Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1902 — What the Fault Was. [ARTICLE]

What the Fault Was.

Dr. Frank W. Allport, one of the leading oculists of Chicago, was recently appointed examining physician by the board of education. A pupil from one of the schools where “fads" are more thoroughly In vogue than in almost any other public school, came to Dr. Allport in the regular course of events to have his eyes examined. The physician went through the usual formula for discovering the-defects of vision. He placed a chart before the boy. The first word was “hat.” “Now read this word,” said the doctor. “Hhhuh-ah-tuhhh,” sputtered the boy. “Then try this." said the doctor, pointing to “big.” “Buh-ih-guhhh,” stammered the boy. “Madam,” said the doctor to the boy’s mother, “there is some more serious defect here than a visual one. The vocal organs seem to be affected.” “Oh, no,” answered the mother, “he could spell and read quite well until he went to school and took up this new phonetio method.”—New York Times.