The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-08-03
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with Mr.. Jones credit for the high
standing Of the deaf.mute school.
Parents Net Deaf.

WIN hdr. JONES creolt LOT the nlBn
standing Of the deaf.mute school,
Parents Net Deaf.
It 10 remarkable that most Of the
deaf.mutes are children Of parents
possessed Of all their senses. Indeed,
but q small per cent Of the children
which reach the state deaf.mute
school are born deaf. In his last an.
nual report superintendent Jones
treats Of this matter at some length,
submitting q tabulated list Of causes
Of deafness rs listed BY parents and
guardians Of the children. At the
foot Of the table Mr.. Jones says:
These causes are reported by par
ents in making application for admis.
sion of children. Some Of them are
very indefinite. and perhaps many are
errors. but generally they are correct.
This record, however, shows
that about per cent of deaf children
are born 80, and this Is IN accordance
with statistics made in other institu.
tions." -.~-
How can deaf children be admitted
into the institution?
How Children Are Admitted.
Superintendent Jones has prepared
the following instructions. which an.
swer this question:
mo charge is made for pupils ex-
cept for clothing, travelling and Incl.
dental expenses.
Pupils cannot be admitted until
seven years of age. They must be
Of good intellect, free from immorali.
ties Of conduct and from contagious
and offensive diseases.
Application for admission should
be made to the superintendent of the
institution, who will furnish blank
form of application, with the ques.
tions about which information is de-
sired conveniently arranged for an.
swering.
"The session commences on the
third Wednesday in September and
closes on the second Tuesday In June.
The best time for admission is at the
beginning Of the session, and pupils
will not be received at other times
except in extraordinary cases.
mo pupils can be removed from
the institution during the progress of
the session without the permission Of
the superintendent and the board Of
trustees. The pupils will not be per.
mitted to 60 home on the holidays.
Parents and guardians will be duly
notified Of the day on which school
will close, that they may make ar
rangements for conveying their chill.
dren home. Except in cases Of sick
ness children capnot be permitted to
leave before the specified time.
Parents and guardians are required
| to furnish their children with the
necessary clothing and books when
they are able to do so. When they
are not the county in which the child
lives is required by law to pay for
them. Five dollars for incidentals
should be deposited with the steward
by parents who pay their own bills.
Pupils are required to spend the
vacation at home or with friends"
Health Of Children.
There Is no way In which ! can
show the correct management of the
institution so well as by telling OF
the health of the children.
With an average attendance In ex'
cess of 500 children of all ages from
seven years up, both sexes, there has
not been death in the institution In
three years, and but four deaths In
the past ten years.
This remarkable record Is due, &C
physicians say, to the regulating care
shown by the management--correci
diet, pure and wholesome food, and
the proper proportion Of work, play
and study.
When Superintendent Jones tool
charge Of the institution It ranked
fifth in point of efficiency of graduates
Today 1t ranks first./ II has not 9
rival either In point Of attendance. or
what is better, results attained. Each
year there convenes at some point in
] America a meeting of the American
instructors for the deaf. At that meet