The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Deaf, by Harry Best

	Name	State	Location	Year Founded	Number of Inmates	Annual Cost of Support
1	Gallaudet Home	New York	Wappinger's Falls	1885	24	$7,311
2	Ohio Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf	Ohio	Westerville	1896	30	6,710
3	St. Elizabeth's Industrial School	New York	New York City	1897	20	8,435
4	New England Home for Deaf-Mutes	Massachusetts	Everett	1901	13	3,198
5	Pennsylvania Home for the Deaf	Pennsylvania	Doyleston	1902	19	4,536

APPENDIX B

TABLES WITH RESPECT TO SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF IN AMERICA

I. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

School	Location	Date of Opening	Number of Pupils 1912-1913	Expenditure for Support 1912-1913
Alabama
School for the Deaf	Talladega	1858	}162 29	$ 39,800
School for the Negro Deaf and Blind	Talladega	1892	}162 29	$ 39,800
Arizona, University of, Department for the Deaf	Tucson	1912	25	10,000
Arkansas Deaf-Mute Institute	Little Rock	1868	270	67,500
California Institution for the Deaf and the Blind	Berkeley	1860	180	54,629
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind	Colorado Springs	1874	176	59,176
Connecticut
American School for the Deaf	Hartford	1817	142	57,991
Mystic Oral School for the Deaf	Mystic	1870	60	13,244
District of Columbia,
Columbia Institution for the Deaf
Kendall School for the Deaf	Washington	1857	}54 82	86,184
Gallaudet College	Washington	1864	}54 82	86,184
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind	St. Augustine	1885	108	16,877
Georgia School for the Deaf	Cave Spring	1846	188	45,339
Idaho State School for the Deaf and the Blind	Gooding	1906	58	20,000
Illinois School for the Deaf	Jacksonville	1846	415	124,957
Indiana State School for the Deaf	Indianapolis	1844	345	85,980
Iowa School for the Deaf	Council Bluffs	1855	227	60,500
Kansas School for the Deaf	Olathe	1861	243	56,494
Kentucky School for the Deaf	Danville	1823	353	82,325
Louisiana State School for the Deaf	Baton Rouge	1852	145	30,500
Maine School for the Deaf	Portland	1876	134	27,000
Maryland
School for the Deaf and Dumb	Frederick	1868	114	33,461
School for the Colored Blind and Deaf	Overlea	1872	44	10,059
Massachusetts
Boston School for the Deaf	Randolph	1899	145	21,660
Clarke School for the Deaf	Northampton	1867	156	65,255
New England Industrial School for Deaf-Mutes	Beverly	1879	36	9,098
Michigan School for the Deaf	Flint	1854	297	93,872
Minnesota School for the Deaf	Faribault	1863	308	70,229
Mississippi Institution for the Deaf	Jackson	1854	188	33,577
Missouri School for the Deaf	Fulton	1851	344	99,000
Montana School for Deaf, Blind and Backward Children	Boulder	1893	59	20,024
Nebraska School for the Deaf	Omaha	1869	175	44,150
New Jersey School for the Deaf	Trenton	1883	185	60,000
New Mexico Asylum for the Deaf and the Dumb	Santa Fé	1885	44	11,000
New York
New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb	New York	1818	517	181,153
Central New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes	Rome	1875	117	31,347
Western New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes	Rochester	1876	192	60,362
Northern New York Institution for Deaf-Mutes	Malone	1884	110	29,745
Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes	New York	1867	241	88,455
Le Couteulx St. Mary's Inst'n for the Imp'd Instruction of Deaf-Mutes	Buffalo	1862	188	52,349
St. Joseph's Institute for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes	West Chester	1869	515	122,962
Albany Home School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf	Albany	1889	58	16,052
North Carolina
State School for the Deaf and Dumb	Morganton	1894	263	62,500
State School for the Blind and the Deaf	Raleigh	1845	117	16,062
North Dakota School for the Deaf and Dumb	Devils Lake	1890	94	26,977
Ohio State School for the Deaf	Columbus	1829	542	118,000
Oklahoma
School for the Deaf	Sulphur	1898	221	50,000
Industrial Institute for the Deaf, Blind, and Orphans of the Colored Race	Taft	1909	18	11,053
Oregon School for Deaf-Mutes	Salem	1870	90	22,500
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb	Philadelphia	1820	621	172,572
Western Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb	Edgewood Park	1876	282	62,653
Pennsylvania Oral School for the Deaf	Scranton	1883	100	51,000
Home for the Training in Speech of Deaf Children	Philadelphia	1892	65	26,790
Rhode Island Institute for the Deaf	Providence	1877	91	33,000
South Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf and the Blind	Cedar Spring	1849	156	21,780
South Dakota School for the Deaf	Sioux Falls	1880	90	26,000
Tennessee Deaf and Dumb School	Knoxville	1845	326	47,800
Texas
School for the Deaf	Austin	1857	417	100,000
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youth	Austin	1887	94	17,652
Utah School for the Deaf	Ogden	1884	115	42,857
Vermont, The Austine Institution for the Deaf and Blind	Brattleboro	1912	25	11,487
Virginia
School for the Deaf and the Blind	Staunton	1839	193	36,748
School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children	Newport News	1909	85	11,824
Washington State School for the Deaf	Vancouver	1886	132	36,178
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind	Romney	1870	159	34,700
Wisconsin State School for the Deaf	Delavan	1852	169	65,010

II. PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS

School	Date of Opening	Number of Pupils 1912-1913	Expenditure for Support 1911-1912
California
Los Angeles Day School for the Deaf	1899	45	$ 6,048
Oakland Public School Oral Classes	1898	11	—
Sacramento Day-School for the Deaf	1904	12	2,520
San Francisco Oral School for the Deaf	1901	23	2,350
Georgia
Atlanta Day-School for the Deaf	1912	10	—
Illinois
Chicago
Delano School for the Deaf	}1913 1896 1905 1913	307	30,474
Kozminski Public Day-School for the Deaf
Parker Practice Public Day-School for the Deaf
Waters School for the Deaf
Rock Island Day-School for the Deaf	1901	8	720
Louisiana
New Orleans Day-School for the Deaf	1911	24	2,150
Massachusetts
Boston, Horace Mann School	1869	167	29,040
Michigan
Bay City Day-School for the Deaf	1901	7	1,005
Calumet Day-School for the Deaf	1902	13	1,566
Detroit Day-School for the Deaf	1894	92	—
Grand Rapids Oral School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing	1898	23	4,600
Houghton Day-School for the Deaf	1908	4	800
Iron Mountain Day-School for the Deaf	1906	3	900
Ironwood Day-School for the Deaf	1903	9	875
Jackson Day-School for the Deaf	1912	7	—
Kalamazoo Day-School for the Deaf	1904	4	—
Manistee Day-School for the Deaf	1904	10	1,100
Marquette Day-School for the Deaf	1907	7	1,020
Saginaw Oral Day-School for the Deaf	1901	11	1,050
Sault Ste. Marie Day-School for the Deaf	1906	3	—
Traverse City Day-School for the Deaf	1904	7	900
Minnesota
St. Paul Day-School for the Deaf	1913	—	—
Missouri
St. Louis, Gallaudet School	1878	62	5,321
New Jersey
Jersey City Public Day-School for the Deaf	1910	14	—
Newark School for the Deaf	1910	58	—
New York
Public School 47, Manhattan	1908	279	—
Public School, Brooklyn, (Annex to School 47, Manhattan)	1910	24	3,000
Public School, Queens, (Annex to School 47, Manhattan)	1913	10	—
Ohio
Ashtabula Day-School for the Deaf	1903	5	810
Cincinnati Oral School	1886	45	4,150
Cleveland Public School for the Deaf	1892	99	10,000
Dayton School for the Deaf	1899	10	1,500
Toledo Day-School for the Deaf	1911	13	1,200
Oregon
Portland Day-School for the Deaf	1908	31	3,800
Washington
Seattle Public-Day-School for the Deaf	1906	27	2,800
Tacoma Day-School for the Deaf	1908	13	1,114
Wisconsin
Antigo Day-School for the Deaf	1906	17	1,850
Appleton Day-School for the Deaf	1896	13	980
Ashland Day-School for the Deaf	1898	15	3,016
Black River Falls School for the Deaf	1897	10	—
Bloomington Day-School for the Deaf	1906	8	930
Eau Claire Day-School for the Deaf	1895	31	6,000
Fond du Lac Day-School for the Deaf	1895	16	1,803
Green Bay Day-School for the Deaf	1897	24	3,600
Kenosha Day-School for the Deaf	1913	10	—
La Crosse Day-School for the Deaf	1899	6	1,060
Madison Day-School for the Deaf	1908	15	2,272
Marinette Day-School for the Deaf	1895	9	1,582
Marshfield School for the Deaf	1912	5	—
Milwaukee School for the Deaf	1898	146	23,292
Mineral Point School for the Deaf	1912	13	—
New London Day-School for the Deaf	1906	10	1,200
Oshkosh School for the Deaf	1895	15	1,439
Platteville Day-School for the Deaf	1906	9	1,397
Racine Day-School for the Deaf	1900	21	1,751
Rice Lake Day-School for the Deaf	1907	8	1,243
Sheboygan Day-School for the Deaf	1894	13	1,476
Stevens Point Day-School for the Deaf	1905	12	2,646
Superior Day-School for the Deaf	1897	8	970
Wausau Day-School for the Deaf	1890	11	885

