The School helper, 1941 - 1942

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PUBLISHED AT THE GEORGIA SCHO<6L FOR
THE DEAF, CAVE SPRING, GEORGIA

OCTOBER, 1941

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SCHOOL HELPER

CAVE SPRING, GEORGIA, OCTOBER, 1941

No. I

Our New Auto Repair P1ant

Widening Opportunity
Henry Ford has once again performed an altruistic and constructive service for a Georgia institution. He has agreed to provide equipment and instruction for a vocational course in automobile upholstery and repair at the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring.
Thus a group of physically handicapped youth will find a new opportunity to make an independent place for themselves. Another branch of occupation, in addition to printing, agriculture, dairying, cabinet work and other trades, will be open for Georgians who cannot hear.
There is no reason why persons handicapped by lack of hearing cannot make substantial places for themselves in the world. There are innumerable trades and arts which depend not at all upon ability to hear and, in time, all will be opened to the deaf.
It is according to the rule of nature that a person deprived of the use of one sense becomes unusually gifted in all the others. Thus it may reasonably be expected that young automobile upholsterers and repairmen trained at the Cave Spring school will, on the average, prove even more capable workmen than their unhandicapped confreres.-The Atlanta Constitution.
T HE above is an editorial, reprinted from the Atlanta Constitution. We are immensely proud of our new shop. and of the publicity it has so far received. Prouder still are we of the work being done there. The boys are now capable of taking any sort of a dent out of a fender in such a manner as to make the owner swear he was dreaming that

the fender had been dented before.

Similar progress has been made in

welding, painting and upholstery

work.

.

The Ford Motor Company

agreed to furnish a man to train

our instructors. Through the local

Ford Motor Company in Rome

under the management of Mr. C.

G. Milner, they agreed to furnish

us used cars to repair and all the

material needed to repair them. It

remained only for the school to

purchase such equipment as bump-

ing tools, a grinder, files, a set of

auto tools, an auto spray gun for

painting, a hydraulic jack and a

few other items.

This summer, Mr. E. C. Sloan, Director of Ford Used Car Sales for the Southeastern area, came to our school for a period of several weeks to get the shop on production basis and to train the instructors for the course. Much credit for our shop's success must go to Mr. Sloan. He still finds time to come to our shop at least once a week, make suggestions, and help us in innumerable other ways. Already, a shop in Atlanta has requested us to send them four men for welding, body, and upholstery work. Four boys will be sen t for a trial, if successful, as we are sure they will be, we will call in more boys and go on with the course.

To Henry Ford. the deaf are not regarded as handicapped. but rather as assets to the Company. A deaf man talks with his hands, and when he has tools in his hands he does not talk, but works -that is a fact. The deaf do talk and gossip as much as the hearing, but put the average deaf man on

the job and he will work steadily until finished, partly beacuse he is not bothered by noise, partly because he has been trained in a school for the deaf where a job is a job and must be finished before the time to play comes. A hearing father may be lenient with a son that does not do his work as he should, but a supervisor cannot be so--he requires near perfection from each and everyone of his boys and they in turn quickly acquire the trait of finishing the job first and arguing football and baseball afterwards. The Ford Motor Company has employed many deaf workmen, and has seen this trait and admired it. Henry Ford knew before he started that he was not throwing money away. He knew that he was helping embryo workingmen in a step toward a satisfying goal~mployment in a vocational field where they would be on equal footing with their hearing confreres.
Superintendent Hollingsworth premises to furnish the editor, for the next issue of the HELPER, some addition'al facts in this new and important development in our vocation'al department.
Sent: October 16, 1941 Received: October 16, 1941
To C. H. Hollingsworth Cave Spring, Georgia
Wire if you can furnish immediately four welders and metal finishers.
(Signed) Ford Motor Co. Atlanta, Georgia

Co---Curricular Activities

- G. S. D. BOWS TO SUMMERVILLE IN OPENER
T HE G. S. D. eleven found the Summerville Reds too tough for comfortable chewing in their first game for the season. However, they were up against a seasoned team who had several games under their bel ts before meeting our boys.
The first quarter ended with both teams even, each with one touchdown, Summerville scoring first after a march from the center of the field. G. S. D. ran the ensuing kickoff back to the center of the field, gained a first down and then punted deep into Summerville territory. Summerville center caused a fumble which the G. S. D. ends recovered on Summerville's 30 yard line. Hale Hester then took the ball on a center smash, brushed off four would be tacklers and got into the clear. However, the last tackler had knocked him off ballance and he inadvertently touched the ground with his hand on the five yard line. Two plays later, he smashed through right tackle for a touchdown with the whole Summerville team on his back.
Through the remaining three quarters, the breaks were all with the Summerville team. Tailback J'ack Sellers received a bad cut over his left eye and was out for the rest of the game, -and his blocking and running were sadly missing.
Seeing that the game was in the bag, Coach Tollefson sent in this second stringers in the last quarter to get experience for games to come. The final score was 37 to 6 in favor of Summerville.
A few days after school opened. a count w-as made of all boys on hand. The count was 77. This was extremely puzzling to our Mr. Lowman as he knew for sure that there were only 75 beds in the dormitory. An investigation showed that four small boys had doubled up--beds were provided.

F. F. A.
T HE F. F. A. boys from the Georgia School for the Deaf have shown quite a bit of interest in competing with each other to see who would make the judging team to represent us in seed and feed judging at the Macon Fair. After the fight was over, it was found that Hugh McLeroy, Bill Nelson, and Carlton Scurry made the te-am. They will go to Macon with their advisor, R. R. Caswell Friday, October 17. They are hoping to win and bring back lots of news about the Macon Fair. Others making the trip will be James Hawkins, President of the F.F.A., Alton Dominey and John Green.
-Hugh McLeroy, Reporter
G. S. D. BOWS TO TRION
I N their second game of the season, the G. S. D. warriors bowed to Trion, 32 to 6. The game, however, was really not so lopsided as the score tends to show. It was by grace of only a few inches at three separate times that thundering G. S. D. rallies failed to reach the goal.
Barrow and Hester of G. S. D. were the stars of the game in both the offensive and defensive department. The shortest gain made by Hester was a five yard plunge through center-at that time, so sure was he that had had crossed the go-a1 that he curled up under him and waited for th referee to the four men it had taken to stop untangle the pile. The referee did as referees do and the ball was found to be just six inches on this side of the goal-it had been the fourth down. Barrow too was a terror on off tackle plunge. Time and ag'ain he went through for ten and fifteen yard gains. It was he who went over from the fifteen yard line for Georgia's lone tally. Just before the half period, the two took the ball to two yards from the Trion goal and with a first down, two yards to go, the whistle for half left them stranded.

In the line, Horace Johnson, our 150 pound guard, played havoc with every line plunge Trion tried. Practically all of the yardage made by Trion was through tackle, the only weak spot in Georgia's line and that because the first string tackle, James Hawkins, was on the bench with an injured foot for the larger part of the game. Substitute Mack Padgett played well but was not familiar with the position.
ATTENTION!
W E wish to call the attention of our alumni to certain changes in the football schedule.
Our game with Florida is to be played in Cave Spring on Saturday, November 1. The game with Alabama will be played in Rome on the Rome High School field on November 6, Thursday.
Tell your friends and make it a point to attend at least one of these two games.
Georgia has the fightcnist football teams and the best pro baseball team in the South. It has the most beautiful girls in the world. It also has a fine deaf bowling team in the form of the Atlanta Frats. Columbus, Macon, Savannah, and other cities should have good bowling teams too. From such competion, a champion deaf bowling team could be added to the laurels of Georgia, let's go!
THERE'S A PLACE FOR DEAF TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS
SPEAKING on the Services of De-af Teachers, Elwood A. Stevenson, Principal of the California School, says: "There is a place in every school for the deaf, especially residential, for the properly trained, well-educated, and efficient deaf teacher. Mark you, I did not say that every de-af person is a prospective teacher. Too often, a deaf person feels that be(Continued on Page 10, Column 3)

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Among the Staff

HEARING and seeing maledictations, uttered and unuttered on everyside by pupils who
had been asked to write about their summer vacations and who definately did not wish to do so, the editor decided to nudge the worm over and make a similar demand on the teachers themselves. We quote en verbatim.

I attended the convention at Fulton and enjoyed a drive through the Ozark Mountains and to Little Rock and Hot Springs, Arkansas afterward. The
rest of the summer I spent quietly
in Cave Spring. -Edythe Montgomery

I attended the convention at

Fulton. After the convention I

visited Miss McDermott's sister,

Mrs. Stephen Kaborac, in Wauke-

gan, Illinios. I spent the rest of

the summer in Rome and Cave

Spring.

-Katheryn Watson

I spent most of the summer with my parents at Valley Head-,
Alabama. I traveled some with my husband in Virginia, North Care. lina, and a great part of eastern Tennessee. -Frances LOT'l'gshore

I left Cave Spring the first of

June and visited relatives in Cairo,

Illinois before going to Fulton to

the Convention. While in Miss-

ouri I had the delightful ex-

perience of a reunion with my col-

lege roommate and one classmate

whom I had not seen since our

graduation in 1902. We visited

our Alma Mater together and had

a delightful time. While in Fulton

I was the guest of Superintendent

and Mrs. Ingle -at the Missouri

School for the Deaf. I returned

home with Mr. and Mrs. Ware

and Mrs. Montgomery and we all

enjoyed the scenic drive through

the Ozark Mountains. We stopped

in Little Rock and drove by the

Arkansas School for the Deaf. We

met Mr. Race Drake and he drove

to Hot Springs with us for the

-afternoon.

-Mes. Gibbons

I stayed at home almost all summer but did visit my sister in Cincinnatti for a couple of weeks.
-Miss Pans

I attended the convention at

Fulton Missouri. After the conven

tion I drove to Waukegan, Illinois

to see my sister and her family.

I had a private pupil in Mobile,

Alabama during the month of

July.

I spent the month of August at

home in Cave Spring. My sister

and her huusband, Mr. and Mrs.

Harrison Baird of New York City

visited me for a few days in

August.

-Julia McDermott

I spent the summer at home. However, I made two trips to
Camp Ouachita to see the Girl Scouts. We have girl Scouts from the entire United States in this beautiful camp. -Anna Terry

I -attended the convention at
Fulton. After the convention I went to Fayetteville, Arkansas
where Mr. Kennard joined me for a weeks visit with his parents. I spent the rest of the summer in Cave Spring. -Mrs. Kennard

Tell Mr. Parks he knows what we did and can write it. -Fern Parks. (Sorry, mama, I did go to
see him about it but the Yanks and Dodgers intruded upon us via the radio and we didn't get much writing done.-ye ed.)

I visited relatives in Augusta. While there we visited places of interest in and around Charleston.
--Gladys Carpenter

I spent all the summer at home in Cave Spring. My mother stayed with us during June and July.
--Gladys Clark

I spent the summer in Cave

Spring but went to Lavenia one

week-end to visit Mr. Forbes' rel-

atives.

-Ruth Forbes

I spent the summer at home in Cave Spring. -Jessie F. Jones

I was one of the eighteen from the Georgia School who attended

the convention at Fulton. The rest of the summer was spent with my family' in Crab Orchard,
Kentucky. , . -Vela V. Evans
I attended the convention, visited my brother in St. Louis, and had a lot of fun trying to learn to model for the Fashion Show in Cedartown. -Katherine Casey
Also: A bouncing baby boy, Barton Junior. was delivered to Mr. and Mrs. Clark in the latter part of June.
Miss Watson and Miss McDermott had their house renovated inside and out this summer. It's really a swell place now.
Gilbert Parks has grown to be the sweetest, most angel-faced little prankster ever seen. His latest accomplishment is serving himself at the dining table. His system, though not in accordance with that of Miss Post, is really a good one.
NEW FACES IN
OUR STAFF
MR. R. R. CASWELL, B.S.A.,B.A.
Mr Caswell, a graduate of the University of Georgia, comes to us with nine years of Agriculture teaching experience in Georgia high schools. He is our new Director of Agriculture Training and Farming. He has already inagutated an active F. F. A. pre. gram for the boys in his classes, and has been doing wonders at the School farm.
MRS. R. R. CASWELL, B. A.
Mrs. Caswell is a graduate of Bowdon College. She too has had long experience in teaching in Georgia high schools, and it is rumored that as Coach of Girl's basketball teams, her proteges have seldom if ever met defeat. She is now an instructor in our intermediate department and it is our fervent hope that she will let
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THE SCHOOL HELPER

October, lCfJjJ

FOOTBALL

Florida School for the Deaf vs
leorgia School for the Deaf
November I, 1941 Kick Off At 2:00 P.M. Cave Spring, Georgia
Admission: Children 15 cents, Adults 35 cents

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From the Girls' Side

Dorothy Neal came to see Ruth Cook last summer. They talked with each other and had a fine time.
Virginia Ray is very happy because her two friends, Mrs. Keaton and Mrs. Watts, will come to visit her October 11. She hopes to go through the cave. She just loves the cave.
Susie Taylor had a wonderful time in Akron, Ohio last summer. She stayed there for three months and returned to Georgia September 5. She stayed at home with her mother for a week and then came back to school. She missed her mother very much.
Last summer Myrtle Turnage visited our soldiers at Camp Blonding, Florida. There were beautiful places there. She wished that she could spend the day there, but she was afraid that the soldiers might be rough to her.
Dorothy Young had an enjoyable trip to Atlanta where she spent the week-end with the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt. She had a grand time all the week-end. She enjoyed the electric fountain with its lovely colors very much.
Last summer Elizabeth Hornsby and her family went to Jax and Miami, Florida. They spent a week and a day there. They all had a wonderful time while they were there.
Wilma Whaley had bad luck on her birthday because she had blood poison in her left arm. In spite of this she had a good birthday dinner and received many presents.
The first of August after peach packing was over, Doris Hanes spent a week with Annie Logan. Then Annie went home with Doris to spend the next week. They had lots of fun.
Ethel Pope was bitten by a mad dog September 8. She had to take twelve shots to keep from getting rabies. She took the Pasteur treatment.
Last summer in June Eva Bragdon went to Tybee to go swimming with her sister and a chum of hers. They went on their bikes. After they had

had a good time, they went to take dinner in a cafe at Tybee. Eva got sunburned.
Esther Poole had a job last June. She worked in Abe Blumberg's Tailor Shop and Laundry where her sister worked at Fort Benning, Georgia. She surely enjoyed her job there.
Last summer Louise Maynard spent a week with her sister and brother-in-law, Cammie and Coy. She enjoyed staying with them very much.
Annie Logan spent two weeks with her cousin, Esther, in Atlanta during July. She spent four days with Florence Johnson and three days with Margaret Perdue also. Annie had the best time that she ever had in all her life.
Marjorie Lane went to Columbus July 13. She stayed with Esther Poole for two weeks. They went to town almost every day.
Willene Letson went to see her oldest sister in August. During the week-end there she enjoyed playing with her three-year old nephew and her one-year old niece.
One day last summer Evelyn Doyle, Henry, and Estelle enjoyed watching the boat races in North
Augusta. On the way back to
Augusta a man hit Henry's car and it was damaged. Noone was hurt.
Marrell Martin went to Jefferson last summer to see her aunt and stayed with her a week. She went to visit in Florida last July and enjoyed going with the deaf people.
Frances Bartlett, her Aunt Clarrene, and Betty Jo went to Washington, D. C. July 12 to see their uncle Charles and they stayed a week-end. They visited the capitol building. That is a beautiful place and Washington is a big city.
Kathleen Highfield went to Athens to see Gladys Puckett last summer. She stayed all day with her. She enjoyed being with her very much. Gladys is still happy at home. She helps her mother with the housework.
Mildred Scurlock did not returrn to school until September 28. Her sister, Corrine, married September

21. The wedding was held at their parents' home. After the ceremony a wedding reception was held which Mildred enjoyed very much.
<f'P. . . . .
There was a reception at G. S. D. September 19 for the teachers, officers, and advanced pupils. Two girls greeted the guests at the door. Hazel Baxley enjoyed helping serve the punch. She thought that the dining room looked lovely.
Peggy Taylor enjoyed spending a week-end at the home of the Reverend Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt in Atlanta September.
Last summer Frances Hoy went to see her aunt and uncle at Wilmington Island. She stayed with them for two weeks. When she got home, her mother told her that her sister was coming to see her in two days.
Pauline Stith went to South Carolina with her sister and her friend, Mrs. Mercer. Mrs. Mercer wanted to get her nephew to take him home with her. Pauline enjoyed the trips.
Pauline Carter went to Albany on the bus Monday night, August 11. and Bill Massey met her at the bus station. Then she went home with him. She enjoyed visiting him, his family, his relatives, and Marjorie Lane. She also enjoyed going to several places while she was visiting there.
Louise Brant went to see her aunt last summer. She stayed with them one night. Three weeks later her deaf cousin and her baby came to see them at Louise's home. They stayed two weeks.
Evelyn Morgan went to the Flint River near Cordele with her daddy, sisters, brother, and a cousin in July. She likes the Flint better than any other river. She was very glad that her family bought land to build a camp house there.
During the summer vacation Hazel McLendon spent most of her time in Atlanta with her sisters. She did not go out often because of fear of polio which had spread all over in Atlanta. She enjoyed helping her sisters around the house and in the flower garden.

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Superintendent's Corner

A Olaf
Tollefson,

s has been cus-
. tomary in the

Editor

past, the edi-

torship of

the SCHOOL HELPER is being pass-

ed along. This practice is for re-

spite to those who have served and

to make way for other talent that

is capable and willing to oblige.

The name Olaf Tollefson now adorns the mast-head. This talented young man is of a literary turn and he, of his own skill and ingenuity, has won the right to be dubbed a writer. No member of the staff, past or present, other than he, can claim the distinction of having been able to sell his "stuff" in the commercial mart.

The Georgia School for the Deaf is proud of Mr. Tollefson and we are fortunate in being th2 beneficiary of all his four years of teaching endeavor. This man, a credit to the profession, first saw the light of day in far-away North Dakota in the year 1916. He is of pure Norwegian strain. His father immigrated to North Dakota at the age of eighteen and then later married a daughter of
immigrant from the same locale of the Scandanavian Peninsula.

Olaf was stricken with meningitis on his twelfth birthday and suffered a total loss of hearing. He was transferred from the local "Little red schoolhouse" to the North Dakota School for the Deaf at Devil Lake. He graduated in 1932 and in the fall of the same year matriculated at Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C. There he proved the real merit of his early displayed determination to
overcome the handicap that so early in his youth had beset him. Mr. Tollefson graduated with honors at Gallaudet with a B. A. degree in 1937. In his senior year he was head senior, business manager of the Buff and Blue and
Grand Rajah of the Kappa Gamma Fraternity. Taking time out from his literary pursuits, he won the 175 pound championship in the A. A. U. wrestling meet held

in Washington in 1934 and for four years starred at tackle on the football team.
Mr. Tollefson possesses ambitions and a versality that is the envy of his more fortunate hearing friends. Not satisfied with the pure arts scholastic acquirements at Gallaudet, he proceeded, his first summer in Georgia. to take a quarter course in education at the South Georgia Teachers College in Statesboro. His second year saw him promoted from coach and head supervisor of boys to classroom instructor and coach. When the Ford Motor Company offered courses in our automobile shops the past summer. Mr. Tollefson was one of the first of a volunteer class. At the end of this training period. he was pronounced a finished workman in severa] phases of the work, and fully qualified to teach. He is now dean of men. instructor in body metal work and .ac;ademic instructor in history and health. He is vitally interested in all extra-curricular activities in school. teaches a Sunday school class in the local Methodist Church and is now last, but not altogether least, editor of the SCHOOL HELPER.
We are rallying around you "ole man" for another exceptional service in your remarkable course of progress.

M Physical Care of the

ANY are the lonely par-

Students

ents who

sit the s e

early fall evenings and wonder if

their boy or girl is happy and

comfortable. They wonder if

they are making appreciable

school progress and, in the case of

the parents of about forty begin-

ners, they wonder mostly if their

baby is safe. sleeping comfortably,

getting the proper diet and enjoy-

ing the entire days's program. We

do not dislike to have parents

wonder like this. In fact. we 'are

proud of this type patron. What could concern us all more than the proper physical care of these young Georgians who. as a result of their handi~ap. must be entrusted to the schools' ministration fair weather and foul, day and night, nine months each year?
Yes. your baby is comfortable, happy and safe. Appreciable progress is being noted in school work and it would do your heart good to see the entire day's activity program engaged in by all the children on Prim'ary HilI. A little fellow has to be active in order to develop wholesomely and happily. The easy little duties in caring for their person, their clothes and their rooms; the whole$Ome meals; their keen and rapidly developing interests in their classroom work; love for their teachers and superviors; their supervised play, and their happy chatter throughout the d'ay; all conspire in giving them opportunity for wholesome growth and rapid learning.
The fire-proof buildings and the all-day-long program each day of the week. directed by skilled and trained teachers and supervisors, is an opportunity for our little deaf children that can be the envy of an otherwise more fortunate parenr in her plans for her hearing child.
How about the physical care of the larger boys and girls? Lest there be some mistaken ideas about the physical normalcy of deaf boys 'and girls will say. the physical activities of the larger boys and girls at the Georgia School for the Deaf probably exceed that of an average public school pupil. To start with. there are no maid or janitorial services furnished for the dormitories or school buildings in the Advanced Dep'artment. Under the direction of expert supervision, the pupils keep all of these buildings. they wait on the tables and wash all the dishes and spend two and three-quarter hour each day in shops or on the farm work-
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THE SCHOOL HELPER

October, jt4 1

Menus

FROM OCTOBER 12, 1941, to October 18, 1941

BREAKFAST

DINNER

SUNDAY
Cereal with Bananas Hot Cakes Syrup Milk

Baked Ham Fresh Lima Beans Congealed Fruit Salad
Cornbread Ice Cream

SUPPER
Sandwiches Cookies Fruit

MONDAY

Grapefruit Juice

Cereal with Milk

Bacon

Hot Biscuits

Syrup

Butter

Milk

TUESDAY
Stewed Apples Cereal with Milk Soft Cooked Eggs
Toast Milk

WEDNESDAY

Cooked Cereal with Milk

Hot Biscuits

Bacon

Syrup

Butter

Milk

THURSDAY

Bananas with Cereal

Hash

Grits

Toast

Milk

FRIDAY

Pineapple Juice

Cereal with Milk

Cheese Omelet

Toast

Milk

Beef Roast Green Beans
Mashed Potatoes Applie Pie

Ham Salad (left from Sunday)

Rice

Sliced Bread

Sliced Pineapple

Milk

Macaroni and Cheese Fruit Salad
Peas and Carrots Ice Cream (left from Sunday)

Creamed Beef on Toast

Grits

Creamed Potatoes

Milk

Mixed Grill Hamburg Balls Baked Sweet Potatoes Turnip Greens Prune Whip

Italian Spaghetti

Asparagus

Slaw

Cornbread

Chocolate Pudding

Irish Stew Peas (green if not dried ones) Cornbread Tapioca Pudding
Buttered Carrots

Salmon Loaf

Rice

Toast

Canned Peaches

Milk

Poached Eggs

Hot Biscuits

Rice

Butter

Syrup

Milk

Fruit Cup Potato Salad Baked Hash Sliced Bread
Mnk

SATURDAY
Orange Juice Cooked Cereal with Milk
Bacon Hot Biscuits
Milk

Soup

Salad

Weiners

Grits

JeHo

Cookies

Sliced Bread

Milk

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October, 1 1

Menus
FROM OCTOBER 19, 1941 TO OCTOBER 25, 1941

BREAKFAST

SUNDAY

Cereal with Bananas

Hot Cakes

Syrup

Butter

Milk

Coffee for Staff

MONDAY

Orange Juice

Prunes

Wheat Krspies

Poached Egg on Toast

Extra Toast

Milk

Coffee for Staff

DINNER

Baked Hen and Dressing

Fresh String Beans

Sweet Potato Soume

Cornbread

Ice Cream

Cake

Beef Roast

Fresh Turnip Greens

Baked Irish Potaoes

Slaw

Corrnbread

Cherry Pie

SUPPER
Sandwiches Cookies Fruit

Sausage

Grits

Hot Biscuits

Butter

Syrup

Milk

TUESDAY

Bran

Stewed Apples

Bacon

Gravy

Milk Toast

Coffee for Staff

Creamed Dried Beef

Steam Rice

Buttered Carrots

Cornbread

Lima Beans

Ice Cream from Sunday

Tomato Beef Soup Salmon Croquetts Baked Sweet Potatoes
Sliced Bread Milk

WEDNESDAY

Grapefruit Juice

Cornflakes and Milk

Hash

Toast Syrup

Milk

Coffee for Staff

Cheese Soume Green Peas Potato Salad
Cornbread Bran Muffins Canned Peaches

Weiners and Kraut Mashed Potatoes
Hot Chocolate Sliced Bread
Milk

THURSDAY

Cooked Fresh Prunes

Puffed Wheat

Steak

Gravy

Hot Biscuits

Milk

Coffee for Staff

FRIDAY

Tomato Juice

Cooked Cereal

Fried Eggs

All Bran Muffins

Butter

Syrup

Milk

Coffee for Staff

SATURDAY

Bananas and Cereal

Bacon

Rice

Toast

Jelly

Milk

Coffee for Staff

Green Peppers Stuffed with Canned Beef
Pear Salad Sliced Bread Ginger Bread and Sauce

Italian Spaghetti

Asparagus

Peanut Butter Sandwiches

Fruit Cup

Cookies

Vegetable Soup Fruit Salad

Grilled Hamburgers Pimiento Cole Slaw French Fried Potatoes
Sliced Bread
Milk

Baked Hash Hot Biscuits
Grits Sliced Pineapple
Milk

Vegetable Salad

Crackers

Sausage

Hot Biscuits

Apple Pie

Milk

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SUPERINTENDENTS CORNER
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ing against a well-regulated time schedule. In 'addition to this, one and one-half hours of physical education under a trained physical director is required of each student unless excused by the school physician. For about twenty-five of the larger boys, this physcial education program at the present time is strenuous football practice. Four 'and one-half hours of each day is spent in academic classrooms.
The program for the girls corresponds with that of the boys with the exception that their shop program and physical education schedule carries a correspondingly lighter physcial requirement. As already indicated, the Prim'ary children have a somewhat similar work and school program including two or more hours of directed play.
The Primary children are served expertly planned and properly prepared meals suitable to their p'articular need. What are the demands of the Intermediate and Advanced Department in this respect? These healthy boys and girls see lots of physical activity each day. Elsewhere in this issue of the HELPER is printed the menus for this group covering meals for this week and next. Perhaps your only concern as parents can be that the boys and girls may not be receiving this food in sufficient quantity. We admit that knowing when you have properly filled a healthy growing boy with food to be a perplexing problem. It is sometimes difficult to know when the job is done. Actuated by some complaint, an order recently went to our dietitian and dining room matron as
follows:
Increase the quantity of food served until there is every indication that each pupil is getting a sufficiency.
This order; explicitly carried out, together with the indicated bill of fare should alleviate any anxiety you might have had rela-

tive to the quality and quantity of food being served the students.
We insist that we must keep our health records clear and that the proper physical care of your child is of greatest importance.
AMONG THE STAFF
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drop a few professional secrets to aid our girls' basketball team during the coming season.
MISS LUCILLE PHILIPS
Miss Philips is our dietician. She comes to us with a wide and varied experience in business, teaching, and home economics fields. Before coming to our school, she was buyer and office manager at the State Tubercular Sanatarium in Alto. Among the many inovations she has already made is a special training table for the football players. She has also organized a class in baking and is serving as instructor to the boys taking the course.
MR. REX LOWMAN, B. A. Mr. Lowman is a graduate of
Gallaudet College. His duties include supervising, teaching in the Academic Department and physical education for the intermediate boys. At Gallaudet, he was editor of the Buff and Blue and a main cog in the track teams. He is planning on starting a track te'am here this coming spring.
MRS. H. J. HEDGEPETH Mrs. Hedgepeth is the instructor
in the new Beauty Culture Course that is offered to our girls this year. She is a state licensed operator and instructor in Beauty Culture and has had nine years experience in her line. The equipment she needs for her course has been held up for some time due to defense priorities. However, we feel confident that it will be obtained in the near future.
MISS ANNA TERRY Miss Anna Terry comes to us
from Arkansas. She received her training in the Arkansas School for the Deaf and has worked in the Montana School for the Deaf in Boulder for a short period. She

is an instructor in the Intermediate and Academic Department. MISS EMMA LEE JONES
Miss Jones is a local product. After graduating from the Cave Spring High School, she attended the Montreat College at Montreat. North Carolina for a year and a half. She then took a position in the North Carolina School for the De'af. She is now head supervisor of the l'arge girls, and has firmly entrenched herself in the love and appreciation of her charges. It is indeed a boon for the school to have in its employ one who can so quickly and without the least disturbance assume her position and do perfect work immediately. MISS LUCILLE CASEY
Miss Casey is also of Cave Spring. She is a graduate of Shorter College and is now taking a course in Teacher Training at our school. Due to a shortage of teachers, she has been given a class in the primary department.
THERE'S A PLACE FOR DEAF TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS
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cause he is deaf he should be a teacher of the deaf. Provided he possesses the necessary background, qualifications, 'and temperament a deaf person should find a place for his services in a school for the deaf. Some of the best teachers of the deaf have been deaf. A school that does not have a place on its teaching staff for a deaf teacher is denying much to its student body. The atmosphere and the character of the student body are the weaker for it. In a well-organized school, fifteen to twenty per cent of the teaching staff should be made up of well trained, educated, and properly equipped deaf teachers. This has nothing to do with the vocational department. However, in the selection, great care should be taken in obtaining strong charters, individuals to command respect. and persons destined to be efficient teachers. These services, naturally should be confined to the manual and the special classes."
-The Ohio Chronicle

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From the Boys' Side

Jack Sellers and his family had a this summer working in the Collins for national defense. The United

good time while they were at Tybee Printing Company and then at the States needs some more tires and

Beach swimming there. They had a Rantin Printing Company? He only other things for national defense.

fine picnic at noon. Jack got a saw his family from July 4 to July 6.

Horace Johnson worked on the

stomache ache from eating so much.

Last summer Carlton Scurry work- school far~~ fr'om June eleventh to

Fred Buchanan went to Chatta- ed in the Coca Cola plant and made July twelfth. He spent the rest of

nooga, Tennessee with his parents seventy-five dollars a month. In Sep- the summer at his home in Rome.

and Mr. and Mrs. Golden Knight July 27 to visit Lookout Mountain. They enjoyed it there very much.
During June there was an accident at the tavern which Mr. Samples runs for Mr. Turner. About one o'clock at night the tavern caught fire. Maurice Samples did not go to see it when his father did. The next morning Maurice saw that the inside of the tavern was badly burned. The insurance paid for the damage. Maurice and some men cleaned up the tavern for two weeks.
Last summer during August James Hawkins, Earl Webster, and John Hayes went to Loganville on their bicycles to see Ned Palmer. It was thirty-six miles. They stayed there about an hour. It was about seventy-

tember Carlton and his family went to Miami to visit his aunts and uncles.
Ralph Benson worked at the N. Y. A. in Fairburn for three weeks last July and August. He enjoyed working there and he helped build the gymnasium. Most of the time he made mortar. He hopes that he can go back to work there again next summer. He earned good money.
Last summer Charles, Earl, and Elliott Jameson went fishing at Silver Lake. They rode their bicycles all the way. When they got there, they asked a man to let them use his boat. They went out on the lake to the other side of the lake and fished, but they did not catch even one fish.
Last summer Walter Brown and his

John Mock Phillips and Dean Green went to Athens to visit the University of Georgia last August. While there Mr. Butts and Dean went to the Sandford Field.
Last summer C. G. Turner, his father, sister, and his friend, Kenneth, went to Copper Hill, Tennessee. They saw the copper mines. They walked in a train tunnel and also saw a black creek and an airport.
During July John Smith, his father, brother, and his friend went to Panama City, Florida. They went fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. The fishing boat sailed into the Gulf of Mexico from Panama City for about fifty miles. John caught six big fish.

two miles from Atlanta to Logan- sister went to visit their aunt who

On the Fourth of July Claude

ville and back.

lives in Greenvillage, Georgia. While Campbell went to Clearwater, St.

Hugh McLeroy and his faimly they were there, Walter helped his Petersburgh, and the Davis Cause-

went to Alabama to see his grand- uncle pick sweet peppers. Then they way, Florida. The Davis Causeway is

father, grandmother, uncles, and all went to the peach farm where a very long bridge. It stretches ten

aunts last summer. Hugh stayed at they packed peache&

miles form St. Petersburgh to Tampa

his uncle's for a week. He and his Last summer Bill Nelson helped across the bay. Claude enjoyed driv-

uncle caught three catfish from the his uncle build his sister a house. She ing across the bridge in the car.

fish traps. They weighed five and a half pounds.
Billy Massey visited North Carolina, South Carolina, and Cave Spring during the summer. He especially enjoyed the beautiful Brookgreen Garden in South Carolina. How pretty everything in the garden was!
Last summer James Hawkins worked in a cotton mill near his home for three months.
Grady Carlisle helped his father to plow the farm and he worked hard all summer on the farm.
Byron Avant was very much grieved at the death of his mother July 9. He feels lonesome now that

is going to get married Christmas. Last summer Alton Dominey, his
brother, and two sisters went to their nephew's to see them. They enjoyed their visit there.
Last July Carl Barber went to Amah Lee Lake, which is about forty miles south of Atlanta, with his father to fish. They fished in a boat all day and caught many fish, but they were not big. Carl wondered why the big fish weren't biting.
Last summer during June Friedson Odom and his brother-in-law traveled with a big truck load of peaches and sold them in Jacksonville, Florida. Then they went to Miami to sell more peaches.

Leonard Barrow spent the summer in Atlanta. He worked in a furniture manufacturing company. He is back with us again this year and is taking the course in Auto Repair.
Hale Hester spent the summer on his father's farm. He too is taking the course in Auto Repair. He likes it very much.
Donald Turner did not return to school this fall. His mother has been sick for a long time and he has had to stay at home and take care of his small sister. He is greatly missed on the football team and the bOY3 hope he will soon be able to return.

she has gone. He will continue to

Laroy Garner enjoyed working in

Louis Keaton went home for a

make his home with his father at the Good Year Mill throughtout the week-end visit recently. He return-

Deepstep.

summer. He grew very tired because ed with a nice pair of glasses and a

Did you know that Teddie Waters he worked for seven days almost football uniform. He is very proud

had been in Atlanta four months every week because he was working of them.

From the Primary Department

R. T., Ben and Edna Strung some beads Monday.
Daisy has a new dress. Dorothy has a new dress, too. Fleming saw a brown cow Tues day afternoon. Roy and Tarver made baskets Wednesday. Jerry has a box of crayons. Neal got a card Thursday. Claude saw a squirrel Friday.
-Mrs. Clark's Class
Mattie Suggs helps Miss Gena with the small girls.
Dr. Watson filled a tooth for Faye Nelle Evans October 1.
He pulled three of Ralph Hulsey's teeth and two of Patsy Baker's.
Roscoe Dukes hopes that his father will send him some skates soon.
Laura Pope and Ruby Suggs like to play in the front yard every afternoon.
Mrs. Kennard put Alma Wooten and Louise Walters in our class September 30. We are glad to have them.
Lois Martin got a card from her mother October 1.
Wilda Maulden got a letter from her mother one day last week.
-Mrs. Jones's Class
John Barnett can write nicely. Lester Smith likes walnuts. He found some one day last week. Bobby Gorman bought some grape~ one Friday afternoon. John Pate takes the little boys to the hospital for first aid every day Evelyn Robinson has some money. Alice Edmonson is learning to write. Tom Byrd likes to play ball. Ralph Gentry - came to school September 29. There are three girls in Beady Smith's class. -Mrs. Forbes's Class We went to town Friday, October 3. Dorothy Sims, Mary Ann Pate, and Louise Wilson bought tablets. Ruth Owens, W. C. Wooten, and Mary Suggs bought balloons. W. C. gave Vinton a balloon. Marvin McKoy and Vinton Troup saw a bus.

Virginia Slappey and Billie Jean Smith jumped the rope Monday afternoon. October 6 -Mrs. Fincher's Class
Gene Lanier, Frences Oox, and Juanice Dukes have all had birthdays since school started, so we have done quite a bit of celebrating. A birthday is an important occasion, and calls for a cake with candles, or a special trip to town for ice cream.
Most of the children have at least one thing about our room that they feel is their particular responsibility. Fay Johnson likes to keep our chalk and pencils in their proper places. Robert Wooten moves the charts very carefully. Vivian Turner sees that the mirrors are put away safely. ffilysses Collins is our tallest boy, so he opens and closes our windows. Harry Parramore likes to wind and set the clock. Ford Hughes empties the waste-basket.
-Mrs. Irwin's Class
Judging form the progress that Gail Martin has made ,she will soon be able to write her name. She can stay on the line and form a few letters already.
Maybe it's eating her spinach and carrots every day that accounts for the roses that are beginning to show in Cynthia Aspinwall's cheeks.
Shirley Whitehead is the leader type. She wants to be first in classwork and show everybody how it's done.
Our best lip reader is James Faulk but maybe it's beacuse he hears so much better than his classmates.
Marcus Kemp, the tow-head, is becoming very orderly. He always puts away his toys and the school material.
For Maybellene Tripp, school is just one big frolic. She gets a kick out of everything,
-Miss Lucile Casey's Class
Weare the highest class in the Primary Department, so Mrs. Ken nard lets our boys take the lunch to the classrooms every morning just before recess. Beecher and Bud took

it the first week; Billy and John the second; and Herbert and J. W. the third. Mrs. Carpenter will not let a boy take the lunch around if he is bad.
Wylodean likes her new skates, but she hasn't learned to skate well yet. Mary and Janie hold her hands sometimes so she won't fall. We skate often in the basement after supper. John tried to skate one night. He looked funny, and we laughed at him.
One day Beecher bought a strong lock to put on his locker. He carries the key on a string and ties it on his belt.
Maudene was very happy to get a dollar from her mother one day last week.
Herbert helps Miss Brown line up the little boys for their meals every day.
Janie and Mary helped Miss Ruth clean up their dormitory several mornings lately. It looked nice.
-Mrs. Carpenter'sClass
Mrs. Evans pulled one of Betty Brown's teeth one day last week. She pulled one of Harold Pope's, too.
Dan Jones likes to feed our fish.
Sunday, October 5 was Wynel1 Godwin's brthday. She is seven. She had a birthday party Friday. She had ice cream and cake. Betty Brown, Louise Boyd, Frances Tatum Louise Smith, Cecil Cox, and Harold Pope went to the party.
-Mrs. Evans's Class
When we go for a walk at recess, two of our most admired pupils'are Laura Ann Brigman our tiniest girl and Eugene Baggett our smallest boy. Laura Ann's eyes are always twinkling merrily, and Eugene's dimples deepen at every passerby. The two lead our line and are very conscious of their responsibility. As we come to a road, they always pause and look up and down the way for cars before crossing.
Look alikes-Mickey Ann Thompson reminds us of Billie Jean Smith when she first came to school.
-Miss K. Casey's Class

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FOOTBALL

Alabama School for the Deaf
vs
Georgia School for the Deaf

NOVEMBER 6, 1941 KICK OFF AT 8:00 P.M.
Rome, Georgia

Admission:

Children 25 cents, Adults 50 cents

SCHOOL

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THE DEAF~ CAVB SPRING, GEORGIA

NOVEMBER, 19...1

VOL. 42

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No.2

Making Our Own Books

A FTER a year or two in school, the children seem to feel that 'all their lives need in order that they m'ay become completely perfect is to be given books to study. We have found it impossible for even a few of them to make progress enough to allow the use of regulation school books so we have tried to do the next best thing which is to make our own books.
This has not been the great undertaking that it may at first thought appear to have been, for we found almost all the stories that are particularly dear to the hearts of little children in editions that were clearly illustrated, as well as in very attractive colors.
Our course of study allows a generous number of words and constructions, and we have the privilege of adding others that present themselves from day to day. In spite of this, the vocabularies of the children seem very limited when compared to those of normal children for whom the books were written. Therefore, we set to work to rewrite these books in words, sentence constructions and tense that we knew our children could understand and enjoy.
Since we wished to present our books with 'all pictures to the left of the printed page, we bought two copies of each book that we selected. We then re-wrote the stories, describing each picture and adding details which were necessary in order to keep the storyconnection. Our versions werc then printed on heavy, unglazed paper, in type as nearly as possible like that of the Primer typewriter.

