| Show thy present school for the education of the deaf ans established in 1884 as a department of the university of utah and remained as lucli until when utah was admitted into the union at which time it became a se institution with a land grant of acres and a governing board of five trustees the of the school wag duci to the efforts of sir win wood and mr jolin beck of salt lake city both of whom were parents of deaf children A daughter of mr wood miss lizzie was the first pupil enrolled august 20 since that anne two hundred and six deaf children have received the inna fits offered by the institution of this number eighteen have grad bated and have been awarded diplomas COLLEGE STUDENTS two of these graduates miss elizabeth DC long and mr john dark bogli of utah lizec recently completed five years courses in arts and science at the nation il college for the deaf washington D C miss do long is now a teacher in the school while mr dark holds an important position in the library at washington one other graduate miss lillian swift of salt lake if now one of the leading of college washington D C while another graduate mr eimo V kamp of safford ariz lias just become a student of physical training in yale university tho enrollment of tho school by years is as follows S 1 I 14 1 l ag 18 liag sa 18 la as 18 81 37 1889 00 41 1890 01 37 1801 02 45 1892 0 44 50 1894 05 52 ISM clr K isac aa 71 SI 1000 01 W 70 1001 02 1902 03 82 of this years enrollment of eighty pupil 2 are arizona 4 from wyoming Vy oming 11 from idaho anil ca from iyih last year twenty new pupils were admitted this year fourteen new onea have already filtered hiie institution first established tas conducted as n boarding and te of indigent indi yent pupils were anict by the respective counties ebli plan proved unsuccessful and in 1888 the territory assumed the burden of maintenance the of and 1800 with which to build and equip a chool for hie deaf on university square this build ehg was occupied by the school from december 1889 to august when alie institution ond its effects were removed to its present permanent home formerly the territorial Terri tortal inform school the location of alic institution in alio rity is all that could be dc for an institution of its character ogdan ia alie railroad center of the state and the deaf and the blind pupils may bo sent from almost any point ia this inter region without change of cars n most important consideration the site of alic school upon a high plateau and in the most healthful part orthe city is a splendid feature the buildings are large handsome brick and itono stono structures well ventilated heated aind lighted and adapted to the of the deaf they arc sur by lawns beds of flowers orchards fann and garden all of add to their beauty and value and make a home of which the city and the state may well be proud NOT AN ASYLUM the institution is a school not an asylum as many suppose its aim is to miss wilhelmina educate mentally morally and physical ir all of alio deaf lumb and blind children entrusted to its carp and in as great a measure as po foible to prepare to become self supporting and valuable of alie state to accod this desired end it is necessary to have an experienced corps of teachers and instructors COURSE OF STUDY the oursa of study now being taught in the school for alio deaf comprises abo common branches such as language reading writing arithmetic geography grammar history physiology civics physics etc the deaf boys are taught by skilled workmen such trades as carpentry cabinetmaking cabinet making makins printing farming horticulture black painting and barbering while alic deaf girls receive special in in art cooking sewing fancy work and general housework TJ instruction the object of tho school H to provide a practical education to all children of the stale who are too deaf or too dumb to be benefited in the public schools and to make them as nearly self supporting as possible in order to do tah well equipped shops aro provided where the boys anro given dally instruction under competent tradesmen the class au carpentry saves the ansti a prasit prosit amount of morcy ay peeping alio buildings in repair the emya in aliis cla have recently built a hay barn a hennery a greenhouse an ice house a tool house a coal and have chairs j tables desks sideboards side boards doors and many articles of furniture for the institution the shoemakers turn out shoes for almost every pupil in school and do all the repair work necessary for the institution household THE UTAH EAGLE from alio llio institution printing ohice a school paper the butali eale is issued it is a neat and attractive publication li of sixteen pages edited by the faculty the object of the eagle is first to the art of printing to a number of pupils second to aid in alio wark of the school and encourage the habit of reading amons the pupils third lo 10 keep the parents and fi bends of the pupils in close touch with the itah school and tho methods employed in the education of the deaf the volta bureau at washington D C considers this little paper a most excellent publication and recently sent for one hundred copies to distribute abroad saying the publication as a whole lias really not been excelled by any of its contemporaries both as to substance and skill the boys who are learning to be barbers find plenty to do keeping half a hundred heads well trimmed they shave you as smoothly and easily as you might wish and seldom say a word in the blacksmith shop all kinds of work arc done tools arc made and alic various rudiments rudi menta of tho trade taught DOMESTIC SCIENCE the hospital building which was completed two years ago but which biad never been used is now occupied by all the larger deaf gills cheso young women arc daily receiving instruction in a systematic course of domestic science certain hours are devoted to dressmaking cooking art fancy work plain sewing housework and in fact everything pertaining to that science THE DEAF SPEAK one important feature of the regular class instruction is the teaching of speech and lip reading A large percentage of the so called deaf and dumb children are only deaf and can be to speak and understand by the movement of a speakers lips what is said of the eighty pupils in alic school fully eighty per cent are receiving oral instruction many of these arc able 0 o converse readily with anyone THE BLIND utah established in 1894 a school for the blind which was opened september 30 the school for the blind i conducted as a department of the school for the deaf it is governed by the same board and has the sanio superintendent the present enrollment is sixteen blind children this may a small but it is greater