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The Deaf

by Harry Best

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Author
Best, Harry, 1880-1971
Title
The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
Credits
Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
Subject
Deaf people -- Education -- United States
Category
Text
eBook-No.
23320
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23320
Release Date
November 4, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE DEAF
  2. 2.BY HARRY BEST
  3. 3.FOREWORD
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION
  6. 6.PART I POSITION OF THE DEAF IN SOCIETY
  7. 7.CHAPTER I — THE DEAF IN THE UNITED STATES — Meaning of Term "Deaf" in the Present Study — Number of the Deaf in the United States — Age When Deafness Occurred — Ability of the Deaf to Speak — Means of Communication Employed by the Deaf — FOOTNOTES:
  8. 8.CHAPTER II — THE DEAF AS A PERMANENT ELEMENT OF THE POPULATION — Increase in the Number of the Deaf in Relation to the Increase in the General Population — The Adventitiously Deaf and the Congenitally Deaf — Adventitious Deafness and its Causes — Possible Action for the Prevention of Adventitious Deafness — Adventitious Deafness as an Increasing or Decreasing Phenomenon — The Congenitally Deaf — The Offspring of Consanguineous Marriages — The Deaf Having Deaf Relatives — The Offspring of Deaf Parents — Possible Action for the Prevention of Congenital Deafness — Congenital Deafness as an Increasing or Decreasing Phenomenon — Conclusions with Respect to the Elimination or Prevention of Deafness — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.CHAPTER III — TREATMENT OF THE DEAF BY THE STATE — General Attitude of the Law towards the Deaf — Legislation Discriminatory respecting the Deaf — Legislation in Protection of the Deaf — Legislation in Aid of the Deaf — Tenor of Court Decisions Affecting the Deaf — Present Trend of the Law in Respect to the Deaf — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV — ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE DEAF — Extent to Which the Deaf are a Wage-earning and Self-supporting Element of the Population — Views of the Deaf as to their Economic Standing — The Deaf as Alms-seekers — Homes for the Deaf — Conclusions with Respect to the Economic Position of the Deaf — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.CHAPTER V — SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE DEAF — Social Cleavage from the General Population — Desirability of Organizations Composed of the Deaf — Purposes, Activities and Extent of Such Organizations — Newspapers of the Deaf — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI — POPULAR CONCEPTIONS CONCERNING THE DEAF — Viewed as a Strange Class — Viewed as a Defective Class — Viewed as an Unhappy Class — Viewed as a Dependent Class — Need of a Changed Regard for the Deaf — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII — PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN THE DEAF — General Societies Interested in the Deaf — The Volta Bureau — Parents' Associations for the Deaf — Church Missions to the Deaf — Organizations Interested in the Education of the Deaf — Publications Devoted to the Interests of the Deaf — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.PART II PROVISION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII — THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF PRIOR TO ITS INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED STATES — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX — HISTORY OF EDUCATION OF THE DEAF IN THE UNITED STATES — Early Attempts at Instruction — Beginning of the First Schools — Early Ideas concerning the Schools for the Deaf — Aims of the Founders — Extension of the Means of Instruction over the Country — FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17.CHAPTER X — ORGANIZATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS — Arrangements in the Different States — Semi-Public Institutions — "Dual Schools" — Provision for the Deaf-Blind — Provision for the Feeble-minded Deaf — Government of the Different Institutions — Procedure in States without Institutions — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI — THE DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF — Inception and Growth of the Day School — Design and Scope of Day Schools — Extent and Organization of Day Schools — Arguments for the Day School — Arguments against the Day School — Evening Day Schools for Adults — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII — DENOMINATIONAL AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS — Denominational Schools — Private Schools — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII — THE NATIONAL COLLEGE — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIV — PROVISION FOR EDUCATION BY STATES — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.CHAPTER XV — CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR SCHOOLS — Extent of Constitutional Provisions — Language and Forms of Provisions — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVI — QUESTION OF THE CHARITY CONNECTION OF SCHOOLS — Institutions Sometimes Regarded as Educational: Sometimes as Charitable — Charity in Connection with Schools for the Deaf — Arguments for the Connection with the Boards of Charities — Arguments in Opposition to the Connection — Conclusions in Respect to the Charity Connection of Schools for the Deaf — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII — PROVISIONS CONCERNING ADMISSION OF PUPILS INTO SCHOOLS — Rules as to the Payment of Fees — Provision for Collateral Support of Pupils — Age Limits of Attendance — FOOTNOTES:
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII — ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOLS — The Proportion of the Deaf in the Schools — The Need of Compulsory Education Laws for the Deaf — Present Extent of Compulsory Education Laws — FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIX — METHODS OF INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS — The Use of Signs as a Means of Communication — Rise and Growth of the Oral Movement — Present Methods of Instruction — Courses of Study and Gradations of Pupils — Industrial Training in the Schools — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.CHAPTER XX — COST TO THE STATE FOR EDUCATION — Value of the Property Used for the Education of the Deaf — Cost of the Maintenance of the Schools — Form of Public Appropriations — Cost to the State for Each Pupil — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXI — PUBLIC DONATIONS OF LAND TO SCHOOLS — Grants by the National Government — Grants by the States — Grants by Cities or Citizens — FOOTNOTES:
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXII — PRIVATE BENEFACTIONS TO SCHOOLS — Donations of Money to Schools — Gifts for Pupils in the Schools — Present Tendencies of Private Benefactions — FOOTNOTES:
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII — CONCLUSIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE WORK FOR THE DEAF IN AMERICA
  31. 31.APPENDIX A — HOMES FOR THE DEAF IN AMERICA
  32. 32.APPENDIX B — TABLES WITH RESPECT TO SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF IN AMERICA — I. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. — II. PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS — III. DENOMINATIONAL AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
  33. 33.INDEX — Transcriber's Corrections

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