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

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Dedication This issue of the Tattler is dedicated to the memory of France K. Fowler, who spent the best years of her life as a teacher here. She appreciated the beauty of Phoenix Green, ns the school grounds ure culled, and visualized what the school meant to those who received instruction here. Tins led her to compote the poem l'hoenix Green” which is printed on the next page. The |x»em expresses better than anything we can say the love all of us bear for the school and its lasting influence on the lives of those who grow from childhood to young manhood and womanhood within its environs. t'pon tkiM green. beneath tin shade Of maple grand. Him- many friendship haw been madt That life-long stand] 2

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The 1947 TATTLER Phoenix Green from tlir nir Published by the Graduating Class of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf Delavun, Wis.

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Phoenix Green % France K. Fouler Oh! scene of beauty bright and rare, Dear I'hoenix Green! No place more dearly loved nor fair Our eye hath seen. So spot with thee can well compare, Pear I'hoenix Green! Hero Nature hIwwk a smiling face On all below. In winsome guise and dainty grace. Which well we know, Her loveliness upon this place She doth bestow. Hero an we stand with bonding beads. In reverence true, A panorama fair she spreads Unto our view. The winding brook the meadow treads Through pastures new:— O’er ficlils of verdant, living green Our glances sweep; The quiet pond reflects the hue Of azure deep, While willows drooping on the bank A sentinel keep. But dearer yet than Beauty's call So softly sweet Are other voices that enthrall And oft repeat; Are memories hallowing e'en the ground Beneath our feel. Herc wise and good men, long ngo. Planted our school. Here many happy yean are Xpert. Beneath its rule. Ami knowledge here acquired has proved A useful tool. For those whose influence cannot fad© Have trod this land. Upon this green, beneath the shade Of maples grand, How many friendships have been made That life-long stand! Our love, dear Green, stands any test That time may make. I.ct Beauty. Gratitude, all the rest Their due share take. Yet that for which we love Thee best I Friendship's sake. Oh scene of beauty, bright and rare. Dear Phoenix Green! No place more dearly loved, nor fair. Our eye hath seen, No .quit with Thee can well compare Dear Phoenix Green. .1