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

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dared. I nhould have cut every physical education class. Through the splendid training given here. I grew interested; and before long I found myself looking forward to these classes, which were always held following the academic school work. The swimming I loved: in fact, there wasn't one thing in the whole course which I disliked. It took away that unpleasant nervous feeling. While some may still call me fidgety, which I am at times, I know that my work in physical education has been a great help. If. in choosing his life work, one should take into consideration what interests him most; I should certainly choose to be a teacher of Physical Education. So this guide post has led me to a positive choice of work for my livelihood. —Ruth Cataract The school has provided so many guide posts that lead to better ways that it is difficult. yes, quite impossible to choose just one. There wasn’t a Loy here in school with whom I could get along when 1 first landed. It was usually my fault, of course, but then I thought it was the other fellow's. The cooperation that a boy learns here certainly leads him out of this “trouble making business. And. too. etiquette and 1 never had much to do with each other until I came here. There is still room for improvement along this line, in my case; but we are much better friends. The studies offered in the curriculum here aroused my interest in many fields. They have instilled in me a love for reading. 1 even like to study. So. certainly, they have pointed out a way worthwhile. The printing department has been an inspiration to me and stimulated ambition, which 1 seemed to lack. Where once on the only sign post I saw was: “You can’t ever earn your living. I now see on another: “Be a good printer and you can earn a living. Our instructor in printing points this out to us daily. If we take some shorl cut and fail, it will not be his fault. —Hubert Seidel In the ironin;: room I soon found out that 1 couldn’t get by with careless work. Every wrinkle must be pressed out of the white uni-fern's. They must look just right. If took patience both on my part and on the part of my instructor. This training led me to be more accurate in all my work. This has brought my ti.arks up in home economics, in art. and in academic studies. “A thing that is worth doing is worth doing well. —Ruth Schmidt ■ ” • —.... The activities of the Boy Scouts here have, I believe, had the greatest influence over me of all these that are provided for our benefit. When my cousin, Frederick Foker. was attending school, he was very active in Scouting here, as well as at his home. 1 his aroused my interest in that movement at an early age. As a mere youngster my greatest desire was to be a leader of that organization, and I determined to work for this end. From the Boy Scouts I have not only learned to do many things that have been of benefit to me. but also how to respect and help others, how to keep healthy and how to be always prepared to meet any emergency. When I have faithfully followed the Scout rules. I have been shown the difference between right and wrong. Last year when I received the American Legion School Award. I realized more fully Ilian over before what my training had done for me. The Boy Scout movement. I am confident, is one of the best societies in the world for it develops manliness and willingness to serve, it enuoles boys to overcome traits that would in time harm their character. May W. S. I), niways have Boy Scouts! And may the members follow its rulesi —Raymond A. Rasmus I have learned to like sewing, and I have learned it in the Home Economics department here. Sewing was always a bore to me when 1 took it before coming here. The patience that was shown by my instructor. when I was taking the first steps, encouraged rr.e and has led me to be fond of sewing. Most of my leisure time 1 spend sewing and it makes me more contented. —Gladys Davies

