Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-02

grees OF reading, ciphering, compos-
ing, ETC., etc., until at the end II
can do about anything In the
way Of general education that
the children Of u public schools,
who have spent q like number of years
In learning, can do. They are very
apt pupils, when once started, but our
teachers in the ordinary schools must
remember that to instruct the deaf
and dumb 10 about as much more dit.
icult work than theirs, as II is harder
to read the signs of the heavens by
astronomy than to figure up the cost
of ten pounds of tea at D fractional
price per pound. These mutes be.
come 80 trained in the higher classes
that they can work out most difficult
problems In arithmetic, and compose
dramatically and intelligently on
anything they see, OIL which is sug
gested to Thorn by the finger sign.
Their penmanship is of an unusually
fine character, and they would make
superior newspaper reporters, for in
their composition they get the entire
facts down to the capacity of a nut
shell. Wbilo all these different
branches are being taught, the
sign language Is improving rap.
idly, and when a pupil la ready
to leave the institul Q there 10 very
little that cannot be impaired to him
by the motions of the fingers, and ia
this way he Is able to learn all other
things nearly as we'll as If his hearing
and bis speech were normal.
There are "a pupils In the institute
this year, the majority being b~ys.
There are
nc CAsT-IRoN RULES
Of government, but o paternal super.
vision and mild correction of miade
meanor, which most always has the
best effect. The health Of the inmates
Is wonderfully good, for duling the
twelve years of Its existence there
has been but one death and that oc
Cured this year from typhoid fever.
The order Of the day is, breakfast q,
$50, after which the girls attend tc
household duties and the boys go to
the workshops and printing tffice. A
few moments before 8 there Ia a shori
lohapel exercise and then the
children 60 to the school
rooms and remain there, with the ex-
ception of a recess until IL o'clock,
which Ia the dinner hour. After thit
comes recitation until 1:30; school til
3; shops and sewing room until s.
recreation until supper st6; recreation
until z, when the young children re-
tire and the older ones study until 8,
when oil seek their dormitories. Sat,
urday afternoon Is a holiday and OF
Sunday there 10 Sunday school ia the
morning and a lecture by the prime
pie Ia the afternoon. The workshop
department, so far, has only the Ger
penter industry in operation, which Ii
under the skiiiful management of Mr.
Frederick + Maynard. There is d
20.horse power steam engine cInnec ted
with the shop as q motor for the ma
chinery. At present there are twelve
boy carpenters, making two kinds Of
washing machines, the Parkhurst and
the Petit, and the work done
in their manufacture by the boys
is not only satisfa Glory &c
the proprietors of these machines, but
at the same time 1t gives the boys Q
valuable trade and brings a snug little
Income into the institution. The
printing office is in the same building,
and ten boys hold cases therein under
the instruction of Stephen F. Buckley,
an expert manipulation of the type.
The ofioe is nov provided with an
old Washington press, but a new cyl
Under press will be purchased thii
year. here is printed the Mute Jour
nal, which has q circulation of up
wards of 1000, Is q semi. monthly, and
Its subscription and advertising pay
all expenses and leave q nice balanct
besides. Two large boilers occupy
the real of the building, which viii
be properly.sheltered by a new house
to be built this summer.
The sowing room is In charge o.
Miss Marion s. Coe, and all the
needle work of the house Ia performed
by the girls, as the farm labor Is done
by the larger boys. There is q library
Of 700 we'll. selected volumes In thu
house;
EIGHTY.oNE JOURNALS
are received In exchange and severs
popular periodicals are subscribed for;
the dormitories consist OF small, well
ventilated and neatly kept rooms; the
laundry work and cooking Is done BY
the girls under proper supervision; tn,
dining.room is capable of holding up
wards Of $50, and Is as nicely arranged
IS that of any of our hotels.
Miss Fannie M. Henderson give
lessons In painting out of school hour
|. and her pupils have developed d won
derful aptitude and skill in this line
This lady is artistic In a high degree
and has some very fine specimens o
her handiwork In the institute. 1t i
Prof. Gillespie's intention to make
drawing and painting a feature of In
r struction here, because, as he says
anything that a be taught by tn,
eye and Is of value should be given tn,
deaf mute as a weapon with which t.
t fight q wsy through the world.
The new building, erected last year
+. Is a fine structure, and gives the insti
: tuition much needed accommodation
{ 1t Is three stories high and q base
r. ment; Is partially equipped with stan'
pipes and hose for tire purposes, ant
Is heated with steam throughout. TIL,
: arrangement Of the whole house Is q
I. follows: The basement Of the nev
! building contains the dining room
back Of which Is the kitchen, and 4