Name/Title
The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb for the Year 1921-1922Entry/Object ID
2017.9.294.8Description
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 1921-1922." Mount Airy, Philadelphia. Printed by Order of the Board of Directors, Institution Printing Office, 1923. Dimensions: 6 x 9", 130 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 1921-1922 are then listed. These include A. R. Montgomery, [President]; J. Andrews Harris. Henry E. Drayton, John F. Lewis, and Joseph H. Burroughs [Vice Presidents], William White [Secretary], John Lewis Evans [Treasurer], and John F. Lewis [Solicitor].
The Board of Directors is then listed, organized by class:
The class of 1923 includes: 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 class of 1924 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 1925 includes: Emlen Hutchinson, A. R. Montgomery, J. Andrews Harris, Joseph H. Burroughs, William Potter, George V. Massey, C. Berkeley Taylor, Joseph Wood Wagner, and Robert Glendinning.
The standing committees included the following, with names listed after each committee:
Committee on Instruction: Andrew Alexander Blair, John F. Lewis, William Potter, Charles Biddle, Emlen Hutchinson, Leonard T. Beale, Caspar W. Morris, Henry B. Coxe; George W. Elkins, Jr.; R. L. Montgomery, and C. Berkeley Taylor.
Committee on Household: J. Andrews Harris, Joseph H. Burroughs, C. Hartman Kuhn, J. Randall Williams, Henry E. Drayton, 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; Edward Hopkinson, Jr.; and Robert Glendinning.
Committee on Finance: John F. Lewis, Marshal [Marshall?] S. Morgan
Committee on Athletics: Joseph Wood Wagner, Albert L. Smith, and Leonard T. Beale.
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 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, and Mrs. Lewis Audenreid.
Auxiliary Committee: Mrs. Livingston E. Jones, Mrs. John W. Muir, Miss Essyllt Evans, Mrs. Anna G. Gilpin, 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 and J. Wesley Parker [Dentists]. A consulting dermatologist [Edward F. Corson, MD] was listed in the report for the first time in several years.
Page 5 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.; Frances Lucas, Mary Mays Beatty, Eva I. Gustin, Agnes M. Lambert, Mary H. Broadbent, E. May Trend, Amy M. Hales, Ella S. Renard, Mildred Riday, Angeline Fullington, Howard E. Snyder, Mary Roche, N. Irma Nuss, Mary McClelland, and Lloyd E. Berg.
Intermediate faculty members include: Jeannette J. Christmas [Principal], M. Ethel Bruce [Supervising Teacher], teachers Lillian B. Lackey, Rachel E. Dawes , Alice May Plouer, Catherine Carpenter, Ellen S. Werner, Mildred Evans, Alice W. Decker, Ethel D. Murray, Mary E. Leake, Bessie E. Dow, Julia A. Foley, Frances McClave, Marie M. Howard, Evalyn N. Parker, Mary E. Kepp, Lillian E. Russell, and Marion Lamb.
Primary faculty members include: Louise Upham [Principal], Margaret Bodycomb [Supervising Teacher], teachers Frances R. Rees, Charlotte S. Haeseler, Beatrice S. Bockius, Harriet M. Thompson, M. Alice Bartholomew, Gertrude N. Kling, Isabel Bedford, Henrietta Ruthven, Harriet B. Smith, Edith B. Winchester, Susanna Coleman, Barbara Eisenhower, Dorothy E. Turner, Edna Guyer, Emilie D. Bovee, Alice Clark, Nellie O'Connor, and Winnie R. Wood.
Teachers of Physical Training include Marion Crawley 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, Estelle Breese, Mary Schaeffer, Kathryn Burgin, Lydia Walker, Myra Holden, Helen Freeburn, George A. Wise, Arthur Kier, Margaret Loughery.
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], Joseph Young [Assistant], Robert Young [Clerk], Robert M. Ziegler [Clerk], and Carrie M. Hess [Matron].
Staff at Wissinoming Hall include: Anna McMichael [Housekeeper], John A. Nelson [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], and Stella Shay [Supervisor of Girls].
Staff at Cresheim Hall include: Laura Mitchell [Assistant Matron], Mary Atchison [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 G. W. Glendenning.
Security includes: Robert Henderson [Night Engineer and Watchman], and Layton Dewees [Assistant Watchman].
Firemen include: William Wilson, Thomas J. Maher, and Edward Hagan.
William Lee is the Institution's Laundryman and Margaret Loughery, the forewoman.
Daniel K. Mankin is the Institution's gardener and William Livezey is the Teamster].
