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

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it was the first time some of us had seen Mae West on the screen. On Easter Sunday it was very cold. Noru of the girls dresed for the Easter parade, but they all went looking very nice and happy n. warm winter clothes. Monday morning we anxiously waited for the girls to come back to see what the Easter “bunny” had brought them and to hear all the news from home. This ended our Easter vacation for we had to go back to school that afternoon. —Gladys Davies 1 • ■ Poster Contest On April seventh during chapel exercises Mr. Becker awarded the prizes for the winners of the poster contest. The first prize went to Geneva Broege. the second to Raymond Rasmus. Betty Jahn and Edward Meyers tied for third place. The best poster was used for the front cover of Spring Program. Mabel Kubiak. Betty Solterman and Marlene Stittleberg were given honorable mention. —Florence Mojick - • — ' - -The Spring Program My. what a lot of excitement one event can cause! The continual snipping of scissors, the mad search for more pins, needles and thread, and then the rapid whirr of the sewing machines as they skim down the edges of each garment and. last but not least, the fitting and finishing. Vet what fun to see each garment take form, to see the beautiful folds of cloth, made into a creation worth having. Then the trip to Mrs. Llewellyn whose kind admiration gives courage to even the meekest little seam tress. However the finishing of garments is not the last of our work. My, no! For there is the rehearsing of the models for the performance itself. Then and there the confusion starts. Changes are rapidly being made, girls are hurriedly walking back ami forth each doing her part in the performance gracefully and unafraid. Finally there comes the last rehearsal, all is in readiness, even the orchestra begins its mellow music. Each and every individual, well prepared, gracefully and with hope in her heart does her part. Then the performance itself, the many eager faces of those who wonder if their parts were acceptably carried out. By the applause and praise which is later received it is quite apparent that the Spring Program has made a hit with everyone. —Marcene Schmit Leisure Hours Recreation time is here! The upper study girls are darting to the reading nook in the hall by the stairs. There lie the newspapers on the table and each girl tries to grab the latest edition. Lucky is the girl who gets it first! The rest must wait their turn after exacting a promise of being “next”. As they stand and wait for their turn, they talk with others about what they did during the school periods and things that interest them most. Usually the others bury their heads in library books which they have obtained from the Aram or State School libraries. They have many interesting hooks and the girls are loathe to stop reading. The girls don't spend as much time outdoors as the boys do because they haven't so nice or large a playground. The giant strides, a small tennis court, three small swings and the slide afford much pleasure for the lower study girls. —Helen Hockert -------• ■ Posture Have you noticed how erect the girls and boys are sitting and standing? In the latter part of March several posters, explaining how to improve posture were put up on the bulletin boards. After that there was quite a little improvement in everyone’s posture. Not long after that Miss Stock, our gymnasium teacher, popped into one schoolroom after another to see whether the pupils were sitting and standing erect or not. Teachers were told to put down the names of those who had good posture. A number of students were chosen to enter the posture contest. The judges were Mr. Magro, Dr. Carroll, and Miss Steck. The winners were Carola Davis; Alice Beidermunn; iS

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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

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Donald Smith; and Raymond Boettcher, who as one of the contest winners in 1939. —Ruth Schmidt Leisure Hours At the close of school the boys hurry over to the dormitory to carry out instructions Riven by the supervisor, and for a half hour are engaged in various simple tasks. From about four-thirty to six. they are allowed to do what they please. Table tennis has been pretty popular. Usually the boys crowd around the table, and challenge one another. Others have their heads buried in newspapers and magazines. Some are in their rooms weaving belts while some just can't find any way to kill time. Still others are in the gym playing basketball. Outdoors several are playing ball. In the rear can be heard the clinking of metal, as the horse shoes are thrown. Bach has his own taste, and there are all kinds of games which keep one busily occupied. In the boys' upper study lobby stands a billiard table. It has seen much use during the winter, but of late no one has paid much attention to this sort of amusement. The great out-doors is luring more and more to take part in sports out in the open as the weather grows warmer and warmer. In the cow pasture are youngsters scattered all over busy in a baseball game. Near the creek and pond, fish-poles are extending out over the water, and feet dangling over the banks. —Hubert Seidel My Trip to Indianapolis 1 have been particularly fortunate in having had many chances to go on trips with our football and basketball teams. My first big trip was to the National Tournament in 1938 when we visited the Indiana and Pennsylvania schools on our way to New York City, and Gallaudet College and the Ohio School on our return. In the fall of 1938 I went to Flint. Michigan with the football team and in the spring of 1939 we basketball players journeyed to Missouri, stopping at Springfield anil New Salem. Illinois on our way back. In the fall of 1939 I went with the football team to Indianapolis. Naturally. then, I looked forward eagerly to the 1910 spring tournament and to the renewing of friendships made on former trips. I was especially eager to see again Paul Redick of Ohio and Richard Lipek of Illinois and Ralph Williams of Missouri. After breakfast on February twenty-second of this year, the team left for Indianapolis for the Central States Basketball Tournament, stopping at WaLseka, Illinois, for dinner. We arrived at Indianapolis at four o’clock. The Ohio team was already there and soon after we entered the boys’ dormitory we came across Paul Redick with whom we had a dandy chat. The Illinois and Missouri teams arrived a short time later. Such hand shaking you never saw! After supper a reception was held for the visitors in the Home Economics Department. There we met the boys of all the competing teams, some teachers and some alumni. After that we all went to the chapel and Supt. Raney asked Mr. Neesam and his team to come up on the stage where we were introduced. On Friday morning the fun began. During the second quarter of the Illinois game I was struck in the nose, accidentally, by a member of my own team. I did not see the other games played that afternoon. Saturday evening a banquet was given in honor of the visitors. After the final game between Wisconsin and Indiana, trophies were awarded and all enjoyed a bridge dance followed by refreshments. Sunday morning at nine o’clock we left Indianapolis for Delavan. As the roads were Very good, the trip to Chicago was made in good time. After a good dinner there, we set out for Delavan, but found it necessary to drive much more carefully as there was much ice. The entire trip was made without accidents of any sort. Superintendent Raney and his officers and teachers did all they could to make our stay a pleasant one. It is my regret that 1 shall not be here in 1943 to help in some way to make their stay here as pleasant. —Raymond Kessenich