Patron-ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States.

President-EDWARD MINER GALLAUDET, M. A.

Secretary-WILLIAM STICKNEY, Esq.

Treasurer-GEORGE W. RIGGS, Jr., Esq.

Directors-Hon. AMOS KENDALL, Hon. BENJAMIN B. FRENCH, Rev. BYRON SUNDERLAND, D. D., DAVID A. HALL, Esq., JAMES C. MCGUIRE, Esq.

COLLEGE FACULTY.

EDWARD M. GALLAUDET, M. A., President, Professor of Moral and Political Science.

SAMUEL PORTER, M. A., Professor of Mental Science and English Philology.
Rev. LEWELLYN PRATT, M. A., Professor of Natural Science.
EDWARD A. FAY, M. A., Professor of History and Ancient Languages.
JAMES M. SPENCER, B. A., Professor of Mathematics.

Rev. WILLIAM W. TURNER, M. A., Lecturer on Natural History.
Hon. JAMES W. PATTERSON, M. A., Lecturer on Astronomy.

PETER BAUMGRAS, Instructor in Art.

FACULTY OF THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.

President-EDWARD M. GALLAUDET, M. A.

Instructors-JAMES DENISON, M. A., MELVILLE BALLARD, B. S., MARY T. G. GORDON, ELIZABETH L. DENISON.

DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.

Attending Physician-NATHAN S. LINCOLN, M. D.

Matron-Miss SARAH A. BLISS.

Assistant Matron-Miss ANNA A. PRATT.

COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE INSTRUCTION
OF THE DEAF AND DUMB,
Washington, October 28, 1867.

SIR: In compliance with the acts of Congress making provision for the support of this institution, we have the honor to report its progress during the year ending June 30, 1867:

NUMBER OF PUPILS.

The pupils remaining in the institution on the first day of July,

1866, numbered......

Admitted during the year

Admitted since July 1, 1867..

Dismissed since July 1, 1866....
Died...

Number now in the institution...

Under instruction since July 1, 1866, males, 84; females; 34; total.... 118

A catalogue of the names and residences of the pupils will be found appended to this report.

THE HEALTH OF THE INSTITUTION.

The completion of the eastern section of the primary department building in December last, in which greatly improved accommodations are afforded for the male pupils, has served to diminish the amount of sickness in our household usually incident to the inclement season of winter, and we are able to report a year of unusual exemption from disease.

One case of typhoid fever appeared in May, of a serious character, but by the blessing of a kind Providence, seconded by skilful medical treatment and faithful nursing, the patient recovered.

During the vacation one of our pupils, named John A. Unglebower, of Frederick county, Maryland, was seized with gastric fever, and after a short illness died. He was a boy of exemplary character and good promise, whose early death is mourned by all who knew him.

On the first day of June last two members of our college, James Cross, of Pennsylvania, and Malachi Hollowell, of Illinois, were removed by death under circumstances of a peculiarly distressing nature.

A large party of the students were bathing in the Eastern branch, when suddenly Mr. Cross was seized with cramp or convulsions, and though he had prompt. assistance from his companions, some undergoing great personal danger in their efforts to save their friend, he died before he could be brought to the shore; not drowned, apparently, but yielding to some violent congestion, the action or cause of which can never be definitely understood.

Shortly after the death of Mr. Cross it was observed that Mr. Hollowell was nowhere to be seen, and the sad conviction was forced upon the minds of his friends that he had been seized as was his companion, or that he had lost his presence of mind in the excitement of seeing his fellow-student in mortal danger. His remains were recovered on the day following the accident, and, with those of Mr. Cross, interred in the lot of the institution in Glenwood cemetery.

The loss to the college of these two promising young men is felt most keenly by officers and students; consolation, however, being allowed us in the hope that they were not unprepared to meet the sudden and unexpected summons,

and in the conviction that the voice of God, as uttered in this afflictive dispensation, has been heard and heeded among our surviving students.

The esteem in which these young men were held by the officers of the college is attested by the following extracts from the records of the faculty:

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Mr. Cross, a member of the sophomore class at the time of his death, was a young man of singularly blameless life and character. He was simple-minded, genuinely honest, and unaffectedly modest. A leading characteristic of his mind was a sincere love of truth, and a desire for an absolutely thorough understanding of whatever he made a subject of study. Without the stimulus of selfish rivalry, he aimed at intellectual acquisition for its own sake and as a preparation for usefulness in life. His all-absorbing desire was to make himself master of the English language, and in this he had succeeded to a remarkable degree. The critical and analytical faculties predominated in his mind, and in his inquiries into the structure of language, as well as on other subjects, he showed a persevering thoroughness and a penetrating acuteness which gave promise that he would be an honor to the college, and encouraged the hope that he might eventually accomplish something of especial value in some line of study.

