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

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This story is filled with humorous and exciting adventures. The story tells us about a Mr and Mrs. Robinson who. with their four sons. Jack. Fritz. Ernest, and Francis, were shipwrecked during a storm on their way to Australia where they were to make a new home. It tells how they reached an island safely on a raft of barrels, made by the boys and how they carried cattle, sheep, ho , food, grain, and tools from the wrecked ship to the mainland and how they made a home in the top of a huge tree. It also tells us the things they saw on the island, and how at Inst an English ship appeared. Now this story of the Robinson family may be enjoyed by all in the movies. I like this story as I learned much from the descriptions of the queer animals and plunts on the island that the Robinson family made use of. Thrilling parts were killing a boa constrictor; Jack’s riding on the tame ostrich: being attacked by lions; and finding an English girl. —R. S. •------- Evangeline The poem Evangeline. ' which was written by Henry V. Longfellow, tells about the Acad-ians who were driven from their homes by the English before the Revolutionary War. Fathers and mothers were cruelly separated from their children, and some of them never met again on earth. Evangeline was a young girl, the daughter of a wealthy farmer named Benedict Bellefon-taine. They lived in the village of Grand Prc. Evangeline’s mother was dead. Gabriel was the son of Basil, the blacksmith. Gabriel and Evangeline were engaged to be married at the time when the story opens. One day all the men of the village were called to the church. There a British officer read the king’s order for all the Acadians to leave their homes and to go away on boats. At first the men were very angry but Father Felieian, the village priest, told them to be patient, and pointing to a large crucifix, he told them to remember the prayer of Jesus. Father forgive them. After they had prayed they all repeated. Father forgive them, and were quiet. Soon they were all taken down to the shore where boats were waiting for them. It was evening. Evangeline was trying to be cheerful, but her father seemed broken-hearted Father Felieian was with her. Suddenly they looked up and saw a bright light. It was caused by their burning homes. Poor people! How sad they were! When Evangeline turned to speak to her father, he had fallen forward. They raised him and found that he was dead. Evangeline had nobody but Gabriel. The next morning they were put into different boats. Father Felieian was in the same boat with Evangeline, and they decided to search for Gabriel until they found him. Gabriel, too looked and looked for Evangeline. Evangeline became a Sister of Mercy. She visited the poor and nursed the sick. A plague broke out in the city, and many died. Evangeline helped care for the sick. One day she went to a poor house. As she was walking from bed to bed. she suddenly stopped. On the bed before her lay Gabriel. He was dying, but he opened his eyes and recognized her. Evangeline’s long search was ended. —R. K. ------• ■ — Kilmenny of the Orchard In my opinion Kilmenny of the Orchard was indeed a very interesting story. It told of the life of Kilmenny. a beautiful young girl, who had never been able to speak. Living alone with her grandparents, she was constantly separated from the outside world. Thus she grew into an innocent shy child, never knowing how beautiful she really was. It told of her visits to an orchard near her home where she went to be alone and to play her violin. She happened to meet a young man from New York who had come to take a sick friend’s place in the village school. Their friendship developed into a beautiful romance. Finally it told how Dick's friend, a specialist in ear and throat, examined her and of his verdict that she could talk if she wanted to badly enough. The story tells how she was badly frightened when an

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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.

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attempt was made on the life of her sweetheart. This caused her to utter his name which was the beginning of her new life. Thus she was able to take her place fully in the new life waiting for her. —M. S. Gone with the Wind I enjoyed reading Gone with the Wind” written by Margaret Mitchell, and I have learned some very interesting things about the Civil War from it. It tells how the Southerners hated Lincoln, and much about the war near Atlanta. It tells how the South suffered when their homes were destroyed by the Yankees. The main character is Scarlett O'Hara, a very selfish and proud woman who thought only of herself. 1 think the author’s idea in writing this story was to show that selfishness will not bring you real happiness. The old proverb. Pride goes before a fall is perhaps another idea. The story was so interesting that I could hardly pull myself away from it. It tells of so many hardships that I am sure I know whai it was like in the South during those trying days, and how I would have hated it, had I been living then. This story has been filmed and is being shown in the larger theatres. It is said to be a wonderful picture. Some day 1 hope to see it. —F. M. ------------------ The Yearling By Marjorie K. Rnwliiue The Yearling is a story of the Baxter family in Florida. It tells about their hard life there and about their only son, Jody, who amused himself in the deep woods where they made their home. It tells how Jody found a new-horn fawn which he wanted to bring home as a pet. His father, however, said it was too young. The story tells of the father’s going hunting to get meat for winter with Jody and the dog and of the awful accident they had on the way home when a rattler struck the tather's leg. Jody ran to a neighbor's for help to take his father home. Afterawhile Jody got the fawn for a pet which he called Flag. The story tells of Jody's great love for Flag, and how Jody ran away from home when his parents said that Flag must be taken away. In the end Flag was shot. Then Jody found that he was no longer a small boy. but a man and that he had the work and the responsibilities of a man before him. —G. D. “Bob—Son of Battle The story tells how two shepherds in Northern England had trouble all the time because of their dogs, how M’Adam tried many times to make Janies Moore seem to be in the wrong, and how in the end M'Adam’s dog was caught killing sheep, and how finally the killer met his death. The book was very interesting because it was packed full of excitement, pathos, and romance. The incident that I liked best was when Bob. the dog. had just barely driven the sheep into the pen as the whistle blew during the contest for the Shepherd’s Cup. The sheep had stalled on the plank bridge when Bob leaped on the back of one of them guiding them into the pen just as the whistle announced that time was up. Had one minute been wasted, it would have cost James Moore the cup. Alfred Ollivant, the Englishman who wrote the book, was born sometime after the Civil War. He had been an officer of the Royal Artillery in Great Britain at the age of nineteen. It was while he was fiat on his back in bed from a spinal injury that he wrote his first and best known book. Bob—Son of Battle which took him several years to finish because he wrote only at intervals. This book was published in London in 1898 under the title Owd Bob. In America, after a slow start, it soon became one of the best sellers. It has been called the best dog story ever written. —H. S. 22