El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19

II FL Paso is TO continue Its IN
struction of its deaf children, on q
scale that viii be adequate 70 tnelr
needs. it will be necessary Tor the
sfate 10 supply from s200 to $3.50 Tor
each student. in the opinion OF par
ents and school officials who nave
gone into the matter. Another teach
er viii have 70 be engaged as MISS
Johnson has resigned
In discussing the needs or dear
students Miss Johnson said that the
nearest state school is at Austin and
that this school cannot accommodate
all Of the deaf children IN the state.
II is her opinion that when locat
classes outgrow the sunset helshls
school IL would be desirable 70 have
a branch Of the state school mere
The parents Of pupils who receive
instruction here pay a tuition OF S4v
a month in some cases where they
can't afford TO do that the students
are given the instruction for less OF
TeacherS Lip Reading
The method Of instruction used by
Miss Johnson is lip reading. Miss
Johnson gives sclent1tic deFeiop-
mental teaching, which not only en-
ables the deaf children TO talk ana
understand without making signs,
but she develops their hearing and
speech so that If they continue the
courses over o period Of q few years
they learn 10 speak virtually as Wen
as IL they had never been mute ana
also acquire the ability to hear fair
A demonstration Of the work done
among deaf children by Miss Johnson
during the past year was given at the
teachers home at 1910 North oregon
street For the purposes Of the dem
onstration a beginner a more ad-
vanced student, and q tar advanced
student were used
Frances BIinebry, nine years old,
was taken for the beginner Sitting
opposite Miss Johnson the little girl
watched her teachers lips and point
ed TO the pictures Of animals Miss
Johnson named She did IL uner-
rinEIv Sometimes the instructor
would take the little girls hand and
place IL to the teachers lips and thus
communicate by vibration as well as
blythe shape her lips assumed In
speaking Frances can say a fewr
words and says them very distinctly
Child Bright and Cheerful.
Not long ago the little girl was
sick and lost some OF the ground she
had gained, but she is getting It
back. She can count we'll and de-
ponds less on the associative process
than many hearing children OF her
age. She is unusually bright and
cheerful. She has an ability in art
that is striking in one so young. She
sat and sketched the writer as he sat
talking to her mother and her teach
er and her caricature was 50 true II
caused an uprOar-
me second student taken was
Hamilton Binkleys 10 years old Ham
iltOn naturally understands more
words and can speak more than the
younger and less experienced stu
dent He says many words very dis
tinctly and with a few more years Of
careful coaching viii be able 70 vo-
calize almost. as well as anybody.
Hamilton is particularly apt at fig
ures. He added mp dozen columns
adults could do IT, The boy is above
the average in everything except his.
ability 20 hear and speak Hamilton
hears some things. among them the
ticking Of a watch. This he hears
better when placed on his forehead
than in his ears
shows Wonders Of EdueatiOn.
Alfred Peticolas. Is years old, is
one OF the most advanced deaf stu
dents in the city. He IS a striking
example Of what education viii do
for a boy who is naturally bright
and who has a good environment.
Miss Johnson read 10 Alfred from a
reader used for the instruction Of
deaf adults. He caught everything
without any vibra tory aid. excepting
a Few words that were similar. This
he does entirely by reading his teach
er's lips. He hears family il he is
shouted al in a distinct voice, but he
does not depend on hearing for his
Impressions. He speaks we'll He de-
scribed the school ne attended and
the rice growing industry with vir-
tually perfect grammar and accuracy.
He is somewhat more shy than the