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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-18

Any number of Pine Bluff people
who predicted that Miss Estelle Law
ton. erstwhile brilliant school teach
er and society favOrite in this city
would make a name for herself, may
now claim the gift of prophecy
Changing her name to Lindsey by be-
slowing her hand upon Kentuckian
OF that name, she has obtained the
distinction of being the first woman
10 aspire to membership il the Cali
iornla general assembly; running on
the Socialist ticket and being backed
solldly by the women OF her district.
Evening star., 1914-05-03

leEe was given the right by Congress to
confer such degrees are commonly
granted by colleges the Columbia Institu-
ton for the Deaf haG been organized. An
unknown man had come to Washington
then with five deaf children. who. he
announced. were orphans He advertised
that he would open school for the
deaf and went about soliciting funds for
such a purpose.
Amos Kendall, a figure in the Jackson
administration, at first. gave him assis-
tance. There was said to have been
misunderstanding between the two men
soon afterward and Mr.. Kendall. with
drawing his support from the teacher.
gave his attention to the care of the
children. lie then gave 4 house and two
acres OF land for the school and was in
strumental in securing an act OF Con
gress incorporating the Columbia Insti
tuition.
He found teacher for them in the per
son of a young man named Edward Miner
Galiaudet of Hartford. Conn. the grand
son OF Peter Galiaudet OF this city, who
promoted successfully the first manual
training school for boys. and the son of
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. who had
founded in lsf1 at Hartford the first per
mauent school in America for the deaf
Young Gallaudet therefore came To
Washington well qualified and impressed
with the possibility OF higher education
for the unfortunates who We're born deaf
or became 50 through disease. The bit
of school to which Amos Kendall had
called him grew from the very start
1t prospered under the united skill and
enthusiasm of the man who was to make
it his ifework-
in 1864 he was able to instll into Con-
gress some OF that enthusiasm and the
bill that gave him the right 10 offer high
er education to the deaf was signed on
April of that year by Abraham Lincoln.
The Columbia Institution for the Deaf
now consists of three departments. the
Kendall School for the smaller children,
Evening star., 1914-05-03
PRESIDENT EMERITUS E. NJ. GALLAuDEr.

Good humor prevailed. and the friendli-
ness between teacher and student was
evident in every answer.
There are many varieties of trees on
the grounds of the institution, and the
naming of these, as Prof. Day described
them. was the second part of a recitation
which possessed not only interesting but
practical knowledge. 1t was noticeable,
too, that the professor used speech freely
and that the replies were also largely by
means 0: speech.
There seems to be quite tendency to-
ward the study of chemistry this year.
and more laboratory equipment is being
added, a hard-andfast theory OF the
president being that students bent OF
mind should be given avenues of fulfill
ment whenever possible.
81
\ visit to this part of the college found
a bright-eyed young man, who is look
ing forward to a degree in science intent
upon an experiment which he declared
plainly and smilingly to be the making of
acetylene, a performance that was not
conducive toward lingering with him. As
he came along the corridors later smil-
ing broadly. he threw up both hands in
a movement meant to convey the idea
that the experiment had been successful
rather than that part of the premises had
blown up.
The college began its teaching work in
September, 1854, with seven students
and one professor besides DIR. Gallaudet.
In 1887 in response to an earnest ap-
peal from women for an equal share
in the advantages of higher education,
the doors were opened to them.
Glancing into one of the preparatory
classes. one sees about an equal number
Of young men and women. That they
were sitting there translating Latin
tc CHI of
the inexperienced observer. and it inn
mediately occurs to him that here is an
object lesson for many high school
boy or girl who SO breads the un-
tangling of Caesar. Cicero or Virgil
The entire curriculum of the college.
including a preparatory year. embraces
period of five years. each of which
is divided, like any other school. into
outlines of study in languages, science.
mathematics and literature.
Instruction in articulation and speech
reading is offered to all students. Spe-
improve. by suitable and frequent oral
exercises, whatever powers of speech
and ability to read the lips are pos
sessed by students on entering college
Instruction in drawing and painting
is provided for all students who be-
tray a capability in this direction.
Since Gallaudet is the only college in
the world for the deaf. foreign countries
are often represented. Canada and
Wales are the only ones now furnishing
students. though thirty-one of the forty
eight states have pupils here, and every
state in the Union has at some time
sent its quota of the deaf to the school.
Some of them are preparing to teach
in schools for the deaf. and there are
several hearing students from various
states who are attending the normal de-
partment for the same purpose.
People often ask said President Hall.
what the deaf can do after they have
finished their training here. If they
could see our records of what some Of
them have done they would be sur
prised Olaf Hanson, graduate OF the
class OF 1886. is a very successful archi-
Evening star., 1914-05-03
PRESIDENT pERCIvAL HALL.

