J. Norman Ager; Joseph D. Baker, Jr.; A. Gordon Boone;
John M. Clayton, Jr.; Charles H. Conley, Jr.; A. 1. Ellin;
Victor Frenkil; Allen. 1. Green.; William Goodmair, Rudolph
C. Hines; J. Vincent Jamison, III; Abraham S. Kay; C. New-
ton Kidd, Walter N. Kirkman; Blair Lee, III; J. Tyson Lee;
D. John Markey; George W. McManus, Jr.; John K. Shaw;
Richard L. Steiner; Bernard 0. Thomas; Clarence C. C.
Thomas; Oscar E. Webb; Martin J. Welsh; Philip R. Wine-
brener.
Lloyd A. Ambrosen, Superintendent

306 South Market Street, Frederick Telephone: Monument 2-4159

The Maryland School for the Deaf was established in 1868 as a free
public residential school for deaf and hard-of-hearing children who
reside in the State. The Governor appoints the members of the Board
of Visitors for an indefinite term (Acts 1867, chap. 247; 1868, chap.
409; 1880, chap. 19; 1916, chap. 76; 1957, chap. 76 as amended). The
school offers an academic education similar to that of public schools
and in addition provides thorough instruction in speech reading, speech,
auditory training, and use of individual hearing aids. It offers voca-
tional training to boys in industrial arts, printing and woodworking,
and gives training in homemaking courses to girls. Extra-curricular
activities in athletics, scouts, social activities, and clubs are planned
for all students. Vocational rehabilitation services are available to all
graduates who seek jobs, special vocational training, or higher educa-
tion. The average enrollment is 167.

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds $362,832 $386,773
Staff: 76, of which 26 are academic and vocational teachers.

THE MARYLAND WORKSHOP FOR THE BLIND

Chairman: John G. Schilpp, 1961
Treasurer: William T. Shackelford, Jr., 1961
Murray T. Donoho, 1961; Henry P. Irr, 1961; Charles M. See, 1961
William S. Ratchford, Secretary and Superintendent

2901 Strickland Street, Baltimore 23 Telephone: Gilmor 5-4566

The Maryland Workshop for the Blind is a State-aided institution
established by the General Assembly in 1908. Control is vested in a
board of five trustees; three are appointed by the Governor, with
Senate approval, and two are elected by the Board of Directors of the
Maryland School for the Blind.

The Workshop operates through departments. The Industrial De-
partment manufactures sterile wrappers and surgical drapes for use
in hospital operating rooms; makes mailing bags, corn brooms, and
mops; and canes and repairs chairs. The Home Service Department
provides teaching for the blind in their homes and aids them in their
personal adjustment to blindness, and the Vending Stand Department
licenses, establishes, and operates vending stands in many of the
public buildings of the State. In addition, the Workshop is the dis-
tributing agency of the Library of Congress for the U. S. Government-
owned talking book machines. It also provides white canes without
charge to blind persons. During 1954, it inaugurated an optical aids
clinic for people with low vision (Code 1957, Art. 30, sees. 4-10).

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds - $118,285 $122,749
Staff: 47.