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

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Zlaledrctorp By GERALDINE COKER The days have gone by qurckly now rn 1950 we senrors are reachrng our goal It rs trme for us to leave our Alma Mater and enter rnto new fields We feel that rt rs very drflicult to say farewell to each of you We wrsh to express our gratrtude to all of you frrends for your help your encouragement your love and your everlastrng farth that have helped us rn school To the Board of Speclal Schools We express our belref that you wrll contrnue to work for the betterment of our school Your work that helps us to be less handrcapped wrll contrnue we feel sure We say Thank you' To the superrntendent the prrncrpals and the teachers You have worked so hard and have had much patrence rn teachrng us many new thrngs and helprng us to hve rrcher lrves We are promrsrng vou that we wrll try to contmue to get more educatron as long as we lrve rn order that we may prove to you that we are wor thy of your fa1th rn us To our parents We wrsh to express much gratrtude to you for enablrng us to get an education If you had not made sacrrflces to enable us to go to school we should have to hve rn rgnorance and darkness but we are thankful to Vou who have wor ked so hard to send us to school We wrll never forget you for what vou have done for us To our fellow students We urge Vou students to become skrlled rn the three R s Many trmes teachers have told you about them moreover they are rmportant for vou The three R s are readrng wrrtmg and arrthmetrc Books especrally the Brble are your good frrends If you read good books your vocabulary wrll be rncreased furthermore you wrll also derrve pleasure as well as rnformatron from readrng that rs rf you become a good reader Books wrll also help vou to wrrte good language but you must strrve day by day to rmprove rn your abrlrty to wrrte correct Englrsh You should know arrthmetrc too because rn every day lrvrng you wrll meet many problems that you must know how to solve correctly besrdes arrthmetrc rs a study that trams you to thrnk clearly When you leave school you w1ll get a better Job rf you are skrlled rn the use of the three Rs The Rehabrlrtatron Department wrll be able to find better Jobs for grrls and boys who are good rn the three Rs rn addrtron to know1ng a trade Today at the schools many new burldrngs are belng burlt all over thrs natron for the deaf chrldren and well tramed teachers are belng employed to teach them the three R s The grrls and boys who prepare to go to college to get a better educatron should have as a good foundatron the three R s to help them rn then future studles You see that the three R s are rmportant tools to be used rn the future after you leave school l hope that you wrll remember my advrce to you to acqurre skrll rn the three R s whrle vou are students at the Texas School for the Deaf To the graduates Let us remember our motto Let us not grve up work that rs very drflicult for us to do but complete rt and clrmb on toward the top Let us always remember our happy days together and the worthwhrle lessons we have learned here Now srnce the trme has come for us to go our drfferent ways we must say Farewell' God be w1th you trl we meet agarn I 9 r - . 9 9 9 . . . . . . . H ,, , . . 9 9 ' 9 9 I 1 ' . . ' . ' . . r . , D . . 7 9 . 5 n . - . . ' . I . L , I Q 0 ' 9 1 . . , . . . . . , . , I . 9 9 - L9 . . . . . 9 9 9 9 9 ' Q 7 9 9 . . 9 . v. . . . . J 9 , . . . . . 9 - 9 , - , . ' 9 9 , . . ' . , . . . . . ' . . . . - 9 ' , I Q 1 ' 7 1 v . . . ' Q u . Q I at 99 u - 9 ' ' 99

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-S Salutatorp By JENNIE LEE ROACH We the SGHIOPS of 1990 of the Texas School for the Deaf C0ldl3llX welcome eveuone of you present to our Commencement Dax program lt makes us vely happy to have ou1 belox ed pal ents teachers SUDGTVISOIS and frlends wlth us thlS afternoon At th1S tlme we WlSh to 9Xp1 ess our deepest gratltude for the constant asslstance Wh1Cll our teachels Wlth thelr patlence have glven us from the begmnlng year of our school hfe unt1l our graduatlon We llk8WlS6 owe our thanks to our beloved parents fol enabllng us to get a better 6dLlCZlt10Il here at T S D although we had to be separated from our famllles Moreover we appreclate the care that our supervxsors have glven us We w1ll tlv to remember the advlce of all of vou who have been mterested 1n us After departmg from our Alma Mater we wlll have to meet many new sltuatlons and we can make our llves a success lf we contlnue workmg hard to obtaln lt Well bear ln mmd the words of our motto Not at the top but Cllmblng' Agaln we want to say that we ale happy to have you wlth us on tlus occaslon and we hope vou w1ll enjov our program --- 1. ---1-D . F r 1 ' v v ' 9 . . . , Y . . , . v . - 7 . 1 . ' . v v 1 v . . ., . , . . 1 . I . . I . s 9 . . . , . . - v ll ' ' YY , . . 1 . I w r Y . n '

