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

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MR VVRIGHT FMMA RUTH MRS VS RIGHT E R XVr1ght son of deaf parents was horn and reared on a farm 111 Tr1n1ty County Texas After complet1ng h1gh school he entered Sam Houston S tt Teachers College where he majored 111 Cox ernment tnd Soc ology and r ce1x ed h1s B S degree 1D 19 5 At the t1me he 1ece1ved h s d vree he was also granted cer t1f1c1te to te tch 111 111 chools 111 Tex ts In 1977 he marr1ed M1ss M tud H lbun d tuffhter of Mr and Mrs H Hllbull of Hunts v1ll Texas and they have one daughter Emma Ruth Due to h1S p1ogress1 e dCll'I11I11bfI'lt1OI1 of the tffurs of the County School Supermt ndent s OfflCC he was selected by the County School Supermtendents of Texas to represent them on the Comm1ttee on Class1f1ed Accrechted Schools whlch pos1t1on he f11led Lllltll he I'691gI1Cd as County Super1ntendent In 1938 he was elected by the people of the 79th D1str1ct to rep resent them 111 the Leglslature and served dur1ng the long sess1on 111 1919 at wh1ch t1me he tendered h1s res1gnat1on to accept the pOb1f1OIl as Super1ntendent of The Texas School for the Deaf Mr Wr1ght s mother 1S an ex student of The Texas School for the Deaf l13.V1I1g entered the school 1n 1884 'L 45 -3

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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.

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