The School helper, 1944 - 1945

ESCHOOL

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

OCTOBER, 1944

VOL. 45

NO.1

(GENERAL LIBRARY
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Our New Pupils

Edwin Aldridge James Chapman Avus DeLoach Gene Dominey Stella Gazaway Clarene King Mary Ann Langley Howard Ledford J . D. McCloud Doris Odom James Owens Jimmie Parker Charles Parker Bob Pennington Daniel Reagin Milton Saunders Patsy Sims Betty Sizemore Carol Smith Donald Smith Dickie Taylor Larry Thompson Alvin White

Mr. B. H. Aldridge
Mr. J. W . Chapman Mr. W. M. DeLoach
Mr. A. B. Dominey Mrs. Dora Gazaw~y Mr. W . C. King Mrs. A. W. Langley Mr. L F Ledfod
Mr Dover McCloud Mr. V. B. Odom Mr. J . V. Owens Mr. L. R. Parker Mr. L. R. Parker Mr. D. E. Pennington
Mr. Carlton Reagin Mr. N. L. Saunders Mr. E. A. Sims
Mr. Otis Sizemore
Mrs. J. W. Smith Mr. Sam Smith
Mrs. Elsie Taylor
Mr. Claude Thompson Mr. H. B. White

Brunswick Macon
Savannah Irwinton
Ball Ground . Chula Decatur Nicholls
Clayton
Leesburg Atlanta
Bremen Bremen Dalton
Hazelhurst Pavo East Point
Brunswick Atlanta Jackson Macon Toccoa
Lindale

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Volume 45

October 1944

No. 1

Hearing Aids and Deafness

B. B. Burnes

RECENT. devel?pment of a hearing a1d whtch s~lls at a mere fraction of the pnce former! Y charged for such instruments has brought forth a discussion of hearing aids among educators of the deaf and has resulted in renewed war~ing to parents of deaf children who may be tempted to purchase hearing aids for their children when the children can receive no benefit from them. The new hear ing aid maY be as good as any of the others ; it may give perfect performance, but it must be remembered that a hearing aid of any type, at any price, is nothing more than its name implies-an aid to hearing. It does not create hearing; it does not" enable one to understand what one hears. It merely aids, or helps, one in using the hearing ability one already possesses. If one does not possess usable hearing, no amplifying device will provide usable hearing. No such device will improve one's hearing ability, or cause it to be improved.
Consideration of a hearing aid
should include study of the nature
of hearing, which is one of the
most complicated and one of the least understood of all physiological and psYchological processes. The various impairments with which it may be affected, through illness, accident, disease, or ~atural deficiency, are not understood by the laymen and often not even by those who have associated for years with the deaf or the hard of hearing.
Most people have the impress-
ion that any one who is deaf can
be made to hear if a sound can be
made loud enough. They remem-
ber how they had to shout to their
grandfather in his declining years.
or they know of some hard-of
hearing person in the community

to whom they have to speak loudly If" They meet a person who does not respond to their utmost vocal efforts, they consider him totally
deaf, and it because of his deafness he has not acquired ability to speak fluently , he becomes known to them as a "deaf mute. They
take compassion on him and hope that some day he will chance upon someone able to produce a sound loud enough for him to hear, or perhaps they wonder whY he does not avail himself of a hearing aid.

Persons who suffer from deafness fall into two distinct groups. In one group are the hard of hearing, and in the other group are the deaf. The hard ot hearing can hear speech, as well as other natural sounds. Conversation
with some of them requires but a slight lifting of the voice, while with others it may require a voice so loud it all but shatters the roof. Regardless of the volume of sound required, these persons can hear and mentally interpret spoken conversation. These are the ones who can use a hearing aid to advantage, although in most cases the hearing aid must be carefully fitted to the individual. Indiscriminate selection of a hearing aid can be as unsatisfactory as indiscriminate selection of a pair of glasses.

Those known as the deaf differ

from the hard of hearing in that

they cannot understand what they

hear. Some of them maY actually

detect certain sounds better than

some of those classed as hard of

hearing, but they do not under-

stand what they hear. There are

a number in this group who pos-

sess suprising acl1teness of hearing.

They can hear the door knob turn

when They

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at distant' railroad yards, or airplanes high in the clouds. They can hear the birds sing. Still, while they can hear these things as sound, theY cannot understand them. All these sounds they hear are not the same to them as they are to persons with normal hearing, or to those who are hard of hearing. It is said more appropriately that these persons possess "sound perception," but they do not possess hearing. Almost all the deaf possess some degree of sound perception. It stands to reason that such persons cannot profit from the use of a hearing aid, for a hearing aid mereiy am plifies sound, or makes it louder. These pesons do not need amplification of sound. They need some kind of adjustment in their nerve or brain centers which will make sound understandable to them. Such adjustment has not yet been discovered.
One will ask why it is that certain persons can hear and understand , while others can hear and not understand. The chief reason is the nature of the affliction. There are two kinds of deafness, one of which has been called "ear deafness,' ' and the other, "nerve deafness." The first usually is the result of some defect within the mechanicism of the ear. It results from nasal and inner ear obstruction, injurY to the ear, or inherited defects. Most persons afflicted with this type of deafness can understand what they hear. Sound which finds its way through the
ear is conveyed properlY to the
brain center. It e;ncounters diffi-
culty in getting through the ear,
and here is where a hearing aid
may be helpful. The other type of
deafness, "nerve deafness," is the
result of some defect in the audito-
ry nerve, which conveys sound

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from the ear to the brain but sound their advertising that the device possible to adjust a hear ing aid to

reaches the brain without its iden- was not applicable "in cases where restore those tones which are miss-

tifying qualities. Words go thr- the auditory nerve is paralyzed." ing. If not too many are missing.

ough merely as a jumble of sound, Advertisements of modern hearing This is what the makers of hear-

and are not distinguishable as aids frequentlY contain similar ing aids attempt to do. Manufac-

words. To the person afflicted with statements. he manufactures of the turers of one widely used instru-

this type of deafness, the sound of instrument referred to at the be- ment claim to have produced 81

the human voice is very little ginning of this aticle say, "There different combinations by which

different from that of an automo- are cases inwhicb deficient hearing they endeavor to make tone selec-

bile engine, or of anything else that is caused by a progressive disease tions suitable for the individual.

produces sound. Such a person may and any hearing aid may do harm This explains. to a certain extent

be able to distinguish between the by giving a false sense of security. why hearing aids must be careful-

sound of a typewriter and that of Therefore, we recommend that you ly fitted and adjusted, the same

a trombone because of the differ- consult your otologist or ear doctor as eye glasses must be adjusted to

ence in the beat or rhythm, but he to make sure that your hearing the individual.

notes verY little difference in the deficiencY is the type that can be There is a more or less com

actual sound. If he possesses suffi- benefited by the use of a hearing mon conception among laymen,

cient sound perception, he may be aid.''

and among some salesmen of hear-

able even to distinguish between .dertain phrases and expressions, another characteristic of deafness which will be discussed presently. This type of deafness is caused usually by illness or disease accompanied nerve, or the brain center with which the nerve makes contact; or injury which paralyz'es the nerve or destroys brain center.

Unfortunately, many of the salemen of hearing aids are not so well informed. They share the more common opinion that if a sound can be made loud enough. any deaf person can be made to hear. They have sold aids to deaf person and to parents of deaf children who can not possibly derive benefit from them.As a

ing aids, that a person who hears sound but does not understand it can use a hearing aid and after a period of ptactice he will come to understand the sound that comes to him through the heanng aid . TheY call this ''training'' the hearing. Experience with such deaf children in the schools has shown that practice with the hearing aid

No hearing aid can be of any help to this tYpe of deafness. The reason is that in this form of deafness the mental phase of hearing is affected, while a hearing aid is strictly a mechanical device, useful only in alleviating mechanical difficulties. Successful bearing requires adequate functioning of two separate organs, the ears and the brain; the coperation of two .different processes, mechanical and mental. The ear and ias parts perform the mechanical process. Hearing undergoes a traansition from the mechanical process to the mental prcess as itpasses through the auditory nerve from the ear to the brain. A hearing aid attached to the ear can make up for certain mechanical defects within the ear, but is cannot perform any mental opetation which is the normal ~ork of the brain. It cannot proVide understanding.

result, they have been accused of fraud or criminal misrepresentation.
There is another peculiaritY of deafness which must be recognized before a hearing aid can be properly applied. This is "total deafness." A person may be deaf to certain tones, while he is able to hear others. The tones which he cannot he-ar outnumber those which he can hear, in most cases. Some persons are deaf to low tones, while others are deaf to high tones. If we remove from an organ the reed which sounds the F-sharp, for example, no one will hear the F-sharp sound from that organ. There may be a defect in one's hearing by which one is deaf to the F-sharp pitch. In this instance, the reed is missing from the auditory apparatus, rather than from the organ. In most cases, one thus affected would not

seldom enables one to develop an understanding of sound. The hearing aid does not in any case improve their hearing. In the great majority of cases, if a child cannot
understand speech without the hearing aid, he wlll not understand it with the hearing aid. There is no such thing as "training the hearing. There possibly
have been cases where practice with a hearing aid over a long
period of time has resulted in acquisition of the abiiity to un derstand speech, but in such in~ ~ ances the child possessed usable bearing before usi.ng the hearing aid, but for some reason had not ulJdr u~e of it. Possibl} lwcam :: youth or i~>olatioa , he b,.~d had opportunity to use ;i.> hearing
e'l''ugh to learn to rt:.:ognize the .uious tones. In n:ost ca~:.~ h0W over, a child who possesses any degree of usable hearing i.?arns to usc it without a hearing aid, and

Manufactures of hearing aids are be lacking in only one key. More memb.ers of his family and his aware of the fact that their product likely he would be lackin~ in all acquamtances know that he can

will not serve in all cases deafness. A quarter of a century ago the maker of a type electrical amplifier widely used at that time started in

except a few keys. It m1ght be that all his "reeds" would be missing except the F-sharp, hence the onlY sound he would hear properly would be the F -sharp. It is

use it. The point to consider is that if the child is not known to possess usable hearing, the parents should not purchase a hearing aid
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Among the Staff

MRS. Gibbons spent the summer at home. After recuperating from a month's illness, she spent a great deal of time canning and has 350 cans of fruits and vegetables as evidence of her work.
Miss AlmY spent her vacation on her farm . Her victory garden was a source of pleasure and profi t, and she came to know the duties of a lawn, mower, first hand .
Mrs. Turner attended Emory University Summer School for
eight weeks.
Miss Shahan spent a week in Florida enjoying the beautiful old land marks there and visiti ng the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. At h ome she helped with Vacation Bible School and the 4-H Club camp. One thing that really amused her was seeing Mr. Tollefson slepping on the creek bank the week-end he, Mrs. Tollefson, and Miss Scoggins visited her.
Spending a week in Savannah this summer, Mr. and Mts. Caswell and Maxine saw many things of interest, and Maxine enjoyed wading in the ocean. They spent the rest of the summer canning and farming.
Mrs. MontgomerY spent the summer at her home in Cave Spring. Cave Spring with its nice people is an ideal spot for a vaca tion. Several times she ventured to Rome or Cedartown but she was always glad to get back to her treeshaded home in the village.
Mrs. Ware spent the summer at her home in Cave Spring.
Mrs. Welch spent the summer at her home in Cave Spring, working in her victory garden and canning.
Miss Latham spent the summer :vorking at Lili Ann Beauty Shop tn Rome except for a we.:k spent at Jacksonville Beach, Florida. __
Miss Annie McDaniel spent a Week in A t 1 an t a visiting her brother and friends. Just be for~ ~he opening of school she helped tn the print shop here.
Miss Clark, spending most of her vacation at home, enjoyed

making oil paintings for her friends and relatives. She visited her sister and niece in Atlanta and had relatives and friends visit her.
Mr: Ryle spent a month at Augusta, Georgia, with one of his sisters and a month at Jacksonville, Florida, with his other sister. He also visited friends in Sava nnah for a few days.
Visiting their daughter, Mrs. Gene McKuy, in Tampa, F lorida, Mr. and Mrs. 0 . W. Haney spent most of their time at the beaches and on the Gulf.
Miss Evelyn Scoggins spent a week at Daytona Beach, Florida, and a week at her home in Shannon.
Mrs. Rebecca Crowe spent a week in Southern Pines, North Carolina , in order to be with her husband, Sgt. Crowe, stationed at Camp Mackall. She spent the remaining week at home.
Mrs. Barnett visited her daughter, Mrs. James Lewis, and husband in Milledgeville for ten daYs. The rest of her vacation was spent in Cave Spring.
Miss Nathaleen Ritch visited her brother, Ed Ritch, in Shannon for a week and her niece, Mrs. W. R. Fricks, in Dalton for two weeks. The remainder of her vacation was spent at her home near Cave Spring.
Miss Katie Payne spent two . weeks at Jacksonville Beach, two weeks in Atlanta, and the remainder of the summer with her sister in Macon.
Mrs. Jolly spent the summer with relatives at Daytona Beach, Atlan ta, Calhoun, and Adairsville.
Mrs. Ruby D. Perry spent two weeks at Knoxville, Tennessee, with her son, Roy Perry. The remainder of the summer she spent at her home in Cave Spring.
M rs. Alva Paris spent her summer in Newnan, Georgia, and visited her daughters in Atlantil.
Mrs. C. H. Hollingsworth spen t two weeks in June wjth Lieutenant Hillis Hollingsworth and Mrs. Hollingsworth at their home in Pensacola, Florida. She
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was the guest of Mrs. Meade Wood in Talladega, Ala. for a week during the summer. Mr. Hollingsworth spent several weeks travelling in the interest of the school and accepted about thirty new pupils who entered school this fall.
Mr. Walter Wade and Mr. Connor Dillard spent a two weeks vacation at Mr. Wade's home in
Tifton.. rhey had a nice tim.,.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennard spent a week in Arkansas with Mr. ilnd
Mrs. R . E. Kennard. The1 also
visited Mr. and Mrs. John Caple at the Arkansas School fo;r th~ Deaf, and Mrs. Caple and Suz-
anne returned to Cave Spring with them for a short visit.
Miss Brown spent the summer at her summer in Macon and enjoyed serving the various civic clubs there.
Mrs. Emma Henderson and her sister, Mrs. Waller, spent a pleasant vacation at their home in Cave Spring.
Miss Brantley had a lovely vacation at her home in Mayfield.
Mrs. Chapman and her daughter, Miss Geverna Chapman, enjoyed a pleasant vacation at their home in Cave Spring, with occasional visits to Rome.
Mrs. Minter and little daughter, Ann, recently spent a few days in Atlanta with friends.
Mrs. Fincher recently spent a week-e)td in Bowdon with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lip-
ham.
Mrs. Irwin spent a few weeks of the summer with relat\ves in Dawson.
Except for a visit to Emon UniversitY and to the Cyclotama at Grant's Park, Miss McMichen spent a very quiet summer at her home in Hiram.
Mr. and Mrs. Tollefson both insisted they didn'tt know the meaning of the word "vacation"
this past summer. During the month of June Mr. Tollefson spent his days in the print shop doing work for the Department of Education and working until
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From the Primary Department

All the children in our class, except four who were here last year. are having many new and interest-

ing experiences. Larry Thompson, the youngest

in the class, is finding it more

difficult to make adjustments fro m home life to bein g "a big boy''

in school. Jimmie Screw, Mary Alice

Jones, Catherine Smith and Tert:ll- I::t:vaict were ht:Le last year. They like to be their teacher's

helper in showing the new boys and girls when t hey sho~ld stand up, sit down , fold the1r hands,

etc.



.

Gene Dominy gets a great thnll

when he sees his big brolher, Al -

ton, who plays on the G. S. D.

football team. Stella Gazaway looks forward

to mail time. All. the children en-

joy getting letters. cards, and

boxes. Mothers, if you will print From Mama as well as your child's name on their maiL they will recognize the words more

easily and help us in teaching to whom and from whom their mail

comes. Patsy Sims had b~en taught at
home to share with others. She

enjoys passing her boxes to her

classmates who have learned to point to Thank You on the chart

when given something. Avus DeLoach is finding it in-

teresting to learn to form letters in writing. Today she found her name, Avus, printed on a card

from her Mama. You parents are going to be

very happy some day soon when you receive a card with a sample

of your child's writing cin it. -Miriam Minter's Class

Here we are-all ten of us~eady to go to town to buy an 1ce cream cone or some candy. We have already learned that we must w~lk in a nice line, and if you wlll stand nearby we will stop for
a minute to be introduced as we pass.
We let our two girls lead the line, and they feel that they are

helping to look after the others when they stop at each corner and wait for our teacher to say that it. is all right for us to cross before they go ahead. They are Betty Sizemore from Brunswick and Clarene King from Chula.
Next are our two smaHest boys - James Owens from Atlanta an d James Chapman from Macon . Behind them are Dickie Taylor. w ho io also from Macon, and Milton Saunders from Pavo. After them are Alvin White from Lindale and Jimmie Parker from Bremen. Our two big boys, Edwin Aldridge who lives in Brunswick, and Daniel Reagin from Hazelhurst walk at the end of the line to be sure that everyone stays in his proper place.
We have already learned that we go to town once a week, so early each morning we hurry to the calendar to see what day it is, and then we count the days that must pass before it will be Friday again. This makes counting and the names of the days of the week easier for us to learn.
--Jim Irwin's Class
Our olass has shown such a lively interest in the birds and bird houses on the school grounds that we decided to use this mterest as a basis for a class project. We have two large windows in our room ideal for pasting up cutouts which would not only furnish decoration but would show off to advantage the workmanship of the class.
First, we brought out patterns of birdhouses and birds, ~xplain ing what we would do. Enthusiasm ran high, and Wonnie want ed to set to work then and there. W e explained that this worh must be carefully done and only the best be pasted on the windows: Then we made it clear that after all other school work had been finished we could spend a short while each day on this project.
The first day all of us cut out birds. Red birds, blue birds, and gray birds. Charles, Wonnie,
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Shelva Jean , and Bettie Ruth cut so nice1y that we decided to let them cut the four large bird houses the following day.
The second day we wa tched while the bird houses were cut. Mary Lee didn't like her bird so she traced two more and asked Charles to cut them for her. J . D . broke a wing off his bird , so he traced and cut another.
On 'the third day Oneal and Wannie pasted one bird house while J . D. and Charles pasted another. Don and Ronald asked to be allowed to paste the birds and did a very good job of placing them on the window where they would look best. As the boys worked at one window the girls worked at the other. Then, when the job was complete we arranged our chairs and sat and looked, admiring the birds flying aboilt the bird houses on our windows. As we sat, Don seized the opportunity to bring out his box of candy and pass it around as though in reward of work well done.
-Dorothy Berentz's Class
We have been so busy that it is hard to realize we've been in school almost a month.
The work so far has been almost entirely review over what was learned last year. I am pleased with the progress the children have made and anticipate rapid progress during the year.
Brooks Blankenship has already celebrated his birthday. Joan Allen and Jean Barrett will have birthdays the second week in this month. They will be celebrated, too, and all others occurring during the year.
So far Joan Allen, Jean Barrett, Willis Joe Knott, and Bobby Davis have received boxes. The children are always eager to divide with their classmates which makes everybody happy. It is hard to tell which is the happier, the owner of the box or his or her classmates.
The walks to town on Fridays have been a pleasure to all of us.

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The children are carefu l not to cross streets until they have looked for cars. It is easy to ~ell who likes ice cream best as Dons Jones. James Pope, Katie Mae Rogers. and Brooks Blankenship always
buy cones. -Mabel Fincher's Class
Many interesting things ~ave taken place in our classroom smce
school began. Now that Hallowe'en is not so
far away, Jean and Louise are eager to cut out some pumpkins, but Maybellene is more interested in black cats, maybe because she has some kittens at home.
Some thrilling news has come out of our mail bag each day. It is so exciting to see who got a card or letter, or if that big box is to someone in our class.
Clara received a picture of her baby brother and sisters. We were so proud of the picture that we put it up in our classroom.
Cynthia's mother has written that she is sending a box with some peanuts in it. We are all monkeys when it comes to eating peanuts.
Jewell's mother has bought her two new dresses. Shirley wants to see them so she can tell us what color they are.
We have a new classmclte who is from Trion. Her name is Margie Ledford, and we are all glad to have her in our class.
'W'e also have a new boy in our class, Charles Cole. Charles enJoys finding Cave Spring on our maps. for his home is here in Cave Spring now.
Dan's mother is sending his football, and all the boys are thrilled about it. Now they can play like the big boys. Who knows, we may have a future football star in our class.
Franklin received a big box just the other day, which contained two nice jackets for winter. They arrived just in time.
Marshall's mother, daddy, and big sister came Sunday. He was happy to see them. They visited our Sunday school class.

We thought C' ecil was not coming back this year, but everyone was happy when he walked into the dining room one day at lunch.
.- -Geverna Chapman's Class
The children are all happy to be back in school. We have had so much to talk about that it has been hard to settle down to work.
Rube Collins, Junior Galloway , Andrew Lee Harrison, William Langford, Marcus Kemp, Jerry Nix, Betty Pharr, and Sarah Christopher were all present the first day of school. M ary Ann Durrence and Dorothy Anderson came a few days late.
This is H oward Ledford's first year in our school and we are very glad to have him in our class.
-Jessie F. Jones's Class
Since Ford and R. T . are such big boys, they have gone to the intermediate department with the other large boys and girls. Neal and Tarver are enjoying being the big boys in our class and are helpful in many ways.
We have become keenly interested in numbers and each morning just as soon as possible after our devotional. flag salute and inspection , we begin number work.
The reviewing of the question, "'When is your birthday ?" is answered by a full statemen t ''June 30 is my birthday." This gives practice in written statements and also opportunity to recognize the numbers in the dates of their classmates' birthdays as well as their own.
Some of the children especially enjoy writing the numbers from one to one hundred and have felt elated over' knowing how to write as well as count.
Neal had a letter from h1s moth er while we were in the midst of this interest telling him that his brother at home was learning to count a little and that she hoped he was too. His reply was, "Hub, I can count and write it. too."
--Sara Willingham's Class
We are happy to have four new pupils in our class this year, Doris
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Odum. Mary Ann Langley. Bob Pennington, and Ralph Hulsey. Ralph has belen fi,n schooil here before but didn't come to school last year.
Our class is composed mostly of girls, Mary Suggs, Gail Martin, Betty Brown, Louise Smith , Mary A nn Langley, D oris Odum, Barbara Ann Ashworth, and J ene Pritchett. There are five boys, Guy J ones, Harold Pope, James Faulk, Ralph Hulsey, and Bob Pennington.
We have been busy getting acq ua inted with the new pupils and our teacher and are now ready to settle down to school work.
-Mildred Wright's Class
Most of us we~re present the first day of school. In fact, we almost bad .a class reunion in Atlanta th~ day before. Lama Anne Brigman, Vivian Turner, \Vynell Godwin, Prances Tatum, Ann Thompson, Juanice Dukes, Eugene Baggett, Rosemary Smith, Robert Wooten, and Fay Johnson met at the Terminal Station and came on to Cave Spring together. The t wo special cars on the train were buzzing w ith excitement. Everyone was talking and laughing at once. Gene Lanier and Louise Murphy were here when we arrived. Their fathers had brought them. Martha Maxey was sick and couldn 't come until the following Sunday.
We were very glad to see one another and happy to be back in school again after a nice summer at home.
As u ual we started the year off with birthdays. Gene and Eugene both had birthdays in September. \Vynell, Fay, Frances, Ann, and Louise all have birthdays this month. Each birthday is celebrated with a cake, candles, games, and lots and lots of fun.
- Emmalee Highnote's Class
How delighted our teat:her was on the opening day of school to find out that she was to have again her class of the previous year.
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October, 1944

THE SCHOOL HELPER

the son of the late Mr. W. 0 . Connor Sr. and was born and reared in Cave Spring. His father w;:.s super-

All communications should be addressed to the School
Helper , Cave Spring, Georgia. Entered at the postoffice at Cave Spring. Georgia as
second class matter November, 1889. Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided in Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October
31. 1918 Published monthly during the school year in the print..
ing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

intendent of the Georgia School for half a century and was one of the most prominen t personag s in the profession. He was a familiar figure at every gathering o f the deaf both at home and aboard JUSt as his son h as come to be in latter yea rs.
Mr. Connor ("Pops", as he is lovingly referred to by his many friends) was brought up in the Georgia School; he pla yed with the boys, t~ok part in all their activities, and was their good fr iend at all times. Every me mber of his fam ily was at one time or

another connected with this school in an educational

C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH ------------ __ Superintendent
NELL A . GIBBONS - ---------------------------------- Editor MARIE S. K ENNARD -- ____ _____ ________Associate Editor

capacity and the name of Connor w ill ever be revered amon g the deaf people of Georgia. As a fam ily and as individuals they contributed a grea t deal to the cultural life of the deaf of this state.

OLAF L. TOLLEFSON ____________ Printing Instructor

After being graduated from Georgia Tech M r.

Connor attended Gallaudet College and entered the

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profession which his father had chosen before him. He taught successfully for several yea rs and then

accepted the superintendency .of the New Mexico

The Opening of School

School. At the time he took charge th~re were very few pupils and no adequate buildings. From this

The 1944 session of the Georgia School fo r th~ humble beginning he has erected a splendid school

Deaf opened officially on Monday, September 11. which is among the best in the country and which

when Mr. Hollingsworth called the first faculty will proudly stand as a memorial to him who was

meeting of the year. We were happy to welcome the its originator.

pupils back on September 13 and a few days after We extend congra tulations and very best wishes

school started everything was running smoothly and it to Mr. Connor upon his retirement and hope that

hardly seemed possible that we had just begun an - he and Mrs. Connor will enjoy to the full es t the

other school year. Our enrollment is slightly higher leisure which they so richly deserve.

than for last year which is quite surprising since we

feared a number of our large boys and girls who had

been earning high wages during the vacation might

New School Bus

not return. We were gratified to know that they value an education more than material gain.

For r:he first time in the history of the school we are the proud possessors of a school bus. T his

There are several changes in the faculty this year. splendid addition to our school equipment is really

Our new teachers are Mrs. Gladys Caswell, who is a beautiful sight to the boys and girls who have

back with us after a year's leave of absence. Mrs. served their time in riding in the school tr uck on

Mildred Wright, who had taught two years in the shopping expeditions to Rome and Cedartown durTennessee School, Mrs. Dorothy Berentz of Fort ing the ~ast few years. A " really, truly" bus has

Worth , Texas, who is reentering the profession for the been their dream and they fee l as if a fairv m ight

duration, Mrs. Sarah Willingham o f Cedartown. have waved a wand and produced it for them . In

Miss Geverna Chapman, a Cave Spring girl and a this case, however, the Board of Education l1as been

rec~nt graduate of West Georgia College, and Miss our good fairy and we are very grateful to them

Shuley Almy, who has had wide experience in public for furnishing us such a splendid and adequa te means

school work in Wisconsin, California, and o t h e r of t.ranspor.tation. We assure them that the length

localities and who has for the past several years been of time whtch we have needed it and wanted it makes

a resident of Cave Spring. Some of these teachers are us all the more capable of enjoying it.

experienced and to others the work is new but all

have entered into it wholeheartedly and we have every reason to believe that we will have a geod

Another Potential Superintendent

school year.

~very one at the scho~l was delighted recen tly to receive_the news of the birth of a son to Li,~utenant

and Mrs. H illis Hollingsworth who are sta tioned in

Mr. W . 0 . Connor Retires
Mr. W . 0. Co~nor , who has been superin tendent of the New !'Jexico Scho<?l for the D eaf for ma ny years, has retued from acttve service. Mr. Connor is

Pensacola, Florida. The little boy was born October 11 and has been named Clay ton Hillis H ollingswort.h III. He will be called Clayton for " Grandpa'' Holhngsworth. We offer congratulations to the entire family.

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THE SCHOOL H ELPER

October, 1944

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Fine Enterprise

P erhaps one of the most constructive ideas ~mana-

ua.bnogutfroalmmothste

Pi as

ttsb an

uacrcgihdeCnto.nfyeree~n.1cte.tslasktn.<A?p~nn

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wcahmene

thinking people get together, all tmbu_ d wtth a com mon cause, the birth ~f new enterpnse and tevolu -

ionary ideas are no t acctdental.

Representatives of eight w idely scatte~ed schools,

namely from Arizona, Arkansas, Lomsana, New York (Rochester), O klah<?ma, O~egon, Texas and Utah, in an informal meetmg, dectded that the v~r

ious schools for the deaf could accrue worthwhtle

benefits by exchanging results of identical tests. In

fact " they wondered and still the wonder grew" why

schools had not done more of this in establishing

bases for measuring results within given schools.

With this group, to think was to do. It so happened that each of them was uniformly employing the use of Stanford Achievement Tests. Sip ce then all these schools have exchanged testing results of the preceding four years. _This included scores ~nade by all pupils above the pnmary level, together w tth other related data as age at last testing, number of years in school, age at the o:nse t of deafness, audiometric scores, etc. This makes a splen did comparative study and even with this limited sampling, is very revealing.' Since scholasic achievement should be approximately the same in each school, all conditions being equal, the value o f this particular study cannot be
overes timated.

The Georgia School for the Deaf apprecia~es very much being fu rnished copies of these testing results. These au thenic findi ngs are incorporated in a study being made by the Southeastern Association of State Schools for the D eaf in establishing norms, or a basis fo r measuring results in the member scnools.
Our hats are off to these enterpr ising p rincipals and superintendents for pointing the way.
C. H. H.

Southeastern Association State Schools for the Deaf Meet at Cave Spring
The Southeastern Association of State Schools for the Deaf, meeting at the Georgia School for _t he Deaf at Cave Spring yesterday, took a second step forw ard in its program of undertaking to ~::stablish standards by which its group schools may attain an accredited regional rating. The first step was taken in Knoxville, Tennessee, in July when a constitution was proposed and adopted.
A permanent o rganization was perfeCJted with Dr. Clarenn: J . Settles, Florida, elected presiden t, Supt. Clayton H. Hollingsworth, Georgia, vicepresident, and Mrs. H . T. Poore, Tennessee, secretary and treasurer. Named on the E xecutive Committee were Dr. J. S. Ganey, Alabama, and Supt. Laurens Walker, South Carolina.

The Examining and Acc;rediting Committee selected to represent the group in conducting surveys included Dr. C. J . Settles, Florida, representmg the Executive Committee, Supt. Joseph E . Healy, Virginia, for the group at large, and M iss Eugenia Thornton, principal of the Alabama School for the Deaf. The selection of an outside expert consultant was left to the discretion of the school being surveyed . Each school will bear the expense of its particular survey. The Georgia School is expected to have the first.
Adoptions of standard criteria co:vered requirements for admission of pupils, requiremen ts for graduation, guiding principles of instructiou, teacher qualifications and training, teacher load, remuneration and tenure of the faculty, financial support instructional expenditures, physical plant and equipment, pupil activities program, general administration and organization, alumni records and contacts, maintenance of educational ideals, library facilities, adequate medical and health progr'ams, and a domiciliary program.
All actions taken yesterday were passed subject to the approval of the National Group which is known as the Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf.
The faculty and staff of the Georgia School treated the visitors to a delectable barbecue, put on in genuine Georgia style at the old pump house on the campus.
Representing the nine Southeastern States were Dr. C. J. Settles, Florida, Dr. J. S. Ganey, Alabama, superintendents Laurens Walker, South Carolina, Robert S. Brown, Mississ!pipi, Mrs. H. T . Poore, Tennessee, and Clayton H . Hollingsworth, Georgia. Members unable to be present were Dr. C. E. Rankin, North Carolina, Madison .J. Lee, Kentucky, and Joseph E. Healy, Virginia.
While the superintendents were in session H. C. Rimmer and Mrs. Edward Cotton, board members of the Mississippi State School fo r the D ea f, and Mrs. Robert Brown in~pected the entit'e Geo'rgia plant.
Mrs. H. T. Poore, Secretary Oct. 21, 1944
F. F. A. Boys Go To Macon
The F . F . A. Chapter from G. S. D. was represented at the Macon State Fair by Carlton Scurry, Carlton Huff, and Duwayne Dukes. These boys ente'!ed the Seed and Tree Judging Cont(St and won seventeenth place in the State Contest. There were about 200 contesting teams representing high schools all over the state and we think our boys made a good showing for themselves.
-Charles Stokes, F. F. A. Reporter

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Superintend-ent's Corner

MY Annual

travelogue for he had still been one among the

Field

t h e summr.r living.

Trip

can well be I recalled that Elizabeth Baugh -

letters home to the good lady. man, a normal classmate of mine

Anyway, it is from these letters at Gallaudet, and her sister, Vir-

I must draw my notes and refresh ginia, had come down from Stan-

my memory as to all the happen- ford , Kentucky, to attend school

ings and experiences encountered and graduate from Brenau.

while visiting parents and examining new applicants, so why not the letters themselves? If some are lengthier than what could be expected from a superintendent in the field to his wife at home, you can know the simple expedienc;y of adding two or more letters in one
was employed.

