Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1882 — Indiana's Deaf and Dumb. [ARTICLE]

Indiana's Deaf and Dumb.

The report of the trustees of The Deaf and Dumb Asylum for the fiscal year ending with October makes the following showing: The appropriation for fbe’support of the institution was $55,000 and of this amount $816.87 was expended,.leaving $2,181.13 in the treasury. Out of the appropriation of $3,000 for repairs $2,982.37 was expended, leaving a balance of $17.63. The icceipts of the general fund were $30.18 and for clothing $741.82, making a total of $782. The appraised value of the property of the institution is $457,782 iu real and $35,527.05 in personal, making the total appraised value $493,837.05. The number of pupils during the year Inis been 383. Of these forty-four have been dismissed from tht institution and 342 remain. The cost per capita, inclusive of clothing, has been $156.30. The necessity for more buildings is urged,and repairs upon the present property are needed. An appropriation of $62,000 for annual expenses is asked for the next two years. Of the pupils, now in attendance 206 nro males and 177 are femalese. The number ot counties represented is eighty four, the largest number being thirty-three from Marion. Vanderburg county has thirteen pupils and Wayne, Tippecanoe and Montgomery each • eleven. The proceeds from the sale of the farm products during the year amounted to $2,709.74. The health has been good, only a few deaths hav'ng occurred. Howard C. Gillett, one of the dead, has been a teacher in the asylum from 1856. During the year fifty-six applications for admission have been refused for want of room to accommodate them.