“At the opening of school in September last, this class was increased by the admission of JOSEPHINE M. WARE (thirteen years old), who lost hearing at eleven years, and did not attend school after being deaf. until she entered here: she talked well, and could read her mother’s lips considerable; and JAMES P. BURBANK (nine years old), deaf at six years eight months, retained speech, a good use of language, read lips a very little and read children’s books understandingly.  He received but one year’s instruction before becoming deaf.  , and did not attend school afterward.  Neither of these new pupils knew the multiplication table, or anything of written, arithmetic, but their progress has been so good that they now stand well in class.  Besides the regular lessons of the class, they are studying Hooker’s ‘Child Book of Nature.’  They have continued the exercises of reading, spelling, defining, construction of sentences from given words, lip-reading, geography and arithmetic, and made good progress in each.”

Reference Data:

Annusal Report of the Board of Education, by Massachusetts Board of Education, 1870, page 578