I must tell you some of the inbetween experiences while on my mission. My first stop was at Ball Ground. From there, I traversed some rugged, hilly country roads in devious directions trying to locate "a little deaf girl in my neighborhood" reported by Mrs. Herbert Hughes, patron. Mrs.

~~~
Athens, Georgia August 3, 1944

Hughes was visiting out of the neighborhood and the neighbors
contacted could not think who this little deaf girl might be. It

Dear Hazel:

looked as if I was completely

Well, here I am in Gcorgta s stymied. The day was more than

"classic city'' following two days half gone and I had not C(ntacted

of strenuous travel hither and yon a single applicant.

visiting the homes and examining The next call w.as to be at

these new applicants.

Dawsonville where there had been

I dropped you a card from Gainesville where I stopped last night. I wish I had had time to look around there more than I did. Gainesville is certainly a beautiful little town. One proud native told me that the little city "blossomed out like a rose" following the destructive cyclone that all but razed it to the ground in the spring of 1936. One could well believe every word he said considering how nice and ' 'spanking new" everything looked. I had never been there but once before .and then just to go through. Do you remember ? You made me drive out by Brenau College to see Dr. Simmons. You recall that you

reported Stella May Gazaway, "a deaf child who should be in school." To avoid bad roads all the way to Dawsonvilie from where I was, I backtracked to Ball Ground, Then to Tate, and from there to Dawsonville. Yvu have been with me through Tate and will probably remember it as Georgia's little marble quarry city where all the paved road approaches rest on shoulders of shining crushed marble. These roads, in this beautiful mountain setting can be compared to what one might well imagine would be the approach to the Pearly Gates - - - a delightful spot in a very pretty part of Georgia.

went in to see if he was at home Mrs. Rachel B. Parks, director

and became so swept away with of the Dawson County Depart

the sheer delight of visiting with ment of Public Welfare, gave me

the venerable old president emeri- explicit (stop here and stop there)

tus that you forgot me? How I instructions about how to find the

followed you and was s0mewhat Gazaway home. It proved to be

abashe? by the fervency of his f.ar back in a rural area in the

enthustasm over seeing you again? general direction of Ball Ground

If he had not been so old and again. Lo and behold, when I

decrepit, I certainly would have arrived, it was the "little deaf girl

been jealous. Yes, I thought of in our neighborhood." I had been

Dr. Simmons, and would have right in the same spot three hours

been tempted to go to see him if previous, but didn 't know it until

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I arrived again on account of the different approach. I persevered this time and Stella May Gazaway proved to be a deserving prospect. She will most likely enter school since her grandmother and the 'County Welfare office promised me that they would collaborate to that end.
Then it was back to Ball Ground, to Tate, and Dawsonville again. Did you ever see so much twisting around? And me and the Ford all the time being punished by the difficult terrain and its rough country roads. I am about to conclude Mr. Parks was right when he said. "You gave me the worst end of the bargain when you took South Georgia and gave me North Georgia to travel.
From there I went to Buford where I was scheduled to spend the night. I was remembering the time that Thomas E. Watson was jailed in Buford for purportingly disturbing the peace at the local hotel while making a successful race for the Senate in 1920. 1 thought surely a hotel good enough for Watson, and one th.at , wouldn't condone boisterous behavior, would be good enough for me. \Xlhat a delusion! Time certainly makes a difference. All the aura of imaginary gentility and glamour that surrounded the place was quickly dissipated. What I viewed was a plain red, boxlike, brick building now somewhat delapidated and deteriorated to an unpretentious roomill!g house. ''Such is life" , as Dorothy would say. I could not possibly visualize a candidate for the Senate occupyin g an upper room in this place and tossing books down into the foyer to quieten a bevy of too noisy traveling men. This simply was not a proper setting any more. That is why I moved on to Gain.esville for the night. I was lookmg for more glamour, chile!
I am about to forget to mention that I did call by to see Arbin Hamby, an applicant and a former pupil living a few mile:: out of Buford.
This morning Mrs. Quillian
Continued on page twelve

From the Intermediate Department

Herbert White worked on the farm last summer. He picked pea-
nuts, too. J.ack Calla way went with his
father and sis ter to clean his moth er's grave. On the way back they saw an empty house with many
things on the floor. Janie Elder is an aunt now. Her
sister-in -law has a baby boy who was born the first of September.
His name is Jerry. Charles Little, whom we used
to know as Bud, went to Birmingham with his family in A ugust. They saw many interesting things
there. John Mock went fishing in
June , but he didn't have any luck because he didn't catch any fish. His brother caught sixty fish the
same day. Mattie Suggs worked on a
farm last summer. In August she picked beans, cotton , peanuts, and
other things. John Harrell saw Mr. Ryle in
Macon one day last Au gu&t. John was going to Atlanta to see his sister. brother-in-law, and neph ew.
BiUy Hayes worked in the garden in June. He hoed the vegetables and watered the garden.
Ralph and Ruth Benson and Edwin, their little son, had a visit from Louida in July. She spent a week with them.
Mary Roberts went to Macon in August. She saw Betty Sue Brannon in the J. C. P enny Company .
Last summer Lester Smith went
t? the show in Brunswick many
times.
Bobby Gorman workE-d hard last summer. He chopped wood every day.
<?ne day last August Beady Smtth went to Statesboro. She saw her cousin there.
Bil~ y R?binson went to South C~rohnJ m July . He ~aw his f nend.
During July Maudene Bridges lorked in a tobacco field at
enox. One of her friends lives near there.
Louise Walters' uncle died in

July. She went to the funeral at
the church.
One of Mary Godwin's cousins is in the Navy. She saw him in Valdosta in August.
Alma Wooten picked cotton on her aunt's farm in August.
Roscoe Dukes plowed the corn, c o t t o n, watermelons, potatoes, and other things on the farm at his home last summer.
F. B. Smith likes to work on the school farm this fall. He feeds the chickens and hogs every. day.
Lindbergh Armour liked the football game at Darlington. He was sorry we did not win.
Charles Stokes hauled hay at the school farm the twelfth and thirteenth of October.
Ruby Suggs .had a shampoo and set at the beauty shop at school the twelfth of October.
Ben Goodman's family went to the beach in North Carolina for two days in July. Ben picked up shells on the beach.
Thomas Rucker's uncle came home on furlough from the Navy in August and stayed with them three weeks.
Evelyn Robinson's father is a sailor. He came home on furlough in September and she spent a week with him.
Laura Pope and her sister, Mary. hoed peanuts in June and July. They got hot and tired.
Jackie Dukes washed dishes and helped her mother every day last summer.
Patsy Baker went to Pensacola, Florida the twenty-first of August to see her aunt.
James Vick,ers worked at the Goodyear Mill in Cedartown most of the summer.
Duwayne Dukes worked on a farm last summer for a week. He earned eight dollars. He enJoyed working there.
Loraine Kicklighter 's brother joined the Army in September. He hopes that he will have a furlough Christmas.
Homer Benson went to Newnan with his brother almost every day last summer. One day they saw George Vaughan.
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Janie Smith worked in the

Depot Cafe at her home as a

waitress most of the summer.

J ames Hattrich helped in the

Big Star store. He put potatoes

in ten-pound bags and onions in

five-pound bags one day.

Doyle Norris' brother-in-law

came home on furlough in Aug-

ust.

Russell Royston heiped his

father on the farm last summer.

He plowed and planted grain. He

had a nice summer. He likes to

come here to school.

Mary Baker visited her grand-

father last summer. He gave her a

lot of figs to take home with her.

Raymond Baker has joined the

football team. He plays halfback

and likes it very much.

Mary Moon was in Atlanta.

Her family came there the third

of July and they had a picnic in

Grant Park. Then Mary went

home with them.



Gertrude Hixon visited her cou-

sin last summer. She enjoyed

working in the tobacco there.

Tom Byrd helped his father on

the farm last summer.

Pauline Childers went to Jack-

son, Mississippi in July. She vis-

ited Eloise Brent:

Lois Martin stayed at home all

summer. She helped her mother.

Hope Ellis went in swimming

almost e~ery day last summer.

John Barnett had a job. He

worked for the Star Provision Co.

John Pate stayed at home all

summer.

Ralph Gentry helped his father

on the farm. He hoed corn and

cotton.

Ulysses Collins helped his father

on the farm. He plowed peanuts.

Edward Morris had a job this

summer. He worked for the State

Highway Department with his

brother.

Albert Lee Smith has a mule at

home. He loves to pet the mule.

Ford likes to help his father on

the farm.

Walter Johnson helped his

mother keep house last summer.

R. T. Holmes's family moved

Continued on page twelve

From the Advanced Department .

George Vaughan worked at the

Newnan Cotton Mills this summer. He stopped in August be-

cause he had to have an operation.

His friends were very kind to him

while he was in the hospital.

Lewis Tucker worked on the

farm for about a month and a half during the summer. He chen ~ot

a job at the Anchor Duck Mtlls

in Rome. He came back to school

early to practice football.

Brinkley Smith enjoyed wor~

ing in the print shop at Franklm

this summer.

Billy Adams and Bobby Rose

worked together at the Bell Bomber Plant for two months during

the summer. Junior Culberson went to
Marietta in July. He was glad to

see Mr. Parks, Tommy Ham, and

Ralph White. Thelma Hallowav visited her

sister in Brunswick, 'in June. She

had a good time keeping her sis-

ter's little baby. Alton Holman visited his aunt

and uncle in New Orleans this

summer. He saw a great many new

places and had a good time fishing.

Clarence Highfield spent his

vacation painting. He painted his home inside and out. James Gal-

loway went to see Clarence almost

every Sunday.

Sue Brannon and her mother visited in McDonough in July.

Sue had a good time going in

swimming.

Georgia Hargrove and her par-

ents went to Augusta this summer.

Georgia said that it was the first

time she had eaten all the ham-

burgers that she wanted.

Bobby Davis worked at the

Bell Bomber Plant most of his vacation: In August he vi&ited his

father, who is working in Dublin. Lamar Spratling was happy to

get back to Cave Spring. He had

not been in school here for several

years.



Joe Young likes school very much. This is his first year at

G. S. D. He thinks the boys and girls are quite nice to him

Bobby Rose enjoyed his work

at the Bell Bomber Plant this
summer.
Carlton Huff made t wo .nice t:rips. He went to Jacksonville . Florida and Norfork, Virginia. He worked the rest of the vacation at BirdseYe Flour Mills in Macon.
Carolyp Gunnells spent Jul.y with her sister at Florida . They had a nice trip to Indian Spring.
Joyce Sellers was happy to see her brother, who came home from overseas in July.
Elaine Panna! thought her vacation was very short. She had a mighty good time at home but she was glad to come back to school.
Mary Frances Bates spent all the summer at home. She had a good time helping her mother keep house.
Vera Reeder had the best time she ever did have this summer. She visited Eva Bragdon for a week and then Eva spent several weeks with her.
Marvin Harrell had a good time going in swimming this summer.
Hulet Hawkins worked very hard for two months of his vacation. Then he and his brother !Plade a trip to South Carolina. The latter part of the summer he spent in Canton with his grand parents.
Louis Keaton went to see his father in New York in June. He saw a great many places of interest. He thinks that he would like to live in New York.
Billie Ethridge went to Atlanta in July. He thought that he would like to work at the Bell Bomber Plant, but he decided that he would rather stay at home.
James Sharpton spent most of his vacation working in the print shop at Thomaston. He liked his work there but he had to go back home to help his mother.
Billy Peace is looking forward to the football game with Marist in Atlanta. He is eager to have Roscoe, Friedson and C. G. spend the week end with him at his aunt's.
Olin Murphy had a pice trip to Panama City, Florida. He enjoyed
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the beach and seemg so many ships.
Pauline Pendergraft IS very happy to be back at G. S. D. She has been attending the 1 ennessee School for the Deaf for several yea rs.
Olin Love accepted a job in Brunswick this summer but he got sick and had to go home. When he got well, he worked m the office of the Coffee County Progress.
Carlton Scurry went to Hoboken to see John Knox this .summer. John is going to Gordon Military College in Barnesville.
Joyce Avery and Frances Bartlett saw each other almost every iay this summer. They had lots of fun together. They saw Roscoe, Friedson, and Olin Murphy at the Labor Day party.
Etta Lee Kilgore went to Rome on the new bus recently. She went to the show with Sue Brannon.
Frances Bartlett and her best friend, Joyce Avery, went to Austell this summer with a friend. They were happy to see Grady Carlisle there.
Alton Domi11ey worked at tht National Wire and Iron \Vorks. in Atlanta during the month of August.
Willene Letson spent most of her vaqation work~ng at Riclts She liked her work and expects to work there again when school is out. She spent the last two weeks of her vacation with her family at Jefferson.
Walter Brown worked at tht Bell Bomber Plant most of the summer. He helped build the B-29.
Friedson Odom worked all summer at the shipyard in Bruns wick. His foreman thought all of the deaf workers were very efii cient.
Ruth Cook went to Atlanta in July. She had a wonderful time visiting Willene Letson and 50!D other friends.

THE SCHOOL HELPER

HEARING AIDS ~ D E AFNESS not their child can receive any

for bim until the facts have _?een . Ifeaacrilniteides Scfhoorolsdefoterrmthme mdegaf nt ahvee

benefit from it. If the child understands what he hears to the extent that he learned speech and can engage in ordinary conversa-

facts . Another factor .. referred. to p~e-

. slY involved m ValOhUearin g aid whtch

pmraacyttcbee

wrotttsh-

understood by persons not t~o~

oughly familiar with the pe~uhan-

att.bei5li

of ty

d to

eadfisnteinssgUist.shacbqeuttwstetleOnnc~or

f -

tain sounds. After long practice and m~ch repetition a. chiid who

possesses sound perception but not

usable hearing c"an learn to recogn-

ize certain sounds, phrases. and

expressions. This does not mean

that he understands speech. He

can distinguish between phr.a~es

because of certain tonal quahties

in them which he comes to rec-

ognize. but he does not h.ear them

as one with normaal heanng hears

them. He will never develop such

ability into ability to unders~and

a normal flow o-f conversation.

Superintendent Stevenson of the

California School for the Deaf has

adequately explained this as fol -

tion by means of heanng and speech, he is merely hard of hearing and he will likely find a hearing aid helpful. If parents note that their child hears sound but does not understand what is said to him, it is unlikely that a hearing aid will be of help to him. In any case, the wise course for parents to follow is to consult with people who are well acquainted
with the deaf and deafness. Those in position to give the best advice are educators of the deaf. Because of their study of the deaf, they are best acquainted with the peculiarities of deafness. It is likely that they know even more about the effects of deafness that does the average physician or otologist, but if they do not, all heads of schools for the deaf have at their disposal the service of the best of the physicians and otologists.-The Cali fornia News.

lows.
" The average deaf person does possess certain isolated 'sound receptive isles' which must not be misunderstood for hearing. He can react through the ear to sounds of various kinds. He c"an recat to the call of his name and to a list of words taught him through the ear. The experiment can be can ied even to the point where he reacts to short commands or sentence which do not involve a true langua.ge sense or concept. For example, he can react to "Hello." '\Vhat is your name? ' 'Where do you live?'
However this is not trulY mental ~nterpretation of spoken thought tn the sense of ; 'Three weeks ago, the football team of the school made a trip to Los Angeles and defeated their opponents by a large score.' A deaf child with sound perception could not recat to or 'hear' th'ts spoken thoughL __ __ "

AMONG THE STAFF
midnight each night painting and remodeling the " house on the hill " vacated by the Parks. After they moved in the first of July, Mrs. Tollefson's job began in earnest-that of bring to furnnish a house with the few things available in furniture stores at present. During August both worked in the print shop day and night getting out 55,000 s<.hool registers for the Department of Education . (From this, you can see that Mr. Tollefson really need ed that sleep on the creek bank at Miss Shahan's home.)
M rs. Wright and Louis are happY to be hack in Cave Spring after being away for several years.
M rs. Berentz and her two children toiled all August moving from Fort WoTth, Texas, to Cave Spring.
Mrs. Willingham spent a very

Parents of a dea f chtld are pleasent two weeks in Augusta ~dvised against purchasing hear- with her sister, Mrs. H. H. Camp,

Ing aids for their child for the a farmer teacher in this school.

reason that in most cases the par- Mrs. Jones spent a few weeks in

ents can not k;now whether or Atlanta this summer with her

daughter, Miss Margaret Jones. The rest of the summer was spent at her home in Cave Spring.
Mrs. Highnote spent a very pleasent summer with her husband, S Sgt. Highnote, in Red Bank, New Jersey.
FOOTBALL
The G. S. D. Blue Jays faced with the toughest schedule that a G. S. D. team has ever been up against, have thus far this season been oftener than not on the little end when the points were finally summed up. So far, they have lost to Cedartown, Rockmart, Darlington, and Marist. On the credit side are wins over Carrolton and Bremen. The Blue Jays have but three more opponents to met to complete their season-Tallapoosa, Summerville, and the Tennessee School for the Deaf-and are determined from here on to remain in the " win" column.
Outstanding players on the G. S. D . squad have been Odom, at quarter, Brown and Singletary, guards, and Louis Keaton, end. Odom and Keaton played especially fine at the Marist meet. No. 21 which Odom has made famous in our football territory was seen time and again fantastically wiggling down the field-at times as many as six tacklers would miss his limber hipped figure before he could finally be laid low. Keaton who had played well up to this game shifted into high gear and really tore into the Marist offense. time a.nd again he thew Marist runners for big losses. The Marist passing offense would have been much more effective had not his rushing coupled with that of Walter Brown forced the Marist passer to " toss 'em quick" or get caught. Brown has been an offensive ancf defensive star the entire season. His defensive plays may well be clased as "offensive''-is there any team that would not take offense against a guy who was continually in their hair. Some of our opponents even resorted to counting noses in the huddles to make sure that Brown wasn't in there with them.

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

October, 19-+-4

SUPT'S. CORNER
out of the County Welfare office at Gainesville, accompanied me to Braselton to see an applicant in whom she was interested. Tell Rebecca the information sheets she compiled for me back-fired in this case. Henry Felton Young turned out to be the blackest little "white chile'' I ever did see.
Later in the day, at Lawrenceville, Miss Electra Kimbrough, public health nurse, accompanied me to the N egro section of the town where Betty Anne Turner was approved for enrollment.
Today was the first time I had ever visited Commerce. This fair little city is best remembered as the home of the late governor L. G. Hardeman. In attempting to locate Mr. B. B. Sanders, superintendent of the Commerce Public Schools, who nad reported this child, Mr. Henry Ray, superintendent of the water works and a cousin of Fred Forbes, happened to witness my difficulty in contacting someone over the telephone who knew something about this case. Of course, it was vacation time and teachers were mostly out of town. Mr.- Ray proved most solicitous and helped in every way. He stepped in the car with me and rode until we found the people I wanted to see.
Athens was arrived at in time to contact Mr. T . H. Jackson in regard to Wayne Edwards whom he had reported. These folks had recently moved to Atlanta, so we had to tranfer this case to the Atlanta file. This didn ' t throw me off my course since Elberton is my next stop.
Well, I have had two busy days and I am ''moving according to schedule" .
~ hope I will have as mteresting a ttme and can be as fortunate in my work as I was last year 1 am going to w:Cite at intervais all that might interest you and ~1ake a good record of the trip.
I expect to be up in the neighborhood of Toc{;oa tomorrow

night. I might call you over the 'phone. I am already getting anxious to hear from home.
Love, Clayton
INTERMEDIATE SIDE
to Cedartown last summer.
Daisy Smith has six baby chickens at home. She took care of the chickens this summer.
Herbert Fuqua worked for the school all the summer.
-Mrs. Ware's Class
PRIMARY SIDE
She w'aS happy, too, to welcome the two new members - Wilda Maulden and Faye Nelle Evans. They are sweet, attentive, and capable additions to our class. We the following - Frances, Mary Ann, Billie Jean, Edna, Dorothy, Ruth, Louise B., Louise W., Marvin, Hinton, W. C., and Vinton are very happy to have them join us.
Our teacher wants us especially to thank you, dear parents, for the fact that every one of us was present on the first day of school. It meant so much to her and to us to be able to begin immediately the review of all that we learned last year. This review has been exceedingly profitable and enjoyable to all of us, and we are eager to explore the new lands of learning awaiting us.
Thank you so much for a wonderful vacation.
-Viola McMichen's C/as.~
ADVANCED DEPT.
C. G. Turner enjoyed his vacation this summer but was very happy when Mr. Hollingsworth wrote and asked him to come back and help Mr. Tollefson at the print shop.
Eva Bragdon had a good time all summer. Vera Reeder went to see her in July. She took Vera to see a number of interesting places, near Savannah. Eva visited Vera
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in Augusta. She thought Augusta
was a very pretty town. Edward Stanford worked in the
bank at Claxton during his vaca-
tion. He expects to work there again when he finishes school.
Rra~ces Hoy received a letter
September 9, telling her that her brother-in-law had been wounded
in France. Roscoe Singletary w~nt to
Brunswick with Dean Green when school closed. Th~y spent their vacation working in the shipyard.
Bill Nelson spent his vacation working on his father's farm and helping in the store.

FOOTBALL

HOMECOMING GAME
G. S.D.
vs.
T. S.D.

SATURDAY

Nov. 18

2:00p.m.

Cave Spring Hi. Football Field

DON' T MISS THIS GAME

OUR FOOTBALL SCHEDULE AND RECORD TO DATE

G.S.D. 7

Ceda:rtown 19

G.S.D. 7

Rockmart 13

G. S.D. 0

Darlington 45

G.S.D. 33

Bremen

G. S.D. 21

Carrol ton

G.S.D. 0

Marist

November 3 - Tallapoosa -

November 10 - Summervllc -

November 18 - Tennessee for Deaf -

State of Georgia
ELLIS ARNALL, Governor
Georgia School for the Deaf

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION M. D. COLLINS, State Superintendent of Schools

ADMINISTRATION ,

C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, M. A. Superintendent

Rebecca S. Crowe, Secretary

J . C. Connor, M. D.

0 . W. Haney, St eward

W. S. Watson, D. D. S.

Evelyn Scoggins, Sec'y to Steward

Katie Payne, R. N.

Leila H. Barnett, Dietitiau

INSTRUCTORS

Primar,. Department

Intermediate and Advanced Departmeat

Marie S. Kennard, B. S. Supervisor
Dorothy B. Berentz Mabel L. F incher Jessie F. Jones Emmalee J. Highnote Jim Irwin Viola McMichen, B. A. Miriam B. Minter Mildred B. Wrijlht

Nell A. Gibbons. Supervisor
Shirley D. Almy Edythe D. Montgomery, B. 8. Ila S. Sewell, B. S.
Pauline J. Shahan, B. A.
Frances M. ToUefson, B. A. Mary D. Turner, B. A. Sarah F. Ware Maude M. Welch, B. A.

Vocational Department

Olaf L Tollefson, Supervisor

R. R. Caswell, B.S.A., B.A. . ... . .

Gladys L. Latham .. Beauty Culture

Agricultural Training

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

J . R. Ware ........... '. Carpentry

A. May Clark . . . . . . Arts and Crafta

Earl Cox . ... . .... . Machine Shop

Colored Department Quinton Gordon, Principal

Mattie Davia Henrietta Bailey Lucille McCullogh

Eula Mae Strange Beulah Gibson R. H. McAfee

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HE SCHOOL

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NOVEMBER, 1944

VOL. 45

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N OT alone for mighty empire, Stretching far o'er land and sea, Not alone for bounteous harvests.
Lift we up our hearts to Thee Standng in the living present,
Memory and hope between Lord, we would with deep thanksgiving
Praise Thee more for things unseen.
Not for battleships and fortress Not for conquests of the sword,
But for conquests of the spirit Give we thanks to Thee. 0 Lord;
For the hertiage of freedom, For the home, the church. the school.
For the open door to manhood In a land the people rule.
For the armies of the faithful Lives that passed and left no names:
For the glorJJ that illumines Patriot souls of deathless fame ;
For the people's prophetleaders, Loyal to Thy Living Word-
For all heroes of the spirit, Give we thanks to Thee. 0 Lord.
-SELECTED


THE SCHOOL HELPER

Volume 45

November, 1944

No. 2

From the Point of View of the Parent
MARGARET L. THOMAS

I F I had a child in a residential school fo r the deaf, I should at least during the first year or two of his li fe there, want to know above all else that he w as healthy and h appy. I mean healthy both in bod y and in mind. Later, all good and necessary things. can be achieved by the chtld who IS really well. It is small wonder that in the old days the children in our schools were taught to begin their letters home with the stc ck sentence, " I am w ell and happy." Parents need and demand more than such assura nce from the child
today.
The nex t thing I should en deavor to make sure of would be that my child was being given some idea of religion. I should want him to be taught and to be
brought up in the religion that I.
myself, pro fessed . If I were neither a professed Catholic nor a Protestant, I should still want him to be made fam iliar with the general principles of Christianity.
Then, to be sure, I would soon be investigating his surroundings and his work making certain that he was being taught in such a manner as to give him adequate training in the use of the three R's, a desirable personality, good habits, and satisfaction in his work. His daily work ought to be something that h e w ants to do, not some thing he is forced to do. I should watch also to see that he would have something worthwhile to do in his leisure hours, something that w ould keep him out of mischief and make him contented.
I would have him introduced to all manner of sports, taught how to dance, and how to " talk on his feet. " Unless these things develop a feeling of shyness and of

despondency, and even of in feri-
ority , a very bad thing for any
chi"rd . It oftens h andicaps him for
life.
I would feel uneasy if m y child
were not taught to take ct~re o f himself physically in every w ay and u nder all circumstances. One can , I hPlieve, be made t o understa n~ tfiat th<: f'1qd placed before one IS good and th ~e rnnst tasty available u n der existing con di.tions . My child sh ould be taught to pick ou t by himself su itable clo th in g from h is own w ardrobe to w ear in di ffere nt kinds of weather. Being a good s wtmmer is both an asset and a pleasure to most children. Teaching a child to be careful and observa nt will make him much less likely to meet w ith an accident about the school grounds , on the street , or w h en traveling to and from h is h ome. A boy who is strong, who has control of his temper, and who has a fee ling of independence rather than a desire to dominate, will find little necessity for fighting. The school bully wi ll leave him alone. Just the same, I sh ou ld want my boy to know how to use his fists if h e really m ust.
W ere my child only partially deaf, I should w ant a determined attempt made to retain wh atever hearing and sp eech h e had and to improve them both if possible. This, I am told, can be done by means of the new electrical hearing aids now so wide!y used. Also, I should want him to read the lips well. He might be able to do this even though he could neither hear nor speak . However, it is now generaHy recognized that speech reading is much like musica l ability. Not everyone possesses it. Hence, I should not wish too

much time spent on speech reading - - that is, n ot to the neglect of his general education.
Of course, if my child had any special ta lent , I should exp ect to h ave it developed ; but, above all, I would make sure that he was learning a good trade, o ne that could be depended upon to make him economically independent. T hough he might not w ork at this trade after finishing bts educat ion , he still would h ave it to fa ll b ack upon ~hould the occasion arise. Indeed , I should h k:e Lv h we h im k now t wo such trades, providin g th ere were time enou gh to learn both thoroughly . With the t wo trades it is hardly likel y that at any time in his life h e woulc! ever have to ask the h elp of an yo ne.
T h en there is the ma tter o f getting along w ith others. Prudence h as much to do with this. The boy wh o h as been taught to respect the feel ings of others wtll have little to w orry about when he gets a job. He w ill undoubted ly soon realize that th e man who w orks by his side one day may be his foreman the next. This bc..y is not goin g to lose h is p osition through an y act of insubordin at;on. He w ill conduct h imself in a frie ndly and resp ectful way. He will n either be crin ging nor defiant. Then too, there must be train in g in the art of social living as it applies to the school. the home , an d the co m m u n i t y .
I should wan t my chtld to be intensely patriotic. H e o ght to love h is country so m uch that he would n ot h esitate to give his all for it. However, his sense of fairness should prevent ha tred of th ose his coun try may be fighting, and cause him to remember that
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Among the Staff

MRS. Turner attended Investi- with relatives in Rockmart re- a plan or pattern before him by

ture at Agnes Scott Col- cently.

the instructor.

lege November 11. Her daughter, Mrs. Hollingsworth returned The school classroom work is

Mary Ann, is a member of this November 14 from a month's visit supposed to supply arithmetic,

year's Senior Class.

with Lieli t. and Mrs. Hillis measurement and names of tools

Mrs. Kennard attended the movie, Going My Way, in Rome recently.
Miss Shahan spent a week-end at Shorter College with her sister, who also had as her guests, two girls from her home, La Fayette. Miss Shahan's sister {arne down for the Homecoming game with Tennessee and enjoyed visiting in the home of the T ollefsons and seeing the boys and girls in school again.
Mr. and Mrs. Caswell and Maxine spent the last we~k-end in October with friends in the Mountains of North Georgia- Thc:r thought th:>t th~ mount::~in drive from Chatsworth to Ellijay was beautiful. This, together with the hospitality received from their friends, made the week-end an enjoyable one, indeed.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth spent Thanksgiving with relatives in Statesboro.
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Highnote visited Miss Margaret Jones in

Hollingsworth and their little son that are used in shops. A special

at Pensacola, Florida. She reports noticeable weakness of deaf work-

a fine trip and a wonderful gand- ers is that they know the signs

baby.

for tools, but do not know the

Mrs. Gibbons had as her guest names of either tools or machin-

in October her cousin, Mrs. Mal- ery. It is desirable to arrange that

colm Rees of Boston, Mass. Lieut. arithmetical problems of the class-

Col. Rees, who is stationed in room relating to bulk, measure-

Atlanta came for the week-end ment and the like conform to

during Mrs. Rees' visit.

what may be called shop language.

Mrs. Wri ght spent a recent In the vocational school it is

week-end in Atlanta. The Reverend Robert

C.

helpful when printed name- labels are attached tu machines and small

Fletcher, Mrs. Fletcher, and thcir tools ; the deaf pupils should also

four children were the guests of be trained to speak the names of

Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth the WP<>k end of November 18. Mr. Fletcher held religious services in the chapel Sunday November 19.
Miss Annie McDaniel had as her guests d'Ir. and Mrs. Fred Jones of Carrollton and Miss Jennie Belle Tucker of Atlant.l
November 18. They attended the Homecoming football game.

tools and machines. The point is that from visible plans, patterns and written or printed instructions the pupil comes to know the names of tools, of machinery as well as the process employed in the work he is called upon to do. He should' be advised of the prevalence among hearing workers of a shop language, which he

Miss Latham spent Thanksgiving in Rome as the guest of Mrs. Johnson.

should seek to understand through personal observation.
-Dr. Fox in J. 0. D.

Atlanta recently.
Flight Officer Wheeler Gibbons spent a three-day leave in October with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gibbons, before going to Reno, Nevada for a 45-day training on C 46. Upon the completion of this training he will report to Nashville, Tenn. from which place he will depart for overseas service.
Miss McMichen spent a weekend in Hiram with her parents recently.

ADULT DEAF REALIZE
NEED OF SHOP LANGUAGE
An important factor in the training afforded .in our vocationa! schools is occasionally discussed by the adult deaf. It refers to the need of preparing pupils in the trade section to become familiar with the terms and expressions commonly known as shop language.
Pupils upon entering trade class-

COURSE OF STUDY
The teac,hers at the Virginia School for the Deaf reported for duty on September 11, three weeks before the arrival of their pupils. They spent the time planning their work for the year and revising and rewriting thE course of study.
The teachers were divided into six groups, each with a chairman. These groups met every day and

Miss Chapman has enjoyed es meet types of equipment new discussed subject matter and pro-

several shopping trips to Rome.
Mrs. R. W. Fincher visited her
brother, Mr. H. L. Lipham, and family in Atlanta recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Minter had as their guests recently the Rev. and Mrs. J . K. Kelly of Rome.
Mrs. Berentz received some souvenirs this month from her husband who is stationed in France.
Mrs. Irwin spent the week-end

to them and the names of which they must "shop talk" has a language peculiar to itself, and with which the deaf must be familiar. They cannot hear the expressions used by hearing workmen, and upon leaving school they may thus be at a disadvantage in their daily task. Deaf pupils need to learn the correlation between the work to be done, the process, and the tools used. This requires that

cedures and finally arranged a tentative outline.
This kind of work is to be commended. If a representative of this earnest group could work in cooperation with a committee of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf to arrange for a uniform course of study for all schools for the deaf, we believe real progress would result.
-The Companion, Minnesota

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From the Advanced Department

Eva Bragdon had a good time one Saturday when she, Vera, R~th and Willene made fudge and dt_v. 'ty in the Home Economtcs lrfollom . They dt.d not c<;>ok the candy long enough but 1t tasted
mighty good-. - -
Willene Letson was disappointed when she could not go to the football game in Atlanta.
Alton Dominey was sorry that his knee was injured in the football game with Marist Thursday night. He was not able to play in the third and fourth quarters.
Edward Stanford went home recently to attend his aunt's funeral. He got home about 10:30 P. M. and stayed until Monday afternoon.
Ruth Cook is so eager for President Roosevelt to win that she wishes she could vote in the election on November 7.
C. G. Turner went home for a short visit after the game with Marist. He is delighted that his team played such a good game. Even though the score was 13 to 0 in favor of Marist, C. G. was very happy when so many people told him that they thought the deaf boys were fine players.
Walter Brown made a short visit home for the week-end. He left Atl'anta after the game with Marist. He was sorry that his team lost, but he was mighty glad that they played a good clean game.
. Friedson Odom had a grand ttme in Atlanta. After the game, he Was the week-end guest of Billy Peace at the home of his aunt. Saturday night he attended a dance a~d met a great many of his olrl
fneuds.
Olin Murphy received a letter from his mother recently saying that she and his father expected to come to Cave Spring November 18 to attend the Homecoming

foqtball game. Olin hopes that William Massey and his wife can come with them.
Billy Nelson is looking forward to his visit home early in November when his sister and her husband bring their new baby to see the family . His brother-in-law will have a ten-day furlough.
Pauline Pendergraft had the best time she has had in a long time at the Hallowe'en party. She enjoyed gathering autumn leaves and (leeorating the room.
Etta Lee Kilgore got a letter from her sister, Lottie Mae, who is a senior in Dalton High School. She was surprised to find out that Lottie Mae would graduate this year. Etta Lee is going to study hard so that she can graduate from G. S. D. next year.
Frances Bartlett had a good time at home the week-end of Oct. 27. She and Joyce Avery went to Atlanta on Thursday. They attended the game and met a great many of their old friends.
Carlton Scurry went to Macon with Mr. Caswell Thursday October 26. He met a lot of people from Patterson and Hoboken. Saturday morning he went to Barnesville to see his friend, John Knox Larkin.
Olin Love hopes that his brother, Arthur, who is in the Air Force will come to see him on November 10. He is very eager for his brother to see the G.S.D. football team play against Summerville.
After the gamP with Marist Billy Pear~> invited Roscoe and Fri.:dson home with him for the week-end. They had a good time going around together.
Bobby Davis was happy to see his brother and sister at the football game in Atlanta. After the game he went home with them

and stayed until Sunday afternoon.
Joe Young continues to like school and hopes that he can soon play football.
George Vaughan had a letter from his mother telling him that perhaps he could come home for Thanksgiving. He likes school but he will be very happy to make a visit home.
Sue Brannon's mother wrote her recently that she had received a letter from her brother saying that he would get a furlough about November 18. Sue is planning to go home when he comes..
Clarence Highfield painted some for Mrs. Montgomery Saturday afternoon. He will go back next Saturday to finish the job.
Thelma Holloway hurt her ankle playing basketball last week, but it is a lot better now.
Brinkley Smith was disappointed that he did not see his grandmother at the football game in Atlanta. He had expected her to come to see his team play against Marist.
