The Deaf

The Deaf, by Harry Best

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Title: The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their
Education in the United States
Author: Harry Best
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THE DEAF
THEIR POSITION IN SOCIETY AND THE PROVISION FOR
THEIR EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
BY HARRY BEST

NEW YORK THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY HARRY BEST.
Published April, 1914.

Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.

Significant corrections have been listed at the end of the text. The oe
ligature has been transcribed as [oe].

TO
THE DEAF OF THE LAND
AND TO THOSE WHO LOVE THEM

FOREWORD
The aim of the present study is to ascertain as far as possible the
standing of the deaf, or, as they are so often called, the "deaf and
dumb," in society in America, and to examine the treatment that has
been accorded to them--to present an account of an element of the
population of whom little is generally known. In this effort regard is
had not only to the interests of the deaf themselves, but also, with the
growing concern in social problems, to the fixing of a status for them in
the domain of the social sciences. In other words, the design may be
said to be to set forth respecting the deaf something of what the social
economist terms a "survey," or, as it may more popularly be described,
to tell "the story of 'the deaf and dumb.'"
The material employed in the preparation of the work has been
collected from various documents, and from not a little personal
correspondence: from the reports and other publications of schools for
the deaf, of organizations interested in the deaf, of state charities,
education or other departments, of the United States bureaus of
education and of the census; from the proceedings of bodies interested
in the education of the deaf, of organizations composed of the deaf, of
state and national conferences of charities and corrections; from the
statutes of the several states; and from similar publications. From the
American Annals of the Deaf the writer has drawn unsparingly, and to
it a very considerable debt is owed. Valuable assistance has also been
obtained from the Volta Review, formerly the Association Review, and

from papers published by the deaf or in schools for the deaf. Other
sources of information used will be noted from time to time in the work
itself.
For all that has been set down the writer is alone responsible. He is,
however, keenly mindful of all the co-operation that has been given
him, and it would be most pleasant if it were possible to relate by name
those who have been of aid. Mere words of thanks could but very little
express the sense of obligation that is felt towards all of