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Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Albert L. E. Crouter, April 1, 1892

Copy. Parker House, Boston, April 1st 1892. Dear Mr. C {Begin deleted text}??{End deleted text} hes u ter,—

Many thanks for your note of the 81st ulto. just received. I endorse every word you say about Nat.Deaf Mute College, and think you should go ahead at once and formulate definite plans for an oral School of Technology. Let us discuss the details and have a plan elaborated by the time of the Summer Meeting of the Association, when we can either bring it publicly before the Association, or bring it privately before the heads of the Oral School who may be present at the meeting. Inthe—meantime the public agitation for an Oral Department at the Natl.College should be continued. There is no harm in letting President Gallandet have this idea that a fight imminent in Congress, as the dread of a conflict that may injure the College and lead to a still further curtailment of his appropriations, may operate as an element in inducing him to do better justice to oral work. I quite agree with you however, that we better abandon any idea of a direct appeal to Congress, and let well alone there.

The wording of the Articulation proviso inserted in the present Bill, would allow the College to establish an Oral Department if so desired. Our efforts should be directed to inducing it to do it.