Eager, 5.00 Robbins, Miss Clara T., Brookline, 10.00 Schmidt, Arthur P., 10.00 Seabury, the Misses, New Bedford, 25.00

Sears, Mrs. F. R., Jr., 10.00 Snow, William G., 5.00 Sohier, the Misses, 50.00 Sunday-school of the First Church, Boston, 101.07 Vose, Miss Caroline C, Milton, 10.00 Walnut Avenue Y. P. S. C. E., Roxbury, 3.00 Warner, Robert L. (on behalf of one of his children), 5.00 Welch, Charles A., 50.00

White, Charles J., 25.00 Whitehead, Miss Mary, Roxbury, 10.00 Williams, Ralph B., 25.00

$1,607.57 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES.

Annual subscriptions through the Ladies' Auxiliary Society, Miss S. E. Lane, treasiirer, $4,939.00 Cambridge Branch for 1904, through Mrs. E. C. Agassiz,

treasurer, . 573-39 Cambridge Branch for 1905, through Miss S. E. Lane, treasurer, 571 -oo

Dorchester Branch, through Mrs. J. Henry Bean, treasurer, 1 59.82 Lynn Branch, through Mr. L. K. Blood, 109.00

Milton Branch, through Mrs. William Wood, treasurer, . 189.00 Worcester Branch, through Mrs. Edith Norcross Morgan, treasurer, 200.00

$6,741.21

All contributors to the fund are respectfully requested to peruse the above list, and to report either to William Endicott, Jr., Treasurer, No. 115 Devonshire street, Boston, or to the Director, M. Anagnos, South Boston, any omissions or inaccuracies which they may find in it.

WILLL-XM ENDICOTT, Jr... Treasurer.

No. lis Devonshire Street, Boston. DONATIONS THROUGH THE LADIES' AUXILIARY.

Abrams, Mrs. Henrietta, Brookline, $2.00 A. L. F., 500 Anonymous, 2.00 Bailey, Miss E. H., Peterboro, N.H., S-°° Ballard, Miss Elizabeth, 5-oo Barstow, Mrs. A. C, Providence, R.I., 2.00 Bartlett, the Misses, Roxbury, S-oo Baylies, Mrs. Walter C, ^S-°° 8.00 Bemis, Mr. J. M., Bigelow, Miss Mary A., 10.00 Blake, Mrs. Arthur W., Brookline, 5-0° Blake, Miss Mary S., Hampton Falls, N.H., i.oo Bowditch, Mr. William I., 5-oo Cabot, Mrs. George E., 5-oo Cabot, Mrs. Joseph S., S-°° Cary, Miss G. S., 9-oo Church, Mrs. C. A., Brookline, i-oo Cochran, Mrs. A. F., 3-°° Collar, Mr. William C, Roxbury, 2.00 Cotting, Mrs. C. E., 5-°° Cram, Mrs. Sarah E., Hampton Falls, N.H., i.oo Crane, Mrs. Z. Marshal, Dalton, 5o-oo Crocker, Mrs. Uriel H., 10.00 Cunningham, Mrs. Henry W., 5-oo

Curtis, Mrs. Charles P., Jr., 5-oo Dabney, Mr. Lewis S., 25.00 Dabney, Miss Roxana L., Santa Barbara, Cal., .... 2.00 Dana, Mrs. James, Brookline, 3-oo Devlin, Mr. John E., 25.00 DuBois, Mrs. L. G., i5-oo Ernst, Mrs. H. C, Jamaica Plain, 5-oo Eustis, Mr. W. Tracy, Brookline, 2.00 5-oo Evans, Mrs. Glendower, :

Amount carried forward, $253.00 224

Amount brought forward, $253.00

" Every little helps," i.oo Forbes, Mrs. F. B., 5.00 "For the Kindergarten," i.oo

" For the little blind girls," i.oo Fottler, Mrs. Jacob, 2.00 French, Miss Cornelia A., 25.00 Gardner, Mr. George A., 50.00 Glover, Mrs. Irene C, Roxbury (since died), i.oo Gooding, Mrs. T. P., 2.00 Goulding, Mrs. L. R., •S-oo Gray, Mrs. Joseph H., 5.00 Green, Mr. Charles G., Cambridge, 10.00

Guild, Miss Harriet J., 5.00 Guild, Mrs. S. Eliot, 10.00 Hajl, Miss Laura E., 5.00 Hallowell, Miss Henrietta T., Milton, i.oo Hill, Mrs. Lew C, 5.00 Holbrook, Mrs. E. Everett, .5.00 Howe, the Misses, Brookline, 10.00 Keep, Mrs. F, E., Brookline, 2.00 Kimball, the Misses, Longwood, 25.00 King, Mrs. George P., 5.00

Lang, Mrs. B. J., 2.00 Leavitt, Mr. Frank M., Roxbury, 5.00 Lincoln, Mr. A. L., Brookline, 5.00

Lord, Mr. R. W., Mrs. Lord, and Miss M. R. Lord, . . 30.00 Loring, Mrs. Augustus P., 10.00 Lowell, Mrs. George G., 20.00 Manning, Mrs. F. C. (since died), 10.00 "Mary," 10.00 Monks, Mrs. George H., 20.00 Morrill, Miss Amelia, 50.00 Morrill, Miss Annie W., 1500 Morrill, Miss Fanny E., 100.00 Morse, Mrs. Rebecca, 5.00 Peabody, Mr. Francis H., 90.00 Perry, Mrs. C. F., 2.00

Amount carried forward, $808.00 225

Amount brought forward, $808.00

Peters, Mrs. Francis A., 5.00 Pierce, Miss Katharine C, 5.00 Potter, Mrs. William H., Brookline, 3.00

Putnam, Mrs. James J., 5.00

Putnam, Mrs. J. Pickering (since died), 10.00 Sears, Mrs. R. D., 10.00 Sever, Miss Emily, 5.00 Sherwin, Mr. Edward, 10.00 Smith, Mrs. Alice W., i.oo

Souther, Mrs. J. K., 5.00 Spalding, Miss Dora N., 25.00 Spaulding, Mrs. Mahlon D., 100.00 Sprague, Dr. Francis P., 10.00 Stevens, Miss Alice B., Brookline, 5.00 Swift, Mrs. Edwin C, Prides Crossing, 20.00

Tapley, Mrs. Anna S., 10.00 Thayer, Mr. B}Ton T., 5.00 Thayer, Mrs. Ezra Ripley, 5.00 Townsend, Mrs. William E., 5.00 Tucker, Mrs. William A., 3.00 Turner, Miss Esther Parkman, Brookline, i.oo Ward, the Misses, 10.00 Ware, Miss Mary Lee, 25.00 Watson, Mrs. Thomas A., Weymouth, 5.00 Wesson, Miss Isabel, 5.00 Whitman, Mr. James H., Charlestown, 10.00 Whitman, Mrs. James H., Charlestown, 10.00 Whitney, Miss Kate A., 5.00 Willson, Miss Lucy B., Salem, 5.00

Windram, Mrs. Westwood T., . . . 10.00 Winthrop, Mrs. T. Lindall, 25.00 Wood, Mrs. R. W., Jamaica Plain, 5.00 Woodman, Mr. Stephen F., Jamaica Plain, 5.00

$1,176.00 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Through the Ladies' Auxiliary Society, Miss S. E. Lane, Treasurer.

Abbott, Miss A. F., Brookline, $5.00 Abbott, Miss G. E., Brookline, i.oo

Abbott, Mrs. J., 5.00 Abel, Mrs. S. C, Brookline, i.oo Adams, Mr. A. A., Brookline, 2.00 Adams, Mrs. Charles H., Jamaica Plain, 5.00 A Friend, iS-oo Aldrich, Mrs. S. N., i.oo Alford, Mrs. O. H., Longwood, 5.00 Allen, Mrs. F. R., 5.00 Allen, Mrs. W. H., 5.00 Ames, Rev. Charles Gordon, 10.00

Ames, Miss Mary S., 50.00 Amory, Mrs. Charles W., 100.00 Amory, Mrs. William, 5.00 Anderson, Miss Anna F., Lowell, 2.00

Anderson, Mrs. J. F., 5.00 Anthony, Mrs. S. Reed, 5.00 Appleton, Miss Fanny C, 2.00 Appleton, Mrs. William (since died), 5.00 Appleton, Mrs. Samuel, 5.00 Archer, Mrs. Ellen M. H., Charlestown, i.oo Armstrong, Mrs. George W., Brookline, 5.00 Atkins, Mrs. Edwin F., Belmont, 5.00 Atkinson, Mrs. Edward, Brookline, 10.00 Ayer, Mrs. James B., 5.00

