The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-10

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characters and symbols both animate and inanimaie
That such an education is successful be
school entirely ignorant They do no, know their own
namss they have hardly idea In their heads except
perhaps some dormant mental sensations When their
fun course Of study Is gone through however they are
able, Intelligent and educated human beings They
not only gam and possess ideas, but communicate
them 10 Others and whom they he institution rey
can carry on their own business manage their
affairs, give eydeqce in court OF law read news
iegent instead OF feeble creatures as they would have
been but for the New York Deaf and Dumb Institution
which rs the best OF It's kind In the world executing
those oil England and other parts OF Europe During
the course Of examination tho audience were shown
different stages Of the development OF pupils, from
the establishment up the thoroughly educated
dents Of both sexes troop OF little boys aged gene
examiner gave the word horse' IL he signed Ian
gusee 70 th m, and Immediately the little lads
pnckIng up Their ears like tho war steed In battle,
"2 and riding MP and down in imaginary saddles
Elephant was the next word, and the BOYS initiated
the sedaie movement OF the monarch OF the Ceylon
forest and were careful also convey an OF the
sixs OF the animal and the use Of It's trunk "Monkey
vsod n,s ssn s1s n r. wosS
scratching away at those unpleasant little animals from
witch even nosheys mot freebut all have IDEAS Of
Greater feas have little IDEAS
Upon their legs TO bite 'ern,
And little heas have lesser fcas
And SO. ad infxisms-
Dr.. PEAT next showed . new alphabet which had
been formed at the institute The common deaf and
hands used together, The old FORM BY expressing
the letters using only the fingers OF hand The
new alphabet howcvr. consists In the or the arms,
winch are put into such positions represent
what the form OF capital letters Another extraordinary
means OF communication between deaf aud dumb per-
Ia nv
merely the face alone and by the change expression
and contorion OF the lips and and eyes the whole
twcnty-six Letters OF the common alphabet can be
readily understood by even the unintated. young
lady, one OF the advanced pupils then gave poem OF
Mr.. Ludlow's, ent tied "scarcely can the strange
as Dr. Peat read It The effect very singular and
showed high state Of intelligence the part Of tho
poor deaf and dumb girl Others of the advanced
pupils then wrote saIutatory addresses TO 1he
audience on tho large states in front Of
the platform, which were ali couched In
number Of pupils were next examined different
cses Of signs, and particularly numerical signs and in
reading. There was then regular debate between the
female pupils IN which lively argument seemed tn be
carried on BY the scholars without words Would that
sucScould be the sometimes public life Profess
OF "telcgraphc'' communication he had invented be-
tween the pups This consisted IN using on common
drum the signals Of Professor Morses telegraph CODE
This u simplicity itseif Il communicates 70 the deaf
and dumb through the Of touch occasoned by the
vibrations Of the drum. Many other interesting points
couple OF hours during which time the audience did not
appear 70 feel a all weared the celebration
concluded With few valedicory words and the Lords
Prayer nom the president OF che institution.