Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-06-07
THE DEAFMUrE SCHOOL.

There rs considerable being said ana
published. all supposedly from good
motives, as to the proper management
of the deafmute school, which has been !
crowded out Of its old place in the city
by the erection Of the large new insti.
tute for the blind. The State Board of
Education is trying to economH' with
out destroying the efficiency Of the two
schools as educational institutions, nor
yet interfere with their proper control
aud management.
The plan ,tarted In upon was to have
the blind institute and deafmute school
occupy jointly the same grounds,
schools in seperate buildings, but with
one commissary, and one supervision.
For this purpose Mr.. Carter and bis
wife were brought from Eastern Ore
gon as general superintendent, to take
the places Of Supt. and Mrs. BolIinger
and Supt. and Mrs. Early. 1t was
thought that with efficient teachers IN
each school they could be well and
economically managed under one
official head, and that to be SUIT.
Carter and his wife.
This is the innovation that the board,
under suggestions oi State Supt. Irwin,
started out to compass and beng about,
aud In doing which they have acted
from the highest motives.
Secretary of State Kincaid has ex-
pressed himself TO thIs effect:
That the little old buildings now oc-
cupied by the deafmutss are not at all
suitable or adequate for their accom-
mediation. The sleeping apartments
are crowded and the general conditions
are subversiye Of good health and pro-
per development. He thought II the
new buildings there could be appropTl.
ated for the mutes, 1t would be sufiici
ent and suitable, and that the blind
pupils might be accommodated for the
time being In the old buildings, but
that this arrangement cannot be made,
as the new building was erected for the
blind and they would insist upon It's
use. He thinks II more than likely that
the new deafmute building In the
country will have 10 be finished aud
furnished as planned and the children
moved thereto.
The JOURNAL has no hesitation In
saying that the quarters now occupied
by the deafmutes are not ut for wards
Of the state, or even fora decent county
poor house, and this intimatlon that
they are hsrded like Chinese are not
without foundation. The McElroy job
OF building u deafmute institution
seven miles In the country merely 10
exhaust al appropriation was all
wrong. The state through him did
wrong aud made q bad Investment.
Bat the deAfmuts children should not
be made 10 suffer the penalty for that
blunder. The deafmute children
should never be Isolated ssYen miles
out IN the county without nsighbors,
II the state through Meielroy WAS led
into q mistake, . bad job, charge,
Il ~ profit and loss, ~ sny other busi-
nsss would do, bat do not do any fur
tber injustlos, MI kincaid takes .
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