Name/Title
The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb for the Year 1919-1920Entry/Object ID
2017.9.294.6Description
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 1919-1920." Mount Airy, Philadelphia. Printed by Order of the Board of Directors, Institution Printing Office, 1921. Dimensions: 6 x 9", 144 pp.
A photo of the main [front] entrance to the Institution then follows. The current [2021] address of the campus is 7500 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119. Opposite this is the title page, which repeats the same information found on the front cover.
A table of contents then follows. This is the first known publication of a table of contents in the Institution's annual report.
The officers for the year 1920-1921 are then listed. These include A. R. Montgomery, [President]; J. Andrews Harris. T. DeWitt Cuyler, John F. Lewis, and Joseph H. Burroughs [Vice Presidents], William White [Secretary], John Lewis Evans [Treasurer], and T. DeWitt Cuyler [Solicitor].
The Board of Directors is then listed, organized by class:
The class of 1921 includes: J. Randall Williams, Charles Biddle, Andrew Alexander Blair, Henry E. Drayton, Leonard T. Beale; George W. Elkins, Jr.; Frank T. Patterson, Henry B. Coxe, and Edward Hopkinson, Jr.
The class of 1922 includes: Emlen Hutchinson, A. R. Montgomery, Joseph Wood Wagner, J. Andrews Harris, Joseph H. Burroughs, William Potter, George V. Massey, C. Berkeley Taylor, and Robert Glendinning.
The class of 1923 includes: T. DeWitt Cuyler, C. Hartman Kuhn, R. L. Montgomery, John F. Lewis, Walton Clark, Caspar W. Morris, Edward B. Halsey, Albert L. Smith, and Marshall S. Morgan.
The standing committees included the following, with names listed after each committee:
Committee on Instruction: Andrew Alexander Blair, T. DeWitt Cuyler, John F. Lewis, William Potter, Charles Biddle, Emlen Hutchinson, Leonard T. Beale, Caspar W. Morris, Henry B. Coxe; George W. Elkins, Jr.; Edward Hopkinson, Jr.; and C. Berkeley Taylor.
Committee on Household: J. Andrews Harris, Joseph H. Burroughs, C. Hartman Kuhn, J. Randall Williams, Henry H. Kingston, Henry E. Drayton, T. Walton Clark, George V. Massey, Robert Glendinning, Frank T. Patterson, Edward B. Halsey, Albert L. Smith, and Joseph Wood Wagner.
Committee on Grounds: Marshall S. Morgan and Robert Glendinning.
Committee on Finance: john F. Lewis, C. Hartman Kuhn.
Committee on Athletics: T. DeWitt Cuyler, Henry E. Drayton, and Leonard T. Beale.
Committee on Centennial Celebration: John F. Lewis, Henry E. Drayton, Charles Biddle, Joseph H. Burroughs, and J. Andrews Harris.
Ladies' Committee: Miss Mary E. Weld [Honorary Member], Mrs. John H. Brinton [Chair], Miss Laura C. Outerbridge [Secretary], and Mrs. Arthur Henry Lea [Treasurer]. Also includes Miss Annie Bradford, Miss Nina Lea, Miss Margaret F. Dale, Mrs. Charles W. Henry, Miss Ellen Gowen Hood, Miss Pauline D. Bowie, Mrs. Algernon B. Roberts, Mrs. John Lyman Cox.
Auxiliary Committee: Mrs. Lewis Audenreid, Mrs. John W. Muir, Miss Essyllt Evans, Mrs. Lawrence Johnson, Mrs. Arthur H. Hacker.
Staff members are also listed: Russell H. Johnson, MD [Physician], Marion Hearn, MD [Laryngologist and Otologist], Carl Williams, MD [Oculist]. Consulting professionals include Radcliffe Cheston, H. R. Wharton, and Edward Martin, MDs [physicians and surgeons], Ralph W. Seiss and S. MacCuen Smith, MDs [Laryngologists], William T. Shoemaker and William C. Posey, MDs [Ophthalmologists], B. Alexander Randall and Francis R. Packard, MDs [Otologists], Thomas L. Wilcox [Dentist]. Though the Institution apparently had a Consulting Dermatologist at the time of the publication of this annual report, a name was not published in association with the position, as was the case in last year's report.
Page 6 includes a list of Officers and Teachers. These include: A. L. E. Crouter [superintendant], Gladys Bodenhorn [Clerk]. Faculty listed in the Academic Department include: Lyman Steed [Principal], teachers Barton Sensenig, John A. McIlvaine, Jr.; Clarence J. Settles, Frances Lucas, Mary Mays Beatty, Eva I. Gustin, Agnes M. Lambert, Annie McD. Ervin, Mary H. Broadbent, Grace M. McGlone, E. May Trend, Harriet B. Smith, Serena E. Foley, Frances A. McKinley, Amy M. Hales, Ella S. Renard, Mildred Riday.
