The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-29


Above this grade the work is car
ried on much as in our best I.uMic
schools for the .hearing-the pupils
studying the regular common school
Misunderstanding orally to their
teachers and reading the speech of The
teacher by watching his lips. Writ
ten, exercises are also required i'm All
these branches, and the work COM
pares favorably with that done in the
grammar schools for hearing chill
dren, graded course in reading of
English classics is required and much
attention is giving to the teaching of
the English language.
The following paragraph is taken
from composition, written by i ecu
genitally deaf boy, who is being edu-
Gated in this department of the school.
ITO have an ideal is an abso ute ne
cessity. Railroads, powerful locomo-
tives, which can draw hundreds of
tons of merchandise, elect ic lights
and electricity, without which we
could not get along comfortably, big
steam boats, upon which Europe de-
pends for carrying raw materials from
North America, and many other Won
derful things would have never been
invented, if it were not for men with
an ideal
No deaf child learns to speak per-
fectly, some learn to speak well, many
intelligently. The oral method has
for it's object the mental development
and education of the deaf child If a
child can speak sufficiently intelli-
gibly for his teachers and associates
to understand him, and is able to read
their speech; a medium of communiz
cation is established sufficient for
his education to be carried on by
this method and what ability he has
to speak and to read speech over and
above this is just so much extra
That this accomplishment is of
practical value is shown by the follow
ing from a letter from 4 gentleman
who came in touch with one of the
congenitally deaf pupils recently:
Charlotte, N. c., May Z, 1904.
Mr. E. NICK. Goodwin, Mocganto1,
N G.
My Dear Sir:-Pleasa accept thanks
for check for glasses. Tt is a pleasure
to note the ease with which some of
the children in your care converse
with a stranger. One of the girls, who
saw me about her case, asking me
questions and reading my answers on
my lips.
Another girl, some two or three
years ago, aided me in testing the eyes
of several of the younger children,
conversing with me almost as re ably
as if she could hear. TO make the
blind see, is regarded by many Q Won
derful accomplishment, and so it =,
but to teach the deaf to read the
voice one the lips and respond by the
spoken word, is not less wonderful,
and the possession of this ability by
the deaf must surely rob deafness CT
many of it's fangs.
Very truly yours.
w II. WAKEFIELD, NJ. =.
Industrial Departments.
There are four Industrial depart
ments for the boys:
/, The Wood-Working--Wit modern
machinery, where doors, sash, man
tells, ETC., are made. This department
has furnished some handsome fur:i-
ture for the Executive Mansion at
Raleigh. The idea, however, is not to
turn our carpentry, but carpenters; to
teach the boys a trade along with
their education, and so prepare them
for the battle of life. This depart
ment is in charge of Mr.. M. J. Green,
an expert carpenter.
2. Practical printing-Many of the
boys desire this trade for The two
fold purpose of learning a larger lam
guage and of obtaining employment.
The Deaf Carolinian, a very creditahle
weekly, is printed and edited by the
pupils, under the supervision ~ Mr..
Howard Hofsteater, a practical print
er, as we'll as one of the teachers in
the manual department.
3. Shoe e-making.-Here is found q
large shop with all the necessary ap-
pliances to work and in charge of Mr..
w. A. Townsend, one of the best shoe
makers in the State. Some of the
boys are proving apt apprentices in
this line. All the shoe repair for the
school is done here, and more than
100 children of the school are sup
piled with shoes from the shop
4. Practical Agriculture.-This is
taught not by lectures, but by actual
contact With the soil and those best
implements of husbandry; the hoe and
the plow. The boys help to seed and
gather the crops and do this under
skilled farmer, Mr.. %. E. Nc Srayei.
An abundance of feed for stock and
bountiful supply of both summer and
winter vegetables are prodaced. A
fine herd of Jersey and HolStein cattle
furnish an abundance of rich milk
for the entire school and quantities
of as fine butter as ever enriched q
sauce. The grain and vegetable ex-
hibits of the school won two gol4
medals at the State Fair. But, says
some one, What do the girls learn
apart from their studies ?" They are
instructed by competent teachers in
general domestic work, viz: Sewing.
dress making, ironing and practical
cooking.
Cold Storage.
Among other valuable appliances is
a modern cold storage and ice plant
by means of which fruits, vegetables
meats, milk, and butter are kept in
excellent condition, and the healthful-
ness of the school enhanced The ice
plant brings in considerable revenue.
This is in charge of Mr.. Lloyd Rhyme
the capable engineer.
Heating and Lights.
All the buildings are lighted by
electricity, generated on the grounds
heated by steam, and supplied with
an abundance of water.
A fire company has been organized,
which gives frequent drills. Apart
from the main building are the school
house, power house, industrial build
ing, three cottages for employees, and
a large we'll arranged barn. Near the
latter will be found some of the finest
hogs of the best English strains.
The old brick building erected by the
Episcopalians, for the Wilberforce
School, and which is near the main
building, has been remodeled at a
cost of $4,000. This will be used as