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COUNCIL BLUFFS

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ANDDORMITORY FOR PUPILS

REAR VIEW FROM RESERVOIR HILL

IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

©olmcil ©luff?HENRY W, ROTHERT. Superintendent

HON. \V. J. DIXONHOM. A. M. McCOLLHON, J. H. McCONLOGUB

(State Boardof

Control

F. S. TREAT, Secretary, Des Moines, Iowa.

WHATTHEIOWASCHOOL

FORTHE

DEAFIS.

TheIowaSchoolfortheDeafismaintainedbytheStateof

Iowaasa

freeschoolforthe

educationofitsdeaf

children.

Itisa

progressiveschool

andallmethodsof

benefittoits

pupilsusedin

anyschoolforthedeaf,

eitherprivateor

public,are

recognizedinthisschool.

Everypupilenteringschoolofsuitableage

andcapacity

is

assignedtothe

ORALDEPARTMFINTinwhichspeech

andlip-reading

aretaught.If,however,

aftera

thoroughand

patienttrialwhich

mayextendoverseveral

terms,it

becomes

apparentthatthe

pupilcan

notbeso

instructed,andhis

mentaldevelopment

consequentlyretarded,heistransferred

totheMANUAL

DEPARTMENT.Inotherwordsfor

thechild'sgood

anditseducation

wemakethemethodfit

thechild;notthechild,themethod.

Thereshouldbeno

misunderstandingastothe

recognition,

thisschoolextendstothe

methodsof

teachingarticulation

andlip-reading.Itisusedwhenever

andwherever

satis-

factory,beneficialandpractical

resultscanbe

obtained.

Morethan

onehalfthescholarsare

instructedintheoral

method,andhence

parentsneedhaveno

feariftheirchild

drenhavethe

necessaryabilityoftheirnot

beingtaught

“howtotalk.”

Thisschool

recognizesno

specialdirectionof

religious

belief.Itis

absolutelynon-denominational.Therightof

parentsto

suggestanddesire

churchaffiliationsfortheir

childrenisfullyand

cheerfullyrecognized.

ENTRANCE TO GROUNDS

INDUSTRIALSCHOOLS

SCHOOLHOUSE

PUPILS ON SCHOOL CAMPUS

PUPILS ON THE LAWN

GIRLSON

FIRIN

ESCAPE

PRIMARY CLASS (Manual)

BEGINNING CLASS (Oral)

CLASSIN

IRONINGCLASSINCOOKING

CLASSINSHOEMAKING

CLASSIN

BAKING

CLASSIN

CARPENTERINGCLASSIN

PRINTING

CLASS IN CHINA PAINTING

PUPILS IN LIBRARY

PUPILS’DININGROOM

CHAPEL

PRESENTATION GATHERING IN CHAPEL

STREETCARAT

FRONTENTRANCE

PARK

BOYS AT ENTRANCE OF MAIN BUILDING

BOYS ASSEMBLING FOR SCHOOL

BOYS FORMING IN LINE

BOYS MARCHING TO SCHOOL HOUSE

LAUNDRY AND POWER HOUSE

BASE BALL CLUB

SIX OF OUR GIRL GRADUATES

YOUNGSTOCKOF

DAIRYDAIRYBARN

HOSPITAL (Fireproof)

IOWA ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF at the School

IOWA ASSOCIATION OF THK DEAF at Waterloo

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER IN SIGNS

FORGENERAL

INFORMATIONLAWS

OFIOWA

GOVERNINGTHESCHOOL.

ChapterITSection2724:

“EveryresidentoftheStateofIowawhoisnotless

thanlivenormorethan

twenty-fiveyearsofage

whoisdeaf

anddumborso

deafastobeunableto

acquirean

education

inthepublicschoolsand

everysuchperson

whois

over

twentv-oneand

underthirty-five

yearsofage,

whohasthe

consentofthe

BoardofControlof

StateInst:

tutions,

shallbeentitledto

receivean

educationintheinstitution

atthe

expenseoftheStateand

non-residentssimilarly

situatedmaybe

entitledtoan

educationtherein,

uponthe

paymentot

sixty-sixdollarsquarteilyin

advance.”

Section2726:

“Whenpupils

arenotsuppliedwithclothing'

ortransportationitshallbefurnishedbythe

superintendent

whoshallmakeoutan

accounttherefor

againsttheparent

orguardian,ifthepupilbea

minorand

againstthe

pupilif

hehasno

parentorguardian,or

hasattainedtheageof

majoritywhichbillshallbe

certifiedbyhimtobe

correct

andshallbe

presumptiveevidencethereofinallcourts.”

Fromtheaboveitis

apparentthattheIowa

Schoolfor

theDeafisnota

hospital,an

asylumora

placeof

refugebut

whatits

nameclearlyimpliesa

SCHOOL,a

partofthe

generalpublicschoolsystemofthestate.

Admissionsare

freeatany

timetothedeaf

childrenofschool

ageofsuitable

capacity.Thereisno

chargefor

board,tuitionor

books,

parentsonlypay

transportation,furnishthe

necessary

clothingand

providefor

necessarjrincidentalsjustasinthe

schoolsforthehearing.

Desiringto

extendthe

blessings

ofthisfreeschooltoeverydeaf

childinthe

State,corre-

spondenceis

solicited.HenkyW.

Rothert,Superintendent.

COURSEOF

STUDY SCHOOL.

Speech

Geography

Physiology

SpeechReading

HistoryofUnitedStatesAlgebra

Reading

Historyof

EnglandComposition

Writing

AutomobileLatin

LanguageCivil

GovernmentEnglishClassics

ArithmeticNatural

PhilosophyAgriculture

GrammarPhysical

GeographyDrawingandArt

INDUSTRIALSCHOOLS. BOYS.

Farming

Carpentering

Shoemaking

GardeningTurning

Printing

DairyingMechanical

DrawingBaking

GIKLS

HouseworkDressmaking

Sketching

Plainsewing

Ironing

ChinaPainting

EmbroideryDomesticScience

w ■MANUALALPHABET.

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