SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL KEPOK' THE TRUSTEES Perkins Institution Massachusetts School for the Blind, FOR THE YEAR ENDING August 31, 1895 liOSTON Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 141 Franklin Street 1896 Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportoftr6466perk CommontDcaltl) of iSlpa^jsacl^ujsctt^. Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, South Boston, October, i6, 1S95. To the Hon. VVm. 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 sixty-fourth annual report of the trustees of this institution to the corporation thereof, together with that of the director and the usual accompanying documents. Respectfully, MICHAEL ANAGNOS, Secretary. OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION. 1895-96. SAMUEL ELIOT, LL.D., Fresidetit. GEORGE S. HALE, Vice-President. EDWARD JACKSON, Treasurer. MICHAEL ANAGNOS, Secretary. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. HENRY STONE, Chairman. HENRY MARION HOWE. EDWARD BROOKS. EDWARD N. PERKINS. WILLIAM ENDICOTT, Jr. WILLIAM L. RICHARDSON, M.D. CHARLES P. GARDINER. THOMAS F. TEMPLE. JOSEPH B. GLOVER. S. LOTHROP THORNDIKE. J. THEODORE HEARD, M.D. GEORGE W. WALES. STANDING COMMITTEES. Monthly Visiting Committee, whose duty it is to visit and inspect the Institution at least once in each month. 1896. 1896. E. January, , Edward Brooks. July, N. Pkrkins. February, W. Endicott, Jr. August, . W. L. Richardson. March, Charles P. Gardiner. September, Hbnry Stone. April, . J. B. Glover. October, T. F. Temple. S. L. Thorndike. May, . J. T. Heard. November, June, . H. M. Howe. December, G. W. Wales. Committee on Education. House Committee. Henry Stone. William L. Richardson, M.D. H. M. Howe. G. W. Wales. Edward Brooks. Henry Stone. Charles P. Gardiner. Committee on Finance. Committee on Health. S. L. Thorndike. J. T. Heard, M.D. W. Endicott, Jr. Wm. L. Richardson, M.D. J. B. Glover. T. F. Temple. T. F. Temple. Auditors of Accounts. J. T. Heard. M.D. S. L. Thorndike. OFFICERS OF Till': INSTITUTION. DIRECTOR. MICHAEL ANAGNOS. MEDICAL INSPECTOR. JOHN HOMANS, M.D. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. Boys" Section. Girls' Section. JOHN CAMPBELL SWIFT. Miss GAZELLA IIENNETT. Miss CAROLINE E. McM ASTER. Miss SARAH M. LILLEV. Miss JULIA A. BOYLAN. Miss FRANCES S. MARRETT. Miss JESSICA L. LANCIWORTHY. Miss ALICE B. DEARBORN. Miss SARAH L. DINSMORE. Miss JULIA E. BURNHAM. Miss EDITH A. FLAGG. Miss EVELYN TORREY. Miss LILLIAN W. PATTEN. Miss SARAH ELIZABETH LANE, Librarian Miss ELLEN MARIE BOESEN, Assisiani. Miss ELLA FRANCES PROUT, C/erJI:. DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC. Boys' Section. EDWIN L. GARDINER. I W. LUTHER STOVER. Miss FREDA A. BLACK. Miss ALMIRA S. KNAPP, Reader. Miss MAY E. STETSON. E. N. LAFRICAIN. Miss E. LORENZO WHITE. MARY BURBECK, I Girls' Section. Miss MARY P. WEBSTER. Miss HARRIET W. BUSTIN. Miss MARY E. RILEY. Miss SARAH H. McGEE. CARL BAERMANN. GEORGE W. WANT. JULIUS AKEROYD. TUNING DEPARTMENT. GEORGE E. Yi.KVa:, Instructor and Ma7tageT. DEPARTMENT OF MANUAL TRAINING. JOHN H. WRIGHT, H'-ork Master. Miss MARY L. SANFORD, /f'or/i /J//>i;r«^. JULIAN H. MABEY, WM.i/a«/. Miss FRANCES M. LANGWORTHY,/lirf. Assistant. THOMAS CARROLL, Assistant. \ Miss FLORA J. McNABB, Miss MARY B. KNOWLTON, Sloyd Teacher. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT Steward. Housekeepers in the Cottages. ANTHONY W. BOWDEX. Mrs. M. A. KNOWLTON. Mrs. CORA L. GLEASON. Matron. Miss BESSIE WOOD. Mrs. FRANCES E. CARLTON. Mrs. SOPHIA C. HOPKINS. Mrs. SARAH A. STOVER, Assistant. PRINTING DEPARTMENT. DENNIS A. REARDOX, Manager. Mi>s LITA WESTOX, Printer. Mrs. ELIZABETH L. BOWDEN, /'rt«/*r. OTTO KAPLAN, Printer. WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS. EUGENE C. HOWARD, Manager. Mks. ^L\RY STONE, Forewoman. PLINY MORRILL, Foreman. Miss ESTELLE M, MEXDUM, Clerk. Miss ELLEN B. WEBSTER, Book-keeper. Miss GRACE M. ATTLETON, Assistant. MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION. Abbott, Mrs. Martha T., Cam- Bartlett, Mrs. Mary E., Boston. bridge. 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