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

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VALEDICTORY By Anthony Nogotek Friend , one and oil who ure {fathered here tonight to share with tin the joy of this occasion. to you I am, in hehaif of the dost of 1931, to hid farewell. Aa we are assembled here, our thoughts drift hack to the many happy day we have pent at this chool; then they turn to the future and take n more serious trend. This victory han been won. because we hove completed the course offered here. Thi hn been achieved not only by our own endeavor . but through the faithful and persistent efforts of those in charge. Kijuipped with courage. a desire to serve and perseverance we •top forward into the new path of life ahead joyfully. No matter how hard the road may cem, if we hold to the idenl that have been taught us, we nhnll keep climbing. Whatever success will be ours, we shall owe a debt of gratitude to our Alma Mater which provides for the deaf of Wisconsin a practical education and splendid moral training. We have been anticipating this event for sometime; but now that it is here, we are reluctant to say. Farewell.” To the Members of the State Board of Control: I extend the sincere thank of the class to you who furnished so many comfort? and such excellent training for us. Were it not for this school, wo might not have been prepured to take our places a true citizens, and now as we launch forth, wo hope to express our gratitude by making good use of what we have learned. To our Superintendents Much credit is due you fur all that wr hove received. Your interest in and understanding of the deaf have been an inspiration to us. You have instilled into our minds the grout truth that our future success depends upon our independent ability to do things, our scrv-ice to mankind and our good morals- For this practical education, we are more grateful than we can express in words. It is through your wise guidance that we have been able to complete our high school course. I ant sure your good work is. at any rate it should be, recognized by nil who send their children here. From now on we shall not have the benefit of your wise counsel, but we are not going to forget that you are the one ever willing to help us by a word of good cheer. Our thanks to you comes from the heart. To the Teachers and Officers: AH through our school lives you have shown admirable patience and courage. To give us proper training, we realize, has not been an easy task. Your faithful guidance and perseverance have brought us to our goal. We cannot find words that will fittingly express our deep sense of gratitude to you, not only our instructors but our advisors and friends. Though we shall not be under your jurisdiction any longer, we are going to carry with us your kind advice and words of encouragement for future use. Our thanks to vou is a thousand fold. Fellow Schoolmate : To say farewell to you, with whom we have been so closely associated and have hod no many happy times, brings sadness Into our heart , but the memory of nil those pleasant experience will over be n joy to ns no matter where we may be. Perhaps this thought comes to every one who has completed a task. I might have done bettor. With this In our minds we urge you to put forth every effort to make each day here nt school worthwhile ond not to give up before the course is completed. Our ways now drift apart, but our friendship remains. To Paront and Friend : .Sincere gratitude we extend to you for your wise decision in choosing this school for our education. Your kind interest in our welfare and progress along the way has meant much to us. If we pay earnest heed to the valuable lesson which we hnve been taught here, we are sure you will feel rewarded. The co-operation of parents nnd friends is of great benefit to the students here. Again we thank you for your part in this achievement which marks such an important factor in our lives. To my Classmate : In our work here together we have become very dear friends. Sharing one another ' pleasures. triumph? and a few disappointments hits made a friendship that, 1 am sure, will prove lasting. As we go our various ways, take up new work, which perhaps for some of us will bo at Galinudet College, let us keep before us our motto. Climb though the rocks be rugged,” for the only way to learn to do things is by doing and not let discouragement wield the sceptre.

