Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-02


An institution that has long at
tracted the attention oe the thinking
people OF this state. is the school fo'
deaf mutes, located few miles south
east of this city. between the reform
school and the asylum farm. At this
institution the deafmutos of the state
are given a good education and
thorough training for the responsi.
biliics If lie, and oil at the expense
Of the state, the best talent obtain
abe having oeen secured for this
delicate and extremely important
work A yisit 10 the school during
schoo; hours Is a most interesting one
and the results attained by the in
structors % the deaf-mutes are n
constant surprise to the callers. The
teaching o. lip reading has been
brought to high state Of perfection,
and Mrs Clarke, wife Of Supt Thos.
IP. Clarke, and matron of the school.
IS one Of the most expert of these
teachers
Within a few months children who
had no previous instructions have
learned to read the ips Of their teach.
er when she is speaking and have
also learned a certain number of
words, and many Of them have at.
teined proficiency IN this and IN
reading that would be surprising in
children with all their faculties and
with FIVE times ,he amount of train.
ing. As teachers Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke
have certainly proven themselves ex.
Ipeus IN their line and the school
under their charge has wogro So
since their advent as never in its
history, due largely to the modern
methods applied in tn instruction of
these defective children.
The children in tho care of the
school are happy-it is second home
TO them-and their confidence in. and
love for their teachers and the om
GERS Of the school seems to be de.
seryedly bestowed.
During the past year the school
buildings aud surroundings have been
improved to great extent. and the
conditions at the institution are much
better than in the past. The build.
ing has oeen repainted throughout the
Interior new doors have been laid
In the basement where the old floor
had docayed, a new steam pump plac.
ed In position, 500 feet Of a board
walk rebuilt, the tramway constructed
and 25O feet Of iron rails laid insteaa
OF the old wooden Iail,. quarter of
a mile of picket fence built and
painted, and all OF this work was done
by the pupils Of the school witbou-
"a particle OF outside help except I'm
the raiuting OF the inside OF the
building, and all this work was done
'h'erully by the boys and with a
view TO leaning how 10 do Il. Tbis
Is certainly great achiev mept of
the d'atmutCs and shows how read.
Wy they can be laugh, to be useful \
" 'nly tae right way is employed In
addition TO he above work. the road.
way from The reform school TO m ba
asylum farm, running through IN /,
grounds has ne6n opened and tba /,
road Grade ! so that il is now a good
hlEAWay paSsaule at an seasons of tho I
year In one place where the road 4
Formerly led over a steep hill with a a
grad OF one in eight It has baen I
'h"nSHd TO one in twenty. by cuttin, I
l'"n the hl.i A farm fence 500 fee, a
.u length has also been constructed "
IN" a play ground containlng over.
I'VE 'cres has been laid our ANA
.'N'ed. ana IL is tine particular de-. -
Ishi OF ths boys who pass MANI
/ hapny nour on this spot prcpared nv =
heir own labor
The old dwelling nous, on m, n,o,,
mar Was built in pioneer days and ,,
'"' recently looked like a ruin ba, { :
'''n repaired and transformed into a
workshop. The old partitions bavs a
~ Il removed and the ground aoor
the building transformed into a n n
woodworking and leather shop The II
'.p'n'er and his class cf pupils wor,
the south part Of the building Win, b,
is Shoe aud harness shop occupiss II
ne north end, here repairing OF The
'''@eaF OF the institution is done ca
ao harness are made and repalrsd len
nc WORK Is done by pupils. and thew in
re taught to do as good work as n NJ