Gallaudet College and the normal depart
ment.
The Kendall School and the college are
both residential schools and are free to
any deaf child of school age living in the
District of Columbia Mr.. Percival Hall,
Tor nineteen years an instructor in the
college and now its president. dwelt upon
the point, when showing an interested
visitor through the school the other day.
that here at Kendall Green 80 deaf
children of the District have come practi-
cally without knowledge and have been
led through successive years to a lib
eral education.
Such a happy lot of children they We're
TOO, such different atmosphere in the
schoolroom than one who did not know
would anticipate. After a drive around
the spacious grounds that slope back TO
a woods of oak it was there in the very
first grade where the youngest were at
class that the president started to re-
veal the splendid work in progress.
He did not know that the first truth
TO strike an outsider was the easy con
tent of the pupils. There was a conf
dence between teacher and pupil that
spoke Of home more than school. There
was no sharp consciousness of being diff
ferent from other children. either. When,
one after another. they were asked to
rise and try TO sound certain vowels or
svllables. they did il with eagerness
and not as much timidity as many hear
ing children would have shown.
The system of instruction used at Ken
dali Green is known as the combined
system. Its unwritten motto is that
every path which can be opened to reach
the imprisoned mind of the deaf child
shall be taken advantage Of Lip-read-
ing. finger-spelling, writing, signs and
speech are employed TO suit individual
cases.
There is wide difference between
classes OF the deaf and their particular
needs. To the experienced teacher there
batr .l..T
lost his hearing from disease or accident
and ~ child who is born deaf and to
Evening star., 1914-05-03
GALLAupEr COLLEGE, roor RAlA sarAp.

girls have furnished an entire room ~
Vacation Lodge: they contribute con
stantly 10 the Travellers Aid at the Gni"n
station. and perhaps the most interest
ing thing they do is to make clothing
for the children of the foundlinss' hos
pital.
One Of the active members of the as
sociation. sunny-faced young woman.
not only deaf but lame was going
through the library just then. and she
was asked 10. bring an oliver Twist t.
the reading table there. Naturally, one
would expect to see copy of Dickens.
but i: WAS bue-and-white affair Of
cotton that laid on the table. Blue
and white. with buttons and butto;-
holes. and seen at a glance TO be posi-
BILE wearing apparel for a very little boy.
say about five. oliver Twists" wer.
discovered to he trouseiines with
waistettas attached. and all fixed up 70
cover properly some unsuppied young
man at the founding hospital The
sewing club had had hand in this.
Mr.. Steed, the principal of the Ken
dali School, had an idea. however.
he stood by. that he could unfold eq,a!
mysteries over at the young girls dormi-
tory He did. too Little ladies over
there are learning TO darn their own
stockings. lace on muslin that's all
hemmed up and cut ont for the purpose
while the older ones able to cut and
hnish many of their own garments.
There were three bits of girls ont Ia
lawn. They had been seen earlier IN the
day. over in the primary class. But they
had forgotten all about classes now. ard
We're swinging under big oak and an-
parently having just much fun
though they could hear every twilight
song the birds in the branches above
them We're singing
There is unusual interest taken in
rug weaving just now" said Miss Parr.
instructor IN manual training. 1t is
part of the vocational wave that has
swept into schools all over the country'
Mechanical drawing is taught in this de-
partment. too. and the boys in their
overalls look as if business Were going
on in this section of Kendall Green
Any deaf person in the District of CO..
lumbia. who is of teachable age and good
mental capacity, may attend the Colum-
bia Institution for the Deaf. without eN-
pense for board. tuition and medical caro-.
To students from the states and terri
tories, who have not the means of de-
fraying all the expenses OF the college
course, the board of directors renders
such assistance as circumstances seem
to require, SO far as the means at their
disposal will allow. There are about 1c0
students now in attendance.
Evening star., 1914-05-03