III. DENOMINATIONAL AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS

School	Location	Date of Opening	Number of Pupils 1912-1913
California
Holden Home Oral School	San Francisco	1913	6
St. Joseph's Home for the Deaf	Oakland	1895	26
Georgia
Miss Arbaugh's School for Deaf Children	Macon	1912	9
Illinois
Ephpheta School for the Deaf	Chicago	1884	95
The McCowen Homes for Deaf Children	Chicago	1883	40
Louisiana
Chinchuba Deaf-Mute Institute	Chinchuba	1890	40
Maryland
Home School for Little Deaf Children	Kensington	1908	10
F. Knapp's English and German Institute	Baltimore	1877	25
St. Francis Xavier's School for the Deaf	Irvington	1897	31
Massachusetts
The Sarah Fuller Home for Little Deaf Children	West Medford	1888	16
Michigan
Evangelical Lutheran Deaf-Mute Institute	North Detroit	1873	29
Missouri
Immaculate Conception Institute for the Deaf	St. Louis	1885	70
New York
Reno Margulies School for the Deaf	New York	1901	18
The Wright Oral School	New York	1894	28
Ohio
Notre Dame School for the Deaf	Cincinnati	1890	10
Miss Breckinridge's School	Cincinnati	1906	3
Pennsylvania
Archbishop Ryan Memorial Institute for Deaf-Mutes	Philadelphia	1912	19
De Paul Institute for Deaf-Mutes	Pittsburgh	1908	64
Forrest Hall	Philadelphia	1901	7
South Dakota
Black Hills School for the Deaf	Lead	1911	2
Wisconsin
St. John's Institute for Deaf-Mutes	St. Francis	1876	90

