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UGHl, LIGHT-MORE LIGHT!" Goethe (Head and Lend) I /I r f\ - /-y ». t^ Jl Turtber Jlppeal for the Blind BY WALTER A. RATCLIFFE ,1^RT HOPE. Because there are little boys and girls in Ontario who because of their defective sight or their total lack of |Sight, are unable to profit by our pub- lic schools, and because the Provincial jlnstitution for the education of the j blind is so grossly inismanagcd, so jwretchedly princnpiiled that none but j one totally ignorant of it or heartlessly criminal could advise a parent to send I a child to it for even one term, these pages are written. Early last March I published my "An Appeal for the Blind." In June . Mr. Beall made a statement to the I Secretary of the Province, but not till jlate in the autumn was any notice I taken of the charges we had made. I On the 27th day of Novemlier what ; for convenience sake I will call an in- ! vestigntion was commenced. The , fiw;t8 connected with this investiga tion are briefly these: 1. Only eight days notice was given complainants of the investigation, and the information was so vague as to cause Mr. Beall and myself no little annoyance. 2. Two civil servants. Eh-. Geo. J. Hodgins and Pi-of. Mills were appoint- »d to investigate the charges. This was unfair to say the least. • 3. Dr. Chamberlain, the Inspector of Prisons and Charities was associated with these gentlemen. This was all the guarantee A. H. Dymond needed that nothing very damaging should meet the public eye. There has never been any appeal from a decision reach- ed by the Principal and the Inspector. Their rule of the Institution is absolute but notwithstanding this and notwith standing the fact that the criticisms reflected upon the Inspector, he was made a judge. 4. Principal Dymond might as well have l»een made Associate Commis- sioner, for he was never absent from the enqiiiry room. He put questions and made statements at will. Mora than once he refused to answer my questions and the Commissioners sus- tained him 5. Part of the minutes of the several meetings were taken by Mr. W. Wickens, the faithful Friday of A. H. Dymond. The latter part of those were made by a man from Dr. Cham- Derlain's offlce. 6. The press and the public were excluded. 7. No witness was placed under oath. 8. The complainants were never treated as such, being denied the right to question any one, and being dis- missed before another witness was summoned. 9. Terror reigned over the entire building. Officials fled from ex-pupils, others begged not to be placed on the stand. Pupils wei-e told that it would be worse for them after the investiga- tion ceased. As will be shown later on members of the staff were lashed into line. People of Ontario, how much could an angel prove imder such circum- stances ? Before going further let me recoi-d ray appreciation of the conduct of Prof. Mills. He was kind, easy of / ftpproach. and throughout the Inves- tigation, gave evitlcneu of a (le«i«« to learn the truth. I hav«' aheady ntaU«mniis- sion. I charge here as 1 charged a year ago, that A. H. Dynuuul, by his stupidity, his hhnulering. his Im-k of heart, his indifference to the rights of others, his totiil ignorance of the titness of things has transformed the Institu- tion into a moral quagmire, a destroy er rather than a developer. I cannot say what I want t«> say. When I asked a physician if there was any te<-hnical name for the practice that pievailed amongst the male pupils for yeai-s. he answered. "Yo\i will liave to call it sex- ual perversioH. That means many things." Children seven or eight years of age enter the Institution healthly and innocent, but leave it a few years later bLwUHl because they were herded wi„h seniors who had Iwen similarly poisoned, or who were vicious before entering the school. A. H. Dynumd must be held responsible for this awful sUite of affaii-s, for no one rides in that school but hinr. For the benefit of those who have not read "An appeal for the blind." the writer's main charges may lie briefly stated, as follows: 1. Too mu(;h attention is given to making a park of the premises. 2. The dormitories are over-crowd- ed and unfurnished. 3. The closets are antiijuated and inadequate. 4. The pupils have no sitting room in all the building. 5. ManuiU lalwr is discredited by being used as a punishment. 2 6. Teachers and other membera of the nUiff HW, with but f«'W ••xti-piloiw. not the frleiidM of piipllH hut thi-if guiutU drill turn key X. 7. PiipilM an- tfil iinil h« umnl in th« plHiiiKMt |HJ«.sil)l<> manner, witile »ni- cialM fiiru HUiuptuouMly. a Saliirii-H puid to ofncoi->* iii-e «iut of all pitiimrtion to mTvii-ew it-nili'iiMl, and aw niu<-h hiKlx-i- than art> jMiiil to teucherH in the Oity of Hrantfotd. 10. Teaehera nre domiciled at the InMtitution. thus ttecominK Hrst In- different, and later aiwtlu-tic towaitis the helplexH little oner* conunitted to their fine. 11. The Printipal is ineonip'tent, non-progi-esHive, iniHympathetic, un- approachable, autocratic and tyranni- cal. 12. The Htatt as at prewnt constitu- teil In too lai>,'e. too exixMisive and failH utterly to secure the physical, intellectual, moral and aesthetic de- velopment of the blind of this pro- vince. 13. The Institution farm is a per- manent sink-hole for the taxes wrung fl-oiu the people. 14. The Institution is properly a part of Ontario's system of Education, and should thereftne be under the control of the department of education and not a;', now, be classed with pris- ons and charities. 13. The Institution does absolutely nothing to assist pupils who have severed their connection with it to earn a living; cc. t>quently in many cases all that has been spent to this end is priuiticall]' lost. The foregoing are the chief criticism emliodied in the panphlet "An appeal for the blind," and a brief comment upon them will indicate how little investigating has really been done. In his report of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine Principal Dymond asks for the appointment of a man skilled in the training of trees. The pupilM muat leave the Inatitution early in June each year and do not return until about the midtlle t>f HepteinU'r, Ml that even if they could we ihe sluuidH'iy they are away from it at the (M-ritKl of its gfeatcwt Uauty. The principal and a few other olllcials alone reap the fruit «if all thih ex|HMi- diture. The girl's walk is ciiMiktHl, short and iriegular, and the U>y'M walks, though In-tter, are uncoil- necteil; the In-st walk on the grounds is rjuchfieiiueiited on siiiiimer evenings by citizens of Brantfoitl, the baby carriages causing the pupils no little inconvenience at times. Tlien- is lauilenoughaltout the institution to^ive the pupils several miles of walks. These carefully constructed, would be far more lieneHcial to the pupils than any amount of shrubliery that can lie planted. There is not so much as a chair in the pupils sleeping rtioms. Kven the public wai-ds i>f bospitala_and the cells oi' county goals supply each imote with a chair and a table. For the very young pupils this is not neces- sary, but for the majority it is. Let it be now borne in mind that I am not now pleading ft»r those who are adult when admitted. I plead for those whti enter the school at an early age and who grow up in it. There is not a sitting room for pupils- Think of the hours that ai-e spent aimlessly rambling up and down or sitting rs in manuel work should board and lodge in the house. The supervisors, nuwes and matron are the only jiei-sons required in the building continuously. There would bt A bcttar /eeling hetwMn piipilM anil Iniitructoni if th« UtUtr did nut live, and iiv« in Itixiiiy. in th« ItuildihK, and th«Tw wonlil Im- pii-nty i»f r(K)ni