JIM C. IRWIN
Pasting the printed matter on the backs of the pictures did not produce the finished appearance that we desired, so we had heavy white cardboard cut into sheets the size we wanted the books to be. Then we mounted the pictures on one side of the paper and our printed pages on the other. With the original covers in place we punched two holes in each sheet and reinforced them. Metal rings were used in order that the pages might be turned easily, and our books were completed.
We felt that our efforts had proved quite successful, and we were very proud of our library. In fact, we were so pleased with the idea that we decided to carry out another plan along the same line. This was less expensive, however, and made a much larger library possible. Each teacher selected three or four animals and cut enough silhouettes for every one to have as many as were needed for their books. Then each of us selected animals which had already been introduced in reading and speech-reading, and the corresponding printed sheets that were within the ability of our class.
These sheets were prin ted in sets, the first of which were few in number and in very simple statements to be used for the babies.
These sets were built up in the following order:
This is a cow. A cow says, "Moo, moo!"
I see a cow. A cow says, "Moo, moo!"
I am a cow. I say, "Moo, moo!"
I am a cow. I say, "Moo, moo!" I can run.

This is a cow. A cow says, "Moo, moo!" It can run.
I am a cow. I say, "Moo, moo!" I can run. I have four feet. (In this set two or more sentences using can and have are given.)
I am a cow. I say, "Moo, moo!" I can walk. I can jump, too. I have two horns. I have a long tail. I like grass.
(In this set two or more sentences using like are added.)
The set above may be varied by using
I see a cow. A cow says, "Moo, moo!" It can run and jump. It can walk, too. It has two ears and two horns. It has teeth. It likes hay. It likes grass, too.
Gradually larger numbers of pictures and statements were used. these bringing in the various abil.,. ities as well as "preferences" in foods of the different animals.
Since the books kept pace with the progress of the classes, some of them acquired considerable skill in reading.
Finally the reading matter was presented as riddles, and for our children these were hard at first but really fun.
We feel that the books are well worth the time spent in making them, and we expect our children's interest to increase and their ability in reading to improve as the books are used.

Co--Curricular Activities

A BOY'S VIEW OF THE VISIT OF THE
FLORIDA TEAM
THE football team from the Florida School for the Deaf came here for the annual football game October 31, 1941. They got here about six while it was raining. The football players greeted them and led them to the dormitory. They got washed and then we went to eat supper. After supper we talked about different things. We went to bed early so that we would feel good when we played football the next day.
The next morning we showed the Florida boys around the school and they enjoyed it. We went down to the basement of Freeman Hall about nine o'clock to see a moving picture of the University of Georgia playing football against several other colleges. After that we went to bed to get some rest fot the footb-all game.
The football game was played about two thirty that afternoon. Florida kicked off to us and Byron Avant caught the ball. He was tackled after running for about thirty yards. Early in the first quarter Friedson adorn ran for a touchdown with the team's help of good blocking. The try for the extra point was not good, and the score was 6 to 0 in our favor. Friedson adorn made the kickoff, and the Florida boy carrying the ball was tackled. Florida tried in vain to make a touchdown, but we stopped them. The game was fought in midfield most of the time. Again in the third quarter Friedson adorn made a touchdown. Hale Hester ran through center to make the extra point. Then the score was 13 to 0 in favor of us. Florida started throwing passes, but they did not work out successfully. The game ended with the Georgia School for the Deaf being victorious.
Saturday night we dressed for the Hallowe'en party which was to be held at eight o'clock at the

auditorium of Freeman Hall. First, we went to the Chamber of Horrors in the basement. It was fixed so perfectly that some of the boys and girls were scared. On the right side of the room was a casket with a corpse in it. The corpse had funeral wreaths about him. Then we went through a valley of dried bones. Dead hands were hanging down from the ceiling. At the end of the valley of dried bones. we saw dancing skeletons. We turned to the left and an Indian stood with a hatchet to chop off our heads. We walked on mattressses which had springs under them. They were hard for us to walk on. On the left side a boy had hung himself, and his body was dangling on a rope. We had to go over a birdge and there were two boys to help us over. As we clasped hands, we were shocked by electricity. At last we turned to face a devil with a pitchfork. We were to go out, but I couldn't find the way out. I found it, but I had to crawl on my knees to go through a tunnel. Then we went up to the auditorium. We played a few games and then the judges picked out those who had on the best, prettiest, ugliest, and funniest costumes to win prizes. We danced the remainder of the party. We had cider and gingerbread for refreshments. The party was over about eleven thirty. Everybody surely did have a good time.

The Florida boys had to leave

right after breakfast Sunday

morning so that they would get

back to St. Augustine before it got

too dark. We shook hands with

them and told them that we

would be seeing them again next

year. We will come back to the

Georgia School for the Deaf from

Florida next fall with another

victory over the Florida School

for the Deaf.

-Carl Barber

1939-Florida-20, Geol'gia-O 1940-Florida-20, Georgia-O 1941-Georgia-13, Florida-O 1942-Georgia-?, Florida-?

A GIRL'S VIEW OF THE VISIT OF THE FLORIDA
TEAM
FRIDAY night at six o'clock we girls ran out on the porch to wait for the arrival of the Florida team. At six-ten the Florida boys came, but we were disappointed because we couldn't go out in the yard to see them for the weather was not pleasant. It was raining at time they came. The Florida team met their friends and our boys got partners for each. They went to the dining room and ate their supper.
The next morning our boys led the Florida team to the cave and they looked at the flower show there. Then they went sight-seeing all over the shops, the school buildings, the Primary Building and last of all they went into the girls' dormitory. After seeing the girls' bedrooms and the living room, the boys went to the basement of the school building and had a show which was about the University of Georgia football game. When the show was over, the boys went back to their dormitory and took a rest before playing football that afternonn.
Saturday afternoon in the football game the kickoff was at two o'clock at the Consolidated field, and it was the most exciting game I have ever seen. Hazel Baxley and Hazel McLendon were the cheer leaders and we yelled and cheered. At the half we girls marched through the field with our blue skirts and white blouses. We made the lettes, "P" and "G", and sang the Alma Mater. Then the game started again and Friedson scored another touchdown. The end of the game was a happy one for all of - us. Our boys defeated the Florida team by the score of 13 to O.
We had a Hallowe'en party at eight o'clock that night. Everyone of us wore a costume. I wore a short dress, red hat, cuffs and socks_ Tommy was my partner. We went to the basement first and

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w'ent through the Chamber of Horrors. Mrs. Montgomery stood at the door and greeted the guests and led them into the room. In the first hall was laid a corpse in a 'coffin and it was covered with funeral wreaths. We walked through the valley of dried bones and dead hands wee hanging on the walls. Behind a sheet were dancing skeletons. In the corner was an Indian with a hatchet to chop off my head. It scared me so much that I had to hold my p"artner's hands so he wouldn't leave me. The second hall was covered with springs which had "mattresses on them to make it hard for us to walk. In the corner was a poor boy who hanged himself, and near the boy was a ghost. We went over a bridge and I thought that the two boys standing there were trying to help us acoss so I held out my hands to them. Oh, how it scared me! An electric shocks went through my arms and I was so stiff that I thought I could not move, but I could. At the end of the hall a strong wind blew at us form a huge electtic fan. Near the fan stood a ghost with a long bone. Then we went into the fourth hall and it was the one of all that I hated most to see. A devil with a pitchfork. was trying to make us crawl through a small tunnel. Tommy and I saw a hole at the bottom so we crawled through the dark tunnel and came to the hall again. It was a geat relief to me when we found our way out again for the Chamber of Horrors were scary.
We went upstairs to rhe auditorium and the room was lovely. It was decorated with orange and black papers and balloons were hanging in the air. We played a few games. Then the judges selected the prettiest, the funniest. and the ugliest costumes. We danced for awhile, then we had gingerbread and applle cider for refreshments. After that we danced again. We gave some yells for the Florida team. The party was over at eleven-thirty. I had an enjoyable time at the party, but I

w.ished that the" party could have

been over at twelve or one 0' clock.

Sunday morning after breakfast

the Florida te"am departed and we

waved them farewell before they

left.

-Mary Taylor

GEORGIA DOWNS
DARLINGTON 13 TO 6
GEORGIA received a scoring opportunity early in the first quarter when Darlington fumbled 911 their 30 yard line. Hester went through tackle for nine. Avan.t scooted for a tenyard g'ain around end, two more plays prought the ball to the five and from there, Odom dived through tackle to land in scoring territory.
From then on, the game see-sa wed till early in the third quarter when Avant intercepted a pass by Darlington on a dead run and evading two tacklers, raced 60 yards for the second counter of the game. Odom kicked the extra point.
Darlington received the kickoff and a series of through tackle plunges took them to Georgia's forty. Here they were forced to kick. The ball went out of bounds on the twenty and Avant was stopped withouf gain. on an end run. On the ne~t pl,!y, a reverse; Georgia f~mbledand Darlingtton recoyered, later to score from the ten on a short pass in the end zone.

GEORGIA 13-FLORIDA 0
GEORGIA'S three-year-old football team realized one of their earliest dreams on November 1 when they decisively trounced the visiting Florida eleven 13 to O. Staring for Florida was All-American fullback Cumbie, who was Florida's only ground gainer of the afternoon and whose kicking more than once saved Florida when the pressure was too heavy. For Georgia, four players stood out above all on the field. On offensive, Avant, Odom and Hester ran wild. On defense, it was the hard tackling of guard

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t
Horace Johnson tqat kept Cumbie from hitting pay dirt.
Georgia received the kick on their twenty and adv"anced to the thirty-five. The punt was returned to Florida~s thirty-five. Florida then tried two passes on the first two plays, both of which were knocked down by alert Georgia backs. Florida punted and Georgia advanced to the forty-five via line plunges by Hester alternated with wide runs by Avant and Odom. Then by grace of tripic reverse that had Florida players tackling virtually every back except the right one, Odom romped to the goal far out of reach of any tackler.
Florida received, but Georgia's line again proved too tough to crack, and the game see-sawed for some time, with' the Georgia team almost continually in Florida territory only to be pushed back time and again by Cumbie's long punts. The first half ended with Georgia on Florida's 35.
In the second half, the Flordia line tightened up and the going became harder for Georgia's pOllY backs, however, just as the last quarter started, Qdom again broke loose for a 47-yard run that rang up for another six points. Hester converted. Florida then staged a rally of its own that took them to Georgia's ten where Cumbie, having smashed through center for a ten-yard gain was tackled hard by Johnson that he fumbled and Georgia was able to punt out of danger.
THE LYCEUM CLUB
A BUSI ESS meeting of the Lyceum Club was held in the auditorium Monda y evening, October 20, at seven-thirty for the purpose of electing new officers. Carl Barber presided during the elections. Annie Logan was elected president; while Doris Hanes took her place as vicepresident. Mary Taylor was elected . secretary. Then Annie Logan selected ten boys and girls for a debating team. They are in two groups and five in each. One

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group is called the BI ue Team and the members of this group are Hazel McLendon, Barbar'a Russell. Ralph Benson, Byron Avant an.d Carl Barber. The other group IS called the White Team and they are Hazel Baxley, Teddie Waters, Maurice Samples, Jack Sellers, and Mary Taylor.
The Lyceum Club will held its meetings in the auditorium of Freeman Hall once every month and the pupils will prepare a program for us. In each program a lecture, a debate, a story, 'and a dialogue will be given. Our next monthly meeting will be on the date of November the sixteenth.
-Mary Taylor, Secretary
ARMISTICE DAY
THE Armistice Day program was held at the chapel November eleventh at half past ten in memory of all the soldiers, who fought in the first World War. All the teachers and students attended the program. At the beginning of the program, Mr. Tollefson prayed about the war. Then Teddie Waters, who was dressed in a soldier's uniform, interpreted the poem, "In Flanders' Fields" and Hazel McLendon, who was dressed in a nurse's uniform, answered Teddie with the poem, "America's Answer." Then Mr. Rex Lowman, who was in charge of the Armistice Day program, made a short talk about the first World War. He told us about Germany who began the war, and how France had to let her armies fight the German armies to save her country. The war w'as not over until 1918 and had continued for four years from 1914. The United States armies entered France to help save her country.
After the speech that Mr. Lowman gave, we sang God Bless America, America, and we said the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States. Then we went back to classes.
In the afternoon during the second period we went back to the chapel again because we had two

guests, Captain Sparks and Mrs.

Sparks from West Virginia.

Captain and Mrs. Sparks used to

be teachers of the deaf in North

Carloina and West Virginia. We

gave several yells for them. Then

Captain Sparks made a short talk

and introduced his wife to us. He

said that his wife couldn't spell

with her own hands very well.

After the chapel, we went back to

classes again.

Then the sun went down and

the night began. ArmIstice Day

was over!.

-Barbara Russell

'play football and they were in vited to the party. It was very nice of the Boys' Athletic Association to invite everybody. They worked hard in preparing for the party and the Chamber of Horrors.
There were some corn stalks against the walls and windows on the porch and some pictures of witches, cats, pumpkins, and other Hallowe'en things on the walls in Freeman Hall. In the auditorium it was decorated beautifully and below the ceiling there were twisted crepe paper streamers crossed over and over.

BAPTIST SILENT

BIBLE CLASS

ON the ninteenth of October the Baptist Sunday School at Cave Spring Baptist Church

was led by the Silent Bible Class

under Mr. Rex Lowman. It was the first Sunday School program which the deaf boys and girls of

the Silent Class had ever given. They had never conducted on('

like this and they worked very hard all the week to prepare the program. Doris Hanes presided.

The Lord's Prayer was said by Hazel McLendon while Martha Anthony interpreted it for the

hearing members of the Sunday School. Two hymns, Onward Christian Soldiers and I Love to Tell the Story, were led by

Martha Anthony and Dorothy Young with the entire Sunday School singing. Myrtle Turnage and Doris Hanes interpreted them

for the deaf boys and girls. Then a scripture reading was given by

Morjorie Lane. The Silent Class

enjoyed giving the program very

much.

-Hazel McLendon

THE HALLOWE'EN PARTIES
T HE Hallowe'en Party for the advanced pupils was given by the Boys' Athletic Association the first of November. The Intermediate pupils had their party in the science r00111S while the advanced pupils were in the auditorium. The Florida boys came here fro111 St. Augustine to

The Intermediate party was held in the science rooms. They went to the Chambers of Horrors first, and then they played several games. They had refreshments. Their party was over about ninethirty.
The Advanced party was given in the auditorirum at eight o'clock. We all wore costumes. The boys came to the living room and chose the girls for partners. We went to the Chamber of Horror in the basement. The Chambers of Horror was dark and there were scary things in it.
Cecil White was a corpse in a coffin with pretty funeral wreaths around him. We went past the coffin and walked in the valley of dried bones where dead hands were hanging down. There were dancing skeletons behind a white sheet. Claude Campbell was an Indian with a hatchet to chop off our heads to scare us. He made us go over springs with mattresses on them to make it hard for us to walk. At the next corner a boy had hung himself and in the other corner Dean Green was a ghost to scare us. We walked over a bridge and two boys stood on it who made us think that they were helping us, but we received an electric shock. A huge electric fan made a very strong wind. Ralph Benson was a ghost with a long bone and Jack Sellers was the devil with a pitchfork to make us crawl through a small tunnel. Everybody had to crawl through
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From the Primary Department

My childr:.Eln are very glad they are the "babies" at recess. We usually are on the playground first and they always dash for the pecan and walnut trees to see if there are any on the ground. Eugene can always find at least one pecan. Guy can see pecans on the trees, and he thinks it rather foolish to keep looking on the ground for them. He had much rather knock them off. Curtis always tells us that he has pecans at home. Laura Anne and Martha prefer walnuts. Margaret and Mickey Ann crack them for us. Rosemary is disdainful of the walnuts that we find-she has a knack for selecting the choicest walnuts. Louise is very generous and gets her pleasure out of giving nuts to those who could not find any.
At the Hallowe'en party the favorite game was the balloon relay, Eugene, Curtis, Mickey Ann and Rosemary won prizes. Margaret and Martha did well in a bean bag game, and their efforts were rewarded with candy. Guy, Laura Anne, and Louise won in a blindfold contest.
-Miss K. Casey's Class
If the present health habits are any indication, the members of our class will grow to be sturdy and wholesome Americans.
Cynthia Ann Aspinwall realizes that if she is to keep her good teeth she must not use them as nutcrackers. Maybellene Tripp and Shirley Whitehead make attempts to eat their fruit and vegetables in preference to their desserts in order to grow big and strong. Virginia Hardeman and Marcus Kemp are careful to remove their coats upon entering the classroom. Gail Martin and James Faulk have learned that it is important to brush their teeth after each meal.
-Miss L. Casey's Class
Edna, Ben, and R. T. drew and cut out log cabins, corn, fruit, turkeys, and Pilgrims for the borders in our classroom. Jerry brought a big picture of turkey to the room one day last week. He cut it out and put it up along with the other

Thanksgiving decorations. Tarver, Roy, and Fleming drew a calendar for November. Neal and Claude brought some colored leaves to the room and arranged them. Dorothy and Daisy are learning to write their names pretty well.
-Mrs. Clark's Class
We have had plenty of parties thiil fall. Wynell's party was mentioned in last month's Helper. Our next party was in honor of Frances Tatum who was seven October 20. (She looks to be about five.)
You readers of the Helper would probably like to know our ages, so if you'll promise to keep it a secret, we'll tell you.
Cecil Cox is half-past nine, But let me tell you, he is fine.
Louise Boyd is only seven, Yet bright enough to be eleven.
Betty Brown is seven, too, And helps in everything we do.
Wynell Godwin is also seven. She is as smart as Louise, even.
France Tatum, I want you to know Tries, at seven, to steal the show.
Louise Smith, our baby girl, Though only six, can give us a whirl.
Harold Pope is also six, As full as he can be of tricks.
We shall leave you for today, Next month we'll have more to say.
-Mrs. Evans' Class
We had our share of fun on Hallowe'en, and we were glad that the spooks and witches didn't forget us as they made their yearly call.
On the day of our party our class and Mrs. Fincher's boys and girls went to the basement where we made a real jack-o'-lantern. We thought our special pumpkin added quite It lot to the decorations that were used.
We dressed up for the party and wore the masks that Gene Lanier's sister sent us. Vivian Turner, Juanice Dukes, Frances Cox, and Fay Johnson liked the apple relay best. Robert Wooten, Gene Lanier, and Harry Parramore enjoyed the balloon race. Ulysses Collins got a prize playing Mrs. Carpenter's game, and

Ford Hughes carried peanuts in a spoon faster than his partner did. We all had such a good time we are very glad that Thanksgiving will be the time for another party.
-Mrs. Irwin's Class
We have nine children in our class. Two boys and seven girls, Marvin and Dorothy are ten years old and the ol~est. Mary Ann and Virginia, the youngest, are seven. Billie Jean and Mary are eight. W. C., Ruth, and Louise are nine years old. Dorothy's and Louise's birthday are on the same day, September 8. Virginia will have a birthday in December.
-Mrs. Fincher's Class
Lois Martin and Mattie Suggs have had birthdays since school started. Since Lois's birthday was October 25 and Mattie's October 26, we celebrated both birthdays with one party.
Laura Pope's birthday will be the last day of this month. Weare all looking forward to another party.
We went to the basement Hallowe'en morning where we made a jack-o'-lantern. Mrs. Evans and her class went with us. Mrs. Evans cut out the top of the pumpkin. Roscoe Dukes, Ruby Suggs, and Alma Wooten took out the seed. Mattie Suggs and Patsy Baker cut out the eyes and nose. Roscoe Dukes, Faye Nelle Evans, and Ralph Hulsey cut out the mouth. Louise Walters and Wilda Maulden thought that it looked very funny.
We all went to the Hallowe'en party that afternoon. Jackie Dukes was lucky. She won five prizes.
Mrs. Kennard put Vinton Troup in our class the first of the month.
-Mrs. Jones' Class
Ralph Gentry can turn cartwheels. Tom Byrd pulled his tooth in school one morning. He was surprised. John Barnett saw the football game ovember 1. He likes football. John Pate ha some marbles. Beady Smith had a good time at (Continued on Page 12, Column 3)

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

NOlJember, 1941

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All communications should be addressed to the School

Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.

.'

Published monthly durmg the school year In the prmt-

ing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

Entered at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia as

second class matter November, 1899. Acceptance for

mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section

1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October

31, 1918. Subscription' price is fifty cent. for eight iaaues.

C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH OLAF TOLLEFSON EDYTHE D. MONTGOMERY BARTON CLARK

Editor ex-officio . Editor
Assistant Editor Printing Instructor

Vol. 42

November, 1941

No.2

CHRISTMAS V ACATION
OUR school will close for Christmas vacation at ]2:00 o'clock noon, Thursday, December 18. Children leaving by bus and train will be
taken to Atlanta on Friday, the nineteenth. Parents who wish to come for their children may
do so any time after 12:00 Thursday, the eight~enth. School will re-open December 31 and the chIldren
will be met in Atlanta on that date. We wish to urge all parents to ~ake every .effort
to have their children with them dUring the hohdays. A christmas tree and dinner will be prepared for those who remain but our very best efforts can not approach the enjoyment and pleasure a Christmas at
home can give the child. It is more than a visit from Santa Claus that
makes a Christmas a Christmas. It is being at home among one's loved ones that means more than any-
thing else.

A FRIEND
YOUR editor is not a whi~ at rememberi!1g q.~ota tions. but somewhere, It has been sald- If a man should ask you to go a mile with him, go with him two." We have always nodded knowingly, and at the same time thouht, "a fine theory, but, let's see it in practice," 'and went smugly on our way. Recently, however, we met a man who not only went the extra mile, but a mile or two in addition, and, to our astonishment and delight, he seems glad to go on with us indefinitely. Last year the Boys' Athletic Association invited Coach Wallace Butts of the University of Georgia to be the guest speaker at th~ annual Association Banquet. He accepted immediately, and to the intense enjoyment of our boys and girls and the visitors assembled, proved himself 'an after-dinner speaker and story teller without par. In addition, he brought films of several of
the Univerrsity of Georgia football games with other colleges. Our boys immediately developed an intense interest in Sinkwich and the gridiron fortunes of the University. Our backs to a man endeavored to emulate the immortal Frankie in our own games

and were not without success as the two 50-yard runs against Florida proove.
This year, upon request. Coach Butts loaned us four reels of film covering the Georgia-Columbia and Georgia-Mississippi games. Using the school projector, the films were ran through several timesfast motion, slow motion, and again stopping the film to follow certain plays that the boys were interested in and wished to tryout themselves. In addition to all this, he has invited our football team coach to the Georgia-Centre game in Atlanta, November 15. We've quite lost track of the extra miles!
Needless to say, we are all pulling for Georgia against Centre; against Minnesota, the Army, Navy, Texas, Californria or whomever they happen to play. And, if you think you have a back as good as Sinkwich or a te'am that can stop him-why man, you're plain nuts.
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A RECENT news dispatch tells of twenty-two deaf men who arer now employed in the factory of the Interstate Air-craft and Engineering Corporation of EI Segundo, California. This is the result of an experiment of its President, Don P. Smith.
Mr. Smith had employed two deaf people in his home for some fifteen years 'and impressed with their skill and loyalty, decided to try a few deaf workmen in his plant. The plan was so successful that more deaf wokers were added. Mr. W. E. Hirtensteine, his vice-president in charge of production reported that all were making good, "Deaf workers have especially nimble fingers which stands them in good stead in close, critical work. They are being promoted as rapidly as possible to better jobs. More will be hired."
This report is especially interesting to all who work with boys in the Vocational departments of the schools for the deaf. Often we have placement problems. Employees are willing to hire deaf workers, but some how feel they would be 'an added responsibility. More often, perhaps, they have only certain "doubts" that they cannot express and pass off the deaf worker with the "No help needed" dodge. The use of the manual alphabet and the sign language tends naturally to develop th.. muscles of the fingers and make the hand as a whole 'more "nimble" or adaptable to the task before it. Machines and more machines will never do away with the need for hands and more hands-especially hands with trained, nimble fingers.
The recognition of the value of deaf workers by the Interstat~ Aircraft and Engineering Corporation, we hope, wtll go far to open other factories and industries to capable deaf workingmen. In the time of a world .emergency such as we have now, all man power available must be used. The deaf cannot serve their country in the Army, Navy, or Air service, however they can and will be found in the ranks of the industrial workers whose essential labor must be finished before the Army, Navy, or Air Corps can gain undying glory in the field.

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shi;~rlntendent's Corner

Happier Endings

L AST YEAR through the medium of

this corner. it

was our pleasure to bask in our

own self-esteemed eloquence while

ruminating under the caption "Ro-

mance in Building." At this time,

with less faith in our power of ex-

pression. but with a more pro-

found appreciation of the value of

realities. we present this sequal to

the original story.

It is true that the building of the model dairy barn was a labor of love. Did not our deaf boys toil there through the summer's burning sun with patience and pride of accomplishment that transcended any thought of the meagerness of their intrinsic reward ? Yet the completion of this building and the pride that goes with a job well done is not the worthy ending of which we are now thinking. Neither was the final goal the installation of a multiple DeLaval electric milking unit. a refrigeration plant, cooling units. sterilizers. et "al. Rather the climaxing accomplishment is the one hundred plus gallons of economically produced and inspection proved milk coming daily from this production unit. Milk that is being consumed largely by our brighter-eyed and rosier-checked boys and girls, Therein lies the real reward. And therein must we look to find success on failure in the building of our dairy barn.
Likewise, Mr. Caple's dream of improved and expanded shops for boys and even the stress and strain predating the realization of the new shops completion were but essential preliminaries. The decis.ion, to install the automobile repair unit was but another step in the right direction.. The contributed interest of the Milner Motor Company gave decided motivation towards a workable program, The interest and visits made by other representatives of the Ford Motor Company. culminating in the directing genius of Mr. V. F. ~ooper, Sputhern Branch Man-

ager, taking hold; his assignment of Mr. E. C. Sloane to plan the course and direct the training of our instructors all definitely augmented the probabilities of success in the new shop program. A letter from Mr. Ford's office in Dearborn expressing interest and whole~ hearted approval of what is being done still further stamped success on the venture. But. the crowning glory of accomplishment is six deaf young men prepared for expert labor and independent living in a field of endeavor not heretofore open to them.
These are the two happier endings in which romantic interests in the erection of workshops play only a part.

A Letter

SUNDAY before Armiistice Day, Mrs.

Hollingsworth and

the writer were appt:-eciatiog to

gether an article about Miss Moina

Michael of Athens. Georgia. whose

suggestion for a national Poppy

Day was adopted at the National

Convention . of the American

Legion in 1920. Our hearts

swelled with pride that the be-

loved "Poppy Lady", now of

international renown, is' a native

of our State and still active in the

beautiful and symbolic observance

~hich was born of her sugges-

tLOn. We thought of her sister,

our very dear friend Miss Mae

Michael, secretary to the president

of the South Georgia Teachers'

College for 10 these many years.

Coincidentally, Miss Mae was

thinking of us for her letter came

two days later. Because this let-

ter pays tribute to those known in

the profession and because we love

Misses Mae and Moina Michael,

we pass it on to you:

Office of the President November 9, 1941 Dear Mr. Hollingsworth:
"The School Helper" is always read with much interest by me. The October issue was of special interest because of the article concerning Olaf Tollefson who was with us one summer. I congratulate you on hav-

ing him as one of your staff. Please express my appreciation to him for his achievements.
I was moPe- than pleased to know that Mr. McCanless had built a Scout Hut in honor of his son "Bill", who meant so much to the young boys of Canton, his home town, and the boys of your school. I am most grateful for his influence over my nephew, Jere Chamlee, wbo is now in the service at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Through Bill's influence Jere became much interested in wild life. At the age of twelve he was taking a co.rrespondence course in taxidermy. HIS mother has a baby wild duck that he stuffed and mounted. This she prizes very highly. I know that you and your boys enjoy and appreciate the Hut.
I, too, am grateful to Mr. Ford for his aid in making it possible for you to have a vocational course in automobile upholstery and repair. Whenever I hear of the fine work you are doing at Cave Spring, I get all swelled up with pride that you are a native of this section of the State and that you are an alumnus of Georgia Teachers Colleges. I "kill a Thanksgiving Turkey" whenever I hear of your good work.
. Please remember me to Mrs. Hollmgsworth and the fine sons.
Sincerely and gratefully, (Signed) Mae Michael

"Pop" Connor

T HE following article lifted from

the New Mex-

ico Progress is of especial interest

to Georgians and of more than

passing interest to educators of the

deaf throughout the country.

"Pop" Connor is a native of our

state and a graduate of the Georgia

School of Technology. He was

born in the Georgia School for the

Deaf, tbe son of the late W. O.

Connor I. who served our State

with distinction in the education

of the deaf field for more than half

a century. The name Connor is

prominently identified on the

pages of the past one hundred

years history of the education of

the deaf in the United States. All

Georgia joins New Mexico in be-

ing proud of W. O. Connor II.

A FI E RECORD
In a time when there seems little premium on honesty, and the respect

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which anyone is tendered depends more upon position or wealth than upon character, it is pleaaant to be able to hand out a deserved unsolicited bouquet to an honest, competent and efficient public officia1. There are so few of them extant that they rightly deserve a much more prominent place in the public eye than they achieve.
We l'efer to Pop Connor, who for nearly 36 years has been the guiding genius of the New Mexico School for the Deaf here in Santa Fe.
Since 1906 Superintendent Connor has guided his institution from a little red brick building, housing seven pupils, to its present position as one of New Mexico's outstanding educational plants, with an enrollment of 135.
All during the years since Pop took over, the story of the school has been one of constant progress and improvement. Never has a breath of scandal connected itself with the institution, and it bas come to be recognized as one of the outstanding schools of its kind in the country.
Pop comes by his present profession quite naturally. He was born in the Georgia School for the Deaf, of which his father at the time was superintendent. With the exception of five years at college he has spent practically his entire life in teaching the physically handicapped. Graduating from the Georgia School of Technology with a B. S. in mechanical engineering, he took a normal course in Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C. to win his degree of Master of Arts.
Out of school, young Connor taught two years in the Minnesota School for the Deaf, one year in the Washington State School for the Deaf and eight years in the Iowa State School for the Deaf.
Coming to New Mexico in 1906 Pop took over the local school. Now the plant consists of an administration and school building, Lwo dormitories, a dining hall and recreation building, an industrial building, a laundry, a dairy barn and other buildings.
Pop and his old Packard are a familiar sight to nearly everyone in Santa Fe. We hope they will continue to be for many years, and as the time approaches for the retirement of this grand old man of New Mexico's state institutions, the predominant feeling will be one of regret. Such public officials are too rare and too valuable to be pushed into retirement as long as they are able or willing to continue their unselfish service.-The Santa Fe News.

OCTOBER 31 st, our football squad of twenty-two members, accompained by Coach Dey and Assistant Coaches, Gerber and Caligiuri, left bright and early for Cave Spring, Georgia, where they were to play football on Saturday afternoon with the Georgia team. S'aturday was a fine day. and the game was thoroughly enjoyed. The score was 13 to 0 in favor of Georgia. The Georgia School provided plenty of enter tainment, and all in all it was a very splendid trip. Dr, Settles and family spent Saturday at the school and attended the game. The Georgia SchooL during the last few years, has done very much in the way of remodeling. There has also been erected one of the best primary units in the United States. The school at Cave Spring is doing outstanding work, 'and we congratulate Superintendent Hollingsworth, Principal Parks, and the excellen t faculty of the School. Also, we want to thank all of them for a most pleasant week-end and an enjoyable game.
-Dr. C. J. Settles. -The Florida Herald
T HE hearts of the entire co~ mnuity were wrung With grief recently at the unexpected and untimely death of John Calvin Jones which occurred at the Harbin hospital in Rome Wednesday, November 5. "Johnnie". as he was affection'ately called by his friends, was 13 years old. He was the son of Mrs. Jessie Forbes Jones and the late Tudor Jones and had lived in Cave Spring his entire life. He was a boy of noble qualities and was loved by old 'and young alike. He was an active member of the Cave Spring Troop of Boy Scouts and was deeply interseted in all the activities of the Troop. Since he was a tiny boy he had maintained a paper route and w'as ever courteous to his patrons and punctilious in his duties, He had not been well for the past several months following an illness in the winter but the seriouness of his

condition was in no way realized. His mother has been a teacher in the Georgia School for a number of years and to her and the grief stricken family to SCHOOL HELPER extends sympathy.
John Calvin is survived by his mother, an older brother Tudor Jones of Jacksonville, Florida, two sisters Misses Emmalee Jones and Margaret Jones of Cave Spring, two grandmothers, Mrs. C. S. Forbes of Cave Spring and Mrs. J. H. Jones of Atlanta, and several uncles, aunts, and cousins.
Funeral services were held in the Cave Spring Methodist Church Friday, November 7 with the Rev. A. A. Tilly affi<;eating. The Rev. E. H. Blackburrn of Cave Spring and the Rev. Harry Petersen of Cedartown assisted. He was laid to rest in the family lot in the Cave Spring Cemetery.
"When we see a precious blossom That we tended with such care Rudely taken from our bosom How our aching hearts despair! R~und its li~tle grave we linger TIll the settmg sun is low Fe,eling all our hopes have perished With the flower we cherished so, We shall sleep but n~t forever There will be a glorious down In the bright eternal city Death can never, never come" -Selected
Mrs. Harriet Stevens, the grand old lady of our schooL has recentIy been taken to the hospital in Rome. She fell victim to pneumonia. We are happy to say that her condition is by no means critical and she is well on the road to recovery.
Mr. Roy G. Parks and his wife attended ~he Phi Delta Kappa Breakfast lfi Atlanta one day this month: The next day they again were lfi Atlanta at a P. T. A. meeting.
Mrs. Albert Hill w'as a surprise guest of the school one day this m~:>nth. She ate in the dining room With our boys and girls, and gave us a short talk. Mrs. Hill the d,irector of our Board, is gr~atly Itked by our boys and girls. She moves among them and talks with

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them as if to her own children and they, as well as the school staff, are ever sincerely glad to see her.
Reverend Robert Fletcher, of Birmingham, Alabama, was with us Monday, November 17. He performed the rite of Holy Baptism for our principal, Mr. Roy Parks; his two sons, Allan and Gilbert; Mr. and Mrs. Barton Clark and their son, Barton Junior; Mr. Rex Lowman; and Mr. Leonard Barrow at the St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Rome.
Mrs. Susie T. Moore was also a guest of the school this month. Mrs. Moore is a member of the State Board of Regents. She has also the distinction of being Georgia's first wom'an State Senator.
At our Hallowe'en party we had the pleasure of welcoming Miss Camp and her three guests, Mrs. Jonas, Mrs. Casson, and Miss Parsons of \Visconsin. Miss Camp is now serving us in the temporary position of Supervising Teacher. Hers has been a long service in the Education of the Deaf. Retired only last year, and having settled in Cave Spring to enjoy a life of ease, unbroken by the tones of a school's morning bell, she chucked it all out the window to rise early each morning and help us out until other arrangements can be made. Needless to say, we are happy to have her high ability and accomplishments at our school.
We were exceptionally fortunate this month in having as visitors to our school two Superintendents and a former Vocational Principal of other Schoois for the Deaf. Dr. C. J. Settles of the Florid~ School was here the afternoon of the Georgia-Florida football game. His wife and two children were with him and were the guests of Superintendent and Mrs. Hollingsworth. Dr. Gainey, Superintenent of the Alabam'a School, was a visitor the afternoon of the Alabama game. On Armistice Day, Captain Fred Sparks, formerly

the Vocational Principal of the West Virginia School for the Deaf, and his wife paid us a surprise visit. They greatly enjoyed a tour of the grounds and a visit to some of our classrooms.
Mr. E. A. McCanless of Canton was a recent visitor at the school. He brought a placque to be placed in the scout hut erected in the memory of his son, William 'Bill' McCanless, our school's first and best Scoutmaster.
The class in Auto Body Repair, Mr. Parks, Mr. Pettis, and Mr. Tollefson were the guests of the Atlanta Branch of the Ford Motor Company on Wednesday, November 12. Mr. Merritt of the Company conducted them on a tour of the entire plant. The Atlanta Branch of the Ford Motor Company employs 400 and only two women. They turn out over a hundred cars a day.
We wish to extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Richard Montgomery, Floyd County Superintendent of Schools, for the kindness extended us in lending us a County school bus.
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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that tunnel except a few of the teachers.
Then we went to the auditorium. Several games were directed by Teddie Waters. Some judges chose some of the girls and boys who had the prettiest, ugliest, and funniest costumes. After the dance, we had apple cider and gingerbread for refreshment. We had a very ple'aesnt time.
-Hazel Baxley
ALABAMA, 28-GEORGIA, 0 Getting into scoring territotry
only four times during the whole game, the scrappy Georgi~ Jaybirds were completedly buned under the alvanche of Alabama Power. Halfback Avant was injured in the first play of the encounter and was out for the remainder of the

game. Friedson (Fran ie) Odom got through for several long gains, but the powerful Alabama line recovered each time to stop both Odom and line plunging Hale Hester.
The defensive star of the day was Alabama's hard hitting left tackle, Keadle, who time and' again smearerd Georgia's backs for a loss. Only a slight less noticable was the work of Bailey and Cunningham, both Alabama line men, who held the heretofore unstoppable Hester to only short gains through center and tackle.

CITIZENSHIP

(A lecture delivered at

the Lyceum Club. )

W HAT is the meaning of citi-

zenship?

..

A citizen of any natIon IS

one who owes allegiance to its

government and is entitled to its

protection. You, all, .of course,

are citizens of the U lllted States

because we live here and were born here. We swear allegiance

to our country as the duty of al-

legiance to our country requires

that a citizen be willing to defend

his country in time of war and by trying to promote to its inter-

est at all times. We all pledge

to the flag and this pledge was

written by Francis Bellamy.

The people in the United States may be classified into three groups and these are the following; (1) aliens, (2) native-bo~n citizens, and (3) naturalized CItizens. What is an alien? An alien is a foreign-born resident of a country in which he is not 'a citizen. This means that he owes his first loyalty to some other country. A naturalized citizen under the laws of the United States is a citizen. Children born means that a person naturalized in forgein countries of American parents are considered naturalborn America citizens unless they declare the country in which they were born to be their home.

We always have the rights of citizens because we can talk as we
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From the Boy's Side

Our football team will go to the

Tennessee School for the Deaf No-

ember 21 and play footabll against

their team. I hope that we will win

the game.

-Oran Pirce

Our football team will go to Atlanta Saturday morning on the bus. Some of the boys want to go shopping in the morning and that afternoon we will go to the Georgia -Centre football game. I hope that Georgia will win.
-Roscoe Singletary

Walter Brown and I worked all day

Sunday in the boiler room. We like

to work there.

-Olin Love

Last sumer I went to Jacksonville

Beach with my family. We stayed

a week. James and I went swim-

ming in the ocean every day. We had

had a fine time.

-Olin Patten

Last summer I went to New Holland to see my aunt and spent two weeks with her. My uncle and aunt and their two big sons work in the cotton mill every night. I stayed at the house with my three smaller cousins. Their names were Billy, Hazel, and Helen. Helen is sixteen years old. She cooked supper every night and we played games and had a big time while the others weI' working. They enjoyed having me up there and I hope I can go back again Christmas. -James Galloway

I wanted to get a job in Atlanta last summer. I walked about sixmiles to a mill and asked a man for a job, but he said that he didn't have any work for me. James Hawkins works in the mill. He said I couldn't work because I didn't have a card. I I didn't care. I went back home and worked on the farm all summer.
-Ned Palmer

I am going to Rome next Saturday

afternoon. I think that I will go to

the movies.

-Alton Holman

I have six whitet rabbits. I will

sell them.

-James Vickers

I got a new book yesterday morning. The name of it is "Story Pictures of Farm Animals." I like it.
-John Green

I went home Friday. I saw my grandmother, mother, father, Tom, Stanley, Bobby and Jo Anne.
I went to town Tuesday and bought some ice cream.
-Parram Youngblood

I have a friend at home named Junior. We went to the swimming pool every day last summer. He is seventeen years old. He sold his old bicycle for $5.00 and bought a new one.
Father sent me a new ,bicycle in July. It is red and white. It cost $21.95. I like it. I rode it every ,day.
-Billie Etridge

Bobby Rose and I went to Rome last Saturday. . Bobby bought a bag of candy. We went to the movies. It was good. We got back to school just before supper. -Billy Adams

Our football team will go to

Knoxville Friday week. We will

play against the Tennessee School

for the Deaf. We hope that we wiIl

win. We will come back Sunday,

November 23.

