. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. theywere especially intended; and the effect upon them was so good,that before they adjourned the session they adopted measures to es-tftblish an asylum for the blind. The commission appointed to carryout these measures, consisting of James M. Ray, Geo. W. Mears,nod the Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor of State, engaged to make a lecturing tour through the State and collectstatistics of the blind population. The Institute for the Education of the Blind was founded bythe Legislature of 1847, and first opened in a rented building
. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. theywere especially intended; and the effect upon them was so good,that before they adjourned the session they adopted measures to es-tftblish an asylum for the blind. The commission appointed to carryout these measures, consisting of James M. Ray, Geo. W. Mears,nod the Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor of State, engaged to make a lecturing tour through the State and collectstatistics of the blind population. The Institute for the Education of the Blind was founded bythe Legislature of 1847, and first opened in a rented building , of that year. The permanent buildings were opened and occu-pied in February, 1853. The original cost of the buildings andgVQund was $110,000, and the present valuation of buildings andgrounds approximates $300,000. The main building is 90 feetl09g by 61 deep, and with its right and left wings, each 30 feet inlipeKLt and 83 m ^^th, gi^ an esitire frontage of 150 feet. Tl^^main building is five stories in height, sormonnted by a oapoJ* <«f. BISTORT OF INDIANA. 223 State. The advanced course of studies, together with the higherstudies of the normal school, embraces Latin and German, and pre-pares young men and women for entrance to the State University. The efficiency of this school may be elicited from the followingfacts, taken from the official reports: out of 41 persons who hadgraduated from the elementary course, nine, after teaching success-fully in the public schools of this State from two terms to twoyears, returned to the institution and sought admission to theadvanced classes. They were admitted; three of them were gentle-men and six ladies. After spending two years and two terms in theelementary course, and then teaching in the schools during thetime already mentioned they returned to spend two and a half orthree years more, and for the avowed purpose of qualifying them-selves for teaching in the most responsible positions of the publicschool service. In fact, no s
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