Frances Hoy got a letter from Mary Taylor a few days ago asking her to come to Akron, Ohio to work next summer. She thinks that she can get Frances .) job at the same place she works.
Joyce Avery enjoyed her visit horn~> recently. She had a good dme at the G. S.D. - Marist game Thursday night and lots of fun at home Friday and Saturday.
Roscoe Singletary will never forget the good time he had in Atlanta one week-end as the guest of Billy Peace.
Lam a r Spratling's mother wrote him that she was sending
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The Intermediate Department

Miss G. S.D.
W e are having an election at school to choose Miss G . S. D . She will sponsor our football team on Homecoming Day, November the eighteenth. Our team will play with the Tennessee School for the Deaf at the high school field here that day.
Last Friday in chapel we had the most exciting time that we have ever had.
The voting was fast and furious . We grew so excited that we yelled and clapped our hands and stood up on our chairs. First one girl and then another was ahead . Mrs. Tollefson took the money and Mrs. Sewell wrote the number of votes beside each name on the blackboard. The teachers and the boys and girls voted again and again . We crowded closer and closer so that we could see better.
When the polls were closed, 13 ,494 votes had been cast. Willene Letson had 4 ,564 votes, Mary Frances Bates had 4,607 votes, and Janie Smith had 4,323. So Willene and Mary Frances are the candidates for Miss G. S. D. The money from the voting will be used to buy new football equipment. We are sorry that Janie, our classmate, did not win, but she is much younger than the other two girls. We wonder who will be Miss G. S. D .
November the sixth -A Class Topic
OUR HALLOWE'EN PARTY The younger boys a11d girls
went to the Hallowe'en pany in the chapel Friday night, the twenty-seventh of October. The chapel looked nice. Most of the boys and girls wore Hallowe'en costumes. Jackie Dukes and Evelyn Robinson were Dutch girls. Patsy Baker and Laura Pope were clowns. Alma Wooten was an old witch and rode a broom. Ruby Suggs was a dancer. Thomas Rucker and Ben Goodwin were bellboys and Roscoe Dukes was a funny

old fat woman. All the costumes were good.
There was a grand march first. We all walked around and around the chapel. Mrs. Welch, Miss Ritch and Mrs. Montgomery were the judges. Jackie and Thomas got prizes for the prettiest costumes. Gertrude Hixson and Bobby Gorman got prizes for the cleverest costumes. Maudene Bridges and Roscoe got them for the funniest ones. Our class . received three prizes.
Then we played some fin~ games. Mrs. Tollefson and Mrs. Caswell were in charge of them. First they divided us into two sides. We stayed on the same side all evening. We had a suitcase relay first. We laughed very hard because the boys and girls in the race tried to put on the funny clothes in a hurry. Next we had an onion relay. We had to carry an onion down the room on a knife. Then Roscoe and Herbert were blindfolded. They tried to feed each other blaekened marsh mallows. They got their faces all black and dirty. Fourth we had a paper bag relay. We tried to carry a paper bag full of air on our heads. Then we had a peanut throwing contest. Last we had an apple blowing contest. We blew paper apples along strings. The boys and girls who won got small prizes. We thought that the games were fun.
After the games we had refreshments. We had fruit punch, doughnuts , peanuts and apples. Some of the older boys and girls passed them to us. We enjoyed the party very much.
-The D Class, Intermediate.
Our School Bus We have a new school bus. It is a fine new P o rd bus. It is blue and white. It has Georgia Srbool for the Deaf on both sides. It has six large wheels. It is twenty seven feet long. It is eight feet wide. It is very safe because it has an all-metal body. There are six teen sea ts inside the bus. It has an aisle down the middle. The seats are covered
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with brown lea ther. Three people can ride on each seat . Forty-eight people can ride in it.
We are very proud of our new
bus. -Maudene Bridges C Class Topic
HALLOWE'EN Hallowe'en at G S. D. ! These words recall a happy scene that the boys and girls of the advanced department will not soon forget. The day was one of the h appiest of all the year. From early morning the spirit of mirth was abroad on the campus. Each boy and girl had been busy all week doing his assigned part toward making Hallowe'en a success. At six o'clock the social committee, composed of Mrs. Sewell. Miss Almy, Miss Shahan , Mrs. Turner, Olin Love, Bill Nelson, and Alton Holman awaited the arrival of the boys and girls at the pump house, where they received their guests in a veritable autumn forest . Here benea th the gorgeous gold and crimsons of the hickory and maple and amid the sweet odors of a bonfire and roasted weiners several ha:'ppy hours were spent in merry Hallowe'en style. There were ghosts ana goblins flitting about in the shadows, .:md witches and fre akish folks workin g charms and playing tricjk.s. There were apples to ' 'bob,.. weiners to roast, punch to drink and games to play. If not satisfied with this the curious lads and lassies might seek .the tent of the gypsy fortune -tellers and learn from her all that the past had revealed on the future held in store. When the hour for departure arrived the ghosts all slipped away and the guest said good-night. The foreSl ..v as still. Every one had gone away with a light heart and a store of pleasant memories for days to come. We wish to especialty thank Mrs. Barnett and Mr. Haney for the feast of good things to eat they so generously ptovided for us.

From the Vocational Department

BEAUTY CULTURE

ARTS AND CRAFTS

We have fourteen girls studying

Our beginninz. classl!s are

beauty culture this year and they work)ng on color .:hHrs t.) show

all seem to enjoy the work very primary colors and combinations

much . \Ve were fortunate indeed ~hat make secondar v colors. They

to secure Miss Gladys Latham as also design and color using par-

teacher in this department upon quetry blocks and autumn ]caws.

the resignation of Miss Louise Other p upils use water colors in

Montgomery, who has been the design and sketches and learn

beauty culture teacher for two principles of lettcrin).; . Several

years. Miss Latham is a finished pupils are workin g with oil whrs.

beautician and has been an opera-

As each child is given new

tor in shops in Rome for several work she is taught nam(s of

years.

equipment and m aterials used. We

The girls w ere all excited the first morning they gave their first

are given instructions in weaving baskets of all kinds, trays, tables

cold wave. Joyce Avery was the "victim" but she came out looking so pretty that all the girls want to try it now. This wave is very different from the machine , type permanent. It is rolled on

and other articles. When fruit trays are woven we design and
enamel them. Stud e ~ts who study mechani-
cal drawmg are progressing nicely. Vl hen their w ork is corrected they

wooden or plastic rods, about learn to make and trace blue

forty-five or fifty in number, prints. Some are now making

depending upon the thickness of plans for a map of all the build-

the hair. It requires no pads, spacers, or protectors. All the girls

ings on our campus to be blueprinted.

like this new wave because it looks

Each month we design and

softer and more natural than the carve blocks for the cover of the

old type wave.
This month we have given 128 shampoos and sets, 15 permanent :vaves, 5 scalp treatments, 36 manIcures and 60 facials. We hope to do better next month.

School Helper. We plan designs

for block-printed Christmas cards

to send friends and relattves.

The girls are crocheting mats.

hooking rugs ing scarfs,

and chair weaving

smeaatts~

makand

baskets, doing needle point and all

SEWING ROOM
We do all of the mending, alt~ring , making of dresses, maid's Uniforms, bed linens . and towels for the school in the sewing room. Our orders at present consist of 24 dresses for the primary girls. two dozen aprons and one doan caps for the maids in the main dining-
ro~m . Vz dozen aprons and ten
uniforms for Supt. Hollings-
worth's maid, Vz dozen aprons
for . the hospital maid, six gymnasmm suits for primary girls, and two skirts for the cheer leaders.
There are 37 white 3nd 16 colored pupils on the state I:st who are furnished clothing hy the

seem very much interested in homl arts.
We miss our young bors this year with their delightful enthusiasm over some article designed and .cut on the jig saw and properly enameled. All of the boys have beentransferred to some shop or the farm.
Many of the pupils who have leather jackets want "G. S. D." painted on them.
The girls have done neat work making charts for the primary department. Our bulletin board in the school building is often decorated with our lettering and sketches.

school. We have already made ten

PRINT SHOP

dresse~ for them.

The class periods in the print

b The begi ;mers (fo~:.r girls ) have shop this year have been extremely

een working on maid's caps. b~sy ones from beginning to end.

Mary Baker has made three dresses _Vve have not only the usual print-

and Marr Moon two.

mg to be done for the school but

are also doing a great many jobs for the State Board of Ed ucation .
\Vc have tried as close! y as p os sible to arran ge our sh op Lo closel y resemble an ordinary comme cia] job printing shop . We have certam boys doin g certain Jobs- - such as stone man, pressman, compositor, etc. , and are encourag ing rach to become an expert in at leas t one such designation.
The new " devils" are learning the lay of the shop . T hey uow know the nam es of pr acticall) everything in the shop and have learned the lay of the case. r h ey have done some hand composition an_d will continue to practice in th1s for some time.
SHOE REPAIR
. Our sh_oe repair shop is again m operatwn after being inact ive for several years. Mr. Dilla rd is now in charge and h as several boys under him all anxious to ecome expert shoe repairmen. T h is work is new to all these boys and a_t present theY: are doing only such simple operatwns as pu.rin g on new heels, scouring sides and bottoms, burnishing or shinu~g sh oes. and some are learning to oper.::tc the p atcher. Before the yeJr end& we hope to have one or two boys operatm g the Landis sticcher an _: capable of doing a complete job on any pair of worn s h oe~ brought m .
TENN. DOWNS BLUE J AY ' 35 - 13
The G . S. D . eleven woun J up their football season with a definite loss to the visitin g ' ' enn. team. The Tennessee Vikings had a T formation that was c:ic'_in _, o~ all eleven cylinders an d they ptled up a good margin in the first half. The Blue Jays were unable to reach pay dirt till the third quarter and even then found themselves matched, toiuchdown for touchdown.
It was a sad home-coming day for the Ga. boys and the large number of Alumni in attendance but all agreed that it was an hard fought game from beginning to end and w ell worth the admittance charge-regardless who won.

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

November, 1944

THE SCHOOL HELPER

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Pdblished monthly during the school year in the print-

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NELL A. GIBBONS ---------------------------------- Editor MARIE S. KENNARD -------------------- Associate Editor OLAF L. TOLLEFSON - ________ Printing Instructor

Vol. 45

NovEMBER

No. 2

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

There will be a one-week Christmas holiday period tbis year. Those parents or guardians sending for their children can get them anytime after noon, Friday, December 22. They must be back not later than Sunday, December 31. All classes will resume Monday, January I.
The parents are urged not to plan for their boys and girls to travel by public conveyance. All trains and busses will be congested and we are asked not to use them except in cases of real emergency.
For thosE children remaining in school, every provision is being made for their comfort and happiness. There will be good eats, Christmas parties, Santa Claus, et al.
Please remember this announcement. We want every child to go home in cases where it is LOnvenient, but make your own arrangements to get them there.
For those who remain , be assured that Christmas here on the campus will be merry and bright.
-C.H.H.

REJUVINATING OUR COURSE OF STUDY
We did not realize until we annnounced our intention of tevising the course of study in this school that that seems to be the " favorite indoor sport" of practically every other school in the country. Have we all had the same idea at the same time or does this thing go on perennially ? We would not exaggerate to say that 75 percent of the schools we have written asking foJ: their course of study have replied that there are none available as they are working on a revision of the course now in use in their school.
We are glad to know that all of the schools are giving this matter serious thought and believe that it is a good oml!n and a step toward the improvement of classroom work. Would it not be a good idea for each superintendent to obtain a copy of the course of study in use in every other school if for no other

reason than a means of companson with the work
in his own school?
We feel that we are only making a beginning in this work and do not hope to complete it this year, but we do expect to have a workable plan in the hands of each teacher in her particular subject or grade before a great while.
THE REV. MR. FLETCHER
\Ve were indeed happy to welcome the Reverend Mr. Robert C. Fletcher of Birmingham bac:C to our school s aturday, October 14, for his regular monthly visit to the pupils. There is no one who makes an appearance on our campus who is more gen uinely loved and admired than Mr. Fletcher and the pupils and teachers are always delighted when they hear he is coming. Usually arriving sometime on Saturday he entertains the children with a story that evening and on Sunday morning he visits our Sunday School and preaches immediately following the lesson.
\Ve wish that he might come more often.
VISIT FROM NOTABLES
We felt quite honored recently to be hosts to several superintendents in the southeastern district when they met in conference at our school. We were happy to have the opportunity of showing them around the school and having them visit several of the classes. They attended our chapel program and ' 'Pep Meeting" and observed the cheer leaders and cheering squad in action. Our boys were playing Carrollton that afternoon and we were giving them a " send off''. (Incidentally they won the game.)
The last evening of the superintendents' visit the school honored them with an old-fashioned southern barbecue at which time the faculty and their families had the pleasure of meeting the guests.
Those who attended the meeting included Dr. Clarence J. Settles of the Florida School, Dr. J. S. Ganey of Alabama, Mr. Robert S. Brown of Mississippi, Mr. W. Laurens Walker of South Carolina, and Mrs. H. T . Poore of Tennessee. Those superintendents who were unable to attend the conference were Mr. Madison J. Lee of Kentucky, Dr. Carl E. Rankin of North Carolina, and Mr. Joseph E. Healey of Virginia. Other guests were two members of the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi School, Mr. H. C. Rimmer and Mrs. Edward Cotton.
UNITED COMMUNITY AND WAR LOAN
Our school made an enviable record during the recent Community and War Loan Drive. The total amount collected from the school including staff and pupils was $264.66 which boosted Cave Spring's quota considerably.

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Superintendent's Corner

Baldwin, Georgia

August 6, 1944

Dear Hazel: Well. I thought I had been in

just about every part of Georgia,

but will have

ANNUAL
FIELD TRIP
(Com' d)

to admit ours l.s a big state and, within the past week, a few

new places and

new scenes have come under my

interested scrutiny. I told you last

week about visiting Commerce for

the first time. In addition, I had

never before traveled direct! y east

of Athens towards the Savannah

River, in which direction lies

Elberton.

As compared with most of the towns in north Georgia, Elberton is an ancient city. It was here that hearty pioneers from the Virginias and the Carolinas first settled in attempting to open up the Cherokee lands in the 1780's. There are quite a few ante-bellum homes in excellent state of preservation which attest to the old atmosphere of the place. Nearby Ruckersville claims the first bank in the State to issue notes at par, and in Joseph Rucker, the founder, Georgia's first millionaire. The D.A.R . chapter in Georgia 's "granite quarry _ capitol" needn't get to0 snooty
about their history, because down at Cooperville, in old Screven County, our children were born on an old home site that predates Elberton by a couple of dozen years. Rome might have something to say about Elberton's pride of longevity, too. I once heard a linguistic citizen of Rome say theirs was the oldest city in all Georgia. He was basing his statement on the fact that Hernando DeSoto and his men were supposed to have camped there for a month in 1540.

Thirteen-year-old Russell Royston, out about four miles from Elberton, proved to be a deserving prospect for the Georgia School for the Deaf. This bright young fellow , who became deaf in 1942, IS just getting to the place where

his loss of hearing is brin ging on depression and defeatism. I Ie should have been in school last year. Both the boy and his mother, Mrs. Leo Royston, have the right attitude and are seemingly grateful for the opportunity Cave Spring offers them. I predict a successful school career for Russell at the G. S. D .
The drive from Elberton to Toccoa affords scenery which can hardly be duplicated elsewhere in Georgia. It is all rolling red hills where agriculture in places has practically denuded the entire landscape of forest. From the top of one of these hills , a traveler can see miles and miles of undulating countryside in every directiOn. As he approaches Toccoa, from the van tage point of one of these hills, he can see, stretched across the who le of the northern horizon, the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. From Toccoa on to Clayton, through these foothills and on into the mountains, i~: one of the pretties t drives in Georgia. There is the spectacular and aweinsp iring Tallulah Gorge en route. The journey on into Rabun Gap from there gives one the sensation of being in a little Switzerland of our own. The towering hills around Clayton are the superlative in Georgia mountain scenery.
I didn't know I was going to Clayton until arriving at Toccoa. Dr. C. Raymond Arp had w ritten Dr. Collins in Atlanta about "a six-year-old white, male, etc'' who has recently had meningitis. One of the after effects of his disease is total deafness." He didn't say who, or what the address was. A call at the health center disclosed that Dr. A rp w as in the Army. One of the secretaries in the building actually recalled writing the letter to Atlanta in regad to the child but was embarrassed about not being able to find anything in the files on the case. This was a tri-county h ealth office. After many local calls were made without revealing ' 'hair nor hide" of the boy in question, a call to
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Rabun County \Va> :-ucc -;:;ru . Yes, little six -year-old J . D. McCloud, son of Mr. and Mrs. D over M cCloud , was located at Clayton.
My arrival in this quaint li , tle mountain town "among the towering hills'' was too late f r anything qther than to find a place to spend the night. This did not prove easy. Althou gh there is little modernity abou t the place, it has severa l h otel s and was teemin g with summer boarders who w ere enj oyin g, as many had enjoyed before, this de!ight fully rural mounta:n retreat. Finally, a li ttle room with a ' 'bath dow n the hall" was afforded m~ at the Clayton Hotel.
Imagine my surprise to run across Dr. C. J . Wel born, of G ainesville, and Mr. J . F. Mathis, from Graymon t. Mr. Mathis told me that h e had spent every summer there since he retired from business SIX years ago.
E arly the next mo;ning .1\tli J osephine Kinnan, Rau bun C o-: n ty public health nurse, c:uried me to the McCloud residence, a typical .little mo ntain shack. That little rascal, J . D ., scooted off up a hill like a scared rabbit. I t took t went y minutes to coax him d ow n after which we, while munching candy mints, soon became fast friends. That kid is o.k. and will learn fast in school.
I also visited Lula M.:.e Welborn, a former pupil wbo lives about five miles from Clayton in another direction. Lula Mae is a casualty of "too little an d too late" school attendance. She was fif teen years of age, without a ny previous schooling w hatever, when she came for just one term t wo years ago. She seemed very happy to see me and told me about a job she had in the mills of Carrollton. I do not believe she will re- en ter schoo l at her ptesen t age and state of retarda tion. However, I did ta lk to Mr. and Mrs. Welborn about sending Lula Mae
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SUPT'S CORNER baek and offered to make special provisions for her.
By this -time it was late Saturday and I decided to stay over in Clayton until Monday. In the afternoon, I had another experience that is something to " write home about."
I have always been an admirer of one of our funny-paper characters, Snuffy Smith. You _remember Snuffy (I'll bounce a rifle ball off your pumpkin haid ) Smith. Well, I met the original Snuffy up in the mountains. If it weren't he, it certainly was his counterpart. I was looking for local color and, being aided and abetted by one of the summer residents in the hotel, actually did see and talk with some of these legendary mountain characters, folks we have always read about and heard about - - jugs o' corn, squirrel rifles, hound dogs and all. If Mr. J. M. doesn't get his ideas for his Snuffy Smith comic strip out of Rabun County, I certainly miss my guess.
It turned out that Larry Thompson, referred to us by the Rev. W. A. Trotman of Baldwin, actually lives at Toccoa. I journeyed back over there this afternoon. Larry is a bright looking little chap and well developed for just five years of age. I am urging his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thompson, and his grandfather, Mr. R. L. Thompson, to send Larry on to school. I feel sure they will.

I have to go to Cleveland tomorrow. If not delayed too long, hope to ,get in sometime tomorrow night. I am anxious to see my mail and you , too.
Love, Clayton

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Dt. M.D. Collins Day

I N January 1942, the Georgia S c h o o I f o r t h e De a f, by act of the

Legislature, came

under the full jurisdiction and

control of the State Department

of Education. Prior to that time,

it was through the influence and guidance of the Department of Education that the Georgia School attained many " firsts" leading to its full recognition as an educational institution.
In 1937-38, the school's vocational program, for the first time, was recognized and by 1940, it was the first school in ~he State to receive special state aid in all three divisions of vocational education as authorized by the SmithHughes and George-Deen acts. It became the first and only school for the deaf in these United States to receive its full share of federal aid under the provi<;ions of
these acts . In I 93 8 the first chartered F. F. A . Cnapter for deaf students was organized. This chapter is still active and has not one yea r .failed to send honorwinning representatives to the State Convention. It is beliend the Georgia School was the first to receive benefits from the Community School Lunch Program and among the first to be awarded free textbooks and full use of the State Library facilities as provided for the public hearing schools. The school was recently accredited by the State High School Accrediting Commission and granted full fellowship in this recognized group. Participation in literary and athletic events, under the rules and regulations of the State, and the Seventh District high school associations, are the just rewards of this attainment. It is under the impetus of this recognition and support coming from the State D epartment of Education that a happy atmosphere of progress and learning permeates the student body and the everyday school program.
It is no wonder that, by common 'impulse, the Georgia School for the Deaf and the Georgia Association of the Deaf dubbed this November 18 homecoming occasion , " Dr.M .D .Collins Day" and that special recognition was accorded this peerless state leader. It is due to his inspirational guidance and farseeing wisdom
that the school owes much of its prosperity.
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Mr. Wright Resigns
We learn with regret of the resignation of Superintendent E. R. Wright who will relinquish his position as head of the Texas School for the D eaf next February. Having had an intimate personal knowledge of the deaf, experience in practical politics, and work in the fields of law and education, . Mr. Wright brought to his posttion a combination of talen ts that fitted him unusually well for the responsibilities involved. _ Moreover he is possessed of a rare sense of humor which overlies a deeper quality of c o m m o n sense and ability of high order. His return to his private law practice will, we are sure, be a real loss to the deaf children of Texas.
Succeeding Mr. Wright is Mr. Roger Powell who has been con-
we ected with the school for the past
two and one half years. wish for his administration as great success as that which has attended the efforts of his predece~:.sor.
-The Deaf Oklahoman
The fact that it is easy to get a job nowadays doesn' t prove that employers are eager to hire deaf people because they are cicaf. It simply means they must have people to turn out production. After the war, as in normal times, the average employer won 't be as much interested in helping the deaf as he will be in making money with the least expenditure of time and effort.
Your best insurance against what will come after the war is to save money; to stick to your job; to do your work better than your hearing co-workers if possible; to obey your superiors whether you like them or not ; to refrain from talking while at work because signs are so noticeable ; to improve your own skill or to prepare yourself for a ttade more in demand after the War; and to so conduct yourself in shop and out that people will like you, respect you and your capabilities and be impressed with the fact that deaf workers DO make good and are reliable. -A.G. Leisman in W.A.D. Pilot.

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ADVANCED DEPT.
him a box. He thinks that she wdl send him a new jacket.
Alton Ho1man enjoyed helping Mrs. Turner carry the food and punch to the pump house for the Hallowe'en party. He thought Mi~s Almy was very good at fortune telling and he had loads of fun bobbing for apples.
Junior Culberson went home recently to meet his brother who was home on furlough.
Lewis Tucker can hardly wait for Friday to come because that is when his team will play Tallapoosa High School.
Georgia Hargrove and Mary Godwin went to a movie in Rome one Saturday. After the show they did some window shopping.
Billy \Adams's mother wrote him that his cousin, Marvin, and his wife were coming to spend ~ few days with her.
Marvin Harrell got a box from his mother the other day. She sent him a bag of pecans, a bag of peanuts, four packages of gum and a cake.
Mary Frances Bates's father has gone to Hiawassee to work and will be at home only on weekends.
After the game in Atlanta Thursday night, James Sharpton wen t with his brother to visit their mother in Dacula.
Carlton Huff went to Macon with Mr. Caswell, Carlton Scurry , and Duwayne Dukes after the game in Atlanta.
Carolyn Gunnells has not heard from her brother who is stationed at Pensacola, Florida, for a long time. She has not seen him in four years and she hopes that he will soon get a furlough and come home.

Elaine Panna! had a number of surprises October 27 . It was her birthday and she received quite a few presents and three special delivery letters.

Vera Reeder has not heard from her uncle who is in France, since she came back to school.

Billie Ethridge was surprised

to learn that his mother was not

working at Robin's Field any-

more. She expects to get a position

nearer home so that she can stay

with Billie's grandmother who is

not well.



FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE PARENT
they give their lives for their country, just as we are willing to give 0ur lives for our own.
In regard to right living, my child will probably be all right if he has the moral strength to resist doing those things that he would not have his parents, hi~ teachers , or his best friends see him do. Certainly no school now neglects to teach a child the gold-
en rule. I would not consider my child's
education complete without some appreciation of art. To get this, he need not be proficient with the brush nor with the pen; but he /should, :to some extent, be able to recognize beauty when he sees it. This will enable him to enjoy nature and the great outdoors, to profit by the sources of innocent happiness that are open to him, to avoid the bad, the coarse, and the ugly and to keep our moral and natural laws.
All this and more our residential schools for the deaf are doing for children all over this broad land of ours. We who are in any way connected with these schools are proud of this accomplishment.
-Michiqan Mirror.

STRAIGHT AND T RUE ; NOT CROOKED LIKE THE RIVER
Here is a sweet story that Miss Williams heard over the radio the morning of November first. Dr. Holland was the speaker. He said that a river never runs straight,
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but always crooked and the longer it is, the more crooked it gets. The reason is that the water strikes a rock or something and it just flows around it because that is the easiest thing to do. It is the saine with people.
The speaker believed that no one was born good. Everyone meets temptation. If a little child wants smething, he grabs it. A little older child, about eight or ten, might peek into the cookie jar on the shelf. H e knows it is wrong to take a cookie without asking his mother, but it is much easier to climb up to get it without bothering to ask his mother, and he thinks, "Maybe she would refuse." When the mother discovers a cookie is gone and inquires who took it, the child finds it hard to tell the truth. It is easier to tell a lie, so he tells her a lie. Then if he keeps on lying like the river he grows more crooked.
A young man who is working in a factory , might need money. It is easy for him to take it from the company so he takes it. He says to himself. " I will pay it back,'' but he does not keep his word. It is hard to pay it back. He borrows more and more. After awhile he never thinks about paying back. Like the river he grows more and more crooked.
Then the speaker said something that particularly aroused Miss Williams' interest. He said that last summer when he was w alking in a park, he saw a deaf boy and deaf girl sitting on a bench signing. He knew they were making love and their signing intereted him.
As he watched he noticed one sign both of the couple used many times over. Later he found out that it was the sign for "true. " He described the sign thus : ''The first finger was put to the lips and extended straight forward." He then remarked that it was a very expressive sign, for "true'' meant "straight forward." He said that it was not necessary for us to be crooked like the river. With God 's help we can go straight. -The Wisconsin Times

From the Primary Side

Every effort is made to give appetizing, wholesome, and nutri-

tious meals and we are pleased over the increase in weight since

school opened.

The children were weighed on September 25 and again on Nov-

ember 6.

-Marie Kennard

Mary Alice Jones Avus DelQach Catherine Smith Gene Dominey Stella Gazaway Patsy Sims Jimmy Screw Terrell Leveritt Larry Thompson James Owens
Edwin Al<Vidge James Chapman Clarene King Jimmy Parker Daniel Reagin Milton Saunders Betty Sizemore Carol Smith Dickie Taylor J. M. Thacker Alvin White
Bettie Ruth Baxley Ronald Bell Oneal Cornett Mary Lee Johnson J. D. McCloud Wonnie McCoy Shelva Jean White Brooks Blankenship
Jean Barrett Joan Allen Betty Ann Chadwick Bobby Davis Jewell Henderson Willis Joe Knott Marjorie Ledford James Pope

Sept.
4{i 38
48 45
44
50 48 49 85 44
54 39 47 46 54 41 158
47
44
55 47 50 61 54 76 50 54
65 58 61 51 67 54
73 64

Nov.
41
-11
4 ;)
47 47 50 50 50 38 47
57 4J. 53 49 58
44 64
48 49 65 48
59 49 52 65 57 78 54 58
66 61 65 52 72 56 80 67

Katie Mae Rogers Donald Smith Doris Jones

Sept.
55 53 61

Nov.
61 58 64

Dorothy Anderson

56 59

Sarah Christopher

55 61

Rube Collins

52 64

Mary Ann Durrence

50 51

Junior Galloway

60 60

Andrew Lee Harrison 57 60

Marcus Kemp

50 52

William Langford

53 58

Howard Ledford

63 67

Jerry Nix

64 66

Betty Pharr

42 43

Charles Parker

56 59

Laura Anne Brigman 47 49

Neal Crews Claude Fuqua Virginia Hardeman Roy Holmes Tarver Ho'lmes Dorothy Hughes Grace Roberts

86 92 76 79
:n 94
69 73
82 85
97 100
69 80

Cynthia Aspinwall Charles Cole Cecil Cox Franklin Dyess Marshall Harper Louise Hunt Dan Jones Jean Rentz Clara Stapler Maybellene Tripp

68 70 85 90 71 75 70 73 67 67
69 72 69 73 59 60 49 49
61 63

Barbara Ann Ashworth 85 90

Betty Brown

63 66

James Faulk

61 63

.Guy Jones Mary Ann Langley Gail Martin Doris Odom Harold Pope J ene Pritchett Lpuise Smith Mary Suggs Gene Lanier
Wynell Godwin Eugene Baggett Juanice Dukes Ralph Hulsey Fay Johnson Martha Maxey Louise Murphy Hinton Stone Rosemary Smith Frances Tatum Ann Thompson Vivian Turner Robert Wooten
Louise Boyd Frances Cox Faye Nelle Evans Wilda Maulden Marvin McKoy Ruth Owens Mary Ann Pate Bob Pennington Edna Pope Dorothy Sims Vinton Troup Billie Jean Smith Louise Wilson W. C. W OQten Jean White

Sept.
66 115
61 101 61
80 65 84 65

Nov.
70 118
65 117 63
86
73 92 67

69 75 52 56 59 62 82 85 69 73
67 69 60 62 72 74
69 71 54 59 58 61 57 60 70 73

93 94 70 70 92 91 104 112 94 98 83 83 71 75 88 91 81 83
83 94
77 81 74 83 77 83 81 86 50 54

HONOR ROLL
The following pupils have not received a demerit since the opening of school in September:

Billy Adams Joyce Avery Mary Baker
Mary Frances Bates Frances Bartlett Eva Bragdon
Sue Brannon Walter Brown Ulysses Collins
Ruth Cook Junior Culberson Bobby Davis
Alton Dominey Roscoe Dukes Billie Ethridge Herbert Fuqua Carolyn Gunnells Georgia Hargrove Marvin Harrell Hulet Hawkins Clarence Highfield Thelma Holloway Alton Holman Carlton Huff

Louis Keaton Etta Lee Kilgore Willene Letson Olin Love Edward Morris Olin Murphy Bill Nelson Friedson Odom Billy Peace Pauline Pendergraft Vera Reeder Bobby Rose Thomas Rucker Carlton Scurry Joyce Sellers James Sharpton Roscoe Singletary Brinkley Smith Janie Smith Edward Stanford Lamar Spratling Lewis Tucker C. G. Turner George Vaughan Joe Young

State of Georgia
ELLIS ARNALL, Gonrnor
Georgia School for the Deaf

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION M. D. COLLINS. State Superintendent of Schools

ADMINISTRATION

C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, M. A., Super intendent

Rebecca S. Crowe, Secretary

J . C. Connor, M. D.

0. W. Haney, Steward

W. S. Watson. D. D. S.

Evelyn Scoggins, Sec'y to Steward

Katie Payne, R. N.

Leila H. Barnett, Dietitian

INSTRUCTORS

Primary Department
Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervisor
Dorothy B. Berentz Gevetna Chapman Mabel L. Fincher Emmalee J. Highnote Jim Irwin Jessie F. Jones Viola McMichen, B. A-. Miriam B. Minter Mildred B. Wright

Intermediate and Advanced Department
Nell A. Gibbons. Supervisor
Shirley D. Almy Gladys Caswell, B. A. Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Ila S. Sewell, B. S.
Pauline J. Shahan, B. A.
Frances M. Tollefson, B. A. Mary D. Turner, B. A. Sarah F. Ware Maude M. Welch, B. A.

Vocational ' Department

Ola f L. Tollefson, B. A.', Supervisor

Olaf L. Tollefson, B. A. . . . Printing

Gladys L. Latham . . Bea uty Culture

Walter Wade . . Printing, Assistant

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

R. R. Caswell, B.S.A., B.A. . .... .

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

Agricultural Training

Earl Cox . . . . . . . . . . Machine Sbop

J. R. Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . Carpentry

Connor Dillard . . . . Shoe Repairing

Colored Department

Quinton Gordon, Principal

Mattie Davis Henrietta Bailey Lucille McCullough

Eula Mae Strange Beulah Gibson R. H. McAfee

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PUBLISHED AT THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR . THE DEAF, CAVE
SPRING, GEORGIA
DECEMBER, 1944

VOL.45

NO. 3

Merry Christmas
And A
Ha ppy New Y ear

THE SCHOOL HELPER

Volume 45

December, 1944

No.3

Griffin Downs G.SoD. 40 to 20

W e a::e .oroud of our football
team. We are raised tn the heights of ecstasu with its wins and plunged into woe with a loss . But win or lo se. we a::e proud of them. The following article reprinted from the Griffin D aily News is one of the reasons whu. In all sports we ever bear in mind the words of Grantland Rice :
Wh en the One Great 3c..o.-o.- comes To write before l/OUr name
He writes not that you won or lost But how vou plaued the game.
Griffin High's Gold Wave rolled to a 40 to 20 victory over the Cave Spring School for the Deaf last night in a post-season game spo\nsored by the Rotary Club of Griffin as a benefjt for the High School band.
And lit was a " wow " of a game, featured by spectacular playing . by both teams. The Cave Spring boys brought one of the cleanest, hardest fighting teams to Griffin that has ever been seen at Lightfoot Park.
Griffin started the game with a rush scoring twice quickly in the opening quarter. The first score came five plays after the kickoff when, with the ball on the 18, Lyle took the ball, handed it to Cumming who then gave it to Murray who passed to Green over the goal line. Cumming made the extra point.
The second sco~e came after Cave Spring had received the kickoff and then after three attempts t<;> gain punted. Murray took the k1ck, fumbled and recovered. Griffin gained nine on three tries then ~eorge Murray, taking the ball on hiS own 30 speeded 70 yards for

the score. A pass, Murray to Green, converted the extra point.
Just as it began to look as through Griffin would run away with the game Odom, Turner and Love of Cave Spring teamed up to take the ball to the Griffin two and then Turner went over.
Not to be outdone Murray made another long run, this time for 43 yards, that was good for another score. The first quarter ended Griffin 20, Cave Spring 7.
In the secuuu "P~~ ~ n~ r.ave Spring crept closer to Griffin by scoring again and converting the extra point. A penalty, half the distance to the goal line for unnecessary roughness assessed against Griffin put the visitors in scoring position. Then Odom went over and the extra point was scored.
Griffin came back with a march down the field that w ound up with Deraney going over for the score and Kenneth Hunt converting the extra point with a line buck.
Griffin scored in the third quarter when Joe White blocked a punt then recovered the ball on the Cave Spring 20. Lyle, Cumming and Deraney took the ball down to the Cave Spring two and Cumming went over. Try for extra point failed.
Cave Spring got back into the game when -Odom went 45 yards on an end run to put the ball on the Griffin 27 and then with the help of Turner and Love moved it to the six. From here Odom went over to score and also co nverted.
The most spectacular play ot the game came in the last quarter. G riffi n was held for downs on the Cave Spring 6. The visitors hit the Gold Wave line three times and were short a yard for a first

down. It was expected they would punt, but Odom taking the ball, while he was almost on his own goal line, cut loose, p ulled a 55 yard run and carried the ball well into Griffin territory. But as Cave Sp ring looked like scoring again she fumbled and Kenneth Hunt recovered. \Vith the game fast drawing to a close Bobby Cumming, Ly le and Murray te~med up to work the ball to the one yard line and a pass Murray to Grubbs was good for the last score. The try for point also was good too ".u. J r.:;_~a;._ ....... C'! c ~t- r 1'f1 rr nn of a 40 to 20 score.
