PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH CONVENTION OF AMERICAN INSTRUCTORS OF THE DEAF AND DUMB, HELD AT THE INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB, COLUMBUS, OHIO, AUGUST 17-22, 1878. COLUMBUS: NEVINS & MYERS, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. The Convention assembled at 3 o'clock P.M., preparatory to organization, when E. M. Gallaudet, L.L.D., President of the National Deaf Mute College, Washington, D. C., called the meeting to order, and said: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It becomes my duty as Chairman of the Executive Committee to read the call of the Convention about to assemble. OHIO INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAFf and Dumb, COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 26, 1878. At the Eighth Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf and Dumb, held at Belleville, Ontario, Canada, on the 15th-20th of July, 1874, the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That all invitations for the entertainment of the next Convention be referred to the Standing Committee, who shall determine the matter, and duly announce the time and place." At a meeting of the Committee, held in New York on the 7th of November, 1877, a communication was presented from the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, through G. O. Fay, Esq., Superintendent, cordially inviting the Convention to meet in Columbus, at their Institution, during the summer of 1878. This invitation was accepted by the Committee, and Mr. Fay was, by vote, requested to act as local committee. After consultation with the authorities of the Ohio Institution, it has been decided to invite the Convention to meet in August of the present year, and notice is hereby given that the Ninth Convention will be called to order on Saturday, the seventeenth day of August, 1878, at three o'clock P.M. An invitation is extended to all persons engaged in the education of the deaf and dumb in the United States and the Dominion of Canada, to be present at this Convention; and it is suggested to the principals of the several institutions that they invite such persons as may have been instructors, or are for other reasons interested in deaf-mute education, as might, in their judgment, properly participate in the proceedings of the Convention in the capacity of honorary members. The Convention, at its last meeting, adopted a resolution directing the Executive Committee to recommend to the writers of papers to observe the limit of twenty minutes, and to require that no paper shall exceed thirty minutes in its delivery; and also that an abstract, not to exceed one page, be furnished to the Business Committee of the Convention on the first day of the session. The Committee request that early notice may be given of intentions to present papers, the titles being forwarded to G. O. Fay, Esq., Local Committee of Arrangements; to whom, also, due notice should be given by the delegates of their purpose to attend the Convention. It is expected that the sessions of the Convention will continue at least through Wednesday, the 21st of August, on which day the Association of American Instructors of the Blind will meet in Columbus. In behalf of the Committee, E. M. GALLAUDET, Chairman. Mr. Gallaudet continued: The hour named in the call having arrived, I take pleasure in nominating to the Convention, for the office of Temporary President, Dr. A. G. |