"Ponce de Leon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Spain that credit is to be given as being the first country of Europe where there are recorded accounts of successful instruction of the deaf. In 1550, or perhaps earlier, Pedro Ponce de Leon of the Order of St. Benedict taught, chiefly by oral methods, several deaf children in the convent of San Salvador de Ona. Great success must have attended his efforts, for in addition to the Spanish language and arithmetic, his pupils are ...
— The Deaf - Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their - Education in the United States • Harry Best |
