SIXTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT THE TRUSTEES Perkins Institution Massachusetts School for the Blind, FOR THE YEAR KNDING August 31, 1897, BOSTON Press ok Geo. II. Kli.is, 141 Kranki.in Street 1S9S CommonlDcalt]^ of ^ajsjjsacliujscttjs. Perkins Institl'tion and Massachusetis School for the Blind, SoiTH Boston, October i6, 1807. 'J'o the Hon. W'm. M. Oiin, Strn-/ii>y of State, Boston. Deak Sir: — I have the honor to transmit to you, for the use of the legislature, a copy of the sixty-sixth annual report of the trustees of this institution to the corporation thereof, together with that of the director and the usual accompanying documents. Respectfull)', MICHAKL ANAGXOS, Scctrtaty. OFFICERS OF THF CORPORATION. 1897-98. SAMUEL ELIOT, LL.D., President. AMORY A. LAWRENCE, Vice-Preside?it. EDWARD JACKSON, Treasurer. MICHAEL ANAGNOS, Secretary. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. S. LOTHROP THORNDIKE, Chairnuui. HENRY MARION HOWE. EDWARD BROOKS. THOMAS L. LIVERMORE. WILLIAM ENDICOTT, Jr. EDWARD N. PERKINS. CHARLES P. GARDINER. GEORGE H. RICHARDS. JOSEPH B. GLOVER. WILLIAM L. RICHARDSON, M.D. J. THEODORE HEARD, M.D. THOMAS F. TEMPLE. STANDING COMMITTEES. Monthly Visiting Committee, whose liuty it is to visit and inspect the histitiitiofi at least once in each month. 1898. 1898. January, Edward Brooks. July, . Thomas L. Livermork. February, William Endicott, Jr. August, . Edward N. Perkins. March, . Charles P. Gardiner. September, George H. Richards. April, Joseph B. Glover. Occober, . William L. Richardson. May, J. Theodore Heard. November, Thomas F. Temple. June, Henry M. Howe. December, S. LoTHROP Thorndike. Committee on Education. House Committee. Charles P. Gardiner. William L. Richardson, M.D. George H. Richards. Charles P. Gardiner. Thomas L. Livermore. George H. Richards. Committee on Finance. Committee on Health. S. Lothrop Thorndike. J. Theodore Heard, M.D. William Endicott, Jr. William L. Richardson, M.D. Joseph B. Glover. Thomas F. Temple. Thomas F. Temple. Auditors of Accounts. J. Theodore Heard, M.D. S. Lothrop Thorndike. ()I-fici<:ks of thk institi:tion. DIRECTOR. MICHAEL ana(;nos. MEDICAL INSPECTOR. JOHN IIOMANS, M l>. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. Boys' Section. Girls' Section. AI.HKRT MAR.siIAI.I. loXE.S. Miss (;AZEI.I,A HEXXETT. Miss CAKOMNK K. MlMASTER. Miss SARAH M. 1. II. LEV. Miss JUI.IA A. BOYLAN. Miss FRANCE.S S. MARRETT. Miss JE.SSICA I,. I.ANC.WORTHV Miss ALICE K. DEARBORN. Miss SARAH I,. DIXSMORK. Miss ELLA J. SPOONER. Miss EDII'H A. I'l.AC.C. Miss JULIA E. HURNHAM. Miss EI. LEX H. EWEl.L. Miss EDITH M. THURSTON. Miss VINA C. BADC.ER. Miss .SARAH ELIZABETH LANE, /.//-r^r/V/;/. Miss ELEANOR JOHNSON TOWI.E, Assist<i>it. Miss ANNA GARDNER FISH, C/erk. DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC. Boys' Section. EDWIN L. OARDIXER. W. LUTHER STOVER. I Miss FREDA A. BLACK. Mi.ss ALMIRA S. KNAPP, ReaiUr. Miss MARY C. WHEELER. E. X. LAFRICAIN. Miss MARY E. BURBECK. LORENZO WHITE. Girls' Section. Miss E. HAYDEN. Miss HARRIET W. BUSTIN. LENA I Miss MARY E. RILEY. Miss BLANCHE ATWOOD BARDIN. Miss HERMINE BOPP. CARL BAERMANN. GEORGE W. WANT. EDWIN A. SABIN. TUNING DEPARTMENT. GE0R(;E E. hart, Instructoy mui M,i>ins:er. DEPARTMENT OF MANUAL TRAINING. JOHN H. WRIGHT. Mi.ss MARY L. SANFORD. JULIAN H. xMABEY. Miss ANNA S. HANNflREN, Sloyd. ELWYN C. SMITH. Miss FRANCES M. LAX(;WORTHV. Miss MARY B. KNOWLTON, Sloyd. Miss FLORA J. McXABB. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. Steward. Housekeepers in the Cottages. FREDERICK A. FLANDERS. Mrs. M. a. KNOWLTOX. Mrs. CORA L. (;LEAS0X. Matron. Miss JF:SSIE BEXTLEY. Mrs FRAXCES E. CARLTON. Mrs. SOPHIA C. HOPKINS. Mrs EMMA W. FALLS, Assistant. Mrs. L. ADA MIXER. PRINTING DEPARTMENT. DENNIS A. REARDON, Manager. Miss LOUISE CHISHOLM, Printer. Mrs ELIZABF:TH L. BOVVDEN, Printer. Miss ISABELLA G. MEALEY, Printer. "WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS. EU(;EXE C. HOWARD, .'/,/ Miss .MARTHA K. \'\\\\.\.\V>,Fore-uoman. PLINY MORRILL, l-oron.iu Miss ESTELLE M. .MEXDU.M, CUrk. Miss ELLEN B. WEBSTER, Bopk-keeper. Mrs. MAYBEL KING SCHNEIDER, .-J«/W,i«/. MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION. Abbott, Mrs. M. T., Cambridge. Beal, James H., Boston. Adams, John A., Pawtucket, R.I. Beard, Hon. Alanson W., Boston. Agassiz, Mrs. E. C, Cambridge. Beckwith, Miss A. G., Providence. Ahl, Mrs. Daniel, Boston. Beckvvith, Mrs. T., Providence. Alger, Rev. William R., Boston. Beebe, E. Pierson, Boston. Amory, C. W., Boston. Beebe, J. Arthur, Boston. Anagnos, Michael, Boston. Beebe, Mrs. J. Arthur, Boston. Anderson, Mrs. John F., Boston. Bigelow, Mrs. Prescott, Boston. Appleton, Mrs. R. M., New York. Binney, William, Providence. Appleton, Mrs. William, Boston. Black, George N., Boston. Appleton, Dr. William, Boston. Blake, Mrs. George B., Boston. Apthorp, William F., Boston. Blanchard, G. D. B., Maiden. Atkinson, Edward, Boston. Bourn, Hon. A. O., Providence. Austin, Edward, Boston. Bowditch, Dr. H. P., Jamai9aPlain. Bacon, Edwin M., Boston. Bowker, Charles F., Boston. Baker, Mrs. Ezra H., Boston. Boyden, Mrs. Charles, Boston. Baker, Miss M. K., Boston. Brackett, Mrs. Henry, Boston. Balch, F. v., Boston. Brackett, Miss Nancy, Ouincy. Baldwin, S. E., New Haven, Conn. Brimmer, Mrs. Martin, Boston. Baldwin, William H., Boston. Brooke, Rev. Stopford W., Boston.- Balfour, Miss M. D., Charlestown. Brooks, Edward, Hyde Park. Ballard, Miss E., Boston. Brooks, Rev. G. W., Dorchester. Barbour, E. D., Boston. Brooks, Peter C, Boston. Barrett, William E., Boston. Brooks, Mrs. Peter C, Boston. Shepherd, Boston. Barrows, Rev. S. J., Dorchester. Brooks, F., Boston. Barrows, Mrs. S. J., Dorchester. Brown, B. Bartlett, Miss Elvira, Boston. Brown, Mrs. John C, Providence. Bartlett, Francis, Boston. Browne, A. Parker, Boston. Bartlett, Miss F., Boston. Browne, Miss H. T., Boston. Bartlett, Mrs. John, Cambridge. Bullard, Mrs. William S., Boston. Bartlett, Mrs. Mary E., Boston. Ijumstead, Mrs. F. J., Cambridge.. Bartlett, Miss Mary F., Boston. Bundy, James J., Providence. Bartol, Rev. Cyrus A., Boston. Burgess, Mrs. S. K., Brookline. Bartol, Miss Mary, Boston. Burnham, Mrs. John A., Boston. Bates, Arlo, Boston. Burnham, Miss Julia E., Lowell. Baylies. Mrs. Charlotte A., Boston. Burnham, William A., Boston, N.Y.. Beach, Rev. D. N., Minnesota. Burton, Dr. J. W., Flushing, Cabot, .Mrs. S., Hrookline. Cowing, Miss Grace G., Roxbuiy. Cabot, Walter C, Ho.ston. Cowing, Mrs. M. W., Roxbury. Callahan, Miss Mary G., l>oston. Crafts, Mrs. J. M., Boston. Callender, Walter, Providence. Crane, Mrs. Zenas M., Dalton. Carpenter, Charles E., I'rovidence. Crocker, U. II., Boston. A., Boston. Carter, Mrs. J. W., West Newton. Croft, Mrs. Carrie Cary, Miss A. P., Boston. Crosby, Joseph B., Boston. Cary, Miss E. F.. Cambridge. Crosby, Sumner, Brookline. Cary, Miss I'llen G., Boston. Crosby, William S., Brookline. Cary, Mrs. Richard, Boston. Cross, Mrs. Frank B., Cincinnati". Cary, Miss S. G.. Cambridge. Ohio. Case, Mrs. Laura L., Boston. Cruft, Miss Marriet O., Boston. Center, Joseph H., Boston. Cummings, Mrs. Annie L., Port- Chace, James H., Valley Falls, R.I. land, Me. Charles A., Boston- Chace, lion. J., Valley Falls, R.I. Cummings, Cliadwick, Mrs. C. C, Boston. Cummings, Hon. John, Woburn. