Wisconsin School for the Deaf - Tattler Yearbook (Delavan, WI)

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Activities Tb» Ariadna Literary Society Mmibcr of ihm organisation Have not hnd mi many meeting- a- we hud lost year, iHtraurr picui. now.i and liu k.'tltiill game. interfered. Meeting- wore hold twice a month until during thi bosket bull M'tuon. Since thot time we hnd meeting only oneo u mouth. Mias Nellie Geiger and Mltu Ida Huneon have booh our guardian lliii year. Wo hud two joint mooting with the lajy in the u«ncinbly hall. At one of th- two meeting.- Mr. Phoenix. the grand non at the man, who gave the land on which thin M-hool wm built, gave an interesting talk about hi trip to Java and A»iu. We learned many new fuels airnut how the people there live. Till year we have hud many good number on our program . Charlotte Unlperin told the mory of Evangeline . A play Hook Week wan ftl«o good and It encouraged the children to rend book . Phoebe Hughes told u« about ame fumou friendship between well known people in his lory. There wen many othci good number but the Christmas program was the host. I think. The last meeting to- held the twenty-seventh of last month. It was n little different from the other meeting . The junior put on the program. Alice Fischer gave a very good monologue, My Four Year of High School Here At the laxt meeting the following offiermi for the coming year were elected: Pauline t.ong. president; Murcetlu Huum-r, vice-president; Vinona Long, secretary? and Edith Deiningor, treasurer. Officer for the past )'t ur have been Esther Wesemnnn, president: Hortha Zola. vleo-prc -idnt; Ln June Dofenhoi t. secretary; and Pearl Golf, treasurer. The Phoenix Liltrsry Society Tin Phoenix Literary Society had iL- first meeting in the boys’ upper study September twenty-seventh. It wan called by the chairman Robert Schneider for he was the highent ranking officer. This year there have been forty-six members among which thirteen are new. They have hnd the largest attendance at the meeting thut they have ever hnd here. Mr. Gant took Mr. Rond’ place a an advisor. Mr. Rood i editor of the Wisconsin Timer mo he isn’t able to have charge of the meetings . Mr. Wfllinm worked with Mr. Gant The boy met eight times this year. The hoys have tried tin haul they could to make a suectsaful society. The officer for thi year have been Carmello Hi Chiura. president: Omar Schmidt, vice-president; Alvin Deinlein. secretary; and Harvey Boldt. treasurer. The boy did very well at the meetings. Out- standing number were Pegnsu , the Winged Horne by Omar Schmidt and an Interesting rtory entitled. The Trail of the Gold Skulls” by Harry Lewis. It seem that Robert Schneider hold the record for having held the boy attention. He had to he topped after having talked an hour uml u half on the life of Buffalo bill. On the seventeenth of May, Mr. Cutneron gave a very interesting Shake pearean reading entitled. The Taming of the Shrew”. Th® member of tla- girl ’ literary society were the guest of the boy nt till meeting. The general theme of all the meeting ha boon a rigid onherencc to the rule of Parliamentary Procedure. Committee annignmanU have frequently been made to furnish practise in individual initiative. For the first time in year , the variety wa in truth, the Hoy ' Literary Society as they have prepared all programs and carried out all other dutit by tbeittMlve . with little .- upcrvi ion. W. S. D. Boy Seoul Troop In the fall of 1934 Alvin Maids wn» elected the Senior Patrol Leader. Hurry Lewi , the ScouUrribe for two year . Omar Schmidt, the treasurer and Milton Krueger, the Quartermaster. The member voted to meet every Sunday at ton o’clock. Th little children who hud to tay in school during the Christmas vacation, were made happy by receiving fruit, candy, peanuts and toy from the Hoy Scout . In the second week of March the Fox Patrol under Patrol Leader Sharer won llic annual basketball tournament. The same patrol under the name leader won the volley ball tourney even nosing out the All-Star . GYM EXHIBITION The annual exhibition of the Physical Education Department was held on the evening of April uth and flth. All of the children in the school took part in some event and did their part well. Mr. Duncan Cameron and Mis Beatrice Richardson took chnrgc of the program both night?- The exhibition wn considered one of the best program thi school ha given. A large crowd attended though not so many a la»t year because of the cold, windy weather each night, each night. All during the evening the orchestra from the State School for the Blind, Janesville, furnished music. —27— N IN E T E F N THIRTY-FIVE

