10. Teachers will assume duty in rotation, according to seniority of service.

11. The teachers on duty will preserve order in the chapel and see that pupils proceed to and leave their respective schoolrooms in a prompt and orderly manner, and will have charge of children at recess. The male teacher on duty will act as principal in the absence of the principal.

12. It shall be the duty of teachers to give vigilant attention to the ventilation and temperature of the schoolrooms and to make themselves familiar with the means by which their respective rooms may be properly ventilated. A regular system of ventilation shall be practiced at all times by which the air in all their schoolrooms shall be effectually changed at recess, and at such other times as may be necessary to prevent the breathing of impure air.

13. They shall at all times give their support to the officers of the institution by inculcating in the minds of their respective classes proper principles of good order and obedience; and they shall never intimate to them matters to the discredit of any officer in the institution.

14. Teachers shall not be allowed to employ their time outside of school hours in any manner which will interfere with their efficiency or usefulness as teachers in the institution.

15. Attendance upon teachers' meetings will be obligatory.

16. Teachers shall have charge of such classes as may be assigned them by the principal. They shall be subject to his direction and shall co-operate with him, not only during school hours, but before and after, under the authoritative direction of the superintendent.

HENRY W. ROTHERT,

Superintendent.

THE AMERICAN FINGER ALPHABET.

The one-hand alphabet is used exlusively in American schools for the Deaf, and is the only one understood by the great majority of deaf mutes in this country. This alphabet can be learned in an hour. It has been learned by close application in ten minutes. It is recommended that the arm should be held in an easy position. near the body with the fore-arm as indicated in the plates. It is not necessary to move the arm, but a short leverage is conducible to ease and is permissible, provided the hand delivers the letters steadily within an imaginary ring of say, ten inches in diameter. Each letter should be mastered before leaving it. Speed will come with use; but should not be attempted or permitted until the forms of the letters and the appropriate positions of the hand are thoroughly familiar.

and z,

Certain letters as c, d, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, q, u, v, resemble written or printed forms. J is simply traced in the air with the little finger, and z in like manner with the index finger. H, u, and n differ only in the position of the hand and t is formed as in "Taking off baby's nose." These ten words contain all the letters: adz, fan, map, cow, box, jar, sky, hat, quill, glove. Practice upon each of these for five minutes.

No. 5-INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN,

GLENWOOD.

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

To The Honorable Board of Control of State Institutions: GENTLEMEN-It is my privilege and duty to submit to your honorable body the thirteenth biennial report of this institution, constituting the first full period report to your Board.

In general, I conclude that the system inaugurated in accord with the BOARD OF CONTROL ACT is gradually demonstrating the merits of this law, which calls for methodical operation, and a co-ordination of the activities and interests of the several institutions. Your cordial encouragement for institution progress, in favoring modern methods, as well as inviting originality, has been appreciated. Better equipments and house service throughout have followed.

This disposition on your part has been a stimulus to the local. management. And further, the many expressions of gratitude. and confidence on the part of patrons and the general public regarding the good the institution is doing, are likewise encouraging.

The nature of this institution and its intended purposes, make it a complex one, requiring on the one hand, generosity in furnishing service to meet its varied demands, and on the other, economy in its management-service necessarily standing first in importance.

Nothing unusual has occurred during the period to interrupt the working operations of the institution, as you are aware.

By your personal contact with the condition of affairs of the institution you doubtless recognize that there is yet in sight much to be done.

Each two years' cycle combines with preceding ones in the sum of experiences which enter into the compilation of the history and life of all our state departments, from which deductions are drawn for future action.

During the past two cycles there has been considerable institution thinking.

.2427

..2106

116

Number dismissed during the period.

Number cared for during the period..

Number remaining June 30, 1901....

Total number applications since organization..
Total number of admissions since organization.
Total number of re-admissions since organization
Number applications received during period ending June 30, 1901...... 304

You will observe that the enrollment at the close of the period. is 935, being 120 greater than at July 1, 1899. This is the largest number ever cared for by the institution at any one time. The following table shows the growth of the institution by biennial periods, since its organization in 1876:

You will notice from the first table that the total admissions since the organization is only 351 below the total number of applications. You will also notice that the institution has practically admitted all applicants during the period just ended.

At present there are comparatively few recorded applicants. waiting for recognition. Including some of two or three years standing, and others who have written for admission without formal application, there are about forty of these who may be expected to come during the next two years. Estimating that there will not be a less number of applicants during the ensuing

two years than the number for the period just closed (304), we will have to consider 344 applications during the two years commencing July 1, 1901. If space was available to admit the same number as admitted this period, our population would number 1,135 by June 30, 1903.

It appears, then, that further facilities in the way of new buildings should be provided for the care of not less than 250 additional in the near future.

SANITATION, HEALTH, AND MORTALITY.

The location of the institution is favorably situated to admit of free air circulation, water drainage, and sunshine distribution, the three most powerful purifying agents existing. The supply of good water is limited. The food supply has been varied and abundant. Inmates have been liberally clothed. Provision for vent flues in the older buildings is inadequate, and therefore we have learned to depend on natural ventilation by inlets and exits through windows and doors. The plumbing equipment needs remodeling in some of the older buildings. Sewer drainage is excellent.

The health of our household has been good, except among the asylum cases and epileptics. The mortality tabulated shows that sixty-two have died in the period, fifty-eight from the asylum. division and four from the school division.

TABLE SHOWING CAUSES OF DEATHS FROM JULY 1, 1899,
TO JUNE 30, 1901.

No epidemic disease has occurred at the institution during the period. Your Board will remember that we were in some danger in February, 1901, on account of the outbreak of smallpox in the city of Glenwood. By enforcing strict quarantine regulations at that time, we were fortunate in preventing any invasion of the disease. As one means of protection we vaccinated about eight hundred of the inmates and employes, with no unfavorable results.

The amusement hall in the custodial building, which has been used for hospital purposes since the destruction of the former hospital wards, continues to be used for the care of the acute sick. Although the accommodations have been meagre, it has served a useful purpose. The hospital service is provided with a graduate nurse and assistants. The new hospital building, now under construction, is referred to later in this report.

Dispensary hours are kept daily by the assistant physicians where the numerous minor ailments of our large family are treated.

So far as possible pathological research has been made by the institution pathologist. This, however, has not yet covered a sufficient number of cases to make a special report, but as time elapses, data will be accumulated containing valuable information on nervous affections. The facilities provided in the new hospital will materially aid in developing this line of research.

CLASSIFICATION OF POPULATION.

It is convenient to divide the population into three groups:school, custodial, and asylum. The definition of these groups, as given in the twelfth biennial report, reads: "The school division. includes children whose mental condition is susceptible to improvement under primary and elementary physiological school methods, which includes manual training. The custodial division includes "capables," who have passed through the school period, either in the institution or elsewhere, and who remain as permanent wards of the state exercising their energies in the direction of remunerative labor in the various departments of the institution, ranked as producers in varying degrees. The asylum division is made up of those with a low state of vitality, mentally and physically, their helplessness necessitating constant and special care, none of them being capable of assimilating school training, or participating in remunerative labor-their capabilities being limited to simple habit training and self-help."