Name/Title
The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and DumbEntry/Object ID
2017.9.294.2Description
Annual report: on front cover and title page is "The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb for the Year 1915-1916." Mount Airy, Philadelphia. Printed by Order of the Board of Directors, Institution Printing Office, 1917. Dimensions: 6 x 9", 120 pp.
A copy of an engraving of the school building as it appeared in 1831 then follows. Opposite this is the title page, which repeats the same information found on the front cover.
The officers for the year 1916-1917 are then listed. These included Emlen Hutchinson [President], A. R. Montgomery, J. Andrews Harris. T. DeWitt Cuyler, and Joseph H. Burroughs [Vice Presidents], John F. Lewis [Secretary], William White [Assistant Secretary], John Lewis Evans [Treasurer].
The Board of Directors is then listed, organized by class:
The class of 1917 includes: T. DeWitt Cuyler, C. Hartman Kuhn, R. L. Montgomery, John F. Lewis, Henry H. Kingston, T. Williams Roberts, Walton Clark, Caspar W. Morris, and Francis Beverly Biddle.
The class of 1918 includes: Edward S. Buckley, Jr.; J. Randall Williams, Charles Biddle, Andrew Alexander Blair, Frank T. Patterson, Henry E. Drayton, Leonard T. Beale, Charles Platt III; George W. Elkins, Jr.
The class of 1919 includes: Emlen Hutchinson, A. R. Montgomery, Henry La Barre Jayne, J. Andrews Harris, Joseph H. Burroughs, William Potter, Charles A. Brinley, George V. Massey, and Robert Glendinning.
The standing committees included the following, with names listed after each committee:
Committee of Instruction: A. R. Montgomery, T. DeWitt Cuyler, Andrew Alexander Blair, William Potter, Charles Biddle, Charles A. Brinley, John F. Lewis, Leonard T. Beale, Caspar W. Morris; Edward S. Buckley, Jr.; Francis Beverly Biddle, Charles Platt III.
Committee on Household: J. Andrews Harris, Joseph H. Burroughs, C. Hartman Kuhn, J. Randall Williams, Henry H. Kingston, Henry E. Drayton, T. Williams Roberts, Walton Clark, George V. Massey, Robert Glendinning; George W. Elkins, Jr.; and Frank T. Patterson.
Committee on Grounds: J. Andrews Harris, A. R. Montgomery, and Henry H. Kingston.
Committee on Finance: H. La Barre Jayne, C. Hartman Kuhn, and R. L. Montgomery.
Committee on Athletics: T. DeWitt Cuyler, A. R. Montgomery, and Leonard T. Beale.
Ladies' Committee: Miss Mary E. Weld [Honorary Member], Mrs. John H. Brinton [Chair], Mrs. Eugene Ellicott [Secretary], and Mrs. Arthur Henry Lea [Treasurer]. Also includes Miss Annie Bradford, Mrs. James B. Young, Miss Nina Lea, Miss Margaret F. Dale, Mrs. Charles W. Henry, Mrs. Alfred Cope, Miss Laura C. Outerbridge, Miss Ellen Gowen Hood, and Miss Pauline D. Bowie.
Auxiliary Committee: Miss Edith Frances Biddle, Mrs. Algernon B. Roberts, Mrs. John Lyman Cox, Mrs. John Leisenring Wentz.
Staff members are also listed: Russell H. Johnson, MD [Physician], Alvah M. Davis, MD [Laryngologist and Otologist], Carl Williams, MD [Oculist]. Consulting professionals include Radcliffe Cheston, H. R. Wharton, and Edward Martin, MDs [physicians and surgeons], Walter J. Freeman and Ralph W. Seiss, MDs [Laryngologists], William T. Shoemaker and William C. Posey, MDs [Ophthalmologists], B. Alexander Randall and Francis R. Packard, MDs [Dermatologists], William Diehl [Dentist].
Page 6 includes a list of Officers and Teachers. These include: A. L. E. Crouter [superintendant], Ruth M. Godwin [Clerk]. Faculty listed in the Intellectual Department include: Arthur Clarence Manning [Principal], teachers E. S. Thompson, Barton Sensenig, James A. Weaver; John A. McIlvaine, Jr.; Frances Lucas, Mary Mays Beatty, Caroline R. Smith, Eva I. Gustin, Mabel P. Whitman, Julia A. Foley, Annie McD. Ervin, Mary H. Broadbent, Grace M. McGlone, Edith W. Ball, Marion F. Greene, Orvis DeWitt Dantzer, and Clarence J. Settles.
Intermediate faculty members include: Susan E. Bliss [Principal], Jeannette J. Christmas [Supervising Teacher], teachers Lillian B. Lackey, Alice K. Stinson, M. Ethel Bruce, Alice May Plouer, Rachel E. Dawes, Lucie M. Lewin, Laura E. Bell, Mabel G. Pollard, Emma C. Whiting, Kathalena W. Gordon, Elizabeth J. Daniel, Ellen S. Werner, Mildred Evans, Elizabeth A. Stone, and Elizabeth A. Perrott.
Primary faculty members include: Louise Upham [Principal], Margaret Bodycomb [Supervising Teacher], teachers Frances R. Rees, Charlotte S. Haeseler, Beatrice S. Bockius, Clara Louise Rockwell, Catherine Carpenter, Reba H. Stout, Helen Shurtleff, Harriet M. Thompson, Gladys V. L. Burr, Gertrude N. Kling, Millicent B. Fuller, Lucia O. Bell, M. Alice Bartholomew, Lily A. Arnold, Jessie P. Ervin, and Helen R. Dougherty.
Teachers of Physical Training include Marion O. Perkins and Edward J. Hines.
Caroline R. Smith is the Institute's Librarian.
