Report of the proceedings of the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf, held at Milan, September 6th-11th, 1880 / taken from the English official minutes, read by A.A. Kinsey.

  • International Congress on Education of the Deaf
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1880
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Credit: Report of the proceedings of the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf, held at Milan, September 6th-11th, 1880 / taken from the English official minutes, read by A.A. Kinsey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    26 tors must concentrate their efforts to teach pronuncia- tion quietly, exactly, and perfectly, and then will speech prove itself to be the best, the only possible method. The President broke off here amidst enthusiastic applause, and The sitting was adjourned at 4.30 until the follow- ing day at 8 A.M., when the President would continue his address. Thursday, September 9th, 1880. The Sitting commenced at 8.36 a.m. Signer Foknari (Milan) read conclusion of the minutes of the proceedings of September 7th, on which M. GuEEiN (Marseilles) followed with the minutes in French, the minutes in English having been read in full on the preceding day. Announce- ments were made from the Chair that in the after- noon, from 2 to 4 o'clock, the School for the poor would be open for inspection, and that at 8 p.m. there would be a dramatic performance at the Royal Insti- tution by some of the deaf pupils ; also that there would be an examination next Sunday, at 12.30, of the girls and former pupils of the poor school of th^e pro- vince. Telegrams from Dr. Matthias (Friedberg) and Herr Schiebel (Zurich) were read, sending cordial greetings to the Congress. The A.bbe Balestra invited the Members to visit his school at Como after the close of the Congress. The President then proceeded with his address,
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