10 Document No. 11. [Session
THE NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB
(mo RGANTON.)
The report from this new and thriving institution shows
that the main building has been practically completed,
containing one of the most commodious assembly halls in
the State ; that a large barn for forage and stock is l)eing
erected, and that various branches of industrial work are
now in successful operation. The average attendance has
been 171, and there are now 185. The Superintendent
urges the completion of the original plan by the erection
of the school building with 20 rooms, and says that with
that addition he can accommodate 250 in September
next, but otherwise not more than 200 to 210. He esti-mates
600 white deaf mutes in the State of S(;hool age,
but a large number are too old to be greatly benefited.
It would seem that we are rapidly ajiproaching a fair pros-pect
of reasonably complete i^rovision for this class of our
defective population. Tlie Superintendent points out that,
with the equipment of the school building asked for, the
accommodations fur deaf mutes will compare favorably
with those of an}- other State. This is especially gratify-ing
to the Board of Charities, which not long since pointed
out the lamentable fact then existing that we were far
behind the more progressive con)m unities in facilities for
instructing the deaf mute and tiie blind, altinnigh North
Carolina had been commendably early in undertaking the
w'ork—in 1816. It is expected eventually that one-fourth
of the support will be obtained from the farm and shops.
THE OXFORD ORPHAN ASYLUM.
This great charity was visited by your Secretary in
August last, and found to be the scene of much activity.
"Work was going on for the addition of four commodious
and well-arranged brick cottages, two stories high, to
accommodate 24 children each, and a very large two-story
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