State Institutions and the Washington School for Defective Youth
A historical overview of the Washington School for Defective Youth in Vancouver, established Feb 3, 1886, to educate deaf, blind, and feeble minded youth. Details cover governance, funding, growth, segregation, curriculum, incarceration avoidance, and the 1901 Board of Control transfer, plus 1913 separation into Deaf and Blind schools. It notes teacher methods, student outcomes, and the role of the Progressive Party in state politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington School For
State of Washington
Vancouver
Clarke County
Vancouver Board of Trade
School For the
State Board of Control
Ernest Lister
Medical Lake
Thomas P Clarke
School For the Deaf and the
Blind
School For the Deaf
Board of Control
School For the Blind
School For
American Deaf Education Then and Now at Vancouver
The note recalls the silent and oral teaching methods dating from around 1670 and the American combined system now used at the Vancouver school. It highlights Gallaudet College in Washington as a national landmark for the deaf, funded by the federal government, with graduates prospering nationwide. Descriptions of the Vancouver site detail a 17 acre tract above the Columbia River with a brick administration building, a deteriorating rookery, and an appeal for a modern fire-proof replacement, with hospital and classrooms in adjacent wings and a chapel and dining areas nearby.
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State Board of Control
School For the
Gallaudet College
Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Gallaudet
Yeaf
United States
Europe
Washington
School For the Deaf
Vancouver
Columbia River
Mt. Hood
Fire protection features of furnace building described
The furnace room contains two 165 foot deep wells with 35 feet of water, two water tanks, an automatic starter for motor and pumps, pressure set between 40 and 60 pounds, fire extinguishers, and a four inch main connecting to the Oregon and Washington system. An auxiliary gas engine provides backup power and emergency fire protection.
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Oregon
Washington
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