INDEX

Accidents as a cause of deafness, 17.
Admission into schools, 157, 166-168, 262-267.
- See Fees; Restrictions.
Adult deaf in schools, 267n.
- See Evening schools; Homes.
Adventitious deafness, 16-40;
- ages of occurrence of, 18;
- action for the prevention of, 21-26;
- as an increasing or decreasing phenomenon, 27-40;
- causes of, 17-21;
- conclusions respecting, 59, 60, 309.
Age of occurrence of deafness, 7-10, 12, 17, 18.
Agricola, Rudolph, 121.
Aid to the deaf, see Homes for the deaf; Legislation; Private organizations.
- —— for schools, see Clothing and transportation; Private benefactions.
Aims of first schools, 147-154.
Alabama, education in, 172, 176n, 182, 184, 209, 297.
Alms-houses, deaf in, 79.
Alms-seekers, deaf as, 83-85, 316.
Alphabet for deaf, see Manual alphabet.
American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, 109, 113, 114.
American possessions, education in, 240.
American School, 132n, 134-139, 141n, 156n, 181, 299, 306.
- See Connecticut.
Amman, John, 124.
Ancient treatment of deaf, 63, 119.
"Annals of the Deaf, American", 115.
Appropriations for schools, state, 136, 161, 163, 295, 321.
- See Day schools; Semi-public schools.
Arizona, education in, 185, 209, 300.
Arkansas, education in, 183, 210.
Associations of the deaf, see Societies.
"Asylums", use of term, 104, 148, 251n, 256n.
Attendance in schools, 165, 268-276.
- See Age limits.
Auricular instruction, 283, 285-287.
Austine Institution, 306.
- See Vermont.

Baker, Henry, 123.
Baptist Church, work of, see Church work.
Bartlett, David E., 156n.
Bede, Venerable, 121.
Bell, A. G., 5n, 108.
Benefactions, see Private benefactions; Endowment funds.
Blind associated with deaf, 99n.
- See Dual schools.
Boarding institutions, 168, 169, 187.
Bolling, William, 131.
Bonet, Juan, 122.
Bonifaccio, Giovanni, 121.
Braidwood, John, 131, 132.
Braidwood, Thomas, 127.
Bulwer, John, 122.

California, education in, 176, 183, 191, 192, 193, 202, 204, 210, 305.
Camerarius, Rudolph, 125.
Carion, Ramirez de, 123.
Cardano, Girolamo, 121.
Castro, Pietro de, 121.
Catholic Church, work of, see Church work; Denominational schools.
Causes of deafness, see Adventitious deafness; Congenital deafness.
Census of deaf, how taken, 5n, 14.
Charges to pupils, see Fees; Restrictions.
Charities, boards of, 182, 183.
- See Charity; States, provision in.
Charity in connection with schools, 104, 147, 248-261, 322;
- conclusions respecting, 260;
- in best sense, 249;
- in legal sense, 252n;
- opposition to connection, 256;
- popular conceptions of charity, 250;
- regard by states, 248;
- views of boards of charities, 254;
- views of deaf, 259;
- views of instructors, 259.
Church work for deaf, 96, 110-113.
- See Private benefactions.
Cities, aid of to schools, 161-163, 301.
- See Day schools; States, provision in.
Clarke School, 281, 306.
- See Massachusetts.
Classes of pupils, see Gradations.
Classical allusions to the deaf, 119.
Clerc, Laurent, 135.
Clothing and transportation provided for pupils, 255, 264, 265, 296, 307.
Clubs of deaf, see Societies.
Cogswell, Alice, 134.
College for the deaf, see Gallaudet College.
Colorado, education in, 176, 184, 211, 297, 305.
Colonies for the deaf, 89n.
Combined method of instruction, 283, 285-287.
Communication, methods of among deaf, 11, 12, 277-287.
Compulsory education, 272-276, 320.
Conference of Principals, 113, 114.
Congenital deafness, 41-60;
- as an increasing or decreasing phenomenon, 57;
- conclusions respecting, 60-62, 310;
- consanguineous marriages affecting, 42;
- deaf parents affecting, 46;
- deaf relatives affecting, 45;
- possible action for the prevention of, 52.
Congregational Church, work of, see Church work.
Congress, action of, see National government.
Connecticut, education in, 136, 138, 171, 173, 183, 211, 305.
- See American School.
Consanguineous marriages, 42, 54, 60.
- See Congenital deafness.
Constitutional provisions, 64, 169, 242-247, 321.
Control, boards of, 183.
Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, 113, 114.
Corporations, see Semi-public schools.
Cost of education, 293-298, 322;
- for maintenance, 295;
- for new buildings, 294;
- in day schools, 192;
- per pupil, 298;
- to states sending outside, 297.
- See Property, value of; Semi-public schools.
County aid to schools, 162, 265, 296;
- officers, work of, 166, 275n.
Courses of study, 287.
Court decisions relating to deaf, 65, 71.
- See Law, attitude of.
Crimes, responsibility of deaf for, 65, 72.

