Show WE E have noticed of lat late many articles articles articles arti arti- cles published in the daily dally papers pertaining to some of the questions questions- that will come come up before the State Convention Convention Convention Con Con- Con Con- j but there there is one part of the educational problem that seems to have been overlooked and that is the the- thes s subject of the education of the deaf We have been ask asked d if we thought that the State Constitution should provide some means for the solving of the deaf mutes of our our territory We believe it should Of course for an educational system of this kind to be enforced and carried out laws will have to be he enacted by future legislatures but the means should be provided for by our State Constitution We believe that the education of the deaf has been ne neglected not only in our own territory but throughout the I II 1 t gA entire country Nearly a quarter of a century ago Massachusetts etts took the lead in establishing a school of articulation articulation l lation tion and reading lip-reading for those who could neither hear nor speak There are now about fifteen or twenty good schools in the U United States that pay strict attention to this this' kind of in in- This number is is' insufficient and one of the places to establish and maintain a first first-c first class ass institution of this this' kind is right here in Salt Lake Utah should be determined ned to educate every deaf mute found within its bounds and should too adopt the latest and most advanced methods of teaching g The sign device is rapidly being done away with everywhere and the oral methods of G and Abbe de Lepie adopted ed- ed iri in its s stead ead We say by byall all means establish a school for the de deaf f. f Let us give speech to to the speechless j cultivate the mind Let tree the child of four senses be educated and in th the future deaf mutes wi will not be cl classed as pariahs of society but as intelligent mem members of the human race |