Cave Spring in Odom, Turner, Love and Nelson had four players good enough for anyone's high school team.
Seven of the Griffin High boys were playing their last game for the Gold Wave and all looked good. Bobby Cumming, who has been handicapped by injures was at his best last night. G eorge Murray and Franklin Green staged big league playing. Lyle and Thacker were outstanding, and Deraney playing part of the time in the backfield showed he had lost none of his old drive. Hunt, White and Duncan were outstanding in the
line.
Griffin's starting lineup was Grubbs and G'reen, ends, Wpite and H unt, tackles, Mankin and Deraney, guards, Duncan, center, Cumming, L yle , Thacker and Murray, back.. Substitutes included Maddox, Turner, Norton , Shivers, Watson, Scales, Tom Hunt , Roberts, Rowe, McDowell. Watson, Gray, and Twilley.
There was a large crowd of rooters for the Cave Spring team on hand to cheer them. An estimated crowd of from 35 to 40 came down from Atlanta, several from Thomaston and a half dozen of Griffin.

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From the Primary Side

Birthdays h ave been interestin g to our class since Avus and Catherine had theirs in October. A picture of a birthday cake with a designated number of candles on it was made for each child and the possessive for m of his name placed under the correspondin g picture. At the beginning of each month the birthdays during the month are marked on the new blackboard calendar.
When our D ecember calendar was put up, we marked D ecember 25 as J esus's birthday. Up until then we had fo und the word God in the Old T estament. Now we turn to the New Testament and find the word Jesus. Pictures of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph are shown. A ttention is called to the Baby Jesus and His birthday.
o:~ -- --r "'" -"""u;l::men onnging gifts to the Baby Jesus are shown and the spirit of our giving gifts to one another is connected with these pictures. Some new _words in read ing are brought in; such as Santa Claus, Christmas tree, a nd the names of some toys. Patsy and .Stella like pictures of dolls, while Mary Alice, Avus, and Catherine look for doll beds and horns. The boys naturally do not like such toys so Jimmy , Terrell, and Gene look for wagons and toys with wheels. James likes the bl ocks in our room so much that he hunts for pictures of them.
To you who may read our column the boys and girls in our class and their teacher wish you a merry, merry Christmas.
-Miriam Minter's Class
'For a period of relaxation and reading we use a set of printed cards that have Walk, Run, Skip. etc. on them . The children like to read them and learn them very quickl y. In order to increase their ~omp~ehel!-sion , we are now printmg d1recuons that combine these verbs with the children 's names and the prepositions to and with. They are also learning the difference between capitals and small letters. For instance, instead o f reading just the one word Run, Dickie

feels very important when he can decide what Dickie, run to Aluin means and carry out the direction. Betty. dance with Clarene is a favorite with these two girls. Edwin. bow to Carol usually amuses us for Ed w in's bows are very formal. Daniel, J. M ., and Milton also enjoy reading the directions two at a time. In that way they can hop across the room and skip back to their places. James and Jimmy usually wait until someone is asked to march before they volunteer, fo r that is their favori te direction. T h e children understand the meaning of the two prepositions that are used in this way and will find them much easier w h en used in other exercises.
-Jim Irwin 's Cla.< ~
We have read a lot about hobbies and how beneficial it is to have at least one hobby . We have even read that every normal person has one whether he recognizes it as a hobby or not. It has become quite clear that each child in our class has a strong preference for doing one particular thing, which in a grown person would amount to a hobby.
Take W onnie McCoy. His is an unusual hobby, fo r he loves nothing better than to work. If we h ave cookies or crackers for the mid-morning snack, Wonnie rushes for the broom to sweep up the crumbs. He likes to sweep, dust, and clean the windows. Any time a job must be done he is always the first to volunteer.
Ronald Bell loves to play and anything at all will do to play
with. If there is nothing at hand
he isn 't bothered for he gets busy and makes himself something. With a scrap of construction paper and a pair of scissors he turns out a monoplane that lasts for days. A piece of string laced about his fingers makes wonderful patterns. He likes Onea l's toy dog and Roy's marbles. In short h e likes to play.
R oy Holmes likes marbles. When we go to town on Fridays he buys marbles instead of candy . He has all colors and sizes, and

w hen h e can ' t play w ith them he likes to sit w ith h is hands in his pockets stirring them around.
Louise Hunt 's hobby is tending th e p lants. She likes the pot plants and the assortmen t of plants we have putting ou t roots in a vase of water. Every day before the last bell rings we see Louise going from plant to plant fee ling the soil to see if water is needed.
Betty Baxley and J ea n White are very much alike and are usually found together doing the same th in gs. They like to si t at a table in front of a chart and copy long lists of words.
Mary Lee Johnson likes to work in the dining room. Wh12n we are all togothcr at the noon meal, she Hkes to get up while the others ea t an d see to it herself that all the glasses are kept full. Then after dessert, she moves quietly about scraping and stacking plates, gathering silver, and brushing up c r u m bs.
J.D. McCloud's hobby is drawing. At every opportunity he gets out his tablet and pencil and becomes so absorded in his drawing that no amount of activity about him can disturb him.
M yrtle Griner, the new -comer in our class. likes to go to the blackboard and draw with colored chal k. She is almost as happy when she draws in her tabiet with brightly colored crayons.
Brooks Blankenship's hobby is collecting things, mainly strings. Most of the time there is a variety of sma ll objects and strings filling h is pockets.
-Dorothy Berentz's Class
Vv'e are finding this season of the year a happy and interesting one.
Thanksgiving was enjoyable to everyone, but especially so to those w ho went home fo r that week-end. Five children in our class visited their familiE-s. The ones who stayed at schooi had a holiday from classroom work and had turkey with all the good things that go wi th a Thanksgiving dinner.

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December as usual has started rhe daily counting of the days until Christmas _ Time passes slowly to all the children at this particular time but th~ an.ti.cipated trip home and Santa s V1s1t, too, are worth all the wa iting. We've already decorated our blackboards with Santa Clauses and Christmas bells. We also have up a number of pictures depicting the Christmas season. The letters the children will soon be sending home wi ll be a big help to Santa in deciding what to bring each one of them.
--Mabel Finch.,r':s Class
Now that our Thanksgiving holiday is over, we h ave forgotten about the Than~sgivin g turkey and cranberry sauce. Our thoughts are of Christmas and that happy fello w called Santa Claus.
We are all wishing for something, but this Christmas we are not wishing for too many things so Santa won 't you iisten carefully to our wishes?
Clara wants a doll bed for the doll she got last Christmas.
Neal and Franklin want toy trains.
Cecil wa nts a footb al l. H e is looking forward to really playing football when he grows up.
Cynthia, Maybellene, and Jean have asked for dolls.
Charles wants some new books with pretty pictures in them .
Marshall enjoys working on puzzles, so that is what he would like for Christmas.
. Virginia would like to find a ~1g horn in her Christmas stocktng.
_Doroth y is wishing for some .. thtng we seldom see these days, some big balloons. If Santa cannot bring her those, she will be JUst as happy with something else.
We do hope Santa w ill read over our list carefully. lf he has al~eady planned to give us somethtng else, we will be just as happy and we are wishing everyone a Very merry Christmas.
- Geuerna Chapman's Class
December is really the most exciting month of the year to us.

We looked for w ard all November to turning the calendar. It was very thrilling when we walked into our room the first day of December and found our new blackboard calendar and all th e pretty Ch:Cistmas pictures. W e began then to count the days until Christmas. As the t ime draws neare.r, we are try ing even harder. to be good little boys and girls.
We had a wonderful timP urrit ing our letters to 01' Santa. M rs. Jones broughf us r1 r:> t <> J.ogut: ro lo ok Lhrough and get .1deas of things we wanted. Then we made our list. If we didn 't kn o w the names of the torys we wanted, we drew and colored them. We hope that Santa Claus won 't think w e have asked for too many things, but we w ere no t sure what he might be out of because of the war.
Betty Pharr, Mary Ann Durrence, Laura Anne Brigma n, Jerry Nix , Junior Galloway, Sarah Christopher, Dorothy Anderson, Rube Collins, William Langford, Howard Ledford, Marcus Kemp , Charles Lee Parker, Andrew Lee Harrison, and Mrs. Jon es wish each and everyone a very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year.
-Mrs. Jones's Class
The manpower shortage is felt in almost every walk of life today. Even here at G. S. D. things aren't like ~?e y were in the "good ole days.
The children in the primary department are doing their part and things would be much worse if it w ere not for their splendid cooperation.
In the morning and at night the boys clear the tables and h elp with the dish washing. They also help w ith the servin g of the meals. The girls do their p art by relieving the boys after the noon meal.
Not only in the dining room but also in the dormitories and classrooms are the chi ldren h elping. T h e older boys and girls keep their livi n g quarters and even the babies take p ride in keep ing their classrooms clea n.
T h ere are man y advant:~ge s in
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h a':'iX:g the children help. It is good trammg for them and it also gives them the satisfaction of feeling that they have done their part. L ast, but by no means least , it creates a homelike atmosphere which is sometimes hard to do in a boarding school.
On Saturday afternoons after all the chores h ave been attended to at s~hool, some of the boys go ou t 1n t() UT" -.1 -- -~<>~O}T T l1ey are spenning it w .i"dy, COO. So mo art: buying w ar stamps and others are buying small articles as tooth paste, shoestrings, socks, and caps. _
W e are quite proud of our little soldiers who are doing a big job on the home front.
-Mildred Wright's Class
W e have been stressing good manners in our class and hope th at our parents can tell a difference w h ile w e are at home Christmas. We made a long list of do's and don'ts and would like to tell you a fe w of them.
F irst of all we discussed our manners when we go shopping. H ere are a few from our list. We sh ould speak to everyone we know; never point or stare at people; watch where we arc going and not take up the whole sidewalk. While in stores we should be courteous and patiently await our turn and never pick up or fin ger things on display.
W hen we go to the dining room , we should be quiet, sit up straight, eat slowly and quietly and always take small quantities of food w ith the fork or spoon. We should try to eat some of everything on the table. We sh ould practice table conversation b y asking our teacher for what we w ant and n ever signing to one anoth er. W e should not lean on our elbows w hile we are at the t able.
W e should always stand up straigh t and not drag our fee t. W e should shampoo our hair often; keep our nai ls clean ; ,bathe and ch ange our clothes frequ ently. We should use clean handker-
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December, 1944

TI-IE SCHOOL HELPER

exactly our pos1t10n in looking back over the football game of the afternoon. Suffice it to say, we met

All comm1mications should be addressed to the School
Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia. Entered at the postoffice at Cave Spring, Georgia, as
second class matter November, 1889. Acceptance f or mailing at a special rate of postage provided 1n Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October
31, 1918. Published monthly during the school year in the printing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

defeat at the hands of the Tennessee team. It was

a good game and our boys p layed hard up to the last

minute but the Tennessee team proved too strong for

us and held us to two touchdowns. We congratulate

the Tenn . School on a splendid team and the fine

group of young men who compose it.

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The festivities came to a close Saturday mght With

a dance at the Scout Lodge. A ll the girls wore

for mals and looked quite pretty as they went through

the figures o f the grand march and the square

NELL A. l.JJjjBONS ---- ------------------ ______ Lditor MARIE S. KENNARD __ ___ __ _____ - Associate r;.,L;~o.OLAF L. TOLLEFSON ------- ___ Printing Instructor

dances.
Several guests remained over Sunday but most of t h."" left afte r the dance Saturday night. It was a happy w~eK- n.d for all and w e are already looking fo rward With pleasure to [lie 1945 Homecoming.

Vol. 45

D ECEMBER

No. 3

HOMECOMING
H OMECOMING at the Georgia School for the Deaf the week-end of November 18 was a success in every sense of the word and was a happy occasion for many ex-pupils, members of the Georgia Association of the Deaf, patrons, and friends of the school.
The week-end fest ivities began with the arrival of the Tennessee visitors on Friday afternoon. A huge bonfire on the girls' athletic field short! y after supper was in the nature of a pep meeting in which all the pupils participated in giving the school yells and having a jolly good time generally.

A FORMER TEACHER MARRIES
T HE following is taken from the Rome NewsTribune of November 23 : A nnouncement is made of the marriage ot Lieutenant (j. g.) Lucile Casey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .Arthur James Casey of Cave Spring, to Lieute Russell Paul Lecklider of Toledo, Ohio. The mon y was so lemnized November 9 in the ch apel the N aval A ir Station at Miami, Florida, Commander Robinson officiating.
The bride's only attendant was Ensign Bolling of Miami and Richmond, Va., and enant Clarence Avery served as best man.

Saturday the school was thrown open to the

A reception was given in honor of the

many fr iends who had come from Atlanta and at Naval Officers' Club immediately after the

distant points to renew old ties or to become better mony.

acquainted with the school. It was a pleasure indeed The bride is a gra duate of Shorter College

to those of us who had known many of the ex- taught at the Georgia School for the Deaf at

pupils during their school days to meet them again Spring before enlisting in the Waves. Her only

and to see with w hat strength and courage they i Miss Katherine Casey of Little Rock, Ark.

had met life and into what splendid-citizens they had b rothers are E. E. Casey of Oklahoma City, A . developed. It is always a joy to have our old pupils Casey Jr. serving with the U. S. Navy overseas,

visit the school and we hope that they wili always L ieu tenant F. F. Casey serving w ith the

fee l welcome to come whenever they can.

A rmy Air Force in England.

At noon a luncheon was given honoring Dr. M. Lieutenant Lecklider was graduated from the U

D . Collins, State Superintendent of Schools, who has versity of Ohio prior to en tering Naval T

befriended our school in every possible way especially Centl'r, Pensacola, Fla., where h e received his since we have been under the direction of the State in May, 194 1. The bridegroom returned from

D epartment of Education. The blessing was given Pacifi c after having co mpleted tw o and one-half in signs and speech by the Rev. Robert C. Fletcher of overseas duty. He was awarded the Navy Cross

Birmingham, A. Josh Tumlin, mayor of Cave Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Spring, spoke a few words of welcome to tbe guests Lieute nan t and Mrs. Lecklider are at home at and w as foll owed by Jeff Scott of Atlanta, Pres- Naval Air Station, Miami , w h ere Lieutenant

ident of the G. A . D ., who reviewed briefly the !icier is fl y in g instructor.

benefits we h ad received from the state department. Ed:

Dr. Collins was introduced by Superintendent Hollingsworth and made a splendid talk which was enjoyed by the 75 guests present.
It is only human to dwe ll on the pleasan t happenings and to touch lightly on the things which we
would rather no t remember too clearly. That is

Lieutenant (j . g.) Lecklider is a Cave and a fo rm er teacher in our school. The HELPER joins her many friends in con gratul ations to the you ng couple and wishes for their happiness.
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Superintendent's Corner

P ensacola . Florida August 23, 1944

Dear Hazel:

W ell. you will prob ably be sur-

prised to hear from me h ere . R ea ll_Y what I am afratd

ANNUAL

of is that D r.

FIELD

Collins w o u 1d

TRIP

b~ surprised, too,

(Cor.t'd) and_ p~rhaps.

little dismayed . Thts ts saymg

nothi ng of what the Floyd County

Rationin g Board might think or

do. However, to be perfectly frank

with you, I am not suffering any

compunction of conscience. D r.

Collins did tell me, if l fo und

time. I might take off for a two

weeks vaca tion sometime during

the summer. In this instance, I

am only taki n g three days off. In

all probabil it y, the time will be

made u.p in long hours and h ard

driving in view of the fac t that

the field work is to be. completed

and the office arrived at befor.?

September 1. As for the extra gas

consumed and the wear and tear

on tires, we have previously em-

ployed less private travel than the law all ows. You can see I am not going to let anythin g like a hurt conscience interfere w ith the sheer joy of visiting with Bubber and Nell . I had hardly seen these chil-

dren since they were married.

At Cairo, the farthest town visited in southwest Georgia, I found myself parked beside the highway studying my road map. I would walk all around the car looking at the tires, study the map some more, then look longingly in a southwesterly direction. First thing you k now , it w as, P ensa-

cola, here I come!

I am getting a grea t kick ou t of seeing Hillis play ing man of the

house, bu ying groceries, planning entertainment, etc. H e took Nell and me to the swell Officers' Club

for dinner last night and in swimming this afternoon. In the early afternoon, Nell did the honors With a drive over that beautifu l naval base. We sa w it all and

didn't miss a trick. I am right proud of our daughter-in -la w.

She ts a true sailor, al ready thoroughly conversan t with all the historic lore of this great nava l air base, knows wh at is bein g done no w and is seem ingly proud to be a part of it all. Perhaps the only childish ness in evide nce here is my d isappointment in learn ing that Lieutenan t (j.g.) Clayton Hillis (Bubber) H ollingsworth , J r., cannot ca!l up the Secretary of ti1e Navy if necessary to effect arrangemen ts to take h is dad on a pleasu re cr uise in a P- - out over the Gu lf. It was even contemplated th at all operations at the base might cease in order to lend con venience to such an arran gementoh well, I guess I can be philosophical about it all. We can ' t have everything because we have a son in the Navy and a son in the M a r in es.
May be, after all. you are not overly surprised to h ea r from me here . It was intimated in my letter fro m Eastman, second night out, that I was kind of catching the fever as my course veered south wa rd .
After leaving home Tuesday, August 15, the first stop was at D ecatur. Mary Ann Lan gley, thirteen years of age, who h as been attending private school in Atlanta, is altogether eligible to be en rolled at the Georgia School for the Deaf and is planning to come September 12. I enjoyed my visit with Mary Ann . She and the ma id were at home alone. I did talk to Mrs. Langford over the telephone while there.
From D ecatur, McDonough was the next stop. I sureiy had a time finding this applicant. The application and the directions in dicated that the child was a member of a tenant fa mil y on a plantat ion belonging to Mrs. Wi llie F. Smith, presumably a widow woman . I say indicated because it ocs to show how one can get mixed u.p in t ryin g to interpret limited information. An yway, on inquiry, the chief of pol ice declared he knew no Mrs. Smith, white
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plantation owner, three and .oneha lf miles out on R . F. D. No. 2 . N either could the postmaster enlighten me. F inall y, I just fo llow ed travel directions. First , it w as a w rong guess at the forks of the road . I turned back, took the other fork an d , j ust on sp eedometer reckoning, stopped less than fifty yard s of the little picka ninny I w anted to see. Our correspondent p roved to be the grandmother, w ho was a black mammy :llld not a white plantation ownrr. The little black boy I came to see was playing in the yard . It was easy to detect he was deaf and seemingly other wise physically and men tall y o.k. I am sure he wiil be enrolled for the old grandmother is a very intelligent woman as indicated by h er correspondence in regard to the case.
My nex t stop was at Jackson, Georgia. L ittle difficulty was exp erienced in locating Donald Smith. This child has been too long out of school and h as grown a little obstreperous in his behavior as is natural with a deaf boy who has indulgent parents. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and the neighbors were very much interested in my examination and all seemed to be very happy tha t Donald is going to have a chance.
My nex t stop was Forsyth-gee, I w as travelling. ThP case oi Sam mie M artin , who had previously been enrolled at the Gwr gia School for the Deaf, w as investigated. Sammie did not dv v ell and was unhappy when hete before. H e is now working in one of the mills of Forsyth and is getting a little too old to start again. I, together w ith a neighb or and a few oth er in terested citizens, d~:: termined that his best coursz to p 'rsue would probably bz to continue in his work rather than try to orientate him in schooi again.
I spent the night at Fors yth and continued on to Macon til(; n ext day. M r. Coch ra n, an old friend in the rehabili ta tion work, lH lpcd me locate two applicants. A lit tl e Sy ri n girl. whom I neveL w ould

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December, 1

have found without Cochran's aid, fluence of Virginia and the Car-

proved not to be eligible. This olinas. It was within this area

child had paiect hearing, but was that Eli Whitney, while visit-

mentally and physically afflicted ing the Nathanael Greenes, in-

to the extent that she could nut vented the cotton gin. This

talk coherently. The next appli- marked the beginning of Georgia's

cant in Macon, little James Ellis plantation life. Southern culture,

Chapman, proved to be a bright supported by cotton and slaves,

little chap and just at the right and nurtured b y stagecoach routes

age to start school. His deafness and pre-W'ar-Between-tl1P- Sta t'es

had been caused at an early age by academies, reached its first flower

diseased tonsils and adenoids. The in this region of Georgia. The

mother, who had been so unhappy second area to experience, in a

about this situation, seemed to be general way, the benign influence

morally and spiritually uplifted of white civilization was the

over the prospect of little James northern , or mountainous sec-

Ellis being admitted to the Geor- tion. Predating white man 's

gia School for the Deaf.

control in this tehito:ry was

I left Macon southbound in the influence of Indian tribes

time to contact Mrs. Margaret C. superior in intelligence to those

Hendricks, director of the Bleckley in the .southern part of the

County Department of Public State. The Cherokee tribes, led

Welfare, in Cochran, before her by highly intelligent half-breed

office closed. Mr. and Mrs. Hen- chiefs, permitted an early in-

dricks accompained me six or eight filtration of permanent wh~ te

miles out in the country to see and settlers into the fertile valleys of

examine Rabun White. This little the northern part of the State. The

fellow, only five years of age, is a third and last section of the State

little young but entirely eligible to be developed was the great

otherwise. Both Mrs. Hendricks southwest. First, it was lumbering

and I encour'aged the parents to and then extensive farming in this

send Rabun on to school in Sep- area to the extent that it won for

tember. I left Cochran after dark the Empire State of the South

and soon thereafter registered at many "firsts". Through the medi-

the hotel in Eastman, Georgia. urn of this fertile section, we be-

l certainly enjoyed the past two came first in the production of

days work and travel. Visiting watermelons, in peaches, peanuts,

the homes of new applicants and and second to all the states

seeing these children for the first in cotton, and a runner-up in

time never ceases to be a novel and production of tobacco . Here

enjoyable experience for me. I not now are the State's most val-

only enjoy the people I meet, but uable far m lands. In circumspec-

get a great kick out of just seeing tion, one cannot help but wonder

the country and visiting new how an outsider can properly ap-

places.

preciate the economic and cultural

As one travels over the hills of values and potentialities of our

middle Georgia, down into the great state unless h e covers all the

plains of the south, it is like vast territory w h ere each section

entering a forei gn land so remote unto itself is like a little kingdom.

and different is it from lhr moun- From Eastman early the next

tain country in the n orth . Georgia morni ng, Friday, I was in Hazel-

can be roughly divided into three hurst. I could not help but recall

historical , if not geographic areas. this was the home of two of our

!he first w hite sphere of influence very w orthy and greatly apprecia-

tn the State had its apex in Sa- ted graduates, Cecil and Ralph

vannah and extended inland W h ite. If time had permitted, I

mostly between the Savannah w ould have liked so much to have

and the O geechee rivers and called on their parents. I enjoyed

fanne<;J out to embrace middle a mountain -top experience in the

Georgta and northward to merge home of Daniel Reagin, ten years

with the original pioneer in- of age, whose parents had applied

for h is admission. This able experience was a ver y pl and soul-satisfying w ith Daniel's blind The grandchild wa her eye" so to speak. The ki old lady beamed w ith good and possessed a ver y h appy look on life. She said she had much of the school at Cave and was so glad that her w as going to have his chance. said, " Now, since Daniel is to school there, I will nojt satisfied until I visit and see p lace."
In Nicholls late in the day I and enjoyed a visit with the erend and Mrs. L. F. Ledford their son Howard . This boy, nine years of age, has been attending public schooL but was handicapped badly with progressi deafness . He is seemingly a ve~y brigh t chap and will doubtless fare well in school. Several at Nicholls reminded me that our Superintendent R . C. Hogan, of the public schooL was the greatly beloved superintendent of schools in Nicholls ea rly in his career.
I spent the next night at Tifton. Nearby Chula, in Clarene King is furnis hing us one of our brightest little beginners. She is certainly a precious child. Mrs. Jake Smith, J anie's mother, was very insistent that I have lunch with them. It turned out to be one of the best southern fried chicken dinners I have ever enjoyed. It was good to see J anie and Patsy Baker again.
I arrived at the Odom's in Leesburg in the late afternoon and went on to Albany for the night. Mr. Odom is very proud of Friedson and his record at G. S.D. , especially th at All-Southern mention in football. As soon as I walked up the step, he boomed to Mrs. Odom back in the house, " Here is your man.'' Mrs. Odom, of course, was concerned principally with our acceptance of Doris as a student. Doris, hard of h ea ring, has not been doing well
in public school. I doubted a
little h er havin g sufficie nt hea ring loss to be eii gible, but promised to
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The Intermediate Department

Thom as Rucke r watc~ed the

boys fly their model a1rplanes

II fall and h e wanted some. H e

3ordered Zero by

a Pma il

40 an

danJ.dS

wa al.Jt m.a pganfeoser

them to come. . .

.

Ben Goodwm lS zlad that hlS

daddy will come D ecen: ber 22 to

~;;t.:e hi m ho me for Chnst~as.

The D C lass wrote b1rthday

11 0 res to Mrs. Highnote on h er birthday. the ninth of D ecember.

J ackie Dukes w rote one to h er,

toO.
Patsy Baker go t a letter from her mo ther ea rl y in D ecember. Patsy was glad to receive a dollar
from her. Alma Wooten 's sister has a
baby girl. Her name is V irginia Ann. Alma wants to go home to
see her little niece. Laura Pope wrote to h er father
the sixth of D ecember. She asked him to send her some money to buy Christmas presents.
Roscoe Dukes was gla d to hear from his mother and his au nt late in November. Mrs. Dukes wrote that his father would buy Roscoe a new suit for Christmas and Jackie a new coat. Jackie and Roscoe were glad .. They like new clothes.
Evel yn Robinson 's father is still in a naval hospital in Rhode Island. Evelyn was delighted to get
another letter from him the second of December.
Russell Royston and the other farm boys did not get to the farm the morning of the seventh because the truck got stuck and they couldn 't get it out.
Some of the girls w ent to Rome De~ember second. Beady and Da1sy Smith bought tw o caps, some lotion, some clips, and some perfume.
Loraine Kicklighter's brother will come home on furlough for C.hristmas. Loraine hopes to see h1m soon. He is at Camp Croft, South Carolina, but he may go overseas soon.
Mary Moon's Uncle Lloyd and her aunt may come to Georgia from Texas by train the seventeenth of D ecembe r. Mary can hardly wait to see them because

they h ave not b een East fo r a long t i me.
J ames Vickers made a lovely Christmas card in the print shop. He will send it to his mother.
Mary Baker made an apron in the sewing class for M rs. Hollingsv:orth's ma id. When Mary finished it, Miss Annie gave it to Linn ie Lou.
A t the dance on Homecoming Day Gertrude Hixson wore h er f:r t long eveni ng dress. l t was light blue. Everbody admired it. [J,y, . H ixson wrote that she certain ly w ished that she coui d have s::e n Gertrude.
Raymond Baker made a pretty chest in the wood- work ing shop to give his mother for Christmas.
P erhaps Jan ie Smith will gain weight. She just received a huge bo x of candy fo r Christmas from h er fa ther who is a soldier at Camp Barkley, T exas.
Doyle Norris's brother-in-law vill come h ome on furlough the ninth of D ecember. Doyle is eager to see him.
D ecember the eighteenth 1s James H at trich's birthday. He v.r ill be thirteen years old. He hopes that his mother can come h ere that day.
Duwayne D ukes went to Rome wi th the F.F.A. boys the evening of the six th. They all went in the school bus. They saw " Since You \Vent Away". They enjoyed it, but it was sad.
Homer Benson's father w ill come fo r Homer and Louida in a car December 22. Homer is eager to see his family and friends.
Louise Walters bought twentyone Christmas cards in Cave Spring the third of D ecember. Sh e w ill send them to h er friends for Christmas.
Mau.dene Bridges and Mary Roberts had their eyes examined in Rome D ecem ber 5 . M ary w ill ge t new glasses and Maudene w ill have her glasses changed.
L ester Smith go t a big model airpla ne by mail December 7. H e w iil put it togethe r after a while.
Lindbergh Armour will help cut the tree and set it up in the chape l for the Christmas program
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December 22 .
Billy Robinson received a box of cookies and candy Saturday, December 2.
Mary Godwin received a box ~'rom her sister, Sarah, D ecember 6 . Sarah sent Mary a slip for Christmas and a pretty Christmas card.
Bud Little's fam ily will move back to Cedartown soon . T hey do not like to live in A labama as we ll as in Cedartown. Bud hopes th at he will spend Christmas in Cedartown and w ill see his aun t and uncle.
Herbert W hite w rote to his mother thanking h er for the dollar and a half w hich she sent him early in D ecember.
J ack Callaway is eager to go home for Christmas. Jack s sister w rote that his puppy was a b ig dog now . Jack hopes that his puppy will remember him because he loves it very much.
Joh n Mock was glad that Mrs. Montgomery was well and came back to school the fourth of December. She was ill. John was glad to see her again .
J anie Elder's brother, Charles, sent her Christmas present to her home. It came in November. Janie w ants to know what it is, but h er mother w ill not tell h er. She must wait until Christmas to see it.
Mattie Suggs is taking care of Mrs. Cas well's baby every afternoon for about an hour after school. M attie likes to take care of Maxine because she is a sweet little girl. Mattie likes to earn money, too.
John Harrell went to Rome on the school bus Saturday afternoon, D ecember the second. He bought some Christmas presents.
Louida Benson w ill give h er family some Christmas presents. She hopes that she can go to see her nephew, Ed w in , during the Christmas holidays.
Billy Hayes hopes that he can go h ome for Christmas. He wants to see how m uch his new sister can walk. She .could not w alk when Bill y left h ome in Sept em b er.

T HE SCHOOL H ELPER

EDITORIALS
T HIS school observed a one-day T hanksgiving holiday on the 23rd of November. However, ali of the pupils who wanted to go home were granted an absence over the week-end and quite a large number availed themselves of the opportunity of a short visit home. Those who remained at the school were treated to a real turkey dinner with ali the trimmings.
Instead of a Thanksgiving party the pupils ali voted in favor of a trip to the movies so on W ednesday afternoon the teachers of the intermediate department accompanied the pup ils to Cedartown to see " Rainbow Island.' ' The advanced boys and girls together with their teachers attended the same show in the evening.
This is the first time we have used our new bus to take the children to a movie, but they were so thrilled over the experience that we hope we wili be able to do so more often in the future.
TO PARENTS and your family a merry Christmas season. We are wishing it for your child also by making provision for many joyous experiences in planning, working, sharing, and anticipating.
There are times , and this is one of them, when we turn from lessons in conduct to lessons in appreciation. We do not ask ourselves what the children are going to do as a result of the experiences so much as w hat they are going to feel, for we are chiefly concerned with attitudes.
Again we are to have intimate association w ith Jesus through pictures and stories which turn the children's thoughts to Him. Our devotional periods for th e next few weeks will be spent showing pictures and tell ing simple stories about J esus. Pictures of the Baby J esus being watched over by H is lovi ng mother ; J esus as a little boy standing by her side while sh e reads to Him ; J esus is an older boy h elping J oseph in the carpen ter shop and in the Temp le telling others about God ; J esus as a ma n never too busy fo r a friendly deed

and as a Friend to whom children and babies stretched out their hands are concrete pictures of love in action. With such ideas as these to build on we h ope tha t the little deaf boys and girls en trusted to our care w ili grow into deeper appreciation. greater unders tanding, and a real desire to follow Him .
What can I give Him Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb . If I were a wiseman I would do my part. What can I give Him?
Give my h eart. --Selected
SUPT'S. CORNER take her on tria l and for an exact resting of her hearing.
Late the next day, Saturday, I found Mrs. Knapp's, Colquitt Coun ty W,elfare D epartment di rector, new concern, Milton Saun ders, not at Moultrie, but at nearby Pavo. He seems to be a fine little fellow, eligib le in every re spect, and I am sure it is Mr. and Mrs. Saunder's purpose to enter him in school.
I arrived in Thomasville lon g after nightfall. My travel from there on to Cairo and on to Pensacola has already been related. It has been a grea t t wo weeks.
Nell and H illis join me in send ing our love. As big a time as we are ali having, I believe everyone of us is a wee bit homesick for Cave Spring.
Love, Clayton
PRIMARY DEPT. chiefs and cover our mouths w hen we sneeze or cough.
W e should remember to be po lite at ali times, to help everybody , and never criticize or make fu n of others.
There are so man y things that enter into the task of developin g a well-round ed person ality. We hope that by making our children conscious of these little but important thin gs w hile they are young, they w ill be better citizens w hen they grow up.
-Emmalee High_note's Class

Good morning. How do like our new room? You see, class had become so large that teacher wa s like the ol d w ho had so many ch ild ren d idn 't now w h at to do. shoe (or classroom) w as just small; so w hen Mrs. offered us a larger one, q ui te thrilied.
Thanks to our eager tion , we were soon inst this nice room with its much ed floor and blackboard W e are finding that convenient that w e w on vve ever managed without it. wonderful for ali of us to be' to write at the blackboard at same time--especially for our dividual news items, original nu ber stories, assigned readi ng exercises and origmal ences.- V iola McMichen's C
As the T eacher. So the School The teacher is in a very
sense t he school. Ma gnificen t b ings , h owever splend idly e"" ". ""''"'..t do not consitute a school. buildings w ith picked from the community still do not have a school. is no school until the appears, and the kind of that you then have depends upon the kind of teacher who appea N ea tness in dress and person on part of the . teacher, purity th ought and life, honest, painstaking thoroughness in work, kindness and thoughtfuilness for others, firm ness and justice in matter of discipline, accuracy thought and enthusiasm, courage, loyalty to pupils and superiors: these characteristics will reflect themselves in the lives and w ork of her pupils. On the other hand a dissa tisfied , grumbling, gossipin g, scolding, irritable, disparaging, nagging, disloyal, insincere. inaccurate, fau ltfiinding, pessimistic sort of teacher al w ays h as a cless o f intellectual nondescripts, causing h er and others trouble , making little or no progress in their studies, reflect ing accura tely the per sonal traits and mental characteristics of th e teacher.
-Western Pennsy lvanian.

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State of Georgia
ELLIS ARNALL, Governor
Georgia School for the Deaf

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION M. D. COLLINS, State Superintendent of Schools

ADMINISTRATION

C. H HOLLIN GSWORTH, M. A., Superintendent

Rebecca S. Crowe, Secretary 0. W. Haney, Steward Evelyn Scoggins, Sec'y to Steward

J. C. Connor, M. D. W. S. Watson, D. D. S. Ka tie Payne, R. N.

Leila H. Barnett, Dietitian

INSTRUCTORS

Primary Department

Intermediate a nd Advanced Department

Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervisor
Dorothy B. Berentz Geverna Chapman Mabel L. Fincher Emmalee J. Highnote Jim Irwin Jessie F. Jones Viola McMichen, B. A. Miriam B. Minter Mildred B. Wright

Nell A. Gibbons. Supervisor
Shirley D. Almy Gladys Caswell, B. A . Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Ila S. Sewell, B. S.
Pauline J, Shahan, B. A.
Frances M. Tollefson, B. A. Mary D. Turner, B. A. Sarah F. Ware Maude M. Welch, B. A.

Vocational Department

Olaf L. Tollefson, B. A., Supervisor

Ola f L. Tollefson, B. A. . . . Printing

Gladys L. Lath a m . . Beauty Culture

Walter Wade .. Printing, Assistant

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

R. R. Caswell, B.S.A., B.A. . ... ..

A. May Clark . ..... Arts and Crafta

Agricultural Training

Earl Cox . . . . . . . . . . Machine Shop

J. R. Ware ............ Carpentry

Connor Dillard . . . . Shoe Repairing

Colored Department Quinton Gordon, Principal

