| PAGE |
| Introduction | xiii |
| Part I |
| POSITION OF THE DEAF IN SOCIETY |
| CHAPTER |
| I. The Deaf in the United States | 3 |
| Meaning of Term "Deaf" in the Present Study—Number of the Deaf in the United States—Age when Deafness Occurred—Ability of the Deaf to Speak—Means of Communication Employed by the Deaf. | |
| II. The Deaf as a Permanent Element of the Population | 13 |
| Increase in the Number of the Deaf in Relation to the Increase in the General Population—The Adventitiously Deaf and the Congenitally Deaf—Adventitious Deafness and its Causes—Possible Action for the Prevention of Adventitious Deafness—Adventitious Deafness as an Increasing or Decreasing Phenomenon—The Congenitally Deaf—The Offspring of Consanguineous Marriages—The Deaf Having Deaf Relatives—The Offspring of Deaf Parents—Possible Action for the Prevention of Congenital Deafness—Congenital Deafness as an Increasing or Decreasing Phenomenon—Conclusions with Respect to the Elimination or Prevention of Deafness. | |
| III. Treatment of the Deaf by the State | 63 |
| General Attitude of the Law towards the Deaf—Legislation Discriminatory respecting the Deaf—Legislation in Protection of the Deaf—Legislation in Aid of the Deaf—Tenor of Court Decisions Affecting the Deaf—Present Trend of the Law in Respect to the Deaf. | |
| IV. Economic Condition of the Deaf | 75 |
| The Extent to which the Deaf are a Wage-earning and Self-supporting Element of the Population—Views of the Deaf as to their Economic Standing—The Deaf as Alms-seekers—Homes for the Deaf—Conclusions with Respect to the Economic Position of the Deaf. | |
| V. Social Organization of the Deaf | 91 |
| Social Cleavage from the General Population—Desirability of Organizations Composed of the Deaf—Purposes, Activities, and Extent of Such Organizations—Newspapers of the Deaf. | |
| VI. Popular Conceptions concerning the Deaf | 99 |
| Viewed as a Strange Class—Viewed as a Defective Class—Viewed as an Unhappy Class—Viewed as a Dependent Class—Need of a Changed Regard for the Deaf. | |
| VII. Private Organizations Interested in the Deaf | 107 |
| General Societies Interested in the Deaf—The Volta Bureau—Parents' Associations for the Deaf—Church Missions to the Deaf—Organizations Interested in the Education of the Deaf—Publications Devoted to the Interests of the Deaf. | |
| Part II |
| PROVISION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF |
VIII. The Education of the Deaf Prior to its Introduction
into the United States | 119 |
| IX. History of Education of the Deaf in the United States | 129 |
| Early Attempts at Instruction—Beginning of the First Schools—Early Ideas concerning the Schools for the Deaf—Aims of the Founders—Extension of the Means of Instruction over the Country. | |
| X. Organization of the Institutions and General Provisions | 171 |
| Arrangements in the Different States—Semi-Public Institutions—"Dual Schools"—Provision for the Deaf-Blind—Provision for the Feeble-minded Deaf—Government of the Different Institutions—Procedure in States without Institutions. | |
| XI. The Day School for the Deaf | 187 |
| Inception and Growth of the Day School—Design and Scope of Day Schools—Extent and Organization of Day Schools—Arguments for the Day School—Arguments against the Day School—Evening Schools for Adults. | |
| XII. Denominational and Private Schools | 202 |
| Denominational Schools—Private Schools. | |
| XIII. The National College | 206 |
| XIV. Provision for Education by States | 209 |
| XV. Constitutional Provisions for Schools | 242 |
| Extent of Constitutional Provisions—Language and Forms of Provisions. | |
| XVI. Question of the Charity Connection of Schools | 248 |
| Institutions Sometimes Regarded as Educational: Sometimes as Charitable—Charity in Connection with Schools for the Deaf—Arguments for the Connection with Boards of Charities—Arguments in Opposition to the Connection—-Conclusions in Respect to the Charity Connection of Schools for the Deaf. | |
| XVII. Provisions concerning Admission of Pupils into Schools | 262 |
| Rules as to the Payment of Fees—Provision for the Collateral Support of Pupils—Age Limits of Attendance. | |
| XVIII. Attendance upon the Schools | 268 |
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