. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . ss, the ab-sence of any school where such a child, however bright, mightbe sent for instruction, and his conviction that prompt actionwould result in retaining the gift of speech, which the deafchild yet possessed, combined to decide his undertaking thework himself, and to this end he established at once whathe termed an Experimental School. First of all, he de-termined to secure the services of a trained kindergartenteacher unfamiliar with, and therefore impartial as to, the * 1883. Vol. xxviii, pp. 124-139; also reprinted by the Volta
. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . ss, the ab-sence of any school where such a child, however bright, mightbe sent for instruction, and his conviction that prompt actionwould result in retaining the gift of speech, which the deafchild yet possessed, combined to decide his undertaking thework himself, and to this end he established at once whathe termed an Experimental School. First of all, he de-termined to secure the services of a trained kindergartenteacher unfamiliar with, and therefore impartial as to, the * 1883. Vol. xxviii, pp. 124-139; also reprinted by the Volta Bureau. Dr. BeWs Private Exjjeiimental School. 5 prevailing methods of teaching the deaf, but possessing allthe requisite qualifications for the work he proposed toengage in. At the instance of Professor J. O. Wilson, thenBuperintendent of public schools, he finally secured the serv-ices of Miss Gertrude Hitz, of Washington, D. C, and,having prepared all requisite preliminaries, opened his Schoolon the 1st day of October, 1883. A reporter of one of the. MIPS HITZ. ?daily papers, who called in at the close of its first month ofexistence, gives in substance the following interesting accountof it, and the method of instruction pursued : * In the midst of the splendid residences that surround Scott Circlethere still stands a little old-fashioned brick house. Retired from thestreet, with its modest front partially concealed by growing vines, it seemsto court seclusion, as if overcome by the magnificence of its neighbors,and in a deprecatory way to apologize for its audacity in daring to be insuch company. The lawn which bends about the front and side of thehouse, conforming in shape to the segment of the circle upon which itfaces, is, like the house, old-fashioned, with its hedge and vine-covered?arbor. There is, however, about the house and grounds just now thesweet gladness of childish voices and laughter, which is never old-fash-ioned. The merry groups pouring out of t
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