fi)r all Hh- wImmiI'* n*-*-*!" if Hi*- prewnt ipace wan iitill»Hl for iichnie M'sitii-nrt-H on tlu* gitnnuU. By iMuployinK only ni^'dinl ortlci'iH nrid inHititinK that tln^y Inianl and Ihhwo th«MnM«lveM out t>f lli«' wilaiy juild tlu'ni, tlu« cotta»c»' Hvwtfni »lu)uld l»e Introilucwl at one*'. It iH a shame tliat tin- tlioapent. pInineMt f tonitidfr- ed g(HKl enouKh for the Blind. The teachevit do not eat with their ohai-ge but in a well-ap|Kiinted diiiinK-rtM>ni. UroHM up<»n gitwM of Huch canned KomU aa tiardines, wdnion, |R*aH, corn and tomatoeH were iMHight last year, but the pupiU did not tiwte them. PruneH, dried applen, whit«« »»ean etc, were served to them. Ih this in accordance with the will of the (people who pay for It? Just hero it may he wiid that the supplies for the Institution ai-e bought in the dearest possible way. A little of this retail dealer, and a little of that one. Why is the year's 8tocl( not ordereil and ivceivetl at once thus effecting a saving of time and money? This Institution buys each year nmny p..ir« of lioots for pupils. Why ai-e they not pui chased from the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Belleville, w!u>i-e they are nuule? According t'j the oHlciai statement of the Provin:;ial Treasurer for 1809 just 8540 pound.s i>f sugar was used at the Institution. Four and a quarter tons is a large amount of sugar for one year. The principal of this institu- tion ?08t8 the provinoe any sum rang- ing fi-oni $3500,00 to $4500,00 a year. He is not a clever man either. The principal of the public schoAt a difference? I'htiw gentlemen do not leave the work th«y art* |Hiid to do and M{M'nd their time at ehuirh confe«tym Clxttham for M ver.ii days immediate- ly pi-etuMling the o|M'ning of the in vestigatifm. Htill Dlic sch»M)l t««acher he is all»»wed four weeks oiT duty. After that he nnist find a sul> stitute or lost his p»)8ition. No suth treatment is accorded Principal Dymond. He did not enter his office for many weeks, nor did he find any one to take his place. Mr. Wickeiis, senior teacher, In^caiue acting princi \ml and the province paid him one hundred dollars fur extia servicer. This is not hearsay: I Ml)i«o »«Uiii|« mill iHiHt- ciiiilx wii-* l»M7.|i». Th>« liill for mHvi'I- CHI' tliki'ti* w.iM 9X>A¥t. I'lijiilH vfi> iiiivly liili- ill IIm' ulri'ftM'.U'*. Noriic Four hiiiiilii'd tons i»f »•;?« i-oiil w.-n- Cimtii ii'il, imMiiiiiiibly iinilfi the IniiU-i-N mill 111 Ihf |iiiiii|iiriK hliilioii. Two hiiii.hiHl iiiul ilcvi'ii anil fi hull liHK of stovi- iiml nut I'o.il wi'iv IhxikIiI by till' hiNtitiition, iiml puiil for 'ly till- pioviiii'i'. Think of it. n-ulir. T»vo liuii.lr.'il imil ili'v<'n ton^, Un hniiilivii wi'it{y is cxpi-iulfil in piniipin^ watvr from nu iiiio rtiiii nprin« up into tanks in the loof of tin- l)iiil>lin«. over .1!atN 22.'> ipiartM of milk l^l.l.'t worth of onioiiM '^ toiiM, 2l.*i Hm itf iiay and a large i|ii.inlity of bran and chop. It niiixt 1m> rememlH>red that the Ihree hundred and sfventy buMliels of oatH wei'e ffil to the wtoi-k; rolh"*! oats were iNiiight for the pupils. Thoii^'h many hands are employeil upon I lie farm one DUtsider reci-ived I'iMii dolliir.s fur clipping horseN; an- otliel was paid seven dollaiM fur cutt- ing fei'd. The bill fur repairing veiiii'les, quite hpent from the black-smithing and horse Hhoeing bill, which was over thirty-live dollars, was fifty-live ilollais and llfty ct iits, The bill for repairing harnesH was Nixtv-one dollars and llfty-one cents. This iliieH not include tiie pri''e of a new set of harnesH piir- i-hased. Niitwithstanding the expenditure for streetcar tickets and the enormous outlay for harnesH and vehicles, the livery bill for iHiHI was thirty dollars and ten cents. Thi-' does not include carla^je. What iloes the farm |)roduce but expense? Is il no! time this farm ceased to Ih-? Dr. Chanibei lain says the commissioners found everything satisfactory. Do you think he under- stands farming or that he really was prepared to see unsatisfactory things, however apimwnt they were? In the early pages of this article I showed that the mmle of procedure adopted l>y the Commission was calcu- lated to suppress evidence rather than to bring the true facts of the case to the surface. Almost the first move Doctor Hodgins., Chaiiinan of the commission, made was to refuse abso- lutely to have anything to do with the statement made hy Mr. Beall to the Provincal Secretary on the 25th of June last, on the ground that the charges contained therein were not Bpt'ciflc. Ill this contention h«> Wiisj justice wa.- therein the eniph.itic n - overruled liy Doctor Mills. The fact i thill. .Mr. IScall's inenioraiKhini ile.iK witli a very njicI and very disgraceful state of alV.iirs, and both Doctor Hod- gins and Principal Dyiuieid wished to shelve the i|iicsti()n without discussion ii'that were ].ossi))le. I charj^e that the complainants were a! no time treated as prt>secut(.i's, hut as mere witnesses, hein^ oismissed I'lom the • 'Ui|uiry roi':i> hcforc any olhev witni'ss was called. 'I'lic Driucip.il was never absent and was free to tjucstion each and every witness as lie fell disposi-d. Again I repeat that Doctor Chamhei- lain. Inspector of prisons and charities, was associated with Iheconnnissioners originally anpointed. a f;ict in itself amply sufiicient to frustrate the pur pose of the encpiiry, for the Pi'incipal and the Inspector hold ahsohite sw.iv in the Institution. There is no appeal fnsal of the conunissioners to read Tru-ss evidence to him and to hear his st.itement then and there, or in the hrutal sneer of Do<-tor Chandierlain that he had not proved his charges-' F.-icts are facts: study them. T. W. .McLean, Literary Teament. The I'rincipal: -I l.ive you known me from their decision, l-'or this rea.son I | to do aiiytliing towards you tli.-it voii nnhe-^itatingly charge ihat the st.-ilYj would call huilying or teirori/.ii : or was lashed into line by tlireats of ilis- 1 have you seen me so treat other teach missal from the sei'vici-. This charge can he proveil before any non-parti/.an tiibunal, and I court tlH> o|)p(U'tunity to prove it. Otiicials enlre.itcd the complainants not to call them ;is wit- nesses, and within twenty-four hours two Ilienibers of the st.ilV, the two we f'"mly bi'lieved to be the leiders of their (;olleagues and the friends of the blind, completely changed their front. Head the following ollicial statement of tluir evidence. Place it against the doiMimi iitary evidence that follows. Bear in mind these witnesses were not under oath, and that half a score of witr.essi's could have been called in re- futation had the coni))lainants been allowed to call them, and then say if yon can what brought about the change, if intiiiiid'itioii diil not. Why doi'S this evidence not state who called Tliom.is Truss-' Why was theauthor of the UatcIilVe painphlef not given an (ipport unity lo defend hiniHcIf on the spot ? What show of A. I don't think that you have ever bullied me. If ■'^peakingsharp.y ii.eans bullying. 1 h.ive been spoken to in that way sometimes. I re.illy w.is :i chv^ wailiMB for nu-. | kind of sa.uta.unn t..i- .l»e hluul, «ith rv„oth.'it.-a.h.-iwasthoiol)utn..tlnn!,'j.mt ni..n.-y an.l without pnc- : it h.ia L 1 t.,l.i„, i.ilwi.vs l).-,.n open lotli.'iii tor years kva.sa,.ltol,M. ,..,,he.;i>-t; Ip to llu- tin.. Mr. Kat.linVs The Fnm..pal:--Tho oth.n ^^■--^-' \\^^,^l ^^^^ .^^,,.^ i ^,,,. ,,,,,.,,,, ,,a. fcad a class of n.us.r pupils . j j^^^^ ^'^ ._ ^^ ^^.^^^ ,,u„.,„^,l. at that tin..- I '^" .^'•'*' .1 III... tl... l'iincii).ilis':'li that kind of fi'diiif,', nioio or h'ss. (.l It is .haiK.'d that tlu- t.-a.-lurs tak.- vory littli- inlc-n-st in the i.upils l).-yon.l K'oiiij; thr..u-h with th.