Dactylology, see Manual alphabet.
Dalgarno, George, 123.
Day schools, 168, 187-201, 318;
- arguments against, 197;
- arguments for, 194;
- co-operation with institutions, 189, 190;
- co-ordination with public schools, 190, 193;
- design of, 188;
- equipment of, 193, 196;
- evening schools as part of, 200, 201;
- institutions as, 187;
- laws for, 192;
- number, 187, 191;
- pupils in, 193;
- support, 192, 193.
- See Methods of instruction; States, provision in.
"Deaf", meaning of term, 3.
"Deaf-and-dumb", see "Deaf".
Deaf-blind, 5n, 178-179, 307.
"Deaf-mute", 9n, 286n.
- See "Deaf".
"Deaf-mutism", 101n.
Deafness in different states, 5.
"Defective" class, the deaf as a, 100.
Delaware, education in, 141, 171, 185, 212.
Denominational and private schools, 168, 202-205, 319.
- See Methods of instruction; States, provision in.
Dependent class, the deaf as a, 103.
- See Economic condition.
Deschamps, 126.
Difficulties of early schools, 144, 145, 164, 165.
Diseases, effect of, see Adventitious deafness.
District of Columbia, education in, 171, 172n, 182, 185n, 212, 213, 296, 305.
- See Gallaudet College.
Dual schools, 173, 176, 177, 293n, 294n, 295n.
Dues, see Fees.
"Dumbness", see "Deaf".

Ear, diseases of, see Adventitious Deafness.
Early attempts at instruction, 129-133.
- —— workers, character of, 155, 156.
Economic condition of deaf, 75-90, 314, 316;
- conclusions respecting, 90;
- deafness, effect of, 75, 80, 83;
- occupations of deaf, 76, 77;
- unions, members of, 82n;
- views of deaf, 81;
- wage-earners, extent as, 76-78, 81, 82.
- See Alms-houses; Dependent class; Homes; Industrial training.
Education, associations for, 113, 114;
- boards of, 184, 185, 248, 258;
- See States, provision in.
- ——, condition of deaf before, 146, 148-154, 312.
Employment of deaf, see Economic condition.
Endowment funds, 172, 174, 295.
- See Private benefactions.
England, early education in, 121-123, 127.
Épée, abbé de l', 126, 127.
Ephpheta School, 306.
- See Illinois.
Eugenics, see Congenital deafness.
Europe, first schools in, 119-128;
- recognition in of work in America, 170n.
Evening schools for adults, 200, 201.
Exhibits of deaf pupils, 136, 142, 158, 159, 160.

Farming as an industry, 83n, 90n, 291, 292.
- See Economic condition.
Fay, Barnabas M., 156n.
Feeble-minded deaf, 179, 180.
Fees for pupils, 143, 157.
- See Admission into schools; Denominational schools; Restrictions.
- —— in semi-public schools, membership, 156, 173, 181, 304.
Fiction, deaf in, 100n.
Finger-spelling, see Manual alphabet; Sign language.
First schools, 131, 134-144.
Florida, education in, 176, 183, 184, 213.
France, early education in, 125-127.
Fraternal organizations of deaf, 95, 96.

Gallaudet College, 168, 206-208, 265n, 319.
- See District of Columbia.
Gallaudet, Edward Miner, 207n.
Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, 134-136, 138n, 156n.
Georgia, education in, 138, 143, 182, 191, 193, 204n, 214.
Germany, early education in, 121, 124, 125.
Gifts, see Private benefactions.
Government of institutions, 180-185.
- See States, provision in.
Gradations of pupils, 287-289.
Graduates of schools, 80, 288, 289.
Green, Francis, 130.
Guardians for deaf, 67, 68.

