The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-08
WOmdH'S PdGe
InSfrucfin6 the Deaf.
Observation-Disclosures

in Washington D. c., May 10 to IT, will give one
day to the consideration of deaf children. The
programme will be in charge of Miss Mary S. Gar
rett of Pennsylvania, who has had charge for many
years of the Home for the Training in Speech of
Deaf Children before they of School Age"
Miss Garrett was of the founders of the school
and her success has been marvellous, little short
of miraculous.
The programme includes paper by Charles S.
Turnbull, NJ D.. on consideration of the welfare
of Deaf Children and the Duty of the Medical Pro-
fession"
"The Extension of Opportunities for Early Train
ing in Speech and Language for Deaf Children"
by Hon. J. B. Showalter.
''Helps and Hindrances in Acquiring Speech and
Language at the Proper Age" by Mary S. Garrett.
The lectures will be supplemented and made efec-
tive by illustrations with deaf children showing the
great work which these noble women are accomp-
fishing
A bill is pending in Congress to appropriate $780,,
100000 for the training of not less than hundred
teachers to become teachers in the homes for the
deaf which already may be established in the
different states and territories.
The subject is very interesting and worthy the at
tention of the good of Idaho with reference
to our unfortunates
We quote from most interesting treatise the
Possibilities of Deaf Children" by Miss Garrett.
DR.. VIM T. Shoemaker, of Philadelphia, who has
had under observation professionally several hun
dred deaf children in the last few years says
81 am convinced that the time to teach deaf child
rem to speak should correspond precisely with the
time when speech is acquired by hearing children"
DR.. Charles J. Judson of Philadelphia, says:
The Importance is great of cultivatng the use of
vocal organs at the natural time when speech is ac-
qured by the growing child and its effect in promot
ing the development of the deaf child is ncalcuabe
DR.. Clarence T. FAIRIES, of Narberth Pa, says:
AS attending physician at the Home for the Train
ing in Speech of Deaf Children before they of
School Age, at Belmone and Monument Avenues,
Philadelphia for number of years, and later con-
sulting physician attest the immense advantage
both to their physical and mental condition deaf
children who have everywhere been so thoughtless-
y neglected in this respect, except in few cases,
Dr. Charles A. Service, of Baa, Pa, says:
1t is not only beyond the stage of experiment but
indsputabe fact that deaf children be taught
to speak and understand spoken language, partC-
ularly if instruction in the oral method is begun at
a period of childs life when if it a hearing
child it would normally commence to learn speech.
With these facts before us, is it not bounden
duty to give the unfortunate deaf child great an
opportunity of education and the advantage thereby
of becoming useful citizen its hearing COM
panions?
In the first class to leave our Home for education
among the hearing were five boys and five girls. All
IF these bows went to schools for the hearing with
excellent reports from all of them after leaving the
Home and later learned their trades among hearing
people. Four of them earning their own living
one in shoe factory, moulder, another
IS machinist, and another learned the butchers
rade in an uncles shop has been subsequently en-
loved by Armour & Co. at high wages, has earned
lis own living and has 5000 in the bank. The fifth
vent through an industrial school for hearing boys
where he was the only deaf one among 800, gradu-
ted after four years course, and ready to
The head IF