-U-ssoiis. A. i can't say for the oliurs ; hut for nivsdf. I can say that I have taken an tor: hut 1 was not successful. q. Wastlie Institution fainierallow- ed to altscnt himself diiriiif,' w.nkinj? hours, and have llie use of the Iiislitu- lion horses ^ A. Mr. Uatelitle was in my house one (hiy. and my daufjliler. who was sitting? at the front of the house, nien- nvseir. i can s.i> i.."." • • i.-..wv...f, ..- - - interest in tlie hoys under me in the i tioned seeing' Mr. Willets plou-;hinK class and out of the cla-s. ; his U)t. q. It is said the teachers do not say j Q. Do you j,'ive the hoys advice as to anvlliiiit; to tiie pupils alx'Ut usiu;,' liad usini,' hane so : anil I have men- tiou in that respect ; Iml sometimes I tioned t.) the Principal cases of ol)scene , have l.eeli depressed to hear h.id lan- lanRuage. Kuafie, aiul hav,- rehuk.Hl the hoys, fne Principal: Is there not an iin- hiit I have not heard had laiiRua^je in proveiiient in moral standing in the ; this Institution foi' years, .lasses in this respect ? i Q. It li'i'^ •>'■''" alleged that hoys w.-re ^ Yj.j,_ sent to the work-shop to he deKia.led. i'he I'riixipal:— Have your relations : a. That is a sentini -nt that j^rew up and mine heen pleasant ? laumn^'the pupils. The piano-t.in.-rs A. Yes, I think so «)ii the whole. Thom.is Truss, Trades Instruitor. \ regard themselves as just a imtch : higher than the work simp hoys. The (J. It has heen hinti'd that you on- ' |',.,.lini; exists among the pui)ils not irihuted to the information c.mtained | among the otlicers. I have known lady n the HatclilYe p.imphlet. j teachers that conl.l n.)t get along with A. I p.)sitively atllriu that I never 1 i,ail hoys, and th.- hoys were sent to inspired a line Of that pamphlet, nor j ,„(•, and I set them to W( rk with the wrote a line of it. j ohjint of making workmen of them. Q. Are citizens of Tiuonto allowed ; I treat the hoys in the shop all alike, t..send their linen to the Instituti.)n I there is no distincti.)n. When I have Laundry V i '*■ '""^ '"'>' ' ''"deavor to keep him he- ' \ I .")nly know ahout it as a matt.-r j tw.'en two good hoys. 1 read a paper of Institutimi talk : it is ten y.'ais ..Id. | at tl..' Hatavia Instituti.... s.m.e years The Principal explaine.l that his ago, in which I gave my views as to discipline and the workshop. In the United States such institutions are usually contr.)Ued hy e.lncationists, d.iighter was a student in Tor.Mito at the time r.>ferred to, and us.mI to send he! things home for the laundry. Mr. Truss:— My home has heen a ' and they invariahly undor-estimatethe ir importance of industrial training, am spt-iikinK <>f institutions for the blind. Mr. Rattliffo has rwid my ad- dnvss. and I tliink ho has copied some remarks [ made in that address in his pamphh't. Q. Do yon think, from what you know of the discipline liere, that the pupils are too severely handled 'i A. I think we make bahies of them hy too much indulgence. Q. You think thev have no go to mi' in p« rsoii." If nil Wiis linht ill tilt' Inrlitiition. \vliy..it of llif |i.ii;ipliii I to IVii'ii.l.s ? Wiiy (lidlic wisli III.' piiiupli- Ict sent to tlic II imiili'iiinMif-.^':' Alt' iKit liolli cxlr.i'l- an ivKW.il tiiat lit- siisp.'.li'.l timt till' lost p inijiiili t t'fll into tilt' I'rin •i|>il"s li.iniN. and w.is (Ic-ilroyt'.l ■;■ All ni lii aililn-sscd to tlir (). I. 15. pa-is.'> nndiT I'liiicipal l)y- in >a I's cyr. Il i> WPilliv of noli' tliat .1. A. Iliyti'i- is till' piano tuniiif,' in- stinctor of 111'' lnstit\itioii. Wliat must lie tlic state of alVaifs in wliicli two of till' st'iiior mcnilu'rs of the stall' must ronspirt' to smii^rgli' into tlu'ir own (HI uti'i-sapamplil'-t lliat accord- inj< to till' Toionto Dailii's - Doctor Ca laili 1 Iain lia> prartii'ally a-scrtt'd t . 1k' a l.undli' of iii's ':' Is it any won- der that Mr. Dyia >ad insisted tiial his onir.'slionld I.I' a slar-Clianihi'r 'j- Hut that is noi .ill. On I he I'Vi'iiin^' of till' twi'iity-fouith of Xovi'inln'r. on thi' train ln'twct'ii Toronto and UraiU- fonl. Mr. MrL.-an I'Xiui'ssi'd hinisclf as di'li^hti'd that tlii' misinan.i^'i'mi'nt of ihi'O.'l. 15. was at last to Ix' ixpost'd. containi'l far fewci- fm'ts than it does contain. Never once did the Trade- Instructor attempt to dissuade me from publisiiinn my criticism. On the ruiitrary U'- a>iti'd the Hatavia Institution and read .i paper I here. I have never lead his .uldress and so could not have copied from it. I freely used the iii- t'oiniatii n lie fr. ely j,Mve. His state- ment that the hlind are niorhidly sen- >itive isaeiuel sl.inder. Had he said the hlind are ahuormally conrulin^ he would have come nearer the truth. Mrs. Kirk, the Hoys' nurse, more than once told me that hlind childri n are exceptionally atVcctioriate, and my (iw n ohserxatioii assures me that she s])oki truly. It would he odd if the hlind possessed no individuality. There are no more cranks to the thou- sand hlind than there are to the thou- \s we parted wlu'ii the train di cw in- j sand sighted person>. Hut, j^'ianliiiK to Hranlfor.l. he s..id: "The ti'acliers j that there are. our case is the stronger, are not teacher^, hut siui|ily tools of } for we coiiMnd that the function ..f the old man." "Old man" w.i> his way | the institution is to make life easier of saying Mr. Dymond on that occasion. | for the hlind hy skill and Vindnes^Min Will Ml" Mi'Li'an deny that he com j tlie part of all te.ichers and olUcers to iiliiiieil to the Provincial Secretary so train the minds of those coinmittetl •iliont till' conditions that prevailed to their care that the l.lemislies of andstiU prevail at the O. I. H.:- I f their characters will, in ti have dis- there was nothing the matter wliy .lid j appeai.'.l .in.l the flowers of l'"t''''>''_'^ he appeal lo the (ioveriiment r What wrought this teacher's stidd.'ii coiivi'r--ioii .- Let us now .iiialy/.e the evi.lence of Thomas Trus>. For him to say that he did not inspire a line of my 'Appeal for th.' Hliiul" wa>to utter an ahsolule falsehood. That pamphlet would have heeiiwiitt.'ii had I ni'V.-r spoken l.> Mr. Truss, hut had he not sat on my hciich in tlie woi I'luth and l.ov.' attain to th"ir lull growth and heauty. Mr. Truss ignores the fact that my appeal was m.iinly for l>lind children. He knows that the little ones are ciui'lly negli'ited. H.' has monilU'd the fact .igaiu and .igain. He knows that young men ami women who have heen admitted to the Inst itut ion ha ve li.-eii soured hy systematic repiesiion U--hop !'o! an hour ill Ion the part .>f A. H. Dymond. His a time .lay after day.it would have ] stat'liient that I possess neith.'i- judge- nient nar (liKi-riiiiiiiiition, as well as othoi' p«>i"!t()iial rt'iiiaiks, aic not worth chiillfnginf;, noi- do they atft'it the facts of the cast'. I appeal for fair treatiiienl for tlic hliiid of tliis pio- viiice; I appeal as acili/.eii. who feaivs no ni 111 oi' eiiinliiiiatioii of iiten, as a eitizeii who knows the Oiilaiio hi- stitiilion foi-thr Hlind is ivckiri; in ri>Lt •.iii'ss, f.ils,-!i nl,,l ■ ■ .j): i,,,,, iiiMch eiy and sham, and not as a hlind man with a p.'isoiiij gi-ievam-i- toairanda petty wiMiii; t(>ii>;lit. Thomas Tiiiss knows tiiis. Ilt>ie is Mr. Sieuarls swoi n statement : t'ounty of York To wit Iti the matUn 1 = i ; I: of the investiga- tion proc' edinK at the City of Krantfonl hy the Ontario (iovj-rn- luent into the ehar^^es made hy Walter HatelilVe against the con- duct and manaf^enient of the In- stitution for tlie hlind in Hrant- ford, Ontario. r, .lAMi:s SriAHT, of the City of Toronto, in the County of Vork. Agent, luake oath and siiy; — 1. That I was an inmate of the said Institution for the hlind in Urantford, Ontai'io, for six terms up tiU.lune l,Si)7. 