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

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Class Colors Kid unr HV ifi Class Motto Today tt'r follow; tomorrow wr l-tul. Class Flower Krd Ro«r Clou ( fllcrr with their Advisor: Top—Wayne White. President: Miss Muttcson; Nicolinn Perri, Vice President; Doris W iedmeycr. Secretury-Treturn re r. High School and Vocational Teachers Seated, left to right—Mr. Gant. Mias Mutteson, Mrs. Lowe. Mr. Milligan. Mr . Crosby, Mr. Xroum. Standing, left to right—Mr. Hood. Mm. Hngerty, Mr. Wilber, Mrs. Storey, Mr. Nojrosek, Mrs. Kastner. [ 10]

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DORIS WKIDMEYER Riciifiku Sht’U find tome thing to da; lift rnil never grow weary to her.” Senior Class Secretary-Treasurer 11 50; S. J. S. Club Director of S| ortft 1948-'49; S. J. S. Club President 1050; Monitor i960; Prfttn Quwn I960. WAYNE WHITE Tomahawk Ever tnie to hi wonI. hi work, and hi friend . Senior Class President 1949-’6G; Junior Class Treasurer 1948-'49; Literary Society Secretary 1949-’60; Hollister Club Secretary 1948; Monitor 1947-V.O; Prom Kina I960. CATHERINE ZICK Riros She t.peak , think and net ju t a the ought. Ariadna Literary Society Librarian 1948; Ariadna Literary Society Secretary l948- 49; S. J. S. Club Secretary-Treasurer 1919: Monitor 1949. [9]

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Our Class History By Nicolinu Pcrri Thn tix members of thin claw of 10 0 have for only three years been climbing m» together tn the summit we have now reached, graduation. The climb ha seemed pretty •deep, and several have forsaken it, but we arc glad that we hud the courage to go on. The first one In the claw to In? welcomed at the school wik a chubby little fellow with a round face and wide d|Min eyes. It WM the foil of 1037 when his parents, Mr. md Mrs. Harry Long of Beloit, brought him here. More fortunate than the other little ones entering that year, he understood the sign language, his parents, u brother and two sisters bring deaf. Entering school was no trial for James (Jimmie) as he had been woll informed of what to expect; and, too, those in charge of him in the dormitory and at school hail become acquainted with him thmugh the re|mrtn of his brother and sisters, who hud (■receded him in uttending this school. Much had been ■aid about the cute little brother Jimmie thut would some .lay be enrolled ut the school. According to the report of his first teacher, Mr . Thomas, he come up to expectations. Following the midyear examinations, when he was in the seventh grade, he was promoted to our class, which was then eighth grade. He bus made a splendid Word in s|Mirt an«l has been a very valuable member of the class in journalism, us his copy, owing to his fine penmanship, have always been the most legible. For some time hr has been employed during shop hours at the Republican printing office in Ddavan. Recently, because of his trips to California and Florida we have been calling him the Globe Trotter. The October of thut same year, 1937, a little bluck-eyed Italian girl with jet black hair appeared. It was I, Nicolina (Nickte) Ferri, As my parents, who had brought me hen? by car from Kenosha, were leaving the dormitory, my hoart sank. 1 thought I would never see them again. The older girls and the supervisors tried their last to dry my tears and quiet my crying, which could easily be heard a block away; hut the more they tried, the louder I screamed, and the harder I kicked. And they say I used my teeth for my defense, too. 1 om ashamed of it now. When my parents appeared the next Friday to take mo borne for the week-end, I realized that ! was not separated from them forever. Frequently I s|»ent weekends at home; and when Dad brought me l»ack, a group of little girls always hovered around us to get the candy and gum Pud had brought them. Before coming here. I attended the Krnoahn Pay School for n short time. Mr . 1‘ynn was my first teacher here. My school days have been very happy ones, and I am not glud they are over. A little girl with a turned up nose and freckle was brought here by her purents the Junuury of 1940. Thit was Pori Wiedmcyer. She had been attending public school for two years as she is n hard of hearing girl, hut did not have sufficient hearing to progress. Mrs. Fynn was then teaching first grade mid Poris was p!ac«d in her class. I ori was a quiet shy little miss, and it took her some time to get acquainted. In the dormitory her supreme interest was in her dolly and most of her leisure time was spent making doll clothes. Occasionally when Poris was not around, the other youngster would have fun dressing up her dolly in it numerous costumes, which she hod designed; and upon her return, she would find things not us she left them. This seemed like a sad world to Ikiris then. She still likes to wield the needle, and she is fond of cooking, too. Whenever a question on fanning has arisen in clous, l ori has always been on hand with the right answer. Her courtesy, friendliness, and faim«’ fi have made her a good monitor. In 1940, also, a shy young, hard of hearing, formrr boy, bearing the name. Wayne White, was introduced to W. S. I . Having been unable to hear the teachers and other pupil in the country school, which he had been attending, he hod accomplished little in hi academic studies. Here ways were new to him, hands were Hying, and he could not seem to catch on. So when spring came, thoughts of home, of the spring plowing and seeding just couldn’t be brushed aside. He threatened to pack his trunk and go home, hut school was out early that year so he remained to the end. His interest in learning Imd Ihh'ii amused. At home he road, wrote and made n sincere effort to overcome his great weakness, misspelling words. Th -n the war broke out, ami he was needed on the farm. Not until 1946 did he return. He became a member of our class in the ninth grade. No one else in the class has equaled him in earnestness and effort. This time he learned the sign language and has made u great success at I wing monitor of the boy . I.o t fall for the first time in his life hr shot a buck. Through his thoughtfulness and the kindness of Mrs. Milligan, we seniors with our advisor. Miss Matteson, were served u luscious venison dinner. His shy manner are still with him. To prove this just tell him how good, looking he is and see him blush. We have always thouht that fanning was his forte, but he now informs us that he is going to make a change. In the full of 1944 when we were in the seventh grade, a pretty girl with light hair, all dolled up in pretty tog appeared. It was Athleen Dahl, who had left the Apple-ton Pay School to join us. She lost her hearing when she was five and a half yean old and can speak very well. She is also a whit at lip-reading. One day soon after she arrived, somronc stepped, by accident, on her pretty new shoes, and we found out that Miss Athleen wouldn't stand for any such performance as that. The girls were very careful thereafter not to do anything to mar her pretty thing . Whenever she has taken part in a program, Ivor mother has shown much interest in her and what she was doing by sending her the needed costume . This has always been very much appreciated. Athleen declare she will go on with typing after she leuve school, hut we surmise she will be keeping house. More than once we have seen her tuck away something in her hope chest. In the fall of 1937 Mrs. AM Jones, who was then field-worker for W. S. l „ walked into it country school near Markeaan. The expression on her face showed plainly that she was looking for someone. The teacher callrd up to her u chubby, shy little nine-year old girl, who was hnrd of hearing. Yes, this was Catherine Ziek, and she knew full and well what lay ahead of her us her sister Ruth hud been attending W. S. P. for u short time. Very soon ufter this Catherine was enrolled at the school, l.ikc Mary's little lamb she kept at the hinds of her sister. (ContinutU «»n pofft IS) [HI