Bacon, Miss Ellen S., Jamaica Plain, 10.00 Bacon, Miss Mary P., Chestnut Hill, 5.00 Badger, Mrs. Wallis B., Brookline, 2.00 Bailey, Mrs. HoUis R., Cambridge, 2.00 Balch, Miss EHzabeth A., 2.00 Balch, Mrs. F. G., 5.00

Amottnt carried forward, . . . . $291.00 227

Amount brought forward, $291 00

Baldwin, Mr. E. L., 2.00 Bangs, Mrs. Edward (since died), 5.00 Bangs, Mrs. F. R., 10.00 Barnard, Mrs. Mary C. E., Dorchester, 2.00 Barstow, Miss C. A., 5.00 Bartlett, Miss Mary H., 5.00 Bartol, Miss Elizabeth H., 10.00 Bass, Mrs. Emma M., Newtonville, 10.00 Baste, Mrs. Mary A., Roxbury, 3.00 Batcheller, Mrs. A. H., 10.00 Batcheller, Mr. Robert, 2.00 Bates, Mrs. Frank C, Brookline, 2.00 Bates, Messrs. W. and S. W., 2.00 Batt, Mrs. C. R., Newton, 5.00 Beal, Mrs. Boylston A., 5.00

Beebe, Mrs, J. Arthur, 25.00 Bemis, Mrs. John W., 2.00 Berlin, Dr. Fanny, i.oo Bigelow, Mrs. Alanson, Chestnut Hill, 2.00

Bigelow, Mrs. G. T., . . 5.00 Bigelow, Mrs. Henry M., Brookline, 3.00

Bigelow, Mrs. J. S., 10.00 Bigelow, Mrs. Prescott, Brookline, 10.00

Billings, Mrs. J. B., 2.00 Blacker, Miss Eliza F., Allston, 10.00 Blackmar, Mrs. W. W., 5.00 Blake, Mrs. Charles, 5.00 Blake, Mrs. S. Parkman, 5.00 Blake, Mr. William P., 5.00 Boardman, Mrs. A. L., 2.00 Boardman, Miss E. D., 2.00

Boland, Dr. E. S., 5.00 Bolster, Mrs. Wilfred, Roxbury, i.oo Bond, Mrs. Charles H., 10.00

Boody, Mr. J. H., Brookline, 5.00 Borland, Mr. M. W., 10.00 Bowditch, Mrs. Alfred, 5.00

Amount carried forward, $499.00 228

Amount brought forward, • $499.00

Bowditch, Dr. Henry P., Jamaica Plain, 2.00 Bowditch, Dr. Vincent Y., 2.00 Bradford, Mrs. C. F., 10.00 Bradford, Miss Sarah H., 2.00 Bradstreet, Mrs. C. A., 20.00

Bramhall, Mrs. William T. (since died), - . 2.00

Bremer, Mrs. J. L., 10.00 Brewer, Mrs. D. C, 2.00 Brewer, Mr. Edward M., 5.00 Brewer, Miss Lucy S., 10.00 Brooks, Mr. George, Brookline, 2.00 Brown, Mrs. Atherton T., 10.00 Brown, Miss Augusta M., 5.00 Brown, Mr. C. H. C, Brookline, 10.00 Brown, Miss Elizabeth Bowen, 5.00 Brown, Mrs. Samuel N., 5.00 Browning, Mrs. Charles A., 5.00 Bruerton, Mrs. James, Maiden, 10.00

Bryant, Mrs. J. D., 3.00 BuUard, Mr. Stephen, 10.00 BuUard, Mrs. WiUiam S., 10.00 Bullens, Mrs. George S., Newton, i.oo Bullens, Miss Charlotte L., Newton, i.oo

Bumstead, Mrs. Freeman J., Cambridge, 10.00 Bunker, Mr. Alfred, Roxbury, 2.00 Burnett, Mrs. Joseph, 5.00 Burnham, Mrs. Henry D., 5.00 Burnham, Mrs. John A., 5.00 Burr, Mrs. AUston, Chestnut Hill, .*.... 5.00 Burr, Mrs. C. C, Newton Centre, 10.00

Burr, Mrs. I. Tucker, Jr., Readville, 10.00 Butler, Mrs. Charles S., 2.00 Butler, Mrs. William S., 2.00 Cabot, Dr. A. T., 5.00 Cabot, Mrs. Walter C, Brookline, 25.00 Calkins, Miss Mary W., Wellesiey, 2.00 Carbone, Mrs. G. L., 5.00

Amount carried forward, $734.00 229

Amount brought forward, $734.00

Carr, Mrs. Samuel, 10.00 Carter, Mrs. George E., Brookline, 5.00 Carter, Mrs. John W., West Newton, 5.00 Cary, Miss Ellen G., 20.00

Cary, Miss Georgiana S., i.oo Caryl, Miss Harriet E., 2.00 Case, Mrs. James B., 5.00 Cate, Mr. Martin L., Roxbury, 2.00 Gate, Mrs. Martin L., Roxbury, 5.00 Chadbourne, Mrs. William, 5.00 Chamberlain, Mrs. M. L., 5.00 Chandler, Mrs. Frank W., 5.00 Channing, Mrs. Walter, Brookline, 5.00 Chapin, Mrs. Henry B., Jamaica Plain, 10.00 Chapin, Mrs. H. W., i.oo Chapman, Miss E. D., Cambridge, i.oo

Chapman, Miss J. E. C, Cambridge, 2.00 Chase, Dr. H. Lincoln, Brookline, 2.00

Chase, Mrs. S. R., BrookHne, i.oo Cheney, Mrs. Arthur, 5.00

Chick, Mrs. I. W., 2.00 Choate, Mr. Charles F., 10.00 Clapp, Miss Antoinette, 2.00 Clapp, Dr. H. C, 2.00 Clapp, Miss Helen, Charlestown, N.H., 3.00

Clark, Mr. B. Preston, in memory of Mrs. B. C. Clark, . 5.00 Clark, Mrs. Charles P., i.oo

Clark, Mrs. Frederick S., 10.00 Clark, Mrs. John Dudley, 10.00

Clark, Mrs. J. J., 2.00 Clark, Mrs. John T., Jamaica Plain, 10.00 Clark, Miss Mary, 2.00 Clark, Miss Sarah W., Beverly, lo.co Clarke, Mrs. Albert, 2.00 Clement, Mrs. Hazen, 5.00 Clerk, Mrs. W. F., Roxbvury, 3.00 Cobb, Miss Clara, Quincy, i.oo

Amount carried forward, $911.00 230

Amount brought forward, $911.00

Cobb, Mrs. Charles K., 5.00 Cobb, Mrs. John E., Brookline, 2.00 Coburn, Mrs. George W., 25.00 Codman, Mrs. Charles R., 10.00 Coffin, Mrs. George R., Brookline, 2.00 Collamore, Miss, 5.00 Collins, Mrs. Edward L., 5.00 Comer, Mrs. Joseph, Brookline, i.oo Comstock, Mr. A. L., 5.00 Conant, Mrs. Nathaniel, Brookline, i.oo Conant, Mrs. William M., 2.00 Conrad, Mrs. David, Brookline, 2.00 Converse, Mrs. C. C, 10.00 Coolidge, Mrs. Algernon, 5.00 Coolidge, Mrs. Francis L., i.oo

Coolidge, Mrs. J. Randolph, 10.00 Coolidge, Mr. John T., 10.00 Cordis, Mrs. Edward, Jamaica Plain, 5.00 Corey, Mrs. H. D., Newton, 2.00 Cotton, Miss Elizabeth A., Longwood, 5.00

Covel, Mrs. A. S., 5.00 Cowing, Mrs. Martha W., Brookline, 25.00 Cox, Mrs. William E., Chestnut Hill, 10.00 Craig, Mrs. D. R., 5.00 Craigin, Dr. G. A., 5.00 Cram, Mrs. Mary W., Brookline, 2.00 Crane, Mrs. Aaron M., 5.00 Crane, Mr. Zenas, Dalton, 50.00 Crehore, Mrs. G. C, 5.00 Crocker, Miss Sarah H., 5.00 Crosby, Mrs. S. V. R., 10.00 Cumings, Miss Gertrude, Jamaica Plain, 5.00 Cumings, Mrs. John W., Brookline, 2.00 Cummings, Mrs. Charles A., 5.00 Curtis, the Misses, Brookline, 2.00 Curtis, Mrs. Charles P., 20.00 Curtis, Mr. George W., Roxbury, 5.00

