TABLE 4.-Statistics of manual and industrial training in reform schools-Number of instructors and pupils in each branch-Continued.

TABLE 4.-Statistics of manual and industrial training in reform schools-Number of instructors and pupils in each branch-Continued.

TABLE 4.-Statistics of manual and industrial training in reform schools-Number of instructors and pupils in each branch-Continued.

TABLE 4.-Statistics of manual and industrial training in reform schools—Number of instructors and pupils in each branch-Continued.

CHAPTER XXV.

SCHOOLS FOR THE DEFECTIVE CLASSES.

This chapter presents the statistics of schools for the blind, schools for the deaf, and schools for the feeble-minded for the year ended June, 1906. As noted in the detail tables, several important schools have failed to report for the past two years. Schools for the blind.-The 39 schools reporting employed 479 teachers-162 men and 317 women. There were 149 teachers of music and 142 instructors in industrial departments. In the 39 institutions there were 4,205 pupils 2,264 boys and 1,941 girls. The number studying vocal music was 2,095; instrumental music, 2,266. There were 444 children in the kindergarten and 2,871 in the industrial departments. The schools had 118 graduates in 1906. The libraries had 105,785 volumes, the value of scientific apparatus was $130,505, and the value of grounds and buildings $7,505,478, on which $109,472 was expended during the year. For salaries and other expenditures the aggregate was $974,040. These items are given by States in Tables 1, 2, and 3 of this chapter, while the statistics of the schools will be found in detail in Tables 4 and 5.

Schools for the deaf.—This chapter gives statistics of 135 schools for the deaf, 59 State institutions, 60 public day schools, and 16 private day schools, with an aggregate enrollment of 12,270 pupils. The 59 State institutions report 1,242 teachers 436 men and 806 women-instructing 10,634 pupils 5,848 boys and 4,786 girls. These statistics are given by States in Tables 6 and 7. The number of pupils taught by the purely oral method was 4,548; by the manual method, 2,707, and by the combined system, 5,962. There were 594 pupils in the kindergartens, and the institutions had 238 graduates. Table 8 shows that the school libraries had 122,191 volumes. The value of scientific apparatus was $13,970, and the value of grounds and buildings, $13,370,576. Expenditures on grounds and buildings amounted to $605,027, the aggregate for salaries and other expenses being $2,556,459.

In the 60 public day schools for the deaf there were 143 teachers and an enrollment of 1,111 pupils-574 boys and 537 girls. The 16 private day schools had 80 teachers and 525 pupils-222 boys and 303 girls. The statistics of these public and private day schools will be found summarized in Table 9. Table 10 gives in detail the statistics of State schools for the deaf. Tables 11 and 12 give similar information concerning public and private day schools for the deaf. Table 13 indicates the branches of manual and industrial training taught in the State schools for the deaf.

Schools for the feeble-minded.—Table 14 summarizes the statistics of the 25 State schools and the 16 private schools for the feeble-minded. In the State institutions there were 16,500 pupils-8,872 boys and 7,628 girls-taught by 305 instructors. There were 1,271 assistants caring for the inmates. In the private institutions the enrollment was 853 pupils-472 boys and 381 girls-taught by 79 instructors. The State institutions cost $2,442,665 for maintenance for the year. Tables 15 and 16 give in detail the statistics of the institutions for the feeble-minded. Table 17 shows the branches of manual and industrial training in the public institutions.