IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /> ^ ■^■^ fA » 1.0 ll=y= 11.25 SUM H^ £ us i2.0 M 11.6 J V] > ^» ^ P Pnotagraphic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.r. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ■X ^^ V . ^/^ '#r\\ ^- ^^ ^ ^ CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVi/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibliographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the beat original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. n Coloured covers/ Couverture de couleur I j Covers damaged/ Couverture endommagte Covers restored and/or laminated/ Couverture restaur^ et/ou pellicula Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture manque Coloured maps/ Cartes g6ographiques en couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) Coloured p!ates and/or illustrations/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material/ ReliA avec d'autres documents D D D Tiqht binding may cause shadows or distortion aiong interior margin/ La re Mure serr^e peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distorsion l« long de h marge intirieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the tland, presuunibly with the Thti IliiUfii.v Institution. 5 oxix.c'tation of nmkiii.^' n fortmic in the N.-w World, liko others of hU .onip.itriots, Mr. (Iniy was liiudcd. l.y stress of cirfuiiistimccs.at Halifax ill tht' mouth of AnK'nst, IK-,-,. u,„l aftm- working for som.. tiiuf at his trade of tailoring. l,..iiiK thrown out of .-uiph.yuu.nt. he conceived or had suK«»'«tfoard of directors, he succeeded in obtaining for the infant cause the notice and support of the legishitnre and the community, organizi-d a board of managenu'nt, and took other steps for the proper establishment and equipment of the school. The first legislative aid was a grant of *1.200 in the spring of 18.J7. the grant, in subsecjuent years, being enlarged to * l,(',;j() and ifc'i.OOO. as the value and claims of the object became better understood. This, with the voluntary contributions readily obtained, enabled the promoters of the infant Institution to provide more suitable accommodation for the school, and to engage Mr. J. Scoff Hutfon, then and for ten years previously an instructor in the Edinburgh Institution, as princjipal, Mr. Gray being re- tained as assistant teacher. Bringing from Scotland the n.'edfnl books and api)aratus for the work kindly donated by kindred institutions in the mother c.mnfry— to the value of about A2(l()-Mr. Hutton entered on his duties in Halifax on the ■1th ( f August. isr,7, with four pupil>. The year following, the attendance having incr.'ased to twenty-seven, additional accommodation was pro- rnstitutiou, iu tlio principal towns and vilhiKt's, with grati- fying results in the uwiikeninK of interest in a depiirtnient of benevolent effort new to the great body of the people, the aeeession of new pupils, and the replenisliiuj,' of the funds. The first spontaneous movement in the Province in aid of the Institu- tion took place on the historic shores of Cobecpiid Hay, anioiiK the intelligent and thriving ix.pulation of Noel, in the county of Hants. where a bazaar was held in July of this year, at which the principal ancl several of the puiiils were present by invitati(m-an occasion memorable to the writer as the first on which he had the privilege of advocating the claims of the deaf and dumb before a rural audience in the Maritime Provinces. About two hundred ai.d fifty dollars was realized by this— under all the circumstances a most creditable and cheering result. In November of the same year (185H) the proceeds— amounting to !S honor of giving our first exhibition l)efore the members of both branches of tli.' legislature, on the ri.,ors of the House of Assembly, to which, in connec- tion with similar exhibitions in subsequent sessions, may be justly at- tributed th.^ promotion of that spirit of hearty liberality uniformly dis- played by the legislature of Nova Sun.le.l iaiih n Dnnje 1 rovnlenee, his life was one of self-sacrifiee un. t h,„,. , turn to the cause of the deaf and dumb. eh.u f ," Tl" ^^"■'^"■'^' ^"^' '"'"'^^- ^•"*^^'''* ^lireetor and he'toXh :," 7 ;' ''^ '" "'""••^- ^^'^' ^^"''1' ">t--t whi..h av b", " ';"'"" ^'""■'■'^ '^^^^'' ''^ •- ^'"-13-, Ins brotlua- aun^ bestowed the n.unitieent le.^aey of §2(),()0(), whereby H . T T\rVT'^'"^'"*^ 1''- tbe iirst time on a iinn basis. The dc.uth of this direc-tor left the Rev. J. C. Cochran, ii The IlaUfax Institution. 9 i\w vj'iu'iabh' Hocrt'tary of ihr lnHtitiitiou, the Hole Miirvivor of tln" oiij,-'iiial hoard, and lu>, tivr yravH later, after twenty- three years' couiuctioii with the eHtahliHhiiK'iit, waw alno gath- ered to luH fathers. His ample reports show how deeply he was interested in the work to which he ^Mive tiie first impetus and which he was larfjfely instrumental in establishing'. He \\m HU(!ceeded by the present secretary, Rev. Dr. Forrest, president of Dalhousie College, who, though bunlened with the heavy responsibility of his own position, as well as the religious, be- nevolent, and social nuitters in which he takes so active a part, still bestows much time and attention ui)on tlie Institution, and is ever ready, when called upon, to give his valuable coun- sel and assistance in the management. The Honorable D. AIcNeil Parker, M. L. C, has been asso- ciated with the Institution for over thirty-four years as honorary physician, and at present as diairman of the board. His coii- nection dates back to within two years of the establishment of the school, and notwithstanding his professional and polit- ical duties, as well as benevolent work connected with various l)liilanthropic institutions, he still finds time to devote to the int(!rests of the school for the deaf, and in spite of advancing age makes a point of being present at almost every meeting of the board. The following is the board of nuuuigers : His Honor :\I. B. D.u.v, UeuteiKint-ftovinmr <>/ tin I'mrince <>f Niivn Scotia, etr. JJirectorn. Hon. D. McNeil P.\aKEu, M. D. and M. L. C. Hon. PitoviNciAi, Skchetauv. J{ev. IM-esident Fouiskst, D. D. Wll.I.IA.'M ToUIN. Es(|., M. I). J. F. Kkxxv, Es(|. AxDiiEw Mackini.av, Esq. A. M. Bell, Esci. iSecretdri/. Rev. President Fokhest, D. D. 7'rcasiire7'. Andrew Mackixlav, Est]. 10 2Vie JM'ifa.v Institution. /'//'/.•iictinis. Donald A. Cami'bell, M. D. MuiiixH'n Chisolm, M. D. ( \))isiiltini/ J'hi/sician. Andrew J. Cowie, M. D. JJt'ntist. Dr. A. C. Cogswell. Ovxliat. STtPHEN Dodge, M. D. OFFICERS AND TEACHERS. Educational Department. Principal. James Fearon. ./ ssisUin t Teachers. Miss Julia R. Bateman. 3Iiss A. M. ]\r0SHEK. A. R. DoDDS. S. H. Lawrence. Miss C. Frame. Matron. Miss M. Gladwin. J/afro/i's .l.sfii.ffuiit. Miss E. Rrymer. IndUSTRLVi, DEl'ART>tr:XT. MlCHAn. McQuiLLIN. Varjnmtri/ and Gardening. Michael AIcQuillin. '^/loeniakiu)/. Martlv Ajsijott. I ■J...