Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-18

the oral or speech method, were start
ed at the same time about 1870. A
controversy Immediately sprung up
between the adherents of each and
has not ceased yet. The schools in
Europe were divided some using one
of these methods and some the other,
and both doing good work and get
ting good results. 1t remained, how
ever, for the American schools to rec
ognize the good points of both meth
DDS and to unite them in what is
known as the American combined
system, which is used in this school.
There is in Washington, ID. c., the
only college for the deaf in the world
Gallaudet college is supported by the
national government and it's grad
yates are doing business and making
good in every part of the United
States. The state pays the expenses
to Washington and return of any of
the graduates of Our state school.
The uniformly cheerful resigna-
ton and gentle obedience of these I'M
! fortunate little ones entities them to
the most generous fostering care on
the part of the state. The happy dis
position of the children is amazing
and in their play they rival any and
all children with full hearing.
hn &c c;t
upon tract containing little over
II acres of land, and it lies about
mile and a half from the business
center of the city of Vancouver. The
outlook is strikingly beautiful; the
buildings face the south and are on
a bench about 1875 feet above the sur
face of the Columbia river and in full
view of Mt. Hood.
The administration building occu-
pies about the center of the tract.
The foundation and walls of the
building are of brick, but it is al
rookery and has long been considered
unsanitary and a menace to the
health and the lives of the pupils. The
building has outlived its usefulness
to q great extent and q new up-to-
date and fireproof administration and
school building should be provided
by the legislature.
The east and west wings of the
building contain the hospital, lady
teachers rooms, schoolrooms and
bedrooms for the night watch. Back
of and attached to the main, buildings
are the chapel and dining room. Ad-
joining the furnace room are q we'll
and pump house. There are two
wells, each about 165 feet deep, with
IS feet of water standing in them.
There is apparently an unlimited sup
ply of water. Two water tanks are
also an automatic starter
for the motor and pumps, with the
pressure set at q maximum of so
pounds and minimum of 40 pounds,
which together with the fire extin-
guishers and hose about the building
gives a first-class fire protection. Also
an auxiliary fire protection Is OBJ
tanned by connection with the Oregon
and Washington system by a four
inch main. For emergency use in
case Of loss of power from the cleo
trio connection, an auxiliary gas en-
CINE has been installed, which is in
good working condition, always ready
for service.
The boys dormitory, which was
built in 1908, has brick walls with
trimmings, the interior fin
lsh being of wood. The building Is a
good one, well ventilated, has good
baths and showers, gymnasium, and
has a capacity for IS boys. The
girls dormitory is a modern. fire.
proof building with a capacity for 60.
This building is credit to the state
and needs no upkeep expense.
The shop row is just north of the
boiler room, the walls being built of
One room is devoted to the
department., and here is
printed an institutional paper, THE
Washingtonian," managed by J. +
Meagher, which is printed for circu
lation among the deaf and is q most
sheet. Only recently
daily paper published at Vancouver
turned over to the school for one day
the entire publication of it's edition.
The issue was a great credit to the
school and widely commented upon.
There is also laundry in this row,
where the laundry work is not only
done for this institution, but also for
the School for the Blind, which re-
duces the cost of maintenance to the
taxpayers.
The carpenter shop in this row is
we'll equipped, and regular courses il,
practical work are given. In the rear