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In July and August the Indian Women dug with sharpened sticks, tcyxsinnn, a root thnt grow in handy soil. Teywinnu was a very star-chy food nnd had a very sweet taste. The wild sweet potato, a root of which the Indians were very fond wu found in bottom lands or river beds. An Indian housekeeper exerted herself much to secure a variety of appetizing dishes for her husband. To accomplish her end, she even took food from the field mouse and muskrat. She gathered wild bean ami roots of the wild lily from the nests of mice. The lily root was mod fur medicine. Wh'lc the Indians wen getting rice, they were on the look-out for other foods that grew in lakes and pond . A white bulb about, the size of an onion was often stored uway by the muskrat near the waterside. The Indians took it from the mu “krai and made stew of it. Before the white man came, the Indian wo men nnd men dressed alike, their clothing consisted of shirts and loggings of deerskin. But the tribes in the southwest wove cotton garment-? and made robes of plaited rabbits akin . It was ittyl'iih for the Indian to wear robes nnd blankets ami really beautiful patterns were developed. Even now some of these type of clothing persist in certain Indian tribes. The Indians, like all primitive races, were fond of personal adornment. They cut their clothing into fringe at the edges and often trimmed their garments with feather? or elk's teeth. On festive and war-like occasions, they painted both their faces and bodies. Some tribes tattooed themselves. Shell necklaces, ear rings and sometimes lip and nose jewelry were worn. The men uu well as the women were proud of their long black hair. The Indians usually arranged their hair In two long braids. You have perhaps been told that the indiun woman, a squaw, was the slave of her husband. This b not quite true. She had her work, and he had hi . It was his buxines to chase the game, sometimes many miles, and often when game wax scarce, he might be away for many days or even weeks. The women did the work about the tepee or hut, cultivated the ground, and made the clothe . In «hort. he did the work belonging to war and hunting while the women had to do with pcaci. When the clan or tribe was moving, the women carried most of the baggage, but the man had to be on guard for an enemy hidden behind a tree or u hill who might, ut any time, -end an arrow toward them, finishing their journey too suddenly. So we see that the Indian women were not so unfairly treated u i often pictured, and al though they present a picturesque appearance today, they do hot have n easy u life an their white sisters in the.’r modern homes with their efficient methods of housekeeping and labor-saving devices. But even with the present day living conditions, the worried face seem very different from the calm content shown by ;he Indian mother and housekeeper, seemingly satisfied w'ith her family and her nhodo. THE TAT T I. E R

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Marianna Hamden Jean Hauser Genevieve Perhni Style Show The annual Style Show wan held ax part of the Kprinjr program on April 6th and tith. Mrs. Mildred Hurdis of the Home Economics Department and Mrs. Geneva Llewellyn of the Art Department were In charge of this part of the program. The importance of cotton materials in the school girl's wardrobe was emphasized this year both in the Kiddie Purnde and the Fashion Revue. All garment in the Kiddie Parade were made by the older girls. A number of garments featured handwork, several were remodeled. The white organdy graduation dresses worn by the five seniors were especially beautiful. Judges for the Style Show were Miss Nellie Passage. Miss Matteson and Miss Babcok. Prizes were awarded as follows: first to Genevieve Perhni for her excellent handwork and modeling, second to Vinonu Long for her excellent work in tie-dying, third to Marcella Hauror for the neat work of the tailored dress. For the number of garments made and the work done on children's clothes. Miss Esther W esc man and Miss Mary Soraski won awards. For general work, uwards were made to Phoebe Hughes, Alice Fischer and Eva Herman. The Prom The annual Junior Prom of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf was held on the evening of May fourth in the Assembly Hall from eight to twelve o'clock. The hall was decorated very attractively with strips of gold and lavender crepe paper. There was a large festoon hanging in the middle of the room and all of the light fixtures wore decorated with crepe paper. The west side tage was fixed os u living room with floor lumps, dark green rugs, over stuffed chairs and with a canopy of crepe pnpe over it. The east side stage won fixed as a fountain with water spraying from it. The students were gnyly attired and formats being worn by the girls. An orchestra from Milwaukee furnished the music throughout the evening and two girls from Clinton danced very attractively for us. Some women served punch. During the intermission, refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. Much credit is due to the Student-faculty committee consisting of Mr. Moon1 os chairman. Mr. Boyce Williams, MIm Mason, Miss Dooley and the members of the Junior Clans. The party was Indeed a succeui in every way. —28— THE TATTLER