Wisconsin School for the Deaf - Tattler Yearbook (Delavan, WI)

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Valedictory Dorothy Dcnlingcr Tonight, dear friends, it is my privilege to say farewell for the Class of 1925. Many yeurs have we looked forward to this night and now when the time has come, we are proud to say that we have completed the work here; yet we are loath to leave the school and each other. We have had such pleasant times here and have learned so much that, wherever we go. whatever we do, the memory of our Alma Mater, the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, will remain with us. Our success in life, we shall owe to our school for here we have received that equipment which will help us in life's buttles. To the State Board of Control:— We thank you for all that has been done for us. We have learned to know you because of the numerous visits you have made here. These show your great interest in us and have led you to give us the comforts of home and very pleasant surroundings for which we are truly grateful. To our Superintendent:---- A lump comes into our throats when we think of the necessity of bidding farewell to one who has taken the place of a father to us and who has proven such a wise and nhle counsellor at all times. We only hope that many more classes may receive the same patient help that we have. To our Teachers and Instructors:— We each can remember the day on which we entered school, wondering why we had come. We were then in the dark but year by year that darkness has been lessened by your patient help until now we see the light. We have chosen for our colors “Black and Gold to signify our ignorance at the beginning of our school life here and our understanding at the close. We have no way of showing our gratitude for the many ways in which you have helped us except in words which do not seem sufficient. We all are your debtors and our debts are those which can never be fully paid. To our Schoolmates: — Many years have we been together, many “scrapes have we been in but now those times are ended for the Seniors. We have striven to make the Class of 25 one worthy of remembrance, and one in which the W. S. D. mny feel pride. We urge you to continue your work here until you have been graduated. Farewell, dear friends. To my Classmates:— Last of all, I bid you farewell, for we want to part last. We have been together many years. Only two of the original class of kindergarten days are here now. Others liuvc been added year by year till now a class of seven stands on the threshold of life. We arc taking the first step together and then No Step Backward, our motto, will guide us through life. Let us hope to meet again and later in eternal life but for tonight I bid you forewell.

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Class will and testament We, the Clans of 1926, in seven individual and distinct parts, being about to pass out of the sphere of education, in full possession of a crammed and wefl-trained mind, and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament. We give and bequeath to the faculty who have been instructors, a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the night to worry over the uncertainty of whether this one or that one is doing his ‘‘home work.” It has been a hard strain on them, for Seniors are said to be at all times and under all conditions difficult to manage. But they have all done their duty, and verily, now shall they have their well-earned reward. We give and bequeath to our beloved Superintendent T. E. Bray, our sincere affection, our deepest reverence, our heartiest gratitude, und the whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. The following may seem trifling bequests, but we hope they will be accepted as valuable assets to those who may receive them, and a continual reminder of the generosity of heart displayed in our free and full bestowal: 1. To the football team of next year, the ability of Frank Spears and Francis McLean. 2. To Mubel Smerchcck, Hot Denlinger's gift of gab. 8. To some benighted Junior, Clyde Uehling’s troubles as Class Secretary. 4. To Esther Rosen field, Gladys Hockney's timdity. 6. To Lempi Noukki, Anna Koch’s ability to manage things, so that Lempi won’t have to be managed by her room-mate. 6. To Irene Einberger, Edith Ehrlich’s winning annd cheerful smile. I he former Superintendents of the Wisconsin School lor the I eaf from its beginning, to whom we arc indebted for their skillful management and foresight in making this school what it now is: Frin. Joseph R. Bradway Rev. Lucius Foote Horatio Nelson Hubbcll Louis Henry Jenhins John Scott Officer Or. H. W. Milligan Edward Collins Stone George L. Weed W. H. DeMott John W. Swiler C. P. Cary E. W. Walker H. C. Buell