. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . The second year of the School opened the first day of October, 1884-,with four pupils—F. B., who was eight years old; G. H., five; P. R.,four and a half, and S. , P. sister, three ; all of them born deaf. G. H. was in the School during its first year and had made progress 14 Dr. Bells Private Experimental School. enox;gh to furnish a foundation for future work. He could speak manywords distinctly, and remembered well the exercises he had learned thefirst year, reading readily such sentences as Walk to the door, andshowing his com
. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . The second year of the School opened the first day of October, 1884-,with four pupils—F. B., who was eight years old; G. H., five; P. R.,four and a half, and S. , P. sister, three ; all of them born deaf. G. H. was in the School during its first year and had made progress 14 Dr. Bells Private Experimental School. enox;gh to furnish a foundation for future work. He could speak manywords distinctly, and remembered well the exercises he had learned thefirst year, reading readily such sentences as Walk to the door, andshowing his comprehension of the meaning by immediately followingthe direction. He had traced through tracing-paper, but had no inclination to writeby himself either on the board or on paper. The only steady instruction F. B. had received was during the spring,before he entered school, when for a few weeks he received special at-tention ; yet he had a vocabulary of eighty words, learned at differenttimes, all of which he recognized when written, and some of which he. MISS S. E. LITTLEFIELD. spoke, understanding them also when spoken by others. He had triedto write. Three os, a top to the first connecting lines to the second, anda loop to the third, was dog. He seemed so nearly equal to G. H. in hisacquirements, I put them into one class and found they worked well andenjoyed working together. They formed the senior class. P. K., when entering school, knew a hundred words and a number ofsentences. His father had taught him principally by means of names of the objects were also put on a card, eight by twelve inches,in printed capitals at first; afterward the script form was found to serveas well. When one card had been filled, another was taken. S. R. was a beginner, three years of age ; her only accomplishment thepower of imitation. This, however, was of use to her; for, by imitating Dr. BelCs Prhiatu School. 15 the others, she gradually learned the meaning of much th
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