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 Forifct your UM len« KrirvitiK For the chances thrown away-See the guide poat to achieving,— It' for you to take to-day Five years ago I entered this school a very much spoiled child. I had been allowed to attend movies several nights of the week with friends; and in a drug store, not far from where I stayed, my sister was employed. She frequently treated me to sodas and sundaes free. It was very difficult for me to give all this up and instead have certain tasks almost every hour of the day to perform. Hut obey I must! Obedience then, I believe, was my guide post ' to a better way. 1 have learned here that by obeying one gains happiness, a better disposition. improvement in school work, efficiency in other work, and greater independence. The summer I was at home after I had been attending W. S. L). for two years, mother made this remark to me. Helen. 1 wouldn’t know you were the same girl. Now I have time to rest; you help me so much. This made me feel that it paid to follow this guide post. Obedience. —Helen Hockert And what directed me to a better way? It all happened quite unexpectedly. At an Ariadna Literary Society meeting one Thursday evening I found myself in the midst of a group of girls, thanking them for electing me secretary of the society. For the first time since I enrolled here, I felt that I was one of them. The days that followed, because of my office. I realized that I was mingling with the girls more and more, entering into their conversations and taking part in what they were doing. The enjoyment of their companionship is increasing. As a result 1 have acquired the ability to understand the sign language, also to make myself understood, although I am not proficient in sign making. But bust of all, 1 am learning that one should be happy where he is, and not feel that in order to have a good time, he must he somewhere else. He can and should seek the friendship and companionship of those around him. Thanks to the Ariadna Literary Society for pointing to this better way. —Marcene Schmit Before entering this school I did not know that there were so many deaf and hard of hearing people in the world. In fact, I had always been of the impression that I was the only one that had happened to meet with such misfortune. I entertained a sense of bitterness; I felt that I had been cheated. When I saw what the deaf boys and girls here could do. something happened inside of me. I can’t explain it. My attitude toward life was changed. Gradually I became interested in the work required of me. This was new to me. 1 had never enjoyed work. Many of the alumni of this school have proved that the deaf can fill certain positions us well as the hearing. This has given me more confidence in myself and others. —Florence Mojack ■ — •------ . Physical Education has made me over, therefore. I’m going to call it my guide post. For over a year I was in a Madison hospital being treated for a serious illness and was just recovering when I was placed in this school. My nerves were shot to pieces. 1 didn’t care to join the girls in their play; and. if I had

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I )oor vays Printing At ten-twenty the doors of Cochrane Hal) open. Out of them boys hurrv eagerly to the printing shop. There they put on their aprons and roll up their sleeves and work begins. Huddling around Mr. Rood, our instructor, we are given assignments for work. One goes to the composing room to make up some forms for commercial jobs, and anot her goes to a stone to lock forms for the presses. Two operators in turn clean up and prepare the Linotypes. Bight minutes are sufficient for this. Then they have “sit at the machines and hands start to fly over keys while eyes are glued on copy so that not a word or line will be missed. If a word is out an entire paragraph has to be reset and this means a loss of valuable time. When they finish setting their “takes”, proofs are pulled. Other boys, as proofreaders, carefully read and mark errors. At the northeast corner of the shop sometimes we can see a boy high on a seat practice feeding the cylinder press. At other times a boy hangs new draw-sheets on the cylinder and makes-ready for a run. After everything is ready, the press starts to growl. The speed is regulated according to the ability of the feeder to keep up with it. When the run is off the press, a group of busy workers gathers around tables folding, stitiching. trimming and wrapping. A few beginners stand at the news cases learning to set type in composing sticks and sometimes they stand in different places in the shop where they can watch the work of experienced boys to get ideas of how to do certain jobs. Everyday the printing shop is alive and may be compared with a bee hive in which every worker has his job and does it. Inside the “hive you can see printers bustle around until the bell gives the signal to stop and put things away. —R. R. Cur Easter Vacation Two days before we had our Easter vacation the students just couldn't sit still. They rushed to their rooms during every leisure moment and started packing. Sometimes they rushed to the laundry for some forgotten garment, bumping into someone on the way down. Thursday morning being the last day of school, those who were going home suddenly lost their appetites at the breakfast table and in school the hands of the clock seemed to drag around. Would noon never come? After dinner the pupils rushed hither and thither getting bags, leaving cards, or waiting in the hall for Miss Glenore to call them and to take them to the bus or train. In some rooms you could hear echoes of Good Bye . Have a nice Easter , or a cry from a little one who might have lost something the last minute. Other patient little bodies stood waiting with their little noses pressed against the window looking for their parents to come for them, coat and hat in hand and baggage standing nearby. Many girls that lived too far had to remain here for their Easter vacation. They made the best of it by doing some of the work in the laundry and helping Miss Pearl. At other times they washed their own clothes or fixed their hair. The evenings were spent either playing in the gym or reading books. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Bray let us go to the movies and we saw Mae West. We thought it was a pretty good picture, although