tect in Seattle. Wash. He has prepared
plans for new buildings recently added
to the state school for the deaf in van
couver, and he has. furnished plans for
buildings at Gallaudet. Thomas S. Mari
of the class of 1889 is also successful
architect, and lives in Knoxville, Tenn.
will L. Hill. who went out from the
institution in 1872, and William Beadell
a graduate of the class OF 1891, are the
owners and editors Of newspapers. Isaac
Goldberg, who completed the work here
in 1SSS. is a highly successful chemist
in Brooklyn: while Daniel Picard. 1899,
after studying further at massachusetts
institute of Technology, has had quite 4
marked career as an analytical chemist.
"A considerable number OF the gradu-
ates of the last few years are entering
the field of scientific agriculture. Robert
s. Taylor. of the class OF 1901, establish
ed himself at Mount Olive, n. c.. some
time after his graduation. and from a
small beginning there has built up a
cotton and tobacco. He is only one
example.
There are ministers to the deaf. real
estate dealers. insurance men and poul-
are many teachers Rev James Cloud
of the class of 1886. is principal of the
Gallaudet School in st. Louis. and is an
active clergy man, as well. j. S. Long is
principal of the Iowa state school for the
deaf, and Dr. Robert Patterson is prin-
cipal of one OF the very largest schools
in the country, at Columbus, Ohio.
"A number of schools for the deaf
have been founded by graduates Of Gal
laudet Among them the New Mexico
school, another in Arizona, the one in
Utah, in North Dakota and the northern
New York institution.
Here in Washington there are several
Gallaudet men in the government service.
Albert F. Adams of the National Mu-
scum Library has had over twenty years
of successful work as a classifier there.
Roy Stuart, another graduate. has been
employed in the census bureau since 1901.
There is one man of ours in the pension
office and there are others scattered
through the geological survey. the
weather bureau. the Post Office and the
Treasury Department"
AS the president of the Columbia Insti-
tuition for the Deaf talked he was leading
the way to the chapel He had said
something to a wide-awake young man
Just a few minutes before, and there. as
the doors of the chapel swung open, was
a group of boys with clarinets. cornets
and various kinds of horns. tuning up for
a little concert.
Fred G. Fancher. the leader is a lad
from New York. who organized the band
himself, drills it himself. and has taught
Evening star., 1914-05-03

every member everything lie knows
about music. My Country. 'Tis of Thee
had a real thrill in il as the strains
t1oated out through the stained windows
that was composed by some one at the
school in New York where the Fancher
lad had had his first instruction. and
then there was waltz to wind up with
that made one say under his breath,
why is the tango?"
There was something inspiring about
that group of boys and the big brass
horns that some Of them had denied
themselves other pleasures in order to Sc
cure. As the last measure of the waltz
was played and they We're leaving the
hall, ii WAS not hard to believe that the
picture OF DR.. Gallaudet. which adorns
the wall facing the platform. was that of
a man who has been a benefactor to hui
manity. The portrait OF Thomas Hop
kins Gallaudet. the founder of the sys-
TEN. also faces the platform of the
chapel, and out on the lovely lawn is
bronze statue. showing him affectionately
teaching small deaf girl the language
Of the fingers. The statue was given by
the deaf of America, in 1889.
Dramatic entertainments are held in the
chapel two or three times year and
there is Sabbath school every Sunday.
followed by non-denominational services
Both the young men and women are
fond of action, and, whether in private
theatricals or the purely physical sports
of the field. seem to excel The girls
of the college have long maintained a
successful basket ball team, while the
boys have been well known for years
for their superiority in athletics of vari-
Gus kinds.
In the boys reading room, which they
manage and support alone, is a large
case filed with flags and silver cups
won on track. field and Sridiron. In
1913, according to Park II. Davis, Prince
ton $ member of the intercollegiate com
mittee on foot ball rules. Gallaudet's
1a3 points against Baltimore City Col
lege was the highest foot ball score at
tained by any college for ten years.
One very pretty young woman from
West Virginia. who is one of three deaf
daughters of family Of nine, passed
through the library, dressed for game
of tennis, as Miss Peet who is in charge
of women at Gallaudet fell to talking
enthusiastically of the lives Of those un-
der her care. The girls. she said, usually
played against themselves but once a
year there was a tournament between
girls and boys. which is a great event.
Miss Peet believes that the Y. w. c. A.
has been "A factor in the life of Gallaudet.
Through the efforts Of the organization
they themselves instituted the college
Evening star., 1914-05-03