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Class Zlhll By WANDA PARKER We the senrors of 1950 do publrsh th1s our last wrll and testament leavrng some of the good thlngs whrch we have accumulated durrng our hrgh school years to the comlng senlors Wlth the hope that they w1ll be of some benefrt to them Mr Stelle your car has been up at the flllrng statron on the corner almost every mornlng under the care of the very best doctor but perhaps thrs auto wax Wlll be a better treatment than your usual doctor How about uslng thlS wax on your car Mr Stelle? Mr Mclntlre rt makes us SQHIOIS feel so sorry to see you dolng so much work every morning makrng out trme books for the tea chers so here IS a ready made book for you to save you trouble How do you l1ke 1t'? Mr Weyerman we know that you love to talk about the old trmes Perhaps thlS Lone Star may brrng back to you many other old tlmes whlch vou ll l1ke to recall so here IS the Lone Star and we WlSll you many more happy days to come Mr Weyerman M1 Schunhoff vse are sorry to hear about your leavrng our school to go to Washrngton yet there rs somethrng we have been qulte worrred about rt IS your sultcases We are afrard you dont have enough so to save our han from becomlng whrter than snow because of worry we present thlS surtcase to you Mr Schunhoff Mr Hensley you need somethrng to hold your books rn your school room and we hope these book holders are strong enough to hold them for you Mr W1ll Rogers always huntrng for a baby sltter youll never be able to f1nd a perfect one but we have found the best one for you and we know you can trust her Here IS your baby srtter and we hope you are well pleased wrth her Mrs Mrtchell here are your favorlte thrngs we have selected for you and they are the best thrngs we could find a lovely handerchref filled wlth sweet scent Mmm' Patrrcla Lou Hrll a lovely model for the Yarmg Department Store we dedrcate th1s beau trful evenlng gown to you wlth hopes It may br1n0 success to your career Best wrshes to you rn your career Patty' Wanrta Floerke we know that you are very fond of swlmmlng so here IS an attractlve bath lng surt and we hope lt IS your srze How do you like lt Wanltal There are three athletes rn the yunlor class so Mary Ann Pekar here s a baseball bat whrch w1ll help you to be the best player on the team Zelma Srdes we give to you a basketball and you may be the wlnner of the hlghest pornts Good luck Zelma' Nrmm Shelton you were chosen as an All Amer rcan player on the second team of football We know that you can not be on the team agaln th1s comlng fall Here IS a football to cheer you up when you look back to see the younger boys playrng We hope lt w1ll satrsfy you Nrmm Juanrta Easley you do much letterrng ln art and maybe thlS bottle of mk and pen Wlll be used to grve vou more experrence ln your work J uanrta Charles Mrssrldrne we senrors have heard what a good boy you have been savrng corn by corn and we thlnk you need a prggy bank where your COIHS may be put lnstead of glvlng your grrl trouble keeprng them for you A pretty fat prggy bank rsn t rt Charles? Brllre Colhns every mornlng at the cafe you have been orderrng a cup of coffee and some doughnuts but we thmk rt IS wlse to save your money A cup of coffee and a doughnut IS present ed to you Brllre Andrew Beckham we senrors have heard the story of your experrences rn cookmg so we have decrded to grve you th1s fryrng pan and every trme you want to do the cookrng the frymg pan w1ll always be waltrng How about cooking us some frred chlcken Andy? Robert Gearhart you are a hard workrng boy and many teachers have been tellrng others what a good worker you have been Here IS a mower a rake and a shovel you may use them every tlme you are offered a Job Robert Chesney a drctronary IS grven to you Don t come up and spell out some new words to us L V Thornton you always get out IH the sun to get baked so here IS a bottle of baby orl but don t come up and brag about your sun tan L V Drckre Carver you dress up as neatly as a pm and love to put sweet smellrng stuff on A bottle of Blue Waltz perfume may attract the grrls attentron Use rt Drckre and we may notlce you surrounded by grrls Wrlfred Hoelscher a young farmer on your father s farm a tractor IS grven to you Wrlfred and lt may make you a successful farmer some ay Brlly Ewrng poems and more poems are what you love so here IS a pocket book of the best poems and perhaps someday you'll be the world s honored poet I . ' Y 1 l ' . , . ' ' . 1 1 - . 1 - 1 ' 1 . 1 , , ' Y 7 . . 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