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Show volume in. DEAF MUTE SALT LAKK CITY. UTAH, FEBRUARY 1. 1892. INSTITUTE On a sign be'ng g'ven they wrote their county; Lo Hawkins, Salt Lake,and names on the blackboard, and from Nephi L'rsn. Aksel Amundson made a fnnher signs by their teacher, Miss fret -- hand drawi ig from a plaster Stilller, Lerself a deaf mute, the pupils model during the exercises which was wiote on the board the names of diff- much admired Hut the cut jst featu-- e PUPILS. :0: AN INTERESTINGGrIVEM - ENTERTAINMENT 3Y THEM LAST MIGHT. :o:- Ilow llio Ilonl' .llulo Children ar I silica !(! Kxeellrnt Work by Some of Them Last was li lien fri jncU of the Insti-ut- actions of the evening was little Lillie Sift. they were able to understand what who prayed, "Now I Lay Me Down to te vrt'tn in to Sleep" on her knees in the signs verbs v j collection with the cours. Tiiree language. That captured the audience f t to above popils were born and ''took them ioto camp." As a number of the Legislators were deaf. Tn Mcord st p was illustrated 'y Mamie Wumrof Kne county, Elmo present, includirg the President of the IvrTi p of Salt Lake county, Joe Keeley Council and the Speaker of th House, f Salt Lake, Ole Pet tit ot Salt Lake, the two latter, Council Y II. Irvine erent - Atidieiiee 1I':immI. ;o: Tie cnapel at the Deaf Mute ion to aninuls, and from i- e lajt evening with the S.muf irst'u itn sh the - Port- r of Sevit-- county, These nave si nd ltd two years, and tht-i- r proticieicy was marked. The natural sigulaigusge vas shown by Lizzie Wood, Salt Lake, and Uathern Had-lec1 - r exhibition given by the pupils of their proficiency, and to show what is possible to accomplish in line of deaf mute instruction. It was an enjoyable Ouden. The loimer described a occasion, t:d tnere was not person ga' bering pt aches, cunauts, grapes in that puJlence but who wished and cherries in a very natural and g:'d peed to Principal Metcalf in his amusing way, and the young man took txed'ect work. off the elepnuut, lion, t urkey haw k and Mr. Metcalf opened the exercises by mouk j to perfection. The last occasistatirg that few people had any idea oned much rueiiiment. The exeicise now deaf mute children wt re educated. in lip reading under the direction of It was stiveuty-flv- e years since the first one of the teachers, Miss Z )rnaugh,was scho l was estubisbed, and there an watttu d with decided interest and was now seventy seven schools in th! very well done. Thexxiii. ISalm was country, containing thousands of repeated in thi sign langu'jgu by children. T.ne S:ilt Lake school was iOnr pupils in a aUng and reverential in sixe, and had forty-liv- e maion r, and a concerted song by f our the forty-fift- h pupils, fourteen being girls. As girls aiid four bojs, also in the si-- n to what these children did after lai guaue, was very well received. The the schools, the speaker song was the lullaby song in 11 The Old read from an Ohio report showing that Homestead," and some one out in the they worked at all the trades nd hall sang the words while the deaf various other callings in which they mutes. k, grad-uiungfr- NUMBER 9 om did very w 11, and it was noticed that WENT 1LKOUGH THE SMJNS. very few, if practically any, entered Tae advaiced laigusge exercise was into frivo'ous callings. ll strated dy Earl Moore, Emery The address of welcome was delivercounty, Amelia Comer, Utah county, ed by Libbie DeLong ot Garfield Libb:e I) Long Garilield outy,and county, who became deaf at r years of John Clark, They did remarkably well, agp, and could only hear by shouting especially thu youngest, John Clark, a in her ear. She lively boy and "as bright as they 'em." Sl'OKH REMARKABLY WELL, Joseph Olorenshaw of this city gave a though she could not hear herself talk. humorous recitation in pantomime The first step in teaching the deaf was requiring his takiug three different illustrated by the followins; pupils parts, and he did It to the entire satisElgin Jicohson of Davis county, Kuth faction and amusemeBt of the audience. Carper of Utah county, Ada Davis, of Mechanieal drawings of high excelleu Beaver county, Lillie Swift, of Salt ce were shown by Earl Moore, Emery Lake, Pearl Ault of Utah county, county, Andrew Madden, San Pete and Apostle Lyman and ex M"lville were called on and they responded with short speeches, the drift of which was that the Legislature would do all in its power for the institution. The remarks were interpret! d in the sign language by Principal Metcalf. After the excises, the visitors looked over the schoolrooms where the handiwork of the pupils was displayed . Thre were excellent evidences of skill in the way of woo 'carving and carpentering, in writtimr, exreise work , net die work, drawing, designing, arch itectural vork and in other lines of endeavor. It was a very instructive exhibit, and when the visitors left the building all expressed themselves as highly pleased The instil' ion needs $!." roo for the year ending June W, ISM and a little over tIS.COO for the 181M. The chances year ending Jane are that the money will be appropri- ated. Tribune. 1 History Uevisel, Teacher Who was George Washington? Dick Hicks He was the first nt who never told a lie. Jury. public building, the Territorial Deaf Mute institute, the capital and natural sras. These are only a few of the things coming to Provo, and wit h a prosperous season and a bounteous harvest ahead of us, why should wc not be be happy? The Despatch, A flOO.Pno |