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Show 54 The Deseret Eagle As noted in our previous issues a Territorial Conference of Charssoiiii-moii- t I'uIjIisIumI lily the Ulali School lor t lie DcsiK ities was held in this citv on the 2nd inst. It was attended by repEditor. Frank W. Mstcalf, higher plane aud lit them for the Mgh position of American citizenship. "We all rec gnlze the right of every child in free America to a lree education. A child who may be born deaf or blind, or oecome so through accident or sickness should not forfeit its right in that respect. It is all the more entitled to it. Thanks to 'fortunate c our school was established as a part tf the highest educational institution in the teirritoy, and its educational nature has never been resentatives from the various Subscription. public and private charitable cents lor clioI year. institutions in the Territory. At Fifty (50) Advance. In the close of the session action was This paper is set it and taken looking to a permanent printed by the pupils in the organization as will be seen from Utah School roil the 1)i:ai the following from the Its object is to teach the art A TKRIil I0K1AL OlMSANl.lTlGX. questioned. of printing. Prof. Metcalf spoke, of the necessity The first effort to establish Ih-mh- Entirzd Lake City at the post office in as second class matter. sa111 i.ak.k c7itv, fi:biu;aiiy i:, Salt utah. isi.-s- . We have received Vol. I. No. of 77'' Ji'tttfc published al. Kays-villThe Dkskkkt Davis Co. Eaolk bids it welcome. May it live long and prosper. 1 e, The Gazette, published at the Western Pennsylvania Inslitu-tion- , has had a metamorphosis WvU-i'and conies out Tm I iiitxylrnnitni. The lirst number indicates that it will take hi&rli rank among the institution teriitorial organization to systematize charitable work and to of a secure needed legislation. Bishop Leonard heartily endorsed the suggestion and moved that, a committee consisting of one representative from each of the fifteen societies represented in the conference, be appointed to censider the matter aud report later on. The motion was carried am4 the president named Prot. Metcslf, I). W. Stafford, Dr. Pike, JJishop Leonard, Kev. Adams, Mrs. Mary Grant Majors, Mrs. 0. H. Itead, Mrs. L. llyams, E. M. Allison, Mrs. J. II. Ferry, Mrs. E. B. Wells, Mrs. Dr. Piatt, Mis Emma Mc('ornick, Miss Auna Biker, Mrs. C. Paddock. The following is taken from the published report of the ConIt is due the deaf throughout ference as given in the lbrnUL the country that the public, as EDUCATION OK THE DEAF. warned far as posible, be HoardProf. F. VV. Metcalf read the foil owing C. K. Sullivan a pretended ing report on the education of tlie deaf deaf mute, accompanied by his in U ab : wife, now traveling across the "As a preface to my leport on the m of tie deaf in Utah, I wish to country. He was exposed in the educiti i I am here today, not because Oregon $ittt and later in the say tat Ma;u:, and now tin ns up in Krinas Citv. His method seems to le to work Citv ami County elhVals for recommendations, donations and aid in anv form. the Utah school for the deaf is a charitable institution, m because I think the public should know more of our work than they dof and I am ylad to improve this opportunity of impatt- ing information regarding this branch of the public school sjsUin of our territory. People generally have an idea that a school lor the deaf (a deaf mute institution if you please), is some sort of an aylum, that its work is one He was given transportation from Salt Lake, by the County Court, worked" to Seattle. He had that lield and went the other way. lie M'cuicd letters of recom- of charily. mendation from several officials Many of the older sebco's have bad The institution of this city. press should give him and his A method flee advertising. worthless tramp such as this Sullivan has proved himself to he does much injury to the respectable deaf, through the notoriety he manages to secure. to wor'x lor years to make people see that the object of a school for the deaf was purely educational; that it was no more charitable than the district school, the normal school or the uni- They are all in a sense charit able, for they are the outgrowth of that spirit of benevolence which would lift every child in the community to a vt-isit- y. rcum-stacce- s, a school for dtaf mutes in Utah was made in 1883. In that year Mr. John Heck, of Lehi, whose three oldest sons were deaf mutes, sent a circular letter to ti e of tl e various wards in the bi.-ho-ps asking for inf rotation regarding deaf mutes. In tins way he secured a list of about fifty. "At about the same time William Wood, a resident of this cit, dicidt d to cduca'e his daf mute daughter, then 10 years old. For this purpose he took her to Colorado Springs, Uolo., and plaecd her in the Mate school there. The length of the journey ai d the expense incurred caused him to d termine to ty and uvea school established iu for V. edt af and dumb. Learning of Mr. Beck's tfforts in the same dinction te went to see him rt girding the matter. Tnis c nference resulted in the drawicg up t l a petition to the legislature, which convened in JanThis petition was presentuary, ed by Mr. Wood. This appeal met with a ready i espouse liom the legislators and an appropriation of $2,000 per annum was made with wh ch to educate a clas of deaf mule? in tr.e Uuiversity of De?eret. "In 1S30 $3,000 per annum was appn -uriated for the same purpose. "In 18SS the tirst and only law governing this school was passed. This ?aw provided for a building on the university grounds and tue Introduct- territory, 1 U-a- ion of trade instruction. "It'also provides that all Indigent deaf mutes of the territory should be educated free. "The legislature of 1SD0 made an appropriation to finish the buildiug commenced with the funds appropriated in 1SS8. Ol'KXING OK TIIK SCHOOL. "Soon after the granting of the appropriation by the legislature iu 1SS4 Dr. John li. Park, president of the University of Deseret, made ifforts to ecure a competent teacher lor any i''af mates who should apply at the university for instruction. None being fouud in the territory, he made applt- - |