than last year fortunately for the state of utah ro very few blind children in tho this school aims to colloy the lines in the best schools of the blinds in the the courses of study arc pursued and U ia intended to make tho pupils if not wholly partially scalf supporting the education of the blind 13 still in its infancy scarcely one hundred years having elapsed sinco any effort was made to ameliorate their darkened condition in an which the writer recently read it wn thought in 1837 that alio blind would never learn to read since iliev could not possibly hope to read eyes and their great dislike to read with fingers could never be overcome since many who were in 1 mav john tf president mrs A B corey F W judge M L Hit rhio LA 1 in the blind that of them they were left to their own device and the great majority became mendicants mendi cants or subsisted on hie charities of others not even grateful for alie crust thrown to them a condition which is not to be wondered at when they had never been raised 0 o tho full stature of man j As the blind ennst anso the sense of touch in acquiring knowledge it became necessary to a system af raised or characters for them within have alic past centary cent dry several conic into use but it remained for sir loties braille a talented blind man and teacher in the school at paris to and anyone desirous of iu and learning what is done for aliese unfortunate classes willow welcomed isoard OF jolin walson president ogdan mrs F corcy carcy ogdan miss maud may babcock salt lake cily morris ij salt T abc city chambers ogdan brank M brigg drigg OF francos X eddi ara S 1 krausa do lons king OF THE PLIND sara hehe S io culture clara V eddy art elizabeth MauK lian domestic joseph music L W ford music achi larson carpentry 1 11 M bond printing 1 david tocol blacksmith ln ida hammock waving fancy albeit basket 0 it horticulture mrs M irtha shields matron geo W baker M D physician edgar A bjerk and bookkeeper max boys supervisor clara V jicy supervisor 0 11 foreman of grounds i 1 1 i RAILROAD TO CARE FOR A BOY the pennsylvania to educate a boy who saved a train john alio is 11 years old an 1 I livols in principio md recently anci alic colonial from poleg into a railroad has placa libin on the payroll and will give a college education it bo de abrea 1 to be a fireman however ii father and mother arc dead and lia lives with hh sister whilo walking along the track lie discovered the out just before alic was due he stripped off his coat and dashed down y the tracks until he caught sight of tho express hying along nac 6 sixty coile an w pait waving the coat above hh head he waited until the train camo lo 10 a stop and then explained the situa tion when the passengers camo tumbling out of the cars to fecca aliat had caused the stop alio boy had disappeared the railroad ciali instituted an tion and succeeded in learning who it wai that had slopped the train A representative of the railroad went to principio a few days ago and hunted the boy up lie was told that the railroad company was anxious to do something eom ething for him and ho was asked what he would liko beat in tho world lie thought for a long time finally confessed that ho know and vas told that ha could go through college and icahn any trade he cared to fc elect 1 I guess id rather be a fireman than anything he said lie was told to take a year to think it over in and if he was of the samo mind at the end of that time his flisa would be granted MAIN BUILDING OF THE STATE SCHOOL FOE THE DEAF DUMB AND BLIND perfect a system of dots by means of I 1 hiah the blind could become rapid readers he biad long felt hiat the system of raised letters in the roman type did not meet the needs of the blind sinco they could not be transcribed by them consequently lie put forth efforts to adapt a system of dots to their requirements itis generally pene rally admitted by instructors odthe blind ahat the intelligent tell igent blind are tho best judges of their own needs alio work in the schools for alie blind is divided into three departments literary musical and industrial within the past ten years the advancement mado in their education is very and aliis advancement is duo loathe excellent inventions and appliances which have been devised to suit their needs for example in in writing what is known as the II system j named after its inventor alie blind at first used a elitc designed to make impressions pres on paper by means of a pointed instrument called the stylus but now by means of a machine similar to the typewriter they arc enabled to write with fecat rapidity and ease there has also been devised a stereotype maker on which impressions arc made on bras platea and from each of these plates thousands of sheets can case bo printed for the use of the ils they pursue hie jamr course of as sighted brothers and sis bersand ter sand their is very encouraging cou raging to their instructors very much of the instruction ia given in the form of lectures although they havo special to aid them in ob t considerable knowledge j the eyes arc placed in the finger lips so to speak and know ledge of material objects bilings is brought to them by handling in the maps aro dissected and by examining each piece blind are enabled to learn alic contour and location of the places in alio world besides writing their own system of dots the blind arc taught script and many become very good writers in that way many practice on alie typewriter and acquire as great facility na tho sighted in the use in arithmetic aey iio a curious slate consisting of they set in in octagonal cell the position of the type indicating alic number iy ay means of they aap enabled to as far nf any pupil in arithmetic and many advance into hielmer ma the blind pupi of the ft ah i besides recoiling a literary education have the advantage or private training in music of chich they are alic usually BO instructors give them leg sons in vocal culture in addition to all this the blind boys am taught shoe makin ff cane hammock making etc while the blind iraln are learning mat weaving sewing hammock making crocheting knitting etc OF SISTER STATES arizona our neighbors laiho wyoming and recognize the educational standard and character of the institution and send children be educated to it every vear to others will be admitted from these localities upon application to of public of idaho or arizona or the secretary of ia tato board of charities of wyoming and reform VISITORS WELCO wa the institution us liaa arrendy bean said is a state tc hool erol supported by gen residents res identa appropriation of itis it is free to all the stale and its boora ita wi lamb and JP J P gai ini ton it H open to the public |
