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

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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

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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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The Book Shelf Tht Senior class ha.- Iiemi loading different interesting books each week-end outside of ils everyday work. Reports have been made from the e books to stimulate, and arouse the rcadinu' habit of others who desire good reading material. These books are of the very best, and although some of them are required for college entrance, other- are read for enjoyment alone. A Lantern in Her Hand “A Lantern in Her Hand is about pioneer life. It tells how the Midwest finally became settled, it tells of families' moving there in covered wagons, of their encounters with drought and blizzard, how they lived in those early days, and of the hardships they endured. Ii also tells of the change that took place in that section of the country after the coming of the automobile and concrete highways. I liked the book because I. too. live in a Mid-western state. The hook was full of adventure, excitement, romance and pathos. The incident, which was the most exciting to me. was when the grass had caught on fire, ami was spreading rapidly across the prairie destroying everything in its path. The men hurriedly made several furrows with plows to prevent the fire from going farther, hut. even so. three houses were nearly consumed by the flames. Bess Streeter Aldrich was born in Uedar Falls, Iowa, after the Civil War. and is still living. She heard many of these early experiences from her parents which she used later in writing books and short stories. She grew uj in the typical, plain home of the small town with its rooms having carpets over fresh oat straw, and having starched curtains at the windows and much old but comfortable furniture. Her father brought the first load of merchandise for the general store by ox-team from Dubuque. Her mother had driven a team of horses on a covered wagon out from Illinios when she was eighteen. Several of her books have been translated into different languages, and several have been filmed. Many have been printed in braille type for the blind. “A Lantern in Her Hand rank- ed as the third best seller in the United Stales at one time. —H. S. A White Bird Flying A White Bird Flying Is the sequel to A Lantern in Her Hand and both were written by Bess Streeter Aldrich. It tells the life story of Utura Deal, a very shy girl whose mother was not very well educated and of the difficult time she had in her home as the family did not understand her. Yet as she was the best scholar in school, she was sent to the University and there she met a fine young man. Allen Rine-miller. whose parents had come from Germany. After graduating from the University, Laura, as the mistress of Allen’s new home, lived happily on the Nebraska prairie, busy with the cures of home and family until depression overtook them, when they learned that a happy life was better than money. —H. H. M en of Iron One is getting much valuable information when he takes in hand Men of Iron. Many of the best stories are based on chivalry, and the reader gets very clear and definite ideas of how a boy might become a knight long ago. Men of Iron tells just what tasks he had to perform before he passed into knighthood. Students are often required to read “The Lady of The Lake, The Vision of Sir Laun-fal, and many others similar to these, but. very few are able to read and understand these stories because they lack the knowledge of chivalry. I would advise ever one who has not read “Men of Iron” to get it and to read it and I am sure he will enjoy it ad get just as much out of it as I did. —R. C. Swiss Family Robinson The story. “Swiss Family Robinson.” was written by Johann David Wyss. a Swiss author and professor, in 1812. It was translated into English, and it became one of the most popular books of the time, and it is still very well liked by children who love adventure.