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

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Nineteen thirty-eight Page seventeen Beauty Spots of Wisconsin Bjr GENEVIEVE PERHAI HUNDREDS of millions of years ago Wisconsin was very hilly. Erosion slowly wore the hills down and glaciers covered it and ground the hills lower still. Various kinds of soil such as gravel, sand, and mud were brought and dropped here and there. River valleys were filled in places so that the water was backed up to form numerous marshes and lakes. The largest lake in Wisconsin is Lake Winnebago, thirty miles long and ten miles wide. There are thousands of others. The Driftless Area is that part of western and southwestern Wisconsin which the glaciers did not cover. Valleys and hills here give us a very good idea of how the whole state looked before the glaciers came. Castle Mound near Black River Falls is one of the fantastic rock formations found in the driftless area which reminds one of Wyoming scenery. Two natural bridges are in this area— one at Rockbridge, which is an arch spanning a stream and the other near Iceland in Sauk County. The gorge of the Mississippi along the western border of the Driftless Area furnishes the most rugged and interesting scenery to be found in Wisconsin. The charm of green ridges and grassy narrow valleys broken by deep, uneven’coulees in middle western Wisconsin, has been given everlasting life in descriptions by Hamlin Garland. a famous author and native of western Wisconsin. In an effort to preserve and make accessible to its people the beauty spots in the state, Wisconsin has built a system of state parks which protect some of the scenic areas and a few places of special historic interest. The Dell's Region of the Wisconsin River is one of the most wonderful scenic places in Wisconsin. Today it is a vacation land, widely advertised and highly commercialized. Thousands of visitors come from ull over the United States to see the Dells. One of the most beautiful places in the state is Copper Falls state park, four miles from Mellen, Ashland County. A small stream named the Bad River, throws itself sixty-five feet down into a rugged gorge forming what is called Copper Falls. The spray from tumbling water on shiny rocks looks like a rainbow when seen from a point on a pine-covered hill at a bend lower down the river. The Bad River is very interesting in spite of it not having great depth. Many forest trails lead through the nine hundred twenty acres included in this park, showing splendid views of the river’s gorge. Rib Mountain, an ancient landmark about six miles from Wausau is now a state park. This mountain, the highest point in Wisconsin, rises eight hundred feet above the Wisconsin River. On the top fresh, cool breezes cheer the summer visitors. A good road leads to the top of the mountain and hundreds of people drive up this highway to see the beautiful and glorious sunsets. Devil's Lake State Park in the rocky Bara-boo range shows true mountain scenery. Devil’s Lake lies in a gorge which was cut by the Wisconsin River before it was changed to its present course by glaciers many thousands of years ago. This jewel-like mountain lake with its rocky shore line attracts geology classes from many universities who spend several weeks each year in the park and surrounding area. Forests and Indian Mounds also attract interest to the park which has become a famous recreational area. Peninsula State Park in Door County, the thumb of Wisconsin, is very interesting. On the way one passes through forests of cherry trees which have become famous as the “Cherry-land” of Wisconsin. One has fine views of Green Bay from the park, particularly the view of Eagle Island from Eagle Bluff. There are many kinds of trees in this park. Beautiful roads and trails lead through the three thousand four hundred acre tract. Three bluffs make picturesque cliffs rising high above the waters of the Bay. Pattison Park which is twelve miles south of Superior is a favorite place for travelers, who stop there for camping, swimming, and picnicking. Manitou Falls in this park is just a beauty. It plunges one hundred sixty-five feet down dark rocks. It is Wisconsin's chief

