RULES

FOR THE

ADMISSION OF PUPILS,

& C.

I. All the Deaf and Dumb of the State, between the ages of ten and thirty years, are entitled to an education, without charge for board or tuition, in this Institution. No certificate of any kind is required for admission. Persons, however, desirous of placing a pupil in the school, should write to the Superintendent, informing him of the name, age, residence of the mute, the cause, if any, of deafness, &c. The Superintendent will immediately answer, stating the time when the pupil will be received. This course is in all cases recommended, though none will be refused who come at the commencement of the session. Applications in behalf of persons of more or less than the required age, will be considered by the Trustees, who reserve to themselves the right to accept. or reject such applicants, as they may deem just and proper.

II. The length of the course of instruction is five years; and, that the pupils may become more proficient in their studies, they are allowed and advised to remain one year more. At the end of six years, the Superintendent may consider would be particularly b at school; and if approved by the 1 permitted to remain an additional ye.

such pupils as he may

by continuing longer rustees, they shall be

III. The Trustees being by Statute of the General Assembly, constituted the judges as to what persons should be educated free of expense, have determined that none are proper recipients of the bounty of the State, in this particular, who do not remain in the Asylum five years, unless expressly excused by the Board.

IV. It is the intention of the Trustees to render the Institution self-supporting, so far as practicable, and that every pupil on leaving its walls, shall be so proficient in some useful occupation or trade, as to be able to procure a livelihood, without reliance on the charities of others. In accordance with this design, all the scholars will be required to labor a portion of each day, the girls in perform

ing the lighter kinds of house-work, and in various kinds of needle work, as plain sewing, ornamental work, dress-making, or millinery, &c.; and the boys at various trades, the necessary work about the Asylum, and the cultivation of the farm and garden.

V. The annual sessions of the school continue ten months, commencing on the first Wednesday in October, and closing on the last Wednesday in July. Every pupil is to come promptly on or before the first day of the session, and is to remain until the last day of the same. The only exceptions allowed are cases of sickness.

VI. No pupil, unless under extraordinary circumstances, can be received at any other time than the commencement of the session. VII. Parents and Guardians are required to furnish annually to each pupil, the following supply of clothing:

In addition to the above outfit, a sum of not less than $3.00 is to be deposited with the Superintendent for incidental expenses, repair of shoes, &c.; any part of which remaining unexpended will be returned at the close of the session.

It is not intended that the clothing should be of an expensive kind. For Boys' winter apparel, plain home-made cloth is sufficiently good. For summer wear, country linen will answer for pants, with some kind of dark goods or prints for coats and vests. Girls' calico dresses may by made of a cheap article which will not fade; and while for older girls, at least, one pair of morocco shoes should be furnished, one or both the other pairs should be of good calf-skin.On all articles of clothing which it is possible to mark, the full name of the pupil should be written with indelible ink. Each pupil should be supplied with a trunk or chest.

VIII. In cases of extreme poverty, pupils are clothed by the Asylum. Such instances are, however, expected to be very rare.

IX. All business letters, or letters of inquiry in regard to pupils in the Asylum or those whom it may be designed to place here, should be addressed to "JAMES S. BROWN, Superintendent, Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Indianapolis," All letters for pupils must be prepaid, and contain the words, "Institution for the Deaf and Dumb," as a part of their direction.

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