Beginning on page 8, the report then follows. The report provides information on the Institution's new field officer, noting "About a year ago the Board appointed Mr. Chambers as its Field Officer. His duties consist of visiting the parents and guardians of all pupils attending the Institution, in locating deaf children in the eastern part of the State, and in visiting the Alumni of our School. This work has been systematized and is carefully and well done. The Field Officer receives at the Institution a complete list of the names and addresses of the parents and guardians and also of our graduates." For the first time in years, the cost of "maintaining" a student, measured per capita, actually fell. This was apparently in part due to a drop in the price of supplies, presumably as a result of the end of World War I.
Income and expense statements then follow on pages 12-13, with the total of both statements balancing out at $1,003,919.71.
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, 1922, balance sheets, investments, etc.
The report of the Ladies' Committee then follows, beginning on page 25. In it, it notes "the staff has been restored to a pre-war basis, and everything is progressing satisfactorily." The report continues with a discussion of individual student successes.
The Superintendent's Report then follows, on page 28. It provides data associated with the 1921-1922 student population, with those in attendance being 357 boys and 227 girls, for a total of 627 students, as was mentioned in last year's report. 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 and officers lived off campus; however, a majority of employees lived on campus. The entire "family" was listed as having a population of 660. As was mentioned previously, costs of living decreases occurred for the first time in years, and were discussed in this section of the annual report. Faculty and staff changes were also discussed. In this section of the report, opposite page 42, is a photograph with the caption "Deaf-blind pupils using the manual alphabet for recitations."
The report includes information on staff changes which includes a "long list" of resignations.
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 1922 then follows, followed by a list of awards given to students for various achievements.
Opposite a photograph of Wissinoming Hall, the report of the Advanced Department then begins on page 55. During the school year, there were 190 students in the Advanced Department. Of these were 111 boys and 79 girls. The report then continues with a discussion of staff and curriculum changes, with "special trips to the Chestnut Hill Library" being made in the school year 1921-1922.
The report of the Intermediate Department then follows, on page 58. This report begins opposite a photograph of Wingohocking Hall. During the 1921-1922 school year, there were 173 pupils enrolled in the Intermediate Department. Of these were 100 boys and 73 girls. Highlights of the school year continued to be motion pictures/ movies, as was the case in previous years. Faculty changes in the Department were noted.
The report of the Primary Department then follows, beginning on page 61 opposite a photograph of Cresheim Hall, located on the previous page. During the 1920-1921 school year, there were a total of 207 students in the Primary Department. Of these, 95 were girls and 112 were boys. This report discusses several students who were dismissed for various reasons, as well as teacher resignations and assignments. Whooping cough appeared to be a small problem during the 1921-1922 school year.
Opposite a photograph of Morris Industrial Hall, the Industrial School's report then begins, on page 64. In the school year 1921-1922 there were 363 students in the Industrial Department. These consisted of 156 girls and 207 boys. After discussing several resignations, the Industrial Department's report then discusses its classes. During the 1921-1922 school year, classes held in the Industrial Department included baking, masonry, carpentry etc., chair caning, drafting, grounds maintenance, ironing, laundry, painting and glazing, printing, Linotype instruction, millinery, shoemaking, boys and girls sewing, tailoring, and weaving. Lists of articles made in the Industrial Department then follow, which include a list of vegetables grown in the Institution's gardens. A list of articles consumed during the classes is also included.
A new department was instituted during the 1920-1921 school year, as a new report- that of the Field Officer- is included again this year and begins on page 69. In it, field officer Samuel H. Chambers noted his travels to various counties within southeastern Pennsylvania, and the methodology he used to identify and visit members of the deaf community, the reason for his travels.
The report of the Physical Education Department then follows, on page 73. A brief description of the Physical Education's classes is provided.
The report of the physician then follows, beginning on page 77, opposite a photo of the infirmary. The physician noted that in the absence of any epidemics, the school year was unusually peaceful, with the contagious ward not opened once during the school year.
The Oculist's and Laryngologist's reports then follow, on page 80 and 81, respectively.
The Dentist's report follows, on page 82. In it, the numbers of fillings cavities, cases of gingivitis, etc are noted.
The report of the steward then begins, on page 83. In it, A. H. Bodenhorn lists supplies provided and clothing issued during the year ending August 31, 1922.
The report of the Chief Engineer then follows, beginning on page 95, opposite a photograph of the power plant. In the report, coal consumption was discussed. The ice plant was overhauled during the school year.
A list of acknowledgements then follows on page 97, for various monetary and in kind donations.
Details of the conditions for terms of admission to the Institution are then provided, beginning on page 100.
A list of all of the students is then provided, beginning on page 103, 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 119.
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 124. This also includes a list of those members of the Ladies' Committee, from the school's founding to the then-present day.Collection
Pamphlet Box CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1921 - 1922Notes
Creation Date: 1923