, 1870-07-21

4 Boston correspondent OF tie Worcester
Spy gives this interesting account Of the pub
lie deal mute school Ill that city, where arlicu-
1atlon ID taught:
and dumb children. 1t was established last
autumn, aud the results Of the six months
teaching are encouraging to the teachers.
and astonishing to outsiders, There are
letwet,. thi;ty and forty pupils, girls and
hoys, from xea5s Ga to le. some weto
Mhule they were rlsta babies. aud j few had
learned to talk and 10 read a little before
thry lost their hearing. A few Of them had
received instruction previously At Hartford.
or some other institution: but large majority
came to this school knowing not even tleir
letters, aEd having no mems. excepting
natural riEns. of communicating with each
other. Here eiena arc not allowed, and the
children are taught 10 az,ieutate. The method
OF instruction is very interesting. and must
teachers. First tic alri,abet Is thoroughly
taught: With large chart OIL one easel. and
blackboard uu another, the teacher begins
with those unfortunate pupils WIN cannot hear
souEd >hc makes She roint- to 4 letter.
A for inetance.-and say. it over aud over
agaip, showing the children how the lips form
it, placing their fingers On her tliruat tnst they
nay feel the organ there, and the motion whom
she ariictllates the letter, showing them how
to fill tleir lungs. and to make . sound then
iut 3tttt4 u h1lltEu III IT'S Sal11AS 4u&lls- CH&-
tal, email, writing and printing; aud 80 letter
after letter is taught uutil the alphabet il
tered. Then come th9rt wu1ds and sentences,
taught in the same slow. patient WAY. Tlera
IL nothing more Interesting or moro touching
than to witch lesson given to one OF these
| child the words on and under She places
book On chair, looks iu.o the child's face.
| who has already learned book aud clair, and
tells him to say these words. He says them.
and III strange voice, but still quite plainly,
and touches them as lie speaks. Then tas
On, on till the eliid repeats it; then pla-
cling :l:e look under the chair makes him say
utctr; taen she writes both words On tl.
ai5eA' card that he may spell them. and he
Eaitts thtm afterwards (reading. spelling and
w.iti.g are taught At the same time in this
"ay,, she then gives him an exercise, speak
ing as ehe woults to child that can hear, .I'ut
your slate on the table, put rour hat under
| the table, and so On. The Child repeats each
senteLce after her, and then does tho thing re-
lulEeG-ofsen making mistakes, Tut trying TIL
| til lie understands a,+i succeeds.
The eaEc1ness in young faces, the strained
| attention, the Whole eoEl i'll the eyes which aro
| liked with almost painful lnteusncss upon tie
| teachers lips: the struggle for speech; the
passionate delight at success. When the teach
er says right. are strangely spatlle:ic. It
SCENE H it some peculiar character were need
Ell for such teacling, a1nl this school is tortu-
nste il its teachers. The four lauies have all,
| ftt'm various REASONS. been interested for
| seara IN the teaching Of the deaf and dumb,
and When tllis school was opened iIlteIlresyln-
raihy With this foru, Of atiiction led them to
| undertake this work. rather than something
more easy aud rleaeant- TLcy seem to have l,i-
| iu1te patience wstht!.cF Fcur little creatures who
hare such fearful difficulties to contend with
| they have rcai enthusiasm in the work, and
e1tlre faith in its erscccs=: and they have req
ron for their faith. for slrcady they are teach-
| ing arithmetic and Ee, Ersphy- 1t is WONDER
| snt to tce class cnlf.tl Ut, before the black
board. on Winch are written fifty words WITH
out conuectiUn, aud eacl scholar in turn takes
| the pointer xnl Indicates the word iho teacher
! tpsaks- There are no -.gn. : 4he speaks as
eair would TO any other class, With pecllaua 4
little more emphatic enunciation, and a little
more pronounced movement u the lips; ev-
| ete ctels liked upon her face and when she
Las spoken the word, every eye ia turned to tho
blackboard, and it tho boy there has failed to
understand, and points to the wrong word, the
little Aanus 60 up eagerly to correct the mis-
take. Then the blackboard IL cleaned, and
they y rite words aud sentences from. Jictatiou.
They learn very quickly to understand the mo-
tlon Of tho Ips. aud those who artic,llate most
| distinctly are able to talk 8 little with their
feathers. Having once seen this school il i,
| impossible to forget it; and Qua Eoes to it
agaiil and again to assure ones Eelf that i, il
zeal: that it III no tale Of niagic but that sucl,
Mund.fs are really done BY the enthusiaaru.
! tesotion, Patience, and sweetness Of four
Young lsssisr who give their learts to these un-
fortunate children