Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-06-06

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their children home.
The schedule which has been ar
ranged for the departure of the stu
dents for their respective homes is
as follows:
Leave Thursday, 2:10 p. m, accom-
panied by Miss Eddy and Miss Cham
berlain: Joseph Askew, Francis AS
kew, Rigby; Ellis Wade, Ada Hey
rand. Myrtle Denning, Idaho Falls;
Otto Weibel, Thornton; Hyrum Part
ridge, Pocatello; Leander SchTitz,
RexbuTg; August Schafer, Ashton;
Maggie Miles, Blackfoot.
Leave Thursday at 2:1O D. m. ac-
companied by Miss johnson and Miss
Lansdon; Mabel Warner, Mabel Gil
bert, Nampa; Jennie Bond, Alta Hill
Ter, Weiser; Annie Hollister, Spokane;
ELLA Culp, Lenora Hughes, Spokane;
John Conley, Lewiston; Otto Pruitt,
Post Falls; Johnnie Wallace, Lewis
ton; Ivan Cunningham, Orofino.
Leave Friday morning at 2:1O,
accompanied by Miss Cooper and Miss
Hutchinson to Pocatello, and then
with Miss Chamberlain: Madge Oil
yer, Shoshone; Stanley Gee, Burnley;
Arthur Potter, Alice Pannel, Alex
ander Nash, McCammon; Clifford
Thompson, Inkum; Harold Taylor,
Preston; Peter Meisner, Neils Meis-
ner, Garner; Irene Jones, Downey;
Annie Massey, Montpelier.
The grading of the children from
the first day that they enter the in
stitution for instruction is interest
ing and unique, showing the funda-
mental principles which are taught
SO as to establish a teaching basis
on which the teacher and students
can make progress. The beginners
are under the care of Miss Eddy,
and she accomplishes the feat of
teaching the little ones to under
stand from lip reading.
Miss Cooper has charge of the in
termedlate class. The majority of
her pupils can speak simple sentences,
although there are a few that never
learn to use their vocal organs
Chart work is introduced at this time
to make the pupils understand bet
ter.
The advance class is under the
supervision of Prof. Martin, and
by the time that they reach this
work the children are able to carry
on a conversation with ease and
make themselves generally under
stood. The students are taught more
by the movements of the lips than
anything else, but the sign language
is not prohibited and this is often
brought into play.
Mrs. Watson, wife of Superintend-
ent Watson, Is not one of the in
structors, although she takes a great
deal of interest in the work which is
carried on. Ever since childhood
she has been with deaf and dumb
children, her father having conducted
a school for them in Canada. She
has great influence over the children,
especially in song, dance and fancy
exercise work, and has accomplished
much with them.
The blind pupils, nine in number.
are under the jurisdiction of Miss
Hutchinson, who instructs them in all
their work with the exception of mu-
sic, Miss Vallery having charge of
this department Music is the one
great thing which appeals to the
blind and Miss Vallery has had I'M
usual success with the pupils of the
local institution. The New York
point method is taught the blind in
which points instead of raised letters
are used to instruct the students.
This system is an interesting one
and the children soon understand
how to obtain geographical locations
on a map laid before them by select
ing the section or place in question
by touching the point which is
raised in that locality of the map
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