Amount carried forward, $1,190.00 231

Amount brought forward, $1,190.00

Curtis, Mrs. H. G., ^.00

Curtis, Mrs. J. F., r.oo Curtis, Mrs. S., M. Brookline, . 2.00 Curtis, Mr. William O., Roxbury, 5.00 Cushing, Mrs. H. W., 5.00 Cushing, Miss Sarah P., r.oo Cutler, Mrs. Charles F., i.oo Cutler, Mrs. E. G., 2.00 Cutler, Mrs. George C, Brookline, 2.00 Cutter, Mr. Edward L,, Dorchester, i.oo Cutter, Mrs. Ellen M., i.oo Cutter, Mrs. Frank W., Dorchester, i.oo Cutts, Mrs. H. M., Brookline, i.oo Dale, Mrs. Eben, e.oo

Damon, Mrs. J. L., Jr., Longwood, 2.00 Dana, Mrs. George N., 5.00 Dana, Mr. Samuel B., 10.00 Dane, Mrs. E. S., Longwood, c.oo Dary, Mr. George A., Roxbury, 2.00 Davis, Mrs. Edward L., t.oo • Davis, Mrs. Simon, 0.00 Day, Mrs. Lewis, Norwood, 2.00 DeLong, Mrs. E. R., i.oo Dennison, Mrs. E. W., ^.00 Denny, Mrs. Arthur B., Chestnut Hill, 5.00 Denny, Mrs. H. M., i.oo Derby, Mrs. Hasket, r.oo Dexter, Miss Elsie (since died), 2.00 Dexter, Miss Sarah V. (since died), 10.00 Dickman, Mrs. George, ! . . . 10.00 Dixon, Mrs. L. S., 2.00 Doliber, Mrs. Thomas, Brookline, 5.00 Dreyfus, Mrs. Carl, in memory of Hettie Lang Shuman, . 5.00 DriscoU, Mrs. Dennis, Brookline, 2.00 Drost, Mrs. C. A., 2.00 Drummond, Mrs. James, 5.00 Dunbar, Mrs. James R., Brookline, 5.00

Amount carried forward, $1,330.00 232

Amount brought forward, $1,330.00

Dwight, Mrs. Thomas, i.oo Eager, Mrs. Elizabeth C, 5.00 Edgar, Mrs. C. L., Longwood, 5.00 Edmands, Mrs. M. G., Chestnut Hill, 10.00 Edwards, Miss Hannah M., 10.00 Edwards, Mr. John C, Brookline, 10.00 Eldredge, Mrs. James T., 10.00 Eliot, ]Mrs. Amor)% 2.00 Eliot, Mrs. W. R., 5.00 EUis, Mrs. Caleb, i.oo Elms, Mrs. Edward C, Newton, 2.00 Elms, Miss Florence G., Newton, i.oo Elms, Mrs. James C, Newton, i.oo Ely, Mrs. Harriet E., 5.00 Emerson, Miss Elizabeth, Brookline, 10.00 Emerson, Mrs. Harriet M., 3.00 Emery, Mrs. Edwin P., Brookline, i.oo Emery, Mrs. ISIark, North Anson, Me., i.oo

Emmons, Mrs. R. W., 2d, .' 20.00 Endicott, Mrs. Henry, 5.00 Endicott, Mrs. William C, 5.00* Ernst, Mrs. C. W., 2.00 Estabrook, Mrs. Arthur F., 5.00 Estabrook, Mrs. George W., i.oo Eustis, Mrs. Herbert H., Brookline, 5.00 Eustis, Mrs. Henry L., Brookline, 5.00 Everett, Miss Caroline F., Roxbury, 2.00 Fairbairn, Mrs. R. B., 2.00 Fairbanks, Mrs. C. F., 5.00 Farmer, Mrs. Edward, i.oo Farmer, Mr. L. G., Roxbury, i.oo Faulkner, Miss Fanny M., i5-oo Fay, Mrs. Dudley B., 10.00 Fay, Mrs. Joseph S. (since died), 10.00 Fay, Miss Sarah B., 10.00 Fay, Miss Sarah M., 10.00 Ferrin, Airs. M. T. B., Newton, 5.00

Amount carried forward, $1,532.00 233

Amount brought forward, $1,532.00

Field, Mrs. D. W., Brockton, 5.00 Fisk, Mr. Lyman B., Cambridge, 10.00 Fiske, Mrs. George R., i.oo Fiske, Mrs. Joseph N., 5.00 Fitch, Miss Carrie T., 10.00 Fitz, Mrs. Walter Scott, 25.00 Flagg, Mrs. Augustus, 6.00 Flint, Mrs. Caroline E., Brookline, 5.00 Flood, Mrs. C. H., Brookline, i.oo Flood, Mrs. Hugh, Brookline, 2.00 Forbes, Mrs. W. H., Jamaica Plain, 3.00 Foss, Mrs. Eugene N., Jamaica Plain, 10.00

Foster, Mrs. A. S., Chestnut Hill, 2.00 Freeman, Mrs. Louisa A., 2.00 French, Mrs. E. A., 5.00

French, Mrs. John J., 5.00 Friedman, Mrs. Max, Roxbury, 5.00

Friedman, Mrs. S., Roxbury, 5.00 Frothingham, Mrs. L. F., 2.00 Frothingham, Mrs. Langdon, 5.00 Fry, Mrs. Charles, 10.00 Gardner, Mrs. John L., 5.00 Gaston, Miss, 5.00 Gates, Mr. Gardner P. (since died), 5.00 Gay, Mrs. Albert, Brookline, i.oo Gay, Dr. Warren F., 5.00 Giddings, Mrs. E. L., 2.00 Gilbert, Mr. Joseph T., 2.00 Gill, Mr. Abbott D., Roxbury, 2.00

Gill, Mrs. George F., i.oo

Gill, Mrs. J. S., 10.00 Gillett, Mrs. Kate M., Brookline, i.oo

Gillett, Mr. S. Lewis, Roxbury, 3.00 Gihnore, Mrs. K. M., 5.00 Gleason, Mrs. Cora L., i.oo

Goldthwait, Mrs. J., i.oo Goodhue, Mrs. George H., Chestnut Hill, i.oo

Amount carried forward, $1,706.00 234

Amount brought forward, $1,706.00

Gorham, Mrs. W. H., . 5.00 Gowing, Mrs. Henry A., Brookline, 2.00 Grandgent, Prof. Charles H., Cambridge, 5.00 Grandgent, Mrs. Lucy L., Cambridge, 5.00 Grant, Mrs. Robert, 5.00

Graves, Mrs. J. L., 5.00 Gray, Mrs. John Chipman, 20.00 Gray, Mrs. Morris, Chestnut Hill, 5.00 Gray, Mrs. Reginald, Chestnut Hill, 5.00 Greeley, Mrs. R. F., 5.00

Greene, Mrs. J. S. Copley, 2.00 Greenleaf, Mrs. Lyman B., 5.00 Greenough, Mrs. A. A., Jamaica Plain, 5.00 Greenough, Mrs. Charles P., Longwood, 2.00

Grew, Mrs. H. S., 10.00 Griggs, Mr. B. F., Roxbury, i.oo Griggs, Mrs. Thomas B., i.oo Gimsenhiser, Mrs. A., Brookline, 3.00 Hall, Mrs. Anthony D., 2.00 2.00 Hall, Mrs. Eliza J., Hall, Miss Fanny, i.oo Hall, Mrs. Solomon, Dorchester, 10.00 Hall, Mr. William F., Brookline, 5.00 Harding, Mrs. Edgar, 10.00 Hardy, Mrs. A. H., 3.00 Harrington, Dr. Harriet L., Dorchester, 2.00 Harris, Miss Frances K., 2.00 Hart, Mrs. Thomas N., 2.00 Hartley, Mrs. Harry, Brookline, 10.00 Hartwell, Mrs. Alfred T., Chestnut Hill, 2.00

Harwood, Mrs. George S., Newton, 5.00 Haskell, Mrs. W. A., 2.00 Hatch, Mrs. Jennie B., Reading, 5.00 Haven, Mrs. Franklin, 5.00 Hawes, the Misses, 2.00 Hayden, Mrs. C. R., 5.00 Head, Mrs. Charles, 25.00

Amount carried forward, $1,897.00 235

Amount brought forward, $1,897.00

Heard, Mrs. J. Theodore, 5.00 Heath, Mr. Nathaniel, 5.00 Hemenway, Mrs. C. P., 10.00

Herman, Mrs. Joseph M., ; . . . . 2.00

Herrick, Miss A. J., i.oo Hersey, Mrs. Alfred H., 5.00 Higginson, Miss E. C, Brookline, 5.00 Higginson, Mrs. F. L., 5.00 Higginson, Mrs. Henry Lee, 25.00 Hight, Mrs. C. A., Longwood, 5.00 Hill, Mrs. G. T., i.oo Hill, Mrs. Hamilton A., 3.00

