REPORT OF THE TREASURER. D. S. DAVENPORT, TREASURER, In account with the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind. Abstract of Expenditures for two years, ending Nov. 30, 1868. + In suit St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago Railroad vs. Institution for Blind. NOTICE TO APPLICANTS. The scholars of Illinois will be provided with boarding, washing, etc., at the expense of the Institution. Their friends will only be required to supply them with proper clothing, and to be at the expense of their traveling to and from the Institution. In every application for the admission of pupils, answers are to be given to the following questions. If they are carefully and correctly answered, and the answers forwarded to the Principal of the Institution at Jacksonville, the relatives or friends of the applicant will be informed whether he or she can be admitted, and, if admitted, at what time. No blind person should ever be brought to the Institution as a pupil, before a letter of admission has been received from the principal. Letters on business of the Institution should be directed to the Principal, Dr. JOSHUA RHOADS, Jacksonville, Morgan county, Illinois. Questions: 1. What is the name, age and residence of the applicant? Who is the nearest friend, and to what post-office should a reply be sent ? 2. Is the applicant totally blind, or what degree of sight does he or she possess? 3. At what age did the applicant become blind, and from what cause? 4. What instruction has the applicant received? 5. Is the applicant of sound health, and of sufficient mental and bodily capacity to receive instruction? 6. Has the applicant been a pupil of a similar institution? If so, what institution? and how long? 7. Who will provide clothing for the applicant, and take charge of him or her during the vacation? |