-Mack Padgett

Some of the boys and girls will go

home for Thanksgiving. I will go,

too.

-R~ymond Baker

When we went to the dining room for breakfast Suday morning, Mr. Cecil White told me that he met my father in Atlanta Friday night. I thought that he was fooling me. After breakfast we went back to the boys' dormitory and Brinkley told me that Father was there. It was true. I was surprised and very, very happy to see him.
Marvin Harrell

I swept our bedroom in the dormitory Saturday morning. I got a card from mother Tuesday morning. She told me that she would make some candy and send me a box next week. -George Vaughan

I cut a glass and puttied it in Ii window yesterday morning. I planed a table for Mrs. Hollingsworth this morning. -Clarence Highfield

We went to the chapel yesterday afternoon and an army officer and his wife talked to us. They taught

in the North Carolina School for the Deaf and in the West Virginia School for the Deaf, too. -Brinkley Smith

I received a letter from Lillie Mae. She told me that my hrother Ted would go to the army soon. I was surprised. She sent me a dollar.
-James Sharpton

Mother came to Rome with Mr. Barber for the football game last Thursday. I went home with them. I came back to school Sunday. I had a good time at home. -Louis Keaton

I had a grand time at the Hal-

lowe'en party. Mother came to see

me and went to the party with me.

Billy Adams and Vera Reeder got the

prizes for the best costumes. I was

a fat clown. I did not get a prize. I

I saw many funny c;ostumes. We

had ginger bread and cider for re-

freshments. Mother said that the

party was very fine. She went home

that night.

-Bobby Rose

I received a letter from Mother

and Father and a box from my bro-

ther today. My brother sent me a

new jacket. I like it. Yesterday

was my birthday. I was fourteen

years old.

-Hulet Hawkins

James, Clarence, Parram, and I went to the farm Saturday afternoon. We threw sticks and knocked down pecans. After we picked them up, we went to the barn and saw the cows. We were very cold. Mr. Tommie let us ride back to school in the truck. We had a good time.
-Carlton Huff
The F. F. A. boys went to the farm in Mr. Casewell's car yesterday afternoon. We loaded some wood on the truck and took it to the old barn. We got back to school about 4:30.
-Lewis Tucker
I went to Tampa, Florida during the summer vacation. I went with my Aunt Lucy and Uncle Hyman. I had a good time down there and stayed for several weeks. When I came back, I had a good time and lots of fun at home. I told Mother all the news about what I had been doing in Tampa.
-Jacquelin Hallman

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From the Girls' Side

I received a letter from my father

Sunday afternoon. He sent me three

dollars. I was surprised.

-Eloise Brent

I received a letter and box from

Mother last Saturday. She told me

that she had three kittens and a

goat.

-Sue Brannan

My sister, brother-in-law, niece,

nephew, and I went to Jackson,

Georgia one day last summer. I saw

Willene Letson and her mother.

Then we went to see another brother-

in-law at Forsyth. We got home

about 12 :30 that night. We had a

great trip.

-Carolyn Gunnells

My mother, father, and brother

might come to see me Thanksgiving

or sometime soon. I will be glad

because I want to see them. I hope

that Mother will bring me ;;. box. She

told me that she couldn"t come if

Grandmother was sick.

-Etta Lee Kilgore

I received a letter from my bro-

ther last week. He said that he

might come to visit our school next

Christmas. I hope that he will.

-Mattie O'Dell

My team played basketball one day

last week and I found a tan sweater

on the field. I showed it to all the

teachers and girls but I could not

find the owner. I don't know whose

it is.

-Louise Calloway

I went to Rome one Saturday last

month. I went to the movies.

-Georgia Hargrove

I received a letter from Lucille Sunday. She will send me thl"ee dollars ometimes soon. -Thelma Hollaway
Elaine received a letter from her mother Sunday. She sent Elaine a dollar. Elaine helped me and we swept the basement this morning. I think she is sweet.
-Elizabeth oblitt

I have not heard from Mother and T. J. for about three weeks. T. J. works in the C .C .C. Camp in Columbus. I want to hear from them.
-Jewell Wilson

We girls went to Rome Thursday

afternoon, November 6. We wore

blue and white blouses. We marched

on the football field. Everybody got

very cold.

-Sarah Tiller

La t summer while I was at home,

my family and some of my friends

had a nice picnic. We went in swim-

ming and had a good time. I hope

that we can have another picnic next

summer.

-Lorraine Kickligther

I Went to Rome Saturday after-

noon. Several of the girls and I

bought R. C. colas. I bought five

pencils, a box of letter paper, some

candy, some powder, and a wash

cloth. We came back to school late

in the afternoon.

-Mary Baker

CITIZENSHIP
(Contitnued frorm Page 9)
please. can eat as we want to. can travel as we please. and can worship as much as we want to. Each citizen has duties to do for the government. Laws are passed for all the citizens of the group and are made public so that each individual will know what they are. One of the most important duties of a citizen is, of course, to earn a living for himself and for who are dependent upon him for support.
Why should an alien become a citizen? The United States is very generous in grating rights and privileges to aliens residing in this country. If an alien, however plans to make this country his home, it would seem only fair that he takes out citizenship papers. When he becomes a citizen, he has the rights to vote. Individuals of forgein birth living in the United States may become citizens through the legal process of naturalization. To become a citizen, an alien must take five steps. These five steps are:
1. To fill a court, a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States.
2. To provide the judges with a certificate of the time and place of arrival in this country.
3. To submitt to a judge a request for naturalization.
4. To take an examination and prove his ability to understand the Constitution of the United States and to speak English.
5. To take an oath of allegiance to the United States.
I am a citizen of the United

States because it is my home country. I love our country and admire it. I swear that I will always keep-my allegiance to the United States -Byron Avant

FROM THE PRIMARY SIDE
(Continued from Page 5)

the Hallowe'en party, October 31.

Alice Edmondson has a new note-

book. She likes to write in it.

Evelyn Robinson washes the

erasers for Mrs. Forbes.

Lester Smith sweeps the hall in

the little boys' dormitory every

morning.

Bobby Gorman likes to play

marbles. Mrs. Forbes bought a bag

of marbles for him one day last

week.

-Mrs. Forbes' Class

Maudene likes her new glasses very much. She went to Rome to Dr. Cheney's one Friday afternoon last month. He put dark glasses on her for a few days. She didn't like to wear them and was glad when her new glasses came.
Our class went up on the hill behind the Primary Building at recess one day not long ago. John and Bud helped Mrs. Carpenter up the hill. We got some pretty leaves and nuts. Herbert climbed a tree. Billy showed Mrs. Carpenter some briars so that she wouldn't tear her stockings.
Beecher likes to take notes to Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Parks, and to the printing shop for Mrs. Kennard.
Herbert moved upstairs with the big boys one day last month. He likes to stay with Mr. Dillard.
Janie and Mary Roberts are good friends. They always want to walk together when we go for walks.
J. W. is the tallest boy so he opens the top windows and hangs up Mrs. Carpenter's coat for her every morning.
Billy was eleven October 30. His mother sent him a pretty pink and white cake. He had a party in our classroom. Mrs. Kennard came. He blew out all the candles at once. Mrs. Carpenter cut the cal<e, and he passed it. Then we played Bingo for awhile. -Mrs. Carpenter's Class

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GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

ADMINISTRATION

Eugene Talmadge . . . . . . . Governor

Stat. Board of Public W.lfar.

B. S. Miller .

. Director

Mrs. Albert M. Hill, Director, Division of Institutions

In cooperation with

Floyd County Board of Education

J. Scott Davis

'"

Chairman

R. A. Montgomery. . County Sup't of Schools

Adminiatration

C. H. Hollingsworth, M. A. Superintendent

Rebecca J. Spencer

. . Secretary

W. H. Crowe

. . Bookkeeper-Clerk

OFFICERS AND TEACHERS

Academic

Roy G. Parks, M. A.

Principal

Pauline Camp, Supervisor, Advanced Dept.

Marie Kennard,B.S. Supervilor,Primary Dept.

Gladys E. Carpenter Nell A. Gibbonl

Katharine Caley

Rex Lowman, B. A.

Pauline N. Casey Juliet McDermott

Gladys E. Caswell lIa Sewell, B. S.

GladYI B. Clark

Margaret Paris, B. S.

Vela V. Evanl

Fern D. Parkl

Mabel L. Fincher Olaf Tolleflon, B. A.

Ruth D. Forbelil

Anna Terry

Jessie F. Jones

Kathryn Wabon, B.S.

Jim C. Irwin Edythe D. Montlromery, B. S. Frances Longahore, B. S.
Harriet C. Stevens, B. A., Librarian

Pby.ical Education

Sarah F. Ware..

Director of Girll

Olaf Tollefson, B. A..

. Director of Boys

Vocational Roy G. Parks, M. A. . .

. Principal

R. R. Caswell, Director of Agriculture, Training and Farming, B.S.A., B.A.
A. May Clark

Barton Clark, B. A.

Martiele Hedgepeth, B. S.

Olaf Tollefson, B. A.

Steve Pettis

Annie McDaniel

Dorothy Stephens, B.S.H.E.

J. R. Ware

Cecil White

M.dical J. C. Connor, M. D. Katie Payne . W. S. Watson, D. D. S. D. W. H. Cheney, M. D.

. .Physician . Nurse . Dentin
.Otolgist

Houbold

Lucile Philip. .
Leila H. Barnett. Emma Henderson. Olaf Tollefson . Emmalee Jones. Rex Lowman. Connor Dillard.

Dietitian

. Matron

.

. Matron

. . Dean of Boys

Girls' Supervisor

. Supervisor

. Supervisor

Luella Brown. . . Everett Ryle. . . . Gena Geeslin. Ruth Geeslin. . Ruby D. Perry .
J. A. Elrod.

. . . . .Supervisor .Barber and Pressing
. .Supervisor . .Supervisor Laundry Matron . Nightwatchman

Maintenance

R. R. Caswell. Steve Pettis. . Calvin Holman. John Terry .

. . Director of Farming . Electrician and Mechanic
Fireman Farm Manager

D. S. Peck . . . . Ralph Blankenship. J. F. Morgan. J. B. Redden

...Plumber .Dairyman . Carpenter .Yardman

Scbool for tbe Colored

J. D. Rice.. . Estelle G. Rice . Lucile Cain. . Wilhelmina Betton. Annie Mae Bostic. Mildren Kennebrew .

.Principal . Teacher Teacher . Teacher . Teacher
Teacher

Macie Sams. . . . . Abbie Mullins .. Cynthia Strange Pat Sams . Henry Hurt.

. . . .. Matron . . Girls' Supervisor
Girls' Supervisor Head Supervisor . Boys' Supervisor

SCHOOL

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THE

GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR

THE DEAF. CAVE

SPRING. GEORGIA

DECEMBER. 1941

VOL. 42

NO.3

C.7

CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART
It is Christmas in the Mansion,Yule-log fires and silken frocks;
It is Christmas in the Cottage,Mothers filling little socks.
It is Christmas on the Highway, In the thronging, busy mart;
But the dearest, truest Christmas Is the Christmas in the Heart. -Anonymous

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CAVE SPRI G, GEORGIA, DECEMBER, 194 I

No.3

1Jjrttrr!i in ~auta QIlau!i

A s deaf children dep~nd completely upon graphic representations for much of their knowledge, drawing plays a very important part in our curriculum. It furnishes an interesting outlet for emotion and gives expression to such ideas as the chiid would not otherwise be able to express.
After looking through all the catalogs available, e'ach child was given paper and pencil and told to draw what he wanted Santa CI au.s to bring him. Then the teacher interpreted the drawings. writing under each the name of the article the child had in mind. In this way the little children were not handicapped by their lack of the language necessary to express their wants, and a great deal of pleasure was derived from their letters to Santa.
Mrs. Kennard
Cave Spring, Georgia December 5, 1941
Dear Santa Claus, I want a ball and a wagon. James Faulk
Dear Santa Claus, I want some skates. Maybellene Tripp
Dear Santa Claus, I want a doll. Shirley Whitehead
Dear Santa Claus, I want a horn. Marcus Kemp
Dear Santa Claus, I want a dress and some candy. Dorothy Hughes
Dear Santa Claus, I want a tricycle. Gail Martin
Dear Santa Claus, I want some skates. Cynthia A pinwall

Dear Santa Claus.

I want some eranges and some

candy.

Virginia Hardeman

Miss L. Casey's Cia s

Dear Santa Claus,
I want some skates, a top, an airplane, some candy, and :lome oranges.
I love you. Martha Maxey

Dear Santa Claus,

I want a train, a doll carriage, a
drum, some candy, and some apples. I love you.

Louise Hunt

Lear Santa Claus,

,:-i...

I want a car, a jump rope, a_train,

some candy, and some apples:

I love you.

Curtis Gordon

Lear Santa Claus, I want a doll, a doll bed, a doll
carriage, some candy, and some bananas.
I love you. Ann Thompson

Dear Santa Claus, I want a doll carriage, a drum, a
tea set, some candy, und some grapes.
I love you. Anne Brigman

Dear Santa Claus, I want a train, a ball, a hOI'n,
some candy, and some apples. I love you.
Eugene Baggett

Dear Santa Claus, I want a ball, a top, a tea set, some
candy, and some oranges. I love you.
Rosemary Smith

Dear Santa Claus,
I want some skates, a doll buggy, a tea set, some candy, and some nuts.
I love you. Margaret Roberts

Dear Santa Claus,
I want a train, a car, a horn, some candy, and some apples.
I love you.
Guy Jones Miss K. Casey's Class

Dear Santa Claus, I want a doll, a ball, a teddy bear,
a top, and an airplane. Frances Tatum

Dear Santa Claus, I want a top, a sujtcase, a doll, a
tey horse, and some socks. Loui e Boyd

Lear Santa Claus, I want two dolls, a ball, a suitcase,
and some bedroom shoes. Louise Smith

Dear Santa Claus, I want a drum, adoll, a toy duck,
a doll house, and a jumping-jack. Wynell Godwin

Diiar ~nta Clau , '.' I want a doll, a ball, some socks,
a toy elephant, and a suitcase. Betty Brown

Dear Santa Claus,

I want an airplane, a to elephant,

a jumping-jack, a drum, and a wind-

mill.

Harold Pope

Dear Santa Claus, I want a .drum, an airplane, a top,
some socks, and a horn. Cecil Cox
Mrs. Evans' Clas

Dear Santa Clau , I am good. Please bring me a doll,
a doll book, a doll bed, some gloves, and some candy.
I love yeu. Edna Pope
Dear Santa Claus, Please bring me a doll book, :lome
crayons, some ocks, a box of handkerchiefs, and some candy.
I love you. Daisy Smith
Dear Santa Claus, I am good. I want a ball, a toy
truck, a toy train, and ome nut. I love you. Jerry Presnell
Dear Santa Clau , I am a good little boy. ~Iease
bring me a toy monkey, a box of candy, some gloves, ome socks, and some crayons.
I love you. Fleming Bloodworth
Dear Santa Clau , I want a book, a top, a ball, some

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December. 1941

gloves, some socks, and some candy. I love you. Claude Fuqua

Dear Santa Claus,

I am good. Please bring me a tie,

a toy truck, a toy car, some gloves,

a d some oranges.

I love you.

R. T. Holmes

"eul' Santa Claus, Please bring me a big toy truck,
a tc y train, a tie, some socks, and
some gloves. I love you. Ben Herndon

Dear Santa Claus,

I am a good boy. I want a ball, a

top, a tie, a toy truck, a toy car, and

some gloves.

I love you.

Tarver Holmes

Dear Santa Claus, I want a top, a toy truck, a box

of candy, two ties, a big ball, and

some nuts.

I love you.

Roy Holmes

Dear Santa Claus,

Please bring me a doll book, two

ties, a toy truck, a top, some gloves,

and some candy.

I love you.

Neal Crews

Mrs. Clark's Class

Dear Santa Claus, I have been good. Please bring me
a ring, a necklace, a dress, a ball, and a doll bed.
I love you. Frances Cox
Dear Santa Claus, I have been a good girl. Please
bring me a ring, a dress, a picture book, a flashlight, and some skates.
I love you. Fay Johnson
Dear Santa Claus, I have been very good, so please
bring me a dress, a tea set, a wrist watch, a ring, and some skates.
I love you. Juanice Dukes
Dear Santa Claus, I am a good little girl. Please bring
me a horn, a ring, a wrist watch, a ball, and some skates.
I love you. Vivian Turner
Dear Santa Claus, I have been good. Please bring me
a tie, a wrist watch, an air rifle, an airplane, and some crayons.
I love you. Gene Lanier
Dear Santa Claus, I have been good this year, so
please bring me a tie, a football, a

flashlight, and some fruit, candy,
and nuts. I love you. Robert Wooten

Dear Santa Claus,
I am a good boy. Please come to see me. I want a cap pistol, an airplane, a toy car, some s;{ates, and some shoes.
Your boy, Harry Panamore

Pear Santa Claus,
I have been goed. Please bring me a jacket with a zipper, a gun and holster, a billfold, a flashlight, and a watch.
Your boy, Ford Hughes

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been very good this year,

and I hope you will not forget me.
Please bring me a bill fold, a watch, a knife, a flashlight, and some fire

crackers.

Your boy, Ullysses Collins

Mrs. Irwin's Class

Dear Santa Claus,
I think I have been a good girl. I want these toys for Christmas: a doll cradle, a ring, a doll, a scooter, a flashlight, and a wrist watch.
I love you, Louise Wilson
Dear Santa Claus,
I have been a gO:Jd little girl. Will you please bring me these for Christmas? A doll and doll cradle, some socks, a scooter, a flashlight, a wristwatch and a ring.
I love you, Billie Jean Smith
Dear Santa Claus,
I have been a good boy. Please bring me an airplane, a train, a football, a flashlight, a knife, some skates, a gun, and a wagon.
I love you, Marvin McKoy
Dear Santa Claus,
I am a good boy. Please bring me a scooter, a football, a flashlight, some skates, a knife, and a watch.
I love you. W. C. Wooten
Dear Santa Claus, I have been a good girl. I want
you to bring me a ring, a flashlight, some skates, a wrist watch, a scooter, a doll and doll cradle.
I love Mama and Daddy. I love you, too.
Mary Ann Pate
Dear Santa Claus, I am a good little girl. Please
bring me a doll bed, a wrist watch,

a cross necklace, a flashlight, some skates and a ring.
I love you. Mary Suggs
Dear Santa Claus, I am a good little girl. Please
bring me a doll cradle, some socks, a cross necklace, a scooter, a ring, and a flashlight for Christmas.
I love Mama and Daddy. I love you,
Virginia Slappey
l)ear Santa Claus, I have been a good girl. I want
a doll, a wrist watch, a ring, a scooter, a flashlight and some skates, for Christmas.
I love you, Dorothy Sims
Dear Santa Claus, I want some socks, some skat"s,
a ring, a wrist watch, a cross necklace, a belt, and a doll cradle Christmas.
I love you, Ruth Owens
Mrs. Fincher's Class
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me some
skates, a doll, a tea set, a ring, and a wrist watch. Please bring me some nuts, apples, oranges, and candy, too.
I want to see you. Please come to see me.
I am a good girl. I love you, Santa Claus,
Jackie Dukes
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a watch,
some crayons, a color book, a tie, want some oranges, apples, candy, and nuts, too.
I love you, Santa Claus. Ralph Hulsey
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a cross,
a bracelet, some skates, a tea set, and a ring.
I love you. Lois Martin
Dear Santa Claus,
I want you to bring me a cross, a ring, a bracelet, some skates, and some panties.
I love you. Louise Watters
Dear Santa Claus,
I want you to bring me a ring, some skates, a cross, two hair clasps, and a bracelet. Please bring me some apples, oranges, nuts and candy, too.
I love you, Santa Claus. Mattie Suggs
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a necklace,
a ring, a dress, a bracelet, and some

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panties. I want some apples, oranges, nuts, and candy, too.
I am a good girl. I love you, Santa Claus.
Patsy Baker
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a belt,
some skates, a watch, a ring, and some boot pants.
I want to see you. I love you.
Vinton Troup
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a wagon, a knife, some skates, boots, and pants. Please bring me some apples, oranges, candy, and nuts, too. I live in Manchester, Georgia. I shall go home for Christmas. I want to see you. I want to be a good bey all the time. I love you, Santa Claus. Roscoe Duke
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a ring, a
necklace, a pair of skates, two hair clasps, and a wrist watch.
I love you. Ruby Suggs
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a ring, a
cross, a tea set, two hair clasps, a color book, and a wristwatch. Please bring me some apples, oranges, nuts, and candy, too.
I live in Trion, Georgia. I love you, Santa Claus.
Faye Nelle Evans
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a ring,
some skates, some crayons, a cross, and a color beok.
I am a good girl. I love you, Santa Clau .
Alma Wooten
Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a tea set,
a tray, some knives, forks and spoons, a wrist watch, .~nd a ring. Please bring me some candy, nuts, apples, and oranges, too.
I want to see you. Wilda Maulden
D<-ar Santa Claus,
I want you to .bring me a ring, some skates, a WrIst watch, ::l necklace, and a tea set. Please bring me some candy, apples, oranges, and nuts, too.
I try to be a good girl ali the time.
I love you, Laui'a Pope
Mrs. Jones' Class
Dear Santa Claus,
I want to be good. Please bring me some skates, a

doll bed, toy dishes, a watch, and some candy for Christmas.
I love you. Evelyn Robinson
Dear Santa Claus, I want to be good. Please bring me some skates,
beots, boot pants, a football, and a helmet for Christmas.
I love you Tom Byrd
Dear Santa Claus, I want to be good. Please bring me a toy train,
some boots, boot pants, a watch, and a pistol for Christmas.
I Icve you. Lester Smith
Dear Santa Claus, I want to be good. Please bring me some skates,
boot pants, and a Santa Claus :mit for Christmas.
I love you. Ralph Gentry
Dear Santa Claus, I want to be good. Please bring me some toy dishes,
a doll, a doll house, a watch, and a picture book for Christmas.
I love you. Alice Edmonson
Dear Santa Claus, I want to be good. Please bring me a doll house,
some skates, toy dishes, gloves, and a watch for Christmas.
I love you. Beady Smith
Dear Santa Claus, I want to be good. Please bring me some skates.
some socks, and some paper. I boots, boot pants, a pistol, and a helmet for Christmas.
I love you. John Barnett
Dear Santa Claus, I want to be good. Please bring me a pistol, a wagon,
some boots, boot pants, and skates for Christmas.
I love you. Bobby Gorman
Dear Santa Claus, I want to be good. Please bring me a Santa Claus
suit, a helmet, a football, some skates, and boot pants.
I love you. John Pate
Mrs. Forbe" Class
Dear Santa Claus, Please bring me a color book,
some skates, a pen and pencil set, a wrist watch and a locket.
I am good in school. Your loving friend, Mary Hoberts
Dear Santa Claus, I want a bracelet, a pen and

pencil set, a ring, t\ coat, and a baby doll, please.
I am a good girl.
Lots of love Wylodean Spells

Dear I

San want

tatoClsaeues,

you.

We shall go home for Christma .

Please bring me some boots, beot

pants, a pen and pencil set, some

fire crackers, and a football.

Your loving friend,

Bud Little

Dear Santa Claus, I want some boots, a big toy
truck, a Scout watch, ::;ome boot pants, and some skates.
I am good. Your little friend, Herbert White

Dear Santa Claus, Will you please bring me a foot-
ball, some boots, boot pants, fire crackers, and a flashlight?
With love, Billy Hayes

Dear Santa Claus, Please bring me a Lone Ranger
watch, some skates, some boots, boot pants and an airplane cap.
I am good. Your loving friend, J. W. Mock

Dear Santa Claus, Please bring me a photograph
book, a bracelet, a pen and pencil set, a wrist watch, and a locket.
I am good in class. With much love, Janie Elder

Dear Santa Claus, I live in Atlanta. When I ~o
home, I shall go to town to nee you. Will you bring me a bicycle a
shoulder pad to wear when I play
a football ::;uit, and a Scout watch?
I love you. Your little friend,
Beecher Spence

Dear Santa Claus, Please bring me some skates, a
football, a football uit, 3houlder pad, and a helmet.
I shall go home for Christma . Your loving friend, John Harrell
Mrs. Carpenter's Class

WHAT WE CAN GrVE
Though we may not all be able To give Christma presents rare,
There are many things we may give With a happy, cheerful air.
We may give kind deeds and wi hes, We may gladly do our parts
To help and share with others The Christmas in our hearts. -Margaret oble

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Vol. 42

December, 1941

No.3

THE DEAF AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
As in the first World War, the deaf of the United States of America are regulated to a paasive role. We want to fight. We want to man guns, fly airplanes, drive tanks. We would rather do anything than stay at home and wait for reporls of the success of our hearing friends in the fields of battle. Our country, our homes, our form of government, or to be exact, the United States of America, is as dear to us as it is to any any other citizen of the Nation.
Our President has spoken. We are officially at war with Japan. Unofficially but never the less in reality we 'are also at war with Germany, Italy, and the other Axis allies. Perhaps in a few days time war will be declared with them also. President Roosevelt has asked for self sacrifice on the part of all the people of our Nation. Our plants are to go on a seven-day week basis. Food we will have in plenty but in certain other commodities there will be a shortage. We, the deaf, will gladly share the extra labor. We, as well as others, can get along without certain articles that we have been used to having. But how can we contribute to the United States forces in the field? Is there no more direct way than through our labor effects for which we are paid?

of her crew were saved by transfusions of this sort. Is this not a direct means for the deaf to aid our Nation in this war? The editor and Mr. Lowman of this school have written to the Stale Health Authorities to inquire as to the manner in which donations are made to those 'banks'. \Vhen information is received, we will gladly pass it on to anyone interested. A normal healthy person can give a pint of blood without suffering any ill effects. While at colleg, the editor served as donor in two separate occasions in direct blood transfusions. Though the occasions were put into use as excuses to cut a class or two with the complaint of a feeling of weakness and dizzyness, they by no means prevented the nightly sojourn to a nearby Bar-B-Que stand for some coffee and a bun. Though it be our lot to remain behind, it would at least be extremely satisfying to know that our blood would be flowing into the veins of those whose blood was shed while fighting for our home, our Nation-The United States of America.
This is only one of the undoubtedly many ways the deaf can make direct contributions to our nation in its war efforts. If we are on the alert, we will find the rest. For instance-aid to the Red Cross, to the U. S. O.-form a means of direct contribution. Let's do our part!
WE wish to introduce Miss Ann Hutchinson. Miss Hutchinson was formerly a teacher at the Cave Consolidated School. She has joined our staff to replace Mrs. Frances Longshore who resigned last December 1st to join her husband who is employed by the Southern Bell Telephone Co. at Knoxville, Tennessee.
COVER DESIGNS
T HE cover design for this issue was drawn and carved on a linoleum block by Marjorie Lane. That of the November issue was the work of Wi Ilene Letson. All the cover designs for the HELPER are produced by pupils of our Arts and Crafts department under the instruction of Miss A. May Clark.

A recent invocation in medical science has enabled doctors to store blood-plasma-in what is called "blood banks." Severely injured soldiers and sailors who have suffered great loss of blood can often be saved by a transfusion using blood or 'plasma' from these banks. When the U. S. S. Kearney was attacked in the Atlantic this year, several members

T HE editors and Staff of the SCHOOL HELPER extend their sincerest greetings for a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to the parents of the children in our school and to all aur subscribers and friends.

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Superintendent's Corner

T The Deaf
And The

HE United States of America is at

National

war. To:lay J~

Emergency

never before our

responsibility te

the deaf youth of our country

should challenge our most serious

thought. Long has been our pride-

ful boast that the deaf are not to

be pitied, but given the opportuni-

ty, can become independent self-

supporting citizens, assets to the

society of which they are a part

and asking odds of no one in

establishing their economic sta-

bility.

In this hour of national emergency, we are wondering if we have been too smug in these preachments? We are eminentlY correct in saying the dedI can bl! edu.cated and can become skilled artisans in work where deafnes does not prove a great bandicap but are we living up to tbis belief in the opportunities for training that our schools afford ~ Are we giving proper emphasis to vocational training-finished training tbat gives these young men tb,> "ability to earn a living" as well as knowledge of how to live?

Our deaf youth will not be av cepted for army service. Are they trained to take over the farms and intelligently "make two ears of corn grow where one grew before"? If we have boys who can do this their service to their country is as great as that of the eligible farm youth whom they might release for active service. Can thcy go in to the factories and shops and there efficiently do their bit? It i, a rather sad commentary that of the three most outstanding deaf skilled workers in the automobile industry in the southeastern area. not one got their training in J school for the deaf, but rathe~ "picked it up" outside of schooL These three men demanci and get wages far above the average of our graduates whom we werc supposed to have prepared for all the demands that society and our economic situation could be ex-

pected to exact of them. Yet a representative of one industry alon\' says they could have long since been using hundreds of deaf peopl\' with the qualifications of thes three who were just accidentally trained.
Can our deaf youth answer the challenge- "Your coun try needs you". If too great a percent cannot, we, as instructors of the deaf, are not abiding by our creed.
We of the Georgia School for the Deaf are aware of our unpreparedness. We are facing the dangers that confront us with thi? resolute determination to better serve our country and better build for the future of our deaf citizenry.

Educational Trends At

I T is interesting to note that

Gallaudet

during

th~

past six years,

sixty percent of the graduates of

Gallaudet College have entered

the teaching profession. That more

than one-half of these young dedI'

graduates are electing to teach in

the various schools for the deaf is

indeed gratifying. This ever-ex

panding field of improved op-

portunities for deaf children needs

these fine young men and women

coming out of Gallaudet. It is

also significant to notc that there

have been changes in the college

curriculum taking cognizance oi

this trend towards a teaching pro-

fession. Dr. Hall has written an

interesting article airing his view~

along these lines. We reprint it

as follows:

LOOKING DOWN THE YEARS
By Dr. Percival Hall, President of Gallaudet College, in the Buff and Blue, October 17, 1941
As an alumnus of Gallaudet College of the ormal Class of 1 93, ] have been thinking, particularly since the meeting of the Convention of American Instructors of '~he Deaf, of the wide pread inflluence exerted on the education of the deaf by .hf' graduates of Gallaudet College.
Everyone remembers the aying "There were giants in tho e days,"

and there is no question that Dr. Robert Patterson, Dr. .J. L. Smith, Dr. J. Schuyler Long, Mr. J. M.
Stewart, OX. Thomas Francis Fox,
and many others of our older graduates who entered the field of education, were, or still are, giants in the field and have done :l splendid work. In fact, I feel that their wisdom in directing the educational program in a number of our 3chools, where they spent so many useful years, has ::ontributed tremendously to the progress of our boys and girls in school today.
Yet, I feel after coming face to face with many of our deaf graduates and normal graduates at Fulton last summer, listening to their papers and talking over their problems, that a word is also due from thE: alumnus in praise of what is being done by the present generation of Gallaudet College graduates in the educational field. I remember that there is a considerable number of deaf men and women erving efficiently and faithfully as principals of our school departments today. I remember that several hundred splendid deaf teachers, vho have been at Gallaudet College, are employed in 3chools in the United States and Candada. I remember that over 50 positions of authority are held by graduates of our normal department on this continent, in India and in the Hawaiian Islands. I recall that during the past six years 60 percent of the graduates of Gallaudet College have entered the teaching profession and that in the rearrangement of our college ~urriculum this tendency has been specifically provided for so '~hat the chools will be still more interested in reaching out for these capable and well trained young people.
All in all the influence of the graduates of Gallaudet College in and out of the class i:ooms of our schools cannot be estimated. Certainly we may look forward with hope and faith that the ideals of Gallaudet will continue '~o be upheld in our schools by a fine body of men and women who have carried them forth from Kendall Green to the ends of our land.-Just Once a Month

Holiday

IT is our want to

Greetings

extend to our

readers eve r y-

where our hearty 'and most sincere

good wishes for a joyous Christ-

mas and a happy and prosperous

ew Year-this is a prayer.

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Co,Curricular Activities

THE LYCEUM CLUB
T HE Lyceum Club held its monthly meeting in the chapel Monday evening, November 16, at seven-fifteen. The program was well planned. First Byron Avant gave us a lecture which was about Citizenship and it was very int"resting. Then a debate entitled "Should We Go to College?" was lead by Ralph Bensen from the blue team, which had the affirmative, and by Mary Taylor from the white team, which had the negative. The debate was won by the blue team. The score now stands. the blue te~m I: the white team O.
A good story named "The King and the Singer" was given by Maurice Samples. Then a dialogue entitled "A Farmer and His Wife" was given by Peggy Taylor and Elizabeth Honsby. At the end Myrtle Turnage gave () rendition in si~ns of "God Bless Amerirca." The program was enjoyed by everyone.
Our next monthly meeting will not be held on the fifteenth of December, but on Monday, December the eight. We can not have a meetinq on the fifteenth because some of the girls and boys will be planning a Christmas program all that week.
I am wishing all of you and each member of the Lyceum Club a hearty greeting and a very merry Christmas.
-MARY TAYLOR, Secretary
OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL
SUNDAY SCHOOL is held every Sundav morning in the auditorium of Freeman Hall. All the pupils of the Advanced and Intermediate Departments must go to Sunday School every Sunday. A different teacher is in charge of the Sunday School each Sunday. She gives us a short talk about the Bible or some character lesson.
The Sunday School is <.onducted by the boys and girls themselves. The superintendent, the assistant

superintendent, and the treasurer are all pupils and are eiected by the student body and serve for one year. At the pre~ent time, the superintendent is Hazel McLendon, the assi~tant ~u ,erintendent is Hazel Baxley, and the treasurer is Martha An than y.
The Superintendent makes out each program at least a week in advance assigning different part~ to various pupils. This is posted on the bulletin board.
When Sunday School is held, the superintendent presides, and the various pt'.pils lead in the parts assigned to them. The whole atmosphere of the Sunday School is one of reverence and quiet attention.
A typical Sunday School program is as follows:
Silent ight. . . . . . .Teacher The L-rd's Prayer . . . Jack Sellers The First Noel. . . . . .Teacher Collection. . . . . . . Jolin Hayes
and Carl Barber Brief Talk. . . . . . . .Teacher Psalm 23. . . . . . . Ethel Pope Doxology. . . . . . Annie Logan Closing Prayer ..... Teddy Waters
-Hazel McLendon
BI-WEEKLY PARTY
OR DANCE
T HERE is a dance or a party held in the chapel in Freeman Hall every two weeks on Friday evening. Teachers are in charge of each dance or party, and the time each begins is 7: 30. The pupils of the Advanced Department go there to have pleasure if they want to. The Intermediate Department boys and girls cannot go because they are very young. Poor little children. Some of the dances we enjoy are the big apple, the square dances, the military dance, waltzes, and othe;' modern ballroom dances.
Sometime we play many different kinds of games if we want to get out of dancing. \Ve sometimes tire of dancing and want to enjoy playing games. There is

always plenty of time between dances. Come to one of our dances sometime. I am sure yOll wiil have an enjoyable time.
-Barbara Russrf!

GIRLS' BASKETBALL
N ow that cold weather has come. r.a~ketba1);~ very pooular sp::lrt at G. S. D. . The S!irls practice every afternoon after class under the able coaching of Mr. and Mrs. Ware. Two teams have been organized: a junior t':'am and a senior team.
The junior team has ioined thr P-asketball League of Floyd County and play with the hearing teams each week on Friday evening.

The junior team have :olayed three games in the Lea,jue .lnd they must play seven more. The {jrst game was played with Alto Park at the McHenry School near Rome November fourteenth. The ;,core was 24 to II in favor of G. S. D. The second game was played at the Johnson School with the Armuchee team as their opponents. It also ended with a victory for G. S. D.

The junior team is out for the League championshio alld they do not mean to let anything :;top them.
Good luck, girls!

The third game was 'Played with Tubize at Srrins Cr'e~{ ()11 December fifth. It was a close game, but G. S. D. had to bo;,\.'
their heads to Tubize with a SC01.' of 15 to 14.

Watch the SCHOOL HELPP{

for further doings of the junior

team.

-Hazel Baxley

THANKSGIVING DAY
ON Thanksgiving Day wedidn't go to scheol and had a holiday. Many of the boys and girls went home for th: Thanksgiving holidays, but some of us girls and boys stayed here.
We had a good Thanksgiving

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

Decjmber. 1941

dinner. The things which we had for dinner were baked turkey, dressing, gravy, cranberries. sweet potatoes, 'ambrosia, cake, and candy. We enjoyed the good things which we had for Thanksgiving dinner.

On Thursday afternoon some of us girls and boys went to Rome in our school bus. We went to a movie there and saw "Three Girls About Town." It was very good. We came back rather late.

In the evening we had a

Thanksgiving party which was

held at the Freeman auditorium

at seven thirty. The boys and girls

danced different kinds of dances.

The party was over about ten

thirty. We had a fine time at the

party.

-Peggy Taylor

CHRISTMAS SEAL DAY
CHRISTMAS SEAL DAY was held at the chapel in Freeman HaII on the fifth of December. Mrs. Montgomery was III charge of the program. John Smith told us the story of the Christmas Seal in Europe and Claude CampbeII told us about it in America. Both stories were very in teresting.
There is a lighthouse on the Christmas seal this year and "Lighthouse of Science" was told us by Myrtle Turnage. Dorothy Young then told us about Why Tuberculosis Runs in Families. Just before that, Susie Taylor explained what tuberculosis was. The last thing Leroy Garner gave some facts about preventing serious disease. AlI of the papers were read to the hearing people by Mrs. Montgomery.
Christmas songs. Everybody enjoyed singing Round and Round the Christmas Trree. i suppose we are little Children now for we stilI like it. It was a very effective program.
After the chapel program the sale of Christmas seals was begun by some of the pupils of the Advanced and Intermediate Departments. To date more than six

do lIars worth have been sold. The

boys and girls of G. S. D. are glad

to help provide food and sani-

tarium care for people with tuber-

culosis.

-Barbara Russeil

SCOUT ACTIVITIES
T HE Boy Scout program has begun again under new officials. The Boy Scout activities had lapsed ever since Scoutmaster McCanless died. They have begun again this year under the leadership of Mr. Lowman. Mr. Lowman is scoutmaster and Teddie Waters is the assistant ~coutmaster. There are about twenty-fiv~ members, alI young boys. The Boy Scouts have a new rustic hut which is behind the vocational building. It was donated to them by Mr. McCanless, the father of the late Scoutmaster McCanless. The hut has a table and some benches which were made from cedar. They were made by the boys who work in the carpenter shop. The Boy Scouts have their meeting every Tuesday night at 7: 30 at the Scout Hut. At present plans are only beginning to tak.' shape. They have planned to go on hikes, to go to Camp, and to several other places. Plans wiII be better developed after Christmas and they mean to have a real good troop as formerly.
--Carl Barber

FORD PLANT
ON November 12 in the morn.. ing a group of us went to Atlanta in two cars. Mr. Steve Pettis drove Mr. HolIingsworth's car and Mr. Parks drove his own. The seven boys and Mr. TolIefson were glad to go to Atlanta to see the Ford Plant.
At ten o'clock we were met at the Ford Plant by Mr. Sloane. Mr. Sloane took us through th;' accounting room and showed us how alI orders from Ford dealers and instruction to them weI''! handled. Mr. Sloane told us about things which Mr. Parks interpreted.

Mr. Sloane ~hen took us to Mr. Meritt, the President of the Ford Plant. Mr. Meritt was glad to see us and shook hands with us. He asked us to sign cards so that the company 'would not be held responsible if any thing happened to us on our visit. We alI signed.
First Mr. Meritt took us to the fourth floor to see to the paint mixing room. There we saw how alI the paint used on Ford cars was mixed. Then he took us to where the assembly line began. Here we saw the different pieces, that make the all-steel bodies. welded together with arc and line welding equipment. We wished that we could get jobs with the Ford Plant, but we were' only sight-seeing. We then folIowed the assembly line alI through the plant. We saw the different parts added: first the doors, then' the body was painted, then the frame, fenders, seats, lights, gears. motor. and wheels. FinalIy we came to where the completed cars were started for the first time and driven off to be sold. \Ve were much interested in them.
After the visit Mr. Sloane treated us alI to a grand dinner in a nearby cafe. Then we asked, 1,f. Sloane how many people wori,<:.,e.P in the Ford Plant. Mr. Sloane told us that there were about sev~n hundred people in that Ford Plant. There were two women employees who work in the Ford Plant and seven hunderd men employees. We asked him how cany cars were made in one day. Mr. Sloane told us one hunderd and twenty car~ in one day, or one car every five minutes comes off the assembly line. When we finished dinner, we took leave of Mr. Sloane. We arrived in Cave Spring at 3: 45. We were interested in the Ford Motor Company Plant. We talked and talked about the Ford Plant. There are seven boys working in our auto shop. They are Leonard Barrow, Hale Hester, George Cannon, Maurice Samples, Horace Johnson, Fred Buchanan and Laroy Garner. AlI these boys hope to get jobs at Ford's.
-Maurice Sample::.

