IN ASSEMBLY, January 28, 1831. SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT, Of the Directors of the Central Asylum for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, at Canajoharie, made to the Legislature, January 1, 1831. To the Hon. the Legislature of the State of New-York, in Senate and Assembly convened. The Directors of the Central Asylum for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, at Canajoharie, respectfully submit to your Honorable Body the following Report, to wit: The amount of money received from the treasury of the state, for the support of indigent pupils, during the year ending December 31, 1830, was $1,473, which sum has been faithfully and economically applied for the purposes contemplated by the several acts making the appropriations. That this institution is under the control and superintendence of the following gentlemen, to wit: Rev. Winslow Paige, of Schoharie, Co. President. Hon. Seth Wetmore, Montgomery, Vice-President. And of the following gentlemen, as a Board of Directors : Hon. Abijah Mann, Jun. of Herkimer county, Hon. Henry I. Deifendorf, Montgomery do. That the number of indigent pupils, now attending school, is twenty-five. The following is a list of their several names and places of residence, with their respective ages, to wit: The number of pay pupils, at present attached to this institution, Making thirty-two pay and indigent pupils at present attached to this school, who are instructed by Mr. Elijah Griffin, a graduate of Union College, as principal, assisted by Mr. John C. Selleck and Stewart W. Spiers, as assistant teachers. The pupils are boarded, at private boarding-houses, in the immediate vicinity of the asylum, according to the direction, and under the superintendance of Messrs. Randall, Wadsworth, Walrod, Bowman, and Gardner, as a committee of instruction. The board of directors would further report, that the school is, at present, in a prosperous condition; and, in the opinion of the direc. tors, no similar institution, with the same patronage, has done more for the benefit of the unfortunate deaf and dumb. And further, that ten applications for the admission of indigent pupils, have been unavoidably rejected, for the want of means to support them at the asylum. All which is respectfully submitted. By order of the Board of Directors, W. R. WHEELER, Secretary. Dated at Canajoharie, January 1st, 1831. |