Download or read book Seventh Report of the Board of Directors and Officers of the California Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, to the Governor of the State of California, for the Two Years Ending Sept. 30, 1867 (Classic Reprint) written by Deaf Dumb and Blind California Inst and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Seventh Report of the Board of Directors and Officers of the California Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, to the Governor of the State of California, for the Two Years Ending Sept. 30, 1867 During the last two years a warm discussion has been carried On in various prominent journals at the East, elicited by the pro posed introduction into American schools for the deaf and dumb of this method. The measure has found most earnest advocates. Because these advocates are, without exception we believe, men practically unacquainted with the present modes in vogue among deaf mute instructors is no conclusive argument that they are wrong. Neither is an isolated case or two of successful articula tion conclusive evidence that they are right. The discussion has now culminated in what we have long desired to see, the estab lishment of a school, at Northampton, Mass, where the system is to be tried under the auspices of those who ardently believe in the practability of teaching articulation. We need no further argument, but rather a comparison of results, not between Ger many and America where the results are obtained in diverse lan guages, and translated into the exaggerated hyperboles of inex perienced visitors, but between Northampton and Hartford or New York, where pupils educated in the use of a common language can be brought face to face, in the presence Of professional experts. Let the test be for mental development, and not for parrot utter ances, and if that test prove the superiority of the German system over the American, we can assure the able Chairman-of the Massa chusetts Board of State Charities, that no professional pride will prevent the speedy introduction of that system into the California school for the deaf and dumb. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.