"Hard of hearing", 3n;
- schools for, 202n.
Harrower, John, 129.
Hearing in school children, defective, 24.
Hebrew work for deaf, see Church work.
Heinicke, Samuel, 125.
Heredity, see Congenital deafness.
Holder, William, 123.
Holland, early education in, 124.
Homes for deaf, 85-89, 314;
- extent of, 87, 88;
- purpose, 86;
- support, 89.
- —— for children, 254n, 296n.
- See Denominational and private schools; Boarding institutions.
Horace Mann School, 188, 282.
- See Massachusetts.
Hubbell, Horatio N., 156n.
Hutton, Abraham B., 156n.

Idaho, education in, 176, 183, 184, 214.
Ideas of early schools, 144-147.
Illinois, education in, 144, 183, 191, 192, 193, 202, 204, 214, 215, 305.
Immigration in respect to deaf, 66.
Impostors simulating deafness, 82-84, 316.
Increase of deafness, see Adventitious deafness; Congenital deafness.
Indiana, education in, 142, 157, 183, 184, 216.
Indigent pupils, see Admission into schools; Clothing and transportation; Fees; Restrictions.
Industrial training, 80, 169, 193, 199, 205, 290-292, 319.
Institutions, general arrangements of, 171-186;
- government, 180-185;
- arguments against, 194;
- arguments for, 197.
- See Boarding institutions; Methods of instruction; States, provision in.
Instructors, associations of, 113, 114;
- number of, 288;
- training schools for, 289n.
Insurance companies and the deaf, 104;
- among the deaf, 95, 96.
Interpreters for deaf, 65, 74, 112n.
Iowa, education in, 144, 183, 216.
Italy, early education in, 121, 124.

Jacobs, John A., 156n.

Kansas, education in, 184, 217.
Kendall School, see Gallaudet College; District of Columbia.
Kentucky, education in, 141, 142, 157, 164n, 184, 217, 297, 299.
Kerger, 125.
Kerr, William D., 156n.
Kilpatrick, John, 132.
Kindergarten departments, see Denominational and private schools; Gradations of pupils.

Labor bureaus for deaf, 71, 81n.
Ladies' societies, 88n, 161n, 173n.
Land given for schools, 137, 141, 162, 299-302.
- See States, provision in.
Language, difficulty of for deaf, 198, 201, 287.
Law, general attitude of toward deaf, 63-74;
- trend of, 73;
- need of changed regard, 314.
- See Legal exceptions; Legislation.
Le Couteulx St. Mary's Institution, 306.
- See New York.
Legal exceptions, views of deaf respecting, 74n.
Legislation in aid of deaf, 68-71;
- discriminatory, 66;
- in protection, 67, 68.
Legislatures, appeals to, 159, 160.
- See Appropriations; Law, attitude of; States, provision in.
Lip-reading, 10, 284.
- See Speech.
Location of schools, 163, 301.
Louisiana, education in, 172n, 183, 184, 191, 193, 202, 218.
Lutheran Church, work of, see Church work; Denominational schools.