Mattie Davis Henrietta Bailey Lucille McCullough

Eula Mae Strange Beulah Gibson R. H. McAfee

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

JANUARY. 1945

VOL. 45

NO. 4

THE
Volume 45

SCHOOL
January, 1945

HELPER
No.4

Classroom Topics

GREAT AMERICAN
AUTHORS
Washington Irving, who is known as "The Father of American Literature," was the youngest of eleven children. He was born in New York City. April 3, 1783.
When Irving was seventeen years old he began studying law in the office of Josiah Ogden Hoffman, but his love for writing drew him away from law and he bgean writing, under the pen -name of Diedrich Knickerbocker. Knick erbocker's History of New York was the first humorous book written in America.
Irving was engaged to be married to Matilda Hoffman, the daughter of the man with whom he studied law, but she developed tuberculosis and died before their wedding day. Irving was so sad after this that he could hardly force himself to write. He decided to visit his brother who was in business in Liverpool. England. The failure of his brother's business forced Irving to begin writing again in order to earn a living. He now began The Sketch Book in which appeared Rip Van Winkle, the most famous piece of short fiction in American Literature. While he was in England he wrote: Tales of a Traveller, The Life of Columbus, The Conquest of Granada and The AIham b r a .
For a long time Irving had wanted to come home so on April 11 , 1832 he set sail for New York City. After seventeen years he had come back home with fame and honor, for he was recognized as the first American author to become as famous in literature as any English author of that time.
Irving bought the stone cottage Which he described in Sleepy Ho'llow, named it " Sunny Side "

and began his last book, The Life of Washington , a biography of the national hero for whom he was named.
On the eighteenth of N ovember as he w as going to bed, Irving put his hand to his heart and fe ll dead . He was buried in the little ceme tery near Sleepy Hollow as the bells of New York tolled for him who was always " kind , pure, helpful ;a man who overcame poverty , sickness, deeo sorrow and with a steadfast p~rpose, won the victory.' '
-Bill Nelson
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
James Fenimore Cooper, the first American novelist, was born in Burlington, New Jersey in 178 9. He was a good story teller and his books are full of interesting incidents.
When Cooper was young he joined the Navy . This experience helped him write some of America's best sea stories.
When Cooper was thirty years old he decided to write an American historical novel so he started " The Spy." It was a story of the Revolutionary War and was pub1ished in 18 21. The book became famous and the sales wen t higher than those of any other early American book. The principal charact'er of " The Spy" was Harvey Birch, a quiet mysterious spy who was thought to be British but really was an American . The dangerous things Harvey did and the narrow escapes he made keep one wondenng what will happen next.
Cooper's next book was " The Pioneers," a story of frontier life. N atty Bumppo was the main charac ter in this story . You can follow N atty Bumppo from youth to old age by reading Cooper's

books in the following order ; The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohica ns, The Pathfinder, T he Pioneer, and the Prairie.
In The D eerslayer Natty Bumppo was captured by the Indians and tied to a tree, but he made his escape. In the Last of the Mo hicans, the most popular of all Cooper's works , N atty Bumppo, who is now called Hawkeye, protects two young girls from a cruel Indian . In The P athfinder, Natty Bumppo is successful with his enemies, but unsuccessful in his love affair.
Cooper died September 14, 1851 , one day before his sixtysecond birthday. His wife died only four months later. Their graves are now marked by a marble statue of Natty Bumppo w ith his dog and gun.
Cooper's men of the sea, forest and plains are considered among the best that have ever been added to the literature of the world.
-Billy Peace

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

FROM THE INTERMEDIATE

DEPARTMENT

I will try to stand erect. -Gertrude Hix son

I will try not to get any demerits. -Loraine Kicklighter

I will try to study harder.

- Homer Benson

I will try not to sign in school.

- Mary Baker

I will try not to be lazy. -Doyle N orris

I will try to write better and

spell my words right.

-Russell Royston

I will try not to spend my money

carelessl y.

- James Hattrich

I will try to write better.

-James V ickers I will try to talk better.

-Mary Moon (Continued on page ten)

Among the Staff

The first thrill of the Christmas season came with the lovely party given in Miss Shahan's apartment for the Junior Clllss. The apartment was gay with the traditional decorations and original arrangements of apples, pine branches, and mistletoe. The beautiful tree was laden with gorgeous packages, and Santa Claus' visit and story were both delightful and entertaining.
After the gifts were opened, bingo and other games and contests were entered into with great enthusiasm. A number of prizes were taken by the jubilant victors.

sympathy to Mrs. Tollefson and her mother.
Miss Annie and Miss Edna McDaniel entertained their brother and his family on Christmas day.
Miss Latham spent Christmas at home with her parents except for a week-end visit to Rome with friends.
Miss Clark and her brother were in Atlanta during the Christmas holidays with their sister, Mrs. Gentry.

they were in Atlanta the Annual Conference.
Pvt. Louis D. Wright just before Christmas to spend holidays with Mrs. Wright son , Louis.
Mrs. Irwin 's sister, Mrs. W. Cox, and W . R. Cox, Jr., Dawson , spent a few days her recently.
Mrs. Highnote and Mrs. visited relatives in week-end recently.

On the plates with the fruit Miss Shahan spent the holidays

cake and coffee were tiny pink with her family in LaFayette.

angels which made the tables very

festive with their soft rays of candlelight.

Miss Scoggins went to her home in Shannon during the Christmas

Guests were Mrs. Gibbons, Mr. vacation.

and Mrs. Tollefson, and Mickey

Shahan.

The Christmas party given by

the Faculty Club the evening of

Mr. and Mr:s. Hollingsworth the 19th was a big success, and

had as their guests for the Christ- was enjoyed by a large company

mas holidays, Lieutenant and Mrs. of guests as well as members of

Hillis Hollingsworth and their the faculty. After a delicious buf-

son, Clayton III, of Pensacolll, fet supper served in the dining

Florida.

room, the committee invited every-

one to the chapel where Santa

Flight Officer W. W. Gibbons arrived Christmas Eve, from Reno, Nevada for a ten-day leave with his family and parents.

Claus distributed gifts from a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. Before disbanding a number of Christmas carols were sung by the entire group.

Mr. and Mrs. Caswell and daughter Maxine, spent Christmas day with their parents in Heard County.
Mrs. Alva Ware spent several days in Newnan with her parents during the holidays. She met her son-in-law who has been in the family only a short time.
Everyone at school was grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Tollefson's brother, Mr. John W. May, in an automobile accident December 14th.
We wish to extend our deepest

Mrs. Berentz and her two children went shopping in Atlanta one day in December.
Margaret Jones who is a cadet nurse at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, spent a tew days with her mother, Mrs. Jessie F. Jones recently.
Mrs. Kennard and Mts. Gibbons recently enjoyed a shopping trip to Atlanta with M'r. and Mrs. Caswell.
The Rev. and Mrs. Minter were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Sims one night while

Miss Chapman had as guest during the holidays, Doris Green of Rome,
Miss Mary Ann Turner, senior at Agnes Scott spent the holidays with her er, Mrs. Mary P. Turner.
MRS. ANCIE D. R'YLE, DIES AT RESIDENCE
Mrs. Ancie Dyer Ryle, 9, yesterday at the residence, miles from Augusta on Peach chard Road after an illness of day. Funeral arrangements be aunnounced later by El Sons.
Surviving her are six Charles E. Ryle, of Byron, Dallas Marlin Ryle, of Perry, Captain William Frank USA ; Edgar C. Ryle, of Everette C. Ryle, of Cave Ga ; and John D. Ryle, of Fla ; six daughters, Mrs. W. Williams, of Macon, Ga; Mrs. B. Birdsong, of Jacksonville, Mrs. M . M. Mills, of Mrs. Ralph Blakey, of Mrs. Maxwell Goodsitt, of York City ; and Mrs. Marine dick, of Atlanta; 20 dren and six great-g duo..u.I;ru
The many friends of Ryle at the Georgia School for Deaf sympathize with him in loss of his mother.

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From the Advanced Department

Brinkley Smith was glad to meet Billy Adams on his way back to school. After the Christmas holidays Billy got on the same bus at J efferson. Brinkley went to a movie in Atlanta while he was waiting for his train.
George Vaughan was plesan tly surprised when he got home and found that his family had given him so many nice gifts.
Pauline Pendergraft and her family spent the holidays in Alabama. H e r grandmother died while she was there. She had been sick for a long time and all her children and grandchildm1 had been called to her bed-side. Pauline saw quite a few of her kinspeople whom she had not seen for a long long time.
Georgia Hargrove spent the holidays at school. Her sister sent her a big box of candy which she was very happy to get.
While Sue Brannan was at home, her father received a telegram saying that her uncle who lives at McDonough had died. Sue had not seen him since she was a little gir1.

than his family expected him so he gave them a surprise.
Billy Adams spent two days of his vacation in Atlanta and the remainder of it at his home in Jefferson. He had a good time driving his father's car.
Marvin Harrel's family had a big Christmas dinner all together. Marvin had a good time every moment of his vacation.
Lamar Spratling worked for the M erita Bakeries during his stay at home. Mr. Howard, who employed him, told him how to get a health certificate, a working certificate and a social security card. He had to go to the City Hall to get his health and working certificates and to a building on Forsyth Street to get his social securit'y card.
Mary Frances Bates could hardly wait to get home Christmas to see her new baby sister. She was born November 1. Mary Frances's uncle who is in service came to see the family while she was at home. She hated to see her father go to Hawaii, but she hopes he will soon be back.

rels. He thought the squirrel meat tasted very good. He enjoyed being with his family and seeing his friends.
Joyce Sellers's brother met her at the bus station in Atlanta. She was happy to see him , and was so glad to find out that he would not have to go back overseas for some time-probably not before June.
Carolyn Gunnells was surprised when Lt. Hillis Hollingsworth told her that he knew her brother who is in the Navy and is stationed at Pensacola, Florida. She has not seen her brother in four years. Carolyn supervised some of the small girls for Mrs. Henderson during the holidays and thought they were unusually well - behaved.
Louis Keaton's mother, who works in New York City, met him in Atlanta for the holidays. They had a good time visiting friends and relatives together. Louis was thrilled over the many Christmas presents he received. He hated to see his mother go back but he is glad she can be with his father while he is stationed in New York.

Alton Holman was glad to get his tooth pulled during the holi-
days. It hurt him so badly one
night that he could not sleep. He went to Cedartown early the next morning and had it taken out.
Clarence Highfield got a great ~any nice Christmas presents. He IS very proud of his new tan suit, shoes, fur-lined gloves, shirts, billfold. and money. He thinks his faml!y and friends were mighty good to him.
Bobby Davis was happy when
hnhe received a letter from his father December 21 telling him that e could come home for the holi days. He got home a day earlier

Vera Reeder had the best time Christmas she has had in a long time. She spent all her vacation at home with her parents. Her great grandfather is very old and she is afraid he will not live very much longer. She is home-sick to see him.
Elaine Panna! was delighted when her mother told her that she liked the evening dress Elaine had bought for the Home Coming. She had carried it home for her mother to see.
Hulet Hawkins went to Atlanta in the car with Doyle Norris for the holidays. He had a good time going hunting and killing squir-

.Billie Ethridge enjoyed his stop in Camilla on his way home Christmas. He went in Mr. Harrell's car and spent the day with Marvin's family. He had lots of fun helping Mr. Harrell cut down a big oak tree and riding on the tractor.
Bobby Rose is still thinking about the lovely presents he received Christmas. He enJoyed so much seeing his family and friends.
Carlton Huff spent a very sad Christmas. His father was hit by a car on December 17 and died on December 23. Carlton thinks his friends were very nice to h1m during his father's illness and death.
(Continued on page ten)

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T
From the Primary Side

Far the past few weeks ou\r class has been growing number conscious. When Patsy received two Christmas cards at one time the children noticed it immediately. A section of our blackbo.ud was then blocked off and How many: was printed at the top. Th~ numbers to five were printed underneath with the corresponding number of stars opposite.
Since Christmas we have counted many different objects as well as boys and girls and then pointed to the correct number of stars on our board to show that we understood the number involved.
It is surprising how quickly the children take up new ideas. Every morning they look for something new to count, and it ke~ps their teacher busy finding simple things to make new and real experiences.
-Miriam Minter's Class
The children enjoyed our work with the directions for relaxation so much that we decided to find another way to use them. Now. when we introduce a noun into our daily reading lesson, we study it to see if it has any characteristic motion that can be imitated. If this is possible, we print the new direction on a card and add it to our list. We also combine our names with these directions. The period that we devote to the reading of these cards is one that we all look forward to with pleasure. Come in to see us sometim~ and let us read them for you.
You will probably find us reading:
Betty, fly like a bird. Clarene, sway like a tree. Carol. hop like a rabbit. Dickie, hop like a frog. Alvin , gallop like a horse. Milton, walk like a duck. Edwin, pant like a dog. J. M ., walk like a doll. Daniel. run like a train .
We hope that James can come back to school soon. We are sure

that he will enjoy these exercises as much as the rest of us do.
-Jim Irwin's Class
'Twas the week before Christmas and all through the school excitement ran high and good will was the rule, and especially in our room. The children could hardly concentrate on their work and would seize every opportunity to think and talk about Christmas and compare notes as to who wanted what.
We had already hung, with a great deal of pride, the red and green Christmas wreaths that Ronald Bell and Roy Holmes made. Ronald's wreath was hung on the door so it would show in the hall, and Roy 's was hung between the windows where we could see it easily. W onnie Me Coy, Betty Baxley, Jean White, and Louise Hunt had made little Christmas trees and pasted them on the windows. There were colored balls and strings of popcorn showing through the trees which delighted the children . J. D . McCloud, Brooks Blankenship. Mary Lee Johnson, and Oneal Cornett had cut out little snowmen and thumb tacked them between the Santa Claus pictures in the border at the top of the blackboard. There were pictures of Mary and Joseph and the Baby Jesus, and every child in the room had learned their names.
There was a little musical Cliristmas tree standing in the middle of the children's table and a wax candle Santa Claus by the tree. Wonnie and Myrtle liked to sit up close and listen to the musicbox tinkle out snatches of "Silent Night' ' and "Noel," while the other children felt the vibrations in the box and watched the little tree slowly revolve. The little Santa was petted and patted by all the children.
There was much talk of going home and counting of days and a lot of expectation about the school Christmas tree on Thurs-
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day . Christmas cards kept in , each one passing from to han d and giving deliglJt to Every child was full of JOY. was a wonderful week.
- Dorothy Berentz's C
It was a satisfaction to see happy the children were to to school and to their friends. spent a long time the first in g telling what Santa Claus brought us and when we finish ed the blackboard was With piCtUreS Of tOyS and '-'VUJIU] they had drawn.
The children have enjoyed reading review and they're becoming little experts at it. . day recently we had visitors they Were very much ' mrr"~""' with how well the childr.:n this work. Some of the were :
Betty, run to James to Don.
Jean , jump, tiptoe, march hop.
Doris, walk with Margie dance with Katie Mae.
J ewell. jump four times skip to the clock.
Most of these directions shown for a short time, and carried out from memory.
We are beginning to make a reading exercise of these now and the girls and boys pleased to be able to do them.
--Mabel Fincher's
Although Christmas has the thrill remains. Our pretty are still displayed with pride.
The many Christmas cards our parents and relatives greatly appreciated. Every day fore Christmas brought cards our room. These were around to be admired one.
Seven children in our remained at school. When said goodbye to their there were no tears as a good

THE SCHOOL HELPER

January , 1945

was in store for those who stayed
here. Saturday afternoon all the boys
and girls packed their oags and journeyed down the hill to the advanced boys' and girls'. dormitories. ~hey w~re all exctte~ for staying m a dttferent dormttory would be fun.
Christmas Eve there was a big Christmas tree and Santa Claus brought each child a nice gift. There were picture shows on both Saturday nights and one Saturday afternoon all the children were carried to Rome on the school bus to see a show.
The children returned with many thrilling things to tell and gifts to be admired. The gifts. money, cat<_ds, and letters w~ere greatly appreciated. Everyone had a lovely Christmas and we have begun our new year with renewed hope and vigor after a nice vacation .
-Geuerna Chapman's Class
Now that the holiday season is over and all the children have returned, we are eager to get back to work.
Andrew Lee and Rube spent Christmas here. Mary Ann, Betty, Sarah, Howard, and Jerry were back the first day. William, Marcus, and Junior came in a few days late. Laura Anne and Charles were a week late. Everyone had a big Christmas.
Soon after we returned Mrs. Kennard came to our room with an armful of pretty new books. We squealed with delight for we are very fond of books. She passed them out and then wrote some questions about each picture. She thought we were very smart because we could answer all the questions.
The books are the revlsed edition of the Elson - Gray readers. We are proud of our first preprimers and expected to finis};l all three very quickly so that we can starr on the primers. The entire primary department has been issued

the Elson - Gray readers. Everyone has been eager to start the new books. We feel fortunate in having so many nice new readers and are going to work very hard.
--Jessie Jones's Class
Sometimes it is quite hard to come down to earth, especially after the Christmas holidays. Now that we are all finall y back in school and have discussed with our friends what we did w hile at home and what " ole" Santa brought us, we are ready to settle down and work in earnest the remainder of the school year.
Mary Suggs drew the January calendar on the board. She drew a snow scene with two fat snowmen in the foreground. It is a very attractive calendar and we all think Mary is quite an artist. Betty Brown said she liked pictures of the sun better. We think Betty just likes summer better than winter, anyway we've voted to let her draw the May calendar.
There are rumors going around that there is a new series of readers with work books in the office. We are eager to finish our old reader so that we can begin work on the new series. We think we will enjoy the new work books as well as the new reader:;.
-Mildred Wright's Class
We had a wonderful Christmas and ole Santa was good to all of us. It was hard to get right down to work for the first few days. We had so much to talk and write about, but we have settled down now and are working hard.
We are all back with th~ excepton of Louise Murphy. Eugene Baggett and Robert Wooten were the only ones in our class who did not spend the holidays at home.
We have started a new hobby and are enjoying it very much. We are keeping scrap books and are collecting poems, songs, and prayers. We hope by the end of school to have an interesting collection.

We are also keeping a bulletin board . Mrs. Highnote brings in interestin g news items every da )T and occasionally the childrt:n come across a picture or news item that they would like to put on the bulletin board. We enjoy the news period very much and look for ward to it.
-Emma Lee Highnote's Class
Although it is somewhat late for such wishes we are hoping that each of you will have a pleasant and prosperous New Year.
For those of us who like school. the year could not have been begun more pleasantly or profitably. All of us except Dorothy and Frances were here on the first, and we had a good time telling one another what we did during the holidays.
The four of us who stayed were rather fortunate even though we were disappointed about not getting to go home. We had another Christmas tree, went to Rome to see a show, and enjoyed a second movie here at school. Ruby and Wilda were very much pleased with their new dresses and with the pretty sewing kits that Mrs. Jolley gave them. Vinton received two nice boxes. W. C .'s father and mother brought him some new clothes and a number of Christmas delicacies. We want to thank each of you who contributed to our happiness during the holidays.
And we-Billie Jean , Edna. Ruth, Faye Nelle, Louise B., Louise W., Marvin, and Bobwho were privileged to spend Christmas at home, certainly want you to know that we are grateful. Thank you so much.
-Viola McMichen's Class
First person : "Dull party, isn't t. t 7. ,
Second person : " Yes."
First person : " Let's go home! "
Second person : " I can't , I'm the host.' '
-Wisconsin Times

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

January, l <>45

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All comm,mications should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia,
Entered at the postoffice at Cave Spring, Georgia, as second class matter November, 1889. Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided in Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October - 31, 1918. Published monthly during the school year in the printing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

NELL A. GIBBONS ----------------------- ---------- --- Editor MARIE KENNARD _---------------------- Associate Editor OLAF L. ToLLEFSON ____________ Printirl'g Instructor

Vol. 45

JANUARY

No. 4

REOPENING OF SCHOOL
By reopening school on Monday, January 1st, we feel that we got off to a good start in the New Year. For the past two years we have had a month's vacation at Christmas time but we found that there were too many disadvantages connected with a long vacation so this year we decided to have a ten -day holiday. The pareQts were not encouraged to take their chldren hdple and the school assumed no responsiblity in arragements of transportation of pupils but as the time set for the holidays approached more and more of the parents came to get their own and neighbors' children until the school began to take on a quite deserted appearance at the end of the last day. About three- fourths of the entire student body went home for the holidays.

Those who remained at the school had a jolly good time. On Christmas Eve Santa Claus made his second appearance-the first time being at the big Christmas tree before school closed on the 21st. He had had time to replenish his bag with gifts for each child and at this time the boxes from home were distributed. My! such a happy lot of youngsters you
have seldom seen. The days were pleasantly filled with games, hikes,
movies, etc., until the first thing you knew. it was time for all the girls and boys to return to school and tell about their trips home, their gifts. their good times and the thousand and one other things that girls and boys like to talk about.
The Christmas vacation was indeed a happy time for everybody at the Georgia School.
FORMER TEACHER MARRIES
We have recently heard of the marriage of Miss Jane Sitton to Lieut. (j. g.) A. W . Tandy in Novembe-r. Mrs. Tandy was a member of our faculty several years ago leaving here to taach in the Day Schools of Akron, Ohio.
She is a native of Fulton, Missouri and at present is teaching in the Colorado School for the Deaf in Colorado Springs. The SCHOOL HELPER extends congratulations to Lieut. and Mrs. Tandy and wish for theni a long and happy life together.

ABSENTEEISM
It appears that our pupils are growing more and more careless. about promptness in returning to school after a hohday or a week-end spent at home Casually it would not seem that the loss of one o; two days from school would be of great importance and it probably would not be if it happened only once but it is becoming quite an objectional habit with our students, and I might add that parents are frequently to blame for this situation. One little boy was taken home by his parents before Thanksgiving and did not return to school until after Christmas. This represented a loss of five weeks or 25 days or over 100 hours from the classrom. Do the parents expect that child to keep up with his class or to make much progress in his studies? We can tell them that the child's chances for promotion are destroyed for this year.
On January 1st when school reopened more than 30 pupils were not in their places. They filtered in all during the week but the most of them remained home an extra week. This practice is a great detriment not only to the pupil who loses the precious hours of work but to his entire class which is held back by his absence. It works an extra hardship on the teacher also because it is she who must struggle along and give him extra time and work in an effort to make up the lost time.
Three of our boys left without permission several days before the closing date Christmas not only losing time from school but causing distress to the superintendent and those responsible for their care.
There are times when absence from school is unavoidable but we find the greatest causes for absenteeism is indifference, carelessness, and the failure of pupils and parents to realize the importance of prompt and uninterrupted school attendance. We hope that the parents will refrain from removing children from school unless absolutely necessary in which case they will co-operate with us in returning them as soon as
possible.
GEORGIA SCHOOL BECOMES STATE ACCREDITED SCHOOL
The Georgia School for the Deaf has been fully approved as a State accredited High School, C. H. Hollingsworth, Superintendent, announced yester-
day. This action was taken following a recent study
and inspection of the school by W . E. Pafford, .State High School Supervisor, and Dr. J. T. Lance, District Supervisor. The school has been on a one-year
probationary trial. The Georgia School for the Deaf is one of the
few State ~chools for the deaf qualifying for and affiliating itself with a State accredited group with all rights. benefits. and privileges Qf such an affilia-
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Superintendent's Corner

Griffin, Georgia August 30, 1944

Dear Hazel :

The last week has been ver y

eventful and , even at that, a lot

of territory has

ANNUAL
FIELD TRIP

been covered in my rush to ge~
back to the of

(Co ncluswn ) fice by Septem

ber 1. I hope to

get in tomorrow sometime, the

last day of grace. .

I came back from Pensacola the new Gul f Route via Panama City Florida . This choice of routes will never be regretted . It is a wonderful drive. It was a fine day and to my great surp rise and delight the spark le and beautiful coloring of the Gulf, w hich the highway affords in unbroken view for over one hundred miles, is almost equal to that viewed on the coastal high way bet ween Los Angeles and San Francisco. The ' 'jeweled Pacific' is no misnomer. That the Gulf of Mexico on this cloudless day could rival the Pacific in its undulating expanse of beautiful shades o green, blue, purple, and, not to be outdone, the same lavender haze out in the distance where sky and water meet, afforded me no end of prideful joy. This was quite a revelation to me since I had never seen the Atlantic look other than a somber gray and had previously thought the west coast had a monopoly on oceanic coloring. Florida and the South certainly have justifiable claims in what the Gulf offers. This revelation and the breathtaking beauty of what I saw made the drive a memorable one.

On arriving at Panama City. I thought of our genial mayor, Josh Tumlin, of Miss Edna and the time she caught the sailfish on one of their many excursions to this gulf city. How I would have liked to have met them there!

At Thomasville I picked up my coa t left at the hotel there. On the outskirts of the cily , while Pausing at a filling station to

inquire the way, an attendant exclaimed, ' 'You have a tire going down." The Negro helper, walking around the other side said, " Here is another one going down ." Cou,ld you believe it? Two pottntial flats accidentally discovered just before heading out oil the highway for plenty of trouble and maybe no help for miles. All my original doubts about those tires lasting through the summer, together with the possibility of bad judgment it) putting 5 00 extra miles on them to see Bubber and Nell at Pensacola, began to assail and d:!press me. One day I was riding the crest of pure ecstasy and in the next found myself in tb,e throes of depression and dejection. When I was fixed up , with son;te -assurance that the tires would get me back home , I did not stop for the night at Quitman as originally contemplated, but drove o,n to Valdosta while the tires lasted. This destination was reached after 9 p . m. I was headed for Brunswick still a long way from home.
The next morning, enroute and JUSt at the edge of Waycross, the familiar wobble, pull, and bump of a front wheel told me that the worst had happened again. Once more luck was with me, but for how long ? A service station, within. half a block, had me on my way again in no time. I am leaving you to guess what I thought, felt, and maybe said to myself during the interim.
After arriving at Brunswick and checking in at the welfare office in regard to some applicants in that vicinity, I hied it back to The Anchorage facing the "Marshes of Glynn. " Yep, this place was so prophetically and poetically a part of my last trip to Brunswick that I didn't tven think of trying to find lodging elsewhere. Believe it or not , in less time than it takes to tell, I was in my swimming trunks and h eaded across the causeway to St. Simon. Again , as last yea r, I had such a late sta rt, I did not come out of the surf until
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after dusk. I was up and moving early the next morning. Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Hair, who had written so anxiously about their little daughter Jeanette, had not clarified her exact age. She is a very attractive and bright little girl, but being not quite four years of age , she is too young to admit to school. It was fine, though, interviewing these good folks and reassuring them about their child. Jeanette certainly is a promising future prospect. The J. M. Hargraves, who were plaguing us in February to admit their son, who had been accepted but not sent to school last year, had just recently moved to Jacksonville.
Around 12: 00 noon, I decided to "beard the lion in his lair'' by calling on Mr. J . D . Compton, genetal manager of the Sea Island Company. You will recall this was the man I had such a time trying to find last year, how I wrote the incident up in the School Helper and later received from him a letter of apology together with an invitation to visit the swanky Cloister Hotel as a complimentary guest?- l tell you , as I meandered my way out to Sea Isl"and, fears were assailing me and I was wondering if I were not the one to do some apo!.0gizing. My spirits rose appreciably when Mr. Compton proved most gracious and genial in his manner. Although originally a ''damnyankee" from up Ohio way, he soon convinced me he was more thoroughly saturated with the historic lore of the" Golden Isles'' than was "humble me" . Mr. Compton informed me I was in error in saying these islands furnished virgin pine timber for the first American navy, but rather it was live oak and that it was the only remaining original timber in the preserved "Old Ironsides". I was further set back on my egotistical haunches when he said, ''I enjoyed the article in your school paper despite its inaccuracies" , then added insult to injury by say_ing, " Sometimes bad

THE S CHOOL H ELPER

January ,

advertising, in the final analysis, is good advertising.' ' However, I got in the last telling blow. While he was dialing the dining room steward to tell him I would be a luncheon guest, I said, " Will you give me a raincheck on that?" He readily assented , but insisted that I have lunch, anyway. As an afterthought I said, " I want to bring my wife next summer, maybe for a weekend '' . I admit he was staggered, but took the blow like a man. A great fellow is Mr. Compton ! If you can condone my unmitigated gall and maybe get up the nerve, considering the way I get m,y invitations, to face this man, who knows but what we shall be guests at that $25 .00 a day hotel extravaganza yet..
True to my word, I ate lunch (fried shrimp entree) twenty miles up the road at Darien enroute to Savannah.
I found Tom and Helen at home. My arrival at Sav<ljnnah about two hours before night was purposely scheduled so they would have plenty of time to supplement their supper menu so it might, in truth , be a seafood dinner. This strategy worked perfectly. Helen, knowing my prodigious appetite for crabmeat, any style, again prepare.d crab stew and deviled crab in extravagant abundance. As could be expected, I ate too much. It was so good a n d unconsciously perhaps, I was trying to make up for a year's deficiency of seafood diet. The next morning, rather shamefacedly, I inquired if there was any Epsom salts and soda about the place. I was able to be out the next aftenoon which was SuQday. Tom, Helen, and Oscar rode with me and directed me in finciing two applicants. One was a little colored girl way out in west Savannah; another , a six-year-old white girl in the extreme eastern section of the town . L ittle Avus DeLoach is a smart looking child. We enjoyed the visit to Mr. and Mrs. DeLoach's home and thought his little deaf daughter the most attractive of his three children.
That night and the next morn-

ing I got the laugh back on T om about this eating business. I had been so well fed and helped so much in locating these S<tvannah children that I thought it w as time for me to do the honors Paris's Place, out on Cumberland Island, was approved as a good place to go. Special seafood din ners were ordered. The situation was reversed. This time Tom was the guest and I was the host and this time it was Tom eating too much. I know, for the nex t morn ing he admitted he had had to get up before day and take a ''horse dose" of that same salts for relief.
The next day Monday, August 28 , I encountered my first rejection , a feebleminded Negro girl near Hinesville. Thirty miles further, Bobby Quarterman, a Negro boy, was examined and accepted . Sally Ballard, at Stilson, originally reported by my good friend, Mr. E. K. Bell , of Savannah, was visited and accepted as eligible, but here I ran into parental objections. Mr. and Mrs. J esse Ballard were loathe to let their little daughter leave home. It was another such case where seemingly blind prejudice and a false sense of what is best for the child , under these circumstances, makes your heart ache. Sally seems to be a bright little girl , but deaf to the extent that she can only grow up in pitiful ignorance if not given specializ,ed educational attention . It is hoped that Mr. Bell, Mr. Durrence, and others in the vicinity can bring the light to these misguided parents.
From Stilson I passed through Statesboro , where I so wanted to stop, and on to Swainsboro for the night.
At Louisville the next morning, Mrs. Marie P . Jones, director of the Jefferson County Department of Public Welfare, was kind enough to send a field worker with me to find Louise Tarver. within the city limits, and on beyond W ,rens to examine Hubert Beasley and L ula Smith, all N eg10 ap .. plicants. The first was accepted as eligible and the latter two were

rejected. The boy wa~ feebleminded and not deaf; the latter, practicaliy grqwn and picking over 200 pounds of cotton per day, was adjudged toq old to start school. She seemed very happy and proud of her accomplishments. I told her mother she was already doing more for her than the school cou ld do at this Iate date. Later in the day, betwee n Wrightsville and Irwinton , I missed little Gene, bro ther of Alton Dominey. I left word for Mr. and Mrs. Dominey to send that kid on to Cave Spring. Jud gi ng by what an interested neighbor had to say and the fine record of the 'brother al1 eady in school, I felt assured he w as entirely eligible.
Then qn tq Macon for the night. A message had been relayed to me from Mr. John S. Herndon, superintendent of the Academy for the Blind , regarding a little boy not a great distance from his school. On calling Mr. Herndon from the L anier Hotel the next morning, he upbraided me for not comin g to his place for the night. I n six- year -old Dicky T aylor, he certa inly had spotted a fine little fellow w ho needs, by all means, to start school this fall. I hope I can return John 's favor sometime. I am sure Mr. and Mrs. Taylor equally appreciate his fine interest in their child.
This brings me to Griffin where I am spending the night. I ran across Mr. W . E. Pafford, here at the h otel attending a conferencE of school superinteQdents. I declined his invitation to attend a night session , but accepted his recom mendation of Bing Crosby in " Going my Way" as being a good movie to see.
I arrived here today in time to contact Mrs. Evander Shapard, Jr. director of the Spalding CountY D epartment of Public Welfare, who, in turn , referred me to Mrs. H attie Daniel, director of the Pike County Department of Public Welfare, Zebulon , in regard to V iola Bennett, at Williamson. The t ires were be ginning to look awful
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THE SCHOOL HELPER

January , 1945

sUPERINTENDENT'S COR.

We are sure to be forgiven, too, Americus, and Indianapolis, Ind.

Continued

for reminiscing, for sadly yet She was graduated from Albany

and I begged Mrs. Daniel to use her car on the trip. While Mrs. Bennett. who had a swarm of children an d lived in very lowly circumstances, talked a little skeptical about preparing 1.uflicient clothing for her little girl and getting her to school on time, Mrs. Daniel assured me she and Mrs. Shapard would lend every possible assistance in this case.
Tomorrow is the 3 Ist. If I can manage to limp in, there is no trouble anticipated in convincing the Floyd County RationingBoard and the world in general that at

pridefully, turning the pages of the inevitable scrapbook ; recalling and
reprinting the two items as follows :

High school and attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., and Mercer University, where she became a member of the Phi Mu sorority.
Cadet Hollingsworth is the son of

From the Duke University campus paper of last April :

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hollingsworth, of Cave Spring. His mother is the
former Miss Hazel Wright. He is the

THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW!!!

brother of Wright Hollingsworth.

Cadet Hollingsworth was graduat-

