The sun., 1909-01-31

before Lens Ihero wiz ne 'Nses io'
Them WI sne r"pno se"os" ~
Dons Seee "otN io'opao"'
Operators-otnof voeups"ons .
nave beon Openoo W o' ee',
"hich AIMS 70 hecp 'nc" E"s.yoe
notable bhnd Leaders o' 'ne "'no
p.,ora this nex vear has crown old
hind bovs and sirls will be sittinx aide by
.;de With the other children in four OF the
public schools of New York. The sishted
and the siebtless are going To do their
work togetber. and as far as prae ble
undsr the sams instruotion
onlv the details remain 10 la worked
out The necessary permission was oh.
tanned several months ago. but at that
time there was no money to be had for
this purpose. When the school funds for
Ie0oGbecame ayailable a vav WAS found
to Ey a little here and a little there from
sorne of the appropriations. and 40 nearly
As 600 was set apart for the educa ton OF
the blind in public scbools,
There are about twenty-five blind
children whose paren,s are willing. in
some cases anxious, TO have then, enter
the public schools. When il has been
shown that these twenty-five are maxim q
progress as equal comrades with those
who can see there will doubtless be many
more to follow their example.
First of all il will I've important to oon.
sult the convenience OF the blind In the
selection of the schools TO which they
shall be ASST gned. Their iourneys must
be made as short and easy az possibls,
gagged and books and maps and writing z
utensils must be provided
These new pupils will have to learn
their o-a-t cat and their rat rat
through their An gers instead d Of their ewes.
They will feel Boston and Chica 20 and the
twists and turns OF the Mississippi River.
and very likely will feel them TO fully as
good purpose as the Youngsters who see
them drawn on the map
Relative geography Is pretty elusive
business TO most of us. Every time we
look at a map even OF the United States
1t contains some surprises. There are
MANY very intelligent men who co,lIdn',
tell you otfhand whether any mart OF
Idaho reached to the Canadian border
or how you would have to travel TO get
from Arizona to Utah. But a sense OF
direction il one OF the faculties Of the
blind, and once a blind boy has drawn a
picture OF any part OF the earths surface
on the tablets of his brain il will he likely
to remain, unfading.
Learning TO read and write in the blind
letters. TO use the embossed man and to
reckon figures by some special device
will be a course separate from the regular
work. but once a pupil has learned these
things there will be mapy clssses in
which he can recite and receive instruc-
ton with the. rest of the school. Above
all and most important OF all he will
coma 10 realize that he Ia not isols,sd bx
b;s inf,rmitv He will soon hegin IN IooL
unon b;useH no, a. a lonaIv oras,,,,.
whose activities have been nar,lvzsd
nv a nec,,l;sr misfort,,ne bu, a. a norma,
ha,ng handica nnaI to ba su,. hn,
t,stif,e, In verv much The san. hons. a nd
ambition. a. hi. .ishtad friand. .nd
c.nshle ~ m. a. m. nleao,r.s
u. ill iaorn hou % ro,,r ,a ,l.u
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s'e 'o'ni'hs anu RESPONSIVENESS ecarcey
"are eAs'enve ~ as seH
ne ~ ,he u,,"u VI 'ue Duohc
scnoois .. We" 'orh w'' oe regarded as
Hn eNpel'ne"' hoLo ., ooo.ee' ou, " 70
ne .onge' an eAprrihen. III Ens'anu' ana
.n ,h'oAto 'ney nav oeou oo'"s 'he saho
.'ns suoose,uy ,or aoou. n'ns years'
80 Iar oeyono ,ne oouo'l" Stage mas 'n's
sorA passeu ','a, many wen INFORMED
Hlenos oI o'e pnno are asA,ns 'ns, 'ns
conpu,soIy euuca"on Jaws pe maue 70
7ppy 70 'nen' as We" ae 'ne seons'
'onn D. .u'"ss: VINO superih,o"os 'ne
'escn,ns VI inc onhu IN 'ne puohc scnoos
OF ,hcaeo' Is h,msen p,Inu man IN
oseu' ma"s ol 'no ,nos' o'hcienl ieaoers
o. 'ue o'nu are oIno themselves anu they
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unuer MS ui'ec''on'
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