North Carolina State School for the Blind - Astron Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

Page 6 text:

DEDICATION TO DR. JOHN A. SIMPSON Our ulunml Wu llvnliq-atv to yon. Alul with it luring thu In-nrts of ull Hn' 1-lass: An ulferiugz small hnlvvd for um' so truv, Vmvurllly to ho gzlvunz hut lvt it puss- Nv, not fm' what it is, but for tllv thought Fur whivlx it stands, xx full' lu-jvwvlml 1-rmvn All sm-I with lmnor, faith. mul luvu, um! ln-might lliko Ilmvr-rs ln :ul altar mul hliel flown. For yum thu trm-st wisln-S In-arts 1-:ln know We make. Full vuven-utly wo rlvmlivzltv Not unly this small hunk. but lives zxglmv Wltll yuutlx. whim-lu you lmvv slmln-ul: :uul soon ur lulv, Gml gxrunt flu-y luxvv. lu-fore tlmsv llvvs ln- xlunv. Like llonor. fnitll. mul love us you haw won.

Page 5 text:

JOHN A. SIMPSON. A.B., A. M.. Mus. Doc. DIRECTOR OF Music. N, C. S. S. Wenring Nm white fiawcr ofa blameless life

Page 7 text:

TIIE ASTRON 5 DR. JOHN A. SIMPSON Dr. John Alexander Simpson, whose portrait appears on the fore- going: page, was born Ovtober 10, 1845, at ltieluncnnl, Va. He lost his sight when about eight. years old in consequence of an injury, from u Q'llll-VHP, to one eye. His part-nts move to North Carolina in 1854, and in November, 1855. he was rt-eeived as a pupil of th Si-hool for the Blind at Raleigh. the blind dopartnieut havin opt-ned four years before. He was graduated in 1865, and four years later took tht- of A. ll. at Trinity College, Durham, N. tf., standing, with dist but without favor, the full examination given to the Senior Three years afterward, he took in regxular eonrst' the A. M. ot' the same college, being, perhaps, the tlrst blind person 1-ountry to take a regular 1-ollege degree. Some years ago ec-ived from the Southern Uouservzitory ot' Musir, at Durham honorary dt-gxree of llovtor of Music. Ile has been chairman board of t-xznuint-rs of that institution from its beginning. After graduation, Dr. Simpson taught in the literary depa of the Svhool for the lilind for about eigliteeu years, training: and post-graduates in liiatin, Front-h, German, higher Englis llHlill0l'lHlfli'S through dit'Ft-rential s'ah'ulus, And this nt at tinu all text-books on these branches had to be copied by hand in York Point. To make this possible, he introduced into the at his own expense that system of embossed writiugr. Some thirty-tire years ago, without solicitation on his pa Simpson was made Diret-tor of Itfnsic, and at once introduc systematic study ot' harmony and other brznu-hes of musical A pipe organ'was added, at his urgent request, to the equipn the music th-partnivut, and he has taught that instrument for years, tearlung' also how to keep the organ in tune, as well z to make many lu-1-t-ssary repairs. Ht- also introdun-1-d. after years ot' study and lN'1lUiit'l', the ing of piano tuning: nad rt-pairing. now so ably eontiuued I t', G. Cox. 'l'n do this work more thorougltly, Ur. Simpson thirty yr-airs ago u text-book on piano tuning. whivh phu-ed tl ou at tlitwougflily svieutitit' hasis. The preparation ot' this wt e State gg been degree int-tion Class. tlegzrot: in this he rt-- ln, the ot' the rtmrnt, classes h, and - when New school rt, Dr. ed tho theory. uint, of many' is how toawli- ly MF. Wrote mt ar! irk ro-