Duke track and field enthusiasts ed from Darlington School for Boys

can be found weeping bitter tears at Rome and from Mercer University

into their beer on any a-iven evening in 1942. At Mercer, he was a member

these days, The cau8e of all the hyateri~ is one Wrig ht Hollin gsworth,

of the Blue Key honor society, Kappa Phi Kappa national education fra-

a Martne trainee until early this ternity and Phi Delta Theta social

week, when he was transferred to fraternity. He enlisted in the Naval

the marine base at Parris Island.

Air Corps and will receive his com-

Hollingsworth was perhaps Coach mission as ensign in a few days.

Bob Chamber's handiest operative.

least two recaps and two new tires a e bad ly meded.
W ith all the ups and downs involved in this summer work, it always partakes of the nature of an enjoyable adventure to me. But right now as I am thinking of you and home , the grand finale seems always wonderfully out ot proportion to what went before. See you tomorrow.
Love,

In the Virginia meet last Saturday, rangy Wright took first place in both the high jump and broad jump following this with a second place effort in the pole vault. He was also a standout hurdler and was being counted on for tomon-ow's Penn Relay Carnival.
The reason for his mid-semester transfer was rather an odd one. It
seems that late last winter Hollings-
worth cracked an ankle bone while
playing basketball for Jerry Gerard.
He had his foot in a plaster cast for
weeks. Being a senior, he was due to

TWO CAUGHT THE TRAIN
Three professors who had been in attendance at the N. D. E. A. convention were sitting in the Great Northern depot, waiting for a train. They became so deeply engrossed in conversation that they failed to notice when the train arrived. In fact, not until it was pulling out did they see it. At that, all three sprinted with great speed, and two of them caught the train.

Clayton
~

to ble shipped out on March 1. In view of his incapacitation, the powers that be decided that he wouldn't be of much use down there anti granted

The third was standing dejectedly on the platform when Mr. Barnard walked up to him and

Having our family represent atives , Lt. (j. g.) Clayton Hillis Hollingsworth, Jr. , and Second Lt. Connor Wright Hollingsworth, in the armed services, with us for a short time recently is excuse enough for a prideful men tion in this issue of the School Helper.

him another semester.
But when Vandergrift and Holcombe learned that Wright was strong enough to do a little high jumping, etc., they really raised hell up there in Washington. Consequently, he was yanked out of school with only two months left in the semester. Hollingsworth is now tramping a P . I. drill field, and we dare say the war will be sh,ortened by at least a

said, ''Why look so sad, Mac? Two out of three made it. That's a pretty good average!"
" Yes, I know,'' sighed Mr. Me Mahon, ''but they came down to see me off. " -Dakota Scientist.
STATE ACCREDITING Continued

Every dadblamed father, mother and kinsman of service men and women among our readers will forgive us the impropriety, if it be

year as a result of such efficient action.

tion. Mr. Hollingsworth said. In speaking of the standards of

From the Macon Telegraph of the schooL Mr. Hollingsworth

June 1943 :

said that the school's vocational

such, and will join us in a prayer MISS ROBINSON W;ILL MARRY courses scored very high as com-

for the safety of ours and theirs C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, JR.

pared with approved standards for

as they do their assigned part to better the final results of this ter rible woxld conflagration. Also , they wi ll join us as we pay silent

Macon, Ga., June 5. - Miss Nell Council Robinson's engagement to Aviation Cadet Clayton Hillis Hol-
lingsworth, Jr., of Cave Spring and Pensacola, Florida, is announed to

the State. In the academic department, the number of students taking all high school subjects was the only exception made in com-

and pra yerful tribute to these :fine day and their marriage is to take parison with regular public high

lads who have already made the place soon.

schools. This requirement for the

supreme sacrifice ; and to their parents and kinsmen who carry heav y he.ans roday. God bless and sustain us every one is our prayer.

Miss Robinson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Austen Robinson, . of Macon. Her mother is the former Miss Clara Adams, daughter of
Solomon and Nell Council Adams, of

Cave Spring School was lowered because of the limi ted availJable enrollment, he said.
Rome News- Tribune

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His classmates and friends here are glad that he is back and are very sorry that he had to have such a sad experience.
Bill Nelson went hunting almost every day during Christmas but he had very little luck. While he was walking in the woods one day , he saw a rabbit in its bed ; he aimed at its head and shot, but missed it. Bill's father liked to tease him because he had shot and missed his mark.
Olin Love was glad that he got to go home Christmas. He enjoyed opening his Christmas presents. He was sorry that his brother, Arthur, who is in the Army had to go to Gainesville, T exas on December 28.
Etta L ee Kilgore enjoyed staying at home during most of Christmas week and seeing again her family and friends. She spent Saturday night with Ruth Cook in Rome and had a wonderful time.
For the Christmas holidays Billy Peace went to Atlanta to visit his aunt. He did not go home because his family were all sick and his mother was afraid Billy might get sick, too. He had a good time in Atlanta going to the movies, drug stores, skating rink and a great many other places.
Olin Murphy enjoyed having Olin Love spend the day with him during the holidays. Olin went to Irvinton one day with friends. They had car trouble and had to go hack home on the train.
Carlton Scurry spent Christmas day at Hoboken with his family. On December 28 he went to Hazelhurst to see his sister. The next day he had a good time hunting with some friends.
James Sharpton is glad to get back to school even though he did have a mighty good time at hom e. He spent some of his vaca-

tion with his brother in Atlanta. Joyce Avery had lots of fun in
Atlanta on New Year's night. She said the streets were packed and jammed with people making noise and throwing confetti on every body.
Frances Bartlett received a great many Christmas presents and was pleased with everything she got. She enjoyed a nice quiet Christmas at home with her family .
Walter Brown's grandmother was very ill at the Georgia Baptist Hospital during Christmas. Walter spent most of his vacation with his sister in Atlanta, where he could be near his grandmother. She is better now and has been moved to his sister's home.
Edward Stanford's brother who is overseas sent him a German parachute recently. All the boys and girls have enjoyed seeing it.
Ruth Cook received a beautiful bracelet from her brother who is stationed at Camp Cook in California.
Willene Letson enjoyed her visit home put was sorry that she got sick and had to be late coming back to school.
C. G. Turner went huntin g Christmas and killed a rabbit. His mother cooked it for supper and the family enjoyed it very much.
Eva Bragdon is still thinking about the many Christmas presents she got and the good time she had with her family and friends. She did not get to be with her brother-in-law and sister very long because they spent most of the holidays in Atlanta.
Alton Dominey spent Christmas at school. He had a good time but he missed the . boys.
During the holidays Friedson Odom visited his brother, Lieuten-

ant Odom , who is stationed at Fort Benning. Friedson took his first ride in an airplane. It was lots of fun at first but it wasn't long until he got dizzy and then sick. He can hardly wait to go back and try it again.

Frances Hoy never did receive so many nice Christmas presents before. She thought every thing she got was beautiful.
Roscoe Singletary went hunting with his father and uncle one day during the holidays. They got up early in the morning and hun~ed all day. Roscoe saw two squirrels but did not kill either. His father shot one squirrel ; his uncle shot at two but missed them.

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Continued

I will try to obey all the rules of

the school.

--Janie Smith

I will try not to make any noise.

--Jack Callaway

I will try to talk softly. --Janie Elder

I will try to obey my teachers.

-Mattie Sugg1

I will try to be nice and polite in 119 4 5 .

-Bud Little

I will try to be quiet in school. - Billie Robinson

I will try to be neat.

-Bobby Gorman

I will try to be good to the teachers.

-Beady Smith

I will try to work faster. -Ben Goodwin

I will try not to play in school.



--Jackie Dukes

I will try not to waste time. -Laura Pope

I w ill try to be kind to the boys and girls .
-Thomas Rucker

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State of Georgia
ELLIS ARNALL, Gonrnor
Georgia School for the Deaf

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION M. D. COLLINS, State Superintendent of School

ADMINISTRATION

C. H . H OLLINGSWORTH, M. A., Superintendent

Rebecca S. Crowe, Secretary

J . C. Connor, M. D.

0. W. Haney, Steward

W. S. Watson, D. D. 8 .

Evelyn Scoggins, Sec'y to Steward

Kat ie Payne, R. N.

Leila H. Barnett, Dietitian

INSTRUCTORS

PrimarJ' Dopartmeat

Intermediate and AdYanced Departmoat

Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervisor
Dorothy B. Berentz Geverna Chapman Mabel L. F'incher Emmalee J. H~hnote Jim Irwin Jessie F. Jones Viola McMichen, B. A. Miriam B. Minter Mildred B. Wrieht

Nell A. Gibbons. Supervior
Shirley D. Almy Gladys Caswell, B. A. Edythe D. Montgomery, B. 8. Ila S. Sewell, B. S.
Pauline J . Shahan, B. A.
France M. Tollefaon, B. A. Mary D. Turner, B. A. Sarah F. Ware Maude H. Welch, B. A.

Vocational Department

Olaf L. Tollefson, B. A., Supervisor

Olaf L. Tollefson, B. A. . . . Printing

Gladys L. Latham . . Beauty Culture

Walter Wade . . Printing, Assistant

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

R. R. Caawell, B.S.A., B.A. . . . . . .

A. May Clark . . . . . . Arts and Crafta

Aencultural Training

Earl Cox . . . . . . . . . . Machine Shop

J. R. Ware ............ Carpentr7

Connor Dilla rd .. .. Shoe Repairing

Everette Ryle . Barber ing a nd Pressing

Colored Department

Quinton Gordon, Principal

Mattie Davis Henrietta Bailey Lucille McCullough

Eula Mae Strange !Jeulah Gibson R. H. McAfee

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HE SCHOOL c~;~:z"'

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

FEaRUARY, 1945

VOL. 45

NO. 5

GENERAL LIBRAR Y
MAR 5 1Q4S UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

THE
olume 45

SCHOOL
February, 1945

HELPER
No. 5

Classroom Topics

FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS
William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bry.;nt, the second in a family of seven children, was born in Cummington, Massachusetts November 3, 1794. His father was a doctor in the little \illage of Commington. His mother was Sara Shell, a descendent of John Alden and Priscilla from vvhom Henry W. Longfellow was also descended.
Bryant ,:id not luv ~ vcrv nn.. h school educattn' H.: Jtt.?nd~d the village school, studied Greek and mathematics a few months with the minister of the village school and spent one yeu in \Villiam s College. He wan ted to go to Yale, but his father did not have money enough to send him. He was forced to give up all h is hope of a college training and to turn to the study of law as a means of making a living.
Bryant did not like the study of law, but he kept on with it until he was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one. His father now suggested that his son open a law office in a littb village near by. Bryant set out to walk to the village. As he went along feeling sad and lonely suddenly a bird flew by. As he watched th bird he gained new strength and courage. That night when he went to his room, he wrote the poem, "To a Waterfowl,'' that ends with the beautiful lines.
" He who from zone to zone Guides through the boundless
sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must
tread alone Will lead my steps aright."
Very early in life Bryant began to hope that someday he might be a poet. He loved the forest

and the birds and the clouds. More than half his poems are written about nature.
It was Bryant's father who caused people to notice William Cullen's gift at writing poetry. One day while looking through some papers in an old desk which his son had used when he was at home, he found the poem, Thanatopsis, copied it and handed it to the editor of a Boston paper. This poem had been written when Bryant was only seventeen years old, with the exception of the first eight lines and the last nine lines which were added ten years later. This poem is still, to-day, Byrant's most famous poem. Among other beautiful poems of his are: The "Death of the Flowers," "Robert of Lincoln," "The Yellow Violet" and "The Planting of the Apple Tree."
On June II, 1821 Bryant married the lovely Fanny Fairchild , for whom he wrote many of his poems. In 1843 they bought a beautiful country home and named it "Cedarmere." Here with his wife and two daughters, Julia and Frances, Byrant lived happily until the death of his wife in 1866.
Bryant lived to be eighty-four years old. His death was caused by standing too long in the hot sun when delivering a speech. His last words were the last lines of his poem, Thanatopsis:
"So live, that when thy sum. mons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent hall of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed

By an unfaltering trust approach thy grave.
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him , and lies down to pleasant dreams." -Etta Lee Kilgore
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson, born in Boston, Massachusetts May 25, 1803 was descenqed from eight generations of preachers. His father was for a long time pastor of the First Church of Boston.
Emerson was the second of five sons. He was a kind obedient boy to his mother who was left a widow when he was eight years old and who in spite of poverty sent him through high school and then to Harvard University.
When Emerson was twenty years old, he began to study to be a preacher. He was not well, so when he finished his study at twenty-three years old, he had to spend his winters in Florida. On his return he was called to preach at the Second Church in Boston, the famous church which Cotton Mather had served.
When Emerson was twentysix years old he married Louisa Tucker. She lived only three years after they married. Three and a half years later he married the second time.
Most of Emerson's work consists of Essays. The best known of his essays is Self-Reliance. In this Emerson tries to get people to depend on themselves, and to trust themselves.
Some quotations from Emerson that almost every one knows are:
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."
"Love and you shall be loved

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- - - -all mankind loves a lover. "
" The only way to have a friend is to be one."
"Life is not so short but that there is always time to be courteo us . ' '
" Make yourself necessary to the world and mankind will give you bread.' '
''The one bad thing in the world is to receive favors and render none.''
" Hitch your wagon to a star.''
" Keep cool and you command eve ry body."
Emerson died April 27 , 1882 just a few days before his eightieth birthday. He was buried not far from the graves of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Thoreau.
-Frances Hoy
PAUL REVERE'S RIDE
As a guide toward good citizenship the C class has been studying about people who loved their country and were willing to give their lives to build a better country.
The beautiful poem, Paul Revere 's Ride, written by Henry W . Longfellow tells about a brave man who loved his country and wanted to protect it from the enemies.
P aul Revere was born in Boston , Massachusetts January_ 1, 1735 . The town of Revere, Massachusetts was named for him. He was one of the party who destroyed the tea in Boston Harbor. He was about forty years old at the time of his famous midnight ride. He lived over forty years after he gave his midnight message.
Henry W . Longfellow and some friends often met at an old inn near South Sudbury, Massachusetts and spent the time telling stories. Mr. Longfellow decided to put those stories into a book. He called his new book, " Tales of a Wayside Inn." He first introduced the keeper of the Inn who told the story of Paul Revere which Longfellow called "The Landlord 's Tale. " It is said that

the outline of this poem was gi veu by Paul Revere himself in a letter to a Doctor Bellnap.
Paul Revere's ride happened a long time ago when Amenca was ruled by the king of England. The people of Boston believed that there was going to be a war and had bought some powder and had hidden it at Concord, Massachusetts about twenty miles away. Paul Revere with some other soldiers was camped in Charleston not far from Boston where he could see what the British were doing.
One day a friend of Paul Revere 's came to him and told hi m that the British were go ing that night to Concord to get the powder. The British had two routes to Concord. They could march across the Charles River to the North shore and go straight to where the gun powder was hidden or they could march south along the bank of the river and then turn north. Paul Revere did not know which route they would take so he told his friend to go back to Boston and watch the British and if they started to Concord by land to hang a lantern in the tower of the Old North Church ; if they started by sea to hang two lanterns.
Paul Revere waited at the river with his horse ready to give the alarm that the British were coming. He heard the clock strike ten , and then eleven and at last he saw a light flash from the tower of The Old North Church. He jumped on his horse ready to start. Then another light flashed . He knew the British would cross the river . He rod~ through the village and out into the country yelling to the farmers to get up and defend themselves.
The king's soldiers were surprised to find all the people awake and wondered how the~r plans had been found out. They did no~ get the gun powder because when they got to Lexington, not far fro m Concord, there was a battle. This battle is called the Battle of
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Lexington. It was the beginning
of the war called the Revolutionary War.
The British were glad to get back to Boston alive even though they did not get the powder.
- Hulet Hawkins
OUR DISAPPOINTMENT
The other da y the teachers asked the intermediate boys and girls w hi ch we wanted to have for Valentine's Day: a hike, a party, or to go to the movies sometime that week. We voted to go to the movies: The teachers asked what kind of movie we should enjoy. Soon we decided one of the best movies was ''Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." So the teachers decided that they would take us to Rome in our new school bus to see that mov1e.
In a few days we were very much disappointed to learn that we could not go to Rome. We do not know why. The teachers told us that it was because Dr. Connor told Mr. Hollin gsworth not to
l:>t us go to town, Cedartown, or
Rome because some people have scarlet fever, measles, bad colds, and flu there. If wr. go we might
get sick. It is all right with us.
The teachers told us that they
had decided that we would have a
Valentine party on the sixteenth of February. We will go to the Scout Lodge. The teachers knew th;tt we were very much disappointed so they said that they would take us to the movies sometime when there was no more sickness. We still are disappointed because we wanted to see " Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo."
-Loraine Kicklighter
EARNING MONEY
I got a job on the farm January
the third. I started to work Saturday morning. I worked that afte~noon and Sunday morning and earned $1.50.
The next week I went to the farm on Friday night. The next morning I helped milk until seven
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From the Primary Side

We want our school to be a With a "pause to refresh us,"

good school and in order for it

when we skip and run,

to be good we must start with We think that school is just

the youngest children.

loads of fun.

We try to have an atmosphere

-Jim Irwin's Class

of love and a friendly understand- '

ing between the teacher and pupils.

We want each child to feel that be is needed to help make this a happy and pleasant place.
Every one is made to assume some responsibilities, even though
the duties are simple. We do not accept a half-done job. In doing this we develop cooperation, teamwork, and respect for one an-
other's rights. We do not allow selfishness to be practiced and try to train the children to work for the welfare of the entire group.
We want our children to be happy and we feel that if the above mentioned things are learned and practiced, we are do~ng our small part toward helping our school to be a good school.
-Miriam Minter 's Class

Our class is thoroughly enjoying the pre-primer reading that Mrs. Kennard started for us last week. We love the big picture cards of the seven characters, Dick, Jane, Father, Mother, Baby, Spot, Puff, and Tim.
Matching the big printed cards to the big pictures was quite easy. Grouping all the pictures of single characters about the printed name of that character in a Plymouth chart was just as easy. It was still easy to identify two characters at a time, both with the big cards and with the little ones. W\hen it came to identifying three, four, and five characters however, keeping the sequence too, many a brow was wrinkled in thought.

Our class invites you to come in And see what we do, our work
to begin. First, a prayer, then a salute to
the flag -We stand straight and quiet,
tho ' we hate to brag. A peek at the weather-then
draw what we see On the right day of the week
as quick as can be. Tongue gymnastics and bab-
bling are our next choice To help us form words and to
improve the voice. Speech reading, then speech, are

Bettie, Myrtle, Brooks, James, and Ronald are always eager to try even if they get it wrong, but Jean, Louise, Mary Lee, OneaL and Roy must feel quite sure of themselves before volunteering.
The children can already point out Dick's shoes, Spot's feet, Baby's dress, etc., and show Jane's father, Dick's sister, Baby's brother, etc. Next they will iearn to write the names of the seven characters, and then we begin to read in earnest.
-Dorothy Berentz's Class

now on the list. If we want to be smart, these
mustn't be missed. W;e write very carefully, and

The characters in the ElsonGray pre-primers have become

stay on the line.

very interesting characters in our

When you see our work, you class. The set of big pictures and

will say, "That's fine."

the big book are so attractive that

Our period for reading is the we could not fail to learn their

best part of the day.

names. They are Father, Mother,

-We like it so much that it's Baby Sally, Jane, Dick, Tim the

really just play.

teddybear, Spot the dog, and Puff

We read about numbers, colors, the kitten.

and nouns,

Directions such as the follow ..

And match pictures of every- ing are written on the board and thing from marbles to clowns. the children can hardly wait their

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turns to identify the character
or characters. Show me Father. Show me Dick and Jane. Show me Spot, Puff, and Tim.
Another thing we are interested in right now is pasting some of our handwork and written work on sheets of colored construction paper. There is a characteristic color for each season and we are using yellow as spring is just around the corner.
We have saved our work from day to day and are thrilled over making the scrapbooks that we will so proudly show our parents and friends when we go home.
-Geverna Chapman's Class
The children in our class display various types of dispositions.
Don, Bobby, and Katie Mae are the mischievous type. Don especially likes to tease and play tricks on his friends. It is the delight of all of us to watch Katie Mae dramatize some experience she has had at home such as the time the old mother hen flogged her.
Jean and Betty Ann are quite studious. They together with Willis Joe and Margie do very neat work and are careful not to make mistakes. Margie is becoming a good reader, too.
Joan and Jewell are unselfish little girls. Both are good students and favorites in the classroom and dormitory.
Marcus and Don are the industrious type. They love tidying the room and won't stop until every chair, table, and baseboard has been dusted and every book put in its place.
All the children are encouraged to assume responsibilities and to be thorough in carrying out those duties. Each child is given little tasks to do, both in the classroom and dormitory and most of them take pride in a job well done.
-Mabel Fincher's Class
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From the Intermediate Department

~ackie Dukes was glad to get a letter from her mother. Sh~: wrote her that her daddy bought a house and some lumber to repair it.
Evelyn Robinson 's daddy came to see her one day. She was very much surprised. Mr. Robinson was wounded in action and has been in a naval hospital in California for some time.
Laura Pope received a picture of her two sisters, Mary and Elaine. Her father wrote that she could not buy a camera now, but to wait until June when she goes home and buy it in Moultrie.
Alma Wooten's sister came
from Macon to see her the twenty -seventh of January. She was very glad. Her sister stayed
until the next day. She spent the night in town. A'lma was dis-
appointed and sad when she went
away. Beady and Daisy Smith went
to the hospital to see their sister and talk with her a few minutes one Saturday afternoon. She had
a bad cold. Mary Godwin studies her les-
sons very hard for the tests. She WaJS glad that she made good
grades. The first of February Patsy
Baker got a letter and a box from her father and mother. She was happy to hear from them. They
sent her a dollar. Louise Walters got a valentine
from her Aunt Mattie who lives in Ohio. She was glad to get it. She will send her a pretty valen-
tine today. Maudene Bridges received a
letter from her grandmother February seventeenth. She said that her aunt and uncle had a new baby boy named Larry Wayne Willis.
Louida Benson's grandmother will come to see her next summer. She will be glad to see her because she did not see her last Christmas.
Mattie Suggs went for a long ride with Mrs. Caswell one Sunday afternoon. She went with
them to Cedartown to see Mrs. Caswell's cousin.
Janie Elder's mother and Mrs. Sims will Gome to see Janie and

Patsy Sims February 17. Janie is happy and eager for her mother to come. She will buy her a pair of shoes for Sunday.
Mary Roberts wants to go to the movies in Rome. She is sorry that we cannot go off the campus for awhile.
Mary Baker is making a new dress for herself. Her mother sent her the material which is green flowered. She has not finished her dress because she has no more thread and cannot go to town to buy any.
Janie Smith's father has a medical discharge from the Army. He could not hear very well in one ear so he could not go over-
seas. Loraine Kicklighter's brother
went overseas a month ago. Loraine has not seen him since September. He was home on furlough. but Loraine could not go because she had been home Christmas. She has never seen her brother in uniform.
Sunday evening Mr. Tollefson told the story of the Monster Men. Gertrude Hixson enjoyed it.
Mary Moon likes to study. She is glad that she made good marks on her tests.
Thoma~ Rucker is very bppy because his mother will send him a watch soon. She told him that in a letter. Now he is eager for his watch to come.
Jack ~allaway ' s brothe:r will come home soon. His brother is overseas, but Jack does not know where. He has been overseas for three years. He loves Jack and used to play with him all the time.
Billy Hayes is glad that we have a new station wagon. He does not like the old one any more.
Herbert White's brother will come to school to see Herbert and his sister. This is an older brother who lives in Maryland.
Roscoe Dukes sprained his ankle playing football one afternoon. He went to the hospital. He soaked his ankle in a tub of very hot water. He was lame the next day.
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James Hattrich bought a great many valentines to send to hia friends. He hopes that they will like them.
Ben Goodwin and some other boys went for a long walk January twenty-eijihth. They saw a big creek and climbed over some big rocks.
Bobby Gorman went on a hike with some boys .one Saturday in February. He liked that.
Lester Smith likes parties. He will go to the Valentine party the sixteenth of February.
Billy Robinson bought a number book, grade six, in Rome several weeks ago. He likes it very much.
John Harrell and James Vickers went for a hike January 28. They went to see the bauxite mines about three miles from school.
Duwayne Dukes received a letter from his soldier brother saying that he was worried because Duwayne had not written to him. Duwayne wrote at once saying that he was sorry. Now he plans to write more often.
Marvin Harrell and Raymond Baker washed Mrs. Baker's car some time ago. They drove to the farm to wash it. They earned cents.
Mr. Tollefson told us about the Monster Men Sunday night, February 4. John Mock the story very much.
We are quatantined at school. We cannot go to town now cause the doctor does not want to catch the flu . John , does not like to have to stay on the campus.
Doyle Norris's brother-in-law is a soldier. He came home on furlough Februa'ry the fifth:. Mr. Hollingsworth gave his permis sion, so Doyle went home to see him and to visit his family.
Homer Benson learned that Ralph and Ruth had gone to Flori da for a visit early in February. They went to see Ruth's mother who lives there. They !eturned after an enjoyable visit of a week.

Tl IE ScHOOL HELPER

February, 1945

o'clock. I still had to ~ork Sat- model airplanes because we like to

urday and Sunday mornmg.

do it so much.

The next week-end I worked

-Hompr Benson

on Saturday morning and Satur-

-Russell Royston

day afternoon. I wor~ed . Sunday .

morning also, but d1dn t work

MY DADDY'S VISIT

Sunday afternoon. I got the same
pa y as the last week. The next time I went to the
farm Friday night and stayed all night with :Mr. Brannon. The next morning I helped milk until about seven o'clock. I still had to work Saturday afternoon. I didn 't work Sunday morning, but I had
to Sunday afternoon. Friday night, February 2, about
nine or ten o'clock, I went over to the farm after going to the movie in Cedartown with Mrs. Caswell. The next morning I helped milk. Saturday night Russell and I went out to Mr. Brannon's and helped milk the next morning. I earned $7.50 in all. I am ambitious and want to work and earn lots of
money . -Duwayne Dukes

Sunday evening, January twenty-eighth, my mother called me on the telephone and told me that my father was coming to see me one day the next week. I was very much surprised that she called me. I could understand some words that she said. Miss Shahan
helped me to see what she said when I could not understand her. Once she said, " Guess who this is?" and I thought she said, " Guess who is here?" I said, " Daddy." She said, " No." Then I said that perhaps it was Uncle Albert, one of my uncles that is in England and I thought that
he might be at home. I got mixed up in which week
~he meant as it was on Sunday and she said that it was next week that Daddy was coming to

OUR MODEL AIRPLANES

see me. I thought that he might come the next week on Sunday.

There is a Model Airplane Club He came to see me on Wednesday,

that meets on the third floor of January 31st. He met mother in

the Boys ' Dormitory. Nine boys Atlanta first and thim he came to

belong to it. Louis Keaton is in see me and she gave Daddy two

charge of it. W-e joined the Model new dresses from Rich's m Atlanta

Airplane Club last January. We to give me. Then mother went

enjoy making airplanes very much. right straight home on the train

We shall make more airplanes because she had to hurry back

soon, I guess. We like to fly air- home to take care of the station

planes and to make them.

and my brother Jimmy and my

Roscoe Dukes started his air- sister Grace.

plane a good while ago , and he has My father arrived here in Cave

a lot finished now. He has the Spring while I was eating supper.

body made.

He was waiting for me out-doors

Louis Keaton has also made an and I did not know anything

army jeep. It looks just like a real about it. Then when supper was

jeep. He has taken it to school over, I was working in the dining

today to show everybody. All the room and Joyce Sellers asked dad-

teachers like his jeep.

dy if he were Janie's father as

Billie Ethridge started his model she had already heard about fath -

airplanes last week. He doesn' t like er's coming to see me. He said,

to make them as much as the other " Yes.'' Then Joyce said. "Janie

boys, but yesterday he decided to is in the dining room.'' She ran

make one. It has a pretty body. to the dining room and told me

Homer Benson is making a that Daddy was here. I did not

Navy Torpedo Plane and Russell believe her as I thought he was

Royston is making a Russian coming some day the next week.

plane.

So I went with Joyce and she led

Sometimes I think that we want me where daddy was. It surprised

to neglect our work to make the m P. :1nd I hugged him . He met

Mrs. Barnett, Mrs. Jolly, and Mrs. Paris and talked with them some. Then Daddy gave me the two dresses and so,me Hershey bars. The dresses fitted just right except one was a little long for me, but I kept it because I can turn the hem up myself.
Then daddy wanted to see Rose Mary at the Primary Building. She was asleep by that time. Rose Mary is a little deaf girl that goes to school in the primary department. She is my double -first cousin. Daddy was disappointed that he did not get to see her.
Daddy took Olin Murphy, Patsy Baker, and me to the cafe with him to get his supper. While the people at the cafe were cooking his supper, he called a taxi from Cedartown. Aft,er Daddy got through eating his supper, the taxi came. He drove us to school. then went to Cedartown to get on the bus or train, I forget which one. He went right on home.
The next day I received a letter from mother saying that Daddy arrived home safely and that she had been waiting on the 5 :20 train, the one I used to come on when I go home. But Daddy got home earlier as I go by way of Rome, and he went by way of Cedartown. Daddy has a medical discharge from the Army. I am so proud of that because Mother surely does need him and misses him when he is away from home.
--Janie Smith
OUR HIKE TO THE BAUXITE MINES
We had a very interesting hike on January the twenty-seventh. We could not go to town because of sickness. We did not know what to do so we planned to go on a hike to the mines.
Olin Love and C. G. Turner wer-e the leaders. They chose some boys wHo wanted to go. Olin went over one way and C. G. went the other. We wanted to see where we could meet each other.
We went up on several high hills. We did not see a mine so we kept on going. After awhile we

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THE ScHOOL HELPER

---- Febwary, 1945 - -

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All commnnications should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia,
Entered at the postoffice at Cave Spring, Georgia, as second class matter November, 1889. Acceptance f or mailing at a special rate of postage provided in Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October 31, 1918. Published monthly during the school year in the print. ing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

NELL A. GIBBONS -------------- ___ __ _____ ____ __ _ Editor MARIE KENNARD ___________________ ____ Associate Editor
OLAF L. TOLLEFSON ____________ Printing Instructor

Vol. 45

F EBRUARY

No. 5

G. S. D. BANK
In order to teach the rules of banking and to acquaint the pupils with the process of depositing money, writing checks, withdrawing and borrowing money the D class in the advanced department, with their mathematics teacher, have organized the G.S.D. Bank. They elected president, vice-president, cashier, teller, bookkeepers, and clerks, and the bank is open for business each school day at recess and for part of their class peroid.
The boys in the printing department made deposit slips, checkbooks, and blanks for notes for the use of the bank. Each day after banking hours those in charge attend to all the business of the day and see that the books are balanced. The teachers and pupils have patronized the bank liberally and it keeps the officers busy attending to the banking business.
One boy recently borrowed $5 .00 from the bank. The fact that he had no trouble in persuading two friends to sign his note proved that his financial standing was nothing to fear. He was very proud of the canceled note after he repaid the debt. Another boy spent the week-end at his home in Atlanta recently. He wished to go to the bank in Atlant.a where his money is deposited and cash a -::heck. H1s father offered to go along but the boy assured him that he could attend to the matter without assistance and much to his father's surprise, the boy knew exactly how to proceed.
We believe that projects of this kind have real meaning to our pupils. They learn by actual experience how to deal with the things which they will meet in actual life when they leave school and must depend upon themselves.
The bank will operate for a number of weeksas long as we feel that the class is benefiting from the project.
MARCH OF DIMES
An attractive bulletin board in the entrance of Freeman Hall brought to our attention that the President's birthday was approaching and it was time once more to make our contribution to the March

of Dimes. At the regular Friday chapel period Miss Shahan and the B class presented an interesting program afterwhich the pupils, teachers, and otlicers were given an opportunity of contributing to the Infantile Paralysis Fund. The amount received was $25.70.
We had planned to have a President's Ball at the Scout Lodge but on account of illness in the community it was deemed unwise to _carry out the plan.
MEALS WITH PUPILS
We notice in the Kansas Star that the teachers of the Kansas School for the Deaf are having their noon meal in the main dining room with the students. We began this practice at the Georgia School last year and wish to recommend it as a splendid means of instilling into the pupils the desire for improving their table manners.
The improvement in our boys and girls in the last year is remarkable. Both teachers and pupils have profited by the experience, the pupils in improved manners, and the teachers in the added contact with the students.
Robert T . Baughman principal on leave from the Oregon School for the D eaf, has been commissioned a second Lieutenant and made supervisor of lip reading in the Aural Rehabilitation Program at Borden General Hospital in Chickasha, Oklahoma. As supervisor of lipreading he will supervise twenty teachers of lip reading. The total staff is made up of 36 teachers including those engaged in speech work as well as speech reading.-The Oregon Outlook Ed: Mr. Baughman was supervising teacher in this school before going to Oregon. We are always interested in his advancement.
We were happy to find after the Christmas holidays that the revised Elson-Gray readers had been provided for us. There are seven books to be complet ed in the primary department. The Elsc-n-Oray readers are also used by the elementary schools for hearing children.
As we had only fifteen copies of the workbooks that are used with the three pre-primers and about fifty children should be using them , we cut up two books. The pictures and the corresponding printed matter were pasted on separate cards so th at they could be matched . This proved satisfactory in more ways than one because some of the material was not suitable for the little children. By rearranging the work we were able to divide it into three groups, thus more satisfacorily taking care of our needs.
A third book was cut up and the pictures and names of the characters are pasted on separate cards. These pictures show not only the single characters but also groups of two, three , four, and five characters performing different actions. As our aim was only to acquaint the beginners with the seven craracteTS
