Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-10-14
RI|ND CHILDREN
FEATURE OF AN
UNUSUAL DISPLAY
Institute for Education of
SightIesS Children at Ala
mOgordo Has Interesting
Exhibit at Fair

.The girl. knowing her lesson, was
That is what little Louise Jones.
,..aried of demonstrating how the
Mind children read, do sums and
,,rits ON their Braille and arithmetic
'istss al the state school for the blind,
v.rota Yesterday afternoon Ii did not
,.re Louise long to write ii, though
tbe little stylus had To be manipnlat-
al from one to five times for each
tstter and the intricacies Of the slate
vonld puzzle seeing person until ac-
customed 20 il.
Nor ala it take Louise any longer
IN do sums on her arithmetic slate
tban a seeing child would have re-
.uired. I'm fact. it might be that she
took less time.
Louise is at the state fair with the
avbibit from the school for the blind,
which is located at AlamOgOrdo. In
fact II might be said that she and
trim of other girls and a full-blooded
pneblo Indian lad who makes a living
inning pianos, though he Is sightless,
are part Of the exhibit
And it is a good exhibit.
Exhibit Unusually Good.
IL would be good exhibit from any
school and from "a school whose pupils
must rely on their sense Of. touch
where others have the blessing Of
slght. il is remarkable There are
pjcceg OF sewing and embroidery not
one but dozens Of them, that are just
as good. for neatne ss for design, fol
usefulness. as anyone could desire,
regardless Of the age Of the child
making them. There are raffica bas-
kets that are marvels of design and
execution and if there is anyone who
was not pleased with the brand of
music rendered by the various pupils
of the school in any of their dozen or
more imprOmptu concerts yesterday
that person is capt!ous enough TO be
relegated to the general limbo Of pes
simists and excluded from further
consideration
Few people in New Mexico know
much about this school over at Ala
mogordo and what it is doing That
IS the loss Of the ignorant ones, for
the school is good and the work it is
displaying is equally good.
Interested In Comparison.
Superintendent II. r. Pratt said
yesterday that the thing the pupils
asked him about most since arriving
at the fair was a comparison of their
work with that Of seeing children. If
they could see both classes they would
not be dissatisfied.
one of the features Of the exhibit
at the fairgrounds is the series of pic
lures which evidence the beauty Of
the school grounds and buildings, the
many phases Of the work performed
al the institution, and the physical
training the students get and the ath-
letiC proWess it develops. There are
pictures Of school scenes, pictures Of
the gymnasium ana athletic teams OF
the classrooms, of everything the
school does, nearly and each of them
conveys a lesson.
Many Specimens of Work.
There are brooms and whisks made
by the boys of the school and speci-
mems of sewing, crotcheted lace, knot
ting, embroidery without number.
Every one of these is an excellent
specimen Of handiwork. with the
stitches small and regular and the
lacework as even and consistent as
any could be-
The domestic science class has a
fine display Of canned fruits, pre-
serves and jcllies, with cakes and
fancy candies, each one made by a
blind child
There is Kindergarten work like
that done by seeing kiddies, remarka-
bic in no way except for its excellence
Prominently displayed are five
handsome trophy cups and six ban
ners won IN athletic competition with
other schools for the blind under the
auspices Of the National Athletic As
ISOLATION Of Schools for the Blind.
On a table are Braille books, q
checkerboard and checkers, States
ana other articles wherewith the