Patron.-Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. Treasurer.-George X. McLanahan, Esq. Directors.-Hon. John F. Shafroth, Senator from Colorado, Hon. William E. Humphrey, Member of Congress from Washington, Hon. John E. Raker, Member of Congress from California, representing the Congress of the United States; Edward Miner Gallaudet, Ph. D., LL. D., of Connecticut; Hon. John W. Foster, Hon. Francis W. Cockrell, R. Ross Perry, Esq.,' Theodore W. Noyes, Esq., of the District of Columbia; John B. Wight, Esq., of New York; the president and the secretary of the institution. FACULTY OF GALLAUDET COLLEGE, 1915-16. Emeritus president and professor of moral and political science.-Edward Miner Gallaudet, Ph. D., LL. D. President and professor of applied mathematics and pedagogy.-Percival Hall, M. A., Litt. D. Vice president and professor of languages.-Edward Allen Fay, M. A., Ph. D., Sc. D. Professor of English and history.-John Burton Hotchkiss, M. A., Litt. D. Professor of physics and biology.-Herbert E. Day, M. A. Assistant professor of mathematics and engineering.-Isaac Allison, E. E. Librarian and instructor in English and mathematics.-Helen Northrop, B. A. Physical director and instructor in natural science.-Julius J. Heimark, M. A.ʻ Instructor in drawing.—Arthur D. Bryant, B. Ph. DEPARTMENT OF ARTICULATION AND NORMAL INSTRUCTION, 1915-16. Professor in charge.-Percival Hall, M. A., Litt. D. Instructors.-Lyman Steed, M. A.; Annie E. Jameson; Sarah H. Porter, M. A. Normal Fellows.-Helen Cam. George Washington University, District of Columbia; Lois Ely, Lindenwood Junior College. Missouri; Irving S. Fusfeld, Columbia University, New York; O. L. McIntire, Westminster College, Missouri. Normal student.-Mary D. Deem, State Normal College, Mississippi. FACULTY OF THE KENDALL SCHOOL, 1915-16. President.-Percival Hall, M. A., Litt. D. Principal.-Lyman Steed, M. A. Instructors.-Helen Fay; Musa Marbut, M. A.; Edetha Williams, B. A.; Grace D. Ely; Mary Burch. Instructor in art and manual training.-Beulah E. Stebbins. Instructor in cooking and sewing.-Agnes Suman. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT, 1915-16. Supervisor and disbursing agent.-Louis L. Hooper, M. A. Dentist.-J. A. Taylor, D. D. S. Matron, Gallaudet College.-Mary Helen Ferris. Matron, Kendall School.-Harriet Van Deventer. Boys' matron, Kendall School.-Mrs. Cora V. Troup. Boys' supervisor.-Cyril E. Hansell. Girls' supervisor.-Jennie Kennedy. Gardener.-Edward Mangum. 1 Died July 17, 1915. Died July 5, 1915. 8 Appointed for 1915-16. Resigned. REPORT OF THE COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF. COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF, Kendall Green, Washington, D. C., September 7, 1915. SIR: The number of deaf pupils and students remaining in the institution on July 1, 1914, was 110; admitted during the year, 41; total, 151; admitted for the school year 1915-16, 42. From July 1, 1914, to July 1, 1915, there were under instruction 85 males and 66 females; a total of 151; of whom 108 have been in the collegiate de partment, representing 34 States, the District of Columbia, Canada, and Wales; and 43 in the primary department. Of these, 35 were admitted as beneficiaries of the District of Columbia. During the fiscal year 32 were discharged from the institution by graduation and otherwise. A list of the names of students and pupils who have been under instruction in this institution since July 1, 1914, including those admitted for the school year 1915-16, will be found appended to this report. HEALTH. One of our students, William F. Miller, died of typhoid fever at his home in Baltimore in October. He contracted the disease during the vacation. A case of typhoid fever appeared among the college women early in the fall. The patient was promptly removed to George Washington University Hospital, where she was successfully treated. All students, pupils, and employees taking meals at the institution were vaccinated with antityphoid serum. No further cases developed, and the origin of the disease was not ascertained by the District Health Department. In the spring a case of diphtheria was discovered among the young women of the college. It was impossible to remove the young lady to the hospital, but she was isolated in the hospital room in Fowler Hall with a nurse. Careful examinations soon showed another case of diphtheria in a very mild form. After a short quarantine of the students in Fowler Hall recitations were continued, with frequent examination of all suspects. No further cases developed, and both of the young women were successfully treated and cured before the close of college. In the Kendall School there were a number of cases of inflammation of the middle ear, some of them involving the mastoid process. All of these were dealt with successfully. Otherwise the general health of the students and pupils was good. A well equipped dental room, opened in 1914 as an experiment, was put in charge of Dr. J. A. Taylor for the whole of the school year just completed, and work was done regularly for all pupils and students. While there is no definite proof of the improvement of the health of the students and pupils on account of this work, there is no doubt of its good influence on the general physical condition of all. 8161°-INT 1915-VOL 1-48 753 CHANGES IN THE CORPS OF OFFICERS AND TEACHERS. Prof. Allan B. Fay, for 17 years a member of the faculty of Gallaudet College, died suddenly on July 5, 1915. Prof. Fay's valuable services to the institution were enhanced by long association with the deaf and by the best traditions of the education of the deaf handed down to him from father and grandfather. Mr. Victor O. Skyberg has been appointed a member of the faculty and instructor in Latin and natural science to take up the teaching work of the late Prof. A. B. Fay. Mr. Julius J. Heimark, physical director and instructor in natural science, resigned to study medicine. His place as instructor has been filled by the appointment of Mr. Frederick H. Hughes, M. A., Gallaudet College. 1914, recently teacher in the Alabama School. Mr. O. L. McIntire, B. A., Westminster College, has been placed temporarily in charge of the gymnastic work of the college men. Miss Beulah Stebbins has been appointed instructor in art and manual training to take the place of Miss Grace Stone, resigned. Mrs. Cora V. Troup has been promoted to the position of boys' matron in the Kendall School in the place of Miss Rose E. Bramble, resigned. Mr. Norman Hicks, boys' supervisor in the Kendall School, resigned to go into teaching, and his place has been filled by the appointment of Mr. Cyril E. Hansell, until recently a teacher in the Maryland School for the Colored Deaf. Miss Jennie Kennedy has been appointed girls' supervisor in the Kendall School. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. The course of instruction has been carried out as reported in the fifty-sixth annual report. A much more thorough course, however, has been given during the past year in business methods and a limited number of students have been taught the elements of typewriting. Four students took extended special work in chemistry and 17 in various branches of agriculture. LECTURES. The following special lectures have been delivered during the year: |