The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-04-17
.SIGHTLESS HEAR
BLINDLAWMAKER
Senator Gore, as Presiding
Officer, Is Object Lesson
to Afflicted.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEST"
PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEST"
Points Out that Institutional Eduea-
ton Does Not Prepare for
Worlds Battles.

A blind Senator, picking out by ear
alone, priority Of claims for recognition
made by delegates he could not see. pre-
sided over the first open meeting OF
workers for the blind held at the Public
Library last night.
Senator Thomas r. Gore OF Oklahoma,
was the presiding officer who gave this
wonderful demonstration of the ability
of the blind to triumph over, difficulties
that seem insuperable to the man who
has learned to rely upon his eyes.
| The workers were discussing a uniform
system of textile print for the blind,
and with sightless eyes. turned uncanny
dIrectness from one part of the audience
20 another, the blind Senator rose and
made a speech.
| Prepa ration for World.
THE greatest work that the Workers
OF the World for the Blind can accom-
| plish," the Senator said, lis TO estab-
| fish a uniform system of type to be used
in communicative work"
| Senator Gore In discussing the prob
! lens that faced the blind teachers in their
work said that to his mind the greatest
1 point against the present system was the
| segregation of the blind.
| Children graduated from blind institu-
tons are not equipped TO grapple with
the world he declared. They believe
| that the care and tenderness that en-
shrine them there will follow them out
which is not the case and they should
be prepared for what they are up
against
I'VE do not want more institutional
education for the blind. but more public
school education the Senator said.
Reports on Work.
Rev. DR. HenIy n. Couden. chaplain
OF the House, offered the evening prayer.
Edward NJ. Van Cleave, president OF the
Ohio State Commission for the Blind, |
led the program with talk on the pur-
pose of the convention. What the Ma
tional Government Is Doing for the Blind |
and What 1t Oought to Do was the sub !
ject OF Olin II. Burritt. superintendent OF |
the Pennsylvania Institute for the Edu- !
cation of the Blind. DR.. c. F. Fraser. |
who has been a blind teacher for forty !
one years. and is now the superintendent !
OF the blind school of Halifax. Nova |
Scotia. spoke on what Canada is doing |
for the blind.
II. Randolph Latimer. principal of the
Maryland School for the Blind, also con-
struction agent for the uniform type COM
mittee. told Of that committees efforts
to establish uniform system OF prints.
and report on the success of raising
funds TO finance the investigation com
mittee was made by NJ. c. Nigel, of New
York.
The program concluded with an illus
trated lecture on the work done on the
study and industrial schools for the blind
throughout the United States by Charr"s
F. Campbell. executive secretary of the
Ohio commission for the blind and editor
pr the Outlook for the Blind.
Visit to White House.
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock the
President received the delegates to the
and at 2:30 o'clock get
together" luncheon was held at the Cor
don Hotel. At $50 o'clock the first con-
ference OF the workers was opened in
the chapel hall of st. Johns Episcopal
Church. with John F. Bledsoe. superIn-
tendent of the Maryland School for the
Blind, presiding.
The topic discussed was The Proven
ton of Blindness" Brief reports from
Miss Lucy Wright. general superintend-
end Of the Massachusetts Commission for ,
the Blind. were read in her absence by
E NJ. Van Cleave. superintendent of the
School for Blind in Columbus Ohio
The paper dealt with the experimental !
clinics for the benefit of the public in ,
Boston. where the school committee has
established one defective eyesight class
which has proved so successful that the ,
Worcester. Mass. school board plans to {
establish a similar class there. il
The Boston eye clinic is operated for (
those who cannot afford to pay for eye t
Treatment. 7
Miss Carolyn c. Van BIarcom. secre- 7
tary Of the New York committee for the i
of blindness read a report :
on the work done in her State by the I
blind institutions. Miss Marian A Camp }
bell. of the Ohio commission. field sec n
rotary for the blind. followed on the r
program with reports from their active
on the work they are doing
toward Investigations on the causes and
preventions OF blindness.
DIR. J. ]. Carroll secretary of the Mary
and Association for the prevention Of
Blindness gave brief reports on the =
work of that body. II. Randolph Lati- y
ner. of the Maryland School for the
Blind talked very Interestingly on his =,
Efforts to secure a uniform system of
actile print for the blind.
This Mornings Session. S
This morning a session will be held II
rom $50 to 1880 o'clock. Commissioner y
Robert l.. Sarerlee of the New York
commission for the blind will preside.
The topic for discussion will be Recent =
Organization and Work for ~
he Adult Blind Brief reports will be
'iven by those actively engaged in this -
work, and will include discussion of the =
,est methods of providing work for the n
hind who live in their own homes and
he sale of the products of such home "
Industries.
There will be a conference luncheon in
he afternoon. followed by a visit of the
delegates to the reading room for the
lind at the Congressional Library. to Il
he Washington Home for the Blind, "
he Columbia Polytechnic for the Blind m
nd the National Library for the Blind p
the evening session will be presided tC
ver by Superintendent J. T. Hooper, of tC
he Wisconsin School for the Blind. The m