Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04

to have acquired some sort of sixth
sense which rendered sight superflu-
GUS. There We're none of those timid
footsteps and faltering movements
which one naturally associates with the
blind-they moved with confidence and
cheerful alacrity.
WHAT GYM WORK DOES.
The gymnasium at Norwood is one of
the best equipped in London. Whether
male of female there is no inmate of
the college who does not spend a poy-
ton of every day in gymnasium exer-
ciscs, which are SO carefully graded as
TO bring into action every muscle of the
body in turn. AS the result of the at
tention paid to athletic exercise each
pupil is said to develop about two in
ches extra around the waist in the
first II months of his sojourn at the
college. That means the accumulation
of a very great reserve force of
strength, energy and vitality. 1t ac-
counts FOR much of the rapid progress
they make 81 their studies.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES.
IN many respects the teaching is like
that of an ordinary college. The curri-
culum is a comprehensive one and in
cludes English and general history,
composition, literature, natural history,
botany, physiology, astronomy, ply
sizes, political economy. etc. But the
beginning of all sound teaching OF the
blind Is the kindergarten. 1t Is one of
the most interesting sights of the col
lege to see the young people modelling
clay, learning to draw by the aid OF
bent wires and taking their first les
sons in painting. The difference be-
tween the children who have been
taught In the Kindergarten and those
who have been put into the classes
without having had these preliminary
kindergarten the next step which gives
manual deXtcrity and accuracy in the
manipulation of tools is the Swedish
Sloyd class. The proficiency shown
by the boys was amazing. With the
aid of my two eyes j could not have
produced anything like such exact
workmanship as they we're turning out
without apparent effort.
OF all the departments of the college
the one which Is of the greatest value
IN fitting the blind TO earn n livelihood
IL that In which they are taught plano
tuning and music. On this department
Or. Campbell has lavishcd an nfnity
OF time and patience. 1t affords
striking contrast to the conditions UNI
der which he obtained his musical edu-
cation. TO carry II ON are needed four
pipe organs. sixty pianos for teaching
and twenty-six for instruction in tun-
ing.
ARE sELF-SUPPORTING.
The best testimony to the efficacy Of
Or. Campbell's methods Is the fact that
so per cent OF the graduates of the
Norwood college arc self-supportlng,
and many OF them earn an excellent
livelihood. When he began his work
IN England less than 10 per cent OF the
blind IN this country were earning their
own living. But the Immediate work
OF the college affords only a small
measure OF the value of the work done
by this outcast from Tennessee. II
serves as the model for AL similar in
situations la tho country. Englishmen
believe II is the best college for tho
blind In the world They have sub
scrbed over 81 100000 for it's support.
King Edward Is one Of DR.. CampbelPs
warmest admirers. II has been rumor-
ed that he Intends 10 confer a knight
hood upon him. But Or. Campbell has
won in this land a prouder title than
any his majesty could bestow upon
him, 1t Is the king Of the Blind
IL. Isle SMELL,