The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-07
DEAF AND DUMB
Convention of Teachers
Opens Saturday at
Morganton.
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Morganton, \. c., July 6.-The in
structors of the deaf and dumb, COM
gather here Saturday in the seven
teenth annual convention of their as
sociation:
Saturday evening will be devoted to
the work Of organizing. The address
of welcome will be delivered by Lieu
tenant-Governor Francis d. Winston
and the response by some member of
the convention. The following is the
program of the convention:
Monday, July 10.-Address by the
president, DIR. e. NJ. Gallaudet, of
Washington English from the Be
ginning" DR.. Robert Patterson, Co
,lumbus, Ohio, followed by general dis
cussion; Foundation Work in Arith-
metic," Superintendent +. ID. Clarke,
Flint, Mich; obstruction of Backward
Children Miss Julia a. Foley, Mt.
Airy School, Philadelphia.
TueSday.-"Oral Work in the Lower
Grades" Miss Caroline r. Smith, Coun-
ell Bluffs, Iowa; Speech-Teaching in
GalIaudet College" Prof Percival
Hall, Washington; Work With Begin
ners.' Miss Sarah Fuller, Boston,
Mass: Oral Chapel Services" Cillus-
trated by oral recitations in concert
by groups of pupils) conducted by
Mr. Erwin G. Hurd, of Morganton;
Oral Work in the North Carolina
School, Mrs. Anna G. HuTd, Morgan
ton; Iowa Method of Teaching Lam
guage," Miss Margaret A. Watkins,
Council Bluffs, Iowa; THE Division
of the Pupils Time" Superintendent
r. E. Stewart Omaha. Neb; Social
Life of the Children in the Institu-
tions," superintendent r. o. Johnson,
indianapolis. Ind; Sunday Life in
Institutional Schools superintendent
VIM. b. Hare, st. Augustine, Fla.
Statistics of the Deaf and the Blind y
Pearl Lange, Delaven, Wis. Few
Trades or Many" superintendent F..
d. Clarke, Flint, Mich; Conducting
Industrial Classes Along With the
Practical Work of the Industrial De-
partmentS, Zach B. Thompson, Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Iowa; How to Make Begin
nings in Agricultural Work" Chas. p.
Fosdick, Morganton; Modern Meth
DDS and Equipment in Our Industrial
Departments" Phil. L. Axling, Seattle,
Washington.
Tbursday-The morning session
will be given over to the kindergarten
section, the programme of which has
not yet been completed. In the after
noon, the members of the convention
will be given an excursion to Asheville
and Bltmore. The evening session
will be given to the election of officers
and miscellaneous business.
Friday Fruits of a Long and Rich
Experience in the Glass Room" Wes-
ton Jenkins, Talladcga, Ala; 'Geogra-
ply and History in Graphic Represen-
tation," Francis E. Gillespie, Mystic,
Conn; Oral section, first grade work,
illustrated hy three pupils Miss Jessie
Ball Mocganton; third grade work, il
lustrated by three pupils, Miss Mabel
Haynes, Morganton; intermediate
work reading, speech-reading, mental
arithmetic, illustrated by seven pupils,
Misses e. T. Welch and n. Mcdaniel,
Morganton; advanced work, recitations
in general and physical geography and
arithmetic, illustrated by pupils, Edwin
G. Hurd and T.. F. Mumford, Morgan
ton; papers will also be read by Miss
Calar L. Bell. Hartford. Conn; Mrs.
c. Dudley, Fulton, Mo, and Mrs. j.
Scott Andersen, Washington Heights,
New York.