One pipe organ, 3 cabinet organs, 23 pianos, 13 violins, 4 cornets, 1 alto, 1 tuba, 1 trombone, 1 viola, 1 cella, 2 double bass, 2 guitars, 4 clarionets, 4 flutes, 1 picalo, 1 fife, 2 drums. Students are encouraged to provide their own small instruments. TIME DEVOTED TO MUSIC. Each piano pupil receives two lessons a week; each lesson one-half hour in length. Each small instrument pupil receives one lesson a week; each lesson onehalf hour in length. Each piano pupil is required to practice two hours a day. Younger pupils studying small instruments are required to practice one hour a day. Older pupils studying small instruments practice at will. Making the number of piano lessons given weekly by the Musical Director.... Making the number of piano lessons given weekly by the Second Teacher... 20 60 70 Making the number of piano lessons given weekly by the Third Teacher Making the number of piano lessons given weekly by each piano tutor.. 10 Making the number of small instrument lessons—Musical Director... Making the number of small instrument lessons-each tutor... 10 10 Some of the more advanced pupils are required to teach one hour each day. They all teach at the same hour and in adjoining rooms. The Director passes from room to room supervising the work of each pupil. TUTORS OR PUPIL TEACHERS. Laura Parks, Lyons, Clinton county. Anna Coulter, Washington, Washington county. George Griffith, Iowa Falls, Hardin county. Adelia Hoyt, Vinton, Benton county. Ida McCune, Solon, Johnson county. Charles Lemberg, Cedar Rapids, Linn county. Eugene Smith, Ireton, Sioux county. James Yount, Belle Plaine, Benton county. Frank Motz, Modale, Harrison county. James Muirhead, Traer, Tama county. Since the foundation of the Retta Rath musical prizes, the following persons have successfully competed: Contest, June 4, 1883, Christine Lemberg, Cedar Rapids, prize for best musical composition.. .$ 10.00 Contest, June 4, 1883, Charles Lemberg, Cedar Rapids, prize for best rendering of a selected composition for piano.......... Contest. June 9, 1884, William Motz, Modale, prize for best musical composition.... 10.00 10.00 Contest, June 9, 1884, Frank Redington, Dysart, prize for best rendering, etc...... 10.00 Contest, June 9, 1885, Frank Duncan, Harlan, prize for best mu sical composition... 10.00 Contest, June 9, 1885, James Muirhead, Traer, prize for best rendering, etc.... .$ 10.00 Contest, June 8, 1886, Frank Duncan, Harlan, prize for best musical composition.... 10.00 Contest, June 8, 1886, Frank Duncan, Harlan, prize for best ren dering, etc.. 10.00 Contest, June 7, 1887, Osoff Erickson, St. Ansgar, prize for best musical composition... 10.00 Contest, June 7, 1887, Adell Rone Lowden, prize for best rendering, etc...... 10.00 INDUSTRIAL. Amount of daily instruction given by broom teacher, hours. Amount of daily instruction given by general work teacher, hours... Number of pupils enrolled in broom department.... Number of pupils enrolled in general work department. Every pupil, unless drafted for tutor work, or otherwise excused, is. required to spend one hour a day in some manual employment. The three branches of education, literary, musical and manual, are pursued together, each one occupying its proper proportion of time. But the training of the intellect is deemed of the first importance. The literary school is the base, entwined around it are the other two. The blind person should be taught to use his brains. He should be well grounded in the principles of knowledge. He should be well read, especially in the field of history, biography and science. He will then be better able to adapt himself to surrounding circumstances, to contrive, to plan, to control, for his own advantage, forces, which otherwise, he could not reach. The educated mechanic may not be the most skillful workman, but he will certainly be, in an equality of conditions, the best manager of a business. Of the trades accessible to the blind of this State, broom-making should rank first. It is easily learned, the machinery is simple, the workman is under shelter. I cannot see why a blind man of good health, good character, fair ability, and thorough qualification, should not make a living at this business, in any community. Such a man will always be able to secure favors from friends. Those lack |