2. r am well aeipiainted with Thomas Truss, the willow Instructor in the s;iid Institution. ;{. I have had read to me the pamph- let issued hy the said Walter Katclilfe reflecting nponth. (inagement and cond\ict of the s;i Intion, andon tlie Tenth day ot . .eptemher A.I). |!)il(l I met thesiii.l Thomas Truss on thecoriu'i'of l^neiMi and Dundas streets Toronto, and in the course of conver- sation whii-h took place in the pie- sence of a witness naineil .lohn Dun- can, wliose evidence could he had if necess.iry. I a>Kc soul of honor, and again on the same evening I heaiil him say to .Mr. .lames Hales, a solictor attending on the said investigation, that all the teachers of the said Institution, with the e.vception of .Miss (iillen, .Mr. .Mac- ; lean anil himself, weie afrai.l of the I Principal. .Mr. Dymond. .I.VMl'.s Sti ■.Vl{T .Sworn hefoiv me at the City of To- ronto in the County of York this Kifth day of Decend)er .V. D. liMH). K. Coats woKTtr. .Jk. -V Commissioner. How did he feel when he rea.1 that:-- He may not have read it, for it was not in the hands of the conunissiimers until nearly a week after we left Brant- ford. Here is my declaration, suhmit- ted when I sid>mitted .Mr. .Stewarts attldavit : MKMOHAXDr.M Ti> THK CDMissioxiiKs. appointed to invest igale t he charges made hv W. A . K itclilfeand.V. \V, Beall .M..\. against tlie nianagi nt of the Ontario In- stitution for the Hlind, (ientlemen, I, Walter .\. Uatdilfeof the Town o- Port Hope, (Jentleman do solemoidy declare that with a vie»v to showiiig that intimidation was used to secine from menihers of the stall" and others of the O. I. H. evidence that should not he damning to Princi- pil -V. H. Drmo.'id aii>l !rjsp.>;.f,i,;. j).., Chamherlain, I solemnly affirm that I ad many coiiversation.s with Thoinns 10 JIJ. 1 k Truss the Tiwle Instrui-lor of the O. 1. U. That I fiiinkly told 'liin w liiU- I was yi-t a pupil that I was (U-tfiMiiiiL-il to publish an appeal for the blind which wouM severely critiri/.e the Principal and others. That he Tiionias Truss told nie niuiy thing's ab,)Ul the Institution and its conduct. I I ii;nr.n ih It Thoinis Truss told me I th-it oil on • o'Miiou A. H. Dynioiid had wilfully, kuo\vin,'ly and delib-r- ately op-iied. rea 1 and r.ituriied to To- ronto otli 'ial letters ;i 1 Iresscd to the Slid rhunis Truss. Miiiy times TnomasTru-is ti)ld me with much in- dijination t)f this inscdent and arbitrary act. „ , , I alHrai that Tliomis Truss told me that on oi,-casions when pupils asked 1 -ave to visit him at his own home A. I£. Dymimd was w int to siii"-rini;ly ask ••!) ) y.'u wuil thci' btvs at yoi'r h :)usi' Mr. Truss?" to wliii-h (pies ion he would answer "I do not want them but they are always Widcome." I attlriu that Thorn is Truss many times .i:cused .V. H. Dymond of tyranny and stated that he Tliom is TrusshaluDre thin on -e sto id be- tween the principal and pipils s ivini; them from bcini; unjustly expelled. I afHrm that Thomas Truss declared he would rather bury a child than send it the Institution, stitiiii,' that Eddie Brown came to it the pictuie of health and innocence but was leaving; it a physical and moral wre^-k. I atti.in that Thomas Truss when decussinfi the merits of A. H. Dymond as an educationalist and as a inincipal of a Hreat institution slated that Mr. Dyunnd possessed no ipialitica- tions whatever for the position he holds, he bcinj{ a journalist, not al- ways very lo>{ical. but not a teacher. I alUrm that many times I have heard Tliomas Tri ss speak of A. H. Pvniond as a lob, an autocrat and as a creature will was capable of cring- ing before public o|)inion. I iHr.iitlii* w'.i-n I told Th )nin9 Truss [ was ab t it, t ipnblishan appeal fer the blind he answered "Ido not say do so. but I cannot conscientiously say do not. I aHrm that at a later date he came to me direct from the Principal's otll -e and said; th' Prin -ip il was going to send for you to sen I you horn- bit 1 stioi,'lv ur^^'l lilm not t> sMid fiu- you t'-lling him you w >uld tell him things h ■ would not like to li.'U-. 1 said if HitclitTe leaves now he will brin.; a hornet's nest abiit our eirs. lie (Dymond) answered 'Are y >'i af'aiil Mr. Truss-' I aiu s i Hr.nly entr Miidied in public opinion that any- thing he can say will have no elfect on m '.' Then I turned on iny heel and left him siyiigl) mvsi-lf "L't her rip." , I utlirm ihat at .i still later date Thomas Truss asked me why my pamiihlet had not apiieared. saying that I would I)' doing the Province a great service by telling all I knew. I answered that I hi I not been able to publish it because of Lack of funds, lie then told m- he had twice been on t'le point of sending me Ten Dollars to ii,-i>-i>t me but had refrained b-cause of the position he held. 1 ii'.Vnm that Th oui is Truss told me that the liistilutiou (iaidener was us- ing the Insiitution horses and imple- ments to till land for his own use say- ing. "It is just like that man to toa ly around Dymond for whal he can get out of him." I alHrm that Thoni.iS Truss told me that for years members of A. II. Dy- moiid's family had been in the habit of sending their soiled linen to the Institution laundry for renovalioii, and when I asked if the (iovi'rnment paid express charges each way on s I h iiircels he said he .lid not know hat that the sui>position was that it '•i|)iiiL that a threat make li eoul nil cr.iwl. I lid K''ve liliii lijv coii- loiiiai y lor siicli visitors to lie enter- ; day 1 entered I em^e wile 11 lie Kiasp-d my hand til tallied in I he (iuest t'hainln'r of the J did iiiy lu-.^t >|> as a pii|iil, I Institution liiiL A. II. I) ill yiiiond refused i ttdeiiee I g i ve liin ■IS a |iiipil, aiid the con lew into I'rieiidsjii loallow tliis heavy-heart (Ml motherland that int. . a l.oi.d such as selih to rem liii there. .She was poor and | liinds oi Krief stricken and a str tnfi;er in Mrant- ford. .Mr. Tnis-, look her to his own homo and kept her till she was ready to return to \Viiiiiip,';r. Wn"n the day came ttiv h -r to take her final leave of her child Mrs. Truss went to the Institution with her. Tiie poor wo.iian was overcome and .Mrs. Truss Is one m,in to aiiotlu'r. No, I fed liitterness towards my oiietinn Irieiid. Xot a line of these pages woiilil ho written if the humiiialioii of Tlioma^ Truss were the ohject. Since .\. H. Dynioiid heeaiiie princi- pal, progress ill ilic t). I. H. has heen unknown. W.iste, incompetence, stag- nation and lilund.-ring have Iim|,1 1,1,^1, .'*""'•'' '" '•" " '' •'• ''•^- ^'yi''^ «•'"' ! <• iiniv,.!. Tliis wa. pointed out in niv true nioliierlysy, lip, tliy 'I will ollen j -.Vpp,...,! |-,,r the niin.l." Thoma- come to see Arciiie ,,nd .1.) wiiat I can ; Tniss knows the tacts Letter than any for him.' Then the fatherly I'rincipal exclaimed 'It is not at all necessary. there are a niii se and other ollicers to do all there is to do." In conclusion I allii 111 that I enter- tain no niikind or hitter fei'liiigs to- wards Thomas Truss. I desire that all the truth shall he known concerning the Institution. I desire that the blind shall he h'd by the truest, strongest .and ablest men ;ind women and that the Province shall ii'ceive the best iiovsible return for money ex- pended. Ami I make this (ileniii declaration conscientiously believ; .g it to be true, and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under o.ith, ail.! by virtue of the Cinada Evidence Act. l.s!i:{. Di'cltired b.'fore me at the Town of Port Hope in the County ofDinham this .Seventh day of December A. I) WaI.T1:11 .V. HATd.lKKK. 1). II. Chi.shoi.m. A Coinmissioner .Vc. I do not .seek to redress wrongs done to myself. Once more 1 repe.it that I harbor no bitter feelings towards .Mr. other man in this province, for he has been longest at the Institution. He knows in his he.irt that I wrote truly. The following letter shows how he greeted the p,im|>iilet: lot St. Paul's Ave., Krantford, Ont. -March 12th, 11)00. -Mr. \V. A. Katdilfe, Port Hope, Dear Friend.