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4 TIEailE NOKTH ID-S-ZKrOT-S. B-ZS-ISTaSTEDFS. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF OF NORTH DAKOTA. BOilED O TT TRUSTEES. H. A. NICHOLSON, President, CRARY. L. A. LARSON, Secretary, RUBGY. HON. A. O. WHIPPLE, Treasurer DEVILS LAKE. REV. O. H. AABERG, DEVILS LAKE. L. P. LEMAY. lORDSBURG. 1 his school is located at Devils Lake on the Great Pupils should be sent promptly at the opening of Application blanks can be hod ‘by addressing the Northern railroad. Its object is to educate and the term. Superintendent. equip for useful citizenship such children within the The food, care, recreation and discipline of the All money intended for pupils, other than spend­ borders of this State as are unable, by reason of de­ school resemble what may be expected in a well ing money, should be sent to (he Superintendent who fective heaiing, speech, etc., to be educated in the regulated household. will acknowledge its receipt. Express packages, public schools. It is no more an asylum, hospital, The presence of a deal child in the family is not telegrams, etc., should be prepaid and sent in poor house or reform school than are the public the greatest misfortune in the world. Because a care of the Superintendent. Letters of inquiry- schools throughout the state. Children, incapable of child is deaf, parents should not neglect to instruct should be addressed to lhe Superintendent. making advancement in studies, physically weak or him but should take the more pains. He should be incorrigible, cannot be retained in the school. Persons knowing of deaf children, residents of this taught to write his name, the names of familiar Stale, not in school here, will confer a favor by send­ TERMS OF ADMISSION. objects, and, when old enough, sent to school. ing the name and address to Eight is a good age at which to start in school. Deaf children and youths over seven and under Parents are expected to take their childien home I). !■’. HANGS, Supt., twenty-five years of.age, residents of the State, are during the vacation. Devils Lake, N. I). admitted free. No charge is made except for cloth - ing, traveling and incidental expenses. Tuition, board, books, fuel, lights, washing and medical at­ tendance are provided. Pupils whose parents are. THE FLORIDA unable to provide clothing and transportation may DIXIE FLYER receive assistance from the county from which they come as provided by sections 962 and 963 of the Re­ T0 FLORIDA. CENTRAL AND vised Codes. The charge to non-residents is One DAILY FROM ST LOUIS. Hundred and Eighty Dollars per annum in advance. PENINSULAR The school opens on the second Wednesday in Sep­ VIA THE tember and closes on the second Wednesday in June, RAILROAD at which time all pupils are sent home for the sum­ ILLINOIS Operates the quickest schedules from mer vacation. CENTRAL LEARNING A TRADE. the northwest to Floiida--Chicago In addition to the knowledge gained in school, or St, Louis to Jacksonville in 36 every pupil, as he becomes old enough, is taught a RAILROAD hours —Cincin.' ati to Jacksonville AND THE trade. The deaf are shut out from many pursuits in 24 hours, open to those who can hear, and the knowledge of a “LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN ROUTE” trade, therefore, becomes of importance to them. The celebrated "Cincinnati & Florida There are very few who, if thev remain in school and connecting lines, bv the wav of Limited,’ a solid vestibuled train con­ throughout the course, do not acquire sufficient know­ sisting of fine Pullman Buffet Sleeping ledge of a trade to be able to make a livelihood after NASHVILLE Cars, thoroughfare coaches and leaving school. At present the only trades established baggage cars, leaves Cincinnati every for boys are printing and bookbinding. We hope at CHATTANOOGA no distant date 10 add others. The girls are taught morning by the Queen & Crescent, nr- sewing and general house-work. ATLANTA rvmg in Jacksonville next morning. Leaves St. Louis ever)’ evening, is a Hie route is by the Queen & Crescent METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. .solid train to Nashville and carries a to Chattanooga, thence by the Southern T here is but one system of educating the deaf that Ry., to Everett, and thence by the gives the greatest good to all, namely the Combined • hrough Sleeping Gar Morida Central & Peninsular to System. It comprises various methods known as the St. Louis ro Jacksonville, lla. Jacksonville and Florida points. The sign, manual, oral and aural methods. The parti­ Day Express also leaves St. Louis Florida Central & Peninsular is the cular method employed with a given class depends every morning and carries a through direcl line to the most important upon the nature of the pupils. No one method is points in Florida, reaches Ocala, ever picked out and made to do duty for all. That parlor car and coach to Nashville, would be like putting a round peg into a square hole. connecting with through sleeping car Gainesville, Orlando Tampa, Tallahas­ The Combined System is used in this school and it is to Savannah, thus giving see, the capital, and numerous interior our endeavor to discriminate and apply each method points over its own line. Connects at where it will do the most good. DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE Jacksonville in depot of arrival for St. to Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta Augustine, all east coast points, and OUTFITS FOR PUPILS. and Jacksonville, connecting for all at Tampa and Miami with steamers lor AH pupils ought, as far as possible, to be provided principal points in the southeast, such Key West, Havana and Nassau. with clothing sufficient to last .1 year, Each article as Charleston, Wilmington, Aiken and For particulars apply to nearest should be marked plainly with the owner’s name. Savannah, and for all points in Florida. ticket agent or address A. O. MaC- Not less than five dollars should be deposited with D ONELL, General Pasenger Agent, the Superintendent at the beginning of the term for Tickets and full information con­ the incidental expenses of the pupil. A strict ac­ cerning the above can be had of agents or L. A. SHIPMAN, Ass’t. Pass. Agt., count of such money deposited will be kept by the ot the " Central ” and connecting lines. Jacksonville, Fla. Superintendent, and the balance relumed to the C. C. McCarty, D. P. A. parent at the close of the term. St. Louis, Mo. One hundred years ago we were but anson GENERAL INFORMATION. A. IT. H , G. P. A. Chicago, 111. 13 feeble colonies, while now we The school is unsectarian, but moral and religious comprise 45 free, sovereign and instruction is given, and the pupils may attend the J. F. Merry, A. G. P. A. churches designated by their parents. Dubuque, Iowa. independent states, and territories..

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