Private schools, _see_ Denominational and private schools.

Property, value of, 293.

Protestant Episcopal Church, work of, _see_ Church work.

Public appropriations, _see_ Appropriations.

Public schools, deaf in, _see_ Day schools.

Publications for deaf, 115, 307n.
_See_ Papers; Volta Bureau.

Pupils, at beginning, 165;
number of, 288;
proportion in attendance, 268-270.
_See_ Clothing; Fees; Gradations; Restrictions.

Quasi-public schools, _see_ Semi-public schools.

Rae, Luzerne, 156n.

Raphel, Georges, 125.

Relatives, deaf, _see_ Congenital deafness.

Relief for needy deaf, 69, 95, 112.

Religious work, _see_ Church work; Denominational schools.

Restrictions, 157, 166, 262, 263, 318.
_See_ Fees; Age-limits.

Rhode Island, education in, 138, 184, 234.

St. Francis de Sales, 124.

St. Joseph's Institution, 306.
_See_ New York.

Sarah Fuller Home, 306.
_See_ Denominational and private schools; Massachusetts.

Schott, Gaspard, 125.

Seixas, David, 140.

Self-supporting, the deaf as, _see_ Economic condition.

"Semi-deaf", 9n, 286n.

"Semi-mute", 9n, 286n.

Semi-public schools, 156, 172-176, 180, 181, 295n, 297, 303.

Sensational accounts of deaf, 105n.

Settlements, social, work of, 107n.

Sibscota, George, 123.

Sicard, 127.

Sign language, 11, 12, 92, 187n, 277-279.
_See_ Manual alphabet.

Societies for deaf, _see_ Private organizations.

Social organization of deaf, 91-98.

Societies of the deaf, 92-96;
desirability, 93;
purposes, 94-96.

Solidarity of deaf, 78n, 94, 95.

South Carolina, education in, 138, 144, 176, 182, 184, 235.

South Dakota, education in, 183, 204n, 235, 300.

Spain, early education in, 122, 123.

Speech, 8-12, 279-284;
ability of deaf in, 8, 9, 284;
growth of teaching of, 282-284;
relation to sense of hearing, 3, 4.
_See_ Oral method.

Stanford, John, 131, 139.

State, action of, _see_ Law, attitude of.

States, provision in, 209-241;
lands given by, 301;
without schools, procedure in, 169, 171, 185, 297.
_See_ Appropriations; Charity; Constitutional provisions; Government
of institutions.

Stone, Collins, 156n.

Strange class, deaf as a, 99.

Subsidies, _see_ Appropriations; Semi-public schools.

Support of schools, _see_ Cost.

Tax, exemptions of deaf from, 65, 69.

Taxation for schools, special, 163, 172, 2