place for the assembling of such Convention, do hereby extend to the committee a cordial invitation to hold the said meeting in this Institution, at such time in the month of August as shall, on consultation, be thought best. "Resolved, That our Superintendent is hereby empowered and requested, should the invitation be accepted, to tender the hospitalities of the Institution to the members of the Convention, and to make such other arrangements as may be necessary to secure to them a pleasant and profitable meeting.' After due deliberation, the Committee have accepted this invitation, and now give notice that the Convention will be held at the Indiana Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, in Indianapolis, on Wednesday, the 24th of August, 1870. It is respectfully suggested that you prepare one or more papers on such subjects as may seem to you of importance in connection with the work of instructing the deaf and dumb, to be presented at the Convention. Mr. MAC INTIRE has kindly consented to act as Local Committee, and to him, therefore, all letters of inquiry or of acceptance should be addressed. In behalf of the Committee, ISAAC LEWIS PEET, Chairman. After reading, Mr. STONE continued: In pursuance of this Circular, the Convention is assembled. For the purpose of a temporary organization, I move that HARVEY P. PEET, LL. D., of New York, take the chair. The motion was seconded and adopted. Dr. PEET, on taking the chair, said: Gentlemen of the Convention: I return you my sincere and cordial thanks for the honor which you have done me in placing me in the chair temporarily, preliminary to a permanent organization. I feel a very deep interest in the cause of deaf mute instruction, although I have not, at the present time, the discharge of any of the executive duties of the office which I have held for thirty-eight years. I have attended every convention that has been held to advance the interests of the cause, and I hope that in time to come, when this convention shall have adjourned, similar conventions will continue, from time to time, to be held. I fully believe that the interests of the cause will thereby be promoted-that it will tend to advance the literature of the profession, and finally arrive at the best results which human labor can achieve. W. J. PALMER, of the North Carolina Institution, offered the following: Resolved, That J. C. Gordon, of the Indiana Institution, be elected temporary Secretary of the Convention. Adopted. J. C. BULL, of the American Asylum, Hartford, Connecticut, offered the following: Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed on Credentials and Enrollment. Adopted. The Chair appointed Messrs. J. C. Bull, John W. Swiler, of the Illinois Institution, and D. R. Coleman, of the North Carolina Institution, committee. After consultation, the Committee submitted the following REPORT: The Committee on Credentials and Enrollment respectfully report that the following named persons are entitled to seats in this Convention, viz: AMERICAN ASYLUM.-Collins Stone, Principal; John C. Bull, Mrs. J. C. Bull, J. R. Keep, Job Williams, Abel S. Clark, Mrs. A. S. Clark. NEW YORK INSTITUTION.-Isaac Lewis Peet, Principal; Harvey P. Peet, LL. D., Emeritus Principal; Mrs. H. P. Peet, G. C. W. Gamage, Miss Harriet C. Gamage. Rev. T. Gallaudet, D. D., Member of Board of Directors. PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTION.-Joshua Foster, Acting Principal; James J. Barclay, Secretary Board of Directors. OHIO INSTITUTION.-Gilbert O. Fay, Superintendent; George W. Halse, Miss Louisa K. Thompson, Miss Cassie H. Smith, Miss Hannah Davis, Plumb M. Park, J. D. H. Stewart. VIRGINIA INSTITUTION.-J. C. Covell, Principal; Mrs. J. C. Covell. INDIANA INSTITUTION.-Thos. Mac Intire, Superintendent; Horace S. Gillet, Wm. H. Latham, Walter W. Angus, Sidney J. Vail, H. N. Mac Intire, John L. Houdyshell, Naomi S. Hiatt, Eugene W. Wood, Joseph C. Gordon. P. H. Jameson, J. M. Kitchen, Trustees. NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTION.-W. J. Palmer, Principal; D. R. Coleman. ILLINOIS INSTITUTION.-Philip G. Gillett, Principal; H. W. Milligan, John W. Swiler, Henry C. Hammond, Miss Anna B. Osgood, Miss Elvira P. Gage, Selah Wait, Franklin Read. SOUTH CAROLina InstitutiON.-Newton F. Walker. PROCEEDINGS 5 OF THE SEVENTH CONVENTION OF AMERICAN INSTRUCTORS OF THE DEAF AND DUMB; HELD AT THE INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB, INDIANAPOLIS, IND., August 24th, 25th and 26th, 1870. INDIANAPOLIS: By the Sentinel Steam Printing and Book Binding Establishment. |