— We received your paiii|)lilet on .S,itmday niorniiig aflei- father had gone to work. When h< .aiiie home he asked for it and ha- been reading it ever since: every nou .mil then he bursts out l.iiighing ami |>ronoiinces it lii-li. Father says they are all going round with gloomy faces, wondering "who coidd have told him-'' "who gave him all his information:-'' (^iiite dramatic. is it noty The "King" was indisposed, so did not go to chureli. ThesecoiKl olticei. .Mr. Hossii-, thinks it is a terrible blow, but still makes light of it: even he is struck with the loree of there being no chairs or j)rivate lilace fin- the pupils to go to. In this ase you seem to have performed a surgii wroU* me last ,1 remain, Your true fiiend, MaKV E. TKUM8. What hideous threat nmst have been lield over the head of the Trade In- itructor to cause him to give such JLvidence ius was evoked from his lips %t the investigation? Cotdd it have n)een less than a threat of decapitation, •which would carry with it not only the £lo8s of salary but the finfeiture of the l^ietiring allowance for upwards of %hirty vears' service? iS. Let "me state here that on the day following that on which Mr. Truss Itestifled. a cif.zen of Brantford told Ime a petition was being circulated in iMr. Truss' l)ehalf, as certain friends of jf A. H. Dymond had declared that the lonlyrefcnni that was needed was the I beheading of the Trade Instructor. I [was subseciuently informed that this { petition, Vwaring a numlier of signa- tures, had been despatched to the Hon. I J. K. Stratton, Secretary of the Pro- \ vince. For years wrong has ruled, and now ; a great wrong has been committed in the hope of hiding the filth that has l)een accumulating for nearly two de. caliu\vi'(l I'mviii it ii^iii til till' Hi.iiin ( 'iilliiilii' ti'ivs I niM\ ri'-allh'iii wiili llii> iihsi'i'Viitiiiii llial ha.l Mr. Ridtlfii pusscssj'd, even in a liiiiitt'd tll'l^l'C'c, those iiiililt' ti'.'iit.s 1)1' cliai'iirtcl' (lisplayiMl liy Alis-i Walsli, lie could llfvci' liaM' stoiipod to siii'li ciiiidlli't Miss W'alsli and I ii~i'd to t'oiilVi' fc- giii'diii); iiii-tlioils to lii'l|i ilh- liojiaii Catliolir pupils, siinply liiTaiisi- shi' was a ('liiisiian, wln-ri'as Mr. I'addfii was iiotiiiii^ liut a iiaii'ow-soiilcd, ig- norant and siniioas I'fli^ionist. I a llrni tint, wln-n I'lincipal I)y- niond fxpi'lli'd Jlaivi'v (JJlVord early this session. Iiis treatment of this Is year old lad wis hiutally unjust, for when the slroiij^ man eows the weak, he is hinlal, and when with- out a thorongh inve>t igation lie peremptorily expi'l.s snch a one, to style him as unjust is to use mild laiiLtnaije. Harvey (iilTiird. althon^h iinntally weak, has led a sint;nlarly ol.oiieless life during the three and half yeais I was in the Institution. I take great pleasure in te^tifyini; to the i x- eelleni'e of Ills iiiornl charai'ter. He was the eon>taiil eompanioii .'ind friend of the little hoys, and lieiiii; esj)ei'ially fond of singing Salvation Army hymns, anil being an authority in ipiotiiig Hilde verses, he would easily heconie a "persona ingratia" to .Mr. I'adden: and so hy a wii'ked and wilful inisi'oiislruc- tion of peifeetly innoeent Woi-ils, this sail' Mr. I'.id len with a t wo-facedness Mill w.iild h i\ e done ri-edit to.lanus liai'kiil up liv the test inioiiy of a little Itomaii Catholii' ehilil, .John .J. Mae- donald, who. poor child, so much resemliled .111 idioi last session that he was sent home, (in which statemeiil the kindergai tenet' will coni-iii') hiought ahoiit the expulsion of Harvey (Jilford. I alTirm that whatever .Mr. I';idden might say to the coiitr.iiy regarding Ihisca-i' I .V'lul.l not h.'liev,' him iindi'i- oalli. fill I know his deceiuful, Jesuitical ' 'V! •' I ■11 ill "\"i t.'ictics too \\i \Vn il ,\..,i.|il IWM i.ial I ilem.uid li. ri':iio\alol CrMnpii l»>iiiond wlien n >'\llil»l|s ,;l,|i ,11 avV.Ul I, Ilk of till- iplilities Nviiicii tne tin • e.lu.'alor p . sesses? I ailirm that my contention reg.iii iiig Inspection w.is soiiiiil for .Messi . Kelly .Old Wilkinson wei'e"lv\aminei - pure and simple and not "inspectnr-. During my stay there, in four cousen, live years, liy the I'lincipal, t he si ,1, and the (lapils they wer. si yied not Uiii. else Init ••examiners." Inspectors in spe.'t, while the teacliers leach, an , this these geiiLlemeii never pretend to ill). Tiny are no more in>pe,'l,iii . lliai. I lie examiners at Toronlo fnikc; sity are. I re-al1iriii my statement regardin, the Inslilute ha viiiglicen a ••ipiaguiir.-. not hecause Mr. i) v niond cli.illeiiged m denied llie statement (wliicli he dil iiot)liiit l)ei'ause he did acknowled^;- it. lie acted as if he wished to gel nl of.m uii|)leasaiil suiiject. Uiglii wci. he might. l-'or I atlirni Inai tli;i: ••ipiagmire" I found was not an "ep,- Slide" nor an ••incident" hiu "a- ••chronic." That carnival of hesiialitx of mutual podulioii had lieeii going ul f If years, (i. id knows it is not egoiisin which make.-, me say that, for tne coii s raining love of Christ., single-handc 1 I fiiced this awful state of all'aii- s;)ught the conlidence of the simiiiu' ones, won il, never hetiayed it, aiil thus hy teaching them ••right kiiou- edge ill the right propoilion," though ill nearly every case all too Lite, the Hood was stayed. i .'itllrin tiiat during this pre.seiii .session there has heeii a recrudesceiic. of this evil. Had Principal Dyinond lu't'ii the father he poses as being, had the O.I.H. been a "home" and not .1 '•Home." had the chief articles of lii-^ '■t d been "l believe that the imrpos ■ of this Institution is to turn out iiobli t'liristlike characlei's" and "'I believ' It '■ .. ir.,1" th..n-w...il.l m-v.r l.avo ! »K) .M.l t.. K.-t. shall .om." U. llu>in a^ ,„th,..,lm.i " ;\ , „ ,,, .,f kn..wl.-.lK'- too sa.T.-,l .ts .vvr to... ;■; rr- J .i.r> ..w 1:. n...i. :■-«-. i.... .„.,:.n..v.m.(; • "oltl IPOV> ll.l-.ll ll""H ■»• l»- !• \ W...'|...t;ll'il>s III- IMVltC. All.... .Mat..- to l.av.. a ha.al i.. .1. .^-'K - ,,„„. his posilioM 11..' ...;t-> who ha.l Luu.ai,...v i........ tal .1. ...am .« tlu.ir liv.'s. 11 is "K^i"-' '>'"•'' "^^'"' o.i.ai.io..s. .lislo..t...l .•..la.io„> ,....- v..,■t.Mn.l.■,■.lsaml.•..n....al...•Kl.■'I th..l 1 ,.,.iM. ...y voi--. Th.n- ...ay h.- ....- Uu- .•sf.Matiou of th.- ••p.-a'H'''>l l'«'l';l ti.-ia...- I...t as yo,.. l»r. llo,lni..s. ai..l ] vol. 1).-. Mill-^. 'I"' ""' ^""■'' ''"I""' ;.,„,;„.ato.s,- y.ai will appi.^nat.. th.^ foiv.ofthisin.li.t.n'i.l. l'"o>' I •'"It"' that Mii.rtiM.n y-ii.s -.. nt in ......kI.i.H. in in.ini.m'. ii. .liMiust inn. it. n|«''s>- ,„^r in .lomin.N'.ii"^'. i» h.-owl-.-atiiiK- in ••|«.sinK" as "latlu-r' an.l -phila..- Ihn.pi'^t." in l"nli..K it .'^ -t ...a.t.n.-t. an' a sntliii.'iitly loiiK l»'i"«l to l.f sp.-nt l.v tlu- Ontario (iovri-nin.-iU in ,,la.ii.K''«'v.'. an InstiUition, I.ui.'ly eilncational ii. its .l.aia.-l."!' an.l aims, ai.ianas piin.ipal with no .piahli.a- tions fo.' th.' wo.k ..f ••.•ha.a.tci-l.iiil.l- ""r'" pl.Nul .....St faiiifslly that y.a. ^r,.ntl.-in.'.iwillr.'i-..inni.'n.lth.M'ivi-li.'ii of rotta^.s .Ml th.- m;i»iiii>1s f.>r th. an.l Y. W. ('. A. So. r.'tari.'s .»• invit.'.l to ^'iv.- p.'ii...li.' insini.'tion on s.i.h topi.s. To.. I....^{ •.•'s Z.>laisin ...■•■ii .■.•nanh'.l as ,i ■■sin.- .pia .i..i." .>f .>.>-.i_«l- inK's.h....l lit'.', whi... -tat.- of alYaiin will .•ontin.H- niil.'ss.'xpli'it kiK.wh'.lKt' nllh.'>a.i,.,ln.-s olth- Imniali .....ly. Ih,. ••trn.pl.' .'I' <'""'" "!..> '•»■ "•' '^'* H,u'i.'.l luni-ti..ns in.hi.lii.^,' i-.'-pv...lii''- ition. ...■ i;iv.'