Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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HELEN KELLER SARA STARBURG SALUTATORIAN ELEN KELLER stands out before 'sexy the world as a woman who al lg f wbijg -3 cultxes has won success through her courage and perseverance Q Possessmg only three senses taste w ww , touch and smell and bemg de haf L?-l 'I prxved of the most lmportant ones dvi! Z2- besldes bemg speechless she was certamly a p1t1able creature But she possessed that w1l1 power whlch made all thmgs possmble and constantly looked forward to a txme when she mnght make her l1fe a success Thls purpose was only 'nccom plxshed by degrees It took a great deal of force and deter mmatxon on her part The flrst great thmg she dxd wis to learn to read ra1sed letters wxth the axd of a teacher then to wr1te and finally to speak Next she saw the lmportant need and value of a college educatlon She was prepared for thls work and made wonderful progress On entermg college she fully realxzed her deficxencxes yet endeavored all the whnle to look on the brnghter sxde of l1fe Her college educatlon was a decnded success as It qualxhed her ln varnous subjects xn whlch she was especlally mterested Influenced by thls tram mg she began to take an actxve part mn llfe especnally ln thc work of axdmg bl1nd chxldren She vxsxted them read to them and trxed to comfort them and lS domg such work at the present tune She IS also mterested 1n polltxcal and soclal affalrs and is eager to become fam1l1ar wlth all current events l 3 ' :Y 't I l 4 , LL -,K ' . ' H il I though surrounded by many d1ffl- I TT ' ' F X f 1 S i I ,IQ . . - J

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES and struggled on tall he sat ham down upon a lattle hallock of turf wath has feet sunk deep an the oozy mud When finally he dad summon up courage to look about the apparataon was gone As Azzarkal the ampetuous the undaunted one sore an body and thoroughly humalaated an sparat dragged hamself through the mare to the bank of the Pool of Astarkan a voace quaetly called has name Who calls? the boaster s voace was low and meek Tas I Tas Sohocon What was at? Has at gone? Wall at return? Ah Azzarkal at was nothang to fear Nothang to fear' Do you not fear a horde of eval sparats? It was no eval spaa-at It was only some saxth formers an one of those amported contraptaons they call automobales Kand lady Don t you know at s wrong to fight? Small boy Yes m when Im gettan lacked Lattle fours an hastory L1ttle fours an French Makes a baseball player Sat upon the bench Teacher tof natural hastoryl How many specaes of kangaroo are known to exast? Pupal Two just the same as any other creature the kangaroo and the kangarooster Freddae lat the table Oh mama' are you gomg to gave all that ace cream to Mabel? Mama No my dear thas as for you Freddae My goodness mama what a lattle bat - . . . . 1 . 1 a 1 1 . . I - Y' 71 1 ' res - 1 ' as ac ' ' ' ' vs u - - 71 1 v ' ee - - - - 11 N . . . . . . . . ,, - at 1 -1 91 at 1 1 ' 1 - -aa T ' I N . . . 1 1 V ' 97 . N . - 11 ' ff ' T- 99 - , ra ' , . 1 I 11 N - - rv .1 ' ' , . ,, - - n ..- 1 ' ,

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IHE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES of the day ln fact she has made more of her l1fe than one would expect under such clrcumstances and thus we can truly say that her career 15 marvelous Today she has the honorable t1tle of Bachelor of Arts from Radcllffe College IS a fluent speaker of five languages author of a well known book and the fr1end of many noted men and women of Amer1ca Such IS the posxtxon to wh1ch she has elevated herself Helen Keller was born June 27 1880 1n Tuscumb1a Ala bama Her parents were very respectable people and qulte well educated In her mfancy she became deaf and bhnd the result of a fever Consequently she could not speak As she developed she began to show an eager d1spos1t1on and a longmg for a way mn wh1ch to express herself as dld those about her She would touch the laps of people whsle they were speakmg but could not understand what xt all meant The desrre to express herself 1n a more deftmte way be came greater but prospects of any educatlon for her seemed gloomy untll her father heard of the Perknns Inst1tute a school for the deaf and bhnd He was successful ID securxng was about seven years old Mnss Sulllvan s manner of mstructmg was excellent She would glVB Helen a certaln object and spell nnto one hand the name of the word wh1ch the object represented whlle Helen placed her other hand on Mxss Sullivan s lips to grasp the meanmg At once she trted to 1m1tate by sound those words wh1ch her teacher had spelled and soon she learned the names of snmple objects such as chalr book hat etc another helpful thmg Wh1Ch Mnss Sulhvan d1d for her pupxl was to take her out xnto the woods and let her obtam an ndea of na ture She became acquaxnted wnth the flowers trees and blrds The next step 1n her educatnon was to learn to read and also to count Cardboard Sl1pS w1th prlnted words on them were gxven her and she soon learned that each word repre sented an object act or quahty In thas way she learned to read 1n Prxmary books, and by contmued readmg her voca U 1 9 1 1 ' ' 9 ' ' i 1 1 . . , l I , . 1 U Miss Sullivan, who arrived in the spring of 1887, when Helen I I . . , . . I . . I I V 9 9 'G 4 V 1 ' I I l ' I - I ' ' s .