voete 10-4-397 450206 LETTER OF SUBMITTAL. COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR The Deaf and Dumb, To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with the act of incorporation of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, approved January 26, 1897, I have the honor to submit to Congress the proceedings of the seventeenth meeting of the convention, held at Morganton, N. C., July 8 to 13, 1905. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, E. M. GALLAUDET, President. President of the Senate. Hon. JOSEPH G. CANNON, Speaker of the House. 3 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF and Dumb, DEAR SIR: In compliance with the act of incorporation of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, approved January 26, 1897, which requires that "said association shall report to Congress, through the president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at Washington, D. C., such portions of its proceedings as its officers shall deem to be of general public interest and value concerning the education of the deaf," I have the honor to transmit herewith the proceedings of the convention at its seventeenth meeting, held in Morganton, N. C., July 8 to 13, inclusive, 1905, and request that the same be laid before Congress. Very respectfully, yours, E. M. GALLAUDET, LL. D., 4 J. R. DOBYNS, Secretary. President Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Washington, D. C. ACT OF INCORPORATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Edward M. Gallaudet, of Washington, in the District of Columbia; Francis D. Clarke, of Flint, in the State of Michigan; S. Tefft Walker, of Jacksonville, in the State of Illinois; James L. Smith, of Faribault, in the State of Minnesota; Sarah Fuller, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts; David C. Dudley, of Colorado Springs, in the State of Colorado, and John R. Dobyns, of Jackson, in the State of Mississippi, officers and members of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, and their associates and successors be, and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate in the District of Columbia, by the name of the "Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf," for the promotion of the education of the deaf on the broadest, most advanced, and practical lines, and by that name it may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity, and may have and use a common seal and change the same at pleasure. SEC. 2. That the said corporation shall have the power to take and hold personal estate and such real estate as shall be necessary and proper for the promotion of the educational and benevolent purposes of said corporation, which shall not be divided among the members of the corporation, but shall descend to their successors for the promotion of the objects aforesaid. SEC. 3. That said corporation shall have a constitution and regulations or by-laws and shall have power to amend the same at pleasure: Provided. That such constitution and regulations or by-laws do not conflict with the laws of the United States or of any State. SEC. 4. That said association may hold its meetings in such places as said incorporators shall determine, and shall report to Congress, through the president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at Washington, District of Columbia, such portions of its proceedings and transactions as its officers shall deem to be of general public interest and value concerning the education of the deaf. Approved, January 26, 1897. 5 OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION OF AMERICAN INSTRUCTORS OF THE DEAF, 1905-1907-STANDING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OTHER STANDING COMMITTEES. OFFICERS. President.-Dr. E. M. GALLAUDET, Washington, D. C., president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Vice-President.-E. McK. GOODWIN, Morganton, N. C., superintendent of the North Carolina School for the Deaf and Dumb. Secretary. Dr. J. R. DOBYNS, Jackson, Miss., superintendent of the Mississippi Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Treasurer.-Dr. J. L. SMITH, Faribault, Minn., instructor in the Minnesota School for the Deaf. DIRECTORS. [The directors, with the officers, form the Standing Executive Committee.] Mrs. SYLVIA C. BALIS, Belleville, Ontario, instructor in the Ontario Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. J. W. BLATTNER, Austin, Tex., principal of the Texas Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. W. K. ARGO, Colorado Springs, Colo., superintendent of the Colorado School for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. STANDING COMMITTEES. Normal section.-J. W. JONES, Ohio, chairman, superintendent of the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Deaf; THOMAS F. Fox, New York; AuGUSTUS ROGERS, Kentucky; Miss FLORENCE WILCOXSON, Iowa; Miss MARGARET J. STEVENSON, Kansas. Oral section.-Mrs. ANNA C. HURD, North Carolina, chairman; E. A. GRUVER, New York; Miss FRANCES N. EDDY, Utah; Miss EVALYN HEIZER, Indiana; Miss ANNA MORSE, Illinois. Auricular section.-E. II. CURRIER, New York, chairman, superintendent of the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; F. D. CLARKE, Michigan; S. T. WALKER, Louisiana; CHARLES P. GILLETT, Illinois. Art section.-W. A. JORDAN, Mississippi, chairman, instructor in the Mississippi Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb; THEOPHILUS D'ESTRELLA, California; Mrs. T. H. COLEMAN, South Carolina; Mrs. O. A. BETTS, North Carolina; ERNEST ZELL, Ohio. Kindergarten section.-R. O. JOHNSON, Indiana, chairman, superintendent of the Indiana Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; Miss NELLIE J. SCHROCK, Indiana; Miss CARRIE BILLINGS, Michigan; Miss ALMA CHAPIN, Colorado; Miss CORNELIA D. BINGHAM, Illinois. Industrial section.-WARREN ROBINSON, Wisconsin, chairman, instructor in the Wisconsin School for the Deaf; Mrs. L. A. WINSTON, North Carolina; A. L. E. CROUTER, Pennsylvania; J. N. TATE, Minnesota; S. TEFFT WALKER, Louisiana. Western local.-H. C. HAMMOND, Kansas, chairman, superintendent of the Kansas Institution for the Deaf; FRANK READ, Jr., Illinois; W. O. CONNOR, Jr., Iowa; A. G. MASHBURN, Arkansas; IDA M. DONALD, South Dakota. Southern local.-W. O. CONNOR, Georgia, chairman, principal of the Georgia School for the Deaf; J. H. JOHNSON, Alabama; Miss EMMA NICHOLS, Kentucky; HORACE E. WALKER, Tennessee; W. B. HARE, Florida. Eastern local.-W. N. BURT, Pennsylvania, chairman, principal of the Western Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf; HARRIS TAYLOR, Pennsylvania; CHARLES R. ELY, Washington, D. C.; WILLIAM A. BOWLES, Virginia; Miss CLARA L. BELL, Connecticut. |