The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-10
DEjE Mr7EJNS7RU 7IOS.

What tho Government I" Doin---Thc New
College in WnshinBton--A Thorough
Course.
lfRoM OUR OWN conREsroNDEET.]
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 5.-m the
tho last article it was promised thai
another would follow, giving a bric,
sketch Of this, the only deaG-mute col
lcgc in the world. So another suuib
The National DcafMute College is
one Of the three institutions supported
BY the United States govcrnmcnt-thc
other two being The Military and
Naval Academies and, us its namc
indicates, is now prepared to educate
proper subjects from all parts Of our
country. 1t was completed and
opened during the war, though the
first effort at instructing the deaf here
was I'M n small building, which was
given, with somo land, by Hon. Amos
Kendall few years previously, and
which is now part of tho C0lWmbiu
Institution, an attachment to the col
lcgc as Iprimary school. The ne,c
college was just completed and opened
last spiing at an expense Of over
$4,000, and is one Of the hundsomcSt
buildings about Washington, while it's
location, just without the city limits.
with about II hundred acres of land
and fine grove, makes it admirably
adapted to the purposes for which it
tnin Il n -,
aged like most American colleges, by
board Of directors with Il faculty.
The present faculty consists Of the
president, four professors and two
assistant professors. Tho course of
study is also similar to that Of other
colleges, viz: in the Freshman year,
algebra, plane and spherical geometry,
and comic sections arc complctrd:
Latin. begun IN the Preparatory class.
is continued in Citcro's orationS: dur
in!: two terms history is also studied.
In the Sophomore year the studies
are: plane and spherical trigoaomrtry.
to mcnsuratiou and surveying; an
elementary work in natural science,
with illustrative experiments; Nir-
gils .Encid, botany, ETC.; and the
studies continue upward to logic.
rhetoric, mental science, moral phi
loSophy, political economy, intrrna-
tional law, aesthetics, etc. in the Senior
year. Experiments in practical
chemistry arc performed in the labora-
tory during the Junior year. and the
college is provided with all necessary
appliances for making scientific cx-
Nv Hl,.,,, So, Ia
as full as that OF prominent colleges.
practical and critical study of the
English language, owing to tho
deficiency OF the deaf and dumb in the
use Of that tongue. Compositions arc
required IN all the classes. French
~ method of Professors llcncSs and
Snuvcur. Lectures are occasionally
given by the professors in their several
departments, and written cNamina-
tons arc held three times II year. On
scale Of ten, mark of6.5 is rcoui,-
ed to pnss an examination. The daily
rccitatiuns arc conducted with the
sign language and the manual alpha
hct-eNcrpt, of course, mathematics,
which are worked out in the usual
signs unu the alphabct-is the lauwuayc
uSod exclusive IN the college. although
the English and German m,tnods of
articulation are used to some extent in
the primary department..
About fifty thousand dollars is an
nually appropriated by Congress for
the support OF the college. Besides
being SO literally supported, there
O,.n n1Sont trne ~, ~, -.
the national capital. Much can he
!rarncd from visits to the Smithsonian
Institute, tho Art Gallery, the Botami-
ca! Gardens, the models in the Patent
Office, etc.
Lectures are sometimes delivered by
scientific gentlemen and others. on the
Invitation of tho president, and trans
lated into tho sign language; and in
the Same way sermons are preached
by the city ministers. a strong re-
ligious influence is cxcrtcd, but it is
wholly unScctarian.
The State institutions and the pri-
mary department srrSc as "fccdcrS"
to the college. About twenty States
are represented at prcscnt. aud the
effect OF such a liberal education is to
place tho dcat-mMtc on All equality
with his speaking and hearing brothers
IN the struggle of life, and to make
MN an Intelligent and useful citizen.
Should this catch the eye of
any South Carolinian who has tho mis-
fortune TO be deaf, would urge him
oy all means to come to this college to
bc educated. Full information as to
the requisites can be obtained from
the president. PALMETTO.