Name of institution. TABLE 4.-Statistics of reform schools-Manual and industrial training-Branches taught-Continued. CHAPTER XLV. SCHOOLS FOR THE DEFECTIVE CLASSES. This chapter includes statistics of schools for the blind, schools for the deaf, and schools for the feeble-minded reporting to this Office for the year 1901-2. Schools for the blind.-The total number of schools reporting was 39, with 487 instructors-163 males and 324 females-including 159 in music and 131 in industrial training. The total number of pupils was 4,315, the number of males being 2,363 and females 1,952. In the kindergartens there were 470 pupils; in vocal music, 2,076; in instrumental music, 2,242; and in industrial training, 2,948. There were 141 graduates. The total number of volumes in the libraries was 105,804. The value of scientific instruments was $99,115, and the value of grounds and buildings $7,118,125. The sum of $77,877 was expended for buildings and improvements and $1,072,512 for support. Schools for the deaf.-There are represented in this report 121 schools for the deaf, with 1,315 instructors and 11,938 pupils. The 57 State institutions report 1,118 instructors-379 male and 739 female. auricular perception, and 299 in the industrial departments. The total number o There were 440 teachers of articulation, 42 in pupils reported was 10,624, the number of males being 5,862 and the females 4,762. The number taught by the manual method was 3,122, the number by the purely oral method 3,803, and the number by the combined system 4,597. There were 776 pupils in the kindergartens, and the schools reported 283 graduates. The libraries of these institutions contained 103,300 volumes; the value of scientific apparatus was $17,860 and of grounds and buildings $12,795,359. The sum of $467,124 was expended for buildings and improvements and $2,189,677 for salaries and support. The 49 public day schools for the deaf had 122 instructors-9 males and 113 females-94 in articulation, 40 in aural development, and 47 in industrial training. Of the 835 pupils, 457 were boys and 378 girls. The number taught by the manual method was 9, by the purely oral method 710, and by the combined system 116. There were 77 pupils in the kindergartens. As many of these schools are departments of regular city systems, the cost of maintenance could not be accurately ascertained. The 15 private institutions for the deaf had 75 teachers-16 males and 59 females54 being teachers of articulation, 14 of aural development, and 26 in industrial training. There were 479 pupils-202 males and 277 females. The number taught by the manual method was 59, by the purely oral method 165, and by the combined system 222. There were 82 pupils in the kindergartens (22 graduates). Schools for the feeble-minded.-There were 20 State schools reporting, with 277 teachers-61 males and 216 females-139 being in industrial training. There are 801 assistants caring for inmates. The State schools had 12,079 pupils-6,433 males and 5,646 females-983 being in the kindergartens. These institutions had buildings and grounds valued at $7,321,893. The sum of $653,147 was expended for buildings and improvements and $1,657,466 for support. There were 12 private schools for the feeble-minded, with 62 teachers and 495 pupils-298 boys and 197 girls. 2115 |