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SALUTATORY By Byno Coll Member of the Board of Control. Superintendent. Teachers, Classmates and Friends: In behalf of the class of 1031, I wish to extend to you all u most cordial welcome to those sixty-first commencement exercises of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. The word 'welcome,' i« the proper word but when I want to let you know how we appreciate your coming and how happy we are to have you all with us tonight, 1 find it lacks depth of meaning. I feel us Tennyson must have felt when he wrote. I would that my lipr- could utter The thoughts that arise in me. However, my greeting in not wanting in sincerity and should my words seem to halt. I feel that what I have left unsaid is expressed by the smiling faces of my classmates. This day is n great occasion In our lives and having our relatives and friends here to share it with un makes Us very happy, for pleasures shared are thereby doubled. Two of the members of our class entered this school as small children and had the advantage of receiving all of their training here. Some of their classmates were compelled to leave school for various reasons but their places were filled by others who entered within the last five yours, several of whom feel a deep regret that they did not come sooner. Wc wish to express our appreciation to the teachers and others responsible for the pleasant ami profitable year we have spent here. It is our hope that they may some day see that their interest in u was not in vain. Early in the year wo chose the carnation for our claw flower. From its humble origin as a clove pink in an old fashioned garden it has been developed into a flower of rare beauty with n variety of colors and murkiiigs. So may we from our modest beginning rise to bigger and better thing: . Our cin colors us you may already have noticed, are red and white. The white stands for truth and purity of thought and word. The red stands for Jove and the red horizon that comes before u good day. For our cln motto we have chosen Climb though the rocks be rugged. because we realize that although our pathway may not ulways he one of ease, we must not become discouraged hut ever struggle onward and upward, day by day coming closer to our goal. Though we rejoice that our course of study is completed, wc And that our Joy is not unmixed with sorrow. Leaving the old school under the maples, thnt has been a home for us during our stay here, knowing thnt we shall never return n students, is not easy. We do not know what lies ahead of us. but we shall climb bravely and unofrnid, the better fitted for our journey by the training we hove ‘received here. Again wc- bid you welcome.

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♦ EARLIEST BOOKS By Richard Davie Many year ago then were no books, paper , pencil or pens in the world. There were no fairy tales or school books, or books that told of brave men and deeds of war and peace. But the people told stories of what happened to them. People have always wanted stories. Long ago they had to listen to their stories told by word of mouth instead of reading them for themselves. These stories were colled legend and were handed down from father to son. Afterawhile the people were not satisfied with stories. They wanted the hunter and warriors to show by pictures what they had done. So the cave men used the stone walls of their caves for drawing . Those who were listening to the tale were thrilled to see the picture of the monster with which their hero had fought. C-ave have been found in parts of France, which have pictures of mammoths, cave bears, and saber-toothed tigers on the wall . Some of these picture are colored. Scientists tell us that the people, who lived in these caves lived so many thousands of year ago that no one knows where they came from or where they went. For many thousands of years the people could not tell anything about what had happened except by drawing such picture . Then they began to use pictures for actions or time. A number of suns was a symbol meaning a number of day . The Chinese and Japanese still use such symbols to represent words in their alphabet . Later symbols were used to represent the sounds of the words instead of the words themselves. This was the beginning of the making of an alphabet. We do not know who first used uch an alphabet but some people believe the Phoenicians had one and passed it on to the Greek . However, the earliest date we can be sure of. when a real alphabet—that is, one that was not picture-writing—wo in u e, i the first part of the ninth century Before Christ. This is proved by the famous Moabite Stone on which were carved the adventures and deeds of valor of Mesha. King of Moab, who fought to free his subject from Jehoram. King of Judah. This story is also told in the Old Te tamenL This stone was discovered in 1868 and can be seen in the Louvre todav. The Babylonians impressed character on soft clay tablets or bricks, and then baked them hard in square or cylindrical shapes. The laws of Solon were carved on wooden tablets and set up on the Acropolis in Athens. The twelve tablets of the old Roman law were engraved on •tone. Plates of ivory, bronr,e, or lead were used for public records. These plates were often fastened together with hinges and looked like a modern book. For a long time papyrus which was made in Egypt was used and the book were made in rolls, being about one and a hnlf feet wide and sometimes fifty feet long. Many of these papyrus rolls have been found in the coffins of mummies in the tombs of Egypt. The people wrote on one side of the papyrus and wound it around a short stick. In reading such a roll the reader held it in his right hand and unwound it. as he