Intermediate faculty members include: Jeannette J. Christmas [Principal], Rachel E. Dawes [Supervising Teacher], teachers Lillian B. Lackey, M. Ethel Bruce, Alice May Plouer, Catherine Carpenter, Ellen S. Werner, Mildred Evans, Elizabeth A. Stone, Annetta L. McGrath, Mary E. Leake, Sara Wakefield, Bessie E. Dow, Julia A. Foley, Julia W. McNary, Katharine Fike, Annie M. Cobb, Helen R. Dougherty, Mary E. Kepp, and Dorothy Lynch.
Primary faculty members include: Louise Upham [Principal], Margaret Bodycomb [Supervising Teacher], teachers Frances R. Rees, Charlotte S. Haeseler, Beatrice S. Bockius, Elizabeth J. Daniel, Harriet M. Thompson, M. Alice Bartholomew, Emma C. Whiting, Jessie P. Ervin, Isabel Bedford, Evelyn Roberts, Susanna Coleman, Barbara Eisenhower, Dorothy E. Turner, Natalie L. Alsworth, Lucile Pearson, Josephine E. Bell, and Nellie O'Connor.
Teachers of Physical Training include Marion O. Perkins and Corbett T. Arnold.
Teacher of Drawing: Ella V. Waugh.
No librarian is listed in this annual report.
Staff of the Industrial Department include: Joseph W. Baily [Principal], with instructors Arthur J. Godwin, James M. Babinec, Thomas W. Jones, John Thiry, Louis P. Nickel, Charles A. Kepp, Jennie G. Diehl, Jennie Clark, Clara H. Raschke, Kathryn Burgin, Alice Romig, Emily D. Page, Annie Kiscaden, and Barnet Ginley.
Arthur J. Godwin is listed as Editor of Mount Airy World.
The Household Department includes: A. L. E. Crouter [Principal], A. H. Bodenhorn [Steward], Catherine W. Brown[Clerk], Elwood Millman [Assistant], Robert M. Ziegler [Clerk], and Carrie M. Hess [Matron].
Staff at Wissinoming Hall include: Carrie R. Timberlake [Assistant Matron], Anna McMichael [Housekeeper], Samuel H. Chambers [Supervisor of Boys], John McIntosh [Assistant Supervisor of Boys] and Edith A. Williams [Supervisor of Girls].
Staff at Wingohocking Hall include: Ethel Maguire [Assistant Matron], Margaret Hewitt [Housekeeper], Harry Suckle [Supervisor of Boys], Albert M. Darlington [Assistant Supervisor of Boys] and Stella Shay [Supervisor of Girls].
Staff at Cresheim Hall include: Margaret E. Paul [Assistant Matron], Lillian Skillman [Housekeeper], Bessie Eckerd [Supervisor of Boys], and Blanche Cartey [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], Edward Cummings [First Assistant], Howard Wolfe [Second Assistant].
Fire engineers include: William Greiner, Benjamin Peiffer, and Linford Mollenkoff.
Security includes: Robert Henderson [Night Engineer and Watchman], and William Wunder [Assistant Watchman].
Firemen include: William Wilson, Thomas J. Maher, Frank Peiffer.
William Lee is the Institution's Laundryman and May Shetzline, the forewoman.
Daniel K. Mankin is the Institution's gardener and William Livezey is the Teamster].
Beginning on page 9, the report then follows. The report begins with a discussion of the Institution's 100th anniversary, and includes some brief details about events held in association with the Institution's centennial year. Friday, July 2 was chosen as Centennial Day. Dignitaries including: William C. Sproul [Governor of Pennsyvania], Edwin S. Stuart [former Governor of Pennsylvania], J. Hampton Moore [Mayor of Philadelphia], and George Woodward, MD [State Senator] all attended. In 1920, a survey was sent to alumni, asking them if more classes should be offered at the School, given the recent end of the Great War [World War I] and the importance it gave to the knowledge of trades. The cost per student capita is $522.58, an increase of $86 over the previous year, with a reason given that salaries have increased significantly over the past year.
Income and expense statements then follow on pages 14-15, with the total of both statements balancing out at $531,496.56.
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, 1920, balance sheets, investments, etc.
The report of the Ladies' Committee then follows, beginning on page 25. It opens with a general discussion of the school year- that the student body grew substantially during the school year. Another focus of the content was the cost of living, which appears to have been a big problem immediately following World War I. No data was provided on the student body/ attendance in the Ladies' Committee's report.
The Superintendent's Report then follows, on page 28. It provides data associated with the 1920-1921 student population, with those in attendance being 291 boys, 240 girls, for a total of 531 students. A series of data tables then follows. Almost all of the students are from the State of Pennsylvania. A table itemizes the causes of the students' deafness, and another table is included, showing the students' counties of origin. Table 8 provides information on the "Institution Family" which includes that associated with faculty and staff. A majority of the teachers lived off campus; however, majorities of officers and employees lived on campus. The report includes information on staff changes, and on the Department of Physical Training, which includes a lists of games and activities with which the students were involved.