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OUf Trip to Tennessee

W ITH a cloud of dust, the bus carryi:1g our football teams set out for Tennessee at noon November twenty-first and it w~s very crowded in it. yve kept on being excited a.nd talkmg about going to Knoxvtllc all the way to Tennessee. We stopp~d at a filling station somewhere m Tennessee where we had lunch. Then we drove straight to Knoxville and at last we arrived there at dark. The driver, who was Mr. Pettis, didn't know how to go to the Tennessee School for the Deaf when we finally reached Knoxville. He had to stop at several places to ask some people for directions. It took us a Itttle longer to get there and we were filled with thrills. Nobody was there to meet us and greet us. So Mr. Tollefson and Mr. Pettis had to go to the dormitory. Some dea f boys from Tennessee came in h.aste and led us to the gymnasIUm where we got our beds. Then they led us to the dining room and we had an excellent supper.
After supper we were mVlted to see a moving: picture which was held at the audi orium and it was very good. From there, we went to the field beside the football field,
and haa a small bonfire. A boy
from -Tennessee imitated the members of the footbali teams. It was good and we enjoyed laughing lots. Mr. Tollefson was ~he next who imitated the ways which we had acted on the field. When the bonfire was over, William Massey and Dean Greene, who are our managers, made us go to bed early for the next afternoon's game. We didn't want to because we wanted to chat with the Tennessee boys, but they forced us to and, of course, we obeyed them.
During all the next morning Coach Smith from Tennessee took us on a long ride around Knoxville and we visited the stadium of the University of Tennessee. We stopped at the airport and saw two airplanes flying up in the sky. About ten o'clock we were forced

by BYRON AVANT
to rest until dinner time. We enjoyed sight-seeing there. One (\f the most interesting places to see was the University of Tennessc stadium because we always had known about the football games there.
The football gam~ started of(at I :45 that afternoon and it was a homecoming game there. Oh Boy. The weather was the worst we had ever had and the ;~eld wamuddy. Not once did it 3tOp raining. There was a large crowd of spectators holding umbrellas to keep off the rain. Before starting to play, a telegrGlm came and we found that it was from the girls at G. S. D. They said for us to play our best and work hard for them. It made us work very hard to score a victory over Tennessee. We boys and the Tennessee team st-ar:ted playing as if we were figblin'g. The mud was so thick that we could hardly play. It was hard for us to score a touchdown beaCl'.se it was too slippery for us run and we could hardly hold the ball. Later, our faces and uniforms were covered with mud. Mr. TollefsonLcould not tell who we were. We("1ooked as if we were negroes .and we did have a marvelous timC'\laughing when we looked at one another because we looked very funny. Several boys got hurt and we had to have time out. Not a single boy from -our team got hurt. Luck did not LOme to G.S.D. or T.S.D. for the first two qu.arters. In the last two quarters, we did our best and worked very hard trying to get a touchdown. Suddenly the ball was dropped and one of the team from G. S. D. did his best and ran with the ball toward the goal. The people couldn't tell who scored it because we were covered with mud. They found out that it turned out to me. I ran so fast that three of the Tennessee team missed me. It was lucky that I ran on the grass toward the goal. If I had been on the mud, I would have slipped. Hale Hester ran th-ough the line and got one extr? point. That

was the score of 7 t:l 0 in favor 'Jt G. S. D. No luck came to U3 from then on and we worked very hard holding their lines which we did successfull y. Finally the game was over and G. S. D. defeated T. S. D. We boys were tilled with worlds of pride and we could hardly believe that we had won that game. It was the first time ir. our lives to play in mud, but it was funny. It seemed to me that it was very sad for the people to know about losing to us.
A .formal party was held for us at the gymnasium that night. The girls from T. S. D. wore formal evening gown:: and they looked beautiful. We danced as mu.ch as we wanted to. Refreshments, which consisted of punch and cookies, were served late in the evening. Most of us boys had a long chat with Ena Pendergraft. She is well-known to us because she used to come to school here a few years ago. She was very popular among our boys .The party was over at 10:30. It seemed to me that everyone enjoyed the party very much.
The next morning about eight o'clock we boys departed from T. S. D. and drove through Chattanooga. We didn't stop there for sight-seeing because Mr. Tollefson wanted us to visit the Chickamauga Park which is famous for its battle between the
orth and South. There were many monuments about the state~ which went to war. It was an interesting place for us to visit. Then we left Chickamauga and later we stopped at La Fayette. We had a good lunch there.
At last we finally arrived home
at G. S. D. and we were very
tired. The boys and girls had a
thrill over seeing us and con-
gratulated us for winning a victory
over Tennessee. From now all
we boys will always remembl::r
that we must have anothu victory
over Tennessee next year.

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GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

ADMINISTRATION

Eugene Talmad~e

. Governor

State Board of Public Welfare

B. S. Miller .

. Director

Mrs. Albert M. Hill, Director, Division of Institutions

In cooperation with

Floyd County Board of Education

J. Scott Davis

.

Chairman

R. A. Montgomery. . County Sup't of Schools

Adminiltration

C. H. Hollingsworth, M. A. Superintendent

Rebecca J. Spencer

. . Secretary

W. H. Crowe

. . Bookkeeper-Clerk

OFFICERS AND TEACHERS

Academic

Roy G. Parks, M. A.

Principal

Pauline Camp, Supervisor, Advanced Dept.

Marie Kennard,B.S. Supervisor,Primary Dept.

Gladys E. Carpenter Jessie F. Jones

Katharine Casey

Nell A. Gibbons

Lucile Casey

Rex Lowman, B. A.

Pauline N. Casey Juliet McDermott

ladys E. Caswell Ila Sewell, B. S.

Gladys B. Clark

Margaret Paris, B. S.

Vela V. Evans

Fern D. Parks

Mabel L. Fincher Olaf Tollefson, B. A.

Ruth D. Forbes

Anna Terry

Ann Hutchinson

Kathryn Watson, B.S.

Jim C. Irwin

Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S.

Harriet C. Stevens, B. A., Librarian

PhYlical Education

Sarah F. Ware..

Director of Girls

Olaf Tollefson, B. A..

.Director of Boys

Vocational Roy G. Parks, M. A. . .

. Principal

R. R. Caswell, Director of Agriculture, Training and Farming, B.S.A., B.A.
A. May Clark

Barton Clark, B. A.

Martiele Hedgepeth, B. S. W. B. Horton, Barbering

Annie McDaniel
Steve Pettis Dorothy Stephens, B.S.H.E.
Olaf Tollefson, B. A. J. R. Ware Cecil White

Medical
J. C. Connor, M. D. Katie Payne, R. W. S. Watson, D. D. S. D. W. H. Cheney, M. D. .

. Physician .. urse .Dentist .Otolgisi

Houlehold

Lucile Philip, B. S.

_

. Dietitian

Leila H. Barnett.

.Matron

Emma Henderson.

.

. Matron

Olaf Tollefson, B. A.

. .Dean of Boys

Emmalee Jones. . . . . Girls' Supervisor

Rex Lowman, B. A. . . .

. Supervisor

Connor Dillard. . . . . . . . .Supervisor

Luella Brown. . Everett Ryle.
Gena Geeslin. Ruth Geeslin. Ruby D. Perry J. A. Elrod.

Maintenance

R. R. Caswell. Steve Pettis. . Calvin Holman. John Terry .

. . Director 01 Farming .Electrician and Mechanic
Fireman Farm Manager

D. S. Peck . . . . Ralph Blankenship. J. F. Morgan. J. B. Redden

School for the Colored

J. D. Rice.. . Estelle G. Rice . Lucile Cain. . Wilhelmina Betton. Annie Mae Bostic. Mildren Kennebrew .

.Principal
Teacher . Teacher
Teacher Teacher . Teacher

Georgia McHenry. Tere a Fitzpatrick. Cynthia Strange . Quinton Gordon. Henry Hurt .

.

.. Supervisor

.Barber and Pressing

.Supervisor

. Supervisor

Laundry Matron

. Nightwatchman

. . . . Plumber .Dairynlan . Carpenter . Yardman

. . . . . . .Matron . . Girls' Supervisor . Girls' Supervisor . .Head Supervisor . Boys' Supervisor

PUBLISHED AT THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR
THE DEAF. CAVE SPRING. GEORGIA

JANUARY. 1942

Vol. 42

No.4

'.
LITTLE NEW YEAR I am the Little.New Year, aha! Here I come tripping it over the snow, Shakin~ my bells in merry din, So open your door and let me in!
Blessings I bring to one and all, Big folks and little folks, short and tall, Each one from' me some treasure may win, So open your doo!' and .let me in!
Anonymous

THE SCHOOL HELPER

Volume 42

CAVE SPRI G, GEORGIA, JA VARY, 1942

No.4

In Memoriam

The Story of My Life

HARRIET CONNOR STEVENS
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a reprint from the 1939 February issue of the HELPER.

I N asking me to write a brief story of my life, the editor has given me a rather tough job. I suppose, however, that were I to hold fast to the main highway, and Just state the bare facts, the story would be almost too brief to please even the editor. It would run something like this: "I was born here in Cave Spring, once upon a time, grew up here, and by the grace of God, or a streak of the luck-good or bad as you will-I am still here" That is about all there is to the story of my life on its main highway. But that would skip the detours. If I were to string Ol'.t these detours, they wOl'.ld fill the entire issue. So you see how up a tree I am. Well, the editor has wished it on himself, anJ he will gladly bear the responsibility if the brevity problem doesn't click.
The detours scattered along my life's highway do not belong in that nuisance heap to which we are wont to relegate all detours. In fact they are the most pleasan t fea tures of the entire drive, each one of them bringing back so vividly memories of things that happened in the long ago. I think Mammy would express it, perhaps, better than I: "Hit shoO is scrumptious, honey, whenever I gits to ruminating about what me an' de deaf chil'en usen to do." This being true, I guess if I am to have any story at all it must take in the whole road with at least a

few of its most passable detours. So here goes:
Detour 1. My Earliest Friends. My father had been connected
HARRIET Co NOR STEVE S
1869-1941
with the Georgia School for the Deaf for many years before I was born, and although I was not born in the school-the superintendent's famil y at that time residing in town-my earliest companions were the deaf children. 1 guess 1 must have been born with a knowledge of the sign language, because I can remember when I was sixteen months old-believe it or not-but rack my brain as I

may, I cannot remember when I first began to sign. I can well recall, however, the hours I struggled over the manual alphabet. Lying flat on my stomach, with
the alphabet page in an old school report spread out before me, I puzzied along, making my nurse puzzle with me, until I could fashion with my tiny fingers every letter on that page. I was four years old. I had already learned to rzad in the old blue back speller so now I began to spell on my fingers all those simple words I had learned. It was a laborious task but I did not give up.
One night when I was about five, I astonished the famil y at the supper table by beginning at a and making all of the letters of the alphabet s t r a i g h t through to z without:1 bobble. It was mine at last: I also recall that after sUlJper I drove my mother almost to distraction by spelling the names of everything in the house. I now was putting it into use. Long, long ago it ceased to be a new accomplishment, but I am still putting it into use, and I hope to continue to do so till my fingers refuse to wiggle.
Detour 2. We Move In
With the upheaval of 1876. when the post of steward was abolished, necessitating the residence of the superintendent in the school, I experienced a real thrill.

THE SCHOOL HELPER

Janual"y. 1942

We were going to move. What" lark! Too small to reaiize what giving up our home meant, I could not understand the tears in my mother's eyes as she saw our things being hauled away from the same loved spot where I live today. The important bustle of changing abodes seemed to much fun to make one sad.
Thus early in 1877 we all came to live in the school. There were five of us and we had one room the small room now occupied by Superintendent Hollingsworth as a private office. Our immense double bed, old fashioned trundlebed and cradle, to say nothing of wardrobe, bureau, washstand, and several sets of book sheives, made a rather crowded condition after living in a big house, but that one room was our only room for years.
Detour 3. I Move Again
With the coming of a new baby. I had to move out lock, stock and barrel to make room for the increase in our family. I gathered up my belongings and carried them upstairs. I was going to live with the deaf girls. Some of these same girls living today will remember. I hadn't been in my new home very long before I was struck forcibly between the eyes with a breathtaking inspiration. I lost no time in seeking out my father and insisting that if I was really going to live with the deaf girls, I should by all means be allowed to wear their uniform and eat at their table. I shall never forget how his gray eyes twinkled with 'amusement as he gave his hearty approval.
"Go right ahead, my dear, and also see that you wash dishes, sweep the floors and make up your own bed as they do." My feathers fell. I had not thought of this phase. I could wash dishes, though and on a pinch I could sweep a floor, but a bed. I had never made up a bed in my life and hadn't the slightest idea how to start. I was game, however, and determined to try. I was very proud of the new uniform my mother made for me,

and decided that the privilege of wearing it could be a full compensation for whatever went with it.
Miss Bean Summers had full charge of the girls' dormitory. Now, anybody who knew Miss Bean will tell you that she could stand flatfooted at the sides of a single bed and, with one broad sweep of her keen eyes, literally box the compass with the wrinkles on that bed after you had pronounced it a perfect job. When Miss Bean put out fresh sheets, I knew better than to a risk a wrinkle anywhere, because, according to her own words. "If you do, as sure as God made littk apples, you'll have to fix it all over again." "All" meant that she would yank everything off the bed, and you wonld have to start from scatch to rebuild it. Incidentally during these days, I learned how to make up a bed as it should be madE. I have never forgotten.
One thing which was not supposed to go with my uniform, gave me such genine secret satisfaction that I was guilty of taking advantage of it on more than one occasion. As a child, I had a pet aversion to being questioned by strangers, and I laugh to myself even now whenever I think of how easily I escaped a questionnaire, by assuming that blank look, and shaking my head innocently to indicate a lack of understanding, in other words played stone deaf. The uniform did the rest. Maybe this was not quite fair or according to Hoyle but I must confess that it is true never-the-Iess.
Detour 4. I Do Things.
I grew. I climbed trees, spun tops, played marbles, jumped fences and did all the other things a real tomboy is supposed to do. Sometimes today I look at that iron fence around the school grounds and wonder how on earth I ever held on to two of its sharp points and went over it like a deer. I don't know yet how I did it, but I solemnly swear I did. I also

pIa yed short stop on the boys' junior nine, to my father's delight, and kept my hair shingled clos~ so it wouldn't get in my eyes when I made a home-run. My running speed was my greatest pride. Vie ran races almost daily and I was ne\ er beaten by a girl, or by a boy anywhere near my own age. My father encouraged my running against the older boys and while such uneven con tests tended to increase my speed power, naturally I lost many races.
Detour 5. "Book-l'arnin"
Yes, I went to school, to d private school to Hearn Academy and to Cherokee Wesleyan Institu.te in Cave Spring, afterward graduating at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, where I was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Later, I took up postgraduate work, first with my Alma Mater, and for a number of years with the University of Chicago. I also studied music and short story writing. This educational detour, however, along with the honors that went with it: as well as that other detour dealing with my marriage, my children and my private home life, seem to me to belong more fit! y beyond the scope of this article, and so 1 shall remain inside.
Detour 6. The Last Lap
In 1908 my mother, who for many years had been a member of the facuIty of the Geogia School for the Deaf, resigned and I wa; fortunate enough to be appointed in the place. During the twentyseven years I had the privilege of teaching, I taught every grade from the beginners to the Gallaudet Class. In passing I will say without hesitation that if I had a regular class, my favorite grade was the fifth. However, I much perferred rotating work and the special chair of Geography and General Information alternating with History in the intermediate and advanced grades, which chair I occupied for years. I have taught orally and manually, and my per
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British Deaf Faring as Well as Can. Be

Expected in These Difficult Times

(A letter from Mr. Leslie Edwards, Ron. Secretary-Treasurer of the British Assciation of the Deaf, to his friend Mr. S. Robey Burns, of Washington, D. C., contains seyeral passages touching upon the ituation of the deaf in England which we believe will be of interest to the deaf of America. Mr. Burns has kindly given us permission to print parts of the letter.-Ed.)
"With regard to the present situation of the deaf, we are carrying on very much the same as in pre-war days. The Schools are flourishing, a few have had to be closed and evacuated [rom dangerous areas. The general evacuation of children has complicated matters and some have been transferred to other schools for the duration. A number of teachers of the deaf have joined the forces. That is all.
Employment is very satisfactory. Our deaf are employed in munition and all forms of war work and are in receipt of the same rates of pay as normal employes. The difficulties of insurance have all been overcome. Many of our deaf enjoy full membership of their respective trade unions. It is rather sad commentory to reflect tha tit needs a World War for the deaf to come into their own and for their work to be recognized and valued by the country. In time of peace we have a big problem of unemployment but that is not confined to the deaf. Just now it is possible for every able bodied deaf person, male and female, to secure useful renumerative work.
The churches, welfare organizations and clubs for the deaf function more or less as usual.
The only restrictions being du~ to the necessity of closing earlier on acocunt of the "Blackout," and attendances are smaller for that reason and because so many are working overtime and have less leisure and inclination to attend at considerable distance fwm their

homes. From the above you will appreciate it is "Business as Usual." As an example, my deat cricket club in Leicester has played Saturday afternoon matches every week during the summer months throughout the war. This club has just completed 25 years unbroken existence and enJoys membership in one of the city cricket leagues.
With regards to Air R.aid Precautions, on the outbreak of war, I drew up a circular for the guidance and instruction o[ the deaf throughout the country. The chief points were:
1. Giving simple explanation of the "Public Information Leaflets" issued by the government.
2. Advice in the fitting, use and care of Gas Masks.
3. Arrangements necessary for the Deaf living alone to receive warning of Air Raids and what to do at such times.
4. Advice in preparing a suitable Air Raid Shelter and how to obtain the Anderson Shelter.
5. What to do when out doors during a raid.
6. Compulsory idenity cards and the use of our Luminous Badge.
7. Advice regarding clothing, valuuables, foods, etc., during a heavy raid.
8. Importance of regular inspection of the black-out of homes to comply with regulations.
9. How to deal with incendiary bombs and the provision of the of the necessary materials.
10. Desirability of acquiring some knowledge of elementary first aid.
Then in addition, a Special Badge which had the word "Deaf" on a luminous background for use during the black-out hours was designed and distributed. I found from my own experience that a deaf person was practically blinddeaf in pitch darkness, an uncanny, unpleasant feeling liable to result in many collisions and accidents. This badge was given gratis to all members of the association

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and was available for any deaf or deafened person at a smali charge. At first there was considerable objection to the word "Dzaf' but experience soon proved the necessity when it was realized that c.onversation was impossible in the dark and lights in any form was forbidden during a raid so that nothing could be written down. Hundreds of letters of appreciation of the badge have been received from the deaf and the deafened and there is no doubt that it has proved a boon and a blessing. Air raid wardens were informed of the u.se of the badge and asked to look out for it and help. Notice was sent to practically all the newspapers and the public was made aware of it, too. A short time ago I was asked to send a badge to South Africa and I understand it has now been made available for the deaf in that country.
It is not possible to give detailed information of what the deaf have st'.ffered through air raids except to responsible authorities.
Monsieur Dresse of Leige is a personal friend of mine. In happier days I have visited his home' but I have no news of the family. We can only hope and pray that they are all safe and that a bright-
er, happier day will dawn soon for
them all, as for the rest of the
world.-Leslie Edwards, Hon. Secretary-Treasurer, British As-
sociation of the Deaf, August 26,
1941.-Ohio Chronicle
We were led to reprint this article by the sentence. "It is a rather sad commentory to reflect that it needs a World War for the deaf to come into their own and for their work to be recognized and valved by their country." This may not be as true in the United States, but we know from personal observation in this state that unemployment among the deaf at present is no where near the problem it was two years ago. We have no reason to be ieve it is different elsewhere.-Ed.

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Co--Curricular Activities

THE LYCEUM CLUB
T HE December meeting of the Lyceum Club was held in Freeman Hall Monday evening, December IS, at seven thirty. A lecture about Geogia's Football Hero was given by Dean Greene. A fine debate was given by Jack Sellers, the affirmative, and Carl Barber, the negative, on Are the Rural Districts More Important Than the Cities? Each told why he preferred living on a farm or in a large city. The debate was won by Jack Sellers of the white team. The score now stands: the blue team 1 and the white team 1.
Then the short story of The Three Dwarfs was given by Dorothy Young while Martha Anthony interpretetd for some of Mr. Clark's visitors. There was no dialogue at this meetting. We are expecting a good one this month. A hymn in signs, Nearer My God To There was rendered by Mildred Scurlock. This was followed by the critic's report by Mr. Clark. Everyone seems to enjoy the program except for the missing dialogue that we all look forward to every month. I am sure we will not miss it this time.
Our next meeting will be on January 19, 1942.
-Mary Taylor
THE CHRISTMAS PLAY
7\ N effective Christmas play was .1'""\. given at the Consolidated
School on the night of December 17 at half past seven. It was the night before the pupils went home fo the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Parks was in charge of the play. Other teachers assisted her and they worked very hard to teach the pupils who were in the play. The play was entitled Merry Christmas Customs. Mart h a Anthony lead the description of each scene to the audience while Mr. Parks interpreted. The scenes of the play were from ancient times until today. They showed where we got each of our Christmas

cu.stoms: the mistletoe, tbe stockings, the bells, the candles, the Christmas tree, the ornaments, the holly, the exchanging of gifts, the big Christmas dinner, the Yuli! log, Santa Claus and tbe singing of carols. Between the SCEnes of the play, Mrs. Gibbons played the piano and Mrs. Montgomery led u.s in singing Away In a Manger, Hark. The Herald Angels Sing, The First Noel, Deck The Halls, Round and Round The Chistmas Tree, and Jingle Bells. After the program, many people greeted us and said tbat they thought the program was very good. How proud we were.
-Barbara Russell anJ Hazel McLendon
CHRISTMAS EVE AT G. S. D.
T HE Christmas tree for the . pupils who stayed at school was held on Christmas Eve. Dorothy Young and Myrtle Turnage helped prepare tbe stockings of fruit, nuts and candy for the children.
At seven o'clock the girls and boys had a fine buffet supper with the teachers. Wilma Whaley. Dorothy Young, and Myrth.> Turnage helped serve tbe supper for the boys and girls. There was a Christmas tree in the dining room. It was trimmed with balls and lights. After the buffet supper everybody sat for a little whil~ and waited for Santa Claus to come. Mr. Hollingsworth said that he wished everybody a merry Christmas and that he was glad to welcome the teachers and visitors to the buffet supper. Then Mr. Tollefson told us the poem, The Night Before Christmas.
Suddenly Santa Claus come and everyone was happy to see him again. Santa Claus said that he came from the sky in his sleigh and he was happy to see the children again. Then some of the pl'.pils helped Santa Claus give out the presents and stockings of fruit. nuts, and candy. Before Santa

Claus left, he said, "Good bye" and that he would come next year.
-Wilma Whaley and Dorothy Young
THE CHRISTMAS CHAPEL PROGRAM
T HE Christmas chapel program was beld at the auditorium in Freeman Hall December 18. Cbristmas trees, which were decorated beautifully, stood at the corners of the platform. A few pupils' parents were tbere to see ~)Ur program. It was very inspirmg.
Miss Terry read us the entin, Christmas story from the Bible. Parts were from the Old Testament and parts were from the New Testament. Later Miss Me Dermott told us the story, The Bird's Christmas Carol and we enjoyed it lots. Mr. Parks interpreted fa!' us. We sang the Christmas songs and Mls. Montgomery led us. When we got through singing, several students passed each of us a sack of candy and nuts.
After the program we went to our schoolrooms where we got the Christmas presents given us by our teachers. We want to tell them how much we thank them for the presents. We all certainly appreciated them.
-Byron Avant and Carl Barber
GIRLS' BASKETBALL
T HE Christmas vacation put a stop to the girls' basketball games for a while, but not for long.
On December 12 the junior team went to Spring Creek again. The Harmony team was too cleve!' for us, but anyway we played with tbem. We did our best. We lost to them. That was too bad. The score was 19 to 16.
On January 9 we went to the Johnson School to play basketball against the Johnson team. We lost the game. The score was 30 to 25.
-HaLeI Baxley

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From the Advanced Depart~etlt

Ruth Cook's uncle came to her dresses for Christmas. She also got

home one night before Christmas. He many pre ents from her parents and

stayed there for a while. He wore friends.

a oldier's uniform. He joined the Marjorie Lane went home for the

army from Kansa. He looked Christmas vacation and stayed there

magnificent and healthy.

for two weeks. She was at the store

John Hayes stayed indoors for five days because he had a cold. Then he went to the Loew's Theatre and saw

often and went to the :<how several times, too. She had some company and enjoyed talking with them.

Tarzan's Secret. He also went to his sister's home, but she was not there.

C. G. Turner stayed at home with his mother for two weeks. On Christmas Day his father gave him a new

A. B., Margaret, Mr. and Mrs. bicycle. He was glad to get it. He

Scurry, Helen, and Carlton went to rode it all the time. He will save his

Andrew, South Carolina to see their bicycle tires.

grandmother and grandfather Christ-

inas Day. They also went to George-

town, South Carolina to see their

aunt, uncle, and three cousins. They

had a very fine time.

'

Willene Let on spent her vacation at her home Christmas. She and he)' . family went to see her sister and brother-in-law. They had dinner with them and stayed there all day. She

George Cannon and Grady Carlisle had a fine time through the holidayf'.

came to see James Hawkins in

Atlanta December 29. Thej all wen

DUJ'ing the Christmas vacation

to see some other deaf boy. Then Myrtle Turnage stayed at school for

they had supper at Jame '.

two weeks. She had a ple~i::ant time

During the Christmas holiday Carl Barber went to see a picture show Sergeant York at the Paramount Theatre in Atlanta. He enjoyed the

staying here with a few girls and beys, but she really missE'd all the other beys and girls because they had gone home.

I:icture and aid that it was really

John Smith enjoyed hunting while

wonderful the way that Sergeant he was at home. One day he and two

York captured one hundred and others hunted squirrels. They saw

thirty-two Germans single-handed. only one squil'l'el, but it was too

Hazel Baxley was delighted to seC' smart for them. It got away.

Mrs. Jones, Miss Emma Lee, and her sister in Baxley after Christmas. Miss Emma Lee and Hazel went to Waycross on the bus together.

Evelyn Doyle went home for the hristmas vacation. Henry and Evelyn ate Christmas dinner with Estelle's grandmother. Dorothy eal

Francine Waldrop spent the Christ and her family visited her one day.

ma holidays at home. She' went to see two big Christma' trees. They were very pretty and sh!! enjoyed going to ee them.
During the Christmas vacation Hugh McLeroy enjoyed hunting with his dogs many times. He also helped his father feed the stock. Hugh cut a big pile of wood to keep his family warm thi Winter.
Eva Bragdon stayed at home for the Christmas holidays. She read scme book and played some games

Doris Hanes enjoyed the quiet Christma holidays which she spent with her family. The entire Hanes' family were saddened by the death of Doris' aunt which occured December 18.
Martha Anthony report. having a grand time in Macon, Georgia during the Christmas holidays. She visited a~ Camp Wheeler for a half a day with her brother and enjoyed the soldiers who were very jovial.

her sister got. Eva went to see many

Teddie Water went home on De-

of her friends in Savannah. She cember 17 to see his sister. Juanita,

looked at the things they got for married. After few days he went

Christmas. Santa gave Eva two pretty over to his sister's to eat Christmas

dinner with her. He enjoyed spending the day with her.
Louise Maynard spent most of the Christmas vaca''tfon' with her family in Winder. She enjoyed st:Jying with them. She spent one day and night in Athens with her married sister.
Hazel McLendon was very happy through the Christmas holidays because she has a new nephew. All her family spent Christmas Day in Atlanta with her sister. Hazel said that it did not seem like Christmas to her because there were no toys only clothes for her and she knows that she has grow up so quickly.
Mary Taylor stayed in Cave Spring for her Christmas holidays. She had a long, enjoyable ride with Mr. and Mrs. Ware one Sunday afternoon. They took her and three other girls to see the Crew's Nest. Then they took them to a dairy where cows are kept. Before they came back, Mr. Ware took them for a little longer ride around town.
Wilma Whaley had a fine buffet supper with the teachers on Christmas Eve. She enjoyed the Christmas tree and she got two Christmas presents and some candy and fruiL, She helped serve the buffet supper for the pupils.
Ethel Pope stayed at home during the Christmas holidays and helped keep house fer her mother while she was sick. She is very much better new, but she is still weak.
Annie Logan and her ister, a teacher at Monroe, spent the Christmas holidays with their parents, Santa Clau was better to Annie than he was last year. He brought her many nice things.
Bill Massey enjoyed a nice Christmas vacation. His relati\ es spent Christmas Day with his family. They also, had a big dinner. Bill got a few gifts from his parents and relatives.
Friedson Odom spent two weeks at his home Christmas. He went hunting. He shot twenty-one dove . Theil he dressed and cooked t.nem. The~'
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THE SCHOOL HELPER

January, 1942

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All communications should be addressed to the School

Helper, Cave Spring, Ge~rgia.

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Published monthly durmg the school year m the prmt-

ing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

Entered at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia as

second class matter November, 1899. Acceptance for

mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section

1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October

31, 1918.

Subscription price is fifty cents for eight issues.

Vol. 42

January, 1942

No.4

T HE following resolution signed by the President and Board of Directors of the Georgia Association of the Deaf was delivered into our hands shortly after the passing of Mrs. Harriet Connor Stevens. Her loss is deeply felt by all. From her childhood days to her death she Was an intimate friend of all of our pupils, our faculty, and all employees of the school. Her efforts in the behalf of the deaf of Georgia were so great as to be beyond renumeration. It is left for us, her pupils and fellow teachers, to remember the noble example she has set for us 'and to live out our lives as unselfishly and kindly as she.
W HEREAS, on December 15, 1941 Mrs. Harriet C. Stevens departed this life. And whereas, Sister Stevens's Service to the Georgia Association of the Deaf were invaluable, and her faithfulness was without paralleL she having been present with this association giving her services untii her recent illness.
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Georgia Association of the Deaf that this association has suffered the loss of an indispensable friend. She was held in high esteem by this organization and all with whom she came in contact, and
Be It Resolved, that in order to express the deep sense of grief felt by this association, that these resolution be spread upon the minute of the Board of Directors, and that a copy be forwarded to the family of the deceased and the SCHOOL HELPER.
HOWARD P. STURGIS, Secretary

Make this an opportunity to show that you are behind your government in this war.

MAJOR Douglas B. Kendrick. chief of the blood research division of the Army Medical Corps at Washington. said here yesterday the Army and Navy today were gathering 200.000 units of blood plasma into a mammoth blood bank and in the near future this amount will probably be doubled.
Since a unit of plasma requires a pint of blood. this means that 400.000 persons will be needed as blood donors. Many of them will be Adantans. for a donor station will probably be set up in Atlanta within the next month or six weeks, Major Kendrick said.
How Plasma Is Obtained

The modern technique of using plasma. the fluid part of the blood as opposed to the corpuscles. has been worked out by the Army and Navy in co-operation with the National Research CounciL a scientific body set up by Abraham Lincoln during the War Between the States, Major Kendrick said.
Under the plasma bank system. blood is taken from healthy donors. the plasma is centrifuged out of it and dried and placed in 'a bottle under vacuum. In another bottle sterile water is placed under nitrogen pressure and the two bottles make up the plasma unit which may be used aboard ship or on the battlefield.
These plasma units have the advantage of being easy to preserve for a long time. they may be given without typing. they may be transported without damage. and can be used with a minimum of preparation.
Valuable Treatment The plasma transfusion. Major Kendrick said. is particularly valuable in treatment of shock from explosion or burns. In shock, the capillary system becomes porous and the plasma actually seeps into the tissues. Restoration of this plasma quickly counteracts the effect of shock.

Though plans are not completed for the donor station here. the operation of the station will be similar to that now used in 10 other stations where Red Cross stations are "bleeding" volunteer donors.

Healthy adults between the ages of 10 'and 60 may

be accepted as donors. One pint of blood is taken

from each donor. sufficient to make 250 cubic

centimeters of dried plasma. The plasma is prepared

by commercial agencies and is distributed to "banks"

throughout the country as designated by the Army

and Navy.

-The Atlanta Constitution

T HE following article is a clipping from the Atlanta Constitution. Again I wish to encourage ali deaf to volunteer as blood donors. Any healthy person between the age of ten and sixty can donate a pint of blood without suffering any acute after effects. The plasma taken from this blood is of highest importance to the Army and Naval forces in the field.

The above is an example of what the deaf can do. The following is an example of what a deaf man has done. Let there be more!
CARROLLTON, GA., JAN. 14.-Rejected for service by both the Army and Navy, Edgar Winecoff, deaf linotype operator for the Carroll County Times, has placed his savings of $500 in defense bonds. -The Atlanta Constitution

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THE SCHOOL HELPER
W HE the Atlanta Home Defense Corps sent out a call for volunteers, among the first to answer the call was Ernest Herron, a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Association for the Deaf. To him we extend our sincere praise. Let all who have any time to spare follow his example.
L IEUTENA T Eddy of the following clipping may be an exception, and yet he is also proof that the deaf can serve.
A Navy lieutenant, retired because of deafness, has returned to his country's sevice as director of a new primary school for training in high frequency radio, which the Navy says is the only school of its kind in existence.
He is Lieutenant William C. Eddy, whose offer to serve as administrator of the school, the Navy announced, was accepted gladly because he is one of the top-ranking television experts iin the nation. Several of his inventions in soound amplifying and radio transmission are standard equipment in U. S. submarines.
-The Atlanta Journal
OUR "PARENTS" ASSOCIATION
T HE leisure hours of our boys and girls are more pleasant and profitable due to a recent gift to our school by our newly formed Parents Association. With proceeds from a benefit Bingo party held in Atlanta. they have purchased a number of games and toys and have given them our girls and boys. Leisure hour activity, always a problem, has become a time of intense enjoyment to our children as a result.
To the larger boys, they gave two ping pong sets, and two badiminton sets. To the large girls, two ping pong sets and an archery set, and to the primary children, numerous toys of the kind that small children love. The large boys are already well into a ping pong tournament 'and show considerable skill at the game.
We are thankful for these gifts. Their value to us in our work is exceedingly great. But of more importance to us by far is the interest and initiative shown by the parents of our puipls in the work we do here. Though we have no facts on the case, I do believe Georgia is unique in that it has the only Parent Association among all the schools of the United States. If I be proven wrong, I will still maintain that ours iis the' best.
I wish to comment editorially on a recent defense project organized by our Boys' Athletic Association. The boys had read a newspaper article encou.raging everyone not to waste paper and to collect and save paper rather than burn or otherwise destroy it. The boys have understaken to collect and bale all the waste paper that can be found around the school. They have arranged to make daily col-

January, 1942
t
lections and already have a tremenduous pile waiting for the baler. Not satisfied in the'least with this they are asking all our teachers to save their old magazines and newspaper and have scoured our school gorunds picking up even the smallest bits of paper. It is a project that is well w.Q.rt!:) acclaim and one that the paren ts of our boys can feel as proud of as we do ourselves.
T HE following clipping from the Arkansas Gazette to the local friends of Superintendent John Caple of the Arkansas School. John. as usual, was Johnny-on-the-spot and, as usuaL he did a good job of it.
An old fashion bucket brigade quickly formed by students of the Arkansas School for the Deaf pending the arrival of firemen probably saved the school's laundry from destruction by fire about 2 :30 P. M. yesterday. A group of older boys, working under the direction of Superintendent John L. Caple, had made considerable progress on extinguishing the fire when firemen arrived.
Firemen said the blaze apparently started in a small drying room of the laundry. It pread quickly and when discovered, the entire laundry was filled with smoke, making fighting the blaze difficult.
Mr. Caple said he thought the damage was small and covered by insurance.
MISS PAULINE CAMP
T HE Georgia School for the Deaf was most fortunate in securing Miss Pauline Camp as Supervising Teacher of the Advanced Department November 1 and although she was with us only a few weeks we learned to admire her and appreciat~ her splendid qualifications. We would have been delighted to keep her indefinitely, but she declined returning to active duty.
Miss Camp has had an interesting and varied career. Training for her life work at the Clarke School, she spent some years in classroom work. During World War No. 1 she offered her services in rehabilitation work among the wounded soldiers. Then she was called to Wisconsin where she was supervisor of day schools for the deaf. After serving in this capacity for some time she was made Director of the Department of Child Guidance in the city of Madison, Wisconsin.
When she began to think of retiring from active service a few years ago she could not resist the urge to return to her native Georgia so, much to the delight of her old-time friends and associates, she came to Cave Spring and established her home.
We wish to express to Miss Camp our gratitude for her service in helping us out in a time of stress and that from now henceforth she will be considered an active member of the "Official Famil y" of the G.S.D.

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Superintendent's Corner

Mrs. Harriet

"THE gralld

Connor Stevens

old lady"

of the

Georgia School for the Deaf is no

more. Although Mrs. Harriet

Connor Stevens departed this

earthl y vale on December 15 last,

her great spirit will prevail for time

immemorial in the Georgia School

where she was born and served for

thirty-three years. To the deaf

alumni scattered throughout the

state and nation, she, in fond

memory, will continue their

"commander-in-chief." We can,

without reservation, declare thaL

Mrs. Stevens possessed a well-nigh

indefatigable spirit and a highly

superior intellect. When things

looked gloomy and all progress

seemingly stalemated it was oft-

times the writers wont to turn to

"Cousin Hattie" for the spiritual

and moral sustenance needed in fac-

ing the pressing issues 'of the day.

She never one time failed us. To

all she was our "walking encyclo-

pedia" when correct and elucida-

tive information was wanted. Her

storehouse of ready knowledge

amazed even her closest friends and

admirers. So rich was she in facts

of history that Margaret Mitchell

wrote her a special letter of thanks

for her verification ot historic

accuracies in that great book

"Gone With the Wind."

She could transplant you In mind and spirit while you attended with her the La Fayett.: Ball in Augusta in 1824. You would get a thrill out of. in fancy, standing nearby to observe her grandmother Henrietta Mason, a beautiful South Carolina belle, as she curtsied before the aged LaFayette and with appropriate speech and manner acknowledge his flattering pronouncement that she was the most beautiful gir! he had ever met in America. All the while Mrs. Stevens was transplanting you to that glamorous occasion of long ago, she would be fingering tender! y a faded letter penned by her grandmother in which with becoming modesty,
she was decrying the publicity

given these special felicitations accorded her by that gallant Frenchman. Clippings from the Augusta paper, a copy of the official invitation, a bit of her grandmother's shawl worn on the occasion and several other letters of that time describing the event made up her repertoire of souvenirs of LaFayette's Ball. One of the most treasured souvenirs another can possess is the memory of having lived in the past while listening to such recitals by Mrs. Harriet Connor Stevens.
Mrs. Stevens did not live and act wholl y in the past. Despite her ripe old age, she continued one of Georgia's most well-read women. Every current event at home and abroad was a live topic with her. We recall her lamentation in 1937 over what she considered tbe vital mistake of Edward Windsor. She insisted that coming even ts threatening the very existence of the British Dominion would later greatly deglamorize the Crown Prince's actions and behavior. Four years ago, I recall her saying that the United States' next war wou.ld most surely be with Japan. As time unfolds to give us a better prospective, we are inclined more and more to appreciate Mrs. Stevens's wisdom and fine thinking in many matters.
On her last visit to our office, as was ofttimes her practice she snapped to attention and gave. w ha t we al wa ys jokingl y .descri bed, a "Rebel Salute." With bent form somewhat straightened, with
(Continued on Page 9, Column 3)

A. Surprise

E ARLY Christmas evening, by spe-

Package

cial messenger.

a huge Christ-

mas box was delivered to our

apartment door. Accompanying

this package was a special deli,<ery

letter bringing beautiful Yuletide

greetings from Mrs. J. B. McCol-

lum and daughters Sarah Alice, Mary Jo and Florrie B. I do not yet know how Mrs. McCollum obtained the names of these twelve or fifteen children left in our care; but there they were, a labeled package for everyone, besides nuts fruits and candy for all. A new happy Christmas party was soon nnder way in the living room of the girls' dormitory. Perhaps it was the best one of all and how grateful and happy everyone was! This unusual and unexpected expression of kindness and jove from these dear friends at Columbus, Georgia, touched and thriiled every heart.
Om brother-in-law, visiting in the home at the time, after witnessing this new joy that had suddenly and mysteriously come to the children and grown-ups alike, was moved to express all our feelings and memorialize the occasion as follows:
THE MYSTERY BOX
By Rich Wright 'Twas Christmas night, When all was still, Just the dying embers Of a Christmas thrill.
The little deaf children So full of glee, Were playing around The Christmas tree.
Out of the stillness There suddenly befell, The very loud clamor Of the front door bell.
Across the threshold, As sly as a fox A messenger handed A "Mystery Box."
'Twas full of the things Of which children dream, Of candies and toys And playthings that gleam.
How the children enjoy it, This big box of toys, And they greeted its entrance With shouts and much noise.
We know not the working Of the Unseen Hand But 'twas sent by someone Who loves his fellowman.
Ah, how it lightens All of our care When we entertain An angel unaware.