whom there is no natural language but
gesture or picture.
In the second class visited, where there
We're children of from perhaps ten to
twelve OF thirteen. the development
which had taken place since the first
year was splendid. And every child
seemed fairly exuberant in the effort to
prove that he was learning to speak.
There was chorus of voices every time
a question was asked. A few could hear
somewhat. but their comprehension of
the question was principally through lip
reading.
They were reciting the names of occu-
pationS. what the man who carried the
mail was called. what he who shod the
horses was etc. Then each one was
asked to describe himself, the instructor
commencing with who are you? What
is the color of your eyes, your hair?"
There were two Italians in the class,
and if any one doubts the energy Of the
American descendants of Latin countries
his fears would soon be routed by the
positive jubilance of these agile young
themselves, but everybody else in the
class.
Tony had had his hair clipped. privi-
lege for which. Mr.. Steed. principal Of
boys have a peculiar penchant in the
smile that was hard for him to hide
When it came his turn to say in the
best way he could that he had brown
eyes. black hair etc, he was enjoying
himself hugely. When his teacher
asked, What color is your hair Tony ~
he threw up his hands to his clipped
head. shrugged his Celtic shoulders and
said SO that he was very well un-
derstood, None"
But it was In class in ethics in the
college. under Miss Peet. who comes OF
family noted for its number Of teach
ers of the deaf. that one of the real
surprises Of the day was encountered
Ethics and current events. Ethics? That
means possession of certain philosophy
Of life that must base the necessary logic
with which to reason. Yes. and there
they were, dozen or so young people
in the last Of their teens, discussing in
spelling the Mexican situation as moral
issue.
Their teacher talked slowly and repeat
ed what she was saying, with her fingers,
at the same time. One young man got
rather excited. He was imagining him
self spy in Mexico. that he had been
caught by the enemy, and was trying to
decide whether or not he would admit
he was a spy and take the consequences
or tell a lie.
There was no verbal speech from the
student in question. so when there was a
general demonstration of amusement Miss
Peet laughingly translated the cause.
The spy had declared that he thought
it more ethical to speak falsely than to
resign the business OF Uncle Sam, that
if he told the truth he would be a
traitor, but II he told lie he would be
a man.
The class in botany was delightfully."-
original in its methods. There were pos
sibly fifteen in this class. and nearly
every one was from a different state.
They had been laying out gardens with
chalk on the blackboard, and their in
structor had them tell what he had just
told them were their mistakes in making
the proper proportions for their growing
of spinach, corn, carrots and potatoes.
Evening star., 1914-05-03

OF every one -
aware that here Ia
W ashington is the
only college in the
world for the deaf
May & it celebrates
its fftieth anniver-
sary with appropri-
ate exercises.
There will be no
elaborate program
commemor a I i n z
this fftieth ami
Evening star., 1914-05-03

Columbia INSTITUTION
Has Trained 1900
Deaf Pupils for Self
Support and Good Citi-
zenship Two Hun
dred From District of
Colum bia Educa-
tion Without Expense
to Parents-I industrial
and Vocational Train
ing for Pupils and
Student Expert
enced Oral Teachers
Employed - Teachers
Trained for Service in
All States of the
| Mon, Canada, Ire
land and India-Col-
lege Course and Activi-
ties.
Evening star., 1914-05-03

t"rSary OF GalaUdet The exercises IN
.'ic chapel viii begin at 3 o'clock in tie
afternoon Of Mav 9. with an Invocation
rs President Newman If Howard Uni
Nersity. Historical addresses by Presi
lent Emeritus -GslIsudet and President
Hall will follow, and Prof Charles AL
phonso Smith OF the University Of yir
einia will then offer formal congratuIa-
lions and the solicitations of sister COL
lcges
orations by members of the senior
LASS Of the college Will be given next.
Miss Edith Nelson Of California speaking
upon a Gem OF California" Miss Re-
hecca Roseustein upon --rhe Peace of
Judah" and Lawrence o. Johnson upon
Specialization"
Announcement uf honorary degrees to
lie conferred upon prominent deaf peo-
pie. VINO are graduates of GaIlaudet. at
the aluniuae meeting in June will then
La made. and the candidates for regu-
lar degrees IN course will also be pre-
-'Ut"d After this presentation the merl-
-'lN bi iFg class Will be addressed by
ii,.su VI iiiiaM 4. Wilbur OF George Wash
Etna niversity. and the program will
.'r closed with a benediction by Rev
'''-h"rt G Merrill. Episcopal missionary
80 Iuc deaf.
!H Jane there is to he a reunion of
.a graduates and former students of
'iallsudet who will come to Kendall
Green 10 help celebrate the hftieth an
niyersary Of the school. At this time
the honorary degrees mentioned will be
conferred by DR.. Gallaudet. Great num-
hers are looking forward TO this reunion.
which will be attended by men and wom-
en- from all over the United States. and
u viii PROBABLY be the greatest gathering
of educated deaf people the country has
ever seen.
For seven years before Gallaudet Col
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
CHECK YOUR APRIL COUGH

