Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-10
|OREGOA STATE SCHOOL
FOR DEAF WILL Open
Enrolment Of Practically One
Hundred Boys and Girls
This Year

The Oregon state school for the deaf
will begin IT'S school year next Monday
September 13, with an enrolment OF
forty.three girls and fifty.five bows
During the last few weeks all the rooms
in the building have been prepared for
the coming pupils and the tables and
cooking utensils are ready in the do
nestle science room, as a course in do.
nestle science has again beer, added 10
the course this year
The teaching force will remain this
year with Z. s. Tilinghast. superin-
tendent, Mrs. Hilda b. Tillinghast, ma.
tron, and the teachers who were here
last year with these exceptions: Miss
May Hewlett, of Wisconsin. will take
the place of Miss Knowles; Miss Cuma
Rich, of Ohio, will succeed Miss Lee;
Miss Ruth Gable, of Michigan, will
have charge of the classes formerly
taught by Miss Mayors, and Miss Emma
Rusch has been especially trained for
of the domestic course that was again
made part of the course of study. Miss
Raush has been especially trained for
this work and is graduate of the
training school domestic science depart,
meEt of the Stont Institute of Menon-
inee, Wisconsin.
Any enid that is deaf and dumb. liv.
ing in the state of Oregon, may attend
the state school. Application is made
to the superintendent, who sends a reg,
ular blank form to be filled out.
| Upon the arrival of the child at the
school, medical examination and test
of mentality is first made before ad.
mitted. Sometimes child is dumb but
not deaf, and in a majority of such
cases, they are found to be feeble mind.
ed and are not admitted.
The course of study in the institution
is divided into the kindergarten, six
oral classes and two manual On first
entering, the child is put in tae primary
class and encouraged to play, and i.
given tests of manual dexterity, imita
tiOn tests and sense training, in order
that the tetachers may form an es
innate of the child S mental condition
The first work is in lip training, tn,
pronouncing of the vOwels and late
in elementary sounds. At the age g
IL or l3, industrial work is added. pnt
each child is required to take care o,
its own room. In the fifth year, regu
lar public school work is taken ,lp an,
graded as in public schools. A few O
the pupils take up nigh school wocl
and when graduated, 90 to Gallaude
college at Washington, D. c., nationa
institution.
Children are entitled to enter tn
state institution at the age of six year
and according to the state law, are al
lowed to remain ten years, although i
cases that Justify, the board is allowe
to extend this ten year period
The purpose of the first years wor
is to give the child expression for tn
experiences of every day life and thi
is doTie in language that is read fror
the lips, spoken and written. In tn
!; forming of words, the child is frs
taught TO prmounce the vowels, the
consonants aad later, words. The ad
vanced work is not confined to tn
teaching OF lip reading and the devel
opment of speech. The children ar
carried through course of study sue
as is followed in the public schools.
They study geography, arithmetic, JUS
as hearing children do.