The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1916-08-05

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ing June. The State Board of Con-
trol may admit to this school deaf
children from other states, but the
parents or guardians of such children
are required to pay annually or quar-
terly in advance a sufficient amount
to cover the cost of maintaining and
duty of parents or guardians of all
deaf children to send them each year
to the State School for the Deaf. The
county superintendent must take all
action necessary to enforce this un-
less she or he has satisfactory evil
dence that any deaf child is being
properly educated at home or in some
other suitable institution.
The day schools for the deaf which
have been opened in some of our larg-
er counties have taken nearly one
hundred children who would other
wise come to this school.
At our School for the Deaf, we use
structon under which all known
methods and the variations are used
for the attainment of an object COM
mon to all. Speech, and speech read
ing, commonly called the Zip lam
guage," are considered very import
ant the acquisition of language and
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still more important. So far as cir
cumstances permit, such method is
chosen for each pupil as seems best
adapted to his needs and capacity,
Our rule is that adopted by the Amer
ican instructors of the Deaf in con-
vention assembled: ANY method
for good results; all methods, and
welded to none" We are getting
intelligent speech and speech reading
from about 60 per cent of our child
ren. In no case has child's speech
deteriorated while attending this
school
In June, 1918, we graduated the
largest class in the history of the
school, ten in number OF these, sew
en- went to Gallaudet College at
Washington, D. c. AS we then had
three of our graduates attending this
college, the entrance of this class
raised our representation there to
ten, and gave us second place in point
of numbers, Nebraska taking first
place with twelve. Our school Is very
proud of this record, and also of that
made by our students at Gallaudet,
our pupils being at, or near the head
of every class in which we are repre-
sented.
We class the Industrial depart
ment of our school equal in import
ance to the literary The handicap of
deafness makes it difficult, if not i'm
possible for graduates to secure jobs
unless they have acquired a start
while at school.
1t is our aim to teach each child
the rudiments of some trade and such
habits of industry as will enable him
to support himself after graduation.
So far, we are able to say, with good
deal of pride, that none of our gradu-
ates has ever become a charge on the
public purse, either as an inmate OF
the poor house or a jail. While our
graduates do not always follow the
trade taught at the school, still they
have learned to work while here, and
most of them become taxpayers very
soon after leaving school
Both boys and girls are taught to
make up beds, sweep and take care OF
rooms. The children do all of the
work in their dormitory buildings un-
der competent supervision. Most are
given lessons in cooking. We have
classes in domestic science, cooking,
dressmaking, cutting and fitting
printing, leather work and wood
working. All of our repairs during
the term are done by the classes. In
cidental instruction is given In
plumbing, steam-fitting, concrete,
iron and tin work and painting
The average cost per capita OF the
sixty-four state institutions for the
deaf in the United States is about
$500 per annum Our cost is 1892
per year of 365 days.
Pupils are not servants, and where
the service of pupil is desired, re-
quest must be made of the superin-
tendent. Every officer, teacher and
employe is expected to study and be-
come acquainted with the methods OF
communicating with the deaf and pre-
ferment will depend in a measure
upon the ability Of coming in closer
touch with the pupils. Orally train
ed pupils must be taxed to, while the
alphabet and signs should be used
freely in intercourse with scholars
in the manual department.
Kindness is the underlying princl-
pie of discipline in this school and
must be the prompting of all rela-
tions between authority and service
between officers, teachers, employees
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