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Bat an increased appropriation Is great!? needed. Within a lew years it has boen ascertained that all deal mates wbosa organs of speech are period can tie taught articulation. Thor can bo taught to both understand, the speech of other* and to speak themselves,by the motions of the lips. This may seam incredible; but aearJy ©wry each state institution now contains a teaoher for this new branch of!n strnoLion. It is thought that at least half of the pupils hi Mr. Connor'h charge can be given the blessings of speech, although totally and hopelessly deaf. Should the Rate withhold Buch ' blessings from her unfortunate children 7 One other matter demands attention from the next legislature; and if that body would agree to let itself be transported to Cave Spring it could quickly and surely see what we are about to briefly present. More room is needed, absolutely needed. The ptesent building Is too fim*JL to accommodate the present number of pupils, about seventy five all told. There are only two Bleeping apartments for the girla, about twenty In number* These two rooms are not huge enough for half that number. Health, U not decency, demands that sdch crowding should be dlecontmtxde. There are in the state about 600 white deaf-mutes, one half of whom are of the right ago te receive the benefit* of fill* institution. Not over fifty of Ihe three hundred have parents who can support them away from home. The state owes the balance a living. This Is not humanity simply; it is duty, law. Now, the question Is simply this: Ib It not more economical and altogether btt gt in every respect to give these unfortunate children an education that will enable them to become self-supporting dtfrons than to let them become a charge upon the public and a burden to themselves? Fritting Christianity and humanity aside, is It not the true interest of tbefltate to help them In order that they may help themselves T Thethree hundred are waiting. Will the state helpthem? Or will it con sigh them to pauperism and a living death? If the legislature of 1818 would spend six hours at the Institute as the excursionists of Wednesday did, there would be no doubt as to their answers. A naw building would be erected within six months, and a teacher of articulation would be engaged within thirty days.tm- •
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Atlanta Daily Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Fri, Jun 28, 1878
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