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, Boston. Cunniff, Hon. M. M., Boston. Chamberlin, E. D., Boston. Curtis, C. A., Boston. Chapin, E. P., Providence. Curtis, Mrs. Greeley S., Boston. Charles, Mrs. Mary C, Melrose. Curtis, Mrs. Mary S., Boston. Cheever, Miss A. M., Boston. Dabney, Mrs. Lewis S., Boston. Cheever, Dr. David W., Boston. Dalton, C. H., Boston. Cheever, Miss M. E., Boston. Dalton, Mrs. C. H., Boston. Chickering, George H., Boston. Darling, Cortes A., Providence. Clafiin, Hon. William, Boston. Davis, Miss A. W., Boston. Clark, Miss S. W., Beverly. Davis, Mrs. Edward L., Bostorr. Clarke, James W., New York. Dexter, Mrs. F. G., Boston. Clement, Edward H., Boston. Dillaway, W. E. L.. Boston. Coates, James, Providence. Dinsmoor, George R., Keene, X.H. Cobb, Mrs. Freeman, Boston. Ditson, Mrs. Oliver, Boston. Cochrane, Alexander, Boston. Doliber, Thomas, Boston. Coffin, Mrs. W. E., Boston. Dow, Miss Jane F., Milton. Colt, Samuel P., Bristol, R.I. Dow, Mrs. Moses A., Brookline. Comstock, Andrew, Providence. Dunklee, Mrs. John W., Boston. Cook, Charles T., Detroit, Mich. Durant, William, Boston. Cook, Mrs. Charles T., Detroit, Duryea, Mrs. Herman, New York. Mich. Dutton, Miss Lydia W., Boston. Coolidge, Dr. A.. Boston. Dutton, Miss IVLary M., Boston. Coolidge, J. Randolph, Boston. Earle, Mrs. T. K., Boston. Coolidge, Mrs. J. R., Boston. Eaton, W. S.. Boston. Coolidge, John T., Boston. Eliot, Rev. Christopher R., Boston. Coolidge. -Mrs. J. T., Boston. Eliot, Dr. Samuel, Boston. Elliott, Coolidge, Mrs. J. Templeman, Mrs. Maud Howe, Boston. Boston. Ellis, George H., Boston. Coolidge, T. Jefferson, Boston. Endicott, .Miss Clara T., Boston. Cotling, C. C, Boston. Endicott, Henrv, Boston. Endicott, Miss Mary E., Beverly. Goddard, William, Providence. Endicott, William, Jr., Boston. Goff, Darius L., Pawtucket, R.I. Ernst, C. W., Boston. Goff, Lyman B., Pawtucket, R.I. Evans, Mrs. Glendower, Boston. Goldthwait, Mrs. John, Boston. Everett, Mrs. Emily, Cambridge. Gooding, Rev. A., Portsmouth, N.H. Fairbanks, Miss C. L., Boston. Goodnow, Mrs. L. M., Cambridge. Farlow, George A., Boston. Goodwin, Miss A. M., Cambridge. Farnam, Mrs. Ann S., New Haven. Gordon, Rev. G. A., D.D., Boston. Faulkner, Mrs. Charles, Boston. Gray, Mrs. Ellen, New York City. P'aulkner, Miss Fannie M., Boston. Green, Charles, Boston. Fay, Mrs. Dudley B., Boston. Greenleaf, Mrs. James, Cambridge. P'ay, H. H., Boston. Griffin, S. B., Springfield. Fay, Mrs. H. H., Boston. Grover, Mrs. William O., Boston. Fay, Mrs. Joseph S., Jr., Boston. Hale, Rev. Edward E., Boston. Fay, Miss Sarah B., Boston. Hall, Mrs. Florence Howe, Plain- Fay, Miss S. M., Boston. field, N.J. Ferguson, Mrs. C. H., Dorchester. Hall, Miss L. E., Hanover. Ferris, Mrs. M. E., Brookline. Hall, Miss Minna B., Longwood. Ferris, Miss Mary E., Brookline. Hall, Mrs. Martin L., Boston. Fields, Mrs. James T., Boston. Hammond, Mrs. G. G., Jr., Boston. Fiske, Mrs. Joseph N., Boston. Hammond, Mrs. Geo. W., Boston. Fitz, Mrs. W.