The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-10-27

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will demand admittance, making forty-twt
in all. This increase will go steadily on
and it is easily seen what the result win b,
in few years. The present building is 461
s. fv9, Giryc SoPics. high, and has thre,
hoors! adding The oflcck and their fami.
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they cannot be comfortably accommodated.
Diaing rooms, cook rooms, bed rooms, IND
all, must be without arrangement end entire.
| ly inadequate to the demands.
Second. Buildings should be provided 70,
shops in which the various trades could b
taught, and thus a benefit accrue to the State
and the inmates acquire an educati0n in the
practical walks OF life. These are, for in
stance, such ascahinsf- making, shoe-making
printing, &c. The present structure would
serve for this purpose admirably. -
We need ampiify these suggestions no fur.
ther, as they are Of such nature that they
push their own way through. --
The internal arrangements are now dis
| posed in the best manner possible, and reflec
great credit upon the officers. bathing tub
have lately been ordered and constitute q
splendid feature. rH.r-s Z 20 So
4 new cistern has been lately cOnstr,,cfed
and arrangements are being made to conye,
water throughout the premises by means o
pipes. 1'h. ~. .-' '.a
We will now give, briefly, the results of ,
stroll through the various departments: Oh
the first floor are the cook, dining and wasl
rooms, with store rooms, &c. The dining
rooms, one for the males, and the other th,
females, are separated BY partition, il
which there is 4 door.--Ths table of tn,
| II, Al
females dining room, 40 that they are al
ways present at meal time. The pupils ar,
| formed in line; and marched to the tables il
perfect order, and always before beginnin,
their repast grace is said by the Principal il
the beautiful and impressive sign language
On the second floor are the sitting rooms
IrNrlor, class rU0ms, and sewing rOOIus. nnt
ON the third, are the sleeping rooms, &c
Everything in these departments is as vel
! ordered as il can be, which is all that ia nee
| essary to say. ...-r
We pase rev 70 rreak more particularly q
the pupils, their treatment, instruction ant
| progress. And here let us say parenthe,iCal
~ that no deaf mute in the State should b,
kept away from the ASYLUM after he has at
tanned to 10 years Of age. Here they rccciv,
all the kind attention they receive at home
and more too. There are more deaf mute.
in the country than most people imagine
Fifteen have been admitted this year, who
have never attended before. .-t
The Principal il teacher Of more thar
Twenty years experience, and having beer
in charge Of this institution for the thret
years past, we naturally expected a grea
treat, and were not disappointed.
! We first visitel the new class, and lnet
with some Of the most surprising evidence.
of improvement. Little fellows who have
but Just entered are 50 far advanced as to te-
gin tn speak quite intelligently.
All the classes were visited, and the same
pleasing surprise greeted us in every one
The Professor was long a. psaeaical printer,
and, hence, one beautiful feature he is en-
abled to add in great perfection-that is, 1.-THE
grammatical and literary finish in writin.
sentences, and their perfection by the art Of
punctuation. There are no scholars in the
country who continue these elements, with
beautiful penmanshiP, to a greater extent
than The advanced pupils here; and there is
not an exception. But the Professor OBJ
served that the deaf mute language is emf
nently picture language, and when We
came to witness some Of the exercises of a
few Of the more aivancd in pantomime, the
perfection Of his language, we we're struck
with a feeling more grant and solemn than
can Inc expressed. We will mention Mis-,
Parsons rantomime of ''Christ Shilling the
Tempest" and Miss Shows 'Delineations of
the Passions''!iove, hate &c. Volume,
would be required 70 do justice to this splen-
did converse of nature with nature, and
then language would fail to portray the
grand effect. Miss Snow has alec accomp-
lished, in an eminent degree, the faculty Of
reading from the lips. There Is class being
instructed in lip-reading.
The order Of exercises for each day, are as
follows:
Rise, at ) a. H.. breakfast, at 81; school,
oto Il m. Afternoons: school from 1 10 3;
labor, :; 10 4; supper at ): play till 4; study,
to S; retire at s. Sabbath: lectures in the
chapel from . to 10 a. M, and from to 5
Thus il is seen that all duties are regulated
with exact, system, and ample time allowed
for play and social enjoyment, Of which all
the inmates avail themselves to the full
extent.
The parents Of children are at no expense
except for clothing. .H.
We are constrained to close this article
with the following valuable quotation from
the Rev. W. c. Woodbridge, Il great man
who took an eminent part in the construction
ot the American system of instruction, and
thoroughly understands the philosophy of the
development OF the minds Of deaf mutes.
but, before We proceed, let us ascertain the
condition of the mind of 4 deaf mute before
his education begins. Thousands, after hav-
ing become intelligent, educated persons,
have been questioned as to their ideas before
receiving any instructions as, for instance:
'sWila; were Your ideas If God? "What of
the crcationo ithe worldY' 'What of the sun,
moon and stars" "What the object Of re-
ligious service ON the Sabbath?" &c. The
answers in nearly all cases were such rs
these: IL had no idea of God;" 81 sup
posed God To he strong, cruel man, who
made the thunder and lightning to frighten
u.s. Il supposed the world had always
been;" 81 had no ideas of the origin Of the
world;' 81 supposed the Garth was very
much larger than the SUM-" II thought the
sun WIS man and the moon another" 81
thought people went to church to worship
the minister" 81 supposed it was holiday
and the people were playing"
Then, says Mr.. Woodbridge, "Mr. Gaul-
laudet has combined the fundamental princi- |
pie Of iIeinickc, first ideas, then words,
With that of De PEppce, that the natural |
language of signs must be elevated to as high |
a degree Of excellence as possible, in order |
10 serve As the medium for giving the ideas |
clearly, and explaining them accurately He |
has added another of no small importance.
hat, as words describe rather impressions or |
states of mind produced by external objects
han those essential qualities which are be-
'ond our reach, the process of learning them
would be facilitated by leading the pupils to
effect an their own sensations and ideas:
md he states as the result of his experience,
hat among deaf m,ites Of equal capacities
those who can be led to make or describe,
With the greatest precision, the operations Of
heir own mind, uniformly make the most
apid progress in the acquisition Of written
anguage, and cf religious truth \ leading
'hjec:, therefore, in connection with the first
cssons, in which sensible ideas are presented
md named, is 10 establish free
with the pupil in the
ign language in reference to his feelings
nd thoughts as excited by the objects which
ie sees, or the events Of his own life. lie
asily cvmprehends those of Others, and is
pld to learn the names Of the simple emo
ions and acts Of the mind. Thence he is
'ught To think Of an invisible agent, which
&c term the soul, as the feeling and percip-
mt being; and bya natural transition is led.
y the n-e Of signs alonc, to the Great Spiri.
5 the first cause; to Ills character AZ our
rcator and bcucfactor, and to a knowledge
His law and our future destiny. In this
f1nner the deaf mutes in the institutions Of
MS country are made acquainted with the