The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-31

aUllty anu he appeared quite over
whelmcd with this 0utburst Of friend
ship, vct ho returned thanks quite
gracefully and tonchinsly. IIe Is q
j capital fellow in every way. Tho sub
ject of his talk was ''Small Causes and
Great Effects" and he handled it with
gratifying freshness. lie made il,
conclusion q special plea for public
SCHOOLS and effectually disposed Of the
argument that q man should not bc
taxed tor the support Of other peoples
children by demonstrating The close
connection existing between MI the
members OF society, and showing how
every one lives on tho work and bcne-
factions of others. It is a matter OF
regret hat q tpll report cannot be
given Of THO lecture. Mr.. Soldan
truthfplly said that he came TO the
State h stranger and loavos it FRIEND.
fnc teachers arc unanimous in the
opinion that the Institute next year
viii not be on Institute without Mr..
Soldan. GLOW did you find him ~
asked u gentleman Of Major ThQnD-
son. 81 wrote out full description
Of the man 1 wanted and sent it all
over the United States till got him."
replied he. 10 show what kind of
man le did gct' + must take the libcf-
~, at the risk Of bctraying confidence,
OF ofrepcuting private conversation be-
tween myself and Mr.. Soldan.
'tWhat induced you to leave home md
come all the way doWn herer cit
was Just this. have pcrsistcntly rc-
fused for several years to do any in
stitutc work, but when l got, Major
Thompson's letter didn't hesitate a
second. 1t all csine from that book of
Pikt'*, "Thc PROSTATE State. Ills dc-
scrlPtion OF your condition down here
produced tho strongest impression on
mp; and when l got this offer 1 felt
That | must co]4c down and see if !
could 90 anything to help YOU" IIc
has helped us. .~.........'
When tho Spartans sent to the
Athcnians for uid in the RIesseman
war, they received, not an army nor
even a general, but school-mastcr.
Yet the eioquencc and tho songs Of
;iyrttSus 50 animated the Spartans
that they triumphcd in the conflict and
subsequently, Became masters OF
greece. South Carolina just now
heeds instruction in "pcdagogics"
much more than drill in tactics, and
thc echoes Of the Institute will be
heard III every ncighborhood, inspiring
and strengthening the people. May
Mr.. Soldpn prove II second Tyrtwus
TO our once "ProStratc State"
On Wednesday morning Bishop =.
f: Stevens, School Commissioner OF
charleston county, delivered an adj
tEcsS on our public school system, in
FYlnch he advocated q number OF
amendments to the school law, in or
der to secure a high grade of teachers.
a. discussion of these will be reserved
for another place.
sihe regular. course of tho Institute
ended to-day, tomorrow being dcvot-
ed TO the closing exercises. The spc-
ciai feature to-day was an exhibition
OF lhc methods Of instructing the deaf
and dumb and blind, by Prof. Walker,
OF Cedar Springs. as the pupils arc
al at home enjoying vacntion, Mr..
Walker was assisted by two of thc
Instructors Of the Institute, Mcssrs.
Houston and Rogers, both deaf mutcs.
Ihc sign language was very interest,"
ing and Amusing. Mr.. Walker spelled
the word on: his fingers to Mr.. iIous-
ton, WHO gave tile Sign to Mr.. Rogers,
ana ne wrote: the word OH the black
board. A cat was denoted by Mr..
liouston's twirling his long moustnchc,
Mgg!sGy he fKdYiite Yiit6e w5HFlF wi5HlF .Kyiaahle 81 &!
pulled an imaginary handful OF
"loarn" he put a handful in. A."lovc"
nc apparently claspcd some fair one to
his bosom, and at "hatc," with look
OF, disgust, pushed her away. At
'sliorsc," two fingers were put ND to
denote cars, while "colt' was the
same, followed by wave of the hand
to show less height. a young lady
graduate, q mute, then rccited "Ncarcr
my God to Thee" in, sign language,
ALMOST as rapidly as MI, Walker COLD
repeat it. This WAS ono of tho most
graceful, and at tho samc time, touch
ing performances have ever seen.
Mr.. Rogers then delivered short ad-
dress on tho history Of tho education
OF mntes, Mr.. Walker tlnns!atinr the
signs into "English." PROPER names
anf dates Wcro spelled out on the
fingers. The sign language is nat,r-
al. Mr.. Walker could converse Will,
educated mutes in Russia, for instance,
though unable to speak a. word al
Russian. 1t is said that the indians al
Hampton School in Virginia, though
utterly ignorant Of caclt othcrs' Ian.
g.nagc, can yet converse by means OF
signs, and their signs are in many
eases Identical. with, those used bv tho
mutcs. AT Cedar Springs tic mutct
have cach sign name, dcnoting oftc,
some peculiarity. = A finger drawn
across the brow denotes Mr.. Wake,
himself,,and ho laughingly explained
TINS by saying that when he was .
little, boy his hair was not alwav.
brushed back carefully from his fore
head. The sign thus acquired Will,
MS father was principal still adhere
though all reason for it has disappear
cd. w.. fo'''
| The Commissioned; Of tho 1nstitut,
have employed Indy to teach tn,
mutcs to speak. Professor Bell. O
telephone fame, who has a mute wife
devised tho method, which consist
simply in showing how the mouth a1,t
tongue should be placed TO form cacl
sound: In time, it is believed, thi
method will be brought to gratifyim!
degree Of perfection. Mr.. WIN. NortI
who is blind, then gavo somc delight
fn1 music, assisted by Mcssrs. Johnso,
and Henderson. Mr. NortI, 10 !;