.i ill th.' liK.il tin..' ami I ah.. v.- all l.v th.- i ijiht j.i'ison. 1 atlliin that thf <•..ii.li.c-t of Tho.nas Trii-s. th.' wiliow insliiicl<.r, in ri'h'i'- ,Mw.' to this invest inati..!. an.l the raiis.'s l.'a.linn up t.. it, was ito l.oiTow Mi-, llal.'s lall^,Mla^'•' rfgaidiiiK it) "vil- lainous." 1 t f M.. I atll.t.. that till' condii.'t ot yu. M.irpose in the symmetrical e.lii.ati..n (.f the ...in.l. as of all ..tli.'rs, the harmoni(.ns develoi.mi'nt ..f hody an.l nii.ul, an.l ahov all, <.f soul; for "The soul ..f all improvement is the impii.vem.'iit ..f th.' S..11I." S.'.' ye tn it. My han.lsar.' .'l.'an. The f..reg..i"g statement sp.-aks f.ir itself. Mr. Heall was a pupil h..tl. »«' for.' an.l after I was. H.'ir.g a stn.lent eating ami .Irinkmg. hatlung, '"-^t"; 1 ,. ,„„,i^. ;„ Uu- main l.nil.ling. he ha.l i„. clothing an.l ahove a 1 .... personal j^,.^__^.^. ^^,,,, ^,,,, ..ons.Hp.ently pnritv ami ..n the sacre.l laws ..t r.',..-..- ,,,,„,iat.'.l with th.' y..uuger .Inction, so that km.w Cl^.' whi.h • ' ^ • .,.,..,„ j-^Hv o.'.'upie.l in ..ught to he theiis and which they are | hoys. .>.> tniR was .mix , ..". the willow-Hhop. NO tImtl.Uil not know nmny of the yoiinK,.|- piipiN, ovt-n l»y niiiiif. The plm^i' ot the tmiililc with which hi- tU-nU pi iiii'i|iii||y i ,iiin> into promiiifMif hf(.)i(. I Immjuiio a piii>:i. N«» ono huN ih»ii-i| (h-ny ,i slngU' iill li.is iiiiulf. l-'iinii all tliil ha- Konc U-fon' Ihcfaii-iuliulcd n-acl.T will know that no hont-st I'ir.iit ha> yet l»een inailc to get at. tht- truth. I p to the ti nil' of wiitiiiK (Vh .January) no frtlcial report has Uv-n rt-icivo,! ironi the connnishioiii-rH. Wiiy? Asiihoaily stati-d Doctor ChainlM-r- hiin waH tpiotcd early in DcconilHr as wiyinK there WiUs nothing? wrong at the InHtitntion. The evidence of T. \V, McLean aneen ahle to secure, so far. It is all that is needed to show the nature of the enquiry. Une-sided is it was, it hrought out the following fads. 1. Pupils are sent to the workshop for punishment. .Mr. Truss udniits this. 2. Domestic Science is tjiught hy a lady who has no qualillcation for such duties. A. li. Dymond admitted this tu nie. ;{. The assumption of this work makes it impossible for her to do part of her own work, whit n is entrusted to P. J. Padch-n, who is unlit to he an officer of the institution, lie is not a teachtu-. Mr. Dymond admitted this also. that th« Institution Hpring in often •hy. Th.. Puhlic Accounts for Itftw "how that lonsiderahly over two liundr.'d dollars was paid to the Vhy of (hanlfortl for water. The us., of the •i(y water altogether Wotdd save fuel and do away with thedjriy tanks situ- ated in the upp.-r part of the l.uilding. roveii had we Iwen al.lc to put the laundresses on the stand-' Mr. Dy- mond h.is r.iised.iiids(-hoole.la numl)er of children since he hec.ime principal of the O. I. H. Did they all sen.l their washiiifr to Hrantford;-' These may appear trides to the office- seeker and the oince hohler, hut they are not tiifles for they do not stand »i. . , . . '* ^'" .» ointdeinonstiated before the commissioners is this: The pupils h.ive fewer conveniences than are enjoyed hy patients in the puhlic wards of the «;ener;U Hospitals of Hamilton. Brantford or Toronto. The Inspector of Prisons and Charities dares not deny this. 10 1 |^lt,.|„^yl•^^ orOiitiuio. oner m.iii' I ipp.Ml toy.Mi lox't- thill tin- Mliiitl ..r fliis l'i(.\iiir<' iiif cinv.l lor MiciuiliiiK i<) till- iiiiiiiiH you cKiitriliiili' lor lliiit piiipoM'. I pI'iKl lor III-- lilll'- •"•'■^ %'lii> imiM ni'-P'' iIk'"' «">■ "" "'"*^" til'.-".-- lilll'' I'""' >lriiiiW'i> I" «'"' '-""• thiiii- I pl'inl wi'l' >"" •" ""'<"•''' iispii.-.-iHii.il.-lv my .1""-''""= •^'■'' •'"■ tiicii (li-iu-s. il ill lli<-'' pii;,'!'-' til iii"-iil<> tnlni>l Willi llii' -llM|.ill^,' of llirrlim- grli'l- of oiil- •ili.ulMW.il lillic olii-:-' «'>;ili ilo lint n.llll •!■ li;,'- liolil llii>llf>." Boi laii your tliililis. If yon .•a>t 111 ii»l<> nil aliiio^plii'ii- of liMl.'. (lissi'iiililiiiK anil Iri'.Klirry. wlii-iv >li,ill Ihfy lliiil •til.' iiiipflliii« power I'f Invc:- Alt' A. ' H. Dynioiul. Tlios. Truss. T. \V. Mf- ; LiMii "ami I'. .1. I'.ul'lui| liltle ones f,'uiilis who will liMtl tlieiuj geiilly ami fait liliilly tilllli -y I'eslrou^; \ ■K'liouuli to >ro out into the w iile. ami lo j itliem (lark world, alone. * He just to them : lie just to yoursel- ves : till 11 at llie lieail of alVairs in Toroiili> have heliayed Ihe Irnst you liavi placed in llieir liaiids. Tiiey ■ have not investi;;atedtlieiliar>{es made against the Ontario Inslilulioii for Ihe IJliiid ill the lull liuht of noonday, hut shave deliheralely ^oiie aliout to cover Jtilth wilh dirt. They are not slates- iineli. hut parli/.aiis. tricksters and liuinhuj{s. They are uiiworlhy lo hold Jtlu' reins of j;overiimenl over a free I people. J I plead for Ihe litl'.o children, hull ^al.so plead for Ihose whose light faiU'd iwheii Ihey were in the iiiiil forenoon of llifc. Have they iu> claim uiuiii you J* .¥, - - Theie is a rumour ailoat thai no adult will hereafter he admilled to the hi.sii- tutioii. This runioiu' seems to l)e well founded, foi' it is alli-ged that the pre- sent troiihle was caused hy the pris- 1 nice of adults al lln' mcIiooI. Thi^ iissei'ilon is a lie pine and simple. Tlr- Irouhle is Ihe outL'lowlh of years of luniuling. Noiu' hut a set o cowardly imapahlcs would dream of deiiyin;; admis-ion lo intelligent |H-r- solls o\cr Iwelily-olle. Nolle hilt a tyrant I'liaroah would I'oiidesceiid lo reign over a com m unity of women and ciiildleli. \\]in could Mot oppose his daslanlly. i'o\saidly oiislaughls. hiHik al the liliiKl men on yoiil si reels, Iteg- ging from dimr to door. There is money enough wasted annually in the ' piihlii' Inst il III ion of Ihis prov ince lo eipiipanil III liiilain work -shops capalile of employiii/ every liliiid man and ' wdiiHU in Ontario a hie lo work, and to : give a li\ in^ to every one not ahle lo ' woik. Will you do nolhiitg for the ' army of the hlind, many of whom are now tramps;' For the lahoring man , in possession of llv" senses thesll'iggje , for existence is life-long audi it- Itiiig. Wliat is il to the man >. >ut 'friends, u it liont money, without ,fht'f i heprive a lii;in of feel, of hands, of speech, of hearing, hul he is still ahle ! lo take care of himself. There are many things he can do in order to |niaintaiii himself. Take away his I sight and you hiiry him heneath the calaiiiity of calamities. .Men .ind women whose hejirts are hearts of li 'sh I plead with you lo help the lihii.l lo help t!ieins"lves. .M ike the (). I. H. a part of oin- system of education. l{e-organi/e and en- l.iige the industrial department so that all who w;int work can find il. You can do this and save money. Hefore closing I must meiilion the case of (ieorge Hopkins, a man past middlelife. Hefore I left Ihesciiool he was insulteil hy the Hiirsar. He men- lioiml the tact to the Tr.ide In.