Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-15
DEAF hUTES
 RECEIVE CARE
Excellent Provisions Made for Them and Marvellous Re suits Obtained - interest. ing Showing.

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 4 description of the work being done in Arizona for the deaf mutes is included in 8 report submitted by i Eev. w. J. Dixon to the chairman or | the committee on deaf mutes of the l eighth missionary department of the 1 Protestant Episcopal church says the Tucson Citizen
 The committee is studying this question quite irrespeetWely of the auspices under which the work for deas mutes is being carried on with D view to providing religious iRstruc- ton in the siCn language as far as possible thioughout the western states
 setting apart for this work minis ters who are familiar with the sign language, One is now engaged in it in Southern California.
 h September, 1912, by an act of the
 state legislature school for deaf ruutes was established in Tucson as a department of the university It Is under the general supervision Of Dr. A. H.s Wilde and it's business affairs are managed by the business manager
 of the university. The principal of 1 tl.e school is Mr. Henry c. White, <. B., who can neither hear nor speak, MT. White is a Graduate of the Hart ford school for deaf mutes in Connec- ticut and of Gallander college for
 deaf nutes in Washington, D. c. He, | is assisted by his daughter, Miss liar riet Futile White, both of whom are members of the Protest Episcopal l church.
 Before coming to Arizona Mir White was for many years connected with ! the deaf mute work in New England
 with headquarters in Boston. Miss | White who is bright attractive | young woman. before coming west, | taught 6or some years in deaf mute i institution in New Brunswick, Canada | In the early part of 1912 hefor ethe | school was founded in Tucson Nr. ! White conducted a private day school ] for de5f mutes ip Phoenix.
 75 CT 80 Deaf Mutes in State
 There, are in the State of Arizona l according to Mr. White, I5 or 80 deaf I lnJ,tes Of whom abo8t twO-thirds are iedncated These have received their training in the main, ct Berkeley, Cal, Eand in the school for deaf mutes in lNew Mexico. Of these more reside in | Phoenix than in any other town or l city in the state. There are now n or 2n deaf mutes Tn Phoenix and this | ELhmter is steadily increasing.
 in the school in Tucson there are Ia pupils Of these. seven came rom
 Phoenix. fiye-aN NeZicans-from
 Tucson. two from Globe, one from 1 Yuma aRd three from the deaf mute lschool ilf I3eIlseley, Cal. The MeNicans are all Roman Catholics. Three are T T.piscOpalians and the rest are prot, estants of various denominations. Oi T the deal mates, in Phoenix all are
 protestants except one, 'sho is Ro' 1 laaH Catholic. s--
 The school at Tucson being non, | sRctarian, gives no definite religious Instruction though the children have ftheir time for prayer and the general ! moral tone of the school is exceed ingIy high In teaching. great en'' lphasis is laid on the ability to write well an dto express ones self in good English: as writing is the chief means , of communication between the deal 2. ,putes and rhe rest of the world.
 , It is wonderful how proficient in writing these children become in a comparativeiy short time. In this re ,, spect they are brighter and quicker - than the average child, who possesses ? all it's faculties During one of the F writer's calls at the school little . tirl .3fx years of age came into the !; freception room. Last September the ! child knew nothing except few signs She frst wrote her name Heden | Crabtree" on slate in good hand ? that would have done credit to child , of ten or twelve years of age. Mr l White then walked across the room i and the little tot wrote man walked. Then Q little boy ran across the room | and sine wrote a little boy ran In 1, each case the spelling was perfect.
 There is a question as to whether . EIe school will remain permanently in ' this city as department Of the uni
 versity. as the feeling of those in au , thority is that there is little in com | mon between the wcrk Of a university , and that of a school for deaf mntes i H. may yet be established as Q sepa i rate institution, possibly in Benson where the buildings Of the reform i i school could be utilized for this pur , rcse,