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Page sixteen sin waters. Fifteen years Inter the authorities realized it was a mistake and attempts were made to remove them. The removal of carp has been continuing ever since without much success until recently. Large fish are removed by means of large nets during the fall and spring: small ones are taken by the use of small seines, traps and fyke nets all the year. When the carp are taken, other rough fish are also removed. Small carp are easier to capture than adult ones because the adults are wiser. Over sixty million carp have been removed from Wisconsin waters. The small carp are of no commercial value, but they can be canned and make useful food for mink. fox. and other fur-bearing animals raised in the state. Also they can be used as food for fish in the hatcheries. A canning factory, therefore, has been established for this purpose. Smelt is a new Wisconsin fish that first appeared in streams emptying into Green Bay several years ago. but today it is well known in Wisconsin. The smelt is a small delicate silvery fish, soft of flesh and weak of bone, but delicious food. They live in deep water, and although their teeth adapt them to feed on fish, they seldom do, but live on water insects and worms which inhabit the bottom of Address of By HAROLD WEINCOLD. fPO our Superintendent, Faculty. Members and friends: In behalf of the class of 1038. I wish to welcome you to the sixty-eighth commencement exercises. We feel the honor of being the first class to be graduated in thin fine new building. Now that we think of this as the last day of our school life, we wonder where we shall be at this time next year. It is hard to leave friends whom we have known for many years; with whom we have played and worked. We feel that the ties of friendship are no longer made of thread, but of steel. We shall enjoy with you this great moment which will never happen in our lives again. We appreciate your interest in us. The class of 1938 welcomes Colonel John The Tattler lakes. When spring comes, smelt migrate to shallow water in rivers bordering on Green Bay to spawn. They are easily caught then. The smelt has remarkable reproductive powers. The female spawns when two years old and produces 30,000 eggs. That is why the smelt seem to be increasing every year instead of decreasing, though caught by thousands of fishermen. Carnivals and jamborees have been organized for the smelt runs of the early spring. At these a smelt king and queen are crowned with due ceremony. Brilliant bonfires are made; newsreels taken, and radio addresses made to record and broadcast the progress of the night’s catch. Wisconsin is blessed with a great variety of fish and with lakes anti streams where they can live. In the raising and distribution of fish Wisconsin now surpasses any other state. The distribution is not made in the hit or miss way of the old days. Lakes are carefully studied to determine how much and what fish life they can support before they are stocked extensively. The stocking is done by experts from the fish commission. In a few years Wisconsin should once again have fishing like In the good old days of which old fishermen delight to tell. Welcome the President of the cU»» Hannan, the president of the Board of Control. We are glad to see him again for this school, having been under his guidance for many years, has but recently been transferred to the Board of Education. We are sorry in one way, but we feel that the school may find advantages under the new regime. Mr. John Callahan. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has taken the place of Col. Hannan as our chief executive. We are huppy to have him with us for all wish to have the opportunity to become acquainted with him. Mr. Leisman. President of the Wisconsin Association of the Deaf is an alumnus of this school, and we are proud to welcome him as one of the speakers of the evening. Again we bid you all a hearty welcome.

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Page eighteen rival to the well-known falls of the Yellowstone. The many lakes of the State are surrounded by cottages and summer homes of Wisconsin and out of state people. Wisconsin is the chief play ground of Chicago's millions. Here near Deiavan lie some of the most popular summer resorts in the Middle West. Lake Geneva is one of the loveliest lakes of this region. Many costly summer homes of Chicago people are built on its shores. The lake with its high wooded banks, is very beautiful and its waters crystal clear. Thousands of visitors find health and happiness there. Deiavan Lake which is about three miles from Deiavan is not so large as Lake Geneva but it is just as popular. Lake Como is the name Legends of By IRENE A LIST of Wisconsin topics would hardly be complete without “Legends of Wisconsin'’. a subject which has suffered some neglect until recent years, when people have become interested in Indian lore and have carefully accumulated and preserved all legends that could be obtained. As many of these weird, fantastic. Indian tales have been carried down through generations, and since they are usually based on historical facts, we can gain through them ideas of the early history of Wisconsin. Sometimes it was a war between enemy tribes that prompted a legend. Often it was the personal affair of Indian lovers, who had to compete against the greatest of odds in attempts to meet. This was true of Indian braves who loved Indian maidens of an enemy tribe, or maidens who had their husbands chosen for them by their stern father-chiefs. Much, perhaps most, of Indian lore is founded on some outstanding peculiarity of a place or district. It is for these reasons that many of our Wisconsin names are of Indian origin. Of all the legends, the one presenting the Indian’s idea as to how the Wisconsin River was formed is, perhaps, the most interesting. It is of Chippewa origin and is related as follows : The Wisconsin River bed was formed by a The Tattler given to a third lake near by all of which get their names from three famous lakes in Switzerland. The hills, valleys, rivers, and lakes of Wisconsin extend a friendly hand to man. Its hills are not too large to climb nor its valleys too wide to walk across. One can row across its lakes. There is nothing remote or inaccessible about Wisconsin. It invites one to stay ami live there. Southern Wisconsin, with its fertile farms is the garden spot of the earth and can well be described by Scott’s lines: “Far to the south and east where lay. Extending in succession gay, Deep waving fields and pastures green. With gentle slopes and groves between. Wisconsin IVERSON gigantic serpent that lived in the dark forests, which surrounded a great lake in Northern Wisconsin. No other animal dared venture near him. so huge and powerful he was. One time when this monster left the forest and started for the sea. every creature that saw him trembled with fear. As he moved along, a deep groove was made in the ground by his heavy body. This filled immediately with water. In crawling the serpent would Hap his tail so hard that the water splashed far and wide, leaving a small lake wherever it happened to fall. When the other animals heard him. they made their eseupe to the right and left. This explains the origin of the numerous rivers and streams that empty into the Wisconsin River. Often rocks were in this monster’s way so he crawled over them making water falls. The rugged beauty at Wisconsin Dells is the result of this animal’s passing through that region. There being so much rock, instead of going over it as he had done previously when encountering such formations, he thrust his head through cracks tearing the rocks in two. The distorted movements made to get through can be easily guessed by the queer shnpes of the rocks. In some places the banks of the river are wider than in others owing to the fact that in these he rested.