[Containing Tables 167-184.] SCHOOLS FOR THE DEFECTIVE CLASSES. The tables on the following pages present the statistics of schools for the blind, schools for the deaf, and schools for the feeble-minded. Schools for the blind. The 41 State schools reporting to the Bureau of Education in 1907 employed 518 teachers-176 men and 342 women. In the 41 institutions there were 4,359 pupils-2,318 males and 2,041 females. The number studying vocal music was 857; instrumental music, 1,007. There were 2,924 children in the industrial departments. There were 1,137 pupils in grades 1 to 4, inclusive; 1,074 in grades 5 to 8, inclusive, and 659 in high school grades. The schools had 146 graduates in 1907. The libraries had 128,519 volumes, the value of scientific apparatus was $262,184, and the value of grounds and buildings $7,303,166, on which the sum of $207,637 was expended during the year. For salaries and other expenditures the aggregate was $1,118,773. These items are given by States in Tables 167 to 171 of this chapter, while the statistics of the schools will be found in detail in Table 172. Schools for the deaf. This chapter gives statistics of 127 schools for the deaf-58 State institutions, 52 public day schools, and 17 private schools—with an aggregate enrollment of 12,234 pupils. The 58 State institutions report 1,201 teachers-373 men and 828 women, instructing 10,577 pupils-5,818 boys and 4,759 girls. These statistics are given by States in Table 173. The number of pupils taught speech was 6,580, the number taught by the oral method having been 4,883. There were 791 pupils in the kindergartens, and the institutions had 232 graduates. Table 176 shows that the school libraries had 114,319 volumes. The value of scientific apparatus was $200,208, and the value of grounds and buildings $14,295,139. Expenditures on grounds and buildings amounted to $432,685, the aggregate for salaries and other expenses being $2,442,231. In the 52 public day schools for the deaf there were 141 teachers and an enrollment of 1,124 pupils-602 boys and 522 girls. The 17 private schools had 77 teachers and 533 pupils-232 boys and 301 girls. The statistics of these public day and private schools will be found summarized in Table 178. Table 179 gives in detail the statistics of State schools for the deaf. Tables 180 and 181 give similar information concerning public and private day schools for the deaf. Schools for the feeble-minded.-Table 182 summarizes the statistics of the 24 State schools and the 16 private schools for the feebleminded. In the State institutions there were 16,639 inmates-8,921 boys and 7,718 girls-taught by 266 instructors, so far as reported. Inmates to the number of 9,101 were not in school or kindergarten. There were 985 assistants caring for the inmates. In the private institutions the enrollment was 584 pupils-306 boys and 278 girlstaught by 74 instructors. Tables 183 and 184 give in detail the statistics of the institutions for the feeble-minded. TABLE 167.-Summary of State schools for the blind, 1906–7. 162 2 11 28 39 171 132 151 South Atlantic Division: 11 1 2 Wisconsin. 1 Iowa.. E❤966554 17 9 17 13 11 15 Minnesota.. 9 7 11 |