The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-20

eve txulBITIoN At BALTIMORE IN
Nts,rsr,,oS--raE METHOD OF INSTRUCTION.
sr'e'' ~. baltimore American. saturday.
-, interesting exhibition OF the pos
NJ ~ teaching the dumb to speak
sie'"o nv Professor Knapp at his IN
ws r,,Ssy. Nineteen children COM
siHuv ,ns nnpils, thirteen boys and six
pre-, rom eve to fifteen years OF age.
gIs entering the room and seating
WV, A. their desks each watched In.
thenlse ,se mot,ons OF Professor Knapp's
ten'N 81. 81. said. "Stand up; they all
hps .roId your arms; they did so.
iTSss,, ownv: all complied. None OF these
"s So can hear any sound whsteyer,
eh'" s,e totally deaf. During the course
tee, ,.ssor Kuspp has tried an audiphone,
iIVs - mel with no success In its Use, and
pu' nm two wears az, none OF his present
IT, ,'a cnnld tell by the motion OF his lips
pup,' no said or could make any
"n~', wha,eyer. His first excmplitica,ion
s9" NV theory Friday was by placing two
o. ,;yls- not over six or seven years old,
NV him upon raised platform, and pro-
V,v ac,nv distinctly for them the words
ho"srd mama. which they repeated after
pSP "a in order 10 convince the audience
n''.' thev understood what they were trying
.u'' they laughed merrily as they forced
70, n,rh syllable and pointed 10 their
nsren,s In the audience.
'arssv next wrote on the blackboard the
,.,,srs aud p to represent the sounds pro-
Snced by the Professor when he pressed
a. unner teeth agsinst his lower IN and
~ ,wo ,ins together respectively. Upon
w. professor pointing TO their parents one
80 the word papa and the other mamma.
~ next produced a number OF articles
IA drought up n bali dozen deaf and
SnrA boys, who readily gave the names Of
IN AZ shown; they said in succession bell.
-, nipe, eel, doll. ball. flag, sofa, and
shoer They also wrote the name OF each
81 the blackboard, aud distinguished be-
,ween ship and sheep. cup aud tub, and fox
I'D boy. From a box Of animals, similar
% those inhabiti.g toy arks, they selected
",rh &c called upon by the professor in n
manner which would have been highly
~,qtiIyine TO the manufacturers OF these
.o's which have worldwide noioriety Of
ioolinp very much more like each other
,han the animals they are intended TO re-
Exercises in repeating phrases and sem
,snceS after their instructor followed, and
when he said " / see bad boy" they at once
answered mo! no q good boy" Totse
sentence IL have good mother" one little
shaver pointed with glistenng eyes 10 the
audience where his mother was shedding
tear of Joy at the development OF his
speech.
The efforts OF some Of them TO articulate
were painful in the extreme, and could not
be looked upon with anything but pity, on
account of the remal kable results accom-
pHshed. They named in their own peculiar
wsy objects IN q picture. and apparently
understood by the operation OF the sense
Of sight everything said by the Professor
fully as well ~ those who heard bin. The
examination was continued IN the higher
branches OF study, mathematics, geography,
and history, and evinced a progress and
efficiency W hich IT seemed hardly possible
these unfortunate beings could acquire.
Wbal, they seemed delighted to be max
Ing the effort 10 speak, and great rivalry
existed among them as TO who should
answer the questions. Professor Knapp
contends that 10 a course OF eight years tut
ton, under his system, he can teach The
deaf mute 10 articuate properly. and un'
derstand all that Is said to him. His exhibit
ton yesterday certainly proves very great
progress on the part Of his pupils.