Hill, Mrs. S. A., Brookline, i.oo Hills, Mrs. Edwin A., 5.00

Hills, Mrs. S. E., Jamaica Plain, . 2.00 Hitchcock, Mrs. Geraldine, 5.00 Hobbs, Mrs. Warren D., 2.00 Hodgdon, Mrs. Henrietta, 5.00 Holbrook, Mrs, Walter H., Newton, 2.00 Holden, Mrs. Fred G., Brookline, 2.00 Hollander, Mrs. Louis P., 5.00 Hooper, Miss Adeline D., 5,00 Hooper, Mrs. James R., iS-oo Hooper, Mrs. N. L., i.oo Horton, Mrs. Edward A., 2.00 Houghton, Miss Elizabeth G., 10.00 Houston, Mr. James A., Roxbury, 5.00 Howard, Mrs. P. B., Brookline, i.oo Howe, Mrs. Arabella, 2.00 Howe, Mrs. George D., 5.00 Howe, Mr. George E., 2.00 Howe, Mrs. James Henry, 5.00

Howe, Mrs. J. S., Brookline, 5.00 Howland, Mrs. D. W., Brookline, 2.00 Hoyt, Mrs. C. C., Brookline, 2.00

Hoyt, Mrs. J. C., Newburyport, 5.00 Hubbard, Mrs. Eliot, 10.00

Amount carried forward, $2,075.00 236

Amount brought forward, $2,o75.cx)

Hudson, Mrs. John E., 5.00 Hunneman, Miss Elizabeth A., Roxbury, 2.00 Hunneman, Mrs. S. W., Roxbur)-, 2.00 Hunnewell, Mrs. Arthur, 10.00 Hunnewell, Mr. Walter, 20.00 Hunt, Mrs. Thomas, i.oo Hutchins, Mrs. Constantine F., 5.00 Hyde, Mrs. H. D., i.oo lasigi, Mrs. Oscar, 10.00 In memory of Mrs. Susan Emerson, Brookline, 10.00 In memory of Mrs. Charles Lowell Thayer, 3.00

Ireson, Mrs. S. E., 5.00 Jackson, Mrs. Henr\' W., Brookline, i.oo

Jelly, Dr. George F., 10.00 Jenkins, Mr. Charles, 5.00 Jennings, Miss Julia F., Wellesley, i.oo Jewett, Miss Annie, 2.00 Jewett, Miss Sarah Orne, South Berwick, Me., .... 5.00 Johnson, Miss Mary F., 5.00

Johnson, Mr. Arthur S., 5.00 Johnson, Mrs. Edward, 2.00

Johnson, Mr. Edward C, • • • 10.00 Johnson, Miss Fanny L., WoUaston, i.oo Johnson, Mrs. F. W., 3.00

Johnson, Mrs. Herbert S., 10.00 Johnson, Mr. Wolcott H., 10.00

Jolliffe, Mrs. T. H., Brookline, 5.00 Jones, Mrs. B. M., 10.00 Jones, Mrs. Jerome, Brookline, 10.00 Jordan, Mrs. Eben D., 5.00

Josselyn, Mrs. A. S., 5.00 Joy, Mrs. Charles H., 10.00 Keene, Mrs. S. W., Roxbury, 2.00 Keep, Mrs. Charles M., Longwood, i.oo Kennard, Mrs. Charles W., i.oo Kettle, Mrs. C. L., i.oo Kidder, Mrs. Henry P., 10.00

Amount carried forward, $2,279.00 237

Amount brought forward, $2,279.00

Kidner, Mrs. Reuben, 2.00 Kimball, Mrs. D. P., 25.00 Kimball, Mr. Edward P., Maiden, 10.00 Kimball, Mrs. Marcus M., 50.00 Kimball, Miss Susan Day, 2.00 King, Mrs. D. Webster, 5.00 Klous, Mr. Isaac, Roxbury, 2.00 Koshland, Mrs. Joseph, 10.00 Lamb, Miss Augusta T., Brookline, i.oo

Lamson, Mrs. J. A., ; 2.00 Lane, Mrs. Benjamin P., Roxbury, i.oo Larkin, the Misses, 2.00 Lavalle, Mrs. John, 5.00 Lawrence, Mr. Charles R., Brookline, 5.00 Learnard, Mrs. George E., i.oo Leavitt, Mrs. S. D., 2.00 Lee, Mrs. George C, 10.00 Lee, Mrs. Joseph, 100.00 Leeds, Miss Caroline T., Cambridge, i.oo Leland, Mrs. Lester, 5.00 Leland, Mrs. Mary E. (since died), 2.00 Levy, Mrs. B., Brookline, 2.00

Liebman, Mrs. J. H., 2.00 Linder, Mrs. G., 10.00 Lins, Mrs. Ferdinand, Jamaica Plain, 2.00 Livermore, Mr. Thomas L., Jamaica Plain, 10.00 Locke, Mrs. Charles A., Chestnut Hill, 10.00 Loring, the Misses, 30.00 Loring, Mr. W. C, 25.00 Loring, Mrs. W. C, 25.00 Lethrop, Miss Mary B., 5.00 Lothrop, Mrs. Thornton K., 50.00 Lothrop, Mrs. W. S. H., 5.00 Loud, Miss Sarah P. (since died), 5.00 Lovett, Mr. A. S., Brookline, 5.00 Lovett, Mrs. A. S., Brookline, 5.00 Low, Mrs. Gilman S., 2.00

Amount carried forward, $2,715.00 238

Amount brought forward, $2,715.00

Lowell, Mrs. Charles, 5.00 Lowell, Mrs. John, 5.00 Lyman, Mrs. George H., 10.00 Lyman, Mr. John Pickering, 10.00 Lyman, Mrs. Theodore, Brookline, 20.00 Mack, Mrs. Thomas, 5.00

Magee, Mr. J. L., Chelsea, 10.00 Mandell, Mrs. S. P., 5.00 Mansfield, Mrs. George S., Maiden, 3.00

Mansfield, Mrs. S. M., i.oo Mansur, Mrs. Martha P., 3.00 Marrs, Mrs. Kingsmill, Wayland, 10.00 Marsh, Mrs. Elizabeth M., 2.00 Marsh, Mrs. Robert, 3.00

Marshall, Mrs. J. P. C, 10.00 Mason, Miss Fanny P., 10.00 Matchett, Mrs. W. F., 5.00 McKee, Mrs. William L., 3.00 Mead, Mrs. S. R., Dedham, 10.00 Means, Miss Anne M., 10.00 Means, Mrs. William A., 10.00 Merriam, Mr. Charles, 5.00

Merriam, Mr. Frank, ? 10.00

Merrill, Mrs. J. Warren, Cambridge, 10.00 Merriman, Mrs. Daniel, 10.00 Messinger, Miss Susan D., Roxbury, i.oo

Metcalf, Mrs. I. Harris, 3.00

Miller, Mrs. C. S., Chestnut Hill, i.oo MiUs, Mrs. D. T., 5.00 Mixter, Miss M. A., i.oo Monks, Mrs. George H., 5.00 Monroe, Mrs. George H., Brookline, 5.00 Moore, Mrs. Henry F., Brookline, i.oo Morey, Mrs. Edwin, 5.00 Morison, Mr. George B., 5.00 Morison, Mrs. John H., 5.00 Morrill, Miss Annie W., 5.00

Amount carried forward, $2,942.00 239

Amount brought forward, $2,942.00

Morrill, Mrs. Ellen A., Roxbury, 5.00

Morrill, Miss Fanny E., • 5.00 Morris, Mrs. Frances Isabel, N.Y. City, 5.00 Morse, Mrs. Jacob, 5.00 Morse, Miss Margaret F., Jamaica Plain^ 5.00

Morss, Mrs. Anthony S., Charlestown, 5.00 Moseley, Miss Ellen F., 5.00 Nazro, Mrs. Fred H., Roxbury, 2.00 Nazro, Miss Mary W., Roxbury, 2.00 Neal, Miss Caroline F., Brookline, 5.00 Newell, Mrs. James W., Brookline, 2.00 Newell, Mrs. M. A. M,, Roxbury, 5.00 Newton, Mrs. E. Bertram, i.oo Nichols, Mrs. E. H., Brookline, 5.00 Nichols, Mr. Seth, New York City, 5.00 Nickerson, Mr. Andrew, 10.00 Niebuhr, Miss Mary M., i.co Norcross, Mrs. Otis, S-oo

Norcross, Mrs. Otis, Jr., 5.00

•. Noyes, Mrs. George D., Brookline, . . 3.00 Oliver, Miss Martha C, Phila., 2.00 2.00 Olmsted, Mrs. J. C, Brookline, Osborn, Mrs. Anna F., Hartland, Me., 2.00 Osborn, Mrs. John B., 2.00 Osgood, Mrs. John Felt, 15.00 Page, Mrs. Calvin Gates, 2.00

