Facts and opinions relating to the deaf from America.

Date:
1888
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Credit: Facts and opinions relating to the deaf from America. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. Visible SFE^cn—^oontimted). speech heen ■ Institution? imployed ? (c) If not, what cause do you assign for its discontinuance ? Name of Institution a g (a) Has vi employed ii (&) Is it General Eemauks 46. Dakota Schl. 47. Milwaiikie Day School. No. No. James Simpson, Superintendent. No reply to circular letter received to date, June 2, 1888. Paul Binner, Principal. 48. Pennsylvania Oral School. No. No. Emma Garrett, Principal. No remarks. 49. New Jersey School. 50. Utah School. 51. Northern N.T. Insti- tution. No. No. Not used in the instruction of pupils. I have used the system as a guide for my teachers in their study of the production of sound by the human organs of speech. My reason for not extending its use to my pupils is that, while I think it an aid to the form- J.IJg UX di UUllcOL UdUlb XJl. VUUCtiJ.DcliL'ltJJjlj X Xi£iVU observed in pujjils trained on this system a difficulty in passing from the use of sym- bols to that of alphabetic characters.—Wes- ton Jenkins, Sujyerintendent. Henry C. White, Principal. No reply to circular letter received to date, June 2, 1888. Henry C. Eider, Superintendent. No reply to circular letter received to date, June 2,1888. 52. Florida In- stitution. Yes. Yes. We do not use 'visible speech,' and have never done so. When we started, it was with your ' line writing,' which in the hands of an able teacher met every need, and our pupils made much more rapid progress than any I had ever observed where other means were used. Whether it is the method or the teacner to wnom tne sucocaa is uutj, ib tin open question ; but I think each is entitled to some share of the credit. It has been our experience (limited to three years in this school) that every deaf child of fair mental powers can be taught to speak with suffi- cient clearness to be understood by those unaccustomed to hearing ' semi-mutes' talk, if the articulation training begin while the child is very young—say 4 to 8 yeai-s of