McIntyre, Thomas, 156n.
Maine, education in, 138, 183, 218.
Mann, Horace, 281.
Manual alphabet, 11, 12, 277, 278.
- See Sign language.
Manual alphabet method, 285-287.
Manual method, 285-287.
Maryland, education in, 141, 172, 173, 176n, 183, 202-205, 219.
Marriages of deaf, advisability of, 46, 54-56;
- laws to prohibit, 56n;
- partners in, 55;
- possibilities of deaf offspring, 46-52.
- See Congenital deafness.
Massachusetts, education in, 130, 138, 171, 173, 184, 191, 193n, 219, 305.
- See Clarke School; Horace Mann School; New England Industrial School; Sarah Fuller Home.
Medical bodies and prevention of deafness, 25, 26.
- See Adventitious deafness.
Mendicancy, see Alms-seekers.
Methodist Church, work of, see Church work.
Methods of instruction, 193, 205, 277-287.
Michigan, education in, 183, 191, 192, 202, 221, 301.
Middle ages, education in, 120.
Minnesota, education in, 183, 184, 191, 193, 222.
Mississippi, education in, 182, 223.
Missions, see Church work for deaf; Legislation in aid of deaf.
Missouri, education in, 142n, 144, 183, 191, 193, 202, 223.
Montana, education in, 176, 182, 183, 184, 224, 300.
Montans, Peter, 124.
"Mute", see "Deaf".

National college, see Gallaudet College.
National Educational Association, 114.
National government, granting land for schools, 137, 141, 162, 299, 300;
- creating Gallaudet College, 206-208.
- See District of Columbia.
Nebraska, education in, 183, 224.
Negroes, education of, 172, 176n, 185n, 268n.
Nelson Philip, 129.
Nevada, education in, 171, 185, 224.
New England School, 306.
- See Massachusetts.
New England states, interest in American School, 136, 137, 138.
New Hampshire, education in, 138, 171, 185, 225.
New Jersey, education in, 140, 141, 184, 191, 192, 225.
New Mexico, education in, 182, 185n, 225.
New York, education in, 131, 139, 140, 148n, 171, 173, 183, 184, 191-193, 204, 226-229, 305.
- See Le Couteulx St. Mary's Institution; New York Institution; New York Institution for Improved Instruction; St. Joseph's Institution.
New York Institution, 131, 132n, 139, 140, 161n, 187n, 280n, 306.
- See New York.
New York Institution for Improved Instruction, 281, 306.
- See New York.
North Carolina, education in, 143, 172, 176n, 183, 184, 229.
North Dakota, education in, 183, 230, 297, 300.

Occupations of deaf, see Economic condition.
Œcolampadius, 124.
Offspring, deaf, see Marriages of deaf.
Ohio, education in, 142, 143n, 157n, 183, 191, 192, 202, 205, 230.
Oklahoma education in, 172, 176, 183, 184, 185n, 231.
Opinions of deaf, see Charity; Economic condition; Legal exceptions.
Oral method, 187n, 193, 205, 279-287, 296n.
Oregon, education in, 183, 185n, 191, 232.

Papers of deaf, 97, 116;
- of schools, 116, 292.
- See Publications for deaf.
Parents, deaf, and offspring, see Marriages of deaf.
Parents' associations, 109.
Partially deaf, 3n.
Pasch, 125.
Pay pupils, see Fees.
Peet, Harvey P., 156n.
Pereire, 126.
Pennsylvania, education in, 140, 141, 171, 173, 183, 202-204, 233, 234, 305.
- See Pennsylvania Institution; Western Pennsylvania Institution.
Pennsylvania Institution, 140, 141, 181, 187n, 306.
- See Pennsylvania.
Politics in schools, 185n, 322.
Ponce de Leon, Pedro, 122.
Popular conceptions of deaf, 99-106, 313, 314.
Prevention of deafness, see Adventitious deafness; Congenital deafness.
Principals, Conference of, 113, 114.
Private benefactions, 135, 136, 140, 142, 158, 160, 161, 163, 173-176, 179, 181, 281, 295, 296, 301, 303-308, 321.
- See Denominational and private schools; Homes; Private organizations; States, provision in.
Private organizations for deaf, 107-116.
- See Denominational schools; Semi-public schools.
Private schools, see Denominational and private schools.
Property, value of, 293.
Protestant Episcopal Church, work of, see Church work.
Public appropriations, see Appropriations.
Public schools, deaf in, see Day schools.
Publications for deaf, 115, 307n.
- See Papers; Volta Bureau.
Pupils, at beginning, 165;
- number of, 288;
- proportion in attendance, 268-270.
- See Clothing; Fees; Gradations; Restrictions.

