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Show THE DESERET EAGLE. 72 will of pointing to the bread, and beckonchildren our a of lite number THE DESERET EAGLE. write out "Please hand go nome in June for the first time. To ing to him, MAILT UKK the parents of these we specially refer. me the bread." ITY, UTAH, Of course there will be times when MAY Ml, 1S02. In the first place you probably have not I read The Optic iu past years ; aud so your child wi nut know what you DUItlXG have no idea of what we wish you to mean, for these little ones as yet PUBLISHED but prac-tic- e THE SCHOOL YEAR. do; and in the next place we consider know very littleislanguage, of this sort spiendid trainirg this flrdt vacation of a deaf child a very his own family will advance' For school year--Important ff lir. Scuu of these little lor him, aui it Advertising rales made known on ones came to us very badly spoiled. not help him, who else will? Q SKMI-M0XT1IL- Y n 8-34- 1 application. They had been petted and humored until they supposed that their word The object of this paper is to was law their wishes the most imporWe believe teach the art of printing to the tant thing in the world. that no child chauges as mrcb in a year pupils in the Utah School for as the deaf child do s the first year at school. A very different child vviil the Deaf. come to you, from tie one you brought Address all communications and us in the fall, and we think a much better one. You may De very ture subscriptions to has beeu tniuking of THE DESERET EAGLE, your little one this going home and of how he will Salt Lake City, Utah. act at home. Very probably he or she Entered at the post office iii Malt Lake city as will drop back'at once into old habits. If he used to mike a perfect slave of second class matter. you and a nuisance of himself, be will Fit AX It W. JIKTCALF, KIHTOIt. probably tiy to do it again, but there will be this great difference; if you him firmly to understand that the The following from the Optic give for that sort of thing has passed, day is just to the point and should be he will give up to the new idea quite read and acted upon by parents. cheerfully and quickly. A great deal of patient, loving work has been expended here in teaching your little In a few weeks our school will close, one to behave, quite as much ns in You and our pupils will go home, to spend teaching him to read or write. can reap the benefit of this at home the long summer vacation, with their at once, if you will be fiim for the friends and parents, under very differ- first few or by giving up, when ent circumstances and surroundings you knowdays; you ougit not to, you can from those that they have been accus- raise your child, with one set of tomed to for months past. manners for you and the people at We beg leave to repeatand to emphahome, and a very different set for us size what we have so often said before at school. It depends on you, and to the parents of our children : Treat you only. them as nearly as possible, Just as you There is one way in whi?b you can would if they could hear. render very material aid to your child. On the one hand do not pet and spoil Talk to him. Tell him anything and them, but make them understand clearly everything that will interest him. It and distinctly that they have duties and you are going to town, tell him. If which deafness from responsibilities you are going to plough corn, say to does not exempt them. Let them know him, 4,Iam going to ploagh the corn that they are expected to do their share Do not say, "I plough corn.'1 of the work that falls to persons of Perhaps you will say you cannot talk their age and strength, and that no spec- to him. Taat is just the point, Learn ial allowance is to be made for them, how. Learn the flDger alphabet. You and no distinction shown in your treat- can flad no more interested or enthument of them, siastic teacher than your own child, On the other hand, be very sure who will think teaching, father an J that you do your part fully to them. mother to spell the best kind of fun. See that as much, at least, of your Take your first lesson the conversation is addressed to them as your child gets home, and very it day keep up to their hearing brothers and sisters. till you can spell easily and Treat them so that they cannot pos- and can do what is much swiftly, harder, sibly feel that their parents only take read your child's spelling. Till you the trouble to speak to them, or to can do that, write to him. Get a little make themselves understood, when slate and pencil and keep writing to him. Wncn you are at the table instead there is some work to be done. to-da- y." God has given you this deaf child, and it is your duty to do what ycu can for him or her. Of coure, if you nad your own way, the child would not be deaf, but unfortunately tbat is oue of the things you cauuot 1 ave your own way about, Take tue ouly way left you, uud oe as perfect and as loving a father or inothur to your till iciec little one, as your ability whl let you. welcome another institution paper. The Silent Echo from the Manitoba Schowi at Winipeg. Our Canadian fiit'iida are to be congratulated on the excellence of the first number. We shall watch with interest the developWe ment of their engraving We were agreeably surprised the first of the month on finding in our mail a new paper from the Washington school called THE WASHINGTON! AN, The first number is certainly without a peer among our exchanges. We bid it a hearty welcome. Tae county teachers met yesterday in tiie University building. Tae first exercise on tue programme was a lesson in drawing by Professor D. H. Augsburg. Tue teachers were then enter taint- d by Miss Clark with a recitation. Professor Metcaif, with a class ot his pupils, then illustrated the methods usud in teachibg tne deaf. Miss S.ifihr, a teacher in the deaf mute department of Utah University, first conducted a recitation showing how the deaf are taught reading and wriiiug. Miss Zorbaugn, another teacher, theu showed how the pupils are taught hp reading and articulation. The were teachui highly entertained with the exercises, and extended a hearty vote of thanks to Professor Metcalf and his assistants for the interes.iug and instructive exercise-S- alt Lake Tribune May, 1st. - |