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Excerpt from Sixty-First Annual Report of the Managers of the New York Institution for the Blind: For the Year Ending September 30, 1896 The subjects covered were reading, writing, spelling, gram mar, geography, arithmetic, geometry, Greek, United States history, New York State history, civics, physiology and hygiene, physics, English composition and rhetoric. The rules governing the examinations are rigorous. Each candidate must declare in writing that he had no prior knowl edge of the questions, and that he neither received nor gave any aid in answering them. Principals and their deputies must also certify under oath that both the letter and spirit of all rules governing the examinations and writing of papers were faith fully observed. It is, of course, much to be desired that the number of pupils who fail on examination shall be as small as possible, and to this end none Should be allowed to go up for examination without the regular preparation, nor unless there is a fair probability of success. Bearing in mind that the pupil prepares his answer papers upon a typewriting machine, and that he cannot see his work as it proceeds, it will be understood that the test is much harder for a blind student than for one who can see. To do rapid and accurate work on a machine one must be in practice. Hav ing once studied typewriting, however, a student leaves that branch, and the best that can be done is to give him a brief period of practice just prior to the examinations. Thus it will be seen that pupils who are slow or out of practice will some times fail simply because they cannot complete the examina tions within the time limit. Failures are sometimes due to mistakes in using the key board, and unless the pupil is at once conscious of such an error, it will stand against him. Such mistakes count heavily against us in spelling, language subjects and mathematics. 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.