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Superintendent's Corner

O Anent Federal

NE cannot help but won-

Support of der how t h o s e

Education in our profession

who oppose feder-

al aid, or federal interference as

some choose to call it, feel now in

the light of the Thomas-Hill bill

and its counterpart, the Ramspeck

measure. now being favorably con-

sidered in the House and Senate.

This bill would provide $300, 000 ,000.00 of federal funds designed to equalize educational opportunities for public school children. Can we oppose this in prin ciple? Should we take the position that deaf children should not share in this advantage?

There never has been a time when our legislative bodies, state and nationaL have been more liberal in their support of education -and this is only the beginning. It is now education for education's sake. The flood stream of this great awakening and forward surge courses through the channel of state educational departments and public school systems. Should we continue to isolate our schools and our problems? Or, rather, should we be a component part of our state's public schoal: system and ride the crest of the wave in this trend?

One of the greatest boons to educational progress the Georgia School for the Deaf might have made the past few years has been through the medium of federally supported agencies. Not only is the financial assistance important, but more important is the larger educational outlook and guidance fforded by these programs.
That all federal aid carries with it certain governing power goes wi thout saying. This is as should be. However, it is well to recall that all federal policies now dealing with education are acceptably coordinated with, and administered through , the individual state school systems. This coordination and cooperative endeavor has been remarkably successful in

the past. It is suffice to cite the Smith-Hughes and George-Deen acts, the provisions of which have probably done more to extend and equalize educational opportunities and raise the standards of the teaching profession in the South than any other one piece of legislation on our federal statute books.
Yes, we are for federal support; also, for an alignment with the public school force in the acquisition and utilization of this support. Where can we find a greater natural ally, or a people or agency in a position to be more understanding or helpful?
We are pleased to carry on this page a reprint of a article from the December issue of The Deaf Oklahoman. This able editorial from the pen of Superintendent John A. Gough is in truth on the selfsame subject.
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FEDERAL AID NOT FEDERAL CONTROL
A leading deaf editorial writer who contributes many thoughtful observations on the education of the deaf has seen fit to condemn federal aid of education as likely to result in undesirable federal control. Without attempting to answer the whole of the discourse, we should like to point out that such argument is flimsy and oftentimes used as a smokescreen behind which hide powerful interests that would escape all governmental regulation by insisting on state control which, in fact, is ineffective. It is the argument of the trusts, the holding companies, the big combines of business which frequently find themselves athwart the law and which carry on a continual barrage of propaganda against any and all sorts of federal control.
Federal control is not , per se, an evil. We find it most convenient in many matters such as our postal system, control of quality of food and dtugs, taxation of income,
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and scores of other functions. It is even more important to understand, however, that federal aid to education does not necessarily involve federal control. The best federal aid program would be one which provides funds on condition that certain generally accepted minimum standards are set up and achieved by the states receiving this aid. Such a plan has been in effect in the field of vocational education for many years under federal aid legislation, and has produced splendid result without developing any of the evils which opponents of federal aid decry.
As a matter of fact, federal aid is but the next logical step from the present state aid programs which are in effect in practically all commonwealths in the union, State equalization is carried on in recognition of the principle that every child is entitled to a minimum educational program within a state regardless of whether he be a citizen of a rich community or a poor one. This is the most ordinary common sense in a democracy which depends upon an enlightened electorate. And if it is right for a state to equalize in some degree the inequalities which exist within its borders, then it is equally right on a national scale. Older and ijighly indust.,rialized states which have through the favor of tariffs, prefe.rentiai freight rates, etc. , built up a large per capita wealth, frequently at the expense of states which have been but little more than colonies, can not in conscience dismiss the problem of education as one of state responsibilities alone. It is not, as our friend suggests, a matter of robbing Peter to pay Paul. It is tather, if we must define the situation in terms of thievery, returning to Paul that which Peter stole. Or to get more nearly to the point, it is a question of equalizing educational opportunities so that every American child shall have the facilities for a reasonably good education. Up to date this
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THE SCHOOL HELPER

February , 1945

January was a rather long dreary month but when w~ turned the calendar to the first day of February, we immediately began to count the days until Valentine's Day.
Most of the children got boxes of valentines from home. How thrilled we were when Mrs. Kennard came in with paper and paste and asked us if we would like to make valentines. Mrs. Jones told us if we did our work well. we could make some. After we had finished the valentines we had an exciting time trymg to get them addressed and put into the big Valentine box.
Mrs. Highnote, Miss Chapman, and Miss McMichen made our pretty Valentine box. It was the biggest box we had ever seen and we could hardly wait to drop our valen tines in. We dropped ours in Monday morning, but by the close of school Tuesday there were more that we had to drop in. Before going down to the playroom on Valentine's Day we just had to put in a few more. We all gathered in the boys' playroom where the teachers distributed them. It took almost an hour to get to the bottom of the big box for it was overflowing with the valentines we had made and received from home.
We had our Valentine party on Friday afternoon. The playrooms looked very attractive in their fresh coats of paint and decorations of hearts, arrows, and valentines.
We played going to Jerusalem. drop the handkerchief. and several other games. Then refreshments were served , and everyone had a wonderful time.
__:__,}essie Jones's Class
There is a whiff of fresh paint in the air, and much scurrying around with mops, buckets, soap, and water. Mr. Giles has pamted the playrooms and now is painting the reception hall. The large boys and girls have been busy washing windows and doing other cleaning. We came to school Monday and found that our windows

had been washed and the large indirect lighting shades cleaned. So it seems we 'll be all ready for spring when it arrives.
We are looking forward to the spring season, because there are a good many things that we want to do. We want to take some fiefd trips and make some first hand observations of plant life and birds. w~ particularly like birds and want to see and learn the names and characteristics of as many as we possibly can.
Our nature study so far this year has been mostly of the weather. We have enjoyed studying about rain, fog, snow, frost , and ice, but are now ready to get outside.-Mildred Wright's Class
We are developing the "dictionary habit" and believe it or not -dictionaries can be fun i
The dictionary we are using is A Picture Dictionarq for Childrm. It is published by Grosset and Dunlap; and there are around five thousand words in it. Each word is both printed and written, and illustrated with a picture. Each one is used in a simple sentence showing all the different uses. The words were gathered from written work, oral conversation, and an analysis of forty-six readers for the primary grades.
We not only have access to the dictionary in the classroom but also in the dormitories. We havt. learned the alphabet and are able to look up for ourselves words that we want to know how to spell or words of which we want to know the meaning. We are discovering lots of new words, too. W .e enjoy looking at the pictures. reading the .short sto~ies usin~ the words we know , and learning the meanings of words we do not know.
Our dictionary is helping us to
help ourselves. It creates interest
and develops habits of concentration, accuracy and independence.
-Emmalee Highnote' s Class
Considering the fact that birthdays are always important oc-
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casions. we had quite a pleasant affair recently-a joint birthday party. Bob's birthday was on Saturday. January 13, and Faye Nelle 's on Sunday ; so we had our party on Monday afternoon.
Faye Nelle's mother had sent her a lovely marble cake, and Bob's parents had sent him a nice box of candy and nuts. As soon as the candles were lighted, we all sang " Happy Birthday" tq the two honorees, and Faye Nelle blew out all the candles except two with one breath.
When we had all enjoyed the delicious refreshments, we went downstairs to play. Guessing games, London bridge. and tag were a lot of fun.
Everybody had a good time. and we are all looking forward to W . C.s and Marvin's party-a February event.
-Viola McMichen's Class
ED! TORI ALS---continued
introduced in the three pre-primers, these actions were disegarded at first.
After the children were thoroughly acquainted with the characters, the verbs were introduced slowly and tHeir attention was called to the action involved in each pictture. A set of stickmen illustrating the actions was used. In this way the children had clear mental pictures of both the characters and actions.
A big book, almost as large as the little beginners themselves, accompanies the readers. The children squeaaled with delight when this book was first shown for the characters are so life-like and the colors so pretty.
This preliminary work has been very interesting to the teachers as well as the children and we feel that the time spent on identifying the characters has been worthwhile preposition for the readers that follow.
-Marie Kennard
The cover for the Helper this month was designed and carved by Billie Ethridge.

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February, 1945

saw C. G. Turner's boys and we Highfield is the cashier and he

MANY FAIL TO SEE

waved at them, but they did not answer. They saw one mine and after awhile they saw another one. We kept on going and found one rnine with a house near where the

made out the notes. Each pupil signed his own note, and Mrs. Montgomery signed each note, too. Laura Pope borrowed twelve cents, Alma Wooten borrowed

VALUE OF THRIFT
Parents In a Large Measure To Blame for Children's Failure To Save

bauxite ore is crushed. We met twelve cents, Ben Goodwin bor- With growing concern we
c. G.'s boys coming our way so rowed twelve cents, and Jackie have noticed more and more a

we waited for them. When they Dukes borrowed ten cents. They tendancy on the part of many

got up with us, we went to the all gave the money to Mrs. Mont- deaf pupils and deaf people in

place where the trucks were.

gomery to keep. They must pay general to ignor'e th,e value of

We saw a pool of water. We the money back in two weeks. money. Ignore perhaps is a mis-

went over there and looked in it. We learned a great deal on our leading word and does not fit the

We saw some barrels in the water trip to the bank.

situation. Rather, we might say,

and threw rocks at them. We were

-The D Class so many pupils have more money

having a good time.

to spend now then they have ever

When we started back to school. we were thirsty and stopped at a house to get some water. We walked down the road. It was a long way . When we got back to school. our legs were stiff. We rested for awhile and took our baths and cleaned up. That was the grandest time we have ever had .
-James G. Hattrich Jr.
THE BANK OF G. S. D.
There is a bank at school now. It is called the Bank of G. S. D . Mrs. Sewell and the D Class in the advanced department are running the bank. They use real money.

SUPT'S CORNER-continued
simply has not existed. The high rate of illiteracy brought to light by selective service proves that it has not existed and argues strongly that hbwever fine our system may be as compared with others it still fails far short of what it shpuj1.d be.
We have gone on record before as favoring federal aid and here reiterate that belief. Without subscribing to lockstep uniformity or to the use of federal moneys for devious political purposes we aver that in a field of education which is as lacking in cohesiveness as that of teaching the deaf and in which such glaring inequalities of oppor-

had before that they fail to realize its true value. They are possibly coming to the point where money is accepted as a matter of
fact instead o! something that
must be learned. The blame is not entirely theirs-it can be traced to those whose duty it is to encourage them to save or spend scrupulously. buying only wnat
they need instead of whatever they want. This condition is not confined to deaf children in school. It prevails in the circles of younger deaf people who are holding down high paying de-
fense jobs and do not know what to do with all their money. In many cases, it is " easy come, easy go, " but before long it may

Our class visited the bank this tunity exist, federal aid for pur- be a case of no money coming in

morning. We watched for a little . poses of equalization is highly de- and a persis~ant desire to spend

while. Homer Benson came in and sirable. This can and should be money that is not available. It

borrowed twenty-five cents from achieved without any extension of is a poor policy to get into the

the bank. Mr. Ryle signed the note bureaucracy, without setting up habit of spending money lavishly

with him. If Homer does not pay any competing organizations, and when within a few years many of

the money, then Mr. Ryle will without casting off the accumula- the draft-exempt deaf workers

have to pay it.

tion of knowledge which we have now earning over a hundred

Then Thomas put fifty cents thus far assembled. Federal aid is dollars a week will have to be

into the bank. He wrote out a a matter of simple justice and a content with less than a hundred

deposit slip first. Alton Holman, step which will in all probability dollars a month. \Ve do not en-

the teller, helped him. Next be enacted into law in the not courage anyone to be tight-fisted

Thomas wrote Mrs. Montgomery distant future.

or expect them to do without the

a check for twelve cents. She

-The Deaf Oklahoman necessities of life. However, we

wrote her name on the back of

do urge that pa,rents encourage

the check. Then Alton Holman Son: " Say , Dad , if the world their children to save their money

gave her twelve cents for the turns on its axis every twenty-four for really worthwhile spending.

check. Billy Adams gave bier a hours, what keeps us from falling For those of us who are " in the

new check book. Pauline Childers off when it's upside down?"

money" ~now, invest it in war

cashed a fifty -cent check.

Dad : " Why, the law of gravita- bonds, thereby insuring ourselves

The intermediate dlasses will tion, son.''

of security in the lean years that

go to the movies in Rome. Some Son : " That's what our teacher everyone predicts are coming.

of us did not have enough says, but I can't figure out how

-The Kansas Star.

money to go. So we borrowed the folks stuck on before that law was Reprinted in the West Virginia

money from the bank. Clarence passed.' '--Selectfed

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HONOR ROLL

The following pupils have received no demerits for the past month:

Joyce Avery
Mary Baker Mary Frances Bates
Frances Bartlett Louida Benson Eva Bragdon
Sue Brannon Walter Brown Tom Byrd Ulysses Collins Ruth Cook Bobby Davis Alton Dominey Roscoe Dukes
Janie Elder Alice Edmonston Billie Ethridge Herbert Fuqua Mary Godwin Carolyn Gunnells Georgia Hargrove
Marvin Harrell John Harrell James Hattrich Hulet Hawkins Clarence Highfield Thelma Holloway Alton Holman
Frances Hoy Walter Johnson

Carlton Huff
Louis Keaton
Loraine Kicklighter
Etta Lee Kilgore
Willene Letson
Olin Love
John Mock Olin Murphy Bill Nelson Friedson Odom Pauline Pendergraft Vera Reeder Mary Roberts Evelyn Robinson Bobby Rose Thomas Rucker Carlton Scurry Joyce Sellers James Sharpton Roscoe Singletary Brinkley Smith Albert Lee Smith Janie Smith Edward Stanford Lamar Spratling Daisy Smith C. G. Turner Louise Wlalters Joe Young

HONOR ROLL
The following pupils received no dcmeri~s during the six-weeks period-December 6 to January 24-:

Billy Adams .Joyce Avery
Raymond Baker Fr<tnces Bartlett Louida Benson Ev;~ Bragdon Sue Rrannon Maudene Bridges Walter Brown Ulyscss Collins Ruth Cook Bobby Davis Alton Dominey Alice Edmonston Billie Ethridge Herbert Fuqua Mary Godwin Ben Goodwin Carolyn Gunnells Georgia Hargrove Hulet Hawkins Clarence Highfield Alton Holman Frances Hoy Carlton Huff Ford Hughes Louis Keaton

Loraine Kicklighter Etta Lee Kilgore \Villene Letson Olin Love Mary Moon Olin Murphy Bill Nelson Friedson Odom Billy Peace Pauline Pendergraft Vera Reeder Evelyn Robinson.
Bobby Rose Thomas Rucker Carlton Scurry Joyce Sellers James Sharpton Roscoe Singletary Brinkley Smith Janie Smith Edward Stanford Lamar Spratling Daisy Smith C. G. Turner George Vaughan Louise Walters Joe Young

State of Georgia
ELLIS ARNALL, Gonrnor
Georgia School for the Deaf

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION M. D. COLLINS, State Superinten dent of Sch ools

ADMINISTRATION

C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH , M. A. , Super intcn(k nt

Rebecca S. Crowe, Secretary

J. C. \n nn or, M. n.

0. W. Haney, Steward

W. S. Watson. D. D. S.

Evelyn Scoggins. Sec'y to Steward

Katie P::: yne , R. N.

Leila H. Barnett, Dietitiau

INSTRUCTORS

Primary Department
Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervisor
Dorothy B. Berentz Geverna Chapman Mabel L. Fincher Emmalee J. Highnote Jim Irwin Jessie F. Jones Viola McMichen, B. A. Miriam B. Minter Mildred B. Wright

Inte rmediate and Advanced Department
Nell A. Gibbons. Supervisor
Shirley D. Almy Gladys Caswell, B. A. Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. lla S . Sewell, B. S.
Pauline J.. Shahan, B. A.
Frances M. Tollefson. B. A. Mary D. Turner, B. A. Sarah F. W.are Maude M. Welch, B. A.

. Vocational Department

Olaf L. T ollefson, B. A., Su pervisor

Olaf L. T ollefson . B. A. ... Printing

Gladys L. Latham . . Beauty Cu lture

Walt er Wade .. Printing, Assistant

Annie McDan iel ... ... . .. . Sewing

R. R. Caswell, B.S.A.. B.A. . . . .. .

A. May Clark . .. . .. Arts and CraftR

Agricultural. Training

Enrl ro x ....... : . 0 0 Mac hine Sh op

J. R. Ware ............ Carpentry

:..on nor Dil b r d 0 Shoe Repairi ng

Everette Ryle . Barbering a nd Pressing

. Colored Department
Quinton Gordon, Principal

Mattie Davis Henrietta Bailey Lucille McCullough

Eula Mae Strange Beulah Gibson R. H. McAfee

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MARCH. 1945

VOL. 45

NO.6

ENERAlllBRAR
APR 3 1 5 NIVfRSfTY OF GEORGIA

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Volume 45

MARCH, 1945

No. 6

Classroom Topics

FAMOUS AMERIC AN
AUTHORS
Henry W adsworth Lon gfellow
Henry W adsworth Longfellow, America's best and most often read story teller in poetry, was the second in a family of eight children. The old wooden house still stands in Portland , M aine w here he was born Feb~;ua ry 27 , 1807.
When Lon gfellow was fourteen years old he entered Bow doin College. W hile h e was there he made a great many friends . Nathaniel Ha w thorne was one of his classmates. When he finished Bowdoin College he was asked to come back and teach language, but he wanted to go to E urope to study some more. H e wen t first to Paris and began to study French . While he was in Europe he learned four languages- French, Spanish, Ita! --, ian and German. While Longfellow was in Germany he met William Cullen Bryant, an A merican poet, who also had gone abroad to study. While he was in Spain he met Washington Irving, who had gone there to write l'ns ''Life of Columbus."
When Longfellow was twentytwo ye.ars old he came back to America and began teaching at Bowdoin College. He .was aJways kind to the students and they loved him very much.
In a few years Longfellow married Miss Mary Potter. She was Very beautiful and had read and studied a great deal. They were quite happy together and she was able to help him with his work.
After teaching five years at Bowdoin College, Longfellow was asked to teach modern Ian guages at Harvard Universit y. H e accept ed and decided to go again to Europe to stud y. He and his w ife spent some tim e in England . Then they went to Sweden and from there to Holland . While in Hoi -

land , Mrs. Longfellow became very sick and died. Longfellow wrote a beautiful poem about her death-" Footsteps of Angels."
After his wife's death Longfellow returned to America and took up his work at Harvard university. He lived at Craigie House, a large, old-fashioned home where General Washington and his wife lived when he took command of the American army.
In a few 'years Longfellow married Miss Frances Appleton, the daughter of Nathan Appleton, a Boston merchant. Mr. Appleton gave the beautiful old Craigie House to them as a wedding present. Several children were born to them at Craigie House- -Charles, Ernest Fanny, Who died, Alice, Allegra, and Edith. Longfellow loved to play with the ~..hildren. He called the hour after supper, "The Children's Hour."
In 1847 Longfellow wrote Evangeline. Nathaniel Hawthorne had told him the story of a beautiful girl named Evangeline, who lived in Acadia when the English came and drove the Acadians from their home, and poor Evangeline was separated from her lover. Longfellow liked the story so well that he decided to put it into poetry. Everyone loves to read " Evangeline." Even deaf and blind Laura Bridgman aftu "Evangeline" had been read to her, wrote, "I should love to meet Evangeline in heaven when I die."
The next year Longfellow wrote "Hiawatha." It is the story of the life of an Indian boy. Then followed " The Courtship of Miles Standish. " " Priscilla, " the beautiful girl in this poem was the great, great, great grandmother of Longfellow.
The poet was now truly a fa mous man. People came many miles to see him , but just about this time a very sad thing hap -

pened. Mrs. Longfellow was sealing up some curls which she had just cut from one of her little daughters ' head when her dress caught fire from a lighted match and she was burned so badly that she died the next morning.
Seven years after his wife 's death Longfellow made his last visit to Europe taking his three daughters with him. They were invited by Queen Victoria to visit Windsor Castle and Longfellow spent several days with Tennyson.
Almost all of Longfellow's works have been translated into German and French, and several into .Swedish, Portugese, Spanish, and Russian.
Longfellow is sometimes called the "Children's Poet" b~cause he loved children and they loved him. When he was seventy-two years old the school children of Cambridge, Massachusetts, gave him a chair made out of the wood of the Chestnut tree under which the shop of the village blacksmith had stood. Longfellow was so happy that he wrote the poem, "The Village Blacksmith."
On March 2, 1882, Longfellow left this life like his beautiful sonnet:
"As a fond mother when the day is o'er,
Leads by the hand her little child to bed,
Half willing half reluctant to be led,
And leaves his broken play things on the floor,
Still gazing at them through the open door." -Joyce Elaine Avery
SOHRAB AND RUSTUM
Sohrab and Rustum is a famous poem written by an English poet, Matthew Arnold. The events of this poem took place in P ersia a long time ago. Matthew Arnold retold the story from a single in-

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cident in the Persian poem "Shahnama " written in 10 11.
Two very life-like characters hold your attention as you read the poem; the brave young Sohrab, a soldier among the Tartans, who were wandering tribes of Asia and Russia ; and the proud Rustum, a brave chieftain among the PerSians.
The poem begins just as day is breaking. All the Tartan soldiers were asleep except Sohrab. He had not slept all night and at daybreak he got up and started through the cold wet fog to the tent of Peran-Wisa, the commander of the Tartan army.
Peran-\Visa was sleeping on his bed of rugs when all at once he was aroused by the sound of foot steps. He called out, " Who are you? Speak !" Sohrab came close to Peran-Wisa and told him that he wanted to ask a favor of him, that he had always wanted to find his father, Rustum, and he . had come to ask him to command the two armies to rest that day and to challenge the bravest Persian to come out between the two armies and fight him . alone.
Sohrab hoped that his father, Rustum, would hear about this challenge and come to him. PeranWisa did not want to cfo what Sohrab asked him, but Sohrab begged him to grant his request, so Peran-Wisa at last told him to go and get ready for the fight while he went to ask the Persian leader to send some soldiers to fight with him.
When the Persian leacier saw the Tartan leader come out in front of his soldiers, he walked out in front of the Persian soldiers to see what he wanted.
Peran-Wisa told the Persian leader that Sohrab had cb~llenged
the bravest Persian to fight him. At first all the Persians were afraid because they did not think they had a soldier brave enough to fight Sohrab, but at last they remembered that a very brave soldier had come to the camp the night before by the name of Rustum. The Persian leader told Puan-Wisa that he would accept the challenge.

A soldier was sent to ask Rustum if he would fight this brave Tartan soldier. At first Rustum refused, saying that he was too old to fight , but the soldier told him that if he did not fight they would call him a coward. Rustum finally said he would accept the challenge if they would not let the Tartans know who he was.
Soon Sohrab and Rustum met on the battlefield. All the P ersians shouted when they saw Rustum, because they knew he was the bravest soldier among the Persians and they believed he would win the fight.
Rustum told Sohrab that he had better think hard before he began fighting so brave a man, one who had never lost a single fight. When Sohrab heard Rustum's voice he ran forward and said, "Are thou not Rustum?" He was afraid to let Sohrab know that he was really Rustum for fear he would not fight with such a mighty man but would offer him a gift and then say that Rustum would not fight him. He told Sohrab to take back his challenge for he would kill him if he had to fight him. Sohrab told Rustum that he could not scare himthat no one knew who would win.
When Sohrab finished speaking, Rustum threw his spear at him, but Sohrab jumped aside so that the e;pear stuck into the sand. Then Sohrab threw his spear and it struck Rustum's shield, but it did not hurt him. Rustum then seized his heavy club and struck at Sohrab, but again Sohrab JUmped aside. Rustum fell on his knees and Sohrab could have killed him then , but he waited for Rustum to get up. Sohrab offered to stop fighting and make peace, because never before had his heart been so touched . Rustum told Sohrab that he did not play at war and then they both drEw their swords and rushed at each other. They fought hard until Rustum shouted his name, then Sohrab put down his sword and was wondering if it could really be his father , when the sword of Rustum stuck into Sohrab's body and he fell

wounded on the bloody sand. As Rustum stood over
ready to strike him again, said, " I do not know who are, but Rustum, my father, hear of this and he wi:I you. Rustum replied , mighty Rustum never had a Sohrab answered back, " Ah! he did and I am that lost son. " then talked about his mother told about her having Rustum seal burned on his arm, Rustum's going to war be Sohrab was born and about mother sending Rustum a messa that the baby was a girl she was afraid the father m want to train Sohrab to be a dier.
Rustum told Sohrab that if could show him the seal on his arm he would was Rustum's son. Sohrab back his coat and showed on his arm. Rustum now that Sohrab was really his whom he had wounded. heart was breaking - because knew that Sohrab would soon dead .
Rustum started to kill himself but Sohrab told him not to that, but to come close to him fore he died, to kiss his cheek say, " My Son." Rustum his arms around Sohrab's neck kissed him.
Just before Sohrab died he ed his father not to let the fight the Tartans, but to let
all go home in peace. Rustum pulled his cloak over
his face and sat by the side of hi~ dead son.
We believe that Rustum carried the body of Sohrab back home and built a beautiful tomb on which was written:
"Sohrab, the mighty Rustum's son, lies here. Whom h1s great father did in ignorance kill."
-Mary Frances Bates, Vera Reeder and Elaine Pannal
THE B CLASS PROGRAM
The B Class gave five little plays in the chapel Friday. Mrs. Caswell was in charge. Some other
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From the Primary Side

Perhaps you parents would Jike to know something about your child 's classmates. As I look 0 ver my roll here are my first thoughts of each child.
Avus De Loache's name heads our roll. I am not sure of the reason unless it is because she is the baby of the school as well as of ou r class, being the youngest and smallest girl.
Patsy Sims is a great " home lovin g" child but has adapted herself to school nicely. When our clean up period comes around , she docs her part well.
\Vhen I see Gene Dominey 's name, I wonder if be will grow up to be a football star on the G. S. D. team like his big brother Alton.
Jimmie Screw likes to play in water so well that w hen he gets out of sight, our first impulse is to look in the bathroom. Most of the time we find him there.
Mary Alice Jones and Catherine Smith are great pals. I think of having to coax them to eat every day. Maybe when they realize that eating the right food will make them big and strong they will enjoy it more.
James Owens likes to play. If his school work is made into games he likes it fine.
Terrell Leveritt and Netheara Mobley enjoy their mail from home. when Terrell got his box containing a pretty birthday cake he was very happy. Netheara could recognize many words in a letter she got telling her about the baby laughing and not crying very much and not having any teeth. Those were words we had learned ,in reading.
Our class has its likes and dislikes but we try to appeal to every child in some way and make the most of every experience.
-Miriam Mintec's Class
Almost all the visitors we have ask the same question , H ew do You start your speech work? Per-

haps a little about this would interes t others, too.
Our first lessons in spee(h were JUSt games played with feathers, pin wheels, and strips of paper. We had quite a lot of fun making them behave in different ways by chan ging the shape of our lips and by blowing steadily or in puffs. When these appeared in our speech chart as wh- and p - we felt very grown up. This was especially true when we could show how they were formed and aiso that we could recognize them , and even write them, when our teacher said them. (If you will say "why" and "pie" very slowly, you will probably understand this more clearly.)
Soon our teacher placed our hands on her face while she hummed, and we were surprised to discover that we could do the same thing. This appeared in the chart as m. After that we started learning to hold our tongues almost flat and to say " ar," which is hard to do when you have never heard it and when you have a tongue that wants to do almost anyway except lie flat in your mouth. We soon "got the idea," however, and you may be sure that we were really proud of ourselves when we could put the ar and the humming sound together and realized that we were actually saying arm.
Since then we have learned other single sounds which we use in all kinds of combinations. At present about twenty-five of those combinations form real words which we like to say over and over. Sometimes they are written on the blackboard and sometimes there are only pictures to look at, but we feel sure that we could tell you what they are. We also use these words as our spelling lesson and enjoy writing them so much that the day is not complete unless we write every one of them.
We think that we can add to our list faster now because we are sure of our si ngl e sounds. W c are glad that it will not be long be-
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fore we can begin our work on sentences. That will be the time when we are REALLY going to feel important.
-Jim Irwin' s Ciass
Since the first of January the scene above the weather calendar that is blocked off on our front blackboard has been the subject of much comment among our class. At first it was only a drab drawing, depicting three large trees and a scattering of bare bushes all growing out of an equally bare ground. It was cold looking and unattractive and reminded us of the scene outdoors which we could see from our schoolroom windows.
In February the scene perked up. The very first day tiny brown buds appeared on the branches of the trees and bushes above the weather calendar. The class noticed instantly. They rushed to the windows and there, plain to be seen, were the trees across the way proudly exhibiting tiny brown buds. Within two weeks the buds had swelled and turned faintly green, while patches of green had appeared on the ground both in our scene and out of doors. Ptetty soon we acquired a vase of jonquils to place on our desk, and the very next day the same yellow flowers appeared in the scene on the board growing out of the patches of green.
By this time the class had caught on to the fact that our drab little scene was miracule5usly changing and keeping pace with wonderful Mother Nature outside our windows. At their first glimpse of the bowls of flowering quince, forsythia , and spiraea, the children clustered about the scene on the board and eagerly pointed to the buds on the bushes demanding that they, too, burst into bloom.
Like a little herald on the first da y of March, a fat pert robin flew to the school yard and flirted about before the eyes of the

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March,

delighted children. we did our
best and put him down on the ground in our scene close by a dandelion. This little fellow is very real to the children and sometimes pecks the fingers of imaginative little Betty, Ronald, James, and Broqks when they point to the calendar too dose to the spot where he stands.
Now we have blue, white, and pink hyacinths in the scene but Oneal and Roy are eager to see green leaves on the trees, while Mary Lee and Myrtle want grass on the ground. Jean, though, thinks the finishing touch will be a butterfly happily flitting from bush to bough.
-Dorothy Berentz's Class
If I were selecting the subject the children in our class like best, it would without a doubt be reading. They especially enjoy the directions bringing in the use of the prepositions we have learned and the action work involved. The primers are also a source of much pleasure.
The second choice would be writing. The children never tire of writing the names of things, their classmatles' and teachers' names, the days of the week, colors, numbers, and news items about visits to their various homes. Betty Ann wa~ the most recent visitor at home and we enjoyed hearing about the birthday party her mother gave for her.
We celebrated Katie Mae's tenth birthday on March 6 which is the last celebration we will have this year.
The class is doing well in their work with verbs. Up to date they are able to use eight. They are see. saw (with number, color, and possessive phrases), have, has, likes (with food), have on, and has on. They can make original statements with each of these verbs ana also supply the correct verbs in sentences in which the verbs have been left out. They are progressing nicely in the speech

work connected with this part of their work, too.
All in all, the class has almost completed the work as outlined for second year children.
-Mabel Fincher's Class
Every Friday morning we look out of our windows to see if the sun is shining and, if it is, we know that we can go to town. It is hard to stay in the classroom when the fresh spring air is so inviting. Before we go we must know what each child expects to buy. We look in the noun charts, decide what we want most, and write it on the blackboard.
Last Friday after recess we got our sweaters ad were soon on our way. The golden daffodils all along the driveway greeted us with a cheerful note. Fleming stopped to see if there were any buds left in the bunches of daffodils. Franklin and Charles looked carefully for the robins that are usually in the nearby trees.
As we approached the fish pool Maybellene and Cynthia called us to see the ducks swimming around. We stopped on the bridge to watch the little fish but they darted away before we could really see them.
After making our numerous purchases we walked slowly back to school enjoying our ice cream cones and the glorious springtime.
On our return to the classro.om we wrote about all the things we had seen, thus ending a happy trip to town.
-Geverna Chapman's Class
It seems to us as though we have had entirely too much bad weather and have had to stay indoors much too long for our own good. Our schoolroom faces the north and we see nothing but pirie and cedar trees from our windows. The trees hide most of the flowers and it has been hard for us to believe that spring has really come. H-ow thrilled we were when we were
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told that we could go for a walk.
We immediately planned walk with a stop-over in The fact that it was our first for such a long time made it m more exciting, and we interested in everything we
Jerry, Junior, Mary Ann, Sarah were the first to notice little green leaves on the wil and other trees. Betty, Ru William squealed with over the beautiful yellow ttnnoP Howard and Andrew Lee to stop and watch the m they had discovered in the """dn that we cross on the way to Laura Anne and Dorothy just as excited over the ducks. didn't take JlS long _to spend money when we got to town, we all like candy and ice cream.
We are looking forward to many more trips like this that it is getting warmer.
--Jessie Jones's
Now that we have just a few remaining weeks of school, we are trying to measure ourselves to see where we should spend extra time and effort.
As in any group, you will find inn our class that one cild likes one thing while another likes something different; however, there are several subjects that we all find interesting. These are reading, number work, and nature study.
We need to do extra work in technical language. This is one of our most important subjects because it helps us express our- selves correctly. By the end of the term we hope to have a good idea of the use of verb tenses, pronouns, and infinitives.
-Mildred Wright's Class
We are very proud of the part that we played in the recent Red Cross drive. Our primary department alone gave $136 .65 .
We boys and girls were not asked to give anything, but gave
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From the Advanced Department

Brinld<zy Smith enjoys reading the newspaper every day. He is deligf.lted with the progress that the American soldiers have made in Germ any lately, and is eager fo r the war to soon be over.
- Billy A dams was happy to
bear from his mother one day r~cently. She told him that she was saving h er money ro buy $Orne new furniture . Billie s.father is learning to drive a car so that he can carry the children to school.
Geo rge Vaughan spent a pleasant w eek-end at his home rece ntly. He was h appy to see his brother's
new baby . Alton H olman and some other
!Joys helped Mrs. Hollingsworth plant o rne flowers Saturday.
Bobby Davis went home February 23 and was disappointed tba t he did not see his father who was in the Veteran 's Ho~pital in
