The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-28
Kansas Deaf and Dumb School
Celebrates Semi Centennial.
PhillipEmery of Indiana Started
Sign School.
TAYLOR WORKS THERE
Mute Pitcher Has Charge of
Schools Athletics.
America Sung Without Sound
by Entire School.

Olathe. Kan, Nov. 2S.-Growing
from a small private undertaking TO
a state school with six buildings that
crown one of the hills here the Olathe
school for the deaf and dumb. more
properly called the Kansas Institution
for the Education of the Deaf has just
celebrated its centennial. Among
those who We're guests at the celebra-
ton We're Governor w r. Stubbs Rep
resentative c. H Hyer, State Senator
George NJ. Hodges. Mayor Cforsuch,
President Mason of Baker university,
superintendent Stewart of the Okla
homa Institute for the Deaf, Superin-
tendent Walker of the Missouri insti-
tuition, and ex-senator J. W. Parker.
Prof II. c. Hammond and Prof. A. L.
Roberts were included on the speaking
program
The Kansas School for the Deaf was
founded by graduate of the Indiana
institution, Phillip A. Emery, who eS-
tabGshed his school at Baldwin, just
80 years ago. with five students, and
for a time the school was partly under
the care of Baker university, but in a
little while the state of Kansas took
1t over and in 1866 located it Derma-
nently at Olathe in a stone building
which cost the state S15,5OO- AS late
of 1867 there were only Is pupils.
Gradually the institution has grown
until now half a dozen great buildings
cluster on the hill filled with some 500
pupils and 20 teachers and instructors.
y new hospital building, costing $780,
600. viii be erected next year.
Not only does this school teach the sign
Language, and academic studies, but
articulation and lip reading. and many
become able to carry on oral conversa-
ton quite we'll The institution is also Il
great manual training school, and long
before the public schools OF the state
took up the idea. the state of Kansas was
educating the hands as well as the minds
of the deaf.
There Is a complete printing Office
'Shere the Institution paper, the Kansas
star IS published every two weeks, and
not only the printing arts. but journalism
IS taught; in fact, this the pioneer
school of journalism, at least in Kansas. 4
Baking and cooking are taught in a well
equipped department. and a shop filled
with the latest machinery IS devoted to
wood working and cabinet work The
girls are instructed in sewing and needle
work, and there is a department where
boys taught the trades of harness
making and shoemaking.
Dummy Taylor Drills Them.
Great attention is paid to athletics, a
department which is under the charge OF
Luther H. Taylor. better known as
Dummy Taylor, Of baseball fame. A
ma gnificent playground has been pro
vided by the state this year and on this
Mr. Taylor trains his football and base
ball teams. and drills the students in
athletics of all kinds. Just off the play
main building fitted up with baths and
equipment for indoor athletics. One OF
the features of the semicentennial pro-
gram was a unique drill performed by
Professors Taylor's athletes.
But here's the Wonderi Music. The
deaf and the dumb saug-sang with their
hands. America" rang out in the sign
language, the little tots signed When