-truclor and afterwaids tome. Sliortly after- v\. litis he w.is excliuK-il fiotii ihe In- stitution. Hi" i« not verv strong hut he made the hest small hjiskefs of anv wiukinaii in Ihe shop. K\ery n MHiiiph> ln' tiirn«>«l off wiiH Miilfiiltif, iiiul I iin' nIIII f Iipio. Ilf 1m ix'tinilcM^, Hiitln ill fiu-t iit>aily all, if not all. liiH'ly ili |M>ii faiiif iKNii-ci- tol Now I will h-avf our i'cfinl»fr, ll> 1 1 Co the People of Ontario: A HTATKMKNT |{K({AUI)IN(J TIIK ONTAKIO IN.STlTrTI(»X l\)H Till: KDICATION OK TIIK ULINI> AT MHANTFOKi). AI.S » UK CiAKIHN(J TIIK IXVKSTKiATION IIKi-D TIIKIIK IN NOVK.MHKK AND DKCKMUKIt OV l:h\). TlHiKl'HIOIl WITH HO.MK *H' Till'; CAl'SKS LKAlUNli 11' Tiii;iiKro. BY ARTHUR W. BEAU, M.A. Pt'terboconnh, Ontario, Jannary WM. On.Innc 2."itli. I'.ni. while in I'olii- iHiroii^li. in an interview with the Hon. .1. |{. Hiiatton. I'rovincial Sivivtary, it'Hartlin>{ tlu' liistitntion for tlu' i-ilii- (Mtion of the lilind. hi' re(|Uf.stt'il me to pnt my siijjucstions and n-coniMii'inla- tions in writing and to^4('nd it in at once Hs a t'aliiiit't nit'i'tin^ was to Iw held vtTV soon, the 27th if I rcnK'niher liKhtly. This I did. In'it I did not ^ivc details -I could not. as the time was totally inadeipiate for the preparation and compil.ition of siieh a dmruineiit. I was com pel led to eontent myself with making jnsl a few Kenerjili/.atioiis. In it I postul- ated that the Institution was never oiteniled to he anything else hut '"Ivl. ucational":— tiial it was never intended to Ik- a "Ch.ii ity", oi a "Hinne", or an •'Asyhnn'", and that justly and logic- ally it ou^ht to he atc)nce placed under the .Minister of Kducation; — th.at then certain other results would inevitahly follow :— hut that, in any ease, th" present Principal should he remove! forthwith, for as an "Kilucator" he wm- a hopeless and disasterons failure. j That st.-itement was duly acknow- ledged hy the Provincial Secivtarv. lint, until the twentieth of Noveinlx i ; last, I never knew wlielher anv actimi wo !d he taken or ui>t. Om tint da\, Dr. .1. (ieo, Hod)j;ins, as Senior ('oni- missiiiner, notified me that an Inves- tigation was to he held Nov. 27th .-il Mrantford. Not until Saturday Nov 2Uh did Mr. IljitclilVe ami Ireceivr definite information that Ai.i.expi'iis— would he paid to witnesses. Notwitli- standing tlu'se temporal and the nn'i' serious financial limitation, six witiu-- ■■ es Were )»resent hesidi- Mr. Ritclilt.' and myself. Had we had suitahlenoi i ticatiou. \\\- ciiidil a» e.isily h.ive hii sixty as six; for the eager interest aiil unanimity displayed hy former pupils in rejoicingattheprospectof thereino. - al of Principal Dyniond, were as awful 18 Lth.-vw.T.- -inK«il»rly H.iKK.mtlv..- Zl,„....nal .iiul >'lltv« »-* «»"• ''•»*"• y '•; Lti-.nl ..Khibit.a tuwanU til.. i.r.H.nt f,i„.i,ml. .i...>. wl'-" 11" >'"'^"'7' ;h,im.a..iUtak.M.int.MUv>,uat..anlH. tx|.l.iin.-.l..i. n.M.lh.i- l.yiH.th.-H.Hlluui that K..iii.-tl.inK wa« U1I.I i" ""^ .,"'''> .........i.iiith.-Htat.. ..f l).-n...aik Imt alHolhal ifH Kii.« vva- M..I an an K.lu- e«l.a •■HanH|M-...rt*in«r.|.i.Ml..-. \V,.,.. til.' li.Mit.it.- uii.Jrr llw Min- M..,„l K,»iMali..n. tli.-iv VV....I.I Ih' a ,vaM..ial.l.Mhan.i'. nay a ,»mlt iv •••■l- taint V It.atth.- IM in-ipal ..f sml, „„ l„,tituti..nw..ni.l n..l an.l .onl.l n..t l„.lik.tlu- "•'>'« ^vli.. ii.'W "<> llMW..llh- llv>atUli.-H 111.- i-.-.|uii-.'n..-nt- of an •kau.Mt...". Hut atl.T all what iM-ll.-l- ,.,„il.nM-.x|MMt,.,l;- Il.-wa.n..l.lu.|..-n ,„...,o...> In- wan an -lO.ln.at.u l.nt lH.inK"<>t<'f"i'>>'^va.nmM.I.-.. •« „iH,-,-ntly.oin|«l.nl l-. "I...-^ tl ...!• „lH>vayinKth.-.l-Mini.->.. of niouUmK tl„. .•haia.t.-i> ol 1 1.«- >'li'">. '""'«'"« '" t|,..a.-....upli«hin"nt..f this tusk.. inah. nniti..nH «lianK'.-ly .insuit.-.l t..f train- ing ,n.l .•.luippiiiK tin- >'»■'>"' •'; .^"'^'' tl,;.i,plar.-iiilitVasCl..istian c.t./.-n« „nan.M,ualily witlitli..s.'wlu.s.'.-. 'IMflnv.'.sli;il«- >""•'-' „al Dvinoiul stiviinously strov.- I., piv- v..nttw....fllH'Pupil-^f««niKivinK.'v.- .UMi.-.-a«ai.isl him. W.-y.-.v P<'-vent- e,l l.y niKl>t-s.-s-i->"'* "^'•"'^■'•"""'"""' . ,•,,„„ ,H.in« al.l. U. «"«'f'"-. ^vilh jmr 4 .....ins..l. TluTiKht ..f I'nn.-.pall)>- 1 inoncl I.. IH' I'lescnt duvu.K tlu- whole i„.,ai,.y was nov.-r .,u.-stion.'a .ross- . ,pu-sti..nin,rwluM,s...'Vora.ul xvhoins... - .:,,.,• 1... pl.-as,..l-tlu' san»- M^ht was I not a<...nle.lto either Mr. Katclilte ui 1 to myself. : Mr. M.Lean. teacher, calletl by me. was a very disappointing witness. On the Satiuilay prior to the In.|uiry. »>e. while in T.aoMt.!, eall.Hl onee .ir twl.'W on Mr. ltat.^lilTe an.l iiiy.M'lf at the hotel wher.' we were HtopplnK. NN e. h..w..v.r. w.re ..!•«. Hut the same .■v.'iiiiiu whil.' travUiiiK t.. Hrantf.ir.l. w.'ha.la lonu .•.iii\«T>tatioii In whi' th.- iniportan.e of ••Mp.-lliiiK"asasnl>.i.'.t.'f stiuly. which pr..p'silion th.- I'rin.ipal. Mr. McL.'an stal.Ml.r.c.)nU-.l as iiiipracti.alil.', saying th.it the hlin.l .-oiil.l "<>^ '*l"""- Mr. Mc. L.-an a.l.le.1 that, as he was .•onvince.! ih.-y c.ail.l l.-arii to spell, he, on his own icspoiisihility, s.'t to work an.l v.-rv soon show.il that th.- I'rincipal Wn.-w n..lhinu whatever ahont it, tor Mr. M.L.-an fonii'l the l,li,i.l .-..nl.l U-arii to sp.-U. if taught. (For it is scanilaln.ius that O. !■ ». pupils shoul.l have their gr<>t.-se I'rin.ipal Dyinoii.l ili.l not, ami wouUl not have M;..lling r.-giila.ly an.l sysleni- atu-allv taught, an.l p.'rsisteiitly an.l "thoroughly .IrilU-.l). >»»■ .M<;L.'an severely anima.lv.'ite.l on the fact .>f the gvinnasiuin-instruct.n- liav inghissalarv substantially incr.as.'d f„r tea.bing reailing to the Kindergar- ten pupils wl.i'.etli.- Kin.l.-rgartenerwas lea. iiing a cooking class. whil.N at^ the same time, this instruct.ir did n.)t hold even a Third Class Certificate, neithe- did the Kin.lergartener hold a 19 Jipl oiiiii fi-(iii: any sclidol of dom.-tic M ii!i>(ci- „f f.:,j iKvition. 'Oh. that's 1 «'•!..,„•... I, i. M ,„„ „,,,i,„„ that ' what w:...ii"u-.;rr""" ■;:"• '""''^ I..'.-su„ ua. K0..1 ....uuKh f..,. su.l. palllvnion.l. ""'"' '"""''* "oik: ..11 til.- other hand h-t il he i Th.-" ir,,.i» i„..M ......Ithalinthis ,„.ovin,... no ....tili- ' t., .h- , ' .„,' ''. .-"n '. ,'"^""" ■-•at..s louvi. ,h,.„ „.,,.„., Has. an- (his pi,.v -i. ^'T""^ '''""' ••'' >hovv,.,n,is.y„,,a,hy with an.l in,...- i..,.i,!i,. S ,: ^ . '; 7 * '''•'^•■ .-nn„..N,.v :..,h. an,l y... .M... Al.- .s.-fsoin. .h- .no,.. ... . .,,,„' ,,, L-anuh.Mi |Mif .„, th- .stand was a ''«• Hi.. ,h.t,.,.„nnation lo hiii,... .... most nnsalisla.'loiy witn.'ss. His P'>»'''' •'- h.'ar npoii tlu- w.-rk t" 'l ' ' '^ <"".ln.-t is in,./,,,|i,.,.,|.l... lina^On.. l"K'th,.i.th.. (in,.., s,,i,.i,s ,.■,'.',,!.'"'*: hnn .^ayiiiK h-Coi-.. ih.. (•oniinissi..n,.is pi'Mhici,,- ti„.s,. ,-,. suits Oni. ,,( ', i' "iivally.hMi.., want to -iv.- any ,.vi- "'«>st si nl.honi i.n.j„.li',-',.s to'h.'.'ov ,"" di'iicc, [ wonid latlicr n.it ifivc any .•vidt'iifc." Iain still of till' oiiini.in that Mr. M(d,.'aii isat h.-art as stion,i,'ly as ..vcr ill syinpathy with the .atis.. for which; I was lij,'litinj,'. IhiI a >|..l| is on hin •■'".<• is that ,1... «.,,.,., n.ajontvof,,,.. '•'""' '""M ........ssaiily h.. hi.Mh.TS ,„. r'-^'T'" '■'"•" Ih,- stal,- iir,ti,.r I ' expr.-ss,-d hinis.-If that lu-i-h.-r .Mr. i "••'"-'inipped li,- may he m.-.h-.m!"? Ual,-s nor I ha,l Ih,- f,-inl,...i su.pici,,,, '■^' <"• •^•'.■ntiii.ally or int.-n.-,f u-dlv 'i" that h,- w..nl.l Kiv.- any .-vi.l,-,,,-.- ..ih.-r '" '''''"■' '"tio to th.- str.-n-th' of "l,;'' than what wo.il.l h.- most .st rondv ! ""'■'' '■''.'....l.-r ami to his" t,.n„itv tavorahl.- to an.l ,-on l.-ly .-onlirma- i "'"'" "'•"•'' vvriii.-.s. .\n,l wh,-n Wf to.yot, th,. p,,siti,,n h.M l.v .Mr. Kat -.'"'•'■' '"-''••'.^- "l><'ri th,- Kia"<".io Institmi.'.,,' ,w I >'nd.-r.s,and that tlH-Cnmnnsson-is "■,'''"'•"'"" ■''' ""' 'il'>'«l. ,lmin}r w..nl,l not adow th,- t,.acl„.r.s. wh,-n "" 7' '"■''"" .V"-'.s. we Ih.d a mnn- t-tifyin^.toKiv.. tli..ir,.pinion as t,. what',' v "!""' '"' •■""'""■<" I'-U wh,..her the institution shonl.l I.,. " ', "'■ ""I'"' ^^■'""'- "'•" i-^what- I'"" -'■l-'l.eMini.s,erof..dM,.a,ion , , "."""""r ^•''""- 'l.,.y are to the One of the ,,ir.,...r.s. how.-v.-r ^ •''"*■• '^ "';-l">" "f th,- (). |. |{.. „.„ "'-i<'- tl... sar. in .•..nve,;.ti'.n r;""" "!■ !'= '^'" '^'"■"^ '""•i'"if i""'"^! lopelessuess or lu'lph-ss tU'lienilenc. i\ir Sw«H't Charity's saki' I will coii- s.Kle that it is pos.sil>le tlu-re may hf haiulfiil who cam.' up through «i»"iit ribiilation and wl.i) kept Mu-ir gar- iients white, hut who at the «ame ime have not a scintilla of gladness t the retrospect upon their -'oltl 'olleKC days." I an. w.