, 1880-12-25

ol5t VI 44|Al@ hsG|aUhi NIt 1C1k 4'AuHtVC
two Nso situnted on tl,o wet Si,in aid one
in c;.cl, Of tl,e ether st!es q w rity.
The rer'sr . Wo o,.! ,a y!sit; rof snyt'eTs
North Sin l'rlmnry Mute Sclloul, on tho
curtrcr Ut Afennml,Gn nlni 1lnMlnnnti streets,
wliGr" hc found Mr. Dudley ". tiehrgG ell.
gaEc,! fn uIo tslsk Of laying tho educational
varying from tho age Of . tof3..
Here there were but two mediums Of com.
n!tiicat'on en,ioyr7 s,E'.na!!tla' tI a,ss
wttS St Iii !as1ss1 bstwea sst s @ sa oaS5 a
reporter was carried on III writing ,1nni. by
the ifll!e tflH noon recess arrived. tho patience
Of tl,e latter liutl bccnllo 50 Thoroughly cx-
nnstc'' tist H. pcncltcd the following aues
"Wu,,'t yo,i please describe to mo III a
general why TIC methods YOU employ III
tcMclsf11g your tlcnf.tnute pnplts9"
the sever, yOul,Ksscrs ont III tho passage were
creatlng Il jolly noIse Of WHICH tioy were de-
nrlyed tho full enjoyment. Mr. t.t:orFc wrote
out tho following, which sncctncily describes
tlle tlgtlWla employed In the primary deal
mute srllnnls of this city:
"Wllen the pupils came to me they had
not single, word or letter Will, wlliel, TO ex-
press tlleir Ideas. And their ldens were serry
mol express Hem. Ny .ilrst task was to wri,e
Tie s,ualler Letters, Of the a!fabet on tho
blackhunrd mud drill cach Of the pupils Itnto
making TIC corrcspondihr letter q Tug deat-
This exercise Is purslste,l III until they
qru able to finger out inc clit!re AlfAbet
with ease mid raridity. Then the MINES OF
. few familiar objects arc tanett--suci1 rs
are iMadG to commit thcm to lne,iDry. Ttey
nre shown tho picilra VI tte object, OF. tho
| object ltSclf, hnd successive Sign IL given
The "bsct thus prGsSs"tS t. :" Them For or
utnklng ilunginary horns On each side of tho
hcatl with tho fingers md going through. tho
net or nlilkinE. :, THIS Instantly brings them
%H9frstn rs tat c9% ~ Is I;%m sant es
bcnk by bringing tlle first two fingers to
eetller ind then putting this Imaginary bcals
g Ga ad EghnE T1E a qct nx
head to intllcase bis ears and then going
through tic net of driving With buggy lines
md whip, These signs arc very clrcunl-
SsGy EslS w at s rs o put 5 fy ,aess 5S 5see" ss to
year, a wilicii was M ts tths first st Of Of my @ Ok.
perIcnce IN .thIs line, used thu
,Moiel Rcader'' Of tic cliy, schools and cSIl-
huetea te p"ns, nearly tl!r9,gh IL The
thoroughly lit signs, AINl then m arbitrary
sign WIS given fur every now word that oc-
cilrrel IN tho lesson, and the pupils were
10 citilor write It oil Inc blackboard or spell
II OIL the ilhgcrs fr0lh tho
| SIGN n1crArfox or TIFF: TEACHER.
Tile signs dictated BY the teacher arc tho ar
order tliat the words in ule sentences occur.
Tic pupils arc required 10 give tic corru-
Ths Is iIot much d;Icrgnt from nj luterlincar
traisiutlon Of 4 Latln work. in which lilo
tic corresnonIing English Words arrange
Into Observation-Disclosures sentences It
nrns,nt tiits fIetlltI fs ncncrnIly tlIscnrtlclI.
and / aballdoned it bcfore Tic ciosu OF
tIu last session. Thu disadvantage OF this
method wus tiint il taught thn n,i1,lis to roIy
iipon lin teacher almost entirslY for cuti.
nice in tisv construction Of sentences witt,
! the yurnbulnry Of wDrts thoy i,nyr oc0l,treI.
Thut il. Wl,ci, tliey arc askeI to fratuc n Scll-
teiiet, 1io illattcr how slmple, they nro utterly
70 1logefa tn leSs ae ao 1Gacef sgSess Ses
the pioper s!Et " e'!e plol.l piMce; ~ .!! Gla!
they cili translate tlle sequence from ms s;E!l
1e.,i 9,i "" 10y G,ows sas sssas sysifS ~ nt ,!nt
outllnet! III Keeps faEst lessons ior l.Ga!
Ali!tes. illG ilah Is 70 teacn dt!cln 10 WIlte
t ie pst 1s ' @ nmey a Mt tn0n @ +bat et g9 liz so
WIto l'olI nWn iansi'es NNu uie1l tnt u alit ~
| teaeteT, nllA !neil lnc hh1nc8 o. tHoIt