Extent of Constitutional Provisions--Language and Forms of Provisions. XVI. QUESTION OF THE CHARITY CONNECTION OF SCHOOLS 248 Institutions Sometimes Regarded as Educational: Sometimes as Charitable--Charity in Connection with Schools for the Deaf--Arguments for the Connection with Boards of Charities--Arguments in Opposition to the Connection---Conclusions in Respect to the Charity Connection of Schools for the Deaf. XVII. PROVISIONS CONCERNING ADMISSION OF PUPILS INTO SCHOOLS 262 Rules as to the Payment of Fees--Provision for the Collateral Support of Pupils--Age Limits of Attendance. XVIII. ATTENDANCE UPON THE SCHOOLS 268 The Proportion of the Deaf in the Schools--The Need of Compulsory Education Laws for the Deaf--Present Extent of Compulsory Education Laws. XIX. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS 277 The Use of Signs as a Means of Communication--Rise and Growth of the Oral Movement--Present Methods of Instruction--Courses of Study and Gradations of Pupils--Industrial Training in the Schools. XX. COST TO THE STATE FOR EDUCATION 293 Value of the Property Used for the Education of the Deaf--Cost of the Maintenance of the Schools--Form of Public Appropriations--Cost to the State for Each Pupil. XXI. PUBLIC DONATIONS OF LAND TO SCHOOLS 299 Grants by the National Government--Grants by the States--Grants by Cities or Citizens. XXII. PRIVATE BENEFACTIONS TO SCHOOLS 303 Donations of Money--Gifts for Pupils--Present Tendencies of Private Benefactions. XXIII. CONCLUSIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE WORK FOR THE DEAF IN AMERICA 309 APPENDIX A 325 TABLE WITH RESPECT TO HOMES FOR THE DEAF IN AMERICA. APPENDIX B 326 TABLES WITH RESPECT TO SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF IN AMERICA. I. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 326 II. PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS 329 III. DENOMINATIONAL AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS 331 INDEX 333 INTRODUCTION