| Show EDUCATION OF DEAF MUTES by br petition of mr hir wm woods the subject of the education of mutes has been brought to the attention of the legislature it appears from fro in information obtained by tuy that gentleman that there are forty two persons belonging to that unfortunate class residing in the territory there are no facilities for educating them and it is to be hoped that favorable action will be taken upon the petition pe the nearest institution where mutes are arc taught is in colorado and the expense of taking a pupil there there and return alone is such as to bar poor people from its benefits while the educational course is for the school year of nine months the progress made by the pupils of the coloa colorado ao institution which is sustained bya by a light state tax appears to be very marked mr nin woods woods little girl became an inmate some time last october and inside of five months she has learned to write there being before us a letter in a fair hand written by her and addressed to her father the in ution is admirably conducted as we know from personal observation and is a credit to the state and a nd the thi lady and gentleman in charge of the establishment but some steps should be taken or some means provided in this territory to enable parents who have deaf and dumb children to keep them close to home while they are being educated that they should be bd educated is beyond question as the information and facilities for mental exercise imparted by that means must necessarily conduce to make the their thein ir lives more or less associated with wit h sadness more cheerful and less burdensome besides an entirely uneducated element in society is dangerous danger ons or in any event comparatively useless it has been suggested that temporary tein tern arran arrangements ments could be made by bv devot g a part of the territorial insane asylum S gumto to the purpose of deaf dea f mutes we are not prepared at present to advocate the adoption of this suggestion it has some objections one of which is that there should be none but the most cheerful and intelligent outside associations with an institute for the education of mutes even E ven the approximate closeness of people bereft of reason appears repugnant to us in that connection the subject Is in the hands of the council committee on education who will doubtless make an intelligent report upon it such as the assembly ambe will be prepared to adopt |
