. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . uarez, 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 illustriou
. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . uarez, 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 institution. The System of Teaching. The system then followed in teaching was that of the Abbede IEpee, the basis of which consists in natural pantomime ormimicry, to which are added such conventional signs or will give said language a grammatical character, rendering-its construction easy thioughout its modifications. By thissystem Don Pablo Velasco, Don Luis Jimenez, and Don Jose. l:O01I FOB CLAS \ND PUBLIC EXEECISES. Maria Marquez graduated, and the respective diplomas ofprofessorship were issued to them b}^ the Government. Mr. Huet died, and the Supreme Government aj^pointedProfessor Marquez in his stead, by suggestion of the presi-dent of said School, Don Ramon I. Alcaraz. In 1883, at the initiation of the president of the establish-ment, the Supreme Government commissioned Mr. Marquezto go to Europe for the purpose of studying the different sys-tems employed in teaching in the schools for the deaf anddumb, and he was there honored by the appointment of acting-member and representative of Mexico in the International The National School of Mexico. 7 Congress of Instructors of the Deaf and Dumb held in Brus-sels, to the deliberations of which he contributed his share bydefending the purely oral system, which was approved by thesaid Congress, as the best way or means of communication toenable the deaf an
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