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

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Class Color Red and White Class Motto In Ourselves the Future Lies Class Flower Roses Class Officers Jack Hathway, President Alice Riegert, Vice-president Paul Rohloff, Secretary Clara Bongey, Treasurer

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ALICE KIEGERT Spring Bubbling d»ir with laughter •md fun. With never ii worry fur lemon undone Cltn vice-prct. 12; Monitor 12. PAUL ROHLOFF IlOMA .-t better typint itt reboot can't it found. And if you need help, hr'n nure to be around. Class nee. 12: Phoonix Lit. Scy. vicr-pr . 12; Monitor 9. 10. 11. JOAN SZKJNA MlLWAirtaS Ye , 'tin true, Joan in not tall. Hut trvanure oft eothe in packages nmall. Claw vice-pre . 11; Ariadna Lit. Scy. vice-pres. 11; Lit. Jcy pres. 12; S. J. S. pres. 12; G. A. A. pres. 12; Basketball capt. 12; Monitor 11; Home-Coroinc Qnsen 11.

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Class History By Clara Bon gey and Gloria Perhai How important is thr number SEVEN! Our week ban seven tny»; Rome was built on Seven hills; we road of the Seven churches in the New Testament; wv « stars in the constellation, Orion, give light to the World; in geography we study about the Seven Sean; frequently we hear of the Seven Wonder of the world; in Egypt there were seven year of plenty followed by seven years of famine; the Israelites marched around Jericho seven times before its walls fell; and now you are ol»out to learn of the most important SEVEN at the Wisconsin School for the I eaf, at the present time, the seven graduates of 1952. Yes, we are SEVEN, and we hail from various parts of the stat j. A a seventh grade we were two times seven, but the other wven have deserted u . Clara Bongey, «lorin Perhai and Jack Mathway have traveled along together from thr preparatory class, which means they have been classmate for the past fourteen year . The present seven in the class have been working together for five years. As we usually full in line alphabetically, the members of the class will be presented this way: Clara Bongoy hails from Milwaukee and had uttended the Paul Blnner School in that city for two years before enrolling nt W. S. I . The September of 1938 her father, Here her brother Iron is now in the seventh grade. It did who was formerly a pupil ut this school, brought her hen with her sister Jenny, who was then attending th- school, not tak-.’ long for (Mara to get adjusted ah she knew the ign language and had lived with the deaf all her life. As a child she frequently went to the doctor for a shot as she was very frail. You'd ne ?r guess it now, as she looks equal to a bout with Joe U uis. In her early school days she was often seen sitting in a circle of little girls, telling them stories. She is a success at sports and made a good student monitor. She was one of the representative to go to Gallaudct College to the Student Institute. Jack Hathway landed the January' of 1937, but later attended Paul Binner, then returned in 1938. When his father first brought him to school, he parked his car r'ght by the totem pole, which was near the Phoenix Hall Dormitory. Jack had always associated totem poles with Indians, so thought he had been brought to an Indian camp. His father, who was deaf, assured him this was not so; but not until Jack went to the office and saw several of the other children, was he convinced. Jack has made a line record in athletics, as a scout leader, in the printing office and in art. Santa Claus, with his reindeer, that apiK nrs out in front of Swiler Hall ut Christmas time is some of his handiwork. The attractive place cards at the Junior. Senior Banquet and many decorations for the Junior Prom of 1951 were of his designing. Many leisure hours he has s|ient in handicraft. Hi home is in Big Bend. In 1939 a thin, timid little miss, who answers to the name of Donna Mm Milton, entered; and it was not so easy for her to fit into her new home as she had never seen people signing before. She had lost her hearing suddenly while in the kindergarten in Walworth, her home town, and didn’t know what to makr of the new strange world she hud been thrust into. No one could induce her to say one word. Then one night shr missing. While the police, watchman, and supervisor were making the search for her, she was brought back by her father. Well, there la nothing quite about Donna now. PerhapK she is making up for lost time. Her grades in reading and English have been very good. She has read more BOOKS than anyone else in the class. The supervisors praise her work as a monitor this year. And as a lip-reader, she is superfine. In the fall of 1937 a little black-haired girl came all the way from Superior to get her education here. Even though she hud a sister, who was a senior ut the school, shr wept a good share of the time all the first year. Fear seemed to be at the bottom of this. A haircut at thp beauty parlor tears, in fact she shied ut every move, until she became real well acquainted. Shr has excelled in mathematics, and physical education; but her record shows that in the average of all studies, academical and vocational together, she ranks first in the class. This is why she was chosen as a representative to the first Student Institute at Gal-laudet College. By a plurality of votes the student body elected her Prom Queen for 1952. Her brother, Jim Perhai. who is now in the ninth grade will have to hump to make a record as good as hers. Another member of the class who hails from the far North is Alice Riegert. Her people are farmers in Suring. She came in 1938, but did not join Clara, Jack and Gloria until 1940. Alice likes a good time and so- that she has it. As n little girl she was tall and thin and wore glasses with stronger lens, as her sight was very poor. It is much better now, and she tip the scales at one hundred and fifty. She also hus a brother in this Achool, who is in the eighth grade. The newest member of the das is Paul Rohloff, who entered school and our class in 1947. Bi-fore his enrollment here, he had attened a parochial achool in Oconomowoc. Having only a slight loss of hearing and being accustomed to hearing school surroundings, it has not been easy for him to make the adjustment in a school for the deaf, but he has stuck it out and will receive a diploma June 8th. Hi normal speech and ability to hear has often made him the go between the hearing and the deaf His specialties are typing and printing. As to vocabulary- words, the rest of the class have never heard of, have appeared daily in ihs paragraphs on the board. Last but not least, let us introduce u short, chubby round-faced girl, whose home is in Milwaukee, Joan Szejna. In 1938 when the entered school for the first time, she was a tiny girl and was chubbier than she is now. She found no difficulty in getting adjusted us all the members of her family of six are deaf and all have attended this school. One brother, Eddie, will be here for several years to come. Joanhas always been a very popular girl, owing to her even disposition, and she always has a good word for everyone. The fact that she has worked downtown after school nights and on Saturdays for the same lady for the past five years is proof of her faithfulness and ability as a house keeper. In tumbling and other gym stunts she excels. This, her senior year, she has been president of the Ariadna Literary Society, the S. J. S. and the G. A. A. and in 1950 was voted llornceoming Queen. And now as the members of the class of 1952 are about