OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTION TRUSTEES, MATTHEW STACY, President. E. B. HAWLEY, WM. A. GRIMSHAW, MICHAEL SCHAEFFER, 1 REV. HIRAM BUCK. SUPERINTENDENT, JOSHUA RHOADS, M. D. MATRON, ROSANNA I. RHOADS. ASSISTANT MATRON, TEACHERS, JOHN LOOMIS, A. M., Literature. A. E. WIMMERSTEDT, Piano and Organ. PHYSICIAN, HIRAM K. JONES, M. D. REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES, To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of Illinois: The recurrence of the session of the Legislature reminds us, as Trustees of one of the noble charities of one of the foremost states in the Union in population, wealth, enterprise and living, heartfelt sympathy for the woes of others, that a report is due from us of the manner of our discharge of the trust devolved upon us by the sanction of the Legislature. We feel the importance of our position as Trustees of so noble a charity as the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind. We are thankful that our State, through the Legislature, has been appreciative of the merits of this Institution in past years, therefore we suggest that we perceive more and more the necessity for a faithful and thorough discharge of the duty as Trustees of this School. The high position and character of our State amongst her sister states, demanded all that has been done, and requires more yet to be done to keep the character of our State good before our own people and before civilized society, as well as to advance the interests, educational, moral, social and Christian, of the pupils of this Institution. We would not be understood as fault-finders, but as servants, discharging, during many years, so sacred a trust as we do, without any pecuniary return, hoping for and feeling our reward to be a happy consciousness of a laudable |