Page, Mrs. L. J., Brookline, 3.00 Paine, Mrs. William D., Brookline, 2.00 2.00 Palfrey, Mrs. J. C, Parker, Mrs. Charles E., 2.00

Parker, Miss Eleanor S., 5-°o Parsons, Miss Anna Q. T., Roxbury, 5.00 Peabody, Mrs. Anna P., 25.00 Peabody, Mrs. C. H., Brookline, 2.00 Peabody, Mr. Francis H. (since died), 10.00 Peabody, Mrs. Oliver W., S-°° Peabody, Mrs. S. Endicott, 10.00

Amount carried forward, $3,124.00 240

Amount brought forward, $3,124.00

Pearson, Mrs. C. H., Brookline, 5.00

Pecker, the Misses Annie J. and Mary L., 10.00 Peckerman, Mrs. E. R., i.oo

Peirce, Mrs. Silas, Brookline, 2.00 Peirson, Mrs. Charles L., 10.00 Percy, Mrs. Fred B., Brookline, 2.00 Perkins, Mrs. F. H., Brookline, i.oo Perry, Mrs. Claribel N., 5.00 Pfaelzer, Mrs. F. T., 5.00

Philbrick, Mrs. E. S., Brookline, 2.00 Phillips, Mrs. Anna T., 25.00 Pickert, Mrs. Lehman, Brookline, 2.00 Pickman, Mrs. Dudley L., 25.00 Pierce, Mr. Phineas, 5.00 Plumer, Mrs. Avery, i.oo Pope, Drs. C. A. and E. F., 2.00 Porteous, Miss M. F., i.oo Porter, Mrs. Georgia M. Whidden, 25.00 2.00 Porter, Mrs. J. A., Porter, Miss Nellie E., North Anson, Me., i.oo Porter, Mrs. P. G., Cambridgeport, i.oo Prager, Mrs. Philip, 3.00 Pratt, Mrs. Elliott W., 3.00 Prendergast, Mr. James M., 10.00 Prescott, Dr. W. H., 2.00 Preston, Mrs. G. H., 2.00 Priest, Mrs. Ashley, Brookline, i.oo Punchard, Miss A. L., Brookline, 5.00 Putnam, Miss 'Ellen D., 5.00 Putnam, Mrs. George, 5.00 Putnam, Miss Georgina Lowell, 10.00 Putnam, Mr. W. E., Brookline, 5.00 Quincy, Mrs. George H., 10.00 Quincy, Mrs. H. P., 5.00

Ratshesky, Mrs. Fanny, . 5.00 Raymond, Mrs. Henry E., 5.00 Reed, Mrs. William H., 20.00

Amount carried forward, $3,353.00 241

Amount brought forward, $3 >3 S3 -oo Reynolds, Mrs. John Phillips, 5.00 Rhodes, Mrs. Albert H., 2.00 Rhodes, Miss Florence R., 2.00 Rhodes, Mrs. James F., 5.00 Rhodes, Mrs. S. H., Brookline, 5.00 Rice, Mr. David, 10.00 Rice, Mrs. David, i5-oo Rice, Mrs. David Hall, Brookline, 2.00 Rice, Mrs. Henry A., 5.00 Rice, Mrs. N. W., 5.00 Rice, Mrs. W. B., Quincy, 2.00 Richards, Miss Alice A., in memory of her mother, Mrs. Dexter N. Richards, 10.00 Richards, Miss Annie L., 20.00 Richards, Miss C, 5.00 Richards, Mrs. C. A., 25.00 Richards, Mrs. E. L., Brookline, 2.00 Richardson, Mrs. Edward C, 5.00 Richardson, Mrs. Frederick, Brookline, 5.00 Riley, Mr. Charles E., Newton, 10.00 Ripley, Mr. Frederic H., 2.00 Robbins, Mrs. Royal, Longwood, 10.00 Robbins, Mr. R. C, 5.00 Robinson, Mrs. Henry H., Brookline, 2.00 Robinson, Miss H. M., 10.00 Roby, Mrs. Cynthia C, Wayland (since died), 10.00

Rodman, Mr. S. W., 10.00 Roeth, Mrs. A. G., i.oo Rogers, Miss Anna P., 10.00 Rogers, Mrs. Henry M., 5.00 Rogers, Mrs. Jacob C, 10.00

Rogers, Mrs. J. F., ^-oo Rogers, Mrs. R. K., Brookline, 5.00 Rogers, Miss Susan S., 5.00 Rogers, Mrs. William B., 3.00 Ross, Mrs. Waldo O., 5.00 Rotch, Mrs. Clara M., New Bedford, 10.00

Amount carried forward, $3,599.00 242

Amount brought forward, $3,599.00 Rotch, Miss Mary R., New Bedford, 10.00 Rotch, Mrs. T. M., 2.00 Rothwell, Mrs. W. H., Longwood, 5.00 Russell, Mrs. Elliott, 2.00 Russell, Mrs. Henry G., Providence, R.I., 25.00 Russell, Mrs. Isaac H., Roxbury, 5.00 Russell, Mrs. William A., 10.00

Rust, Mrs. Nathaniel J., 2.00 Rust, Mrs. W. A., 5.00 Ryan, Miss Mary, Quincy, i.oo Sabin, Mrs. Charles W., Brookline, 2.00 Sabine, Miss Catherine, Brookline, 2.00 Sabine, Mrs. G. K., Brookline, 2.00

St. John, Mrs. J. A., Brookline, 5.00 Saltonstall, Mr. Richard M., in memory of his mother, Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall, 10.00

Sampson, Mrs. J. V., i.oo Sampson, Miss H. H., i.oo Sampson, Mrs. O. H., 5.00 Sanborn, Mrs. C. W. H., i.oo Sanford, Mrs. B., 4.00 Sanger, Mr. Sabin P., Brookline, 3.00 Sargent, Mrs. E. P., Brookline, 2.00 Sargent, Mrs. F. W., 5.00 Sargent, Mrs. L. M., 5.00 Sargent, Mrs. Winthrop, 50.00 Sawyer, Mr. Timothy T. (since died), 5.00 Scaife, Miss Helen, 2.00

Scott, Mrs. William M., 2.00

Scudder, Mrs. J. D., in memory of her mother, Mrs. N. M. Downer, 5.00

Scull,. Mrs. Gideon, 10.00 Seamans, Mr. James M., Brookline, 10.00 Sears, Mr. Frederick R., 25.00 Sears, Mrs. Herbert M., 25.00 Sears, Mrs. Knjrvet W., 10.00 Sears, Mrs. Philip H., 10.00

Amount carried forward, $3,868.00 243

Amount brought forward, $3,868.00

Sears, Mrs. Willard T., 5-oo Severance, Mrs. Pierre C, 5-°° SewaU, Mrs. W. B., 3-oo 2.00 Shapleigh, Mrs. John W., Brookline, . Shattuck, Mrs. George B., 5-oo Shaw, Mrs. Benjamin S., 5-oo Shaw, Mrs. G. Howland, 10.00 Shaw, Mrs. George R., 2.00 Shaw, Mrs. Robert Gould, 5-o° Shepard, Mrs. L. H., Brookline, S-oo Shepard, Mr. O. A., Brookline, 3-oo Shepard, Mrs. Thomas H., Brookline, 5.00 Shepard, Mrs. T. P., Providence, R.I., 25.00 Sherburne, Mrs. C. W., 5-oo Sherman, Mrs. George M., Brookline, 2.00 Sigourney, Mr. Henry, 10.00 Silsbee, Mrs. George S., 10.00 Simpkins, Miss Mary W., Jamaica Plain, 5.00 Slade, Mrs. D. D., Chestnut Hill, 5-oo Slatery, Mrs. William, i-oo Smith, Mrs. Thomas P., Brookline, i.oo Snow, Mrs. F. E., 20.00 Soren, Mr. John H., Roxbury, i-oo Sprague, Mrs. Charles, Hingham, i.oo Sprague, Miss M. C, Brookhne, 5-oo Stackpole, Mrs. F. D., 2.00 5-oo Stackpole, Miss Roxanna, -^ Standish, Miss Adelaide, Brookline, S-°° Stearns, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H., Brookline, 30.00 Stearns, Mrs. R. H., 10.00 Stearns, Mrs. R. S., Jamaica Plain, 10.00 Steese, Mrs. Edward, Brookline, 5-oo Steinert, Mrs. Alex., 3-0° Stetson, Miss Sarah M., 10.00 Stevens, Mrs. H. H., 5-oo died), 2.00 Stevens, Mr. J. C. (since Stevenson, Miss Annie B., Brookline, 5-oo

