Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-09-10
A QUESTION OF HUMANITY.
Attempt to Usurp Completely Relm
That Should bs Exclusive.


sue-August 24-appears the following
under that papers Raleigh CORES
pondenco that should be taken note Of
by every fair-minded citizen Of North
Carolina:
''It develops that in the course of
lengthy resolutions adopted by the
North Carolina Association of the Deaf,
just adjourned here, rancor, engsndsr-
ed by the feud that has disturbed the
administration of the affairs of the
State Scheol for the D eat and Dumb, at
Morganton, cropped out torcibly in
that an nvestigation is called for to
determine whether. the elimination of
deaf teachers is the result OF progress
against fogyisms or the battle Of the.
strong against the weak, battle which
it is declared should not be waged at
the expense of generous public. The
adoption of the oral neth Cd of instruct
ing the deaf by teaching them to act
ually speak and to read speech frem
the movement of the lips has created
no end Of trouble in the Morganton in
stitution for some time, especially
when it came to dropping from the
! faculty certain OF the old deaf and
dumb members Of the faculty to give
place to experts in the new method Of
| instruction.
1.-The resolutions adopted declare
that since the State board of internal
| Improvements holds that it has no
authority to Investigate m ethods OF in
| struetion at Morganton, there shoald
oe provision mads for such investiga-
ton by the legislature or other proper
autb@rity and that it is the unalterable
/ beliefof the members of the associa-
! ton, representing educated deaf mutss
1 from all parts OF the State, that the
com blned system should be used if the
! greatest happiness and usefulness Of
! the students Of the institution are to
be considered. The reading of signs
and fnper spelling should by all means
! be continued, says the association,
| through the resolutions adopted, ,whi ish
| will be presented to the next session
of the legislature, and may come up
tor investigation by that body
Commenting on the above movement
| the Morganton News erald, which is
on the scene, has the following, which
the ARGUS endorses in full:
"We don't pretend to know much
about it, but from our view-''up &
tree''-the educated d eat teacher is bet
ter suited to teach the deaf than any,
one else. It stands to rsason-lt is na-
tural-that there is more sympathy
and better understanding between
student and teacher, hence more rapid
progress of the deaf student under the
| deaf teacher. We don't knew that
there has been any fsud over the ad-
ministration of affairs at the State
! School for the Deaf and Dumb here,
but it does look like there is an under
current at work somewhere to root
out" the deaf and dumb teachers to
give places to the ''more progressive"
as some are pleased to term them. AS
fer US we shall espouse the cause of the
deaf teacher, for we honestly believe
he is the best suited for teaching the
deaf, and we are glad to see them er-
/ ganizing for self protection.
'Let's be progressive but progress
in the right way. It is alright in many
cases to have hearing teachers to teach
the deaf and dumb, but let's not eli
inmate the deaf and dumb teacher.
The oral department of the deaf and
dumb school is a1right-ns one is kick
ling against that-but let US not do
away with or lock lightly upon man.
ual training by the deaf and dumb.''