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

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fl X Jlf if L..,Jf.gJ if 4 We would not glorrfy 1n our present status wrthout grvmg cred1t those to men and women who w1thstood pr1va trons to bu1ld a foundatron for us We would honor the matron Mrs ose phrne Snyder who not only looked aft er the meals nursed the s1ck and mend ed and patched for the boys and g1rls but who also at one trme vv1th the help of the glrls sheared sheep to make clothes for the rndlgent ch1ldren We would pr use the boys who when Con fedex ite money would no longer buy melt cultlx tted the lmd md by the1r economy sued the whole school from st trv H1011 We would not forget the tctchers who often selved wrth l1ttle or no salmes lll order to keep the school gom I In presentrng the frrst rssue of THE TOWERS It has not been the 1ntent1on of the Staff to grve a deta1 led account ol the development of T S D Rathe1 1t has been to grve a ghmpse 1nto the past and to so correlate lf vvxth the present as to show the contmuou growth of our school If we have farled rn our purpose we turn th1s book ox er to our successors wrth the hope that n wrll serve only as a gu1de 111 helnlnff them to produce a blgffer ind better annual gf 4. f L LU QM WM M fs und' C I1 ll .21 ff kill gi 'illlllllll ll M,,,,,,,LE , M CREDENTIALS Alt NN 01k Weldon T1ttl6 and M lll11CB Fold Engravmg Wallace Lnffr wlng Co of Austln Photographs Studer Photo Co of Ausfm Alden Young Covers and Blndlng Umversal Bookblndery Inc of San Antomo Puntmg Puntmg Depzutment of Texas School for the Deaf an 4'-get E 'H iw !!! ' . . J, f 17 31' X ' ' - ,rl lin Vg , . . . fy W f , 'lf W f .1 f 1 l 1' ,T f I ' . , tw K L, W n , . .. 1, L f. !f ' , y' I u el' .,, fxxxidy, Q T ' 7 W: ' . X , I , fffqfl f L a 1 K ' f 1, ' f , ' 4 ' wtf, iff, lr' xr ' 1 ' 'J fffplgafl ng' rite.: Z' K . . 'l ir fx-ixvx ' 2 4' ' , f . x -I s w , 1 , V az . a 'z 1 z A , - N .Q Ly, 5 Y V Q L. p f 17 A X ' LL Y fl il' y K fi .v--. ' i . . '. X J 2 N L 1 . Ray , . ' 1 Vx , , ' 9' f Y 7-,. . . i Af' W -4 2 Q: 2 ' 5 -S T 5, HJ -, f - - If-Z5 , gl, V ' wr-. - ' l ' kv iz- I 'l oaf ,tif lf ':'fyff ' H' 4' b 1 . 1 ' ' 1 ff . W' W , ' - - W Ml' - X 'QXXNM1 . ir ,gg 5 ' Q -1 -, 35. ' ' ' N Z C2623 . . I I if www. ' K 'll U , i L. pw . ' . . ' 5' g 'f aefsf '- gt ' ' ff - ' ' I -ll X y I ' rl fi'T.'f'?'?'f-ri ff I l . ' 1 L Iffvjfv L. A lm 1. 4,1 qi . . . . 'V' o fa-'V 'N -,f u ll W' A 'fflefil -. fl l -4 ' I ,Ai f ay -V Eh . . 5 'J K xg fffqlflyny, ., , A-4 4. . 1 134. A, V, 'I F' ' , A F Y ll f' ' e - .ln I L I If , I fffvlf lil' W, Q' , . , , H 'illglwl f u .,' j ' 1: ' fy U, f I ll! i . V ! ' lf I 11 ! -F ' 1 - - . - . ll 1.1 f-.wsfvyf , i i ,lu LW 1 .1 , l fx 4 V, i x ,nuns -5- n. el .A l I fa Q , . ' - , . ' W ul! V b 4 ,s lx' -Z fl-x . .1 Y ' I A r H . ' , ff l' . ' - mint. x ,' if I1 . A . y I. . ij'-,-,-ff, . f' If , 1 I F l W ia . 'f . . - ' . 2 E .' . ' ' 'c l L- c c 'W C 'Z l . ' . ' c 1' ' . not Q . f - 4 1 'Q u 1 W .

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, IIEIIICATIUN To Mr. E. R. Wright, our Superintendent, and his family we lovingly dedicate this first issue of the TOWERS. Their friendly interest in all campus-activities, their sense of humor, and their enthusiasm have won for them a place in the heart of each of us. May their leadership continue to inspire both faculty and students, enabling our school to grow in efficiency and service. Honor of bemg first supeuntenclent of The Texas School fol the Deaf went to P1 ofessox Jacob Van Nostrand senlor professor of the New Yolk Deaf and Dumb Instltutlon Durlng h1S mne teen yeals of SGFVICQ the enrollment grew from eleven pupils to forty elght This plcture IS a copy from an ori glnal photograph whlch Superlntendent Nostrand gave Mrs Augusta Chrlsto pherson formerly M1ss Augusta Stld ham ln 1875 Mrs Chrlstopherson was a pupll in this school from 187: to 1879 J Aco VAN NOSTRAND Page 4 . 4 C . . . , , - , . . I . . . q Q . V1 LJ ' ', - 4 N 1 , . . , ' -. .. V P. . 1 .Q .k.'.-'Q' . K- F v,v, K I --.5 Q' lg, 5.