Amount carried forward, $4,106.00 244

Amount brought forward, $4,106.00

Stevenson, Mrs. Robert H., 10.00 Stockton, Mrs. Mary A., 3.00 Stone, Mrs. Edwin P., 5.00 Stone, Mrs. Frederick, 15.00 Stone, Mr^. Philip S., i.oo Storer, Miss A. M., 5.00 Storer, Miss M. G., 5.00

Storrow, Mrs. J. J., 10.00 Strauss, Mrs. Ferdinand, 2.00 Strauss, Mrs. Louis, 2.00 Sturgis, Mrs. John H., 5.00 Swan, Mr. Charles H., 5.00 Swan, Miss Elizabeth B., Dorchester, 5.00 Swann, Mrs. John, Stockbridge, 10.00 Sweetser, Mrs. Frank E., 5.00 Sweetser, Miss Ida E., 10.00 Sweetser, Mr. I. Homer, 10.00 Symonds, Miss Lucy Harris, 5.00 Taft, Mrs. L. H., Brookline, 5.00 Talbot, Mrs. Thomas, North Billerica, 25.00 Talbot, Mrs. Thomas Palmer, Roxbury, i.oo Talbot, Miss Leslie, Roxbury, i.oo Talbot, Miss Marjorie, Roxbury, i.oo Tappan, Miss Mary A., 1500 Tarbell, Mr. F., in John memory of Mrs. J. P. Tarbell, . . 10.00 Taylor, Mrs. Charles H., Jr., 10.00 Thacher, Mrs. Henry C, 10.00 Thacher, Mrs. Lydia W., Peabody, 5.00 Thayer, Miss Adela G., 10.00 Thayer, Mrs. Bayard, Lancaster, 50.00 Thayer, Miss Harriet L., 5.00 Thayer, Mrs. William G., Southborough, 10.00 Thomas, Miss Catharine C, 2.00 Thomson, Mrs. Arthur C, Brookline, 5.00 Thorndike, Mrs. Alden A., 5.00 Thorndike, Mrs. Augustus, 5.00

Thorndike, Mrs. A. L., Brookline, . . . . i.oo

Amount carried forward, $4,395.00 245

Amount brought forward, $4)395-°° i-oo Tibbetts, Miss S. M., Salem, i-°o Tileston, Miss Edith, ^-o® Tileston, Miss Eleanor, 5-oo Tileston, Mrs. John B., 3-oo Tileston, Mrs. Roger E., Jamaica Plain, 3-oo Topliff, Miss Mary M. (since died), Tucker, Mrs. James, i-°° i-oo Tucker, Mrs. J. Alfred, Newton, 5-oo Tuckerman, Mrs. C. S., Turner, Miss Abby W., Randolph, 25.00 5-oo Tyler, Mr. E. Royall, 2.00 Tyler, Mrs. G. C, Brookline, Tyler, Mrs. Joseph H., 5-°° - Van Nostrand, Mrs. Alonzo G. (since died), 5-oo Vass, Miss Harriet, Brookline, S-oo i-°o Vorenberg, Mrs. S., 2.00 Vose, Mrs. Charles, 5-oo Vose, Mr. Frank T., Wadsworth, Mrs. A. F., 5-oo lo-oo Wadsworth, Mr. Clarence S., Wadsworth, Mrs. O. F., 5-oo 2.00 Walker, Mrs. J. Albert, Walker, Mrs. W. H., Brookline, 5-oo Walsh, Mr. Frederick V., i-°o Ward, Miss E. M., S-oo Ward, Miss Julia A., Brookline, S-oo Ware, Miss Harriot, Watertown, 2.00 Warren, Mrs. Bentley Wirt, io-o° Warren, Mrs. William W., 25.00 Wason, Mrs. Elbridge, Brookline, 5-oo Watson, Mrs. C. Herbert, Brookline, 5-°o 2.00 Watson, Mrs. H. H., • • Wead, Mrs. Leslie C, Brookline, 2.00 5-°o Webster, Mrs. Edwin S., Chestnut Hill, Weeks, Mrs. Andrew G., i°-°o S-oo Weeks, Mr. Andrew G., Jr., 2.00 Weeks, Mrs. W. B. P.,

Amount carried forward, $4,582.00 246

Amount brought forward, $4,582.00

Weld, Mrs. A. Davis, Jamaica Plain, 5.00 Weld, Mrs. A. W., Chestnut Hill, 2.00 Weld, Mrs. Samuel M., North Chatham, 5.00 Weld, Mrs. William F., 20.00 West, Mrs. Preston C. F., 2.00 Weston, Mrs. H. C, 10.00

Whalen, Mrs. J. E., Melrose Highlands, i.oo Wheelwright, the Misses, 2.00 Wheelwright, Mrs. Edward, 5.00 Wheelwright, Mrs. John W., 10.00 Whipple, Mrs. Sherman L., Brookline, 10.00 White, Mrs. Charles T., 3.00 White, Miss Eliza Orne, Brookline, 5.00 Wliite, Mrs. Jonathan H., Brookline, 10.00 White, Mrs. Joseph H., Brookline, 2.00 White, Mrs. Norman H., Brookline, i.oo Whiteside, Mrs. A., 3.00

Whiting, Mrs. J. K., Longwood, 5.00 Whiting, Miss Susan A., Newton, 5.00 Whiting, Mrs. S. B., Cambridge, 5.00 Whiting, Mrs. W. S., Brookline, 5.00 Whitney, the Misses, 2.00 Whitney, Mr. Edward F., New York City, 10.00 Whitney, Mrs. George, 2.00 Whitney, Mrs. H. A., 5.00 Whitney, Miss Mary, 2.00

Whitney, Mr. S. B., 10.00 Whittemore, Mrs. Augustus, Brookline, 2.00 Whittington, Mrs. Hiram, 2.00 Whitwell, Mrs. Frederick A., 5.00 Whitwell, Miss Mary H., 5.00 Willard, Mrs. A. R., 5.00 Willard, Miss Edith G. (since died), 2.00 Willcomb, Mrs. George, 5.00 Willcutt, Mr. Levi L., Brookline, 10.00 Williams, the Misses, Concord, 2.00 Williams, Miss Adelia C, Roxbury, 10.00

Amount carried forward, . : $4,777.00 247

Amount brought forward, $4,777.00

Williams, Mrs. Arthur, Jr., Brookline, 2.00 Williams, Mrs. Charles A., Brookline, 5.00 Williams, Mrs. Harriet C, 25.00 Williams, Mrs. Jeremiah, 2.00 Williams, Mr. Moses, ^.00 Williams, Mrs. Moses, 5.00 Williams, Mrs. S. H., Brookhne, i.oo Williams, Mrs. T. B., 5.00 Wilson, Miss Annie E., Brookline, 5.00 Wilson, Mrs. Edward C, Brookline, 5.00 Wilson, Miss Lilly U., Brookline, 5.00 Wing, Mrs. M. B., Brookline, i.oo Winkley, Mrs. Samuel H., 25.00 Winslow, Mrs. G. M., 5.00 Winsor, Mrs. Ernest, Chestnut Hill, 2.00 Withington, Miss Anna S., Brookline, i.oo Withington, Mrs. Charles F., i.oo Wolcott, Mrs. Roger, 5.00 Wonson, Mrs. Harriet A., Waverley, 5.00 Wood, Mr. Henry, Cambridge, 5.00 Woodbury, Mr. John P., 5.00 Woods, Mrs. S. A., Brookline, 5.00 Worthington, Mrs. A. B., 5.00 Worthley, Mrs. George H., Brookline, 2.00 Wright, Mrs. John G., Chestnut Hill, 10.00 Wright, Miss Mary A., 3.00 Young, Mrs. Benjamin L., 10.00 Young, Miss Lucy F., Winchester, 2.00 Ziegel, Mr. Louis, Roxbury, 5.00

$4,939-00 248

Cambridge Branch for 1904.

Through Mrs. E. C. Agassiz.

