The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-01-20

Der pupils till in the second third
months and until after the Christmas holidays
pupil who permitted lote home three months
of session. expect get in his allotted time
first class education. The loss months of the
first part of session. throws apup back to such extent
that he catch with his class during the Mues
dependent unon assistance they
of themselves back and the lost ground
From losing part of every session, pupils hating
through their And, sometimes their
cesstates putting them back lower class. This dscour-
them But such is the arrangement of classes Ins
tutons like this that it possibly be avoided The
pneey muni6cenee deaf and dumb should
provoke parents to respond with aacy to her requirements
in every particular
One of the striking features of school, very
advanced of many of pupils The average of one
of primary classes consisting of eight pupils about
twentyone years 1t is amentabe fact that such number
of the pupils have had the of their education
delayed to years OF maturity 1t is fact that calls for the
serious Institution
The best for the admission for those who wholly
deaf dumb between twelve years Any one
years sixteen years age
worth years instruction after and
is worth five years instruction after twenty
ty delay entering at school till he sixteen or
over incts upon him injury from which he cannot by
possibility of means, Parents who, with the
knowledge of this fact defer years of maturity the educa
ton of their deaf mute children guilty of dereeon of
duty scarcely less than criminal
That the above view is not fancy theory merely will
illustrate by single instance IN 1857 there the Ken
lucky Institution everyone them congenta deaf
They the daughters of
in life During his lifetime the father would
be separated from these afflicted children but at his death he
ordered that they should all be school They all
school together and the first pupils taught
At the time their the youngest thirteen years
the next older twenty the third about twenty three and
and the Oldest wentyf They all remained school connu
ousy for years. During their youngest
through all the classes, school where there
teachers and got good education for The second
went through three classes but the oldest
got beyond the lowest primary The State Kentucky
spent about $500 upon the education of each of these girls
From what experience have had in teaching and from
slant association with the deaf and dumb do not think
much that the school history of these four girls is after
making some little allowance for differences in mental cabe
about the usual history of mutes the country who begin
their education at their ages
If these things it matter grave
how the average ages classes be reduced The
of pupils be readily excused by the breaking of
the Institution this State by the But others
our rolls whose coming has been delayed by insufficient
And there the State number of ignorant of
suitable ages for education whose and friends with
holding them from school for frivolous To aid in reach
ing such these would be wise reduce the limits of the
school age to from ten to sixteen years
But there number of young deaf in the State
gowng total ignorance whose education has been neglect
by their friends from which they have control
They the children OF parents who have been
to command the pay the travelling of their
chldren the Institution The State has provided for the
and tuition all the deaf of the State and also for
clothing of the INDECENT But has not made provision
for the transportation of those who unable pay their
fare We have file the names of number of children who
Surely such as these deserve much they do
clothing and board and tuition at the hands of the State Our
W. r that TOR
for whom utterly unable to reach The
erul pool of Bethesda flowed utterly in vain for the parayc
of nearly forty years standing who had single friend to lift
him down into its healing waters The great majority OF the
poor It therefore practically for the that this great
charity erected Let perfect this charity in the spirit in
which hrSt conceived, the reach OF the
poor by bringing the poor TO it.
well guarded law granting transportation those who desire
that it would enable gather in the whole the
great majority of the deaf mues of suitable would be
substantial gain the school in than the single
of numbers An increase of numbers would
enabe classification And if permit
classify perfectly would be able improve and
elevate scholarship of pupils An increase of
bers by bringing the poor the public would be
substantial benefit only those brought in, but small
advantage those already here The pupils in the Institution
the State something like 1878 each The that
need help here be brought for about $5 pupil
an average school like this that supported great
outlay the public money additional expenditure of twelve
Tor fifteen dollars each portion of the pupils that would
der 1915 that every of the pupils already costs the Treas
ury fourth half hundred per cent eec
tive would otherwise have been in udcious expenditure
of public money Moreover the number of pupils ncreas
the annual of each pupil the State will be
respondngly decreased
During sitting of the last Legislature bill brought
passed. which provided for the payment the
travelling expenses of INDECENT pupils to and from school, out
the county 1t sent to the House. but II
business the of the session. overlooked
forgotten have canvaed public opinion both and GU
of the Legislature with reference enactment of this kind
and have to hear the first Inference in opposition to 1t
this character force several of the States bot
North and South, and far know they working
better have these paid out of the count
funds reasons but better deray them
of the Treasury rather than defay them at all
o OUR STATE CHARITIES.