The  editors  and  proprietors  of  the  leading  news-
])apers  published  in  this  section  of  the  country  may
be  justly  classed  among  the  principal  helpers  and
most  active  promoters  of  all  movements  in  behalf


of  our  school  and  its  beneficiaries.   A  great  portion    \
of  the   response   which   has   been  given  to  our  •
appeals  for  funds  is  certainly  due  to  their  liberality  '
and  uniform  kindness.    They  have  been  ready  to
aid  as  at  all  times  and  under  any  circumstances.   No
matter  how  crowded  their  columns  might  be,  or
how  frequent  our  requests,  they  would  find  both  —
room  and  time  to  advocate  and  serve  our  cause.  —
Without  the  countenance  and  cordial  support  of
this  powerful  agency,  all  vital  and  pervasive  every-
where, no  project  of  ours  could  meet  with  signal
success.     So  far  as  we  know,  nowhere  else  in  thisjj
country  docs  the  public  press  take  so  deep  and
lively  an  interest  in  the  welfare  of  those  who  are  I
bereft  of  sight.     Of  this  point  the  following  fact
is  a  striking  illustratiou.
