The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-05-31
Tae U6IamDIAn pear and nate college.

There is an interesting Institution
just out OF Washington, and within =
stones throw Of Mrs, Carlisle Pat
ters0n's breezy home, Brentwood,
which can not fail to rouse the inter-
EST Of sll ghOse who Can take the time
and pains to visit it. This institution
was endowed by Amos Kendall, In
1851, [ believe, and is the first and
only college for deaf mutes in the
wide world. Mr.. Kendall was Its
first President, and ths grounds all
Sbuut the neighbOrhOOd are known as
Kendall Green, while the building
Itself bears the name OF Columbian
Deaf and Mute College"
The Institution is quite a Congress
siOnsl pet, and receives annually q
grant Of funds with but little protest
from the economical legislators. The
navy is three months in arrears the
army has pleasant prospect
OF no pay to look forward
TO, and the courts are debating
whether or not to close the doors of
justice, as there are no funds where
with to defray the current expenses.
The mOney-Order blanks are about
exhausted In the PJstofiice Depart
ment, and no pOssibss means for pro-
viding fresh supply, and so I might
go on al intnitIEDl, stating the
shsmefully scant appropriations
which a niggardly Congress has sked
out, aud which leaves the various
wheels Of improvements silent for want
Of proper fabrication, or OblIges the
various servants OF the State to sell
their pay at ruinous discounts in or
der to meet their daily needs. But
while Congress pared the heels and
pared the toes Of everything eOneeiv-
able it generously voted S42, 900 for
the erection of \ new wing to the
present Deaf Mute College, Whsreby
an additional number Of students ean
be accommodated aud educated.
At the commencement, 3 few weeks
past, several distinguished guests were
present, among whom Carl Schurz
was an interested spectator lone can
hardly be listener to the exercises Of
the dumb. One young gentleman
about to take his degrees was to de-
liver an grafton (?l on Oratory. Mr..
Sehurz seemed particularly interested
in the subject, aud remarked 81 am
anxious to know how oratOry, which
only takes form in the eiOqusuee Of
impassiOned speech, can possibly be
imagined by one whose ears nave
ever been closed to sound, and whose
mouth has never uttered anything
audible" Upon hearing the interprs-
tatiOn OF the essay, delivered by the
youth in graceful gestures, Mr.. SchurZ
said enthusiastically SIT Is q mar
vel of beautiful thought, and no one
endowed with his complement OF
Sc nses could have done the subject
greater justice, or defined its airy
characteristics with more delicate
comprehension
The children Of army or naval o.
fieers, and those born in the District,
are considered wards Of the nation,
and are cared for and educ ated at its
expense. For $50 per snnum any
pupil from far away will receive 3
thorough education, commencing at
the primary department and carried
through the various branches until
the college course Is entered and fin-
ished.
1t Is wonderful, the aptitude which
some OF the pupils evinee. l saw the
writing Of girls from fourteen to six
seen years OF age, as delicate and
clear as the lines OF the copy book.
One young lad from Philadelphia
eviDeed quite talent for composition.
His name, Franz Ernst, suggested his
Isrselitish psrentage and Germany
as his Vsterland. His bead was
fine one, covered With masses OF wav-
ing black hair, while his SKIN Ras Of
the colorless olive peculiar to his race.
Prof. DennisOD. q most eharmingly
refined man, who was early afflicted
with deafness through the medium Of
that sell destroyer, scarlet fever, has
charge OF the room in which Franz Is
pupil.-GLsdner, in Gin. Gazette.