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Chapter Five: The Tale of Two Schools - Coggle Diagram
Chapter Five: The Tale of Two Schools
Chelsee Patterson
April 27th, 2021
Evansdale
First time another deaf school existed in Indiana
Started by Deaf people
Deaf-Mutes Journal
Name Indiana & NY
Deaf-Mutes Journal
(Indiana) 1st few had typos, chargers of plagiarism
Deaf-Mutes Journal
(Indiana) criticizing Charles Kerney and Evansville Day School; overreached editorial
Authorship of Keneta article unknown; contributed to ongoing struggle between Indiana Inst and Evansville
Emma Macy (assistant)
Oscar Schaffner / Theodore Holtz accepted to Gallaudet; 1st time college had taken students from a day school
1889-1890 school year, journal name change to
Silent Hoosier
(1891) becomes popular that legislative bill to grant it state support failed by 1 vote
(1901) James E. Gallaher (managing editor @
National Exponent
) assumed charge 12/7
No building to mark efforts of: Kerney, Glenn, Baker
Indiana Institution
William Willard (deaf) founded Indiana Institution for the Education of Deaf and Dumb
Superintendents:
(1845) James S. Brown (hearing)
(1852) Thomas MacIntire
(1879) William Glenn (dentist) (Democrat) - no experience
was removed with no explanation
(1854) Eli Banker (deputy warden / Democratic Party worker)
(1889) Richard O. Johnson
Oscar Pittenger - (Republican) knew nothing of sign language/deafness; abruptly removed from position 5/1935 after election of powerful Democratic governor
Jackson A. Raney (Democrat) did not know sign language or education methods
(1956) William McClure
3/6/1879 Democrat controlled state legislature; 3/15 new board asked for MacIntyre's resignation by 5/29/1879
Indianapolis Journal
"unscrupulous ring of Indianapolis Democrats whose sole subject was to pelt and plunder"
Orson Archibald (deaf) prepared legislative bill for stringent civil service regulation / $80k schoolhouse, 30 classrooms
-unsuccessful
Name Change: Indiana
State
School for the Deaf
Notable Figures
Thomas MacIntire
Oliver Morton (Republican)
Powerful governor friend; died 1877
Sent 12 pupils to Gallaudet
Phillip Gillet
(1892) Illinois Institution
Endorsed one candidate for governor;
governor did not win;
new governor immediately fired him
Notable Figures
Charles Kerney
(1891) Evansville School Board dismissed him from position; June 1892, offered it back but already took another teaching job
(1894) Efforts to close the Evansville Day School
Commited suicide
Did not know his own name till Kentucky Institution age 15
Richard O. Johnson
Signed his speech to students; first time in ten years
(1919) Removed unexplainably from position
William McClure
Neither Democrat nor Republican
Appointment in 1957 ended almost 80 years of
politically appointed superintendents at Indiana School