Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
Published: 2017-11-19
Total Pages: 38
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Excerpt from The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, for 1859 By a rule of the Institution, deaf and dumb children are not received under ten years of age. The annual charge is one hundred and sixty dollars. For which sum everything necessary is provided, including the usual clothing of the Institution, boarding, lodging, washing, tuition, stationery and medical attendance; or one hundred and forty dollars per annum, in case the clothing is furnished by the pa rents or friends of the pupil. No deduction is made for vacation. Fractional parts of any year will be charged at the rate of $16 per month, except when the clothing is furnished by the friends of the pupils, when the charge will be $14 a month. Payments are expected to be made in advance every six months. Parents are particularly requested not to withdraw their chil 'dren for vacation before it commences, nor to retain them after it has ended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.