. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . was started;and encouraged by an ardent zeal to extend to Mexico thebenefits he had before spread in Brazil, where, at Rio Janeiro,he had established the Imperial Institute for the Deaf andDumb with the aid of that countrys government, he presentedhimself to the philanthropist Don Jose Antonio Fonseca,whose learning and patriotism were widely known, and ex-plained to him his object, soliciting, at the same time, hisefficient and well-deserved influence in obtaining official The National School of Mexico. 5 patronage, indispensable at th
. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . was started;and encouraged by an ardent zeal to extend to Mexico thebenefits he had before spread in Brazil, where, at Rio Janeiro,he had established the Imperial Institute for the Deaf andDumb with the aid of that countrys government, he presentedhimself to the philanthropist Don Jose Antonio Fonseca,whose learning and patriotism were widely known, and ex-plained to him his object, soliciting, at the same time, hisefficient and well-deserved influence in obtaining official The National School of Mexico. 5 patronage, indispensable at that time to the realization of hisscheme. The moral feelings of Mr. Fouseca having been vividly-touched, he accepted with enthusiasm the scheme, and profit-ing by his intimate friendship with Don Ignacio Trigueros,then the president of the common council, and who was a manof learning and of noble feelings, succeeded in inducing thisgentleman to favor so worthy an object, and to such an extentas to overcome each and every difficulty that was met with, as. COUBT AND VESTIBULE. well as to authorize the establishment of the School, which waslocated in a small department of the building formerly occu-pied by the extinct college of San Gregorio, in which placenow stands the Industrial School. Constitutional order having been re-established through-out the country, the illustrious Don Benito Juarez, wishing toforward his humanitaiian purposes, issued a decree on No-vember 28, 1867, nationalizing the said school, which to thatdate had been under the control of the municipality, ordering,at the same time, the said establishment to be moved to thebuilding it now occupies, and the same to be denominated Escuela Normal deProfesores y Profesoras para la enseiianzade sordo-mudos —that is to say, Professional Normal School G The National School of Mexico. for the Deaf and Dumb. Hence, the truth of the assertion thatto the illustrious Juarez is due the credit of having foundedthis charitable
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