Girls High School - Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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Daylight is this movement reversed. The sign for a woman is made by drawing the fingers through the hair as though combing it. That for a man is A woman-nof' Perhaps the most interesting signs are those re- lating to time and to the seasons, each of which has a special symbol. It is said that two Indians of different-speaking tribes can converse for more than an hour by merely using gestures. This is, however, a universal language usedextensively by each and every one of us, whether we are cognizant of it or not. It is the simple and effective sign-language. If asked whether yo'u use this universal language, you might, without forethought, answer, No.', But you do. By this language we express our moods, desires, and even our thoughts. In a baby the signs are always the same. A cry indicates pain or a want of some kind, a coo, happiness, and even its drowsy, drooping eyelids spell contentment. But in older persons the feelings are expressd in dif- ferent ways. lust a right hand extended shows friendliness, and a shrug of the shoulders and a toss of the head, disdain. Nods of the head are either negative or affirmative. ' More suggestive even those gestures are our facial expressions. A smile or a frown shows whether we are pleased or displeased. The eyes have been said to be the windows of the soul, and they truly conlirm that statement. The twinkling of the eye marks mischief, and a bright flash anger. How expressive they arel What can we not read in them? Although every one uses the sign-language, some peoples use it more extensively than others. The Latin races are born hand-talkers and sel- dom utter a word which is not accompanied by some gesture. School children are extensive users of the sign-language. They use it in school and they use it in play. But the one who employs it continually through- out the day, in the larger cities, is the traliic officer. Of course, being un- able to speak his commands, he must resort to this never-failing means. His gestures suggest chieiiy, 'fCome ahead, stay back, to the right, and to the left. The street car conductor, too, uses this means of com- municating. Hfe says, Give my your money, and How many? many times a day, without saying a word. Our soldier lads, most of them knowing only their native language, found themselves in a strange country with a strange tongue. Never at a loss, however, they made thair wants known and were even able to converse with their foreign comrades. In a restaurant they got some- thing to eat toot sweet, as they said, by supplying their want of words with a fluency of gestures. When Columbus and his followers landed on the American Continent and they found the Indians as the inhabitants of these shores, they were able to converse and communicate with them, as were also other later explorers. They all made use of the sign-language. W'hen William Penn founded Pennsylvania and made a treaty with the Indians, he was not able to speak the Indian language. How then did he deal with these Pennsylvania natives if he did not use the sign-language? Our missionaries and explorers must depend largely upon the sign- language in their work among foreign peoples. While the sign-language is a universal language, it is not used ex- clusively. There are disadvantages as well as advantages in the use of a sign-language. While it is a silent language and can be used in a noise and an uproar, it cannot be used in the dark nor when the persons con- versing are not within sight of each other. What we must have as a universal language is something that will serve for the intercourse of foreigners, for commercial and general cor- respondenceg for diploinatic communications and documents, and for scientific treatises. A language thus devised would prove a valuable benefit to all men and nations. . I4

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RUTH BOAS ls this our Bnhhy? XVe harclly know her without that big rihhon how. This Child is not happy unless she spends hui' spare minutes poring over inythology books. Our future librarian CPD is never at a loss for ideas, especially when it pertains to having fun. XVitty and htnnorous, she keeps the bunch always in an Ll1J1'lJilI'. DOROTHY M. BOHN NVe think that Dot does not need L1 write-up. Une only has to hear her giggle. Dot is very stnclions and can even :nuprcciato 21 good joke, if live minutes are al- lowed for it to sink in. My word, l thought l'd die. Dot is a fine chtnn and is well-liked by all. MARGARET H. BRADY A very tall Miss is Margaret, And fond of dancing is she. In school she is very quiet But outside a good sport, you see CAROLYN R. BRAN T V Behold! A sweet, charming 1llCIHl7C1' of our class! Carolyn, as we understand, is very popular with the op- posite sex, and dearly loves to trip the light fantastic toe until the wee small hours of the morning. By the way, Carolyn, where did you learn to make rows of soldiers on the typewriter? 16