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Among the Staff

MR. and Mrs. R. W. Fincher and sons visited Mrs. Fin-

cher's parents in Bowdon

during the holidays.

.

Mrs. Ruth Forbes spent a qUIet

Christmas at her home in Cave

Spring, attending the buffet supper

and the Christmas tree party at

the school.

Miss Katherine Casey and Miss

Lucile Casey spent the vacation at

their home in Cave Spring.

Mr. Lowman and Mr. Tollef-

son aided by Miss Frances May of

Alabama were hosts at a party

given at the Barton Clark residence.

The guests were: Mr. and Mrs.

Morris Stephens, Miss McDaniel,

Miss Forbes, Miss Sophia Nichols.

Mr. Dillard. Mr. White, Mr.

Hamm, and Miss Fugua.

A buffet supper was held in

honor of Miss Frances Mayan

December 23 by Miss Annie

McDaniel. Chicken a-la-king,

green peas, said, fruit caKe, black-

berry wine, and coffee was served.

Mrs. Gladys Carpenter spent

the holidays at her home near Cave

Spring.

Mrs. Kennard gave a helping

hand with the Christmas tree and

the buffet supper proceeding the

party. The rest of the vacation

she spent quietly at home.

Miss Vela Evans spent an en-

joyable vacation with hr brothers

in Kentucky.

Mrs. Jim Irwin spent part of

her vacation in Atlanta with

friends. The remainder she spent at

her home in Cedartown.

Mr. and Mrs. Barton Clark and

Barton Jr. spent a quiet but happy

vacation at their home in Cave

Spring.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Camp were

vacation guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Sewell.

Mr. and Mrs. Ware spent the

first half of their vacation in A u-'

gusta with Mrs. Ware's sister and

brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A.

L. David. Mr. Ware and Mr.

David went on several hunting

trips in the vicinity. They spent

the remainder of their vacation

with Mr. Ware's parents at ewnan. Du.ring the first part of the
Christmas vacation, Mrs. Barnett had as visitors her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wright of Knoxville, and their son, Louis. In the latter part she visited another daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, in Milledgeville.
Miss Terry spent the vacation at her home in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Miss McDermott and Miss Watson had Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kabarec and children of \Vaukegan, Illinois as their guests du,in~ the holidays. Mrs. Kabarec is Miss McDermott's sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Parks spent a week-end in Atlanta before Christmas. The remainder of the vacation was spent quietly at home by Mrs. Parks and baby Gilbert. Mr. Parks and Allan, however, held dderent views of vacation acti',;ities and spent their days with gl'.n and dog, combing hill and wood for the elusive Bob-white.
Wright and Hillis Hollingsworth, sons of our Superintendent, spent their vacations with their parents here at school. Hillis is attending Mercer University and W right the Georgia Military College at Milledgeville.
Emmalee, Margaret, and Mrs. Jessie Jones spent Christmas in Waycross with Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Forbes. Tudor Jones of Thomasville also came to WayGOSS to spend a few days with them.
Mr. Elrod spent his vacation in LOl'.isville, Kentuky with a neice. While there he made a trip to pain ts of iIi. terest in Indiana.
SPENCER-CROWE Saturday afternoon. December twentieth, Miss Rebecca Spencer and Mr. William Crowe, both of their school, were married at the bride's home in Cave Spring. After a short honeymoon they returned to Cave Spring to take up residance near the school.

HARRIET C. STEVENS
(Continued from Page 8)
head back and piercing eyes taking on the lign and determination that must have been her father's at Vicksburg's defense, she madE' this pronouncement, "Do not worry, all is well with the Georgia School for the Deaf." Prophet or seer. How did she know at the moment that we were perplexed and greatly concerned about a problem the solution of which must surely be of paramount importance? We believe she did know that her manifested spirit and the words spoken helped greatly.
Yes, we are missing Mrs. Harriet Connor Stevens at the Georgia School for the Deaf.
Elsewhere in this issue is a reprint of her own story of her life as prepared by request and printed in the February issue of the SCHOOL HELPER in 1939.
THE STORY OF
MY LIFE
(Continued from Page 2)
hobby was the slow pupil. How I did love to wake him up: to find that particular spark that would make the light he needed and lead him to his real self.
For fifteen of these teaching years I also conducted chapel services three Sundays in each month. I loved this work best of all, because it gave such a wonderful opportl'.n ity to strike home the moral lessons the children needed. I was never happier than when I could spiel to them in the sign language, and I feel sure that all ef us derived much good from our Sunday morning chapel hour.
I am now on the shelf in a way, but I am still working as best f can for the deaf children, and still have their best interests close at heart in our earnest effort to rebuild our library. I am going to keep on and on doing all I can for them in every possible way. until the Great Referee calls "Time". and my life's battle is over.

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

January, 1942

FROM THE ADVANCED DEPARTMENT
(Continued from Page 5) were very good. He went to Albany to see the movie once.
Esther Poole spent her Christmas vacation in Columbus, Georgia. She was really glad to have Captain and Mrs. Sparks from West Virginia with her and her family December 2l. Captain Sparks is stationed at Fort Benning now. Esther greatly enjoyed chatting with them and wa!' delighterl to get acquainted wtih them.
During the Christmas holidays Dorothy Young stayed at school. She enjoyed going to Rome several times to see the movies. She helped prepare stocking of fruits, nuts and candies for the pupils who stayed here during the holidays. She also helped serve the buffet supper for the pupils Christmas Eve.
Elizabeth Hornsby spent her two weeks Christmas vacation at home. She went to the show many times during the holidays. She went to see her aunt very often and she also skated. What a good time she had during her Christmas vacation!
Kathleen Highfield went home for the holiday. She wa very much thrilled to get a bathrobe, skirt, blouse, compact, pajamas, and other things on Christmas Day. Her sister, Lucille, invited her family to have a big dinner which was delicious. After dinner, they went to the Ritz Theatre to see a movie and had an enjoyable time.
Barabara Rus ell had a very pleasant time during the Christmas holiday::; in Atlanta. She received many nice presents and two of them were a kodak and a traveler's bag. She went to movies, parties, and other places.
Byron Avant spent the Christmas holidays at home. He had to cook for his daddy because there was no one else to cook for him. He likes to cook very much and he hopes that he can be a skillful chef some day.
Pauline Stith was invited to the Dent's double wedding on December 28. She were an evening dress to another wedding at the Brice's on ew Year's Eve. They had a reception at

their home. The last wedding was the more beautiful of the two.
Elliott Jameson stayed at home most of the time during Christmas. Mcnday Babley, Billy ,and Elliott Jameson went to buy fire crackers. After they had bought them, they went to a clear spot and played with them. They blew up cans and did other things.
Pauline Carter's little nephew, David, received a football for Christmas. He immediately wanted Pauline to play football with him. This Pauline did as soon as breakfast was over.
Fred Buchanan stayed at home in Lawrenceville with his parents for the Christmas holidays. He enjoyed them and got several presents. He spent Christmas Day with bis grandfather and grandmother Buchanan. They certainly had a fine dinner.
Evelyn Morgan spent the holidays at he home. She was very glad to ee her family, kinfolks, and friends. She enjoyed staying with her family very much.
Marrell Martin went home for the holiday. She helped with the housework. She received many presents. One night she got wet walking home in the rain.
Horace Johnson's dog is not much good. He went hunting wifn his two cousins, but the dog did not track any rabbits. After getting home, they practiced shooting at old tin cans thrown into the air.
Virginia Ray stayed with Mrs. Keaton almost the whole Christma3 vacation because her mother went to the country. She went to the movies several times and ate dinn~l' up town with different people. She enjoyed staying at Mrs. Keaton. Then she went home to stay with her mother. She had the best time at home that he has ever had in all her life.
Dean Green went hunting with hi dog one afternoon while he was at home. He hunted for quail, doves, and meadow larks. The dog did not hunt very well and Dean only killed one meadow lark. When he got home, his cat stole the lark and ran under the house to eat it.
Mildred Scurlock had a delightful time during the holidays. She went to

Chattanooga after Christmas. She went to a big building to see the Girls' and Boys' roller skating derby.
The whole Christmas vacatiol! Alton Dominey stayed at G. S. D. and kept the small boys for Mr. Dillard and Miss Brown. After the hclidays they gave him five dollars. He had a grand time staying her... through the Christmas vacation.
Bill Nelson's sister was married December 22. After their marriage, the couple stayed awhile at Bill's home. On December 28 they all shot fire crackers and guns to make a big noise.
Grady Carlisle and his brother went to the golf course every Saturday and Sunday. Grady earned one dollar caddying. He was very surprised that his brother received live dollan as a Christmas present for caddying.
Louise Brant went to see her brother and sister-in-law in Savannah one day before she came back to school. She went to see Magaret Heidt. Margaret did not feel well. She is staying at home.
On Christmas Day Walter Brown went to see his sister in Baker Village. His sister and her husband took him to Idle Hour Park and they went to the shooting galley. Then they boxed and skated and went swimming until dark.
Jack Sellers hasn't heard from his or-other who is in the Marines at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, but he thinks tnat the United States government doesn't want him to write because spies might see his letter.
Frances Hoy went to two movies while she was at home. Both movies were very good.
After supper Christmas Eve Maurice Samples visited Donald Turner. He rode on the street car and got off at Vannoy St. Maurice surely wa~ glad to see him again. Donald was fine. He has gotten fat. They chatted with each other for a while.
Frances Bartlett, Ralph, Sofia, and Frank went to their aunt Clarence's Christmas Eve. They stayed foJ' awhile. When they started home, their cousin Jimmy cried because they were going away.

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From the Primary Departme.I1lt

Santa Clau brought Anne a doll

and a scooter.

He brought Rosemary a doll, some

skates, and some boot.

He brought iartha a doll and some

skates.

He brought Ann two dolls, some

skates, and some boots.

He brought Eugene a tricycle and a

gun.

He brought Guy a tricycle and a

train.

He brought Curtis a tricycle and a

ball.

-Miss K. Casey's Class

Santa Claus brought Marcus three books and some marbles. He brought Gail a doll and a tea set. He brought Dorothy a watch. He brought Virginia a ball and a scooter. He brought Cynthia a scooter, a doll, a doll carriage and some skates. He brought Maybellene a doll. He brought James a horn and a train.
-Miss L. Casey's Class

Santa Claus brought Loui e Boyd a ball, a toy Santa "Iau , a ring, and some marbles. He brought Frances Tatum a doll, a tea set, a large top, a comb, brush and minor set, a jump rope, and four books. He brought Betty Brown a toy elephant, a doll, a red purse, two books, two tea sets, and two dolls. He brought Shirley Whitehead a doll, a blue pur e, some block, and a tea set. He brought Harold Pope a large truck, a horn, and two balls.
He brought Dan Jones a car and a comb.
He brought Loui e Smith a doll and other nice toys. He brought Wynell Godwin a doll, a ball, and some other things.
-Mrs. Evans' Class

Santa Clau brought Juanice a toy tove, a jumping rope, a doll's highchair, two dolls, four dresses, and some doll clothe . He brought Fay a necklace, a bracelet, a jumping rope, and a tea set. He brought Vivian a doll, a purse, an airplane, some apples, and some nuts. He brought France a doll, a purse, a comb, and some apples and oranges. He brought Robert a ball, a coat, ome pants, some socks, ome blocks, and some apples and oranges. He brought Gene a sweater, a coat, a belt, a comb, two watches, three knives, ome socks, and some pants. He brought Harry a weater, a comb,

a truck, a knife, a watch, an airplane, some shoes, some gloves, and some apples, oranges, candy, and nuts. He brought Ford a sweater, a shirt, a watch, a lock and key, a belt and pistol, a cap, and billfold. He brought Ullysses a purse, a knife, an airplane, some fire crackers, and some candy. -Mrs. Irwin's Class
Jerry was a good boy. Santa Claus brought him a football, a toy car, a tie, two sweaters, and ome shoes.
Neal got a toy truck, a toy cal', a tie, a jacket, and two handkerchiefs.
R. T., Tarver, and Roy each got a toy truck, a top, a ball, a tie, and some shoe.
Edna was happy to get a new dress, some pajamas, shoes, socks, perfume, a box of handkerchiefs, a book, and some crayons.
Santa Claus brought Daisy a big doll. He brought her a new dress, some socks, and a box of handkerchiefs, too.
Claude got a big toy truck, a toy tank, a top, a tie, and some socks.
Fleming got a toy car, a tie, some shoes, and socks.
Ben got a toy car, a toy airplane, a tie, and ome socks.
-Mrs. Clark's Class
Santa Claus brought Virginia a blue purse, a doll, a doll bed, four dresses, and some panties. He brought Marvin a watch, a red car, a train, and a toy dog. He brought W. C. a football, a blue ball, ome blocks, and a red book. He brought Mary some beads, a bracelet, a yellow dress, two slips, some panties, and some red pajamas. He brought Ruth a brown book, two bracelets, ome perfume, some soap, a doll, and a brown box. He brought Dorothy a yellow book, a red book, some perfume, some soap, two coats, and two handkerchiefs. He brought Mary Ann a big doll, an ironing board, some shoes, a bracelet, a brush, a comb, a mirror, and a purse. He brought Billie Jean a doll, some paper doll ,a ewing box, a coloring beak, some apples, ome oranges, and some nuts. -Mrs. Fincher's Class
Santa Claus brought Alma a doll, two books, a pin, some socks, some paper dolls, and a handkerchief. He brought Ralph a tablet, a cap, a tie, a belt, a sweater, five handkerchiefs, ome ccks, and some gloves. He brought Jackie a doll, three dre ses, a bicycle, a long pencil, a

pin, a doll trunk, a tea set, some small knives, forks, and spoons, some black socks, a handkelchief, and a jumping rope. He brought Ruby some beads, a blue sweater, two hair clasps, some powder, and a red purse. He brought Faye elle some beads, a book, two bows, some nail polish, three pairs of socks, a dress, a doll, and nineteen handkerchiefs. He brought Wilda some cream, powder, perfume, socks, and note paper. He brought Mattie some beads, cream, a bracelet, some socks, a handkerchief, a sweater, and two hair clasps. He brought Patsy a locket, a dress, a sweater, some socks, powder, a pin, and a book. He brought Laura some powder, two pairs of socks, a toy cat, a ball, a toy dog, a comb, a red hair clasp, and a yellow bow. He brought Roscoe a wrist watch, a dark blue suit, a blue hat, some black shoes, a wrecker, a comb, a nail file, a book, a knife, some skates, a handkerchief, and a blue hirt. He brought Lois some black shoes, a red pencil, some gloves, a ring, some paper dolls, a toy wrist watch, two handkerchief, a slip, two dres es, and some powder.-Mrs. Jones' Class
Evelyn Robinson got a pair of shoes, toy dishes, a handkerchief, paper dolls, a color book and color, a back rack, apples, oranges, candy, and nuts.
Ralph Gentry got a bicycle, a toy train, a toy pistol, a football, and some firecrackers.
Lester Smith did not go home. He got a box. He got two tie , two bags of marbles, a toy airplane, fruit, nuts, and candy.
Torn Byrd got skates, marbles, a gun, a football, some money, candy, and oranges.
John Pate got a wrist watch, a toy pistol, a tie and tie clasp, a box of candy, and firecrackers. He does not wear his watch to school every day.
Bobby Gorman got skates, a target, and a wagon. He likes to skate in the basement.
John Barnett got skates, a toy pistol, a sweater, and a knife, He, Bobby and Tom like to skate, too.
Alice Edmondson got a big doll, a doll bed, a handkerchief, and a bottle of hand lotion. She brought her doll to class one day.
Beady Smith got a permanent wave for her Christmas present. Her hair looks nice. -Mrs. Fotbes' Class
Santa Claus brought me some skates, a bow and arrow, a knife, a (Continued on Page 12, Column 3)

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New Year's Resolutions

Made by the Pupils of the Advanced Department

Teddie Waters will try to learn more English.
Esther Poole resolves that she will have more faith during this war.
Annie Logan will try to buy defense stamps to help our country
WIn.
Louise Maynard promises to pray to God every day to help our country.
Martha Anthony resolves to try to study harder for college.
Doris Hanes resolves that she will make up her mind and be cheerful.
Billie Massey promises that he will stop fussing and debating all the time.
Ethel Pope resolves that she will do her best to change her ways to better ones.
Marjorie Lane resolves to obey the teachers and officers.
Wi Ilene Letson resolves not to believe that Germany can win.
Elizabeth Hornsby resolves that she will help her teachers when they need her.
Friedson adorn promises himself that he will try to find a job on airplane repairing work.
John Hayes promises himself not to waste paper, pencils, rub-
ber erasers, and other supplies. C. G. Turner resolves that he
will save his bicycle tires. Eva Bragdon promises to study
real hard in school. Ruth Cook resolves to go to
Sunday School every Sunday. Hugh McLeroy promises to do
better work than last year. Dorothy Young promises to try
to improve her character. John Smith promises that he
will try to keep his good habits, change his bad habits, and improve his character.
Myrtle Turnage will try to keep healthly.
Evelyn Doyle will try to work hard to save and buy defense stamps for our country to win the war.
Dean Green promises that he will not waste anything in 1942.

Virginia Ray promises that she will do everything in her power to help win this war.
Fred Buchanan will try to work better.
Horace Johnson promises to help save supplies to win the war.
Evelyn Morgan will try not to worry about the war.
Marrell Martin promises to help pecple in 1942.
Pauline Carter resolves that she will not get angry so easily.
Kathleen Highfield promises that she will be a good sport in school.
Grady Carlisle promises that he will work harder in his lessons.
Pauline Stith will try to work faster than she did before.
Elliott Jameson will try to help people who need help.
Hazel McLendon resolves that she will pay more attention to her lessons while she has study hour in the dormitory.
Mary Taylor resolves that she will be fair in all games and be a good sport. too.
Wilma Whaley resolves that she will help clean up the school room for Mrs. Montgomery.
Alton Dominey promises to pay attention to the teachers.
Bill Nelson promises to be " good boy in 1942.
Byron Avant will try to stop talking behind the teachers and officers.
Carl Barber promises that he will do anything that he has to do willingly.
Barbara Russell resolves that she will try to stop eating so much because she is rather fat.
Hazel Baxley resolves that she will try to stop biting her finger nails.
Francine Waldrop resolves that she ~ill work hard on Alegbra.
MIldred Scurlock resolves that she will write her mother a letter every week.
Carlton Scurry promises that h~ will have better habits in 1942.
James Hawkins promises to try to be better than last year.

Frances Bartlett resolves to help collect old magazines to help the war.
Louise Brant resolves to save food.
Walter Brown promises to obey all school rules in 1942.
Frances Hoy promises to keep her good habits and to try to break her bad habits.
Jack Sellers resolves that he will try to use every opportunity to help our junior basketball team win the championship.
Maurice Samples promises to write a letter to his paren ts every week.

FROM THE PRlMARY

DEPARTMENT

(Continued from Page 11)

book, a jacket, some shoes, and some

things to eat.

-John Harrell

Santa Claus brought me some

skates, a bow and some arrows, a pen

and pencil set, some fire crackers, a

tie, a handkerchief and a box of

paper.

-J. W. Mock

Santa Claus brought me a wrist

watch, a pen and pencil set, a foot-

ball, a croquet set, a gun, and some

things to eat.

-Bud Little

Santa Claus brought me a bicycle,

a photograph book, a wrist watch, a

pen and pencil set, a locket, a ring,

a bracelet, some perfume and some

socks.

-Janie Elder

Santa Claus brought me some

beads, a ring, some nail polish, some

lotion and some perfume. He

brought me some things to eat, too.

-Maudene Bridges

Santa Claus brought me a bracelet,

some beads, a pencil box, a box of

paper, a coat, some skates, a color

book, and some crayons.

-Wylodean Spells

Santa Claus brought me a box of

paper, a pen and pencil set, a book,

some powder, and some lotion.

-Mary Roberts

Santa Claus brought me a bicycle,

some games, a ring, some handker-

chiefs, some marbles, a bow and

some arrows, a pair of shoes, an air-

plane cap, and some things to eat.

-Beecher Spence

Santa Claus brought me a gun,

some boots, some boot pants, a big

toy truck, some fire works~ and

some socks.

-Herbert White

Santa Claus brought me a wagon,

a G-man book, a suit, some socks, a

comb, and some fire crackers.

-Billy Hayes

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GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

ADMINISTRATION Eugene Talmadge . . . . . . . Governor
State Board of Public Welfare

'- .

B. S. Miller .

. Director

Mrs. Albert M. Hill, Director, Division of Institutions

In cooperation with

Floyd County Board of Education

J. Scott Davia

Chairman

It. A. Montgomery. . County Sup't of Schools

Adminiatratioa

C. H. Hollingsworth, M. A. Superintendent

Rebecca S. Crowe

. Secretary

W. H. Crowe

. .Bookkeeper-Clerk

OFFICERS AND TEACHERS

Academic

Roy G. Parka, M. A.

Principal

Pauline Camp, Supervisor, Advanced Dept.

Marie Kennard,B.S. Superviaor,Primary Dept.

Gladys E. Carpenter Jessie F. Jones

Katharine Casey

Nell A. Gibbon.

Lucile Casey

Rex Lowman, B. A.

Pauline N. Casey Juliet McDermott

Gladys E. Caswell IIa Sewell, B. S.

Gladya B. Clark

Margaret Paris, B. S.

Vela V. Evans

Fern D. Parka

Mabel L. Fincher Olaf Tollefson, B. A.

Ruth D. Forbes

Anna Terry

Ann Hutchinson

Kathryn Watson, B.S.

Jim C. Irwin

Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S.

Physical Education

Sarah F. Ware.. Olaf Tollefson, B. A..

Director of Girls . Director of Boys

Vocatiollal

Roy G. Parks, M. A. . .

. Principal

R. R. Caswell, Director of Agriculture, Training and Farming, B.S .A., B.A.
A. May Clark
Barton Clark, B. A. Martiele Hedgepeth, B. S. W. B. Horton, Barbering

Annie McDaniel

Steve Pettis

Dorothy Stephens, B.S.H.E. Olaf Tollefson, B. A.
J. R. Ware Cecil White

Medical
J. C. Connor, M. D. . . Katie Payne, R. N. . . . W. S. Watson, D. D. S. D. W. H. Cheney, M. D. .

. . .Physician
.. Nurse . Dentiat .Otolgist

Household

Lucile Phillips, B. S. .

.Dietitian Luella Brown. . .

Leila H. Barnett.

.Matron Everett Ryle.

Emma Henderson.

.

.Matron Gena Geeslin.

Olaf Tollefson, B. A. Emmalee Jones. . .

.

.. Dean of Boys . Girls' Supervisor

Ruth Geeslin.

Rex Lowman, B. A. . . . . . . . Supervisor Ruby D. Perry

Connor Dillard. . . . . . . . . Supervisor J. A. Elrod.

. . . . . Supervisor .Barber and Pressing
. .Supervisor . . Supervisor Laundry Matron
Nightwatchman

Maintenallce

R. R. Caswell. Steve Pettis. . Calvin Holman. John Terry .
D. S. Peck . .

Director of Farming .Electrician and Mechanic
. Fireman Farm Manager
. .Plumber

Ralph Blankenship. Tommy Ham .. J. F. Morgan.
J. B. Redden

.Dairyman Dairyman . Carpenter
.Yardman

School for the Colored

J. D. Rice.. . Estelle G. Rice . Lucile Cain. .
Wilhelmina Betton.
Annie Mae Bostic. Mildren Kennebrew .

.Principal Teacher . Teacher Teacher Teacher . Teacher

Georgia McHenry . . . . . . . . .Matron

Teresa Fitzpatrick.

. . Girls' Supervisor

Cynthia Strange .

. Girls' Supervisor

Quinton Gordon.

. .Head Supervisor

Henry Hurt .

. Boys' Supervisor

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PUBLISHED AT THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, CAVE
SPRING. GEORGIA
MARCH, 1942

Vol. 42

No.6

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THE HELPER'S CONTRIBUTION
TOWARD AXIS DEFEAT
T HIS issue of THE SCHOOL HELPER might well be called the "War Issue", as it contains many articles regarding the Georgia School's contribution toward national defense. Also the physical make up of the magazine has been changed to conform with the present day emergency.
For many years the HELPER has been printed on eggshell papers and coated book papers, but this issue is printed on newsprint. The covers which have previously been regular cover paper are now being printed on the eggshell paper that we have in stock. Although the amount of paper that we use is only a drop in the bucket compared with national needs, we do know that any saving that we can make will be that much of a contribution toward victory.
The school papers still have their place as messengers from school to school, from school to home, and as a means of having a definite project in printing. Our aim is ro maintain the benefits of our school paper and at the same time make every possible sacrifice toward conservation and economy.
In addition to the magazine itself another savings has been made by using scrap paper wrappers for each copy instead of the envelopes that were previously used.
These changes are the first that have made in the HELPER and we may from time to time make other such changes as conditions warrant. We expect to cooperate to the fullest extent in every phase of our school work and this publication is only one phase of our work .-R. T. Baughman

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Volume 42

CAVE SPRING, GEORGIA, MARCH, 1942

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What We Have Been Doing

The pupils of our school are intensely patriotic. Since the day the war first broke out they have been ever ready to do their part. They have made sacrifices bravely and without a grumble We, the officers of the school are justly proud of them. We wish now to let the parents and the world at large know what our boys and girls have done and are still doing.-The Editor.

T IRE shortage has put a complete stop to all athletics except for certain intra-mural sports. Certain repair projects for the school were discontinued and left incomplete due to the National emergency. The boys were asked to complete these projects by working in alternate groups during the afternoon play period. Part would work one afternoon while another group had intramural sports. The next afternoon the prodecure was reversed. They have worked willingly and gladly, without complaint and without loafing on the job. The girls too have their part in this project. Where formerly the boys served as waiters in the diningroom, the girls have stepped in and now serve all tables in the refactory of the Advanced Department.
The United States Government sent out a call for 500,000 model airplanes. Again our boys have responded splendidly. A small group under the direction of our cabinet making instructor, Mr. Ware, meet five nights a week and are working unceasingly to finish our quota of 150 planes. In the two weeks they have been thus employed, some fifteen planes have been completed and a good number more are well on the way to completion..
Our Boys' Athletic Association has taken it upon themseleves to collect all waste paper that can be had around school. Daily collections are made from all the buildings. Last week they sold a half ton of baled waste paper

to a paper mill in Cedartown. Already another 100 pound bale is in the store-room and they hope to make another with even a larger loard.
To date the defense stamp sales booth sponsored by Mrs. Sewell has a record of $128.00 from the sale of stamps alone. Many of our boys and girls have foregone the pleasure of the movies, 'have resisted the temptation of a bar of candy or an ice cream cone to use their spending money for defense stamps. Their sacrifice is doubly great since they had so little to give and that they gave it so gladly.
Some forty of our boys and girls have taken up the Red Cross First Aid Course under the spon-
sorship of Me. R. T. Baughman
and Miss Anna Terry. We have had a trial blackout
in which the pupils cooperated
practically 100 % perfect. We
will have more later to perfect the several wardens in their parts. When our boys and girls go home for the summer vacation and find it necessary to take part in local blackouts throughout the state, they will be prepared to do their parts efficiently and without confusion.
Our Faculty too have been doing their part. At a recent meeting, the Faculty Club voted to purchase an $18.7 5 Defense Bond a month. In addition, many members of the faculty have been active in sponsoring the defense projects of the boys and girls.
Eight of our larger boys have enrolled in a course in Automo-

bile Mechanics that has been offered in a local establishment. The class meets five nights a week from eight o'clock till ten-thirty. This group is under the sponsorship of Mr. Tollefson who has also enrolled in the group. With their eight weeks' course nearing a close, they have overhauled several cars, completely taking one apart. They are now overhauling the school tractor and are taking up welding with the oxyacetylene torch.
Not satisfied with sponsoring the defense projects of our boys and girls, our teachers have entered actively in local Red Cross projects.
One project, sewing, is under the direction of Miss Katherine Casey. The group has turned out innumerable childrens' garmen~s, mens bathrobes and the like. A group of our larger girls entered this project and have made seven bathrobes.
A second project, knitting, under the direction of Miss McDermott, have been knitting sweaters and socks.
A third project, canteen service, is in the process of oranization, however, since the need for such a project locally is not great, the other two projects have received the greater attention and have long been turning out finished articles.
We have only started. We too love our country and tbe way of living offered in a Democracy. We do not mean to stand idly by and see it wiped out from the world.

Co--Curricular Activities

THE SALE OF DEFENSE STAMPS
EVERY DAY our students see the notice of the day's sale of defense stamps on the bulletin board inside Freeman Hall. Mrs. Sewell. who sells the stamps at school. set a goal of $100.00 worth of stamps to be sold by the fnd of February. This morning, ~ebru ary 27, 1942, the amount of stamps sold was $111. 95.
On the bulletin board are also put posters, magazine and newspaper clippings, and cartoons about the sale of defense stamps and bonds. These urge us to purchase more defense stamps for the government to use in defense and for the war. -William Massey, Jr
THE RED CROSS FIRST AID CLASSES
Two RED CROSS classes were started in First Aid the week of February 16. Miss Terry teaches both classes. The boys meet on Tuesday nights, and the girls meet on Thursday nights. There are about forty boys and girls in the two classes.
They are very eager to get their books and bandages so that they can have real practice. This will cause even more interest.
First Aid will help all of the girls and boys at home, at school. and in accidents if they happen to see any. It is very important to learn a great many things about how to bandage. All the pupils hope that they will learn how to do things fast.
-Lou.ise Maynard
THE COLLECTION OF PAPER
EVERY DAY we are gathering old papers into the basement of Freeman Hall. Our pupils pick out all the old papers from the officers' and teachers' rooms. They

are put in one of the small basement rooms which has about six or more bales of papers in it now.
Uncle Sam wants us to save old papers because much paper is needed in defense. The War Production Board says that our country will make war supplies from some of the papers. They can be used for wrapping ammunition and perhaps for other defense needs.
Defense needs much paper. You should save your old papers, magazines, and newspapers so that we we can sell them to the government. We will get money when we sell old papers. Any money secured from the sale of old papers at G. S. D. will be used for the Boys' Athletic Association.
-William Massey, Jr
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
THERE was a short address given by Mrs. Nelson in chapel Tuesday, February 3, 1942, after recess. Mrs. Nelson told the boys and girls about the attack of the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Nelson lived at Wickam Field near Pearl Harbor. She came to America and to Georgia to stay with her mother. Her husband is still at Pearl Harbor and Mrs. Nelson wants to go back to stay with him because she misses him.
Early in the morning of December 7, 1941. the Japanese planes' and bombers came to Pearl Harbor and began dropping bombs. The bombs awoke the people. The people ran out in their yards to see what was the matter. First Mrs. Nelson and her husband saw a large battleship sinking. The ship was aflame and covered with black smoke. Mrs. Nelson could see the face of a Japanese pilot coming down in a plane. There were three attacks on December 7 during the morning. The first attack was at seven fifty-five, another at nine thirty, and the last at twelve o'clock.

There was a lot of" damage done to ships and many buildings were destroyed. Many people were hurt, too.
The women were very much frightened. After the attack the women drove to the mountains. They stayed there all night. The next day they went to the house of a wealthy woman to stay. They stayed there for ten days. This woman had twenty-five servants, but eighteel1 of them were Japanese. They were afraid that the servants might poison their food. The women were all allowed to go back to their own homes before Christmas. Christmas Day there was an air raid alarm. They had to stay in air raid shelters most of Christmas Day. The morning after Christmas the women were told that they would go back to America that afternoon. They all had to pack their clothes in a hurry. Mrs. Nelson's baby was only five weeks old.
On their way to America the ships were crowded and they had to take most of the furniture out. There were six thousand people on the three ships that came to San Francisco. The ships were all painted black, but there was no sight of other ships. So the ships got across the Pacific Ocean without any trouble. When they got to San Francisco, the Red Cross helped the people who were hurt and gave them plenty to eat. They also helped all the other people. Mrs. Nelson was glad to ride on the train from San Francisco through . many other states until she came to Georgia. She was happy to see many friends and to talk with us boys and girls at G. S. D.
-Elliott Jameson
GIRLS' BASKETBALL
THE girls' basketball team was very much disappointed this year because they could not play with the other schools outside of Cave Spring. They wish to help the government by saving tires and

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gas so they are not using the truck to go to play other teams. In spite of this disappointment the girls have maintained good sportsmanship and do not feel very bad about the situation.
All the girls met in the chapel one afternoon and chose teams to play against one another. The small girls divided into three teams and the large girls divided into three teams, also. The small girls play one day and the large girls play the next day. The captains of the teams are: Doris Hanes, H~e1 McLendon, Annie Logan, Virginia Giles, Frances Bartlett, and Eva Bragdon. Annie Logan's team has won many points. They've won every game played by the large girls.
During February the girls have not played many games because of the rain. The basketball season is about over.
It will soon be the ~eason for the girls and boys to play softball. They will play competitive games with one another after selecting their own teams. They may play some with the team from the Consolidated School in Cave Spring. Whatever the arrangement may be for the schedule of games, the players and the spectators will get a lot of enjoyment from the open air sport.
THE LYCEUM CLUB
WE had the February Lyceum Club meeting in the auditorium Friday afternoon, February 20, 1942, at five o' clock. The teachers were there to see our program which was an interesting one. Mary Taylor gave us the secretaary's report first. There were no corrections. and the report was accepted unanimously. Horace Johnson was n0t at the meeting. So Byron Avant took his place to give us the interesting lecture, Food for Britain. which Horace wrote. Hazel McLendon, the affirmative 'and Carl Barber. the negative. debated. The debate was entitled: Resolved that women can do as much as men to

help win the war. The girls debated against the boys and the negative side won. There will be another exciting debate next month. Two teams have been appointed.
Wilma Whaley told us an interesting story named the Story of Kathleen. Then a funny dialogue, The Appendectomy, was given by John Hayes and James Hawkins. Everyone seemed to enjoy it very much. Everybody roared with laughter about the strange things that the doctor took from John's side. At the end the song, Smiles. was rendered in signs by Kathleen Highfield. The program was adjourned at 6:20.
The next monthly club meeting will be held Friday afternoon, March 20, 1942. Come and listen to our thrilling debate.
-Annie Logan
500,000 MODEL
AIRPLANES
The foliowing is a reprint from the A.V.A. Journal and News Bulletin. Our school has received its quota and our woodworking class is working over time to turn them out. -Ed.
P LANS and specifications for cooperation in a national program to build 500,000 model airplanes for America's fighting forces were to be sent late in February through state departments of education to the nation's 26.000 high schools by the U. S. Office of Education.
Under the program United States high school youth are to be given an opportunity to contribute directly to the nation's war efforts. It is anticipated that the greater percentage of the models will be built by the regular vocational and ind ustrial arts high school students.
"The armed services of tbe United States need 10,000 models of each of 50 different types of fighting aircraft, 500,000 in alland we need them now," Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, said in announcing the program January 31.
In ac epting for the nation's schools the commission from Sec-

March, 1942
r. retary Knox to build these model planes, John W. Studebaker, U. S. Commisioner of Education, said that "this is one of the largest calls for national service ever made on America)l. s~hools.
"While they are making model planes for the use of the Navy and the Army and Civilian Defense forces, American youth can learn valuable lessons. First, they can learn the value of precision. A modei that does not conform to exact specifications is useless.
"Secondly, students can learn the value of speed. This project must be pushed with the utmost celerity.
"Third, youth will learn about aircraft of all major nations. Although it is scarcely necessary to stir the interest of American boys and girls in aviation, since many of them expect to grow up to be pilots, this project channels that interest toward an educational ob iective of immediate value."
Models will be built on an exact scale of 1 to 72, or one inch to six feet. -That means that a model plane seen at 35 feet is identical with the true airplane seen at just under balf a mile. By studying the model through a standard ring sight used on aerial gun mounts, the pilot learns not only identification but range as well. At a distance of ten feet from the gun sight a model plane appears exactly as an actual plane of the same type would appear at a distance of 240 yards.
The models will serve also to train civilian "spotters" in identifying enemy planes. The British have found invaluable the ability of citizens, thlOugh close study of models, to identify a plane in the instant it might take to pass from one cloud bank to another.
To youth who produce stated quantities of accepted models, the Bureau of Aeronautics in the Navy department and the U. S. Office of Education will award certificates, including the name of the individual and a statement on the importance of the work.

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March, 1942

THE SCHOOL HELPER
All communications should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia..
Published monthly during the chool year in the printing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.
Entered at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia as second class matter ovember, 1899. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October 31, 1918.
Subscription price is fifty cents for eight issues.

C. H. HOLLI GSWORTH
OLAF TOLLEFSON
EDYTHE D. Mo TGOMERY
BARTON CLARK

Superintendent . Editor
Assistant Editor Printing Instructor

Vol. 42 ,

MARCH, 1942

No.6

extra bit that makes a 'Valued employee more highly valued.
Practically all the deaf men I have seen who are periodically unemployed arc those who are confirmed grumblers. They howl about this, yowl about that and spend a good deal of their time looking for something to bellyache about. There may be times when a protest is in order but even then it is to be remembered that there are two sides to every question and it is impossible for the foreman or boss to be forever in the wrong. If you conduct yourself seriously and show willingness to accept reasons from the other side which you may have overlooked, your complaint will be given serious attention. However, the confirmed grumbler and those who try to get by with the least effort are regarded as a t00th with an ache in it-the tooth is removed, and as a rule, so is the grumbler.

GO OUT AND GET A JOB

A ND, once you have that job, you CA keep it. Placement of the boys and girls who graduate from our schools has long been a problem. It is no longer a problem. The opposite is true. We actually find ourselves with a shortage of boys and girls. We haven't enough large boys to make a good baseball team so many have found gainful employment. Our enrollment may go down farther and we will gladly watch its decline as long as it means we are placing the boys and girls who have reached the age where employment is desirable.
Our school fundamently exists to prepare children handicapped by deafness to take their places in our nation as upright, self-dependent citizens. That has ever been our main effort. We believe that we have been reasonably successful. However, until now, we have had the problem of convincing industry that the deaf were capable workman. We have had to beg for fair trials and too often our entreaties were filed away and forgotten. To no avail did we argue that deaf workers were employed elsewhere and in many instances were preferred to hearing workmen. Our one consolation was that once a deaf workman was placed, as a rule he preformed his task so well and faithfully that he was in little or no danger of losing the position.
Many types of industry and business are now facing a labor shortage. It offers a golden opportunity for the deaf. An opportunity not only of gaining employment for the duration, but of gaining permanent employment. Once the deaf have broken down the barriers which here-to-fore kept them from industrial pursuit, they can prove they are equal to, if not superior to, hearing workmen. They go about their work quietly and efficiently with nimble, adaptable fingers and hands that their use of finger-spelling and sign language have given them. The only barrier to their success is, in some, soldiering on the job and, in others, grumbling and refusing to do that little

O LY recently the following story came to our desk. It gives such an excellent example of the spirit of the average deaf worker of today that we wish to pas& it on.
A young deaf was applying for a position in a large apartment store in Atlanta. The employment manager had found his character references were in good order. He was impressed by the bearing of the young man who was cleanly shaved, neat in appearence, and neatly though not expensively dressed. There was one thing more the employment manager wished to clear up s6 he put the young man to the following test.
"We can give you a job, sir. Our closing hours are usually about seven thirty. It is now almost five o' clock. Can you start working now till closing hours?"
"I'll start working now and work all night for you if you want me to" came the immediate answer."
That was all the manager needed to know. He wanted to know how willing that young man was to work and he found out in about three seconds flat which is record time with us till we be proven in error. More, far more Important than that, was the fact that with that employment manager. the deaf took a mighty tep forward. This manager hires and replaces workers perhaps daily. He will not be easily misled if a few deaf workers prove undesireable. He is always going to give the deaf a fair chance because one young man, a common everyday young man-not a college graduate, not an exceptionally gifted young man. but a typical everyday citizen of the United States of America who has been handicapped by the loss of hearing but who is perfectly capable of turning out excellant service if given a chance-offered to start immediately and work all night if necessary.

