The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-04-21
The Deaf and Dumb Taught to
Speak.
Correspondence N. Y Evening Mail.

Correspondence N. Y Evening Mail.
Few of your readers are probably
aware that there exists any institution
proposing to make the durb speak, or
chat such an attempt, if made possesses
any scientific basis. Such, however, Is
The case In March, 1862 few!philanthro-
| pic gentlemen of German descent met
gether, formed a society, procured about
SOC members,ard fully established in this
country that system of lnstructingt deaf
mute which they were a Ware had prevail
ed since 1860 throughout Germany The
institution thus founded is located at $50
East Fourl zenith St, and is under the
charge of Prof f. A, Rising, principal
rhe German ay>tem rests upon this = ct,
viz that speech is purely mechanical
process, of which process the mute can ac-
quire a knowledge by the, senses of sight
and feeling. That speech Is mechanical
is proved by the fact that machines have
been invented winch could articulate
distinctly; for instance, Prof Fabers ex-
hibited at Hamburg last year, and KEN
peleb's, which attracted great attention
towards the close of the LAST century.
Lessons are learned and recitations made
as in ordinary schools
In the institution above alluded to we
observed pupils of three years standing
recitng orally from Colburn's Arithmetic
and Monueith's Geography, and had the
further pleasure of testing their progress
py putting them questions, often ina
whisper, which were both ,minprehend-
ed and correctly answered, - "' D't2"
Certain weli-defned positions of the
vocal organs, as the lips, tongue and teeth,
with forcibe emission OF air, produce the
consonants with vibrations OF the vocal
chords the vowes are formed. Press your
upper teeth in marked manner upon
your lower lip and expel the alr,the letter
"f" is the result *. .-.l .'l4 s. 49,. -
Call the mutes attention to the posi-.
ton of your lip and teeth and blow upot
his hand. He grasps the idea and has
learned to make $50 and to read it upos
the lips. Let the child see yonr tongue
pressing against your lower teeth; place
the palm of his hand firmly against your
chest and utter the first sound of "a He
feels the vibration, sees the position and
readily forms the letter. = saae5ss9qt
In like manner are the sounds of all the
Letters taught the pupil who proceeds to
syllables and words,until,in the course OF
sixmonths, a bright congenital muteawiQ
be ableto utter clearly short sentences
and simple questions, and SO read the same
on the lips. ~. ..,-r
This institution so long hid must be-
brought before the public, its accommoda-
tons enlarged, and its methods ofinstruc-
tion more widely understood that the pa
rents of the deaf-mute children through
out the State may have their hearts glad
dened by hearing the intelligent speech
of those who are now the "children of
% 11a @ ~ Laa 5c
Man (for very wise reasons) wasn't
built until all other things were finished
and pronounced good II a man had bin
made fust, he would hay insisted upon
bossing the rest of the job. He probably
would have objected to having ennyiitt
bizzy ants at all, and various other cbjeck.
shuns would have bin offered, equally
green. am glad that man WIZ the last
thing made. If man hadn't bin made at
all. you never would hav heard me find
emmy fault with it, haven't rluch faith
in man, not bekause he can't do we'll, but
bekause he wont.-Josh Billings.