Show rion arion arlon TION OF DEAF MUTES bt esert I 1 her revly remmy TO PROF WHITE ivill abuce a I 1 SALT Q LT LAKE city 1 I 1 wit sept aw att ati emer ewer ret news ivl ivi e S tle tie in his communication of Bl ut wet tet falls fall to bring adv arga wast st my statement that the i ic wl methods viz articulation 1 l fading ft ding with the sign sn method tea bea tsa conceded by the best edul edu edn tobe the best system foredt 31 3 wl children and that ow d be primarily taught what tsy 0 il 0 A yale A al mahd phoi phol 1 children should be invariably i t and a degree of ay 0 m iy lcy icy arrived at in speaking and lyoo cidlik before they are allowed to raire oaire elye elve 6 instruction by signs for if lila flis ait att Win ethod Is taught them first if b y ever dver er learn to speak well after F ft question may be asked can deaf 1 at or 2 lil lii ill be educated to talk and to sui sul atud speaking people I 1 say a y M bleil leara learn ere e the question asked C can a n bi ibara learn to write and read fad 1111 ealr aquire fl a fairly good ase education idu cation I 1 would say gay they their can mr nir whites whitens own case is proof proof of this for he not only realis reauis rea ds well bu but bat writes well and I 1 should infer from his bis writing wilting that he is a fairly educated gentleman his beautiful and accomplished wife in boint point of education appears to even etter better advantage forshe for sor she bhe talks well and fluently and readily understands all that is said to her by hearing and speaking spie aking people hot lot a long iong on g time ago I 1 met the lady jady in company with her husband riding out into the country when she made some inquiries in regard repard to the road which they were to travel her language was plain the uhe words well spoken and in turn she as easily understood me by reading the motion of my lips as I 1 did her well s spoken 0 ia en language PI imagine M in my when I 1 found th that av mr white did not comprehend one word that passed between us mrs IV W ac acting tingas as interpreter and sad by signs conveying to him what was said in re fering to ta the taxpayers mr air white loses ground for lor the taxpayers of utah want their taxes used for the benefit of al all ali 1 and because an an article can be bo bought u g h t athala price it does not make it as valuable in n their eyes as one that costs double the money if it Is worth incomparably more mr white again states that articulation and ind lip reading are only forthe for lor the favored few ad aed and then goes coes onto on to say ask AskIN miss 1199 rogers rog rs if it is not so prof H B rogers A al phd if she is the ode one to whom he liti refers says directly to ty the contrary all deat deaf children excepting excepts g the few who are realia really dumb can be benefited bv by being taught tau t articulation and I 1 ip reading r 11 01 of course all of df these children are not benefited alike auke by their opportunities of education any more than are ate hearing children still mr white flaunts his sign method in the laces faces of the parents of these unfortunate little ones and invariably tries to clinch his arguments by stating that life Is too short to teach their children the better bettor way that is to talk as other people talk and unar understand hearing bearing and speaking people I 1 said in referring to my own child that the progress was slow but jt W was a progress in the right direction which no argument of the gentleman can controvert tr I 1 stated that in my opinion the university of deseret had made a mistake in employing a deaf deal mute lor ion the introductory deac teaching ing lug of this class and see no reason to change mv my remarks but bu I 1 alithe aalthe information I 1 can gather from mr air whites argument only confirms what I 1 before said his hia hum numerous erous allusion to moses mistakes by ingersol are tire wll well enough but the mistakes of ingersol by moes closes would be far more entertaining life Is not nott too short art la Is not to toy long jong and these deaf dh children ildren lidren can learn the art of spda speaking king and the arc of understanding der standing spoken lau lan language guage it they are taught primarily in a proper manner I 1 must agree with prof gaudelet Jau delet that the deaf mute when educated can teach deaf deat mutes but their teaching should be confined to that class of deaf deat chil chii children childryan drAn who through some congenital or acquired deformity of the vocal choras chords and the organs of speech in general are unable to make an intelligent tell teil igent sound and whose only hope of communication with their fellows is lap p the sign method time will not now permit me to continue this sub subject jeet respectfully S S 13 YOUNG |