Abbot, Miss Anne W. (donation), $10.00 Abbot, Mrs. Edwin H., 10.00 Abbott, Mrs. Edward, 5.00 A friend, 15.00 Agassiz, Mr. Max, 25.00 Ames, Mrs. James B., 10.00 Batchelder, Mrs. C. F., 5.00 Batcheller, Mrs., 7.00 Beaman, Mrs. G. W., 2.00 Beard, Mrs. Edward L., i.oo Bigelow, Mrs. John W., 2.00 Boggs, Mrs. Edwin P., 2.00 Bradford, Miss Edith, 5.00 Brewster, Mrs. William, 5.00 Brooks, Miss Martha W., Petersham, 5.00

Bulfinch, Miss Ellen S., 2.00 Carstein, Mrs. H. L., 2.00 Gary, Miss Emma F., 5.00

Ghandler, Mrs. S. G., i.oo Ghapman, Miss Anna B., i.oo

Ghilds, Mrs. F. J., 2.00

Cooke, Mrs. J. P., 10.00 Groswell, Miss Mary, 3.00 Cushman, Miss Edith W., i.oo Dana, Mrs. R. H., 5.00 Davis, Mrs. W. M., 2.00 Drew, Miss M. L., 1.00 Durant, Mrs. W. B., ." i.oo Ela, Mrs. Walter, 5.00 Emery, Miss G. G. (since died), i.oo Emery, Miss Octavia B., 3.00 Eustis, Mrs. Frankl., 3.00 Everett, Mrs. Emily (donation) (since died), 10.00

Amount carried forward, $167.00 249

Amount brought forward, $167 .00

Farley, Miss Caroline, i-oo Farlow, Mrs. William G., 5-°^ Fish, Mrs. Frederic P., Brookline, 10.00 Folsom, Mrs. Norton, i-oo Foster, Mrs. Francis C, 100.00 Francke, Mrs. Kuno, 2.00 Fuller, Miss Emma L., 2.00 Gale, Mrs. Justin E.. Weston, 5-oo Glover, Mrs. H. R., 2.00 Goodale, Mrs. G. L., 2.00 Goodwin, Miss A. M., 5-oo Goodwin, Mrs. Hersey B., 10.00 Greenough, Mrs. James B., i-oo Hastings, Mrs. F. W., 2.00 Hayward, Mrs. James W., 10.00 Hedge, Miss Charlotte A., Brookline, 7-oo Henchman, Miss A. P., 5-oo 5-oo Hopkinson, Mrs. J. P., Hoppin, Miss E. M., 5-oo

Horsford, Miss Katharine, • S-oo Houghton, the Misses, 10.00 Howard, Mrs. Albert A., ' 5-oo Howe, Miss Sara R., 5-oo Ireland, Miss, 5-oo Kennedy, Mrs. F. L., 3-oo Kettell, Mrs. C. W., 5-oo Longfellow, Mrs. W. P. P., 5-oo Lord, Miss Alice, 3-oo McKean, Mrs., in memory of, i.oo Moore, Mrs. Lucy T., 2.00 Morison, Mrs. Robert S., 5-oo Neal, Mrs. W. H., i-oo 2.00 Nichols, Mrs. J. T. G., Norton, Prof. Charles E., 10.00 Palfrey, the Misses, 5-oo Perrin, Mrs. Franklin, 2.00 Read, Mrs. William, 2.00

Amount carried forward, $423.00 250

Amount brought forward, $423.00

Richards, Mrs. Mary A., 2.00 Riddle, Miss Cordelia C, i.oo

Rolfe, Mr. W. J., 2.00 Saville, Mrs. Henry M., i.oo Sawyer, Miss, i.oo Sedgwick, Miss M. Theodora, 5.00

Sharpies, Mrs. S. P., 2.00 Simmons, Mrs. George F., i.oo

Smith, Mrs. Horatio S., . 2.00

Spehnan, Mrs. I. M., 5.00 Stark, Mrs. W. F., i.oo Swan, Mrs. S. H., 5.00 Thayer, Mrs. James B., i.oo

Thorp, Mrs. J. G., 10.00 Tilton, Mrs. H. N., 2.00

Toffey, Mrs. A. S., 10.00

Toppan, Mrs. Robert N., ...... '. 10.00 Tower, Miss Anna E., i.oo Vaughan, Mrs. Benjamin, 10.00 Wesselhoeft, Mrs. W., 2.00

White, Mrs. J. Gardner, 5.00

White, Mrs. M. P., . .' 5.00 Whitney, Miss Maria, 10.00

Whittemore, Mrs. A. S., 10.00 Willson, Mrs. R. W., 5.00

Winlock, Mrs. J., i.oo Woodman, Mrs. C. W., 25.00 Interest and balance, i5-39

$573-39 251

Cambridge Branch for 1905.

Through Miss S. E. Lane.

Abbot, Miss Anne W. (donation), $10.00 Abbot, Mrs. Edwin H., 15.00 Abbott, Mrs. Edward, 5.00

Agassiz, Mr. Max, .• . . i5-oo Aldrich, Mrs. Charles F., i.oo

Allen, Mrs. J. H., 2.00 Ames, Mrs. James B., 10.00 Batchelder, Mrs. Charles F., 3.00 Batchelder, Miss Isabel, Boston, 5.00 Beaman, Mrs. G. W., 2.00 Beard, Mrs. Edward L., i.oo

Bigelow, Mrs. J. W., i.oo Boggs, Mrs. Edwin P., 2.00 Bradford, Miss Edith, 5.00 Brewster, Mrs. William, 5.00 Brooks, Miss Martha W., Petersham, 5.00

Bulfinch, Miss Ellen S., 2.00 Cabot, Mrs. Godfrey L., i.oo Cary, Miss Emma F., 5.00 Chapman, Miss Anna B., i.oo

Childs, Mrs. Francis J., 2.00 Cook, Mrs. Thomas N., 5.00

Cooke, Mrs. J. P., 5.00 Coolidge, Mrs. Julian L., 10.00 Croswell, Miss Mary C, 3.00

Dana, Mrs. R. H., Jr., 5.00 Davis, Mrs. W. M., 2.00 Durant, Mrs. W. B., i.oo Ela, Mrs. Walter, 5.00 Emery, Miss Octavia B., 3.00

Eustis, Mrs. Frank I., 3.00 Farlow, Mrs. William G., 5.00 Fish, Mrs. F. P., Brookline, 10.00

Amount carried forward, $155.00 252

Amount brought jorward, $155.00

Foster, Mrs. Francis C, 100.00 Francke, Mrs. Kuno, 2.00 Frothingham, the Misses, 2.00 Gale, Mrs. Justin E., Weston, 5.00 Glover, Mrs. H. R., 2.00 Goodale, Mrs. George L., i.oo Goodwin, Miss A. M., 5.00 Goodwin, Mrs. Hersey B., 5.00 Green, Miss Mary A., 5.00 r.oo Greenough, Mrs. J. B., Hastings, Mrs. F. W., 2.00 Hayward, Mrs. James W., 5.00 Hedge, Miss Charlotte A., Brookline, 5.00 Henchman, Miss A. P., 5.00

Hopkinson, Mrs. J. P., S-oo Hoppin, Miss Eliza Mason, '. 5.00 Horsford, Miss Katharine, 5.00 Houghton, the Misses, 10.00 Howard, Mrs. Albert A., 3.00 Howe, Miss Sara R., 5.00 Kennedy, Mrs. F. L., 3.00 Kettell, Mrs. Charles W., Lexington, 3.00 Longfellow, Miss A. M., i5-oo Longfellow, Mrs. W. P. P., 5-oo Moore, Mrs. Lucy T., 2.00

Morison, Mrs. Robert S., 5.00 Neal, Mrs. W. H., i.oo 2.00 Nichols, Mrs. J. T. G., Norton, Prof. Charles Eliot, 10.00

Page, Miss Abby S., Lowell, . i.oo Palfrey, the Misses, 5-oo Peabody, Mrs. Charles, 10.00 Perrin, Mrs. Franklin, i-oo Pickering, Mrs. Edward C, 5-oo Read, Mrs. William, i.oo Richards, Mrs. Mary A., 2.00 Riddle, Miss Cordelia C, i-oo

Amount carried forward, $405.00 253

Amount brought forward, $405.00

Roberts, Mrs. Coolidge S., 10.00 Saville, Mrs. H. M., i.oo Sedgwick, Miss M. Theodora, 5.00 Simmons, Mrs. George F., i.oo Sleeper, Mrs. C. M., 5.00

Smith, Mrs. Horatio S., 2.00

Spelman, Mrs. I. M., 5.00 Strong, Mrs, G. A., i.oo Swan, Mrs. Sarah H., 3.00 Thayer, Mrs. James B., i.oo

Thorj3, Mrs. J. G., 10.00 Tilton, Mrs. H. N., 2.00 Toppan, Mrs. Robert N., 10.00 Tower, Miss Anna E., i.oo Vaughan, Mrs. Benjamin, 10.00

Wesselhoeft, Mrs. Walter, • 2.00

White, Mrs. J. Gardner, 5.00 White, Mrs. Moses P., 5.00 Whitney, Miss Maria, 10.00 Whittemore, Mrs. F. W., 10.00 Williston, Mrs. L. R., 5.00 Willson, Mrs. Robert W., 5.00

Winlock, Mrs. J., i.oo Woodman, Mrs. Charlotte F., 56.00 Woodman, Mrs. Walter, 5.00 Woods, Mrs. Charles R., i.oo

$571.00 254

Dorchester Branch.

Through Mrs. J. Henry Bean.

