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; a iiTicrL ation: » Kilifnr of the liulum Stain Journal: 1 ^j Some months ago iny attention was failed j to an artiela wicli was going 11m ror.nds of j i the no M's papers on the subject of Ira eking | tlt; j Jiraf «VnIts to articulate, and rend from tfm , A: ! lips if ol!u:r persons while (hr// v:cre s/icah ittg. Mr ! The article I bad every reason to believe iri i iVom iny own experience, as well as infor-jsi i (nation, was exaggerated, but 1 am m-vor in j b 1 a hurry to make an unnecessary emit rad io- •. b i tiun, and 1 now leisurely submit the follow- j j ing extracts I'roni a letter of lire Rev. Thu. |o ! 11. Ciallaudet to myself, dated IIurLlurd, Ct., ! w j lOlh July, 1844. j bj Afr. (jailaudet’s opinions arc entitled to i f=: ; great weight. ilo visited .sonic of the j a j schools fur deaf mutes in (»rcat Britain and [I. Idurope inure than 2d years ago, and for some || months studied tlic sign language in the j i Royal Institution for Deal .Mutes at Pa- b Iris, thou under the charge of the bonovo- J lt;•» j lent, and venerable Abbe Sicard. On .Ur. jo i (iailaudet’s return to America our first per. • w ! maucnl school for deal’ mutes was opened j p j under his charge assisted by a mule teacher j)| whom be brought from the Drench Instilu- jtion. About Mr. ('.lullaudut resigned 1liis connexion as Principal oi the American j Asylum, but he still remains a life director j of the same, and is the present chaplain ot the llvireat jur til1 Insane'* at ilarllord, Ct. j {.11 As to the subject of leaching deaf mutes | ^ to articulate and understand what is said to i v them, I think that Air. Alann's statement is j s greatly overdrawn,—not intentionally, but j t; lie had not time and opportunity then uglily jy to silt the matter, and, undoubtedly those U, institutions, which he visited, in wh.ch articulation was taught, made the most of it. v-i do not yet see reason to change the r round • which I iiave always taken on this subject, j j. Yet 1 mean to keep my mind open to cjnvic- | tion, whenever truth, facts, and practical I i utility may lead the way. Thu proportion J a j of deaf mutes, especially of those bom so, j Jj 1 who can be taught to articulate we 1, and j p periectly to understand what is said t.o them j ], by all persons, I apprehend to be con para- j n lively small. The process of teaching them ; j is an exceedingly tedious ami laborious one, very irksome to themselves, and consumes an s immense deal of time which had better, in j most cases, be devoted to their improvement \ [in writing and reading the English lan-; ^ | guage correctly, in other branches of useful | v j knowledge, in the acquisition of religious ! truths, and of the means of obtaining alive- j11 lihood.“Put we shall soon liavc a lair, enlarged1and candid view of this whole subject. The j ^ Directors of the Asylum, as you will sec j from our late annual He port which 1 send ■ J i you by this day’s mail, have scut Mr. V* eld' ^ j to Europe to visit the Institutions for Deaf; j I .Mutes, and to examine thoroughly this sub-! j jsct of teaching them to articulate. The 1 f result of l»is inquiries will be published, and ; j you shall have a copy of the Pamphlet. j , ‘‘Natural signs, improved and rendered; ‘ copious and precise by art, and methodical j , signs to a proper extent, cannot in my op in-j ‘ ion, ever be given up in the instructions of| j deal’ mutes without imnrmse loss. The for- j ? njer report of the Asylum, arid the Ainori-j „ can Encyclopedia—article deaf and dumb— contain my views at length on 1 his subject.”I bus you see the way is open for the public to shortly, gain full and correct information on this subject, and the public may also depend that the Honorable Board of Trustees of the Indiana Asylum will avail themselves of all the improvements in the art of Leaching deaf mutes that they may deem desirable in common with the othyr schools fcr mutes which make no monopoly of thoir system. Yours truly,WILLIAM WILLARD. Indianapolis, Aug, 12, 1844.
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Fort Wayne Indiana State Journal
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Sat, Aug 17, 1844
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