-ll aware of .lie gravity .>f this indietm.'nt; ; U I 4 ,1.1 say is that to understand an at- liiiospiieie one must live in it, and this il .lid for three anil a half years; I have lived hehin.l the sc.-nes, I have moved f beneath the surface of the lif.' at the ^ t). I. H. in a way which n.> teacher or I ..lificer ever did "and I know wher.-of I speak. ':ny their fruits ye shall kn.>w ll..Mn"-ju.)l as home-like and as free from "Institutional" charact.-r as possible, all things being tributary to the su- pretre object .if existen.-e. which is "character",— a man whose life bt^f.n'e and behind the pupils shall beh.-autifid, ever "wearing the white Hower of a blam.'less life," and whose life shall never fail to be an incentive, an inspii- ati.m to noble, sacrificial living— a man of whom the pupils shall irresistibly be constrain.'d to say: "After leaving .)ur Principals presence, we always want to!«e better and to w.irkimore faithfully, for ther.' is a subtile charm about him that ailways reminds us of .lesus t'hrist.' Then the Institution will no l.ing.-r be classed among the Asylums, He- 21 ,!■ fornwtories nnd County Jiiils. -never | would always meet; foi never exeepf HRain will inspection by the Inspector j when the sexes thus meet as self-re- who inspects Lunatic Asyhnns ami i spectiuK in< of Christ's ••little ones." this '•daubinj? f HI. - -- .,..-. liii^ iiauoini trom one ot their present h-aviest j mure ami more from thetiist siniili burdens and setting them free for I tu.h-" was m.t an occasional incident more profitable work. ••Seeiii};" pupils in the Public schools study from text- books: why should British subjects be- cause they happen to be blind be com this ciinival of besti.ility. went on for years befoi<- .J.-.nuary 1S!»7 (the time I entered) and went on until broken up „ , ^ , I :'f'"«- 'Months after I entered -went on pelled to use i.-aders .oinpiled and unknown vv unheede.l take which edited bv Cnite.! States citizens:" j ever horn of the dilemna you please Why are these blind debaired from I Cnfaithful shepherds! Verilv one is Usiiim: our inaKniHc^nt Public .School tempte.l I,, fear that the suppiv of Readers? Why are there m,t Miilish millst s for n-cklaces may" run and Cana.lian Histories to be had. ami short for th .sc who bv sheer neirlect in abundano:-' L.t us not foiK.-t text- ^ or .-lass 1^,1.. an.e .-aused "His little books on Nat ur.ll History, on Physio- j „n,.s t„ fall i,,.,, sin!" Is there noth loKyamlTcmiHTame, ,m Composition : in- tangible in this? Vnd how wis (this subject as such has been totally! the exposure de.dt with'- Hv re neKlected):andlet us m.t forget the | primand. or .-.upoial punishment ov .spelling book, that "bete m.ir " of the by expulsi.m-tlie ,u.e wlu, wasex- present Princi()al. Then the middle wall of cast*- be- tween teaclicisauil pupils would be no more -as Xima as that con^feries of Asylumsand Institutions and ('(juntv Jails exists, it is bound to exist: then would be but one t.iblc fur te.ichcrs and pupils, at which the boys .uid girls pelled beinx re-admitted at the re- opening' of the school the following September. Mesides ail this, duiinir the first six iiKinths I was in the O. I. M., it was a verit.ible hell toline. for the air was evi-r green with obscenity ,uid blue with profanity. And what is the supreme remedy:-' That "right know 22 leil«e, in the right |m)p>y the light ixrson I will pioiliiee light Ti'sults!' But as long as the proper and s.-lt-respecting i-on.ingling <.f l>«>y« '""1 K''''^ >'^ t'^'''^' nd in drawing.nxini i a t'rownt't iKtt (inly ,1 on hilt fKliiiilly loihidden. •suUs As ,liic will inevitably he the r< Icing as that pestilential heresy u< nohle (Miristian character on th'' other have hut little. and that a certain anioui t of •■smut" if anything, in common. Tiie fcnii among hoy: ah man ;iiid men is cither a t ilesir- he ,1.. or ar inevitable "sine ((ua non ( ihood, so long will tlier.> fity of ' livalrous hi f -'Sir (ialahad.. who and men of of the t )c o sang: ner has been in cvideiic'" ail nauseam. lil'T wlien the fount ian-liead scuds forth h )th sweet w.iter and hitter, the pupils will have noti" ol' it they have not seen excmjilitiel I) -rore them the neces- s iry identity of in irals and religion. -My strcn-th isasthestrengthotteii j A boy learns morality primarily .is an Because mv heart is purer j art. and not as a rience. Christian (ire It help could be given were the { fie.u y is ot doubtlu value unless iii- Mhooi physician instructed to c..m- variably ac.-ompanied by Christian olcment his duties by giving "talks'" practice. Character - -h.-Macter - to the hoys suited to their various , liaracter~is t ne only t listone (.f ages. Hut even that will not be sutll ci" lit unU-ss the higher the wider truth only t life. If some of the teachers inspired . ^ , , ,,,r,„.. ............ to higher living, certainly the Princi- cielit unless tne niguei 111" .....<. •• f^ ,.,,,• be instilled and drilled into them, the pal never did. Ills inconsistency, his sacredness of the body in which each capriciousuess. his hi , is inigoveriied temper, uncontrolled rage; jiud then his roarings, .ind his . utting sarcasm, at morning roll-call, year in and year out, to and upon the wincing and smarting ones b.'fore him. followed ever hy iiiellilluous and unctuoiislv-toned "morning-prayers"- all conihined to form among the hoys a iiev. .'-failing target for every shaft of ridicule and scorn paid back [irincipal and interest. As soon as the Institution is placed under the Minister of Kilucation. a change of name will not only be pre- eminently desirable, but imperatively iieccss:iry. It should be , at once christ- ened "College." or some other eiiually euphonious .-11111 appropri.ite designa- tnis went 0.1 .... ,.....^ , |tion. Theterin "1 list itution" will be there nothing tangible in this? What 1 too redolent of its past .i^sociations further is needed to exemplify the s.iil ! with Asylums .iiiil County .fails. truth that when the moral foundiitionsj Then tlierc will be no desire or in- •vre sapped and honey-combed, the j clination on theparl of partially-sight- superslruclure is bound to loiter, and. j el graduates to hi- so .tshamcd of their lives, the only "true temple of (iod. and of the awful enormity of desecrat- ing this temple. Little wonder then a feeling of abid- ing bitteiwss exists in many homes towards the Principal under whom this sickening tale of horrors went on 1 know »>f nolhiiiK uiore blood-curdling than this moral ruining of little hoys, which went on in a place that parents supposed to be a hmiie and aft 'r they had handed tlicni over to the tender care of a man who woidd be a father to them. Cruelly deceived were these parems. for no sooner were their backs turned than the little blind chaps wen- turned as lambs among wolves. And this went on for years ;ind years. I If connection with the O. I. II. i\n to must carefully contHvil it. When, t (kj, the i'e-organi»iti(>n tak(.>» place, the pi-eKent dorniit ivmedy. This I repeat. Neither have I had any axes to grind. Neither have I been prompted by any desire to get even with any one over mistakenly supposed "blightviiice of Ontario I owe a deep dept of gratitude : my ex- pressi(ms of gratitude have ever l)een out-spoken and cordial. To the ser- vants of this sf the humblest in that mighty army of Knights of the t'rosf*. Long ago Isaiah peaU-*! forth my conunission thus :— "Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy btndens, and to let the oppress- ed go fi-ee, and that ye bivak e>ery yoke :'" I desire no rewaitl excepting to hear our Lord's wotds, "Inasuuich as ye have doi