. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . ions, and not congregate solely among them-selves ; the latter, he contended, converted them into a distinctclass of afflicted and defectives, whereas, if they learned tospeak and read the lips, and associated with the hearing, theirdefect would not be anything like as apparent or detrimentalto their obtaining employment and enjoying the fullness oflife, it being a notable fact that the early association of thedeaf with the hearing, and their ability to sjDeak with and un-derstand the latter, gave rise to friendships in later life which
. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . ions, and not congregate solely among them-selves ; the latter, he contended, converted them into a distinctclass of afflicted and defectives, whereas, if they learned tospeak and read the lips, and associated with the hearing, theirdefect would not be anything like as apparent or detrimentalto their obtaining employment and enjoying the fullness oflife, it being a notable fact that the early association of thedeaf with the hearing, and their ability to sjDeak with and un-derstand the latter, gave rise to friendships in later life whichproved an important factor in securing desirable positions. Prof. Knapps Institute, at the time of his decease, January7, 1893, had 268 pupils upon its rolls, including 24 deaf chil-dren. These latter are preliminarily taught articulation andlip-reading by the son (Wm. A. Knapp) and daughter (BerthaA. Knaj)p) of the late Prof. Knapp, his successors in chargeof the Institute, assisted by the following teachers : Miss AgnesXiacey and Miss Elvina S. Kaj^ The McCowen Oral School forYoung Deaf Children. KNGLKWOOD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1883-1893. By [MARY McCOWEN, B. D., Principal of the School. THE McCOWEN ORAL SCHOOL FOR YOUNG DEAFCHILDREN. Historical Statement. The McCowen Oral School for Young- Deaf Children wasestablished in Chicago in 1883, under the name of The Voiceand Hearing School for the Deaf, its first location being atNo. 3363 Indiana avenue. The j)rincipal, Miss Mary McCowen, was formerly a teacher inthe Nebraska State Institute for the Deaf and Dumb at Omaha,where she acquired the sign-language and used it in the class-room. Led by previous long experience in the publicschools to believe that better results ought in some way to beobtained for the deaf, Miss McCowen made a thorough studyof the history of deaf-mute instruction and of the methods thenemployed, and began giving her leisure time to experiments indifferent directions. During the school year of 1881-2 a num
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