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Mr. Hollowell, of the preparatory class, was a young man of high moral and intellectual aspirations, meditative habits, an impressible and somewhat romantic temperament, and was gifted with imagination and poetic sensibility in no com. mon degree. His temper and disposition were most amiable and lovely. He was reverent and conscientious, and had a heart overflowing with love to his fellow-men and to all the creatures of God. He evinced capacities which it was not unreasonable to hope might be so developed and trained as at length to gain for him an honorable name in the world of letters, and to fulfil his desires of thus doing something to benefit mankind.

"Both of these young men were dear to our hearts and full of promise to our hopes. We feel their deaths as a personal grief and disappointment and as a real loss to the college. But God's ways are not as our ways. We bow with submission to His chastening hand, and would give heed to the admonition which calls upon us for earnestness, fidelity, and devotedness in the work which we have here to do."

A testimonial of respect was likewise adopted by the students, on the evening after the accident, in the following preamble and resolutions:

"Whereas God in His infinite wisdom has removed from among us by sudden and violent deaths our fellow-students and classmates, James Cross and Malachi Hollowell: Therefore be it

"Resolved, That our great respect for the characters of the deceased will not permit the occasion to pass without some expression of our sorrow and regret for the sad calamity which not only deprives us of esteemed friends and companions, but also entails upon the college the loss of two of its most promising young men.

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Resolved, That we tender our sympathy to the parents who are by this sorrowful event stricken with grief at the death of faithful and loving sons, and that we grieve with them and with all the friends of the deceased.

"Resolved, That we wear a badge of mourning for a period of thirty days as an appropriate token of respect to the memory of our dead comrades.

"Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to their respective parents, and that a copy be also furnished to the National Deaf-Mute Gazette for publication."

CHANGES IN Corps of officers.

The vacancy in the primary department alluded to in our last report as having been occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Ijams, has been filled by the appointment of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Denison, a deaf-mute lady, who has for several years

resided in the institution, and whose qualifications for the position she has now taken, are all that could be desired.

At the beginning of our fall term our matron, Mrs. Eliza A. Ijams, retired from her position.

Miss Sarah A. Bliss, from New Haven, Connecticut, who has been appointed to this office, brings with her a knowledge of the sign language, besides being in other respects eminently qualified for the position.

To our college faculty a professorship of mathematics has been added, and filled by the appointment of James M. Spencer, B. A., a graduate, in high standing, of Yale College.

THE COLLEGE.

This department, organized in 1864, bids fair, from the wide sphere of usefulness opened to it, to attain a numerical preponderance in the institution at no very distant day, the number of students the past year being thirty-five, representing fourteen States of our country.

One young man has come to us from England, attracted by the peculiar advantages offered here for high intellectual culture.

The number of our free scholarships, endowed by private individuals, has not been increased since the date of our last report.

Important action has, however, been taken by Congress in reference to admissions into our collegiate department, which has enabled us to receive thus far all who have desired to enter.

The act of Congress of March 2, 1867, with the terms of which you are already familiar, making provision for the free entrance into our collegiate department of poor deaf-mutes from any of our States and Territories, impresses on our work the seal of nationality and opens to us possibilities for usefulness of a most important character.

It renders probable a speedy attainment of our number of pupils to its maximum, and necessitates an earlier completion of our buildings than had previously been contemplated.

The number provided for by the act just referred to, viz., ten, lacks but one of being filled, and we have no reason to suppose that Congress will limit its benevolent action to mutes from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, when applicants equally deserving seek admission from other States.

The general progress in the college has been very gratifying; almost without exception have the students applied themselves diligently to study, attaining to a degree of success which is alike creditable to themselves and to the professors. A high moral tone has pervaded their conduct, and an almost unvarying support has been accorded to the regulations of the faculty.

One of the members of the college, Miss Lydia A. Kennedy, of Philadelphia, has left us to take an eligible position as a teacher in the Missouri institution for the deaf and dumb, and carries with her the best wishes of her friends here for her success and prosperity in her new home.

THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.

The extension of the building designed for the occupancy of this department, which has been effected during the year, has added greatly to the comfort of both teachers and pupils. A large sitting room for the boys, a bath room, ample school rooms, a chapel, hospital rooms, and a spacious dormitory are included in the section last constructed, the work on which has been done in a substantial manner and in a style corresponding with the previously erected portions of the building.