Thaw,ne frost AMI April rims
ch,li yon to the very marrow, you
catch cold Head aud lungs stuffed
You are feyerisn- Cough oout,n.
ually and feel mtserable-You need
DR.. Hiug's New Discovery. l,
soo,bes iu1amed and irritated throa,
and lungs, stops cough, your head
clears up. lever leaves.~and You teel
fine. MIR. J T Davis, OF Stickney
Corner, Ne :W as cared of a dread
ful cough after doctors treatment
and all other remedies failed Re
lief or nroney back. Pleasan mt
Children like it. set a bottle to
day. SOC. aud 81 90 At your Drug
git
Bucklen's ~Arniea Salve for Al
Sores
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
Look To Your PLUMBING.

You know what happens in q
house in whioh the plumbing ls ir
poor conc.tIon -every5edy in the
h"nse is liable to contrary, typhoid
Or S me other fever. The digestive
organs perform the same tnnn'ions
in The human body as The plumbing
does TO, tre house, and they should
be kept in fast class condition all
the tine. l. you have any trouble
with your digestion take Chamber
lain's Tablets and You a,e certain tc
get quick relief. For sale by AL
Dealers.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
STRENGTHENS WEAK AND erIRED
W.ONLN

II was under a great strain mrs
: 10: a ,elat'.e through ihse' moa,h,
Aickre~s,' writes ME- J C.%Van d.
f,ande. OF kirkland, I'll, and "Eleo
:ric Bl',eFs kept me from breaking
down. | will eever be withoa, II
30 You feel lise1 and wuru out
~" appel tv and food wnn't dlge-t
IL isn't the sprang weather Yc,
K ectr!r Bisiers. Start a
months treatment To day ; E"lhing
better for stomach, h>er aud. Kid:
neys. The great sprlng lonia, Re.
def or n,one> ba4k: 500 aud 81 OF
d, your Druggist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09

The Sims bill to repeal the tolls
exemption clause of the Panama Ca
nal act was passed by the House Of
Representatives a, Washington by a
vote of 247 TO ISL, a majority of
So in favor of repeal 1t is claimed
that the Senate will also pass the
bill to repeal the tolls, after so long
a time, and after aome OF the Sena
tors have dug their own political
graves. President Wilson is the
nations pilot, and he lie stronger
than his party. Congress, aud es
pecially the Democrats, ought to
stand by Linn without shooting of
90 much shot ar"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
OTI
TO SAT.LIE SWINDELL:

You are hereby notified that 90
Juoe 2 1913. ynur land in Cheek
Township, n acre listed in the
name OF Sallle Swindell, was sold by
the Sheriff of Orange county for
taxes due for 1912, and was knocked
down TO the undersigned as the last
and highest bidder, and unless you
come forward on or before J uue 2,
1914, and se:iir nv claim for al
taxes paid, etc II will claim title to
said land.
This 10Th day Of February. 1914.
j NJ LATTA.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
STRAIGHT AT TT

There IL " use of&our beating
around the tusa' We night a.
we'll out with 1t first az last We
want ycn tc try 5erialn'r
Cough Remedy the next t,me you
have a congh or cold There is no
reason so Tar as We gan see why you
rh"nld not do SO. This preparation
by lis remarkable cures~has gained a
world wide reputation, and people
every ~he.e speak of j. 10 tie high
sst terms OF praise. Ii is for sale by
All Dealers
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09

See announcement of Mi. l. G
Patterson. candidate for the House
Of Representatives in the next Gen
eral Assembly OF North carolina.
MIR Patterson is a member OF The
County Board Of Education, ar Dis
one Of the most prosperous Ind
prominen, young farmers Of, tbe
county. If nominated aud elected
he will look well after the. best In.
terests of bis constituents.