Barry, Mrs. Elizabeth S., $i.oo Bartlett, Mrs. S. E., Mattapan, i.oo

Bean, Mrs. J. Henry, i.oo Bennett, Miss M. M., Wellesley College, i.oo Bird, Mrs. John L., i.oo Brigham, Mrs. Frank E., i.oo Burditt, Mrs. Charles A., 5.00 Callander, Miss, i.oo Callander, Mrs. Henry (since died), i.oo

Churchill, Mrs. J., R i.oo

Clark, Mrs. W. R., Jr., 2.00 Copeland, Mrs. W. A., i.oo Cushing, Miss Susan T., i.oo Dillaway, Mrs. C. O. L., i.oo Eliot, Mrs. Christopher R., Boston, i.oo Everett, Mrs. William B., i.oo Faunce, Mrs. Sewall A., i.oo Fay, Mrs. M. C. T., Milton, 2.00 Hall, Miss Adelaide, 2.00 Hall, Mrs. Henry, i.oo Hawkes, Mrs. S. L., i.oo Hearsey, Miss Sarah E., i.oo Humphreys, Mrs. R. C, 2.00 Jordan, Mrs. H. G., Hingham Centre, i.oo Joyslin, Mrs. L. B., i.oo Knight, Mr. Clarence H., i.oo Laighton, Mrs. William B., i.oo

Lee, IVIrs. Charles J. (donation), 25.00 Murdock, Mrs. Harold, Chestnut Hill, 2.00 Nash, Mrs. Edward, Boston, i.oo Nash, Mrs. Frank K., i.oo Nightingale, Mrs. C, i.oo Noyes, Miss Mary E., i.oo

Amount carried forward, $66.00 255

Amount brought forward, $66.00

Pierce, Miss Henrietta M., Boston, i.oo Pratt, Mrs. Laban, 2.00 Preston, Mrs. John, i.oo Reed, Mrs. George M., i.oo Robinson, Miss A. B., i.oo Sayward, Mrs. W. H., 2.00 Second Church Sunday-school, 8.32 Second Church Weekly Offerings, .50 Sharp, Miss E. B., i.oo Sharp, Mr. E. H., 3.00

Smith, Miss H. J., i.oo Soule, Mrs. Elizabeth P., 5.00 Stearns, Mrs. Albert H., i.oo Stearns, Master A. Maynard, i.oo Stearns, Master A. T., 2d, i.oo

Stearns, Master Henry D., In memory of, i.oo Stearns, Miss Katherine, i.oo Stearns, Mrs. Fred P., 2.00 Swan, Mrs. Joseph W., 2.00 Thacher, Mrs. A. C, i.oo Thacher, Miss M. H., i.oo Torrey, Mrs. Elbridge (donation), 25.00 Turner, Mr. William H., i.oo Warner, Mrs. F. H., 2.00 Whitcher, Mr. Frank W., 5.00

Whiton, Mrs. Royal, . i.oo

Wilder, Miss Grace S., 3.00 Willard, Mrs. L. P., i.oo Wood, Mr. Frank, 5.00 Wood, Mrs. Frank, 5.00 Wood, Mrs. William A., i.oo Woodberry, Miss Mary, i.oo Wright, Mr. C. P., 5.00 Young, Mrs. Frank L., i.oo

$159-82 256

Lynn Branch.

Through Mr. L. K. Blood.

Averill, Miss M. J., $1.00 Blood, Mr. and Mrs. L. K., 10.00 Breed, Mrs. A. B., i.oo Caldwell, Mrs. Ellen F., Bradford, i.oo Chase, Mrs. Philip A., 5.00 EarjD, Miss Emily A., i.oo

Ehner, Mr. and Mrs. V. J., 5.00 Frazier, Mrs. Lyman B., 2.00 Harmon, Mrs. RoUin E,, i.oo

Haven, Miss Cassie S., i.oo Haven, Miss Rebecca E., Phila., 2.00 10.00 HoUis, Mrs. Samuel J., Lee, Mrs. Caroline A., 5.00 LeRow, Mrs. M. H., i.oo

Little, Mrs. William B., i.oo Lovejoy, Mrs. Dr., i.oo Newhall, Mr. Charles H., 25.00 Page, Miss E. D., i.oo Sheldon, Mrs. Mary L., 5.00 Smith, Mrs. Sarah F., 10.00 Souther, Mrs. Elbridge, i-oo Spalding, Mr. Rollin A. (donation), 2.00 Sprague, Mr. Henry B., 5-oo Tapley, Mr. and Mrs. Kenry F., 5.00 Thomson, Mr. Elihu, Swampscott (donation), 5.00 Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 2.00

$109.00 257

Milton Branch.

Through Mrs. William Wood.

Baldwin, Miss Alice, $2.00 Barnard, Mrs. James M,, i.oo Breck, Mrs. C. E. C, i.oo Brewer, Miss Eliza, 5.00 Brewer, Mrs. Joseph, 5.00 Briggs, Miss Sarah E., i.oo Channing, the Misses, 2.00 Clarke, Mrs. D. O., i.oo Clum, Mrs. Alison B., i.oo Cunningham, Mrs. Caleb, 4.00 Dow, the Misses, 10.00 Emerson, Mrs. W. R., i.oo

Forbes, Mrs. J. Murray, 5.00 Gilmore, Miss Mary E., North Easton, i.oo Glover, Mrs. T. R., i.oo Hemenway, Mrs. Augustus, Readville, 25.00 Hicks, Miss Josephine, 2.00 Hinckley, Miss Mary, i.oo Hollingsworth, Mrs. Amor, 3.00 In memory of Mrs. William H. Slocum by Mrs. Joseph Brewer, 50.00 Jaques, Mrs. Francis, 5.00 Jaques, Miss Helen, 10.00 Klous, Mrs. Henry D., Auburndale, i.oo

Ladd, Mrs. William J., 5.00

Mcintosh, Mrs. J. S., i.oo Perkins, Mrs. Charles E., 5.00 Pierce, Mrs. M. V., i.oo Pierce, Mr. Vassar, i.oo Pierce, Mr. Walworth, i.oo Pierce, Mrs. Wallace L., i.oo Richardson, Miss Martha, 2.00 Rivers, Mrs. George R. R,, i.oo

Amount carried forward, $156.00 258

Amount brought forward, $156.00

Roberts, Miss Rachael, i.oo Roberts, Mrs. R. H., i.oo Rotch, Miss Johanna, 2.00 Safford, Mrs. N. M., 2.00 Tilden, Mrs. George, i.oo Tilden, Mrs. William P., i.oo Tucker, Miss R. L., Hyde Park, i.oo Tucker, Mrs. Stephen A., Hyde Park, i.oo Tuell, Mrs. Hiram, i.oo Vose, Miss Caroline C, 2.00 Wadsworth, Mrs. E. D., i.oo Ware, Mrs. Arthur L., i.oo Weston, Mr. William B., 5.00 Whitwell, Mrs. F. A., i.oo Whitwell, Miss, i.oo Wood, Mr. William, i.oo Wood, Mrs. William, 10.00

$189.00

Worcester Branch.

Through Mrs. Edith Norcross Morgan.

Allen, Miss Katherine, $5.00 Allen, Mrs. Lamson, i.oo Ball, Miss Helen, i.oo Ball, Mrs. Phineas, i.oo Bigelow, Mrs. Abbie, i.oo Bowles, Mrs. John, i.oo

Brigham, Mrs. John S., . i.oo Clark, Miss Harriet E., 5.00 Clark, Mrs. Henry C, 50.00

Comins, Mrs. E. I., i.oo Fobes, Mrs. Celia E., i.oo Gage, Mrs. Homer, 5.00 Gage, Mrs. Thomas H., 2.00

Amount carried forward, $75.00 259

Amount brought forward, $75.00

Gates, Mrs. Charles L., i.oo Harrington, Mrs. Gilbert H., i.oo Knowles, Mrs. Hester B., 20.00 Moen, Mrs. Philip W., i.oo Morse, Mrs. E. de F., i.oo

Pratt, Mrs. Henry S., 10.00 Rice, Mrs. William E., 5.00 Russell, Mrs. Herbert, i.oo Salisbury, Hon. Stephen (since died), 10.00 Schmidt, Mrs. H. F. A., i.oo

Scofield, Mrs. J. M., 5.00 Sinclair, Mr. John E., i.oo Sinclair, Mrs. John E., i.oo

Stone, Mrs. J. B., i.oo Thayer, Mrs. Adin, 10.00 Thayer, Mrs. Edward D., 10.00 Torrey, Mrs. Lewis H., i.oo Washburn, Mrs. Charles G., 25.00 Wheeler, Mrs. Leonard, 5.00 Witter, Mrs. Henry, i.oo Wood, Mrs. E. M., 6.00 Wyman, Miss Florence W., i.oo Year of 1904, 7.00

$200.00