Perkins Institution And Massachusetts vSchool For the Blind EIGHTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES 1911 BOSTON ^ JZ ^ jZ ^ 1912 WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO. EiiB (Kummomttfaltli of MuBButl^BStU Pebkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, South Boston, October 22, 1911. To the Hon. Albert P. Langtry, Secretary of State, Boston. Dear Sir : — I have the honor to transmit to you, for the use of the legislature, a copy of the eightieth annual report of the trustees of this institution to the corporation thereof, together with that of the treasurer and the usual accompany- ing documents. Respectfully, EDWARD E. ALLEN, Secretary. OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION 1911-1912. FRANCIS HENRY APPLETON, President. AMORY A. LAWRENCE, Vice-President. WILLIAM ENDICOTT, Jr., Treasurer. EDWARD E. ALLEN, Secretary. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. FRANCIS HENRY APPLETON. Mrs. JAMES J. PUTNAM. WALTER CABOT BAYLIES. GEORGE H. RICHARDS. Rev. PAUL REVERE FROTHINGHAM. WILLIAM L. RICHARDSON, M.D. N. P. HALLOWELL. Mi8s ANNETTE P. ROGERS. AMORY A. LAWRENCE. RICHARD M. SALTONSTALL. JAMES ARNOLD LOWELL. ALBERT THORNDIKE. STANDING COMMITTEES. Monthly Visiting Committee, whoae duty it ia to visit and inspect the Institution at least once in each month. 1912. 1912. January, . Francis Henrt Appleton. July, . Walter Cabot Baylies. February, . Mrs. James J. Putnam. August, . Annette P. Rogers. March, . Amort A. Lawrence. September, George H. Richards. April, . Paul R. Fhothingham. October, William L. Richardson. May, . Jambs A. Lowell. November, Richard M. Saltonstall. June, . N. P. Hallowbll. December, Albert Thorndieb. Committee on Education. House Committee. George H. Richards. William L. Richardson, M.D. Rev. Paul Revere Frothinghau. Mrs. James J. Putnam. William L. Richardson, M.D. George H. Richards. Committee on Finance. Committee on Health. N. P. Hallowell. Walter Cabot Baylies. Walter Cabot Baylies. William L. Richardson, M.D. George H. Richards. Richard M. Saltonstall. Jambs A. Lovtell. Auditors of Accounts. James A. Lowell. Albert Thorndike. OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS. EDWARD E. ALLEN, Director. TEACHERS AND OFFICERS AT SOUTH BOSTON. LITESABY DEPAKTMENT. Boys' Section. Girls' Section. WILLIAM G. PARK. Miss GRACE B. BICKNELL. Miss CAROLINE E. McMASTER. Miss SARAH M. LILLEY. Miss JULIA A. BOYLAN. Miss FRANCES S. MARRETT. Miss JESSICA L. LANGWORTHY. Miss MARY E. SAWYER. NORMAN J. BOND. Miss HELEN L. SMITH. Miss MARION A. BALLOU. Miss JULIA E. BURNHAM. ELWYN C. SMITH. Miss ELSIE H. SIMONDS. Teacher to Blind Deai-Mute. Miss ABBIE G. POTTLE. Teacher of Housework. Miss GRACE E. PORTER. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING. TRUMAN L. BUTTERFIELD. I Miss MARY E. SAWYER. I Miss LENNA D, SWINERTON. DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC. EDWIN L. GARDINER. Miss FREDA A. BLACK. Miss MARY E. RILEY. Miss HELEN M. ABBOTT. Miss JANE M. BACON. Miss MARY E. BURBECK. Miss BLANCHE A. BARDIN. JOHN F. HARTWELL. Miss MABEL A. STARBIRD, Voice. EDWIN A. SARIN, Violin. DEPARTMENT OF MANUAL TRAINING. Boys' Section. Girls' Section. JULIAN H. MABEY. Miss ANNA S. HANNGREN. Sloyd. ELWYN C. SMITH. Miss FRANCES M. LANGWORTHY. Miss MARY B. KNOWLTON. Sloyd. Miss M. ELIZABETH ROBBINS. Miss MARIAN E. CHAMBERLAIN. DEPARTMENT OF TUNING PIANOFORTES. ELWYN H. FOWLER, Manager and Instructor. LIBRARIANS, CLERK AND BOOKKEEPERS. Miss LAURA M. SAWYER, Librarian Miss ANNA GARDNER FISH, CUrk. Miss LOUISE P. HUNT, Assistant. Miss MAI L. LELAND. Bookkeeper. Miss WINIFRED F. LELAND, Assistant. Mbs. SARAH A. STOVER, Treasurer /or the Ladies' Auxiliary Society. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. ELISHA S. BOLAND, M.D., Attending Physician /or the Institution. HENRY W. BROUGHTON, M.D., Attending Physician /or the Kindergarten. FRANCIS I. PROCTOR, M.D., Ophthalmologist. HENRY HAWKINS, M.D., Assistant Ophthalmologist. ARTHUR WILLARD FAIRBANKS, M.D., Pediatrician. HOWARD ARTHUR LANE, D.M.D., Attending Dentist /or the Institution. REINHOLD RUELBERG, D.M.D., Attending Dentist /or the Kindergarten. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. Housekeepers In the Cottages. Mrs. M. a. KNOWLTON. FREDERICK A. FLANDERS, Steward. Mrs. CORA L. GLEASON. Miss CLARISSA A. DAWSON, Matron. Miss CLARA E. STEVENS. Misa PERSIS MERRILL, Assistant. Mrs. SOPHIA C. HOPKINS. Miss FLORENCE E. STOWE. PRINTING DEPARTMENT. A. REARDON, Manager. Miss MATILDA A. CHISHOLM. PHnler. DENNIS | Mrs. ELIZABETH L. BOWDEN. 1 Miss MARGARET J. BROWN, Printer. FRANK C. BRYAN, Operator o/ Stereolypemaker. WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS. EUGENE C. HOWARD, Manager Emeritus. FRANK C. BRYAN, Manager. Mrs. B. G. LINCOLN, Clerk. TEACHERS AND OFFICERS AT JAMAICA PLAIN. KINDEBGABTEN. Boys' Section. Girls' Section. Miss Nettie B. Vosb, Matron. Mrs. J. M. Hill, Matron. Miss Flora L. Fountain, Assistant. Miss Cornelia M. Lorino, Assistant. Miss EuPHEMiA D. Christie, Kindergartner. Miss W. R. Humbert, Kindergartner. Miss L. Henrietta Stratton, Teacher. Miss Alice M. Lane, Teacher. Miss Ethel D. Evans, Special Teacher. Miss Helen M. Hinolt, Music Teacher. Miss Laura A. Brown, Teacher of Manual Training. Miss Lenna D. Swinerton, Assistant in Corrective Gymnastics. PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. B073' Section. Teacher. Miss Margaret F. Hughes, Matron. I Miss Effib C. Saunders, Miss Jane J. Walsh, Assistant. Miss Minnie C. Tucker, Music Teacher. Miss Anoie L. Tarbell, Teacher. i Miss Sigrid Sjolandeb, Sloyd. Girls' Section. Miss Ada S. Bartlett, Matron. Miss Carrie M. Wilson, Teacher. Miss S. M. Chandler, Assistant. Miss Naomi K. Grino, Music Teacher. Miss Bertha M. Buck, Teacher, Miss Gebda L. Wahlberq, Sloyd. LADIES' VISITING COMMITTEE TO THE KINDERGARTEN. Mrs. John Chipman Gray, President. Miss Annie C. Warren, Vice-President. Miss Emily Beebe, May. Mrs. John Lawrence, January. [ Perkins, ' Miss Margaret Morse, Mrs. Charles B. June. J Mrs. Harold J. Coolidgb, 1 Miss Violet S. Shepley, . p^f^^^j^. September. Miss Eleanor Parker, . • Mrs. John Chipman Gray, Mrs. Joseph G. Bradley, Mrs. Charles Haebinqton, October. ' March. November. Mrs. Wm. R. Livermore, . Mrs. George H. Monks, Miss Ellen Bullard, Mrs. E. Preble Motley, . 1 \ April, December. J Miss Agnes Brooks, . Miss Alice Sargent, . Miss Annie C. Warren, . May. Miss Elizabeth G. Norton. Mrs. Labz Anderson. Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott, Honorary Member. Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs, Honorary Member. Mrs. Thomas Mack, Honorary Member. MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION. Abbot, Mrs. M. T., Cambridge. Brooks, Edward, Hyde Park. Adams, Melvin 0., Boston. Brooks, Rev. G. W., Dorchester. Ahl, Mrs. Daniel, Boston. Brooks, Peter C, Boston. Allen, Edward E., Boston. Brooks, Mrs. Peter C, Boston. Allen, Mrs. Edward E., Boston. Brooks, Shepherd, Boston. Amory, Charles W., Boston. Browne, A. Parker, Boston. Appleton, Hon. Francis Henry, Bryant, Mrs. A. B. M., Boston. Peabody. BuUard, Mrs. William S., Boston. Appleton, Mrs. Francis Henry, Bullock, George A., Worcester. Peabody. Burnham, Miss Julia E., Lowell. Appleton, Dr. William, Boston. Burnham, WiUiam A., Boston. Bacon, Edwin M., Boston. Cabot, Mrs. Samuel, Boston. Baker, Mrs. Ezra H., Boston. Callahan, Miss Mary G., Boston. Baldwin, S. E., New Haven, Callender, Walter, Providence. Conn. Carter, Mrs. J. W., West Newton. Barbour, Edmund D., Boston. Cary, Miss E. F., Cambridge. Barrows, Mrs. S. J., New York. Cary, Miss Ellen G., Boston. Bartlett, Francis, Boston. Case, Mrs. Laura L., Boston. Bartlett, Miss F., Boston. Chace, Hon. J., Valley Falls, R. L Bartlett, Miss Mary F., Boston. Chace, J. H., Valley Falls, R. I. Bates, Arlo, Boston. Chadwiek, Mrs. C. C, Boston. Baylies, Walter C, Boston. Chamberlin, E. D., Boston. Baylies, Mrs. Walter C, Boston. Chapin, Edward P., Andover. Beach, Rev. D. N., Bangor, Me. Clark, Miss S. W., Beverly. Beebe, E. Pierson, Boston. Clement, Edward H., Boston. Beebe, J. Arthur, Boston. Coates, James, Providence, R. I. Benedict, Wm. Leonard, New Cochrane, Alexander, Boston. York. Colby, Miss Jennie M., Boston. Black, George N., Boston. Colt, Samuel P., Bristol, R. I. Boardman, Mrs. E. A., Boston. Cook, Charles T., Detroit, Mich. Bourn, Hon. A. 0., Providence. Cook, Mrs. C. T., Detroit, Mich. Bowditch, Alfred, Boston. Coolidge, Dr. A., Boston. Boyden, Mrs. Charles, Boston. Coolidge, J. Randolph, Boston. Brooke, Rev. S. W., London. Coolidge, Mrs. J. R., Boston. Coolidge, John T., Boston. Fiske, Mrs. Mary Duncan, Bos- Coolidge, T. Jefferson, Boston. ton. Cowing, Miss G. G., Brookline. Fitz, Mrs. W. Scott, Boston. Crafts, Mrs. J. M., Boston. Foote, Miss M. B., Cambridge. Crane, Mrs. Zen as M., Dalton. Foster, Miss C. P., Cambridge. Crosby, Sumner, Brookline. Foster, Mrs. E. W., Hartford, Crosby, William S., Brookline. Conn. Cruft, Miss Harriet 0., Boston. Fostei', Francis C, Cambridge. Cummings, Mrs. A. L,, Portland, Foster, Mrs. Francis C, Cam- Me. bridge. Cunniff, Hon. M. M., Boston. Freeman, Miss H. E., Boston. Curtis, Mrs. Charles P., Boston. Frothingham, Rev. P. R., Boston. Curtis, Mrs. Greeley S., Boston. Fuller, Mrs. Samuel R,, Boston. Curtis, Mrs. Mary S., Brookline. Gammans, Hon. G. H., Boston. Dalton, Mrs. C. H., Boston. Gardiner, Robert H., Boston. Davis, Mrs. Edward L., Boston. Gardner, George A., Boston. Dexter, Mrs. F. G., Boston. Gardner, Mrs. John L., Boston. Dillaway, W. E. L,, Boston. George, Charles H., Providence. Doliber, Thomas, Boston. GUdden, W. T., Brookline. Draper, Eben S., Boston. Goff, Darius L., Pawtucket, R. I. Draper, George A., Boston. Goff, Lyman B., Pawtucket, R. I. Duryea, Mrs. Herman, New York, Goldthwait, Mrs. John, Boston. Eliot, Rev. C. R., Boston. Gooding, Rev. A,, Portsmouth, Elliott, ]Mrs. Maud Howe, Boston. N. H. Ellis, George H., Boston. Goodwin, Miss A. M., Cambridge. Endicott, Henry,