New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-26
HOW TO TEACH THE DEAF
DID CYNICAL IDEAS ADVANCED BY MANY TEACH
ERs-sUBJECTS INTRODUCED IN
Yesterdays SESSION.

The teachers of the deaf resumed their labors IN
the convention at the NewYorll Institution yesterday
morning The first and last sessions OF inc dy were
devoted TO what is technically known as normal WORN
and the delegates met 10 compare notes ana discuss
short papers embOdyne the results OF Piacuoal cN-
perience with various methods of teaching The read
Ing of few more elaborate papers In the afternoon
occuned the second ion most accepably 10 those
who heard them,
Primary education, especially the best way 70
teach the Young idea to think in numbers" was the
theme Of the morning discussion Professor a. ~
HAYES OF the Western Pennsylvania Institution read
The first paper His method with chdrcI whose ages
were between eight and fourteen years was 10 beSih
with objects near hand, teach his pupils their names
and have them copy these names IN blank booh daily
until about forty names have been learned Inc next
s,ep was 10 get the children 10 write letters h"Ihc
usjug the new they had learned lie mvi'ch
the parents TO send letters written In simple language
10 their children In tie FIRST year ms class ma
learned 200 nouns and 100 verbs and could count IN
writing I'D 10 100. lie used colored crayons In
teaching arithmetic directing pupils for example to
make f1lree green marks, five yellow, etc.
Niss Kate ID. Williams, Of the Horace Mann schooi
in Roston IN teaching arithmetic maze lle chiuieh
learn processes before statements she required iuii
answers 10 her questions in order to increase inc pu9
command of language anu 10 Pio'o hI' 'o'"P'0'O N
standing OF the operation.
81, r Rice of York. found "Pelts Ian
ce Iessonso and the frequent use OF familiar objects
aIn.ble aids Professor G.. NJ. Mcclure OF Kentucky
mnhasized the importance OF patience and thorough
60 y, the mart OF the teacher OF primary ar1hmcuc.
paers were also read by Miss Florence E Leadbetef'
~ pos,on Miss Matte Bedford, OF Philadelphia ana
notoseor Currer acted Interpreter for the author
.. .b last one Professor r. F. Fox oi TINS city, VINO
srnained with flying fingers how rapidly In antlime-
tic might be taught. , ,,o
Professor Thomas Monroe, Of Michigan, opehcd uo
.,ernoon session with thoughtful paper on I'D
.~a..aA Methods of "Instucton.' The gain' he
'hn,rod was not only In the development OF the sign
,an,,,ce the enlarged scope and greater refinement
- Which he said was largely due TO Drs Gaandei
"a poet Int also in llpreading and IN The greater
sriuunhant articulac speech Among nlose 10 "bo i
III femrcess Is duo are Dr. q. uraham ,
nnis C;reenberger, OF this city; MISS hog.
-. ~ Northampton Miss Barton, OF forlanu
eV5is E1,Iler of Boston. and professor ,uIiir,,
arh. Relation of the Sign Language To te fhuca'loh
90 tba Deaf was discussed by Dr. rect ahn froissoi-
VI yns and Clarke. The session closed WIN str0ns
I for a college education for thc deal rom ITp
Pioa q; Draper Of the Natonal COlege ID WASH
eo..Or 1 In the evening the papers read were %,
ihS STo coiIoouiai Use Of English Among tne DcM;
-, iIp pofcssor Wescrvelt, Of Buffalo How sn1 n
D fk 80 ne Tanghtl ~ by Professor CaIdwei OF Fihi3
hn iS11Ss SPhysical Education by Pr9,essor j. u
Miss e. ~ West, Of FIllancpih"-