Chapter 5: A Tale of Two Schools
Indiana Institution
founded by William Willard
Indiana Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb
was a small private school in 1834
the year after the state of Indiana took over
powerful and politically well connected
Evansville Day School
in 1850, state legislature appropriated funds to acquire seventy acres of land to build a campus
founded by Charles Kerney
graduated from Indiana Institution
created problems
established school only a week after alumni reunion
motivation
overcrowding
need for more deaf schools
children needed another school to go to
Motivation
lack of care to students
cleanliness issues
overcrowded dormitories
overcrowded dining halls
need for deaf people to be in power rather than hearing people
decline of gallaudet attendees
Fall
Evansville
Kurney was forgotten
tried his best to establish a school to cater to deaf children that couldnt attend the institution
lack of state funding led to its downfall
as well as kurney being let go
all went downhill after he was let go, his name is what made the school successful