Name/Title
The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb for the Year 1922-1923Entry/Object ID
2017.9.294.9Description
Annual report: on front cover and title page is "The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf for the Year 1922-1923." Mount Airy, Philadelphia. Printed by Order of the Board of Directors, Institution Printing Office, 1924. Dimensions: 6 x 9", 140 pp.
Inside the front cover is a fold-out "Pupil's Diet Table," with scheduled meals for the students, consisting of four weeks, with different meals scheduled in each week, designed by Institution physician Dr. Russell H. Johnson.
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, except that the phrase "and Dumb" has yet to be deleted. Note that this is the first annual report with this phrase dropped in the title, as published on the front cover.
A table of contents then follows.
The officers for the year 1921-1922 are then listed. These include Joseph H. Burroughs, [President]; Andrew Alexander Blair, Henry E. Drayton, C. Hartman Kuhn, and Edward B. Halsey [Vice Presidents], William White [Secretary], John Lewis Evans [Treasurer], and C. Berkeley Taylor [Solicitor]. The Board President, Archibald R. Montgomery, passed away on September 17, 1932; Joseph H. Burroughs is his successor.
The Board of Directors is then listed, organized by class:
The class of 1924 includes: J. Randall Williams, Andrew Alexander Blair, Henry E. Drayton, Leonard T. Beale; George W. Elkins, Jr.; Frank T. Patterson, Henry B. Coxe, C. Jared Ingersoll, Frazer Harris, and Edward Hopkinson, Jr.
The class of 1925 includes: Emlen Hutchinson, Joseph H. Burroughs, William Potter, Henry H. Kingston, George V. Massey, C. Berkeley Taylor, Joseph Wood Wagner, and Robert Glendinning.
The class of 1926 includes: C. Hartman Kuhn, R. L. Montgomery, Walton Clark, Caspar W. Morris, Edward B. Halsey, Albert L. Smith, W. R. Mason Field, Theodore S. Paul, and Marshall S. Morgan.
The standing committees included the following, with names listed after each committee:
Committee on Instruction: William Potter, Emlen Hutchinson, Leonard T. Beale, Caspar W. Morris, Henry B. Coxe; George W. Elkins, Jr.; R. L. Montgomery, C. Berkeley Taylor., Robert Glendinning, W. R. Mason Field, and Andrew Alexander Blair [Chair].
Committee on Household: Edward B. Halsey, George V. Massey, C. Hartman Kuhn, J. Randall Williams, Walton Clark, Frank T. Patterson, Albert L. Smith, Joseph Wood Wagner, Henry H. Kingston, C. Jared Ingersoll, Theodore S. Paul, and Henry E. Drayton [Chair].
Committee on Grounds: Marshall S. Morgan [Chair], Theodore S. Paul, and Robert Glendinning.
Committee on Finance: Henry E. Drayton, Marshall S. Morgan, Henry B. Coxe [Chair].
Committee on Athletics: Joseph Wood Wagner, Albert L. Smith, and Leonard T. Beale [Chair].
Ladies' Committee: Miss Mary E. Weld [Honorary Member], Mrs. John H. Brinton [Chair], Mrs. John W. Muir, [Vice-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, 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, J. Murray Ellzey, 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], Edward F. Corson, MD [Consulting Dermatologist].
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.; Mary Mays Beatty, Eva I. Gustin, Agnes M. Lambert, Mary H. Broadbent, E. May Trend, Amy M. Hales, Howard E. Snyder, Mary Roche, N. Irma Nuss Underhill, Mary McClelland, A. B. MIller, Martha K. Sailer,
Intermediate faculty members include: Jeannette J. Christmas [Principal], M. Ethel Bruce [Supervising Teacher], teachers Lillian B. Lackey, Alice May Plouer, Catherine Carpenter, Mildred Evans, Alice W. Deckert, Ethel D. Murray, Louise Morrow, Mary E. Leake, Bessie E. Dow, Julia A. Foley, Frances McClave, Marie M. Howard, Evalyn N. Parker, Mary Lillian Rose, and Marion Lamb.
Primary faculty members include: Louise Upham [Principal], Margaret Bodycomb [Supervising Teacher], teachers Frances R. Rees, Charlotte S. Haeseler, Harriet M. Thompson, M. Alice Bartholomew, Isabel Bedford, Henrietta Ruthven, Harriet B. Smith, Sara E. Wood, Edith B. Winchester, Susanna Coleman, Barbara Eisenhower, Dorothy E. Turner, Edna Guyer, Emilie D. Bovee, Alice Clark, June Yale Crouter, and Winnie R. Wood.