Staff of the Industrial Department include: Joseph W. Baily [Principal], with instructors Arthur J. Godwin, James M. Babinec, Harry G. Breuninger, John Thiry, John E. Krause, Louis P. Nickel, Harry D. Wright, Henry Friemel, Jennie G. Diehl, Jennie Clark, Clara H. Raschke, Kathryn Burgin, Elizabeth Peiffer, Esther Rappaport, Marie N. Goodling, and Annie Kiscaden.
James A. Weaver is listed as Editor of Mount Airy World.
The Household Department includes: A. L. E. Crouter [Principal], A. H. Bodenhorn [Steward], Evalyn C. Loughlin [Clerk], Elwood Millman [Assistant], Robert M. Ziegler [Clerk], and Carrie M. Hess [Matron].
Staff at Wissinoming Hall include: Margaret E. Paul [Assistant Matron], Warren M. Schmaltz [Supervisor of Boys], Mary E. Wertman [Assistant Supervisor of Boys], and Della M. Adams [Supervisor of Girls].
Staff at Wingohocking Hall include: Ethel Maguire [Assistant Matron], Harry Suckle [Supervisor of Boys], and Stella Shay [Supervisor of Girls].
Staff at Cresheim Hall include: Susan Miller [Assistant Matron], Cora Albaugh [Supervisor of Boys], and Blanche Carey [Supervisor of Girls].
Chief Nurse: Stella J. Allen. Assistant: Elizabeth F. Evans.
Staff of the Heating and Lighting Department include: Joseph J. Fowden [Chief Engineer], R. Henderson [First Assistant], E. Cummings [Second Assistant], John Thompson [Night Engineer and Watchman], and Harry Scheetz [Assistant].
Firemen include: Benjamin Peiffer, Linford H. Mollenfkoff, William Greiner, and William Wilson.
William Lee is the Institution's Laundryman and Hannah Dewees, the forewoman.
Gardeners include: Daniel K. Mankin and Myer Bailiff; William Livezey [Teamster].
An image of the main entrance to the Institution Grounds then follows. The current [2021] address of the campus is 7500 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119.
The report then follows. It begins with a report of the student population. At the close of the school year, there were 540 pupils, down from 596 the previous year. It then continues by providing a very brief history of the school [founded 1820], along with a discussion of several hearing tests conducted at the school, followed by a discussion of a fire inspection and an increase in the cost of living, and associated expenses.
Income and expense statements then follow, with the total of both statements balancing out at $184,784.30.
Financial reports then continue, with receipts associated with various scholarships listed. This is followed by the annual statement of the capital cash account for the year ending May 31, 1916.
The report of the Ladies' Committee then follows, beginning on page 18. The number of students enrolled held constant from a year ago, at 293 boys and 247 girls. The school was originally scheduled to open on September 6, but was delayed to October 2, due to an epidemic of infantile paralysis. The Ladies' Committee report then discusses resignations and deaths for the year. At the close of the year, the Honorable Owen B. Jenkins made the closing address for the school year, "The History and Progress of the Education of the Deaf in America."
The Superintendent's Report then follows, on page 23. It provides data associated with the 1915-1916 student population, with those in attendance being 293 boys, 247 girls, for a total of 540 students. A series of data tables then follows. Almost all are from the State of Pennsylvania. A second table itemizes the causes of the students' deafness, and a table showing the students' counties of origin.
The report then continues with a list of resignations for the year.
A photograph of the 30th meeting of the Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf [P.S.A.D.] then follows. This is followed by a report of the Household Committee and its involvement in the P.S.A.D. This is followed by reporting on activities for the year, including celebrations of Arbor Day, Demonstration Day [in association with the Physical Department], and awards given to the students in association with talent contests.
The report of the Heating and Lighting Department then followed, with details provided about rewiring projects.
Pages 47 and 48 are missing. Details of the Graduating Exercises of the Class of 1916 then follow.
A report of the Advanced Department then follows, on page 58. Opposite this is a photograph of Wissinoming Hall.
A report of the Primary Department then follows, on page 63. Details of the students' daily schedule are provided. Opposite this is a photograph of Cresheim Hall.
A report of the Industrial Department then follows, on page 65. This is opposite a photograph of the Morris Industrial Hall. Classes held in the Industrial Department included baking, bricklaying, carpentry and cabinet work, carpentry repairs, grounds maintenance, laundry, domestic science, dressmaking, painting and glazing, printing, shoemaking, tailoring, millinery, and plain sewing. Lists of articles made then follow.
A photo of a "composing room" of the printing department then follows. This is followed by a photo of part of the pressroom, showing a cylinder press.
The report of the Physical Department then follows, on page 71. A total of 263 students were enrolled in the Physical Department in the school year 1915-1916. A description of their exercises then follows.
The report of the physician then follows, beginning on page 74. Opposite this page is a photograph of the infirmary. The physician noted cases of fractures, appendicitis, and issues associated with general hygiene and diet in the report.
Following this are reports of the layngologist, oculist, and dentist then follow.
The report of the steward then begins, on page 80. In it, A. H. Bodenhorn lists supplies provided and clothing issued during the year ending September 30, 1916. A list of vegetables from the garden is also provided.
The report of the Chief Engineer then follows, beginning on page 89. In it, coal consumption and a renovation of conduit tunnels was discussed.
A list of acknowledgements then follows, for various monetary and in kind donations.
Details of the conditions for terms of admission to the Institution are then provided, beginning on page 94.
A list of all of the students is then provided, beginning on page 97, with students lists by their location of origin [listed by post office].
A list of members of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb is provided, beginning on page 113.
An appendix then follows.Collection
Pamphlet Box CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1915 - 1916Notes
Creation Date: 1917