A table of the Trades Teaching Department is included on page 37, with classes listed and the associated number of students attending each class. Similar tables are also included for the Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced departments. A list of the members of the graduating class of 1920 then follows, followed by a list of awards given to students for various achievements.
Two photos are included between pages 40 and 41. These include those with the captions "Deaf-blind pupils using the manual recitations" and "The deaf-blind pupils reading their teacher's lips."
A photograph then follows, inserted between pages 48 and 49, with the caption "Group of superintendents and principals at the Centennial celebration."
The report of the Advanced Department then begins on page 54. During the school year, there were 184 students in the Advanced Department. Of these were 103 boys and 81 girls. The Advanced Department report then discusses changes made to the school and shop hours during the school year, and notes "the moving picture machine purchased last year has been very helpful. The pupils have been happily occupied on Saturday nights and have gained much valuable information. We have been able to secure excellent films." This section of the report notes changes made to the Department's staff. Bound into this section of the report is a photograph of Wissinoming Hall.
The report of the Intermediate Department then follows, on page 57. This report begins opposite a photograph of Wingohocking Hall. On October 1, 1919, there were 162 pupils enrolled in the Intermediate Department. Of these were 98 boys and 64 girls. A program consisting of a demonstration of speech development was highlighted in this section of the report.
The report of the Primary Department then follows, beginning on page 60, opposite a photograph of Cresheim Hall, located on the following page. During the 1919-1920 school year, there were a total of 195 students in the Primary Department. Of these, 84 were girls and 111 were boys. This report discusses several students who were dismissed for various reasons, as well as teacher resignations and assignments.
Opposite a photograph of Morris Industrial Hall, the Industrial School's report then begins, on page 63. In the school year 1919-1920, there were 355 students in the Industrial Department. These consisted of 158 girls and 197 boys. After discussing several resignations, the Industrial Department's report then discusses its classes. During the 1919-1920 school year, Saturday classes were eliminated, to give the children more time to play. Classes held in the Industrial Department included baking, carpentry etc., chair caning, drafting, grounds maintenance, ironing, painting and glazing, printing, Linotype instruction, millinery, shoemaking, boys and girls sewing, tailoring, and weaving. Lists of articles made then follow, which includes a list of vegetables grown in the Institution's gardens. A list of articles consumed during the classes is also included.
The report of the Physical Education Department then follows, on page 68. A description of the students' exercises is included, in separate sections each, for the boys and girls. These descriptions include various physical ailments of the students. No statistics about students in the Physical Department are included in this section of the report. For reasons which are unclear, the annual gymnastics exhibition was eliminated.
The report of the physician then follows, beginning on page 71, opposite a photo of the infirmary. In it, the physician notes: "The outstanding feature from a medical point of view was an extensive epidemic of scarlet fever. The outbreak was peculiar and unusual in many particulars, so much so that the diagnosis for sometime was in doubt... Isolation and quarantine were conscientiously observed from the beginning. Indeed so thoroughly was this practised that it placed in entire abeyance the ordinary routine of life and teaching in Cresheim Hall (to which building the disease was limited) and was a great inconvenience and burden to the Institution generally. A summary of cases then follows. Of interest are 66 cases of influenza listed, in addition to 39 cases of scarlet fever,
The Oculist's and Laryngologist's reports then follow, on page 74 and 75, respectively.
The Dentist's report follows, on page 76. In it, the numbers of fillings cavities, cases of gingivitis, etc are noted.
The report of the steward then begins, on page 77. In it, A. H. Bodenhorn lists supplies provided and clothing issued during the year ending August 31, 1920. These lists have grown much longer over the years, presumably due to the growing student population.
The report of the Chief Engineer then follows, beginning on page 88, opposite a photograph of the power plant. In the report, coal consumption was discussed. A central focus of the report was again the Institution's HVAC system, with many pipes being replaced. New brick arches and fire doors were constructed for several of the furnaces.
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 93.
A list of all of the students is then provided, beginning on page 96, with students lists by their location of origin [listed by post office]. These are organized by Department- i.e. Academic, Intermediate, Primary, as well as by sex.
A list of life members of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb is provided, beginning on page 111.
A list of Institution presidents, vice presidents, directors, etc. from the school's founding in 1820 to the then-present day then follows, beginning on page 116. This also includes a list of those members of the Ladies' Committee, from the school's founding to the then-present day.
A special appendix, "Results of an Investigation made by a Special Committee Regarding the Industrial Training of its Pupils during the Past Ten Years" begins on page 121. This report compiled by Lyman Steed was apparently designed to help improve conditions in the Industrial School, with questionnaires distributed to heads of similar schools, requesting information about classes offered, classes requested, etc. Information was also provided about jobs students ultimately secured.Collection
Pamphlet Box CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1919 - 1920Notes
Creation Date: 1921