Teachers of Physical Training include Mildred Wolfe 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, 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: Susan Miller [Assistant Matron], 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 Dorothy M. Cope [Supervisor of Girls].
Staff at Cresheim Hall include: Stella Shay [Assistant Matron], unlisted [Housekepper], 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], Charles Wilt [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 9, the report then follows. It opens with a brief summary of the Institution's accomplishments during the school year 1922-1923.
Income and expense statements then follow on pages 12-13, with the total of both statements balancing out at $895,979.42. This is the first time these figures have dropped in quite a number of years.
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, 1923, balance sheets, investments, etc.
The report of the Ladies' Committee then follows, beginning on page 25. In it, the lamentation is expressed that several faculty members were lost to schools which could pay them higher salaries.
The Superintendent's Report then follows, on page 27. It provides data associated with the 1922-1923 student population, with those in attendance being 305 boys and 240 girls, for a total of 545 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 and officers lived off campus; however, a majority of employees lived on campus. The entire "family" was listed as having a population of 681. The general health of the population was excellent, with no deaths occurring during the 1922-1923 school year. Faculty and staff changes were also discussed. In this section of the report, opposite page 32, is a photograph with the caption "Deaf-blind pupils using the manual alphabet for recitations."
A table of the Trades Teaching Department is included on page 35, 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 1923 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 48. During the school year, there were 191 students in the Advanced Department. Of these were 98 boys and 93 girls. The report then continues with a discussion of staff and curriculum changes, with a focus on the activities of the art department for the school year 1922-1923.
The report of the Intermediate Department then follows, on page 51. This report begins opposite a photograph of Wingohocking Hall. During the 1922-1923 school year, there were 169 pupils enrolled in the Intermediate Department. Of these were 103 boys and 66 girls. The failing eyesight of one of the students, Robert Simmons, was noted; it was determined he would eventually go blind. Faculty changes in the Department were noted.
The report of the Primary Department then follows, beginning on page 64 opposite a photograph of Cresheim Hall, located on the following page. During the 1922-1923 school year, there were a total of 196 students in the Primary Department. Of these, 85 were girls and 111 were boys. This report discusses several students who were dismissed for various reasons, as well as teacher resignations and assignments. Several cases of scarlet fever and chicken pox were present during the 1922-1923 school year.
Opposite a photograph of Morris Industrial Hall, the Industrial Department's report then begins, on page 56. In the school year 1922-1923 there were 361 students in the Industrial Department. These consisted of 165 girls and 196 boys. After discussing a single resignation, the Industrial Department's report then discusses its classes. The list of classes available in previous annual reports is not published in the 1922-1923 report. 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.
The Field Officer's report begins on page 61. In it, field officer Samuel H. Chambers observed the living conditions of Institution alumni and provides recommendations for job interviews- that they be done using speech, rather than written.
The report of the Physical Education Department then follows, on page 73. A brief description of the Physical Education's classes is provided, as well as various competitions of the school's boys and girls. It also mentions the boys' involvement in the City of Philadelphia's relatively new "Boys' Week" program, which included an exhibition put on by Institution boys at the Metropolitan Opera House.
The report of the physician then follows, beginning on page 66, opposite a photo of the infirmary. The physician noted that there has been no mortality in the Institution since the influenza epidemic occurred, in 1918. A table of illnesses at the school then follows, with 101 cases of influenza and 73 of measles listed.
The Oculist's and Laryngologist's reports then follow, on page 69 and 70, respectively.
The Dentists' report follows, on page 71 In it, the numbers of fillings cavities, cases of gingivitis, etc are noted. In it, dentist J. Wesley Parker notes "The increasing attention given oral prophylaxis, especially by the medical profession, with regards to maintaining general good health, shows the importance of maintaining an efficient mastication apparatus."
The report of the steward then begins, on page 73. In it, A. H. Bodenhorn lists supplies provided and clothing issued during the year ending August 31, 1923.
The report of the Chief Engineer then follows, beginning on page 100, opposite a photograph of the power plant. In the report, coal consumption was discussed. The coal shed was enlarged during the school year. The lake was cleaned and its surrounding walls were repaired. This lake would later be filled in.
A list of acknowledgements then follows on page 102, for various monetary and in kind donations.
Details of the conditions for terms of admission to the Institution are then provided, beginning on page 105
A list of all of the students is then provided, beginning on page 108, 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 123.
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 128. 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
1922 - 1923Notes
Creation Date: 1924