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T Student
OuLlook

o those of us in on the know, Byron

Avant's article, "Playtime Becomes Worktime at G.S.D.". in the February issue of the HELPER, ran the whole gauntlet of our emotions. Byron is a junior, a star back in footbalL a stellar forward in basketball and was one of the best track prospects in Georgia to win laurels this spring in high school competition.

Understanding the boy as we do, we feel all of the pangs of his own suffering when he writes, "We boys are filled with disappointment because we cannot play basketball any more". Yet

our hearts glow with pride in this further statement. "This means that we are helping our country in doing work which PWA could not finish" and "We rea II y do not like to work very hard, but we must assist our country". Under these circumstances, could nobler sentiments be uttered by a pupil?

We might add that there was no request coming from the State Department in respect to this additional work being done by the students and no demands were made by the school authorities. It came only as a suggestion readily seized upon by every boy and girl

in our Intermediate and Advanced Departments.

Precarious and otherwise objectionable wartime travel has been eliminated. Sixty-six and twothirds percent of the formerly allotted playtime is now being devoted to work. Overalls, aprons, shovels, wheelbarrows, hammers

and brooms have taken the place of gymnasium suits, archery sets, basketballs, baseballs and spiked shoes as young red blooded Americans take the initiative at the Georgia School for the Deaf.

"IT~~

Industry to

is an ill wind

The Rescue

that blows no-

body good". We

have long contended that for

schools for the deaf to properly

prepare their boys and girls to earn

a livelihood in industrial work, industry itself must have its say as to the kind of preparation given. Now the war is on. There is a shortage of many types of skilled laborers in which deaf men and women can qualify. Schools for the deaf should take advantage ot this favorable break. We must seek now the cooperation of industry in preparing our graduate.s for skilled positions where deafJss is not a handicap-il1 permanent positions, to make good while . breaking down old prejudices and doubts as to the ability of the deaf to perform certain tasks as good or even better than the hearing.
The Georgia School is endeavoring to take advantage of these new opportunities by "fanning out" certain of our seniors whose majors are in industrial or vocational education. These boys and girls are taking courses in apprentice training under actual shop and factory conditions. They receive school credit and will return to us in time to be regularly graduated with their class. The results of this experiment to date are most gratifying. In each case, we have definite assurance that the seniors participating in this program will be employed. However, the most pleasing and significant feature of the whole venture has been the discovery of industry's ready willing~ ness to cooperate in really training these deaf boy.s and girls for better positions.
Teddie Watters, Savannah, is taking apprentice training With Dalton News and Dispatch, Dalton; Leonard Barrow, Waco, with Groover's Shoe Shop, Rome; Doris Hanes, Madison, with Rome H0siery M ills; William Massey Bronwood, will enter a shoe repair shop at Dawson.
George Cannon, Clarksdale; Hale Hester. Monroe; and Fred Buchanan, Lawrenceville; will soon enter a training school in Atlanta for stockroom work offered by Davison-Paxon Com-

pany, one of the South's largest department stores. This latter course. together with one already under way at-Rich's, Inc, for training deaf girls as cashiers. is sponsored by the Division of Rehabilitation in the State Department of Education in cooperation wi th the Georgia School.

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Anent Educational
Policies

WE do not know all the whys and where-

fores connected

with the vocational contingent's

efforts to get approval at the Ful-

ton Convention of their idea of a

national collegiate center offering

advanced technical and occupa-

tional training to deaf young

men. But we do go on record as

solemnly asserting: Had the gen-

eral idea promulgated by this

group been effected ten years ago

and were there today a vocational

school, with an enrollment of

I, 000 or more young deaf men

majoring in technical and in-

dustrial training, the great cause

of the education of the deaf would

have been advanced fifty years be-

yond what it is today.

The call of our country, in this present national emergency, for clear heads and trained hands is challenging the consciences of the deaf. Are our educational policies responsible for their frustrated desire to serve their country and fellowman better? Have we failed to properly abet their perchances for occupational skills? The presen t emergency accentuates dire misgivings regarding past policies governing educational trends for the deaf. Will these misgivings further plague us when we face the vicissitudes that must sqrel y follow the war?

There is but one answer to these questions. There is but one cure for the ills of past neglect. We must accelerate the trend for more advanced vocational training and guidance for the deaf youth of our land.

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Frances Hoy receives a letter from from home every week and she writes to her mother every week, also. In Frances' letter of Februar~' 23_ Mrs. Jose said that Frances' own daddy would go into the army oon.
Bill Nelson may go home with Carl Barber for Easter and stay the week end with him. They will go by bus if they can. They expect to have a fine time going to the movies and doing other things.
Elizabeth Hornsby spent some time at her home late in February. She was missed by some of the pupils while she was gone.
February 19 Frances Bartlett dreamed that she fell out 0-:' bed. She even dreamed of hitting the floor hard. She woke up and was surprised to find that she WVlI still in bed.
Carlton Scurry asked his mother -and father if he could go to Miami, Florida next summer to visit his aunt, uncle, and two cousins. He wants to ride on the bus or the train. He is very eager to see his relatives again.
Alton Dominey was glad that Mrs. Nelson came to talk to the pupils February 3. They went to the chapel that morning aft.er recess. Mrs. Nelson told about the attack on Pearl Harbor. She lived Pearl Harbor at Hickam Field. Her husband is Captain Nelson.
Louise Brant went to town in the afternoon, February 26 .. She bought some cookies, a cake, some candy, two postcards, and a stamp.
The Senior Class of which Pauline Carter is a member had Leen studying science. Now they are studying history and current events. They are much interested in Mr. Lowman's strange lectures about the various nations. They want to understand why kings and dictators rule over their countries.

Pauline Stith and Martha Anthony had to dl'y the dishes in the dining room after each meal every day during February. On February 25 they had about one thousand .dishes to dry because they had chocolate milk and ice cream extra for supper. This was the most dishes that they have ever had to do. They were both late for study hour.
James Hawkins went hiking with the Scouts. He walked to a creek. Walter helped James to put a log across it. Then they walked across it slowly.
The last letter which Dorothy Young received from her aunt said that the whole family had moved to a house in Mystic. Dorothy hopes that she will like her new home. She can hardly wait to go home next May.
Virginia Ray is a very _happy girl now because she has a r.ew little sister. She does not have to go home now because her mother does not need her.. Mrs. Keaton will come to see her Sunday, March 1, 1942. She has lots of good luck.
February 25 Earl, Billy, and Elliott Jameson went skating on the school sidewalk. They skated down next to the street. Mr. Tollefson saw them and gave them each one mark. If a boy gets four marks against him, he has to work all Sat urday afternoon.
William Masse~', Jr. is expecting to go to Sandersville, Georgia, to get a job in a shoe repairing shop sometime soon. The woman, Mrs. Barwick. who is the owner of the shop, has not yet notified Mr. Hollingsworth to tell William to come.
Ethel Pope is really excited about living in the Home Management apartment now. She will stay there for four weeks. She very much en joys cooking and keeping the entire apartment as neat as a new pin.

to school. ow the students go to classes in sev~ral churches.
After school February thirteenth Willene Letson was in her room with Frances Bartlett. They saw a mouse in their closet playing on the shelves on theil' clothes. Frances screamed so loudly that Willene roared with laughter. They set a trap for it. In the morning it was caught in the
tra~.
Byron Avant was filled with amazement when he heard that a new baby girl had been born to his sister, Mae, January 20, 1942. He is very proud to have this new neice because this is the first baby girl in the Avant family. He can hardly wait to see Julia, \IIhich is her name. He is counting the days until time to go home.
Barbara Russell is very much interested in the Red Cross First Aid course which is being held at G.S.D. She is very glad to be able to do something to help our country. The girls have a meeting in Miss Terry's room every Thursday night to study First Aid. Barbara expects the course to be one of the most interesting she has ever had.
Francine Waldrop enjoyed the party which was held on February 15 in honor of St. Valentine. The refreshments which were served were cookies and lemonade. She is looking forward to another party again for she had such a splendid time there.
Esther Poole has her own Underwood typewriter which her sister bought and gave to her last Bummer. She likes to typewrite very much and often practic~5 several hours each day.
Louise Maynard invited Evelyn Doyle to go to a movie in Rome with her February 14. Both girls enjoyed it very much.

Since Teddy Waters has secured a job as a printer in Dalton, Dean Green' is supervising the 'Small boys. Dean Green likes the work and expects to do it for the rest of the year.

Aldine Logan, Annie's sister. at tends J eifel' 'on High School. The last week of January the school building was burned down by a sixteen year-old boy who was tired of going

Eva Bragdon received a letter February 17. Her mother said that she was going to be operated on as oon as she was better. Eva's
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If the present habits are an indication, we are confident that the members of our class will grow up to be patriotic and law-abiding citizens. Dorothy Hughes and Virginia Hardiman never fail to look both to the right and left before crossing a street to be sure that the coast is clear. Cynthia Aspinwall and Marcus Kemp are two of those rarely seen individuals who always find a garbage can to dispose their garbage in, rather than let it fly with the wind. Although Gail Martin is only seven, she knows that there is a certain reverence attached to the flag and handles it carefully. Maybellene Tripp and James Faulk realize the value of property to the extent that they are always willing to respect what is not theirs if everybody else will do the same for them.
-Miss L. Casey's Class
Faye Nelle went to Rome with Mrs. Hollingsworth and Mrs. Henderson March 17 to get some new shoes.
Jackie, Alma, and Wilda went to the hospital March 11. Dr. Watson filled five teeth for Jackie and one for Wilda. He pulled two of Alma's.
Weare trying to keep our room more attractive this month. We have put up some new pictures and Miss Brown gave us five little plants. Jackie, Ruby, and Faye Nelle keep them watered: Louise, Mattie, and Laura sweep and mop this month. Ralph, Roscoe, and Vinton take turns cleaning the erasers and emptying the wastebasket. Patsy, Alma, and Wilda dust.
-Mrs. Jones' Class
Lester Smith is monitor for Miss Brown now. He helps keep the boys in line. He helps sweep in the dormitory, too.
March 15 was John Barnett's birthday. Mrs. Forbes had a birthday cake for him Monday. She put twelve yellow candles on the cake.
Tom Byrd and Bobby Gorman like to play marbles. They play in the afternoons.

Ralph Gentry helps Mrs. Forbes clean the school room. He can sweep nicely.
John Pate waters the plants in the school room.
Evelyn Robinson's hair was long. Mr. Ryle cut it a little. It looks nice.
Alice Edmondson gained three pounds last month. She is growing.
Beady Smith likes to write. She likes to look at pictures, too.
-Mrs. Forbes' Class

Our class is very happy to see spring arrive. We went for a walk Monday morning. Mary Ann and Virginia chased two robins, but of course they flew into a tree nearby. Marvin and W. C. pushed a heavy roller back and forth on the big boys' and girls' tennis court. Mary, Ruth, and Louise ran up and down the tennis court. Billie Jean and Dorothy picked some flowers for our classroom. -Mrs. Fincher's Class

Hooray! S'pring has come, and are

we glad! We went to the park the

other day and saw daffodils bloom-

ing, the brook gurgling, and the

birds twittering. We ran here and

there trying to see everything at the

same time.

Harold, Dan, and Cecil were

interested in the squirrels and birds,

while Louise B., Frances, Wynell

Betty, Shirley, and Louise S. were

very much disappointed because

they weren't allowed to pick the

flowers.

-Mrs. Evans' Class

Jerry Presnell's hobby is drawing pictures of flags and getting all of us to salute the flags. He is very patriotic. Isn't he?
Reading is Edna Pope's hobby. She reads very well and sets a good example for the others.
Daisy Smith likes to write her name over and over.
Claude Fuqua likes to keep our room clean.
Tarver and R. T. Holmes could work puzzles all day long if they

were allowed. They can finish one in fifteen mi~utes.
Fleming Bloodworth is crazy about drawin~ anli coloring.
Neal Crews likes to go to the hearing-aid every day to listen to the music.
Ben Herndon's hobby is writing and drawing.
Making baskets and kites is Roy Holmes' favorite pastime. He is good at both.
-Mrs. Clark's Class
These spring days are providing the .babies with a lot of fun at recess. Ann likes to pick the weeds that bloom along the way and will pick a large bouquet unless she sees a bee. Then the flowers are thrown to the winds and Ann takes to her heels. Some of the other girls are not so squeamish. The other day Guy found two worms, but it was Martha who brought one back for our goldfish and Rosemary who brought the other and put it in a jar. Curtis can usually find a bug along the way, and we all stop to watch it for awhile. Laura Anne likes to go to the spring to see the ducks, and we all enjoy watching the squirrels scamper from tree to tree.
-Miss K. Casey's Class
John Harrell found a wristwatch in front of the Main Building one afternoon. He took it to Mrs. Kennard.
Janie Elder got a permanent wave one day this month. She likes it very much.
The children enjoyed the snow for a day or two, but they were glad when it was gone. J. W. and Bud helped Mr. Dillard shovel snow out of the road around the Primary Building.
One day at recess we found. a baby squirrel. Beecher saw it first, but he wasn't sure what it was. Bud picked it up and showed it to Mrs. Carpenter.
Dr. Watson filled four of Maudene's teeth one Wednesday
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March, 1942

FROM THE ADVANCED
DEPARTMENT
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mother has been sick for a month or two,
Myrtle Turnage is very eager for spring to come because she is tired of cold weather and of wearing a sweater or a coat all the time.
February 6 Carl Barber went home for the week-end. While he was at home, he read The Odyssey and the book, Valiant. Valiant is about a shepherd dog who was faithful to his master. Carl enjoyed reading Valiant very much.
Mary Taylor was very much astonished to get a card from a girl in Pennsylvania last mor.th. This girl, Shirley Gordon, asked her to be her new pen pal. Mary accepted her offer. After that thE'y began a correspondence and Mary thinks that she is one of the luckiest girls to have such a sweet pen pal. She has several other pen-palfl and is glad to have another one.
Some of the boys played basketball Saturday afternoon, February 21, 1942. C. G. Turner didn't play because he was getting over the flu. He hopes that he can play basketball next week.
Six of the bo~"S anti Hugh McLeroy went hiking on Sunday, February 22. They saw the Boy Scout Camp, and three of the houses have been burned. They were tired, but enjoyed themselves.
Evelyn Morgan was very glad to get two letters from two of her sisters, Helen and Judy, February 24. Judy sent her some pictures of the rest of her family, a cousin, and her home. Evelyn was very glad to get them and liked them very much.
An Honorary Society has been formed at school. Six girls and six boys belong to it. Evelyn Doyle is very much thrilled that shc has been chosen as of the twelve.
Jack Sellers has been reading the want ads in the newspapers. He is especially interested in the need for aviation mechanics at Marietta, GeorgJla. Jack wants to do difficult

airplane work to help the United States win the war in 1943.
Marell Martin moved into the Home Apartment February 17 and took all her clothes. She was glad to move there and is working and cleaning up. Everything looks neat in the bedroom" living room, and kitchen.
John Hayes received a letter from his sister-in-law, Elsie, February 18. She told him that his brother, Roy, was in New York now. Roy may be sent out of the United States at any time as he is in the r:avy, and these are war times.
Majorie Lane's father was ill in the hospital in Augusta for almost two months. She did not know when he would be able to go homp. The last letter she received from her sister told her the good news that he was at home now.
Ruth Cook spent the weck-end of February twentieth at her home with her folks. She had a wonuerful time there. February twenty-fourth was Ruth's and her twin brother's birthday.
Walter Brown enjoyed the fourteen-mile hike which seven of the boys took February 22. They had to take off their shoes to wade across a large branch. It certainly was a fine hike.
Hazel McLendon's niece, Patty, is five years old and has been very mischievous. She had been taking toys away from her two-year-old cousin, Dorothy, until one night, while she was saying her prayers, she realized that she had been wrong. She asked God to make her good forever afterwards.
Martha Anthony was thl'llled when she learned that her brother at Camp Wheeler would come to spe her for a week-end about March 14. She hopes that he will be able to come because he may have to go to fight at any time now.
The boys had a blackout at the Boys Dormitory February 20. Mr. Baughman turned off the lights at the main switch. The boys came downstairs. He turned off the light again. They walked to the basement of

Freeman Hall in the dark. Four boys went to the chapel in the dark to get some chairs for the boys to sit on. Mr. Baughman wanted the boys to learn how to take care of themselves for war may come here some time.
Hazel Baxley got many nice valentines from home. She got a full box of things to eat from her sister's friend, Mr. Parks. Hazel does not know who he is, but she will find out when she goes home from school. Her sister said that he was very nice and kind. Hazel surely appreciated the valentine box very much and has been enjoying them.
Mary Taylor was thrilled over Peggy's new job in Akron, Ohio. She is working at the Upholstering Company there. As for her other sister, Susie, she is trying to get a job at the Goodyear Aircraft Company and she thinks that she will be called to go to work there in a few days.
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morning. She said that it didn't hurt much.
Herbert White helps Mrs. Henderson in the kitchen sometime. She likes for Herbert to help her because he is careful.
The last fifteen minutes of class every day we clean up our room. One week Mary swept and Wylodean mopped. They kept the floor nice and clean that week. Billy Hayes likes to clean the erasers.
-Mrs. Carpenter's Class
Our most interesting topic this month was the snow. Most of our class are from South Georgia, and snow was new to us, so we were "terribly" excited.
The fact that the snow broke the power lines and put the kitchen out of order just added to the fun. We had sandwiches, cereal, and fruit, and we liked that because it was a change from our usual meals.
Weare glad spring is here, and we hope it won't snow again-at lea t not until next winter.
-Mrs. Irwin's Class

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GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

ADMINISTRATION Eugene Talmadge . . . . . . . Governor

State Board of Pa"lIc Welfare

B. S. Miller .

. Director

Mrs. Albert M. Hill, Director, Division of Institutions

In cooperation with

Floyd Co.nty Board of Ed.cation

J. Scott Davia

Chairman

R. A. Montgomery. . County Sup't of Schooll! On Leave

Ad.lalatratlon

C. H. Hol1lngsworth, M. A. . Superintendent

Rebecca S. Crowe

. Secretary

Fred G. Etheridge

Bookkeeper-Clerk

OFFICERS AND TEACHERS

Academic

Roy G. Parka, M. A.

Principal

R. Baughman, M. A. Supervisor, Adv. Dep't

Marie Kennard,B.S. Superviaor,Primary Dept.

Gladys E. Carpenter Jessie F. Jonea

Katharine CaMY

N.n A. Glbbonl

Lucile Casey, A. B. Rex Lowman, B. A.

Pauline N. Casey Juliet McDermott

Gladys Caswell, A.B. Da Sewell, B. S.

Gladys B. Clark

Margaret Pam, B. S.

Vela V. Evana

Fern D. Parb

Mabel L. Fincher Olaf Tolleflon, B. A.

Ruth D. Forbe.

Anna Terry

Ann Hutchinson

Kathryn Watson, B.A.

Jim C. Inrin

Edythe D. Montcomery, B. S.

Phy.ical Education

Sarah F. Ware..

Director of Girll

Olaf Tollefson, B. A..

. Director of Boys

Vocational

Roy G. Parks, M. A. . .

. Principal

R. R. Caswell, Director of Agriculture, Training and Farming, B.S.A., B.A.
'A. May Clark

Barton Clark, B. A.
Martiele Hedgepeth, B. S. W. B. Horton, Barbering Annie McDaniel Steve Pettis

Dorothy Stephena, B.B.H.E. Olaf Tollefson, B. A. J. R. Ware Cecil White

Medical
J. C. Connor, M. D. . . Katie Payne, R. N. . . . W. S. Watson, D. D. S. D. W. H. Cheney, M. D. .

. . .Physician
.. Nurse . DentUt .Otolgist

Hoohold

Lucile Phillips, B. S. .

. Dietitian

Leila H. Bamett.

. Matron

Emma Henderson.

.

.Matron

Olaf Tollefson, B. A.

.. Dean of Boys

Emmalee Jones. . . . . Girls' Supervisor

Rex Lowman, B. A. . . .

., Supervisor

Connor Dillard. . . . . . . . .Supervisor

Luella Brown. . . Everett Ryle. . . .
Gena Geeslin.
Ruth Geealin. .
Ruby D. Perry . J. A. Elrod.

. . . . .Supervilor .Barber and Pressing
. . .Supervisor . .Supervisor
Laundry Matron . Nightwatchman

Malnteaa.ce

R. R. Caswell. Steve Pettis .. Calvin Holman.
D. B. Pect . .

. . Director of Farming . Electrician and Mechanic
Fireman
.. Plumber

Ralph Blankenship. Tommy Ham. . J. F. Morgan.
J. B. Redden

.Dairyman Dairyman . Carpenter
.Yardman

ScJaool for tile Colored

J. D. Rice.. . Estelle G. Rice . Lucile Cain. .
Wilhelmina Betton. Annie Mae Boatic. Mildren Kennebrew .

.Principal
. Teacher . Teacher
. Teacher . Teacher . Teacher

Georgia McHenry. Teresa Fitzpatrick . Cynthia Strange . Quinton Gordon. Henry Hurt .

.

Matron

. . Girls' Supervisor

. Girls' Supervisor

.Head Supervisor

. Boys' Supervisor

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APRIL. 1942

Vol. 42

No.7

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Volume 42

Cave Spring, Georgia. April. 1942

No.7

An Opportunity How Can It Be Realized?

T HE rotogravure sections of the Sunday papers are carrying more and more pictures of winsome lassies in slacks and turbans who are ostensibly taking over in the industries whose manpower has been drafted. In the same industries, the average deaf man would probably not get near the front door.
As before, the deaf man seeking industrial employment is met with catch words and pat phrases and quietly shunted out of the door. The explanation most often met with is that of Industrial Insurance rates. The claim is that were the deaf employed, the insurance rates would be raised. That a deafened man on the job is more likely to be injured. That the company can not afford to risk accidents. This is sometimes surmounted by the deaf person signing a waiver so that in the case of any accident he is not entitled to any recompense what-so-ever. Meanwhile-;the turbaned lassies go merrily on filling the jobs that could be done as efficiently, if not more so, by the deaf working men of our nation.
Many industries. due to priorities, are cutting down on production and employees. The printing industry is a prime example. Many commercial concerns are finding tough sledding and are turning loose their employees as a result. The newspapers too have had to cut down and may have to cut down even more due to the paper shortage. There are an untold number of deaf printers in the United States. Many deaf printers are out of work and many more'

have went from regular employment to the sub list. Regardless their employment records, regardless the fact that they are acceptable for auto, life, and practically every known form of insurance, though they have never been connected in an industrial accident in their lives, though they are in perfect health and have had the very best health habits instilled in them from childhood at our schools for the deaf, they are having a difficult task in finding new employment.
The Ford Company has for long employed a large number of de'af workers. They have had no reason for complaint, in the contrary, the deaf workers are numbered among their most valuable men. In Akron, during the last War, a rubber plant was almost entirely manned by the deaf. In the face of this, can deafness be an unsurmountable obstacle in the and employment of our nation's manpower?
Let us return to the bonnie lassies in tubrans and slacks. Just how have they broken into industry to run lathes, make shells, and "take place of the men drafted for military service?" The answer is that they are organized. Carrie Nation started the ball rolling when she sharpened her ax on polished mahogany bars. Women have banded together for suffrage, equal rights, short skirts, cigarettes, and slacks to mention a few things and have gotten what they went out for. There is not a small town or community in the forty-eight states, Hawaii, and Alaska that does not have its Women's Clubs

or Organizations. In comparison. the combined membership of the AFL and CIa are a circle of boys playing marbles. They have no scruples about making use of all the influence they can obtain and they do not use it sparingly.
Thier success lies in that they work locally and in their locality nothing is too sm'all to overlook. Yet, they are organized nationally and at a word they are off on their own version of solving a given problem.
Suppose a deaf workman in Georgia is denied employment in an aircraft plant because of his. deafness. At best he can raise a howl that will reecho in all the periodicals of the deaf but has no great chance of changing the conditions in the least. Suppose a woman in Georgia is refused employment merely because the same plant does not wish to bonnie lassies in slacks and turbans aroundneed she raise a howl? No. In no time at all the plant officals would be belabored by every influential woman in the nation from the President's wife through the whole list and before long they would be paying a beturbaned lassie to merely walk around in the plant if nothing else could be found for her to do.
What can be done about this? What influence can be brought to bear in the favor of the deaf?
It seems to us that the most influential friends the deaf have are the Superintendents of the several schools for the deaf. The superintendent in one state may cut no ice in the next but he does have
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Co~Curricular Activities

THE HOME MANAGEMENT

We use tin in many ways in

APARTMENT

our daily lives. The chief use

is in tin cans in which much of

OUR school here in Cave Spring our food is stored. These cans has a Home Management are made with only a thin coating

Apartment for the Juniors of tin on both sides of a sheet of

and Seniors. Miss Stephens is steel or iron. The tin prevents

tbe Home Economics teacber and rusting from the acids in tbe foods.

sbe belps all sbe can in tbe apart- and this makes cans ideal containers

ment to see if the girls need ber for food.

belp. It teacbes thtnl bow to be good housekeepers and good cooks after they leave school. Tbe Home Milnagement Apartment is on the second floor of Fannin Hall. There are four rooms in the apartment. They bave a lovely. attractive bedroom which contains a double bed and a single bed, and also a dresser and some other f.urniture. Tbis room opens into a short hall. At tbe otber end of the hall there is a living room with some pretty furniture. Beyond this is the dining room adjoining the kitcben. Opening off tbe hall is a nice bathroom.

Our new plans, because of war. must be to cut down the amount of tin that goes into cans without limiting the cans for putting up our fruits. vegetables. milk, fish. and other foods which have to be packed in cans. I think that our people do 'not need to worry about not having food enough to go on because of can sbortage. Right now the worst thing anyone can do is rush out to lay in tbe biggest possible supplies of canned fruits and vegetables. Most tin come as the climax of a long effort. The consumers and industry are now bringing order out of dis-

Three girls are living in the order in can sizes. The war.

apartment now. They cook three which makes tin waste intolerable.

meals every day with some belp bas forced us to this step. We

from Miss Stephens. Doris Hanes are used to most fruits and veg-

acts as the bostess, while Evelyn etables in many size cans, but now

Doyle acts as the host. and Sarab they will come only in sizes: No.

Evelyn Morgan as a helper. The 2. No, 2lh, and No. 10 cans.

hostess requisitions the food from Would you like to oe bouse wives

tbe school store room every morn- and save money b'l uSIng larger

ing and sees if everything they cans? Coffee. beer. dog food.

need is there. She plans all tbe dried beans and pe'as of all kinds

menus. The bast helps cook and including pork and beans. baking

clean up. while the helper cooks powder. spagbetti. cereals and

and keeps the kitchen clean and flour. lubricating oils, spices and

in order.

-Mary Taylor condiments. and tobacco cannot

be packed in cans any more. Ta-

mato juice and the concentr<ited

juices of oranges, grapefruits. lem-

TIN, A VERY NECESSARY ons. and limes can be packed in

WAR MATERIAL

'cans and many other vegetables

T IN is a very essential war metal. also.

'

The two regions. where tin Of course, you can still buy

is found in greatest abundance. a new tube of tooth paste or

are the Malay States and Bolivia shaving cream. but you must take

in South America. Tin is found the old tube to the store for the

in lesser amounts in the Dutch storekeeper to let you have a new

East Indies, China, Australia. one. These tubes are pure tin.

South Africa, the United States, They can be used again. We must

Alaska. Europe. and Cornwall. save every bit of tin that we can.

England. Tin is rarely found This is our patriotic duty. Tin

in a pure state. It must be refined. is a very essential war metal and

our country's supply of it is not

very large.

-Doris Hanes

SPRING
SPRI G is here again and we are all glad that it is. Our hearts are filled with happiness and great joy because we can look forward to fine weather and can see the beautiful things that grow in the spring. We all must be glad that spring is here as winter is always miserable for us. We catch colds and other kinds of sickness during the winter because of the cold' weather. Snow falls. and when it melts. the ground is Wet. Our shoes get wet. toO, and this leads to sickness. There is nothing to delight us in the winter as tbere is in the spring. The plants are dead and the trees are bare without any leaves. We can hardly enjoy the outdoor life as it is too cold. We would rather stay in doors and sit by the fire to keep warm.
When spring comes, it is quite different. We may be discouraged by the first week or two of spring as it usually rains too much. It' has to rain to make the plants grow. After the rainy weather. the grass turns green; the leaves grow on the trees; the flowers start blooming. The pretty birds fly back: aand the animals come out of their homes. that they had bright sunshine and warm weather. They make our campus look like a lovely park.
--Carl Barber

SPRING ATHLETICS
T HE girls are having their spring athletics at the present time. The sports included are: softball. volleyball. and playing horsesboes. Softball is one of the favorite sports among the girls. Three captains were chosen by Mrs. Ware. and the captains each chose ten girls to b<.> on her side to play softball against the otber teams. This means that if one of the team~ wins the softball

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championship. each member will be given a medal at the banquet which will be held May 9, 1942. . After the softball tournament. volleyball and playing horseshoes will be played next to determine their champions, too. Three captains will be chosen again for three teams.

Now every girl is striving more eagerly in her athletics for the championships as each is trying her best to get a medal.

I hope that every girl will get

one.

-Hazel McLendon

-Hazel Baxley

THE DEFENSE STAMP
DRIVE
DURING the week of April sixth the Freshmen Class of the Advanced Department helped Mrs. Sewell put on a defense stamp drive. They canvassed the entire student body, the faculty. and many of the officers. The resulting sale of stamps was very gratifying. The Freshmen sold $18.65 worth of stamps. To date the sale of stamps and bonds at G. S. D. amounts to 175.85. The Faculty Club have bought one bond and they are putting together to buy another bond early next week. They will buy a third bond in May.
Our government now has another name for defense stamps. They will be called war stamps and war bonds because we are in the war now. We do not want to stay just cooped up in the United States. We want to be free to go anywhere that we want. We want to whip those Japs and Germans. We are selling stamps to help our government and o'urselves. The money for the defense stamps will help our government to prepare more war material.
If a pupil wants to buy a war stamp, he should go to Mrs. Sewell's school room and buy one and keep it until he gets his book full. He should then go to the post office to exchange it for a bond. He will have to keep his bond for ten years before he can

get his money with interest. At the end of ten years he will get one-third more money for his bond than lJe paid for his stamps. For example the stamp book which contain $18.75 worth of stamps can be exchanged for a twenty-five dollar bond.
-My!lle Turnage -DoraIhy YounV
FARM MACHINERY REPAIR
SHOP
A new project has been started at the Georgia School for the Deaf. It is a course in the repairing or fixing of farm implements and machinery. It will serve all the farmers in and around Cave Spring.
The first meeting was held on Wednesday evening, March 18, 1942. The course is being in the boys' vocational building under the direction of Mr. R. R. CaswelL the vocational agriculture instructor of the school. Mr. Earl Cox will help with this work on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings and all day Saturday. He is an expert machinist and welder. The Federal Government is paying all expenses for instruction and supplies, and is renting a part of the school equipment and floor space.
The farmers in this section will not have to buy so many new tractors, farm machines, plows. and other tools which are used on the farm because the government ha started this project to help them keep their old ones in good repair. Farmers have to keep farm machinety as long as they can. They have to be very careful with things that are used on the farm and nor waste them. Wasting things may cause our country to lose the war. When farm machinery becomes broken. the farmers can bring it here to the farm machinery repair shop to be mended. This will Flat cost the farmers anything but their time and the cost of the new parts.
Twelve or more of our boys arc taking thi course under ;VIr. Earl

Cox. They are learniJlg welding

and the repair of machinery while

they arc working on the machinery

of farmers who come to the shop.

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THE MODEL AIRCRAFT
PROJECT
T ill:. armed forces of the United States have asked the students of high schools all over America to mak~ 50 different types of fighting aircraft models that include 10,000 models in all. These model~ will be sent to the Naval Reserve Aviation Base. There, by studying the models through a standard ringsight used on gur:. mounts, at a distance of ten feet irom the gunsight, a model plane appears just exactly as a plane of the same type would appear at a tiistance of 250 yards. .
G. S. D. is proud to help in this work. Her quota is 150 aircrafts. Four nights every week a'round eight o'clock about twenty-seven boys go to the carpenter shop. Mr. \Vare is director of this Model Aircraft Project. The boys are learning how to ~cale airplani'.s
from the larger ones to smaller
sizes, and these small planes are
made of soft cedar wood. Before
they start to make airplanes, the
first thing is to cut the templates
with scissors. Then they put the
templates on soft cedar wood and
draw around them. After com-
pleting the drawing, they carve
the models with knives or on the
jig saw. All parls of the planes
are put together with glue. When
they are dry. the boys sandpaper.
t smooth the scale model planes.
Then they paint them black; and
the planes are pUl in the small
room and hung on racks to dry.
Models are to be built on an ex-
act scale of one inch to six feet. It is planned to comple~e the 150 planes before the close of school.
-Barbara Russell -Francme \i!aidrop

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April, 1942

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All communications should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.

Published monthly during the school year in the printing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

Entereq at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia as

second class matter November, 1899. Acceptance for

mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October 31, 1918.

Subscription price is fifty cents f9r eight issues.

C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH '.

Superintendent

OLAF TOLLEFSON

Editor

EDYTHE D. MONTGOMERY

Assistant Editor

BARTON CLARK

Printing instructor

small pigs will be used, one being fed ordinary feed and the other ordinary feed plus Purina Chow and complete records of weight gained will be kept of each pig.
tn this contest, the boys will be gaining invalua-ble
knowledge in the care and feeding of hogs. Since ali the boys in our chapter are from farm communities and a few of them will undoubtedly become farmers on their own, and since hog raising is an Important factor in the agricultural South, the value of the project is doubled.
We here give our sincere wishes for prize winning success to our boys in the contest and invite all visitors to the school to look in on the demonstration which will be conveniently located to the public.

Vol 42.

April. 1942

No.7

AN OPPORTUNITY-HOW CAN IT

SCHOOL CALENDAR APRIL-MAY 1942

April 22. April 24.

. Honor Club Dinner .Intermediate Party

BE REALIZED?
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influence locally: More often than not, he has state-

April 24,

. . Advanced Party

wide influence that can be brought to bear in behalf

April 26. April 28, May 1.
May 8.
May 8.

. Picnic, Methodist S. S. . Boy Seout Council
. . . .Field Day
. .Picture Show for Pupils
' " Faculty Club Meeting

of the deaf.
Now is an opportune time for the deaf to break into industry and into every field of gainful endeavor. It should not be needful for the deaf to migrate to

May 9.

. . Athletic Association Banquet

May 15. . .

. Lyceum Club Picnic

May 18,19, and 20.

. . Examinations

May 22.

. Completion of Grades

May 22 .

.Junior-Senior Picnic

Akron or Detroit to work in certain plants. We have now a chance to break down all barriers that make it difficult for a deaf man to find employment, we have now a chance to open an unlimited field of endeavor

May 23.

.Junior-Senior Dance

and occupation for the deaf of the future generations.

May 24.

. Baccalaureate

May 25.

. . Class Day

May 28. . . . . . Commencement

Senior Trip to Rome or Cedartown-Date to be set

later.

This can be done by working locally. This our superintendents can do perhaps better than anyone else. I do not mean to insinuate that our superintendsent have been sleeping on the job, I do believe that

too much effort has been expanded in vague and

OUR F. F. A. CHAPTER

intangible directions. The deaf in each state should be placed in Tom's refinery, Dick's machine shop,

WE wish here to give a few words of praise to the Harry's department store, Jim's cotton mill, Mack's

school's chapter of the Future Farmers of bakery as well as the newly built' defense plants. The

America. Our boys, under the directorship Associations of the Deaf should be in close touch

of R. R. Caswell. have been doing splendid work with the superintendent of the state and not a single

this year with little or practically no publicity. The bet should be overlooked. Our periodicals and con-

fact that they are so interested in their work and so ventions will insure a somewhat loose but never-the-

absorbed in it as not to give a hoot about anything less national organization.

else is in itself worthy of our praise and a tribute to Production and adverstisement go hand in hand.

the ability of their instructor, Mr. Caswell.

Our schools for the deaf produce a steady stream of

The boys have learned to oper'ate the tractor on ' workers and it is only right that we should use what-

the school farm. They have had projects in seed, ever influence that can be brought to bear to insure a

cattle, and hog judging. They raised a dozen chicks use being found for our product. Is there any good

in their classroom and now, all experienced chicken reason for sending a product aboard when a market

growers, they are taking care of some four hundred can be found at home? Large organizations have the

chicks for the school. Their latest adventure along United States divided into districts with a salesman

these lines is their entrance in the Purina Educational to cover each. Education of the deaf is a nation-wide

Pig Feeding Demonstration for F. F. A. Chapters in institution. With proper organization and proper

Georgia .

influence, with each school as a "sales district" and

.This demonstration given by F. F. A. Chapters with, above alL the persistance and the example of

throughout Georgia is on a contest basis. Prizes will our nation's turbaned lassies (God bless them and may

be awarded to the chapter conducting the best de- they never gang up on us) the products of our schools

monstration by the Ralston Purina Company and the can be placed in every nookand cranny of the whole

local dealers will provide a hundred pound bag of United States and the way made easier for the deaf ot

Purina Hog Chow for each demonstration. Two tomorrow.-O. T.

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Superintendent's Corner

Another Letter

T HIS corner is in receipt of a long.

newsy and very

much appreciated letter from Roy

B. Conklin. Sr.. editor of the

American Deaf Citizen. published

at Versailles. Ohio. This highly

esteemed periodical. "A Newspaper

of the Deaf. by the Deaf and for

the Deaf". occupies a unique and

enviable position as a disseminator

of pertinent news and views re-

garding the deaf throughout the

United States. It also occupies

no mean position in steering

policies governing trends in the

educational and general well-being

of the deaf. The opening para-

graph of this letter is as follows:

"Have not heard much from my friends down in Georgia for a long time-but there are so many times when I think of you, and the good work you are doing. The "Helper" has become what I would call a model for our school publications. For you have made it into a newsy publication and one in which editorials are so timely and to the point. In other years, the
Kentucky Standard was about
the only one to which I turned with expectation of a lively
worthwhile editorial column. Since you took over the Helper, I find it measuring up to about all I could expect of any paper
that really talks with its readers instead of only to them."

The above portion of Editor Conklin's letter reminds us of the story of the lovesick swain who suddenly became enamored of an old maid who had never been so ardently wooed before. She took all his gushing words of endearment in stride and then came back with the rejoinder. "John. I know you are lying. but I love to hear you say it". Now. we think "Conk" is a teeney-weeney bit off in his reference to us and the Helper. but we do appreciate it just the same.
We are also reminded of years gone by when the American Deaf Citizen blanketed our forty-eight states and points outside with the severest kind of criticisms of the Georgia School for the Deaf. It was bad advertising for our state.

The deaf and educators of the deaf throughout our commonwealth cringed under every blow inflicted by the persistent and merciless edirorial policy of this paper.

Then one day there came a great reckoning and with it sweet retribution. Gone were the formerly inadequate. defapidated and unsafe buildings of the Georgia School. In their stead stood modern. spacious an.d wellequipped structures which were a credit to anybody's dream of what the physical properties of a school for the deaf should be.
The Georgia Association of the Deaf dug down into its coffers and sent Editor Conklin a round-trip ticket to Georgia. Their insistence on his coming could not be denied. The occasion was a dedicatory program held on the school's historic front campus. In due time. Roy B. Conklin. Sr.. the vociferant ditor of the American Deaf Citizen. boarded a train. first class. bound for Cave Spring. Georgia. In the milling throng gathered on the campus that day. there was nothing but smiles on alI sides. However. we believe the most exuberant and effervescent spirit present was our editor friend from up Versailles way. He had a backslap and hearty congratulations for everyone encountered"the worm had turned".

Brother Conklin. we believe now. you were loving us and wishing us well all the time.

