f, 96, 110-113.
_See_ Private benefactions.

Cities, aid of to schools, 161-163, 301.
_See_ Day schools; States, provision in.

Clarke School, 281, 306.
_See_ Massachusetts.

Classes of pupils, _see_ Gradations.

Classical allusions to the deaf, 119.

Clerc, Laurent, 135.

Clothing and transportation provided for pupils, 255, 264, 265, 296, 307.

Clubs of deaf, _see_ Societies.

Cogswell, Alice, 134.

College for the deaf, _see_ Gallaudet College.

Colorado, education in, 176, 184, 211, 297, 305.

Colonies for the deaf, 89n.

Combined method of instruction, 283, 285-287.

Communication, methods of among deaf, 11, 12, 277-287.

Compulsory education, 272-276, 320.

Conference of Principals, 113, 114.

Congenital deafness, 41-60;
as an increasing or decreasing phenomenon, 57;
conclusions respecting, 60-62, 310;
consanguineous marriages affecting, 42;
deaf parents affecting, 46;
deaf relatives affecting, 45;
possible action for the prevention of, 52.

Congregational Church, work of, _see_ Church work.

Congress, action of, _see_ National government.

Connecticut, education in, 136, 138, 171, 173, 183, 211, 305.
_See_ American School.

Consanguineous marriages, 42, 54, 60.
_See_ Congenital deafness.

Constitutional provisions, 64, 169, 242-247, 321.

Control, boards of, 183.

Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, 113, 114.

Corporations, _see_ Semi-public schools.

Cost of education, 293-298, 322;
for maintenance, 295;
for new buildings, 294;
in day schools, 192;
per pupil, 298;
to states sending outside, 297.
_See_ Property, value of; Semi-public schools.

County aid to schools, 162, 265, 296;
officers, work of, 166, 275n.

Courses of study, 287.

Court decisions relating to deaf, 65, 71.
_See_ Law, attitude of.

Crimes, responsibility of deaf for, 65, 72.

Dactylology, _see_ Manual alphabet.

Dalgarno, George, 123.

Day schools, 168, 187-201, 318;
arguments against, 197;
arguments for, 194;
co-operation with institutions, 189, 190;
co-ordination with public schools, 190, 193;
design of, 188;
equipment of, 193, 196;
evening schools as part of, 200, 201;
institutions as, 187;
laws for, 192;
number, 187, 191;
pupils in, 193;
support, 192, 193.
_See_ Methods of instruction; States, provision in.

"Deaf", meaning of term, 3.