Texas School for the Deaf - Towers Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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To the Seniors and Graduates of the Texas School for the Deaf: Only eleven years after Texas became a State, the School for the Deaf was established in Austin. Since 1856 many thcusand young men and young women have graduated from this fine instituf tion. The enrollment has increased to the point where now more than SCO stuf dents are in attendance each year. They ar: rec tiving instruction in many sub' jgcis. their training being designed to make them successful in their personal careers and useful in their service to the State. Texas has provided a physical plant GovERNoR W. LEE O'DANIEL at the School for the Deaf valued at more than a million dollars and appropriates each year about a quarter million dollars for the operation of the school. These figures alone indicate the interest which the State has in these students and the con fidtnce which it places in their ability to become informed and valuable citizens. At this graduation time. it is my pleasure to 'xtend the greetings of the State of Texas and my own felicitations to the seniors. and to wish for them every success and happiness Gorwfzof' of Texas STATE BOARD OF CONTROL The State Board of Control of Texas is the governing board of the Texas School for the Deaf as well as twenty-one other eleemosynary institutions. It also acts as Purcliasingz Agent for all State Departments. HARRY KNOX HENRY MEYER TOM DEBERRY FRANK DAVIS Chairman Former nzenzber- .llemher Menzbel Term Expired Jan. 1, 1940

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ilu Hllvmnrg nf OTTO THEDF ORD T S D lost a capable supe1v1so1 and frlend Wlth the unt1mely passmg of Otto Thedfo1d Decembe1 30 1939 M1 Thedford was a pre medlcal student 111 the UHlVGY'Slty of Texas and h1S home was at Bogata Texas He was Wol klng h1S Way through college by ass1st1ng Mr Homer B1ovxu Wlth the supervl s1on Although Wlth us only a short tm e xxe leal ned to appreclate h1S fel lowshlp and h1gh ldeals IH thought and act1on Page 22 CLAUDE D TE R 1 81 1939 The School paxs t11lOL1t6 to Claude D 1691 f0ll116l t63C116l leg1slato1 and fO1 ten xea1s Cha11111a11 of the State Boald of Co11t1ol M1 Teer xx as ed ucated 111 the 1111 al schools of Texas and l6C91V6d l11s college tl 1111111g at No1tl1 Texas State Teache1s College Ill 1919 he became connected xx 1th the state as a State Leg1slato1 lll 1977 he became S6C19t21X of tl1e H1Q,'l1XK ax COI11l111SS10l1 In 1979 l1e xx as appomted as a lllGlTlb9l of the State BO2.ll'l of C0l1tl0l a11d August 78 1939 E gg , D. W Q ' u 1 L 1 ' 1 ' I 7 , 5 1 '. . I. . 1 served 111 tl1at capacity u11til his death .4 , D , . . . ' ' ' o 1 1 , . Q. Y Y ' 5 ' . 1 Y 0 . . - Q-.

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school this year. XVe hope you will accept The Texas School for the Deaf was esf tablished by our forefathers for the purpose of educating deaf children. The first stuf dents to enroll in this school was in l8'57. Since that time 3.293 students have received training in this institution. With the cooperation of the student body many changes have been made this year. These changes have been made. because progress results from dissatisfaction with things as they are and the desire to make them better. Progress demands courage and is only achieved through effort and sacrifice. Progress is to do a thing first and bettere to keep ahead of the burden of leadership and to suffer the jibes and jeers of the self' satisfied who find it easier to scoff and to scorn than to do. Vxfe feel We have made progress this year. and We hope that prof gress will dominate the lives of those leaving the challenge to continue to make progress in your Own personal lives and reflect credit on this school as Well as the State of Texas. Maya 1 ' 7254 ' ,r 'si