~

Ashwg

I the spring of

The Deaf

1937 near the

completion 0 f

our year's training at Gallaudet

College. we received urgent re-

quests accompanied by consider-

able pressure from certain groups

to give to all interested. and the

deaf of the United States in parti-

cu[ar. some of our general philoso-

phy and up-to-the-minute think-

ing as regards the education of the

deaf. Accepting this demand as

being justly actuated we did, at

the time. as best we could, espouse

some of our theories under the caption "Why Not Ask the Deaf?" and a little later followed with its compani0!l piece .. I Have Asked the Deaf".- Botb of these articles received some circulation through the medium of state school papers and other periodicals devoted to the cause of tbe education of the deaf. No one has ever seen fit to botI.y refute. or even challenge. tbe ideas embodied in the above-named articles. And we have not otherwise had cause to regret tbe direction taken by tbis particular searcb for glliding principles in this field of education.
At this very time. a group of deaf boys and girls in New Jersey. without the benefit of guidance by any agency or school whatsoever, other tban industry itself. is showing tbe world how to' promote their own interest and get ahead in tbe field of business training and endeavor. Let's take a look.
Last Christmas. L. Bamberger arid Company. Newark. N. J., employed fifty young deaf people. acting on their own, to do packing work during the boliday rusb. Because of the splendid record made for tbemselves, all fifty were bired permanently. Tbis large department store immediately instituted a training department greatly extending the range of jobs to be included in the experiment. Here we bave tbe deaf. and cbildren at tbat, not simply telling us, but sbowing us in a big way wbat migbt be a better rounded-out vocational program for our schools.
.It was knowledge of this ex-
periment in Newark and the experience of those deaf students that en~ouraged the effoft and gained tbe cooperation of industry in promoting probably the first out-of-scbool service course ever inaugurated by a school fOf the deaf in the United States.
It is little wonder that we would give credit to whom credit is due wben tbe way has been pointed and a solution bas already been
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From the Intermediate Department

I will go to Chicago to see my sister June 20th. I'm sure I will have a grand time in Chicago. I will go fishing and swimming U1 Lake Michigan and go all over the city.
My brother who was at Fort Bragg went to San Francisco, California. He is in the army. [ think I will never get to see my brother again.
--James Galloway

I have quit working in the print

shop and am working on the farm

now. I like it much better. I am

plowing the ground to plant corn

for this spring. I think that 1

will work in the machine shop

next fall.

-Ned Palmer

I got a box from Mother Sat-

urday. I was very much sur-

prised.. She sent me many apples

and oranges 'and five sticks of

chewing gum.

I wrote a card to my aunt in

Overbrook, Oklahoma, but I have

not heard from her for a long

time.

-Etta Lee Kilgore

I received Mother's letter Sat-

urday morning. She told me that

Father was going out of the taxi-

cab business, because he couldn't

get any tires for his cabs. She

told me that we might move from

Douglas.

-Olin Loue

I will go home next Friday morning on the bus. I will work in the cafe with my brother all night. I will come.back to school next Sunday.
I worked in the cafe last Saturday from 2 :30 to 5 :40. The man gave me 75 cents for 3 hours.
-Mack Padgell

Six boys went to Atlanta and

got Jobs in the Davison-Paxon

Co. last month. They make g.ood

money.

Some of us boys went to Rome

last Saturday afternoon. Mack

and I walked to the cafe and Mack

asked his 'brother if he wanted

him to work in the cafe. He

worked three hours for 75 cen ts.

It was a good job. I stayed in

the cafe for three hours and talked

with him.

-Oran Price

I have nor gotten a card from my sister-in-law for one month. I am worried about her. \Vhen I heard from her, she told me that she was busy working all the time.
-Carolyn Gunnells

Mack and I went to town Sunday afternoon <M: 7 o'clock. Mack bought a pair of socks. We went to the spring and talked with some girls.
-Roscoe Singletary

I received a card from Mildred yesterday morning. She was in Atlanta. I was glad to hear from her. She told me that she and Daddy were back home. I hope that he gets a job in La Grange.
-Louise Callaway
Some of us girls took a little rest for two hours yesterday afternoon. We took a nap and then we went for a long walk.
Mother made me a vely yellow dress. I wanted to wear it Sunday, but it was too long for me. I will hem it Monday and wear it next Sunday.
--Jacquelyn Hallman

e girls cleaned up our bedrooms Friday afternoon.

Early Saturday morning Miss Emmalee went to Columbu31 Georgia to visit a friend.

Perhaps Mother and I will go

to Washington, D. C. and visit

my sister this summer. I hope

we can.

-Virginia Giles

I received a letter and card from Mother Friday morning. She said that they found Skeetes, my little dog. It makes me happy because they found her. She was gone two weeks.

I hope that I can go to Norfolk,

Virginia this summer to see my

friends.

-Elain Pannal

I received a letter from Father Saturday afternoon. I got a dollar. I changed it and gave James half. I went to Rome. Alton, Louis, and I went to the movies.
I bought some chocolate milk.

I caught a lizard in the yard

last Saturday afternoon. I showed

it to Bobby and Billy. They were

afraid of it. I almost caught a

mouse, too. It was running very

slowly.

-Hulet Hawkins

I received a box from Mrs. Johnson Thursday morning. She sent me five dresses. I like three of them very much. I received a letter from Mother. She said that Mrs. Johnson sent me some money. but I did not get it. I think that she forget to sent it.
-Vera Reeder
Some of us boys and girls went home last Easter on the blue bus. When we got to the station in Atlanta, I went to Father's Beauty shop. Pretty soon we went to the basement and saw a black rabbit, 22 little chickens, and 3 hens. He told me that Father bought 31 chickens, but nine of them died. This is the first time we ever had chickens. I was surprised.
-Bobby Rose

Some of us boys went to Rome with Mr. Ryle Saturday afternoon.
We went to the show. We saw Dick Tracy. -Lewis Tucker

Homer and I saw Mrs. Gibbons

and Mrs. Montgomery in Rome

~aturday ~fternoon. They gave us

Ice cream cones.

-

-Raymond Baker

We boys went to Rome on the

truck with Mr. Ryle last Saturday

afternoon. Mr. Ryle and I looked

around town. He bought some

things. I saw Mr. Parks, Mrs.

Baughman, and Miss Mc Dermott

on the sidewalk. We got back to

Cave Spring about six o'clock.

We saw Mrs. Gibbons and Mrs.

Montgomery in a car on the Rome'

road.

--James Sharpton

Some of the girls pIa yed basketball Friday afternoon. Elaine is a wonderful player. I think she will grow up to be a clever basketball and softball player.
- We girls will play softball this (Continued on Page 8, Column 2)

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From the Primary Departm~nt

Even though it is their first year in school, the members of our class have already developed an appreciation for nature. Our trips to town are usually interrupted by a plea from James Faulk ~o stop and see the three big fish in the campus pool or by Gail Martin chasing a butterfly. If there is a bird or cl. squirrel in our midst, Virginia Hardeman or Ford Hughes will be the first to see it. Hardly a day passes that Maybellene Tripp and Dorothy Hughes fail to find a few flowers. Cynthia Aspinwall and Marcua Kemp hopefully look for blossoms on the iril! that have just been planted a week.
Miss L. Casey's Class
My little children have just discovered the wonderfuJ land of "make believe", and a rainy April day seems to be the ideal time for "just pretending!' Martha will decide to have a party and invites the girls. She haa already learned that boys are not interested in tea parties unless there is something to eat. Rosemary usually arrives early dressed in a new imaginary coat and hat. Anne and her baby doll, which everyone dutifully admires, comes next. Ann spends more time "primping" and usually comes late.
The bo)'s, not to be outdone, de cide to play "The Three Little Kittens" or "Little Miss Muffett." Eugene especially likes to manipulate the spider in the nursery rhyme. Guy prefers to eat pie with mittens on. Curtis is rather impartial and like. both of them.
Misll K. Casey', Class
Oh dear, it's time again to ~et in print
And as we're late, we'll have to sprint.
Why are you so interested in us? Don't see the need of all the fuss! We have told you how old we are, Now we can say arm, thumb, mouth,
and car Tooth, top, bus, fan, and muff, But Who cares about all that stuff. We count, one, two, three, four,
five, Goodness knows if this year we'll
orvive.

Our names you-say? Dh, must we tell ?
Dan, Harold, Cecil, Louise S. and Wynell
That is not all-now let me see-
Oh yes, it's Betty, Frances and Louise B. Mrs. Evans' Class'
We have found the early flowers very tempting. We were delighted when Mrs. Kennard said that we' might go to he):' garden and get some daffodils for our room.
We took along our pictures of fruit so that we might identify the various trees that were in bloom, _. and we noticed just about every thing else along the way, too. Gene Lanier, Harry Parramore, and Ullysses Collins were especially interested in the squirrels we saw. Robert Wooten liked some hens along the way because they reminded him of the ones he has at home. Juanice Dukes, Fay Johnson, Vivian Turner, and Frances Cox liked the flowers best of all. They enjoyed kneeling - on the ground in order to smell the hyacinths that were near the sidewalk.
If these pretty days continue, we hope that we can have more good times ,. exploring."
Mrs. Irwin's Class
We changed the pictures in our classroom the first of April, The children are too short to reach the top of the blackboard, so I put up the pictures and the children helped. Marvin and Mary held the thumb tacks, Louise and Ruth took the March pictures and put them in the folder. W. C. and Virginia handed me the colored ducks with umbrellas. Mary Ann handed me the colored birds, bird houses, and iris. Billie Jean and Dorothy were good helpers, too. We always change our Weather Calendar the first of every month. So, they handed me. the colored chalk and Easter pictures which we used to make our picture above the calendar.
Mrs. Fincher's Class

Fleming had a birthday March 30.

He was nine. EdnR, Daisy, Jerry,

R. T., Tarver, Roy, Ben, Claude, and

Neal helped celebrate his birthday.

They had a big chocolate cake with

nine white candles on it. Fleming

blew out the candle. and cut the

cake. Then he passed it. We play-

wa, ed "Old Maid." Ben was "Old Maid"

three times. ,Edna

happy

because she was not the "Old Maid."

We had lots of fun.

Mrs. Clark's Class

We did not come to class Friday. We had an Easter egg hunt that afternoon. We had a good time. Louise, Mattie, Patsy, Laura, Vinton, Faye Nelle, and Alma found one egg each. Roscoe and Jackie found three each. Ruby found seven, Lois found four, and Ralph found five. Wilda didn't find any.
Mrs. Jones's Class

Tom, Bobby, and John Barnett were sorry when Mr. Dillard left. They liked him. They like Mr. Green, too. They like to play baseball, and Mr. Green coaches them.
Now that warm weather has come Ralph, Lester, and John Pate like to play outdoors.
This is the time of year when we can get in a good many lesaons in nature study. The girls look for flowers and birds. Deady, Evelyn, and Alice play outdoors in the afternoons. Next day in class they tell what they saw. In this way we are getting in new language for nature study and playground activities.
-Mrs. Forbes's ClaA
We had an Easter egg hunt Friday afternoon, April the third. Everybody in our class found some eggs except Maudene. J.W. found the most.
Dr. Watson cleaned Janie's teeth one Wednesday morning. They look nice.
Bud, John, and J.W. went home with Mrs. Kennard one afternoon recently and helped her work in the yard. She paid them seventeen cents each. They like to help her.
(Continued on Page ,Column 3)

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

April. 1942

SUPERINTENDENTS CORNER
(Continued from Page 5)
found. The challenge of the deaf and the call of industry is nothing less than a stimulating, but at the same time. warning, rebuke to our profession.
We are endeavoring in our own way in Georgia to meet the demands of the deaf and to accept the proffered cooperation of industry. There are now twenty young deaf Georgians taking training in two Atlanta department stores. These boys and girls constitute a segment of our senior class and other recent graduates wanting additional vocational training. The courses of study and apprentice training, jointly worked out by the school and the store management, and sponsored by the state departments of education and welfare, now include work in the:
(1) Printing Department (2) Packing a~d Checking Depart-
ment (which embodies checking merchandise for classification, department number, government specified priority rating, required taxes, price, number of items and address where the package is mailed or sent out)
(3) Mailing Department {which includes the operation of the addressograph)
(4) Marking Department (which is work in the receiving depot and includes proper classification and distributing of shipments coming in)
(5) Comptometer Operator Training Department
(6) Bookkeeping Department (which includes many phases of record keeping and key punch jobs)
(7) Cashier Department (which embodies training as tuberoom operators)
(8) Salvage Department (which includes the reconditioning, resizing and reusing of every packing case coming into the store)
Before the assignment and adjustment to specific training was made, there was given a preliminary course which, in short, was an over-all view of the store and the attainment of a certain understanding of all departmental activities and their relationships; an insight

into the work of all salespeople, such as handling of checks, cash, charges. c.o.d.'s. wrapping, and how to meet the public. This preliminary course was followed by an objective test in which the deaf competed with hearing trainees.
Through the medium of these new vocational opportunities, combined with the vocational facilities already to hand, it is hoped that permanent employment can be found for every employable deaf boy or girl completing the courses at the Georgia School for the Deaf--employment made permanent through efficiency and the acquirement of certain skills which enables the trainees to stand out as superior in a work where deafness is more nearly a requisite than a handkap.
In all fairness to the deaf and without injustice to anyone. we must acknowldege from whence comes the inspiration for these new efforts. We salute the deaf of our country! And again suggest, why not more often seek their guidance 'and heed industry's c<tll in a problem so vital to their independence and happiness.
FROM THE INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT
(Continued from Page 6)
afternoon. I hope that my team will win.
We went to the Methodist Church yesterday morning. Mr. Blackburn preached and Mr Baughman interpreted. We went for a long walk with Miss Doris Hanes yesterday afternoon.
-Elizabeth Nobbe;
Jewell and I will try to get a job next summer. Jewell wrote to my mother. She hopes mother can get her a job in Perry. We will be happy if she can.
I received two letters and a card from George Cannon. He will to see my Aunt Sue last Sunday.
-Sue Brannan
I received a card form Mother last week. She told me that she would buy me a new green slack suit. I am sure that I will like it.

We boys went to Rome on the truck with Mr. Ryle last Saturday afternoon and went to a picture show. We got back to school at 6 :05. We had a good time.
-George Vaughan
Mrs. Parks asked me if I could keep two baby rabbits. I said yes. Marvin and I kept them Friday. Saturday, and Sunday in Marvin's bedroom. They are cute.
This morning we gave them tv Miss Mc Dermott. She is keeping them in a big box in her school room. She feeds them milk.
-Louis Keaton
We boys worked at the Scout Hut Saturday afternoon. We picked up old lumber. We were tired. I wrote five study papers, late that afternoon. Then I looked at a funn y book. We went to a show that night. We had a good time.
-Clarence Highfield
James Galloway and I walked out the Cedartown road one day last week. James walked six miles and then came back to school. I walked 8 miles. I got back to school at 5 :30.
-Brinkley Smith
We went to Rome on the truck Saturday afternoon. Raymond and I went to Kress's and I bought a bag of Brazil nut candy. Then we went to see the show at the De Soto.
We will be glad when it is time for us to go home. It is only thirty-nine days more. I want to ride my pony. -Maruin Harrell
FROM THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
(Continued from Page 7) Herbert. Billy. and Beecher wanted to go too, but she told them that
they were too small. Wylodean lent Anne some funny
books one Friday afternoon. Later Anne lent her onp-o They like to exchange funny books.
Mary stayed with the little girls for 8 long time after supper one night. Miss Gena gave her two cakes. She gave one to Mattie when she went upstairs.
G. Carpenter's Class

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GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

ADMINIS TRATION Eugene Talmadge.

. Governor

State Board of Public Welfare

B. S. Miller. .

.. . . . .

. .Director

Mrs. Albert M. Hill. . . . .. . Director, Division of Institutions

In cooperation with
Floyd County Board of Education J. Scott Davis. . . . . . . . . . Chairman R. A. Montgomery. . County Sup't of Schools
On Leave

Adminis tration

C. H. Hollingsworth, M. A. . . Superintendent

Rebecca S. Crowe.

. Secretary

Fred G. Etheridge. . . . . Bookkeeper-Clerk

OFFICERS AND TEACHERS

Academic Roy G. Parks. M. A. . . . . . Principal R. Baughman, M. A. Supervisor. Adv. Dep't
Marie Kennard,B.S. Supervisor,Primary Dept. Gladys E. Carpenter
Katharine Casey Lucile Casey, B. A. Pauline N. Casey Mrs. R. R. Baughman Gladys B. Clark
Vela V. Evans Mabel L. Fincher Ruth D. Forbes
ell A. Gibbons Ann Hutchinson Jim C. Irwin Jessie F. Jones Rex Lowman, B. A.
Juliet McDermott Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S.
Margaret Paris, B. S.
Fern D. Parks lIa Sewell, B. S. Anna Terry Olaf Tollefson, B. A. Kathryn Watson, B. A.

Vocational

Roy G. Parks, M. A. . . . . . . . Principal

R. R. Caswell. Director of Agriculture, Train-

ing and Farming, B.S.A., B.A.

A. May Clark. . . . . . . . . Arts and Crafts

Barton Clark, B. A.. Linotyping and Printing

Martiele Hedgepeth, B. S. . . . Beauty Culture

W. B. Horton. . . . . . . . . . Barbering

Annie McDaniel. . . . . . . . . . Sewing

Steve Pettis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dorothy Stephens, B.S.H.E. .Home Economic

Olaf Tollefson, B. A. . . . . . Pre-Vocational

J. R. Ware

Woodworking

Cecil White. . . . . . . . .Shoe Repairing

Physical Education Sarah F. Ware. . . . . .Director of Girls Olaf Tollefson, B. A. . . . . Director of Boys

Medical
J. C. Connor, M. D. . Katie Payne, R. N. . W. S. Watson, D. D. S. D. W. H. Cheney, M. D..

.Physician . Nurse
. Dentist .Otolgist

Household

Leila H. Barnett. . . Emma Henderson. . . Olaf Tollefson, B. A. Emmalee Jones. . ..

. Matron .Matron .Dean of Boys . Girls' Supervisor

Ruby D. Perry. J. A. Elrod. . . Ralph Blankenship.
J. F. Morgan. J. B. Redden.

.Laundry Matron .1 ightwatchman . Dairyman . Carpenter .Yardman

Rex Lowman, B. A. . . . . . . . . Superv~sor

Connor Dillard. . . . . . . . .Supervisor

Luella Brown.

. . . . .Supervisor

Everett Ryle.

Barbering and Pres~ing

Gena Gesslin.

. Supervisor

Ruth Gesslin. ..

Supervisor

Maintenance

R. R. Caswell.
Steve Pettis. . . Calvin Holman.
D. S. Peck.

. .Director of Farming

.Electrician and Mechanic

.

Fireman

. . . . . . . . Plumber

J. D. Rice. . . Estelle G. Rice. Lucile Cain. . . Wilhelmina Betton. Annie Mae Bostic. Mildren Kennelnew.

School for the Colored

.Principal Georgia McHenry.

. Teacher TTeeaacc~nele'r Teacher

Teresa Fitzpatrick.

Cynt

h

'a
J

Strange.

Quinton Gordon.

Teacher Henry Hurt. . .

. Matron . Girls Supervisor . Girls' Supervisor .Head Supervisor .Boys' Supervi.o1'

U 1 OF EORGI L1BRA.E

SCHOOL

PUBLISHED AT THE GEORGIA SCHOQL FOR
THE DEAF. CAVE SPRING. GEORGIA
MAY. 1942

Vol. 42

No.8

THE CLASS OF '42
To the 1942 Graduating Class of the Georgia School for the Deaf, we pay our highest respects. Your class. as well as other classes, has justly earned all of the school honors that have been bestowed on you.
Other graduates of this school have made names for themselves, but you are entering a new world during a national crisis. These last few months have been war months. War requires certain changes, certain sacrifices and certain ideals. To these you have conformed in the same way that you have conformed with your school requirements during the years you were with us.
You have hopes, dreams, and abilities. We have faith that you can face the realism of life and never falter.

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THE SENIOR ISSUE of the
SCHOOL HELPER
CLASS OF 1942

MOTTO: "Be satisfied with not hing. but your best."

COLORS: Red and White

FLOWER: Sweet Pea

OFFICERS

'I' ~ President - ---"-_______________________________ Teddy Waters

V ice-Presiden t ---

William Massey

I ",
Secretary and Treasurer --------------------- Doris Ha nes

Kathleen Highfield Annie Logan Marell Martin

Fred Buchanan Pauline Carter George Cannon

Evelyn Doyle Louise Maynard Pauline Stith

Lucile S. Casey Gladys Caswell Render Caswell

ORMAL TRAINING CLASS

Martiele Hedgepeth Ann Hutcheson Emma Lee Jones

Fern Parks Emelyne Connor Dorothy Stephens

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GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

ADMINISTRATION Eugene Talmadge.

. Governor

State Board of Public Welfare

B. S. Miller. .

.. . . . .

. Director

Mrs. Albert 1\1. Hill. . . . .. . Director. Division of Institutions

In cooperation with
Floyd County Board of Education J. Scott Davis. . . . . . . . . . Chairman R. A. Montgomery . . County Sup't of Schools
On Leave

Administration

C. H. Hollingsworth, M. A. . . Superintendent

Rebecca S. Crowe.

. Secretary

Fred G. Etheridge. . . . . Bookkeeper-Clerk

OFFICERS AND TEACHERS

C. H. Hollingsworth, M. A . . Superintendent

Roy G. Parks. M. A.

. Principal

Primary Department
Marie Kennard, B. S., Supervisor
Gladys E. Carpenter Katharine Casey Lucile Ca ey, B. A.
Pauline N. Casey
Gladys B. Clark Vela V. Evans Mabel L. Fincher Ruth D. Forbes Jim C. Irwin Jessie F. Jones

Intermediat" and Advanced Departments
R. T. Baughman, M. A., Supervisor Nell A. Gibbons Ann Hutchinson Rex Lowman, B. A. Juliet McDermott Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Margaret Paris, B. S. Fern D. Parks IIa Sewell, B. S. Anna Terry Sarah Ware Kathryn Watson, B. A. Frances H. Eaughman

Vocational

R. R. Caswell, Director of Agricultural Training and Farming, B.S.A., B. A.
A. May Clark. . . . . . . . . Arts and Crafts Barton Clark, B. A.. Linotyping and Printing Martiele Hedgepeth, B. S.. . Beauty Culture W. B. Horton. . . . . . . . . . Barbering

Allnie McDaniel. . . . . . . . . .Sewing

Steve Pettis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dorothy Stephens, B.S.H.E. . Home Economic

Olaf Tollefson, B. A. . . . . . Pre-Vocational

J. R. Ware. . .

. . Woodworking

Cecil White. . . . . . . . .Shoe Repairing

Physical Education

Sarah F. Ware. ..

. Director of Girls

Olaf Tollefson, B. A. . . . . Director of Boys

Medical
J. C. Connor, M. D. . Katie Payne, R. !. . W. S. Watson, D. D. S. D. W. H. Cheney, M. D.

. Physician . Nurse
. . Dentist . . Otologist

Household

Leila H. Barnett. .

.Matron

Emma Henderson. .

. Matron

Olaf Tollefson, B. A.

.Dean of Boys

Emmalee Jones.

. Girls' Supervisor

Rex Lowman, B. A. . . . . . . . . Supervisor

Connor Dillard. . . . . . . . .Supervisor

Luella Brown.

. . . . .Supervisor

Everett Ryle.

Barbering and Pres ing

Gena Gesslin.

. Supervisor

Ruth Ges3lin. . .

. Supervisor

Ruby D. Perry.
J. A. Elrod. . . Ralph Blankenship. J. F. Morgan. J. B. Redden.

.Laundry Matron . Nightwatchman
. Dairyman . Carpenter . Yardman

Maintenance

R. R. Caswell. . . Director of Farming

Steve Pettis. . . .Electrician and Mechanic

Calvin Holman. .

Fireman

D. S. Peck.

. . . . . . . . Plumber

J. D. Rice. . Estelle G. Rice. Lucile Cain. . . Wilhelmina Betton. Annie Mae Bostic.
Mildren Kennebrew.

School for the Colored

.Principal Georgia McHenry.

. Teacher
Teacher Teacher
Teacher Teacher

Teresa Fitzpatrick. Cynthia Strange. Quinton Gordon. Henry Hurt...

. Matroll . Girls' Supervisor . Girls' Supervisor .Head Supervisor . Boys' Supervisor

DEDICATION
MRS. ALBERT M. HILL. Director Division of Institution. and Children'. Service
State Department of Public Welfare In loving appreciation for her long service, friendly intereat, "nd keen understanding of problems pertaininl!" to the education and traininsr of the deaf. the Senior Clas. of 1942' d~dicate. this, their Senior edition of The School Helpu, to Mrs. Albert M. Hill, Greenville, Georgia.

FRED OWEN BUCHANAN Member of Hobby Club, '38: Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '4-1, '42: Member of Baptist Bible Class, '39, '40, '41, '42: Member of Dancing Club, '39, '40, '41: Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42: Member of Puppet Club, '39; 'Member of Boy Scouts, '34, '35, '36.
"Faithful not to one becurled. Giuing a{[ the girls a whirl."
PAULINE ELIZABETH CARTER Member of Knitting Club, '38, '39: Member of Dancing Club, '39, '40: Member of Camera Club, '40: Member of Home Economics Club, '38, '39, '40: Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42: Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42.
"A merry tongue, a ready smile, Pauline is a girl worth-while."
EVELYN GUSSIE DOYLE Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42; Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41. '42: Member of Dancing Club, '39, '40; Member of Puppet Club, '39; Member of Camera Club, '40.
"In a spar/ding, merry stream Her laughter tumbles out."
DORIS ALICE HANES Secretary and Treasurer of Senior Class President of Baptist Bible Class, '42: Vice-President of Lyceum Club, '42; Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42: Member of Honor Club, '42: Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41. '42; Vice-President of Sophomore and Junior Class; President of Athletic Association, '39: Member of Hobby Club, '38, '39, '40: Vice-President of Home Economics Club '38: Basketball, '36, '37, '38, '39. '40. "Quiet and sweet she moues through all her days,"

KATHLEEN HIGHFIELD
Member of Girl Scouts, '37: Member of L'yceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42: Member of Home Economics Club, '37. '38, '39, '40, '41. '42: Member of Athletic Association '38, '39, '40, '41. '42; Basketball, '38, '39, '40, '41; Membe.r. of Hobby Club, '38, '39, '40: Member of Methodist Bible Class, '38, '39 '40 '41 '42; Member of Dancing Club '38; Member of Puppet Club, '38.
"An earnest worker and a good sport."
ANNIE MAUDE LOGAN President of Lyceum Club, '42,: Secretary and Treasurer of Honor Club, '42: Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '41. '42: Secretary and Treasurer of Home Economics Club, '39; Secretary and Treasurer of Sophomore and Junior Class; Member of Hobby Club, '38, '39, '40: Member of Reading Club. '38, '39: Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42: Basketball. '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '41; Intramural Games Captain, '40, '41. '42.
"Fond of .:oking and louing 10 lease, Yet. there was no malIce in her."
EFFIE MARELL MARTIN Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41. '42: Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42: Member of Dancing Club, '39, '40; Member of Knitting Club, '39.
"She loues 10 clean, and seam, and bake; A model housewife she will make. '
WILLIAM WESLEY MASSEY, JR.
Vice-President of Senior Class Member of Boy Scouts, '34, '35, '36; Secretary of F. F. A., '36, '37: President of Airplane Model Cluo, '37, '38: Member of Camera Club, '38, '39, '40 '41: Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42; Basketball. '37, '38, '39, '40, '41; Football, '39, '40: Basketball Captain, '40, '41; President of Camera Club, '40, '41: Superintendent of Sunday School, '40, 41: Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42; President of Junior Class; Member of Dancing Club, '39, '40, '41; "In his heart may reign one dark-haired queen,
But his eyes will roue to pastures green."

MATTIE LOUISE MAYNARD Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42: Member of Hobby Club, '38, '39, '40: Member of Home Economics Club, '38, '39, '40, '41: Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41, "42; Member of Reading Club, '38 '39 .
.. A pensiue miss who loues to read."
PAULINE LUCILE STITH Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40. '41, '42; Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42: Member of Dancing Club, '39: Member of Glee Club, '39: Member of Reading Club, '38, '39: 1ember of Puppet Club, '39.
"With quiet uoice and gentle ways. Calm and serene she spends her days."
CARLTON THEODORE WATERS President of Senior Class
Member of Lyceum Club, '38, '39, '40, '41, 42; Member of Dancing Club, '39 '40: Basketball, '3S, '39, '40: Member of Athletic Association, '38, '39, '40, '41. '42: Member of Methodist Bible Class, '38, '39, '40, '41 '42; Superintendent of Sunday School, '40. "A sterling character, whose outer garb is politeness."

Salutatory

rr by A r IE LOGA HE Se~ior Class of the Georgia School for the several fine new buildings have appeared on our

Deaf IS glad to welcome such a large gathering campus. Only the trees remain the same. It seems
to their graduation exercises this afternoon. It to me that they stand a little more proudly because i~ pleasant to see you here beneath these fine old trees. they shadow such fine buildings.. Improvements are

It warms our hearts that you have shown your in- still going on in many out-of-the-way places on our

terest in \'s by coming here this afternoon. I do campus. 1r. Hollingsworth's dream has come true,

llot know how we can thank you enough for this but still he is not satisfield. A crew of our boys has

expression of your interest in us. You can see the been working after school every afternoon tearing ~miles of welcome which light the faces of the Senior down disused buildings, moving trash and debris,

Class. These smiles show how glad we are to see you and grading and improving every spot on our entire

here. In the audience I see a number of our parents. campus where the state building program did not

Their presence here adds much to our happiness.

reach. By this time next year everything around

The road to the goal of being graduated from the wi!1 be spick and span.

Georgia School for the Deaf has been a long, hard one Our academic and vocational principal, Mr. Parks,

for us. We have worked with all our might to reach has also done a great deal for us. We like his fine

this goal. Today's graduation exercises show that ideas. I believe that our vocational department is

we have accomplished our purpose. Great care has as good as that in any other school. Only the com-

been taken in preparing a program for this afternoon. ing of the war bas prevented it from being the best

\Ve hope that you will find it of interest. The fact one. It was due to Mr. Hollingsworth's and his

that we have a graduation exercise which is practical- efforts that a looping machine was installed to teach

Iy the same as the graduation exercises of any high some of the girls looping. A course in body and

school in the state affords us great happiness. Our fender repair was added through the courtesy of the

school life here has been pleasant as well as profitable, Ford Motor Company. A federal project in the re-

and we have enjoyed the daily contacts with our pair of farm machinery was brought to our school.

schoolmates.

A course in beauty culture has been started this term.

We love the Georgia School for the Deaf because Governor Eugene Talmadge is responsible for this

it has done so much for us. We know that it is one addition to the courses available for our girls. This of th~ finest schools for the deaf in the country. It course in beauty culture has been very popular and

has given us a high type of education and fine char- our girls have come to school as beautifully groomed

acter training. We are well prepared for the battle as professional models. These courses, which have

of life because we have been here under such fine come under Mr. Parks' supervision, will make it

instruction all the years of our school life. All our easier for G. S. D. graduates to get jobs.

lives we will look back and realize that being here Mr. Parks has helped secure jobs for nine of us

<1t this school has been the greatest privilege that we Seniors and a number of post-graduates in Atlanta.

have ever enjoyed. Our hearts are filled with sadness when we think
that this afternoon's exercises mark our last act as students in this school. We are leaving never to re-

We certainly do thank him for his interest and his constant help.
Mr. Baughman is our new supervIsing teacher

turn as pupils. We will always look back and re- this year. He has also helped us in many ways. He

member that it has been our friend. Many other interprets stories, sermons, and lectures for us. Mr.

boys and girls will follow us here and secure the same Parks used to do this, but now Mr. Baughman does fine type of education which we have received. This this in his stead. Mr. Baughman has helped us with

gladdens us to know that we are only part of a our club work and with the First Aid classes, too.

constant stream of pupils who will flow from this \Ve are very grateful to him for all he has done for

school. This stream comes down from the past and us. will ontinue into the future. It is our hope that In biding you welcome this afternoon, I want to

all tbose who come after us will secure as good and tell you all how much we hate to leave all our good

even a better education than we have received here. friends in Cave Spring. You do not realize how

We want the Georgia School for the Deaf to grow much we shall miss all of you. We shall miss tbe

better and never to be any less fine than it is now. good times that we have had at school. in the park,

We are fortunate to have such a good superintend- at the cave, and in the churches. It is hard to realize

ent as Mr. Hollingsworth has shown himself to be. that we are leaving,-that this is our last year.

He works very hard for us. We will never forget

We Seniors are glad to welcome you to the grad-

him. We Seniors want to thank him for helping l'.ation exercises today. We know you all are inter-

us so much. Most of his dreams for our school have ested in us. We want to express our gratitude for

been fulfilled. We have seen many changes in the this interest which you have always shown. We

years we have been here. Old worn-out buildings hope that you will enjoy the program which follows. have disappeared. Some have been remodeled and Again we bid you welcome.

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Valedictory

by DORIS HAl ES

W recognize that the end of our school days is at hilnd. Todav we are facing the world and all its duties which we must take up. We are leaving so many of our friends with whom we have .<nent manv years. Now we have come to the parting and it is hard for us to realize that we are actually leaving this school.
The com;n cr of the war has changed our plans. V"e w::tnt to become workers now and to do our part to heln win the war. Since workers are needed so m1'ch. it is our eilrnest de<ire to get jobs and take an active share in the war work of our countrv. Though we are deaf. we have as \Treat an obligation to our country as any hearing citizen.
To you. Mr. Hollingsworth. our esteemed suoerintendent. we owe deep thanks and gratitude. You have imnroved our school (!reatly. and we now have a solendid or\Taniziltion. Most of this is due to your con~tant effort and interest in our behalf. Everyone of us is conscious of the great debt that we owe to vou. Yon will have our eternal gratitude for the fine edll.cation that vou have made possible for us to secure here at the Georgia School for the Deaf. We are also aware that combined with vour efforts were those of our princioal, our supervising teacher. and ill 1 our WIchers. All these together have made possible the fine education with which we are leaving this school. Mr. Hollingsworth, again we wish to tender to you our thanks.
A very-well known personality is here as our guest this afternoon. It is the renowned gentleman, the Honorable M. D. Mobley. He is the State Vocational Director and is much interested in the vocational training of all the teen age boys and girls in the entire state. We are greatly honored that he has come here to deliver our commencement address. We know how busy he is and how important his time is in these critical days when training for war work has taken on so grave an aspect. We are very glad to welcome him to this rostrum. We are eargerly awaiting the message which he has for us.
I see a friend of ours here on the platform, and I know of no greater tribute than the word, friend. It is Mrs. Albert M. Hill, the Director of the Division of Institutions and Children's Services of the State Welfare Department. Receiving our diplomas from her hands will make them doubly prized by us for Mrs. Hill has long been associated with our school. She has always had our welfare close to her heart.
Mr. Parks, the principal of both the academic and vocational departments, is another person whom we wish to thank. The personal thanks of everyone ot us goes out to him because he has always been ready to help us. He has given us advice when we have needed it. Nothing has ever been too trivial to take

to him for help and guidance. To him our sincere thanks go out.
The present suoervising teacher of the advanced cleoartment, Mr. Baughman. has only been with us ~or a few months. but already he has found a place ~n our hea~ts. We wish to say to him now in partI ng that hIS smile and constant cheerfulness will be mj~sed greatly by all of us. It is our hope that he will continue to smile around our campus for many the manv regrets which we have in leaving this veal's. !'Ie is a good supervising teacher. and among .<chool. IS the deep one of not seeing Mr. Baughman every day.
01'.r teachers hilve snent much valuable time in instmcting u<. Thev have been patient in correcting ollr mistakes and have tried in everv way that thev conld to make us take advantage of every part of the fine education which this school prepared for us.
\Ve .<hall miss our fellow students very much. Thev hilve been our friends all these years and we hate to leave them. Our homes are in different parts of the state and it may be that we shall not see some of them again unless we meet under the elms and oaks of our campus at some future reunion.
We are now standing at a gate: it is the gate of life. A war-torn world lies before us and we feel ':'1prepared to meet the task which we see ahead. Our armed forces and the armed forces of our allies are fighting all over the world to preserve the way of life that we live and that we believe in. We want to do our share to help make a better world. When we say that we feel unprepared we do not mean that the education and training, which we have received here at school, have not adequately prepared l'.S for life: but the task to be done seems greater to 1'.~ than our strength and resources. Yet, we assure you. that we will do our share-our full share-in the struggle for a better world.
ow that final par~ing comes. Farewells are always sad. Many, who are here before us, we may
not see again, Our paths of duty lie in different
directions. The degree of success, which we attain,
will depend upon our own endeavors. We carry a
banner-an invisible banner-into the fight before
us. Since we are deaf, it is our task to fight among
the army of workers and not in the front line of
battle. We dedicate ourselves to the great task ahead;
and we pledge that as loyal citizens of our country,
we will bring honor and glory to our Alma Mater.
With sad hearts we bid adieu to our dear superintend-
ent, principal, teachers, and friends. We go forward;
we challenge life to defeat us.

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COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
M. D. MOBLEY State Director of Vocational Education "The Geor~ia School for the Deaf for the past few years has made more progress in developing a practical program of vocational training than any school I know of anywhere", so stated Mr. M. D. Mobley, Georgia State Director of Vocational Education, in a recent article. Mr. Mo!>ley is past president of the National Association of State Directors and was awarded the honor of being Georgia's 1941 "Man of the Year" by the Progressive Farmer. The Senior Class feels fortunate in securing the services of such an outstanding educator for their commencement address.

THE SCHOOL HELPER

May, /942

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All communications should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.
Published monthly during the school year in the printing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.
Entered at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia as sp.cond class matter November, 1899. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 11 03, Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October 31, 1918.
Subscription price is fifty cents for eight issues.