Quasi-public schools, see Semi-public schools.

Rae, Luzerne, 156n.
Raphel, Georges, 125.
Relatives, deaf, see Congenital deafness.
Relief for needy deaf, 69, 95, 112.
Religious work, see Church work; Denominational schools.
Restrictions, 157, 166, 262, 263, 318.
- See Fees; Age limits.
Rhode Island, education in, 138, 184, 234.

St. Francis de Sales, 124.
St. Joseph's Institution, 306.
- See New York.
Sarah Fuller Home, 306.
- See Denominational and private schools; Massachusetts.
Schott, Gaspard, 125.
Seixas, David, 140.
Self-supporting, the deaf as, see Economic condition.
"Semi-deaf", 9n, 286n.
"Semi-mute", 9n, 286n.
Semi-public schools, 156, 172-176, 180, 181, 295n, 297, 303.
Sensational accounts of deaf, 105n.
Settlements, social, work of, 107n.
Sibscota, George, 123.
Sicard, 127.
Sign language, 11, 12, 92, 187n, 277-279.
- See Manual alphabet.
Societies for deaf, see Private organizations.
Social organization of deaf, 91-98.
Societies of the deaf, 92-96;
- desirability, 93;
- purposes, 94-96.
Solidarity of deaf, 78n, 94, 95.
South Carolina, education in, 138, 144, 176, 182, 184, 235.
South Dakota, education in, 183, 204n, 235, 300.
Spain, early education in, 122, 123.
Speech, 8-12, 279-284;
- ability of deaf in, 8, 9, 284;
- growth of teaching of, 282-284;
- relation to sense of hearing, 3, 4.
- See Oral method.
Stanford, John, 131, 139.
State, action of, see Law, attitude of.
States, provision in, 209-241;
- lands given by, 301;
- without schools, procedure in, 169, 171, 185, 297.
- See Appropriations; Charity; Constitutional provisions; Government of institutions.
Stone, Collins, 156n.
Strange class, deaf as a, 99.
Subsidies, see Appropriations; Semi-public schools.
Support of schools, see Cost.

Tax, exemptions of deaf from, 65, 69.
Taxation for schools, special, 163, 172, 297.
Teachers, see Instructors.
Tennessee, education in, 143, 182, 183, 184, 236.
Terms, see Admission into schools.
Terzi, Lana, 124.
Texas, education in, 172, 176n, 182, 236.
Thornton, William, 133n.
Totally deaf, see "Deaf".
Trades, see Industrial training; Economic condition.
Transportation, see Clothing.
Trustees of schools, 163, 169, 180-184, 185n.
- See Homes; Denominational schools; States, provision in.
Turner, William W., 156n.

Unhappy class, deaf as, 102.
United States, number of deaf in, 5.
- See American possessions.
Utah, education in, 176, 182, 185n, 236, 300.

Vagrants, see Impostors.
Value of property, see Property.
Van Helmont, Jan Baptista, 124.
Van Nostrand, Jacob, 156n.
Vanin, 126.
Vermont, education in, 138, 173, 176, 237.
Virginia, education in, 131-133, 142, 172, 176, 183, 184, 237.
Volta Bureau, 108, 109, 115.
"Volta Review", 109, 115.

Wages paid to deaf, see Economic condition.
Walker, Newton P., 156n.
Wallis, John, 123.
Washington, education in, 183, 185n, 191, 192, 238.
Weld, Louis, 156n.
West Virginia, education in, 172n, 176, 183, 185n, 238.
Western Pennsylvania Institution, 187n, 188n, 306.
- See Pennsylvania.
Wills of deaf, 65, 72, 73.
Wisconsin, education in, 144, 183, 188n, 191, 192, 202, 239.
Witness, the deaf as, 72.
Writing as means of communication, 11, 12, 285, 286.
Wyoming, education in, 171, 185, 240.

Young Men's Christian Association, work of, 107n.