New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-29
TEACHING TIE DUMB TO SPEAK.
THE INSTRUCTORS CONVENTION ENDED.


ppcFrssop rErI ON LINE wRITING-FUIURE
MEETINGS PROVIDED FOR.
The convention OF teachers OF deaf muteS
bv the improved oral method held its final sessions yes
teray at tAe Institution the Improved Instruction Oh
Deaf MITES m Lexingtea-ave. between
and sIzty-elgntn-st Professor y G'ullm h'''
who presided announced "a the committee on
o training school for teachers OF the "eaI anu
Dumb besides himself. Frederick H. "m'S.
and d. Greenbergrr He called attention to the CON-
ing National Teachers Meeting at haaisoh' WIS" AZ
which he will make an address On "Artcualon le"o"
ing" aud spoke with commentator OF pr9eo' 10 oln
a National for the prom)on o. ar'eu 'ton
teaching After general dis Gus don oi me 'houS y IL
sruetOn in which Mr. GTeenberger. Professor Notuon'
pauI thinner d. L. Tlmeuaorf Miss Wooster, the Rev.
Mr. Staner and Professor BEL took part the iler rou
a paper entitled Line Writing Moditcatoh ~ Nisio"
Speech" He explained 10 the convention ue reasons
that had led him to suggest the USE OF phohetc So
hand and phonetic manual alphabet in connection Win
articulation teaching From the statistics OF Articulation
he believed that of 397 deafmute institutions IN the
world IN 1852 there were lees than -5D in WHICH
speech ana speech reading were useu d.
means OF communication between teacher anu Pupl'
THAT is" he continued the vast majority OF IhT ue''i
mute institutions in the world oral schools Bu' We
find great differences the proportion OF oral SCHOOLS 70
the whole number OF institutions III different countries
n that year out Of 50 of these schools in the Chueu
states there were only Il In which instruction was gFen
orally while in Germany all of the schools, numDerhs
90, were oral. That IA, all the deaf mute9 0,
Germany taught to speak and 10 uhueIS''"'
speeches. What is the cause Of the difference DteMeT
the two countriesl Are the Germans i;fer 70 u.
intelligence No. Are the Americans INFERIOR 20 Lne
Germans No. An examination of the su9ect III Irla
ton all the countries lead TO dlscoH VI -,
significance II was that those eounIles hu me
proportion OF oral schools In when the wrlten IA tcb
were phonetic while III Eng1sh-spet'nuH anu rI.i
countries words are not spelled accordh; 10 s
the proportion Of oral schools much less rms y pro-
ably the of the difference In ah1t,ca u
emo LiaIIi' VIII. L 49, eyvn,ncr gives lesson
In articulation, because there the language - hol, H.
used rapidly, one thai l. simple. in shof,'
system of phonetic ShoF' nam OF =, Ns sreaE ~
children who not deaf are taught nv 'h men
mothers 70 speak, not with elements ana sylaoeS' '"
by speaking sentences 80 them , ,,,-
Professor Bel illustrated his remarks on the oset
board On which he drew the svmhos ~ the i M
alphabet invented by hs father, Professor Melsre
Ben Mrs. Gertrude Burton, who nal en"rSe
Washington. gave some Illustrations Of prreiic'l
results attained in teaching Fo.uS 49,. Cii vrttb
through the system Of nc-wriil1g IN c9hhecon W.
kindergarten training. She wrote several sentences ~
the blackboard which she said that the chidteh 1919
was further discussed by the Rev Mr.
The i<t paper read was that Of Miss Caroline A. IA,
assistant principal OF the Clarae Institute WORKMAN @
proved o. value in tie & * ~ giving spoken and written
language to dea, children. especially To tno7e
difficulties TO be ovcrco TIE 4equsron o. our Ian,
guage." she said, are connected WIN ~ W on me
seems wise that much direct work should BE- p on ".
in teaching Young children, 20 ask qne-t,~'niss
about pictures CT single objects. which SURROUND the e
in every DIV life or course, II possible, ne oule't
Themselves siou be used instead ~ the pictures -
regard 70 letter writing il = wise for the t'achet 70
questi~ the letters received to be answered oS 'e
child a.. ,.-.t.i.. 90 +t,.
resolution was adopted e'laTine It atvSaDe lot It
articulation teachers OF America To occasionally %
tOy.iacr in couN cuJu AID appoint Il. Pfoic-3I IN
Miss II g. Rogers ard Miss sarah Fuller, comm tu't ~
calI the convention to meet ac sreh uht a",
pace as the committee may deem eSpeuthi. =
resolution adopted expressing inc cvhE' i''o' .
"apurecatiOn OF the gen ron- hosplj3ly tAltLuu ."
during ,s session by the Board o. trustees or ihe Nv"
York m-fl.ntion for the Improved truei-ih oi t.t
Deaf" vote Of thanks ID the officers Of the cow eAl'o1
adODted.