C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH EDYTHE D. Mo TGOMERY BARTON CLARK

Superintendent . . . . Editor Printing Instructor

Vol. 42

May 1942

No.8

TO OUR SENIORS
CLASS OF 1942, it is with certain regret that we see you finish your course with us. Yet, it is with confidence we see you pass on to another phase of living experience and progress. We feel that you, more than any previous class, have been part and parcel of a new epoch in the Georgia School for the Deaf. Never in our country's history have we known times so fraught with uncertainty. Never in our school's history have we so diligently endeavored to synchronize your preparation with these changing times that you might be prepared for whatever eventualities confront you. We think you have profited in this preparation and have little fear regarding your future.
You are a fine group of boys and girls and you have made a fine record throughout your period of school attendance. We believe in you and extend with great assurance our fondest wish for your continued success and happiness.-c. H. H.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OUR! G this school year we have been very fortunate in our efforts to secure suppplementary training for our seniors. This has meant more than training: it has led to permanent employment for the most of ,them and for many former graduates.
Since these outside agencies participated, directly or indirectly, in our training program, it is not out of order here to recognize those concerns helping to write a new chapter in the history of education in Georgia. They a're worthy of a place in the Senior memory books. Those for whom we feel this undying gratitude are:
Rome Hosiery Mills, Rome Marietta Hosiery Mill, Marietta Groover Shoe Shop, Rome Dawson Shoe Shop, Dawson Dalton News and Dispatch, Dalton L. Bamberger & Company, Newark, N. J. Ford Motor Company, Atlanta Milner Motor Company, Rome

NGrait~ioinnaBl aRrebwerea&vinBgeaIuntsytitCuoteIiegAetla(Cntoal), Atlanta DaVison-Paxon Company, Atlanta Rich' , Inc., Atlanta
The two latter concerns set up in their training departments as many as a dozen courses which are offered to deaf students. These courses range from training in packing and receiving to that of cashiers and comptometer operators. The success of these schools is attested to by the fact that some of this year's Senior Class, among the first entering training, have already been given permanent employment and the supply of available young men and women graduates has been exhausted in the search for new trainees. Some permanency in the value ot the training is insured by the fact that these jobs are common peacetime occupations and not temporary wartime creations.
To Mrs. Albert M. Hill. chief of the Division ot Institntions and Children's Services in the State Department of Public Welfare, to whom this issue is dedicated: Mr. John M .. Berry, president of Rome Hosiery Mills, who helped initiate the new program: Dr. M. D. Collins .. State Superintendent of Schools, for his great service and foresight: Mr. Paul S. Barrett, director of the Division of Rehabilitation: and Mr. M. D. Mobley, director of Vocational Education: Mr. R. H. Gaines, personnel director at Davison-Paxon Company: Miss Ellen Hunt, personnel manager at Rich's, Inc.: and to all others who contributed, we are due our heartfelt thanks for their part in promoting this forwardlooking movement. We can expect nothing less than success to come from the cooperative efforts of a force like theirs.-C.H.H.
THE NORMAL CLASS OF '42
FOR you this year has been a difficult one inasmuch as you have carried a full teaching load for your practice teachin g. You have met the difficulties brought on by this added requirement and, at the same time, have completed all the courses of the Normal Training Department in a manner of accomplishment that bespeaks success for you in this your chosen profession. We feel that you are splendidly prepared to render good service as instructors of the deaf.
To those receiving diplomas, Miss Lucile S. Casey, Mrs. Gladys Denny Caswell, Mr. Render R. Caswell, Mrs. Martiele Hunt Hedgepeth, Miss Annie Dewey Hutcheson, Miss Emmalee Jones and Mrs. Fern Dunn Parks, we salute you. To Mrs. Emelyne Spence Connor and Miss Dorothy Stephens, we offer our congratulations for your satisfactory completion of that portion of the course you had the opportuntiy to take and hope that you may soon have further opportunity to take the additional requirements for a diploma.
Roy G. PARKS, Director of Training

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CO-CURRICULAR

ACTIVITIES

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by WILLIAM MASSEY*

As soon as the boys got back to school from their
summer vacation in September 1941. they donned their football uniforms and got out on the field. G. S. D. had to place her hope for 1941 glory on the sholdders of a hard-working bunch of candidates who were largely inexperienced and untried. Only four of 1940's regulars. who were Leonard Barrow. Hale Hester. Friedson adorn. and Byron Avant, reported for duty: but the new squard showed promise.
:. The .squad was made up of the following players.
. Ends: John Hayes. John Smith. and Maurice Samples Tackles: James Hawkins. Mack Padgett. and Ralph Benson.
Guards: Leroy Garner and Horace Johnson. Cen ters: Carl Barber. Mack Padgett. and Grady Carlisle. : 'Quarterbacks: Friedson' adorn and Leonard
Barrbw~
Halfbacks: Jack Sellers and Byron Avan t.
Full back: Hale Hester.
Our football schedule was:
October 3 Summerville High at Summerville Ottober 10 Trion High at Trion Octob.er 17 Darlington at Darlington
'ovember 1 Florida Sthool for the Deaf at Cave Spring November 8 Alabama School for the Deaf at Rome
o\Tem~er 21 Tenn. School for the Deaf at Knoxville
G. S. D. Bows /0 Summerville in Opener 'Th~ G. S. D. eleven found the Summerviile Reds to~ r~ugh for comfortable chewing in their first game of the season. Ho'ever. they were up against a seasoned team who had several games under their belts before meeting our boys.
The first quarter ended with both teams even.each with one touchdown, Summerville scoring first after a march from the center of the field. G. S. D. ran the ensuing kickoff back to the center of the field. gained a first down. and then punted deep into Summerville territory. The Summerville center caused a fumble whicn the G. S. D. center recovered on Summerville's 30 yard line. Hale Hester then took the ball on a center smash. brushed off four would be tacklers, and got into the clear. However.

the last tackler had knocked him off balance and he inadvertently touched the ground with his hand on the five yard line. Two plays later. he smashed through ri~ht tackle for a touchdown with the whole Summerville team on his back.
Through the remaining three quarters. the breaks were alI with the Summerville team. Halfback. Jack Sellers. received a bad cut over his left eye and was out for the rest of the game: and his blocking and running were sadly missed.
Seeing that the game was in the bag. Coach Tollefson sent in the second stringers in the last quarter to get experience for games to come. The final score was 37 to 6 in favor of Summerville.
G. S. D. Bows to Trion
In their second game of the season. the G. S. D. warriors bowed to Trion. 32 to 6. The game. however. was really not so lopsided as the score tends to show. It was by the grace of only a few inches at three separate times that thundering G. S. D. rallies failed to reach the goal.
Barrow and Hester of G. S. D. were the stars 01 the game in the offensive and defensive operations. The shortest gain made by Hester was a five yard rlnnfe through center. At that time. so sure was he that he had crossed the goal that he curled up with the ball under him and waited for the referee to untangle the pile of four men that it had taken to stop him. The referee did as referees do, and the ball was found to be just six inches on this side of the goal: it had been the fourth down. Barrow. too. was a terror on off tackle plunges. Time and again be went through for ten or fifteen yard gains. It was he who went over from the fifteen yard line for Georgia's lone tall y. Just before the half period. G. S. D. took the ball to two yards from the Trion goal. With a first down and only two yards to go. the whistle for half blew and left them stranded.
In the line. Horace Johnson. our 150 pound guard. played havoc with every line plunge Trion tried. Practicall y all of the yardage made by Trion was through tackle. the only weak spot in Georgia's line: and that was because the first string tackle. James Hawkins. was on the bench with an injured foot for the larger part of the game. Substitute Mack.

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Padgett played well, but was not familiar with the position.

Georgia Downs Darlington 13 to 6
Georgia received a scoring opportunity early in the
first quarter when Darlington fumbled on. their 30 yard line. Hester went through t~ckle for mne yards. Avant scooted for a ten yard gain around end; two more plays brought the ball to the five; ~nd fr?m there, Odom dived through tackle to land In sconng
territory.

From then on, the game see-sawed till early in the third quarter when Avant interceP.ted a pass. by Darlington on a dead run, and evading two tacklers, raced 60 yards for the second counter of the game,
Odom kicked the extra point.

Darlington received the kickoff and a series of

through tackle plunges took them to Georgia's forty.

Here they were forced to kick. The ball went out

of bounds on the twenty and Avant was stopped

without gain on an end run. On .the next play, a

reverse, Georgia fumbled and Darlington rec<?vered

and then scored from the ten on a short pass In the

end zone,

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Georgia l3-Florida 0
Georgia's three year old football team realized one of their earliest dreams on November 1 when they decisively trounced the visiting Florida ~Ieven 13 to O. Starting for Florida was all-Amencan fu.llback, Cumbie, who was Florida's only ground gainer of the afternoon and whose kicking more than once saved Florida when the pressure was too heavy. For Georgia, four players stood out above all on the fi~ld. On offensive, Avant, Odom, and Hester ran Wild. On defensive, it was the hard tackling of g.ua.rd, Horace Johnson, which kept Cumbie from hitting
pay dirt.

Georgia received the kick on their twenty and
advanced to the thirty-five. The punt was returned
to Florida's thirty-five. Florida then tried .two passes on the first two plays, both of which w~re knocked down by alert Georgia backs. Flon~a punted and Georgia advanced to t~e fo~ty-five, via line plunges by Hester alternated With wI?e runs by Avant and Odom. Then, by grace of a tnple reverse
that had Florida players tackling virtually every back

except the right one, Odom romped to the goal far out of reach of any tackler.
Florida received, but Georgia's line again proved too tough to crack; and the game see-sawed for some time, with the Georgia team almost continually in Florida territory, only to be pushed back time and again by Cumbie's long punts. The first half .ended with Georgia on Florida's thirty-five yard hne.
In the second half, the Florida line tightened up and the going became harder for Georgia's pony backs. However. just as the last qU'arter started, Odom again broke loose for a 47 yard run that rang up for another six points. Hester converted. Florida then staged a rally of its own that took them to Georgia's ten where Cumbie, having sm'ashed through center for a ten yard gain, was tackled so hard by Johnson that he fumbled and Georgia was able to punt out of danger.
G. S. D. Loses to Alabama The Alabama School for the Deaf defeated G.S.D. for the second time in two years. The game was played at Barron Field in Rome on a bitterly cold afternoon. G. S. D. was out weighed by ten pounds to the man. The game was a rough one, and Alabama proved to be too strong for the G. S. D. eleven. G. S. D. came near scoring only twice, but Alabama's line tightened when G. S. D. threatened to make a touchdown. The game ended with the score being 28 to 0 in favor of Alabama.
G. S. D. Trounces T. S. D. G. S. D. was out to seek revenge for the defeat the Tennessee School for the Deaf gave them in 1940. The game was played on a rainy and bitterly cold day. The field was muddy and full of puddles. Neither team was able to score as the field was slippery. G. S. D. came close to scoring several times, but failed because of fumbles and trying to keep on their feet. In the third quarter, Byron Avant, G. S. D.'s fleetest back, ran thirty yards eluding two tacklers and scored on a triple reverse. Hale Hester converted. The game ended with the score reading G. S. D. 7; T. S. D. O. The players left the field all covered with mud.
"Editor's Note; This material was collected and prepared in part by William Massey. Due to the fact that William Massey went to Dawson, Georgia to operate a shoe 6hop
before the close of the school term. Carl Barber revised the material and prepared it for printin~.
E. D. Montgomery

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BasketBall

by KATHLEE
T HE junior and senior basketball teams under Mrs. . Ware. the coach. had outside games all during the season. The girls' teams have enjoyed playing and it was much fun for them to practice. too. The girls went to our ballground near the school campus to practice to be good basketball players. They showed that they were very good sports and that they enjoyed the exercise during the year's work.
The junior baskeball team played with one of the hearing girls' ju.nior teams in the Floyd County Basketball League every Friday evening. The senior team would have joined the basketball league. but the senior branch was cancelled. They were very much disappointed because they could not play in the league any more.
The junior team played basketball against Alto Park at the McHenry School near Rome November fourteenth. The score was 24 to I I in favor ot
G. S. D.
On December fifth the junior team played with Tubize at Spring Creek. The score was 15 to 14 in favor of Tubize.
At Spring Creek the junior team played with the Harmony team on December twelfth. The score was 19 to 16 in favor of Harmony.

HIGHFIELD

The last game which this team played was at

Johnson School with the Johnson team on January

ninth. Our team lost the g~me by the score of 30

to 25.

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Then the war came and it became necessary to save tires. The basketball teams then played basketball against some Cave Spring girls. They couldn't go on trips to play basketball for Me. Hollingsworth told them that they had to save tires and gas.
The girls still played basketball after school. Three groups of girls were chosen by three captains. Each group had five guls. not including tbe captain. The girls played many games which they enjoyed. They didn't care whether they won or lost as they loved to play. They played with smiles on their faces all the time. After all the games were over. the senior group. under Annie Logan. which won the most games by defeating the other two senior groups. was declared the champions. The junior group. under Frances Bartlett. which won the most games by defeating the other two Junior groups, became champions. too.
In spite of the war and the tire and gasoline rationing. the girls at G. S. D. had a good basketball season. It was just as much fun to play among themselves as with the hearing teams.

Lyceum Club

by MARY TAYLOR

T HE girls and boys of the Intermediate and Advanced Departments of G. S. D. reorganize the Lyceum Club whenever they come to school in the fall. It is planned for a meeting once every month to entertain them. The girls and boys elect their officers for the club once every year. The officers of the Lyceum Club elected for this year were: Annie Logan. president. Doris Hanes. vice-president. Mary Taylor secretary. and Maurice Samples sergeant-at-arms. There are four teachers who help with the club. They are Mrs. Montgomery. Mrs. Gibbons, Me. Clark. and Me. Lowman. The vicepresident presides at the Lyceum Club meeting when the president is absent. The secretary reads the minutes of the meeting. and the sergeant-at-arms helps to make the pupils pay attention to the programs. A lecture. a debate. a story, a dialogue, and a hymn <lre al ways given in each program by some of the members of the club. The last month before going home. they have a picnic instead of a meeting. The officers and the teachers plan the place. the menu, .:!nd the games for the picnic.
The club meetings this winter were very interesting. We have had lectures about tin. rubber. citizenship, food rationing. and other interesting subjects.

The debates we have had were: first. that a high scbool education is a better preparation for getting
a Job than a vocational education: second. that summer is a more en ioyable season than winter: tbird. that women can do as much to help win the war as men: fourth. that farm life is better than city life:
dnd fifth. that the South is a better place to live in than the North. We had several interesting dialogues which were: Trying To Reduce The Appendictomy. The Barber Shop. The Beauty Parlor. A Naughty Hu.sband. and the Apple Tree. All these caused mnch lau~hter. Our club meetings are looked forward to each month and greatly enjoyed by all of u.s.
The Lyceum Club picnic was held on the campus tetween the SZirls' dormitory and the dining room May 15. 1942. We went to the spring and played games there. When it was about time for supper, we went back to the campus and had a good piCniC supper which consists of weiners. kraut. and pickles mnstard, rolls. apple pies. and iced tea. Some of the girls and boys roasted marshmallows over a fire while others played games. The picnic was enjoyed by all of us and we are looking forward to another picnic like it at some future time.

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Intramural Activities

by EVELYN DOYLE

T HE G. S. D. school campus affords its students many opportunities for enjoying sports, and all of them have done so this year. The school still has no gymnasium, but there are many good places for the pupils to play their favorite games. Every pu.pil has taken part in some outdoor sport unless forbidden to do so by the doctor. The sports, which all can enjoy are basketball. softball. volleyball. swimming, tennis, ping pong, and horseshoe playing.
Softball is played both in the fall and the spring. Mrs. Ware is still the girls' coach and under able planning, the girls have enjoyed the softball season greatly. This spring three captains each chose ten girls to play softball on her side. Then the three teams played against one another. The girls' team which got the most points were the champions. On Ma y 9, 1942 at the banq uet each mem ber had honorable mention. No medals were given because they cost a high price.
Some hearing girls accepted an invitation to play softball with the deaf pupils every evening when school was out. The deaf girls defeated them three times, and they defeated us twice.
The boys did not play many games as they have been working on the campus every afternoon finishing the work which the W. P. A. started and which the state could not afford to have finished.
On cold winter days the girls go outdoors to play basketball on the ball ground. Some of the girls, who do not play, go for walks. When it rains, they go down into the basement to pia y some games.
Ping pong is another sport which the pupils enjoy during the winter months and during rainy days all year. There is a ping pong table in the boys' dormitory and one in the girls' dormitory. Teams have been organized and competition has been keen.
The girls and boys play tennis in the fall and they enjoy this game very much. The season is too short to please them.

we went to the field on the hill. It was a very pretty day, but it was rather hot. We grew thirsty, too. Many of us got sunburned, freckled, or tanned.
A number of events were held in the morning. The Primary children went up the hill to race and they furnished some excitement. Following these races, the Intermediate and Advanced pupils had the 50 yard dash, the 75 yard dash, the 100 yard dash, and the 220 yard dash. They all tried hard to win. Then the Intermediates had their sack race and the Advanced girls and boys had their sack race after it. The pupils in the race kept falling down and this amused the rest of us. The three-legged races followed the sack race. They were funny as most of these races are. The next events were the volleyball far-throw for the girls, the softball far-throw for the girls and boys, and the football far-throw for the older boys. Some of the contestants made nice distance records. The last morning event was the rl'.nning broad jump in which both boys and girls took part.
A picnic lunch was served in the dining room at two o'clock. We had weiners, potato salad, hardboiled eggs, mustard, rolls, and vanilla ice cream. Then we rested for a little while. We walked back l'.p the hill again about three o'clock.
The larger boys competed in high JumpIng and then they had a 220 yard dash. Both events aroused grea t excitement. The strongest boys then tried to see who could throw the discus the farthest. The girls' relay race followed the discus throwing. The last event was the wheelbarrow race in which the girls held the boys' feet and the boys had to walk down the field on their hands. Everyone grew hilarious over the antics of these human wheelbarrows. It
was about six o'clock when we came down from the hill.

The girls and boys like to go swimming in the spring at the pool in front of our school campus. As the weather is sometimes very hot in the spring, they like to go swimming whenever there is a pretty warm day because water makes them feel cool.
FIELD DAY
T HE first of May was Field Day at G. S. D. The Intermediate and Advanced pupils went to a meeting at the chapel about nine thirty. While we were in the chapel, Mrs. Ware talked with us about our responsibilities at the races for we had to know about the events we had chosen to be in. Then

The awards were presented in the evening. The awards were given by Mrs. Ware to the younger boy and girl who made the most points and to the older boy and girl who made the most points. Elaine Pannel and Alton Hollman, and Louise Calloway and Byron Avant received these awards. They were yellow ribbons which showed that these four were champions. Three other ribbons were also given for each event. A blue ribbon went to the one who won first place, a red ribbon to the one who won second place, and a white ribbon to the one who won third place. All the winners were proud of their ribbons. It was a very successful Field Day.

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Class History

by KATHLEEN HIGHFIELD

T HIS Senior Class is made up of twelve students, of which eight are girls and four are boys. Fred Buchanan and I, Kathleen Highfield, were in the same class for about five years.
I w.as born in the large town of Gainesville, Geor~ia February 16, 1918. My family moved to New Holland near Gainesville when I was a small girl. Then I lived in Maysville for a short time. Then lNe moved back to Gainesville again and have lived there ever since. I was born deaf. My brother. Edward, and I started to school with the hearing girls and boys at New Holland when we were very young. I remember that when I was at school, my teacher taught me how to write letters and numbers. At recess some of the boys and girls played tag with me. I gave up when I was tired and I could hardly walk back home from school. When I got home, 1 felt very lonesome.
I entered the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring in 1931. I felt very happy here as I was at school with my deaf friend, Margaret Hogsed. 1 was not afraid at first. I couldn't understand what many of the deaf pupils were talking about using their fingers. When I was a new pupil here, Margaret Hogsed helped me by showing me all around the dormitory. I was very bashful when many at the deaf pupils looked at me. I didn't want to go home because I was interested in school. I remember that I made some pals at school during the first year. I liked to be with them.
Doris Hanes came to school in 1927 at the age of seven and was in several differen t classes. A Sophmore Class was formed in 1939 and Doris became a member of it.
When Annie Logan was seven years of age, she came to school in 1925 for a while, but she cried and cried so she was taken home again and stayed un til 1927. Then she returned to school at the age of nine.
William Massey was born in Bronwood, Georgia on January 28,1919. He lost his hearing from spiral meningitis when he was about two years old. When he was three years old, he attended a private school at Mac.on, Georgia, and spent five years in this Macon School for the Deaf. He entered the Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Spring at the age of nine years.
Manel Martin came to school the same year I came and has been in the same class with me from the time we first came to school. Our first teacher was Miss Pearson in 1931. She taught us lip-reading. We continl\~d under her teaching for one year.
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Eve1-yn Doyle came to school with her deaf brother. Henry Doyle, in 1930 at the age of nine. She has

been in the same class with Pauline Carter for about six years. She was put into the Senior Class thiS year.
Teddy Waters came to s~hool in 1929. He was in several diffirent classes before a number of pupils were put together in 1939 to form the Sophmore Class. He was a classmate of Annie Logan s almost all the time since he came in 1929.
Pauline Stith. a hard of hearing student, attended a public school for eight years. She had meningitis before the age of eighteen months and became hard of hearing. She learned to read the lips although nobody taught her in school.. She paid close attention to her teachers during these eight years. After she came to Georgia from Illinois in 1936, she stayed at her home for a month, and then came here in that year. She was coached in the afternoons by Miss Dorothy Wright for one year.
Pauline Carter came to school in 1928, but she was very sick with pneumonia and typhoid fever here in the hospital. Her mother came here and nursed her for three man ths. After that she did not return to school for two years. In 1930 she returned to school. She was put into the Senior Class this year.
Louise Maynard came to school in 1927 and that same year, she had diphtheria. She has been in several different classes. She was made a Sophmore in I Y3Y and is now a Senior.
Fred Buchanan has attended this school since I Y2Y. He was with several differen t groups of pupils and made good progress in his studies. He was put into the Senior Class at the beginning of the 1941 term.
George Cannon came to school in 1927. A t first he was in a class with pupils who have been graduated and later he was put in the class with Pauline Carter and Evelyn Doyle and stayed in it until 1939. He did not return to school during the terms of I Y3Y'40 and 1940-41. In the fall of 1941 he returned to school "to take some additional vocational education. He is being graduated from the vocational department now.
Mr. Hollingsworth was appointed as Our superintendent in 1937. We think of him as one of the finest superintendents we have ever had. He tries all he can to improve our school. our education, and our campus. We have been getting along fine under his supervision ever smce he came. He has done a great deal to improve our school campus. He is a fine man, and we owe deep gratitude to him for what he has done for us.
Mr. Parks, from California. was appointed principal of our school in 1938. Ever since he came,
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Class Will

by EVELYN DOYLE

W E, the Seniors of 1942, have certain possessions advise you as a group. We wish to tell you that which we are "bequeathing" to the Juniors and when you go to school. don't ever forget to shut tbe

Sophomores of G. S. D. They will remain here door, and don't let the people peep inside your school

after we are gone. It is a common practice for a per- room. It is full of dust in the corners to make them

son to make a will giving his possessions to his beloved sneeze when they en ter there.

ones to be enjoyed after his departure. We Seniors are going to leave our dear school this month. This mon th marks a crossroad for us. We are going to part and this is our last will and testament.

We Seniors love our campus very much, but we hate to study our lessons and to take nasty rotten old examinations. We are tired of goiner to school every day. We will these all to you cheerfully.

Today is our Class Day, and it is a very solemn occasion. Although we are garbed in flimsy paper robes and are having a mock graduation, we are very serious, and you should not laugh at us. We are in earnest in bequeathing to some of you these possessions that we can't take with us into the new life ahead of us. We want you, who will be Seniors in the coming years, to remember us forever.

We leave our duties in school to be done by others who will be the Seniors next year. The chairs are hard to sit on and full of dust. You may sit on them to soften them, and keep them dusted in the future. The floors get very dirty and we can say that it is impossible for us to clean them until there is not a speck of dust to be seen anywhere. This we have given you to do. Yours shall be the job of keeping the rooms

Hark! to what we say! These are solemn words! clean. When you want to rest don't go to Mrs.

Annie Logan bequeaths her sense of humor and her Montgomery's room because she makes you work

love of teasing to Byron Avant because he has been too hard. Whenever one of you feels cold, you are

going around lately with his face too long and welcome to the Senior classroom where there will be

solemn. He is much too serious.

no air for you to breathe, but heat and plenty of hot

Pauline Carter wills her pensive face her constant air to keep you warm.

day dreams of love and marriage to Barbara Russell

We want you to know how sorry we are to part

because Barbara is not romantic enough.

with you all and our lovely campus. We ask each

Doris Hanes gives, with all good wishes, her col- of you when you sing the Alma Mater to remember

lections of love stories to Hazel McLendon who has us forever. I can't express my feeling of sorrow in

been very popular here at school this year.

parting from you, but here's hoping that we will

Evelyn Doyle bequeaths her ever-ready smile to meet again some not too distant day.

Marjorie Lane in hope that Marjorie will continue to

keep her face wreathed in smiles every day after

Evelyn has gone.

CLASS HISTORY

Teddy Waters gives his true and everlasting love to Wi Ilene Letson, a girl who has never had another

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beau during her school days. May she remain true there have been many improvements in our school.

and loyal to her first love.

He has ordered many new books for us and has help-

Pauline Stith bequeaths her politeness and her love ed us with our hard lessons. Mr. Parks has done all

of reading to Ruth Cook.

he could to improve our educational program. We

To that nice-looking chap, Carl Barber, William wan t to say that he has done a great deal for us as

Massey wills his deep desire for success and money. Mr. Hollingsworth has. We have learned a lot, but

Kathleen Highfield wills her curl y hair and her none of us are going to college because of the war.

unspoken words to Myrtle Turnage. Myrtle won't need any more permanents.
Fred Buchanan herewith gives his worlds of jokes and his hearty chuckle to Mary Taylor. Mary has always been a happy girl and Fred does not want her to run out of iokes to tell the ones who want to laugh.
George Cannon wills his love romances to Betty Sue Branan. His love of flirting with all the young girls, he wills to Hugh McLeroy who never looks at the girls.
To Hazel Baxley, Louise Maynard bequeaths her

Mr. Baughman, from Kentucky, became our supervising teacher in January 1942. He brought his wife with him. He told the teachers what to do for us and what kinds of lessons we should have. Mr. Baughman is a fine man with a friendly smile that always awakens a friendly welcome in our hearts. He has helped us to start our First Aid course. We have learned what to do and not to' do if anyone is hurt or bodily injured. We Seniors have worked hard this ye'ar with Mr. Baughman's and all the teacher's help. We all appreciate their helpfulness.

shyness and her quiet ways.

Graduation day draws near. We are blissful in

Marell Martin wills her skill in dress-making to our thoughts, and our hearts have been singing for

Dorothy Young.

our school because it is very dear to us. When we

Now that I have enumerated what each of us are away from Cave Spring, may we never forget our Seniors wills to you, I am going to tell you what we dear school and all that it has been to us.

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Class Prophecy

by PAULI E CARTER

T HE wheel spins and the glass turns to reveal a far season. Forgotten is the time of war and strife on the earth: serene is the earth for it is a time of peace. The calendar shows the year 1980 and the month of June. The weather is beautiful and fresh as it is here every summer.
One warm sunny midmorning I decided to make an interesting trip .1nd look up my former classmates. I wanted to learn about them from the volume of life which I had not opened for thirty-eight years. I had been reading the Alumni News, written by William Massey: and I had begun to wonder what all myoId classmates were doing out in the world because they were my friends and I had not seen them for all these years. We used to be happy and friendly together.
That evening while I was thinking about the plans for my trip, a most beautiful moon was shining and it lighted everything outside as bright as day. I must have grown drowsy and then fallen asleep for I dreamed of the moon shining brightly on a lovely scene. I beheld a crowd of beautifully-dressed people dancing on the porch of a large mansion which stood on the bank of a large river. I was watching the dancers and also a motorboat gliding through the ripples in the moonlight. Suddenly, I realized that I was standing beside my ciassmates of long ago. My curiosity was satisfied right then and there without my taking a trip at Jll. This is some of the good news which I learned that night about my classmates.
Annie Logan has become very learned and has many smart people around her. She uses her wit and her keen sense of humor and is a famous comedian known all over the world like an actress. Nlarried life has made her and her attractive husband very happy and successful.
Teddie W~ters enjoyed working in the print shop
at the Georgia School for the Deaf for more than six years while he was young. True success has come to him because he now works in Atlanta and has become a famous printing teacher. He is a wellknown and happy man and is married to an attractive woman, whose name you can guess. It is Willene.
Doris Hanes contin ued studing until she entered into a successful position. She has continued friendly and has become honored. She has never marned because she never could decide which one of her many admirers to marry.
Evelyn Doyle went on to another school after graduation and is known as a literary light because she is al ways reciting interesting poems. She and her children lived in Florida and while there she took the children to visit her parents every month. Afterwards they moved to South America. They have

been living there happily ever since. Evelyn was wedded to her husband whom she greatly loved soon after leaving school.
As a youth Fred Buchanan- had always dreamed of a successful life. He now works at the Coca-Cola Com pan y and is well-liked. He remains a fine farmer, also. He has flirtations with all the pretty girls, but has remained a bachelor. He always keeps a collection of beautiful jewelery for all the pretty girls in Georgia.
Marell Martin is still a fine dressmaker. In the volume of life, I was shocked to learn that she had married a two-hundred pound man. I should have thought that she would have refused to have had such a strong husband.
Kathleen Highfield has become an ideal wife and mother of four children. She has been happy since she wedded her childhood sweetheart.
Pauline Stith is a well-groomed woman who gives information to those who want to know about her taste in fitted clothes. She has a comfortable home equal to her fine, suitable clothes. She had always dreamed that she would have delicious things to eat for each meal and would always enjoy cooking. This has come true. She loves to invite her friends to her comfortable home for visits.
Louise Maynard always wanted to get a Job immediately. Success came to her and she secured one easily. She has become wealthy and the maids clean up her house nc:atIy every day. She is "The Lady of the House", and is still much admired by her friends.
William Massey's success has come as he now possesses a shoe shop and is a shrewd business man. He has used his knowledge well. He plans to build a new home soon. He is still very sensitive about his ugliness. Despite his many loves, he has never married and remains a bachelor with a roving eye for the girls.
George Cannon has changed for the better. He has grown stouter and is a floor walker in a big department store in New York. He wears a cut-away coat and striped trousers and is very agreeable to all the customers.
Suddenly, I was very much frightened by the ex plosion of the exhaust of the motorboat. The dancers and the shining river vanished. I was back at home in my own living room, and the moon was shining in my face. I turned on the lamp and looked across the room and saw myself in the mirror. I was not surprised to see my hair white and my face wrinkled. Just then I heard a cry from upstairs and I turned off the light and went upstairs to see what was the matter with Betty Ann, my first granddaughter.

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Calendar of Outstanding Events

by DORIS HANES and PAULINE CARTER

SEPTEMBER 16, 1941 marked the end of vacation and the return to scholastic duties for all the students of the Georgia School for the Deaf.
The first day of school all the students were assembled in Freeman Auditorium where, after a brief talk by Mr. Parks, all students were enrolled in different classes and even the shop assignments were made.
The evening of September 19, 1941 a reception was given in the Hollingsworth's apartment in honor of the new officers and teachers.
On our first Sunday in Cave Spring we attended a convocation service at the Methodist Church with the Reverend E. H. Blackburn preaching.
October 3 saw the opening of the football season when our squad met Summerville in an ,~xciting game. It resulted in a taste of defeat for our team as the score was 35 to 6 in favor of our opponents.

through the darkness. Shrieks and groans were

heard. Later games were played, Mr. Tollefson,

Mrs. Sewell, and Mrs. Montgomery were in cbarge

of this party.

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The same evening the Intermediates under "j\;liss Paris and Miss McDermott had their party, also. .

Next we were paid a visit by the Alabama squad oJ.'! N~vember 6. The game was played on BarrQn Field In Rome. It was a rough game. This time we were defeated 28 to O.

On November II, Armistice Day, an interesting program was presented in the auditorium. Teddy Waters, dressed in a soldier's uniform, interpreted the poem, "In Flanders Field," and Hazel McLendon
dressed as a Red Cross nurse responded with "American's Answer.' Then Mr. Lowman, who was in
charge of the program, made a short talk about the first World War.

October 10 the team met another defeat at the hands of Trion: the score this time being 32 to 6.
An historical pageant was sponsored on October 13 for Columbus Day by Mrs. Longshore. Hazel Baxley, Hazel McLendon, Barbara Russell, and Carl Barber read original short artiCles on different events in the life of Columbus. The poem, Sail On, was then dramatized.
The tables were turned in the next football game which was played against Darlington October 17. This time the score was 13 to 7 in our favor.
October 19 the opening program of the Baptist Sunday School was led by the Silent Bible Class under the direction of Mr. Rex Lowman. It was the first time the deaf boys and girls had ever given a program at a hearing Sunday School.
October 26 Hillis Hollingsworth, the son of Superintendent and Mrs. Hollingsworth, preached at the Baptist Church and we all attended.
Everybody at school eagerly awaited our football game with Florida which was scheduled for Saturday, November I, 1941. The Florida squad arrived Friday evening and was gladly welcomed by all of us. The game was a very exciting one; and when Friedson Odom made two touchdowns, we went wild and cheered one time after another. We won the game shutting out our visitors to the tune of 13 to O. The Florida boys played well, but we had an old score to even with them and we did it.
That evening a spooky Hallowe'en party was held in Freeman Hall at which the Florida team was the guest of the Advanced Department. A Chamber of Horrors had been prepared in the basement through which the guests and pupils ~ed one by one

That afternoon we had as our guests Captain and Mrs. Sparks from West Virginia. Captain Sparks made a short talk and introduced his wife to us. We gave several yells for them.
Novem ber 21 the first basketball game of the season was played against Me Henry who was victorious over our girls' junior team.
We had a holiday on Thanksgiving and after a splendid dinner most of us went to the movies in Rome and saw "Three Girls about Town."
December 12 was Gallaudet Day and a short biographical sketch of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, fOP.nder of Gallaudet College, was given by Mr. Lowman.
Our hearts were saddend December 15, 1941 by the death of Mrs. Harriet Connor Stevens, our beloved librarian, and for many years a teacher in
our school. She was the daughter of Mr. W. O.
Connor, who was a former superintendent' of our school.
A very lovely Christmas pageant was given at the auditorium of the Consolidated School by our pupils on the night of December 17, 1941, and school dosed the next day for the Yuletide holidays, Most of the pupils spent the holidays at home.
School reopened December 31, 1941 and New Year's Day was a semi-holiday with school closing :\t noon.
January 6, 1942 Mr. Scott Davis and Mr. Hollingsworth made talks in the chapel. They spoke in behalf of the Red Cross drive and asked our school to help by giving money. Several of the classes bought

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May, 1942

memberships and other pupils contributed what they could.
On January 8 Mr. Robert T. Baughman of Kentucky was called to Georgia to be our supervising teacher.
All basketball games were cancelled the middle of January in order that we might take over war activities. This we considered to be our patriotic duty to help our government in every way possible.
January 30 a play, "Aunt Jane Visits a Modern School," was given in the chapel by the Sophomore Class.
During the chapel hour on February 3, we had a reai treat when Mrs. Carl Nelson gave us a very vivid description of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Nelson's husband is a captain in the U. S. Army and had been stationed at Hickam Field in Honolulu for over a year. Mrs. Nelson, with her month old baby daughter, made a narrow escape from the war zone following the attacks.
We had a valentine box with valentines for all on February 13. Mr Tollefson's class was in charge.
On February 14 a lovely and enjoyable dance was held in Freeman auditorium for the older boys and girls. Miss Watson, Mrs. Sewell. and Mrs. \10ntgomery were in charge.
The Reverend Mr. Gardner, who is a missionary to the deaf. was our guest March 5, and held services in the chapel.
Several of the Senior boys and girls have been fortunate enough to secure good jobs at Rich's and Davison's in Atlanta; and March 28, 1942 George Cannon, Fred Buchanan, and Teddy Waters lett I;chool to begin their new work. William Massey also left to take charge of a shoe shop he bought in Dawson.
A great many of the pupils went home for the Easter week-end from April 2 to 5. They all said that they enjoyed their trips home.
Later in the week, on April 8 Idell Rentz, Annie Logan, and Louise Maynard were called to Atlanta to take positions.
On April 22 those students who were members of the Honor Society were given a dinner in the Home Economics Department. Those who were present had a good time.
Miss Watson, Miss Mc Dermott, and Mr. Tollef/>On were in charge of a very enjoyable party for the Advanced pupils the evening of April 24.
As the time for commencement grew near three other SeQiors: Doris Hanes, Marrel Martin, and Pauline Carter secured employment in Atlanta.
Two picnics followed in close succession; one on April 26 given for the pupils who attended the Methodist Sunday School and the other on April 2~ for the Boy Scouts.

May 1 was the date for our annuallPield Day. All of the pupils participated in the e,vents of the day. After supper the awards were made in the chapel to rhe four pupils ranking highest in points and to the winners of each event.

The Girls' Athletic Association was host at a iJeall.tiful banquet Saturday ev'enirig May 9 to which the boys were invited. The dining room was beautifully decorated for the occasion, the tables being placed in the form of a V. Mr. Morgan Blake, of the Atlanta Journal. was the guest speaker and Mrs. Gladys Carpenter acted as toastmistress. Afterwards a dance was given and everyone enjoyed it very much.

The F. F. A. boys and Home Economics girls gave a barn dance at the farm the evening of May 13. It proved to be a delightful affair.

Mrs. Gibbons, Mrs. Montgomery, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Lowman were in charge of the Lyceum Club picnic Friday, May 15. At the close of school all members of the club went to the spring and played games until seven o'clock. Supper was served in the open and afterwards a fire was built to toast marshmallows.

Pinal examinations were booked for May 18, 19, and 20. Of course, these were busy days. None of our pupils took the Gallaudet Entrance examinations
this year.

The Reverend A. A. Tilly and a committee from the Methodist Church entertained our Advanced pl'.pils at a social at the Masonic Hall Wednesday evening. May 20. We played games and had a merry time.

The Junior--Senior picnic was given at Mrs.

Sewell's home May 22 with Mrs. Sewell. Miss

Hutcheson, Mrs. Baughman, and Mr. Tollefson in

charge.

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The Junior-Senior Prom was held in the Primary Building May 23 and was greatly enjoyed by the members of both classes.

The Baccalaureate sermon was preached by The Reverend Robert Fletcher on the campus of the school Sunday morning, May 24.
Class Day exercises were held in the chapel Monclay morning, May 25, and were in charge of Mr. Tollefson and Miss Hutcheson.

Commencement exercises were held on the campus of the Georgia School for the Deaf at three o'clock \lIay 28. Twelve seniors were graduated. Mr. Mobley made the graduation address and the diplomas were presented by Mrs. Albert M. Hill. A patriotic play was given by pupils of the Advanced and Intermediate Departments and several stories were dramatized by the Primary children.

This brought our school term to an end and all the pupils left for home the next day, May 29, tired out, but happy.

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They Can Do It!

by MRS. WAYNE H. KEATON

W HO can do it? The Class of 1942 can do it. By this we mean, as is exemplified by this group of graduates, deaf young people, can do just about any job for which they are trained.
In this day and time we hear about a lot of new deals, new orders, etc., but most of them have to do with the war and foreign countries. However, one new deal that is fast coming to the front is the new deal for the deaf.
The business world is fast learning that deaf people are able to fulfill numerous positions since the war has brought on a shortage of employees in

bel's of th!s Class, to see if they could be trained to ful~1I duties former.ly held by hearing people. To ~~elr c,?mple;,e surpnse and satisfaction their so-called
expenment has proven 100 % successful. They
have ~ound that a deaf person gives his entire thought and. time to whatever task may be assigned to him. !~IS enables them to learn their job quickly and It IS generally found that their handicap of deafness mea.ns the sav.ing of time and money to the compan.les employmg them, as they have no distractions
to I.nterrupt their duties. Also the insurance compa~les have fou~d that a deaf person is not as great a nsk as a heanng person. This is due to the fact
that they are always alert, being fully aware of the
dangers around them, and this explodes the old theory t~at a d~af person could not be employed in a large mdustnal plant due to the fact that the in-
surance companies would not permit it.

<?J?-e of the mo~t valuable assets the deaf people are denvmg from this opportunity is the chance to associat~ ~nd work with hearing people, thus educating ~he miSinformed public in general that a deaf person IS very much the same as anyone else. Heretofore
the deaf have been pushed back and have been forced
to be clannish, but as .the public is brought in contact more. and ~ore :vlth the deaf. they are getting an education which disrupts their old ideas that de'at people cannot hold their own in society.

President of the Parents' Association for the Georgia School for the Deaf

This particular class realizes that they are not only b!!il,d,ing thei.r future but they feel keenly the responsibIlity that IS placed on their shoulders knowing that if they succeed and convince the business worl.d. that they are capable, efficient, dependable and am blt1o~s people, ~hat the future of the graduates in the coming years IS assured. This fact in itself is causing the young men and women in this class to put forth every ounce of energy they possess into the opportunities which have been given to them.

many industries. Heretofore, it has been quite a problem for a deaf person to secure employment because employers felt that it would be risky from an accident standpoint and that it would be very difficult to train a deaf person. This misunderstanding on the part of employers is due to their lack of knowledge pertaining to the habits and lives of the deaf.

So, n~w to y~)U, t~is splendid class of 1942, you are the pIOneers m this marvelous opportunity before you. Keep ever in mind this privilege you have of opening the door to security, independence and hap-
piness for the future generations of the deaf. Make it possible for those who have faith in you and your ability to proudly say to the world "I told you so."

In the last few months many of the large concerns throughout the United States have been forced to turn to other fields to secure man power with which to carryon their business. As an experiment several of these concerns in Georgia have taken on groups of young deaf men and women, including nine mem-

WHO CAN DO IT? Our reply to this question is that the deaf can do just about any job anyone
else can do, and in man y instances they do it much more efficiently than hearing people. Continue to give them an opportunity and see for yourself is our CH ALLE GE to the employers today.

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Name Fred Buchanan George Cannon Pauline Carter Evelyn Doyle Dori, Hane, Kathleen Highfield Annie Logan Marell Martin William Massey Louise Maynard Pauline Stith Teddy Waters

Nickname
Freddy Mickey Polly
Eve
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Dot Kat Bobby Cutia Billikens Lou Polly Ann Teddy Bear

Weakness
Girl crazy Love sickness
Reading Laughing Crocheting
Riding Eating Sewing Movies Reading Singing Talking

Favorite Pastime
Loafing Sleeping Dancing Reading Reading Cooking Teasing Dressmaking
Dr~ving
Day dreaming Housekeeping
Dancing

Favorite Sport

Favorite Saying

Life's Ambition

Swimming

"That's not funny." Auto Mechanic

Basketball

"Oh! Go on!"

Movie Star

Horseshoes

"I know it."

Lady of Leisure

Softball
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Basketball

"What!" "I don't care."

Stenographer Canning Expert

Basketball

"What for?"

Beautician

Basketball

"Sure !"

Nurse

Tennis Football Tennis Horseshoes Baseball

"I can't help it."

Dressmaker

"Sure! Sure 1" "Maybe."
I'm sorry."

Artist
Home Economics Teacher

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