1\tlanta. Cla rence Highfield received a
letter fro m his sister one day not long ago. She told him that his broth er Edward was in Germany now. She h opes that Clarence can get a job in a cafe in Gamesville next summer.
Georgia Hargrove and Frances Hoy enjoyed staying in the girls'. dormitory - one Saturday morning. After they h ad finished th~ir work they sat down and talked for a long time.
Pauline Pendergraft got a letter from her mother recently. She told her that the fruit trees were beginnin g to bud. Pauline hopes that the fruit will not be killed.
T helma Holloway is very much wqrried over her \:trother Raymond who was wounded some time ago. She has not heatd from bim for almost two months.
Vera Reeder is very proud of her uncle w ho is in Italy now. Her mother sent her a paper in which there was a picture of her uncle receiving a medal.
Bobby Rose is looking forward to seeing his Aunt Emily whom he has not seen since November. She is working in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and does not come to Atlanta often.

Joyce Sellers hopes that she can meet h er brother at home Easter. He is stationed in Oklahoma now.
Carolyn Gunnells hopes that her brother will come to see her before he is inducted into the Army in March.
Mary Frances Bates received a letter from her mother recently in w hich she told her that her father likecf Hawaii very much.
Lamar: Spratling enjoyed the party for the D class Thursday afternoon. He thought the games were lots of fun and the doughnnts and tea delicious.
B illie Ethridge was happy to hear that his mother was Improving after her recent operation.
James Sharpton enjoyed the party at the Scout Lodge February 14. He was glad that Mr. Fletcher can; e in time for the party.
El aine Panna! was disappointed because she has not heard from her brother Claude recently.
Louis Keaton received a letter from Dr. Harry Emerson fosdick, pastor of the Riverside Church in New York City, telling him that Louis's father had attended church there the Sunday before.
Edward Stanford celebrated his eighteenth birthday on February 12. His mother sent him a watch and a beautiful birthday cake which he shared with his classmates.
Roscoe Singletary hopes that he can go to Albany with Friedson Easter. Friedson's brother will come for him in his car and Roscoe is going to write home for permission to go with him.
Catherine Langer came back to school last week. She has been at tending school in Oklahoma. She was happy to get back to G. S. D . among her old friends.
Friedson Odom is looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to his trip home Easter.
Walter Brown is intere&ted in collecting poems. He already has quite a few very choice ones. He would like to h ea r from some one who has the same hobby.
Eva Bragdon is enjoying studying for the college entrance exam-

ination . She is doi ng her very bes t and will be happy if she passes and can go to college.
Ruth Cook's brother h as bee n overseas two mon ths. She has h eard from him severa l times.

Wi llene L etson received a letter from her aun t recently. She wa nts h er to study speech this summer. \Villene wouid like to know how to talk and read lips better.

Alton Dominey is wonderin g

w hat he wi ll do after h e finishes

school. He hopes that he can get

a good job.



C. G. Turner is goin g to study hard so that h e can pass the college entrance examination. He is very eager to go to college next fall.

Olin Murphy is looking forward to Field Day. l1e had a mighty good time last year and he hopes he will have just as good time this year.

Carlton Scurry's mother spent a few days with him in March. Carlton went as far as Atlanta with h er and spent the night with Raymond Baker.

Frances Hoy got a letter from her mother saying that she might take h er to Washington this summer. Frances can hardly wait because she has never been to Washington.

Joyce Avery was reading the Journal one night not long ago and was surprised to find the picture of a boy whom she had known since childhood. He was in General Patton's Army and had received the Purple Heart.

Olin Love's brother, Arthur, expects to leave for overseas duty soon. Olin will miss him very much .

Billy Peace was glad to hear that his aunt who has been in Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta is improving rapidly. She h as always been very thou ghtful of Billy and h e is quite fond of her.

Frances Bartlett received a letter from her mother the other day tellin g her th at h er au nt b ad come
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THE SCHOOL HELPER

March, 1945

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All communications should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.
Entered at the p<istoffic e at Cave Spring, Georg ia, as second class matter November, 1889. Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided in Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October 31, 1918.
Published monthly during the sdhool year in the print. ing department of lfue Georgia School fo>r the Deaf.
NELL A. GIBBONS ---------------------- ______________ Editor
MARIE KENNARD __ ------------------- _ Associate Editor
OLAF L. TOLLEFSON __ ------- _ Printing [TJ:,tructor

Vol. 45

MARCH

No. 6

CHAPEL PROGRAMS AND
BULLETIN BOARD
For the past few weeks our chapel programs and bulletin boards have been unusually interesting and have been highly complimented by faculty, pupils, and visitors. It is the intention of the teachers to make this feature of the school work just as at tractive and mleaningful to the. pupils as possible. Oftentimes when a teacher is stressing a certam point in her classroom work she will ask for bulletin board assignment in order to get the idea over more clearly. So these two features are frequently worked out with the same thought in mind.
The chapel programs vary according to the pleasure of the teacher or class in charge. During the past month we have presented an arithmetic contest, a dramatization of King Lear by the Senior class, a valentine box, a patriotic contest, the history of glass making in this country which was beautifully illustrated by colorful wall charts, and Characters from Story Book Land. The latter included scenes from Rip Van Winkle, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, Silas Marner, and lchabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow. On this same program Mr. Dillard impersonated Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth and several members of the faculty . He is a real artist at this sort of thing.
The bulletin board has depicted Costumes During the Centuries, Valentine's Day, Scenes of Mount Vernon including a model of the home complete with coach and horses, slaves, trees, shrubbery and gravel driveway. This model was made by one of the classes. Good Manners was illustrated by a number of attractive posters, and now that spring has arrived in the Southland, birds, flowers and other subjects of nature will no doubt add a note of color and interest to the displays.

AN INTERESTING COINCIDENCE " By the way, it may not be generally known that
the wife of the inventor of the telephone-Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell , and the wife of the inventor of the telegraph-Mrs. Samuel F. B. Morse, were both deaf-mutes.
"Mrs. Morse was a lovely woman and it iS due to

her influencE that Amos Kendall , formerly Postmaster-General, gave so liberally to the dEaf-mute college at Washington.
. "When Professor Morse was trying to introduce ?1s patent for t~e telegraph, Mr. Kendall became so mterested m h1m and felt such sympathy for his wife, that he determined to found a school for the benefit of those suffering under similar disabilities."
Alexander Bell became infatuated with the dazzling beauty of his deaf-mute pupil, a daughter of Gardiner G. Hubbard, of Washington.
And~ews, the po;rtrait painter of Washington, owes h1s start to a p1cture of Mrs. Bell's face , so says one of the newspapers. He had the luck to catch Mrs. Bell at her loveliest. The picture was shown at Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington and crowds went to see it. Andrews climbed from obscurity to great heights.-Athens (Ga.) Times.
LANGUAGE USAGE TESTS FOR THE DEAF
A study of language errors of deaf children and their relationship to the language usage tests of the Stanford Achievement Tests is .being made by the research department of the Clarke School. Analysis of the marked tests of public school children from grades four to six and from children at the Clarke School. on the basis of types of errors and results secured from hearing and deaf children, indicate that the test is not valid for the deaf.
As a result of this study the Barron research department is now constructing language u:,age tests based on the classified errors most frequently made by deaf children. Two preliminary forms of this test are being tried out and eventually a final test in three forms of equal difficulty will be available.
In view of .earlier editorial discussion of language usage tests, th1s announcement is being received with much gratification. We hope the tests will before long be available to other schools. for the deaf and that other schools will be given an opportunity co-operate in this work.-The Illinois Adt-'ance
A REGRETABLE SITUATION
Notices of changes in staff in the various schools for the deaf usually appear in the first fall issues of the school papers. For the last two years these lists have been longer than usual and the large number who are leaving the profession and entering other work is very noticeable. It is not only the teachers but also the superintendents and principals who are dropping out at an alarming rate. Schools for the deaf lose a great wealth when they lose trained teachers with many years of experience. Another current problem is the lack of teachers in training. The number of such students now is not nearly la:ge enough to replace the number of teachers dropping out. In other words the teaching staffs of our schools are becoming over-stocked with teachers who have not had training or who have had a six-
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Superintendent's Corner

A PLAN

THE proposal, made at

BEARING the Conference

FRUIT of Executives

o f ,American

Schools for the Deaf meeting in

Pittsburgh last spring, that an as-

soctatwn of southeastern state

schools for the deaf be organized

for the purpose of surveying. member schools and dete;.mining

worthy standards as a basis for

accrediting , seems to have been a

move in the right direction.

A news item in a local paper covering a meeting of the Executive Committee held in Frederick, Maryland, recen~ly, said, in part:

"Plans for ra1smg teaching
sta ndards, and discussi01: of a joint national survey of educa-
tional facilities for the deaf proposed by the government, were the principal matter3 dis-
cussed by the executive committee of the Conference of Executive~ of Am erican Schools
for the Deaf in the two-day se::;sions held here ........... .

The executives were emphatic in their contention that a nation-wide survey to be financed
by the government should be conducted by the Conference. of Executives and the United
States Department of Education."

It is hoped that the pending survey of the education of . the deaf in Georgia , as locally sponsored by the Education Panel of the G-eorgia Agricultural and Industrial Development Board
and the Southeastern Association of State Schools for the Deaf. will prove a worthy start in the direction taken by the committee in their progressive and long-range planning.

The time never was riper for a concerted endeavor in the attainment of cohesiveness and high standardization in the over-all plan and program of the education of deaf throughout the States. For the Conference of Executives and the U. S. Office of Education to collaborate in this study and

in the making of these phns bespeaks the ultimate succe3s of the venture.

~~

E.M.

T HE birthday. February 5,

Gallaudet of Edward Miner

Gallaudet was ap-

propriately observed at the col-

lege which he founded in 1864.

The program was presented by

the freshman class of the college

Sunday evening, February 4 ; in

the college chapel and was under

the direction of Professor Harley

D. Drake and Professor Lorraine

Kline.

Edward Miner Gallaudet, son of Thomas Hopkins and Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, was born in Hartford , Connecticut , February 5, 18 37. His father was the founder of the first permanent school for the deaf in America and the first principal of that
school. His mother was one of his father's earliest pupils.
Edward Miner Gallaudet was the youngest of eight chil-
dren in his family --------------Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet was the leading advocate in America and throughout the world, of the Combined System of educating the deaf. He felt very strongly that speech and lip-reading should be given to de~f children. but he also believed in the language of signs.

In 18 8 5 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Yale University. In the year 18 95 the Convention of American Instructors of Deaf was incorporated and he was elected Prestdent. In 1912 he received from France the Cross of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor "in recognition of his long and successful labors in the causL and education of the deaf."

In 1910 Dr. Gallaudet retired from the presidency of

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the college after fifty -four years of active service for the
deaf. He went to Hartford in 19 I 1 where he spent the rest
of his life.
THE GREATNESS OF EDW ARD MI NER GALLAUDET
Ta lk g iven by the Hon. Ernest G. Draper,
Febr uary 4, 1945, before the student
body of Gallaudet College and
Kendall School
PRESIDENT HALL, PROFESS OR DRAKE, MY BOYHOOD AND WARM FRIENDS OF MANY YEARS STANDING, LADIE S AND GENTLEMEN:I am anxious to direct my few remarks this evening to the younger persons in this audience. I mean those to whom Dr. Ga1!audet is little more than the name of an illustrious per sonality.
Young men and women are usually characterized by an outstanding trait--it is healthy skepticism. They desire to be shown. They are relucta nt to form their opinions on faith. They want their knowledge backed by evidence that they can trust, and not just opinions that may be prejudiced.
So please allow me to present my quota of evidence which I have tried to make as direct and impartial as possible.
Those of us who live here in Washington sometimes haYe the chance to observe great men. Once in a while we also see those who think they are great and often are just the opposite. You know the kind I mean.
So let us bluntly ask the question :--"Was Dr. Gallaudet reaHy a great man?" I mean g1~at in heart and mind, demanding the best but quick to f orgive, loyal, brave, patient-but a fighter when he believed the cause was just. He fought like a tiger. to see that the Columbia Institution should have a department of higher education, a project tJhat finally culminated in the establishment of Gallaudet College. My father was fond of t elling me how Dr. Gallaudet and a few others sat in the gallery of the Senate, far into the night. waiting for the vote that finally settled the issu e. So my answer is that Dr. Gallaudet 1\d all the qualities I have just mentioned and

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March, 1945

possessed them all to the full.
And he was human. I remember one day when I was very young, Dr. Gallaudet came over to our house at No. 6 Kendall Green and asked to see my mother. H e said to her-" Mrs. Draper, would you mind asking Ernest to stay on your side of the Green this afternoon? I want to take a nap." You see, I had then, as I have now, a voice like a fog ho1n and no one then or even now can either sleep or think when within reach of thiat exasperating lung power.
In our day, the faculty children were always a sked Lo Dr. Gallaudet's house on Christmas Eve. We played games and Dr. Gallaudet, usually a very dignif ied person, joined in the fun. We played bean bags, lining up in two columns and passing the bag down tJhe line and back again as quickly as possible.
Dr. Gallaudet always headed one line and urged his ~;ide to qu icker speed, as though his life depended upon victory. When his side won, he smiled like a boy. When he lost, he was obviously downcast. You could see it in lhis face. I could continue such incidents indefinitely. They all go to prove that Dr. Gallaudet was, in this respect, like Abraham Lincoln. He could be solemn-but he also could be. gay.
Altho I am not as familiar as ma ny others with the details of Dr. Gallaudet's life, nevertheless I have always been greatly impressed by the singleness of purpose which marked his distinguished career.
Doubtless due to his deep affection for his mother, whose hearing was impaired, Dr. Gallaudet, as you know, became interested in the education of the deaf. But his career shows that he went far beyond the b ounds of just interest. The educat ion of the deaf t o him became a passion. It gripped him and drove him on, from ,;;uccess to success in the field for something like fifty-five years of active working life. Early in his life, he must have decided that he had a definite mission to fulfill, a goal to strive for. How well he succeeded, his friends and 1Jh e deaf world now know.
And so I end as I began. All of you can be sure in you1 mind and heart that Gr. Gallaudet, rluring a long and useful life, moved among us like a noble spirit and left in our care, a

heritage of greatness t hat few can equa l or surpass. His name will gr w grea t er :,ath e: tha n less in t he years to come .

problem happened to be in. The agriculture teacher, Mr. Caswell explained why these trees needed'

V'.' e do well to ponder upon his

to be taken out, showing the boys

q ualit ies and his a chieve11tents.

there was a good growth of grass

..: c sh;!ll be better m en and women ourselves if vtc t ry ~o develop th e essence of grea tn e_;:; v.lhic h he possessed.
-Just Once a Month

where there were no trees and p ractical! y no grass where these trees were. Mr. Ware, instructor in woodworking, prepared tables

~ hrough the use of which the boys

could figure the number of board

EDITORIALS. Continued

feet a log would contain. Both

weeks training course d uring the summer without the benefit of observation or practice teaching.
The time seems to have arrived when the teaching profession must be made more attractive and great-

sho wed the boys how the trees may be felled where you want them to fall, and how to trim off the branches, measure and cut saw logs, and clean up branches etc. when the job was done.

er returns in income insured. It is With the saw logs all ready, the

time to begin working on young school truck was drafted and the

college students encouraging them whole pile taken to the sawmill.

to take up the teaching of the deaf. A shed at the saw mill then be-

If we in the profession do not sell came our classroom and [he boys

this idea to prospective teachers saw the pile of logs reduced into

then our school will suffer for a stack of lumber, sawdust and

many years to come. We must scrap. The lumber was then taken

convince young men and women back to school, sorted and stacked

that our profession is one of high for drying.

reward and a desirable one to enter. The end of the war will bring back to our school many of the men and women now in service but at the same time it will mean that many of our present teachers will be resigning as the y are only teaching for the duration. The prospects for the future are not teo bright if more people arc not interested in training now.
-Oregon Outlook

The boys in the woodworking shop had long been able to look at a board and name the tree it came from but were a good deal less accurate at pointing out the tree itself. The boys in the agriculture classes knew the trees at a glance but were less accurate at naming the lumber. Both groups profited by the interchange of knowledge. Some five thousand board feet of lumber was obtained

in this manner and an estimate

was made on the total value. EsA COOPERATIVE PROJECT timated cost of labor was sub-

Our woodworking shop needed tracted and net profit arrived at.

lumber and there were a number of trees in the farm pasture that were, through their shade and wide spread roots, preventing the proper growth of grass. There is, also, a small sawmill about eight miles down the highway . With these facts in hand , it was no trick at all to plan a project including the boys in both the vocational agriculture and woodworking depart-

To date, this lumber has provided us with three large oak tables for the park, a new wagon box and a panel fence for th~ farm, and numerous repairs on the school buildings. On file for future activity are plans for a lumber curing or drying kiln to be erected near the woodworking shop and a shed for storing cured lumber.

ment.

This project has proved one of

For this project, the tw'- classes great interest for both the boys

met together and the two instru- and the instructors and of high

tors alternately took charge de- material value to the school.

pending on whose department a

-0. L. T.

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Faculty Notes

A group of Mr. Tollefson's Chapman recently spent a very

friends gave him a surprise bi~th enjoyable day in Centre, Alabama,

day dinner on Sunday evenmg, visiting Miss Chapman's grand -

March 18 . The original idea was parents.

that he take a long ho.rse-back ride in the afternoon With Mr. Ware so as to leave the coast clear to get the table ready without his suspecting ~nything. But, con~rar,r to expectatiOns, for once he d1dn t want to go riding. It tool< a lot of persuasion on the part of Mrs. T ollefson and the Wares to make him change his mind. When he returned home at 7 : 15 and found the crowd awaiting him and the table laden with "goodies" and gifts, h e turned a very rosy red and hastily apologized for all the

Mrs. James Lewis, of Milledgeville, was a recent guest of Mrs. Barnett and Mrs. Wright.
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Highnote, and Miss Grace Forbes spent a week end in Atlanta recen tly, with Cadet Nurse Margaret Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Minter were dinner guests of the Rev. and Mrs. R . J. Kerr, of Cedartown.
Mrs. Highnote has been noti -
field that her husband , S/ Sgt. Arthur Highnote, has arrived safety in India.

trouble he had made by not agree-

Miss Chapman spent the third

in g to the ri.de in the first place. week en d of March with friends

Mrs. Gibbons is receiving very in Wi nterville, Georgia.

interesting letters from her son , Mrs. J . C. Lipham and young

Flight Officer Wheeler Gibbons , son were the recent guests of Mr.

since he has been stationed in and Mrs. R. W . Fincher and

India . He is located in the Assam family.

Valley at the foot of the Himalaya Mountains and is transporting Cargo over "The Hump" into China .
Mrs. Malcolm Rees of Boston, Mass. was the guest of Mrs. Gibbons recently. Mrs. Montgomery invited several friends in to meet Mrs. Rees one afternoon during her visit.

Mr. and Mrs. Irwin spent a week end with Mrs. Irwin's sister, in Dawson, Georgia.
On March 15 , Mrs. Berentz and her childrenn received a pair of shoes each, for which they gave no ration stamps. The shoes were wooden shoes sent to them from Belgium by Mr. Berentz.
Mr. ~Mrs . Tollefson and Miss

Mrs. Gibbons and Mrs. Mont- Shahan were the guests of Miss

gomery entertained the Rummy Shahan's sister, Mickey, at Short-

Club at the latter's home the sixth er College Saturday evening for

of March. Mrs. Lucy Tumlin , the play, ''Brittle-Heav.en."

Miss K. Dickerson and Mrs. Crowe

were their guests at this time also. Mrs. Turner spent Saturday,

SIGN LANGUAGE,

March 10, in Atlanta with Miss

Sign language is one of the old-

Mary Ann Turner who is a stu- est forms of speech. Before the

dent at Agnes Scott College.

white man came to North Amer-

Mrs. Gibbons had a very un- ica, Indians talked to one another

usual and interesting experience with gestures. And there is evi-

not long ago. She went to Atlanta dence to suggest that the Egyptians

to see her cousin, Betty R oadman , may have used sign language in

"across the fo otlights' '-Miss building the pyramids.

Roadman has been a member of

In this day and age of scientific

the movie colony in Hoilywood communication , speech without

for a number of years and Mrs. wo rds , still exists. Sign language

Gibbons had experienced the thrill is employed by the deaf and is in-

of seeing her on the screen several dispensable to industry, sports,

times but to see her in person was transportation and entertainment.

the greatest thrill of alL

It is used in such widely separated

M iss McMichen and Miss fields as railroading, aviation, ra-

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clio. motion pictures, the stage, orchestral conducting, tr<1ffic regulation, construction surveying, auctionering, football, baseball, and the army and navy l
The average man uses sign language much more than he re~lizes. He shakes hands in greeting, waves goodbys, scratches his head when puzzled , strokes his chin while thinking, holds his nose in disgust, and shakes his fist when angry. Sign language is truly a universal language.
The hand signals used in traffic are familiar to every motorist ; forearm vertical for a right turn, forearm horizontal for a left tum, and forearm dropped at an angle for slowing down . While directing traffic police officers raise their hands to signify "stop'' and jerk the thumb or forefinger to denote " go."
In most cases a deaf person uses a combination of both methods wbile " speaking. "
The sign for " cat " is made by stroking an imaginary whisker. A bulging coat pocket becomes the symbol Q,f a " rich man. " T~ word " dog '' is made by snapping the fingers as one does when calling a dog. To express jealousy, the signer bites his for~finger pos- sibly with the idea that a jealous person hurts only himself. Sometimes two signs are made to express an idea. " Coal " is " hard" and " black"; " neighbor" is " live" and "near."
The Indian sign language was used primarily by members of different tribes who could not speak one another's language. William Tomkins, of San Diego, Calif., has collected and recorded more than 800 Indians signs.
He says : " sign language is so faithful to nature and so natural in its expression that it is not probable that it will ever die. It may be used to advantage at a distance which the eye can reach but not the ear, and still more frequently when silence or secrecy is desired."
-Popular Mechanics r;md reprinted from Ohio Chronicle.

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TOPICS, Continuc:d
boys and girls helped us in it, too. We all wore costumes and used many different things on the stage. These plays were from story
books.
First Mr. Dillard imitated some of the men here. After the piays he acted like some of the women. He was very good.
Rip Van Winkle was given first . John Mock was Rip Van Winkle. He slept in the woods for twenty years. When he woke up , he was an old, old man.
The second play was Romeo and Juliet. Loraine Kicklighter was Juliet and Friedson Odom was Romeo. Juliet was a beautiful girl and wore a lovely dress. She loved Romeo very much. She looked at the moon and said , " I love Romeo! I love Romeo! " After while Romeo came and serenaded her. Later John Mock, who was a priest, married them.
Cinderella was next. Janie Elder was Cinderella, Mattie Suggs was her cruel stepmother, and Mary Roberts and Janie Smith were the real daughters. Cinderella wore a dirty .ragged dress and had to work very hard. She cried for a long time because she could not go to the dance. After awhile her good fairy godmother came and gave her a wonderful dress. Then she was very lovely. She had curly golden hair. She went to the balL too.
Next we had Silas Marner. I was Silas Marner and Jackie Dukes was Eppie. I had four bags of gold. I hid them in my house. Jack Callaway was a bad robber. He came and stole them all. I was very sad, but little Eppie came to live with me and I was happy again . I was grateful to God for sending Eppie to me.
The last sketch was from Sleepy Hollow. Albert Lee Smith was lchabod, a very tall man. Mattie Suggs was Katrina, and Jack Callaway and Herbert White were two mischievous boys. This sketch was the funniest one of ali. Everybody laughed and enjoyed it very much . M attie acted very silly. lchabod was in love with her and

wanted to marry her. He got down on his knees and proposed to her and she said, "Yes."
I think that all the boys and girls in the program were good actors and actresses.
-B..td Little -A B Class Topic

OUR FSHING TRIP
On Friday afternoon, March 9th, some of the boys and girls of the Advanced Department, Mrs. Hollingsworth, Miss Shahan, and Mrs. Sewell felt spring in the air and began to rush around to get together some fishing equipment and worms so that they might hike to the pasture and try their luck as fishermen. They left the campus soon after two o'clock and scampered to the creek with great enthusiasm.Every one was hoping to be the first to pull out a fish-Louis Keaton won. In a little while Edward Stanford and Billie Ethridge caught some more. They gave the fish to Mrs. Turner for her supper. They had lots of fun and are hoping to go fishing again in the spring.

JUNIOR-SENIOR WEINER ROAST

March the sixteenth was a big

day for Miss Shahan's class-they

had visitors in school, the chapel

program, and a wiener roast too.

Of course the latter was the most

exciting as everyone loves to eat.

Immediately after school they

donned their old clothes and hiked

to the farm . The fire was the big

problem-Bill forgot the kind-

ling! But with the wonderful co-

operation of this splendid group

(and a lot of good luck) , they

soon had a roaring fire of dry

sticks and limbs. While the fire

" got right" to cook the " dogs"

they played games and worked up

an appetite.



As dusk fell, they sat around the fire and enjoyed the ''dogs and all the " trimmin 's. " When they could eat no more they just relaxed

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and talked in the friendly atmosphere of the firelight. About 8:00 they started home and. the boys hunted frogs in every puddle of water. They caught one but it was too small to keep so they put it back. When they reached the dormitories they were very tired, but extremely happy.
They would like to say "Thanks" to Mr. Haney, Mrs. Barnett, and Miss Ritch for the good food and punch.
ADVANCED, Continued
back from California and was living in Atlanta now.
Etta Lee Kilgore fell down the steps recently and sprained her ankle. She is glad she is able to be back in school.
Carlton Huff enjoyed helping Mrs. Caswell with her chapel program last Friday.
Hulet Hawkins enjoys getting letters from his brother overseas. He hears real often and the letters are always very interesting.
Joe Young was called home recently on account of the death of his uncle.
Marvin Harrell likes to tease the boys. He has some good times playing with Carlton Huff.
ELSTAD TO EDIT ANNALS
Announcement has been made by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Conference of Executives that Mr. Leonard M. Elstad has accepted the editorship of the American Annals of the D eaf. This position, temporarily filled by Supe-'rintendent Bjo,lee and Dr. Powrie Doctor and Miss Elizabeth Peet, following the resignation of Mr. Fusfeld eighteen months ago , is one of the most responsible in the profession. A product of the normal training department of Gallaudet College, Mr. Elstad was subsequently head of the Wright Oral School one of the leading oral schools for the deaf in the country. Now superintendent of the Minnesota School, he has the broadest possible background for his new work.
-The Illinois Advance

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PRIMARY SIDE, Continued
because we wanted to. During the drive we saw the Red Cross poster
and many pictures showing the different ways the Red Cross helps. Until this drive we had known very little about how much good the Red Cross does, but we've always known the sign of the Red Cross was something g9od and fine and helpful. M?s~ all. of us have someone we love m serv1ce, and we understand how much the Red Cross is helping in the war. Rosemary's and Fay's fathers are in the Navy . Martha's and ~~ gene's brothers and Juamce s cousin are in the Navy, too. Frances's uncle is in the Army, and Robert has several brothersin-law in the Army. Mary Ann, Vivian , Ann, Louise, and Wy~ell have friends in service. We hke to feel that we might help them a little bit by giving to the Red Cross.
-Emmalee Highnote's Class
Our interests are certainly broadening. For some time we have been enjoying current eve~ts and pictures taken from the da1ly newspapers. As we have read about an important countty, we have located it on the globe and map.
Since our teacher recently bought us a booklet called "Uni~ed Nations," we have been delvmg even further into the study of geography. On the cover are -represe?tations of the flags of the countnes we have been studying, and inside are pictures of children from each country, dressed in their native costumes. There are also pictures of the flowers, fruits, and animals peculiar to each country ; for instance, the pineapple, sugar cane, and oxen of Cuba, the palms, and kangaroos of Australia, and the tulips and windmills of Holland.
From another book, "Little Friends from Many Lands" we learn the characteristics and favorite games of children all over the world. We discover that the Chinese boys and girls write up

and down the page, that they have pig-tails " much too handy fdr pulling," that the girls play a game like our " mulberry-bush," and that the boys play horses and fly their beautiful kites.
-Viola McMichen's Class

A GOOD SCHOOL

A good school is a place where you do more than cultivate good habits, develop initiative, and get a sound education.
It Is A Place Where

-you are surrounded by love and friendly understanding. - teachers and pupils feel friendly toward each other. -there is a friendly guidance. -laughter is heard. -you feel you are needed and you know you are a part of this home, and you feel your responsibility for making it happy and

pleasant.

.

-you learn that pea~e begms

with you, your famtly, your

school. When your spirit a~d action .turn a potential enemy mto a fr!end, you are practici?g the art ~f fnendliness which 1s the bas1s of all
peace.

It Is A Place Where

-there is sane and balanced control. Neither regimentation nor unrestrained freedom is present. -administrators, teachers, and pupils have confidence in each other-and as a result trust each other instead of being suspicious of each other's motives and acts. -there is respect for each other's
rights and differences a.nd no one tries to domineer and d1ctate. --everyone is given responsibility
and held accountable for results. Everyone works instead of making
excuses. -as result of this attitude and type of control, there is genuine cooperation, teamwork, a~d respect for the other fellow s welfare. Selfishness is not tolerated. The individual learns that he advances his own interests by contributing to the success of al~. The world can no longer surv1ve on

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the principle of letting the other fellow sink or swim. All of us must learn to swim or we will all sink.

It Is A Place Where

-questions are raised and _freely discussed under expert gu1dance because all realize there is nothing sacred about the status quo. In fact, there isn't such a thing. Everything is rapidly cLanging. It is a tragedy to become satisfied with ourselves. -there is a continuous effort to discover the truth and a will to be guided by it. -pupils learn to think by getting the facts, analyzing them for prejudice and bias, forming conclusions based on the facts. -youth learns to differ without ~eing bitter, antagonistic, or abu-
SIVe.
-youngsters learn the democratic processes of debate and ~om promise.

It Is A Place Where

-there is freedom from fear be-

cause all realize that honest pur-

poses can be defended with logic

and truth.

-resorting to deception and mis-

representation is not tolerated by

the group.

-people learn to face any situa-

tion with confidence and- the

knowledge that right has power

on its side.

- . people learn to be fair and just

and practice treating the other

fellow the way they like to be

treated. This leaves no room for

race prejudice or discrimination

agaiq_st minority gr<;>ups.

.

-there is no defeatism. There 1s

always a way out thoug~ it may

require patience and sacnfice.

--everyone is secure-not to the

extent that he becomes weak,

coddled, and protected-but to

the extent that he becomes a well-

co-ordinated, strong, balanced

personality working to the maxi-

mum of his efficiency and mak-

ing his minimum contribution.

That is real life.

MALCOLM B. KECK, Pzinctpal, Prescott School, Minneapolis
-The Conuentio;n Bulletin

State of Georgia
ELLIS ARNALL, Governor
Georgia School for the Deaf

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION M. D. COLLI NS. State Superintendent of Sch ools

ADMINISTRATION

C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, M. A., Superintendent

Rebecca S. Crowe, Secretary

J . C. Connor, M. D.

0 . W. Haney, Steward

W. S. Watson, D. D. S.

Evelyn Scoggins, Sec'y to Steward

Kat ie Payne: R. N.

Leila H. Barnett, Dietitian

INSTRUCTORS

PrimarJ' Dapartmeat
Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervisor
Dorothy B. Berentz Geverna Chapman Mabel L. Fincher Emmalee J. Highnote Jim Irwin Jessie F. Jones Viola McMichen, B. A. Miriam B. Minter Mildred B. Wright

Intermed iate a nd Advanced Department
Nell A. Gibbons. Supervisor
Shirley D. Almy Gladys Caswell, B. A. Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Ila S. Sem!ll, B. S.
Pauline J . Shahan, B. A.
Frances M. Tollefson, B. A. Mary D. Turner, B. A. Sarah F. Ware Maude M . Welch, B. A .

Vocational Department

Olaf L. T ollefson, B. A., Supervisor

Olaf L. Tollefson, B. A. . . . Printing

Gladys L. Latham . . Beauty Culture

Walter Wade .. Printing, Assistant

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

R. R. Caswell, B.S.A., B.A. . .. .. .

A. May Clark . . . . . . Arts and Craft&

Agricultural Training

E arl Cox . . . . . . . . . . Machine Sb.op

J. R. Ware ........... Carpentry

Connor Dillard .. .. Shoe Repairing

Everette Ryle . Barbering and Pressing

Colored Department
Quinton Gordon, Principal

Mattie Davis Henrietta Bailey Lucille McCullough

Eula Mae Strange: Beulah Gibson R. H. McAfee

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April. 1945

VOL. 45

NO.7

THE
Volume 45

SCHOOL
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HELPER
No.7

N. A. D. Bulletins

The following news releases were the N. A. D .. and shall receive as Committee of the National Associ-

recently received by the school from compensation for their services a ation of the Deaf, has sent W. S.

the N. A. D. Publicity Committee commission not in excess of 20 per McCord, also a member of that

through their southern represen- cent of all money thus collected, committee, some very attractive

tative, W. S. McCord. Feeling that and shall designate their own a- pamphlets, "The American Deaf,"

these items w.ill be of interest to gents for this propose." . . . Article for distribution throughout the

the Alumni readers of the School X. Section 4: "State and .local or- Southeastern area.

Helper, we are reprinting them in full below.-Ed.
LIESMAN APPOINTED TO N . A. D. BOARD

ganizations of the deaf which may affiliate in their entirety with the National Association shall be entilted to a 20 per cent refund in the initiation fees and dues of their members."

The pamphlets are of vest pocket size. Their purpose is to give employment field a better un~r standing of the deaf people and their abilities. On the back of the little book is the manual alphabet

Rev. Arthur G. Leisman, president of the Wisconsin Association



At a picnic of the Texas Association Austin Branch last spring, one energetic TAD worker collect-

of the Deaf and director of its ed $125 in membership fees for the

Service Bureau, has been appoint- N . A. D. Of this sum, $100 went

ed member of the Executive Board of the National Association of the

to the N. A. D. Treasurer, while the local chapter of the TAD re-

Deaf, to fill out the unexpired tained $25. This energetic worker

term of Dr. Thomas F. Fox, gave the N. A . D. membership a

deceased.

heartening boost, and at the same

We are fortunate in securing Rev. Mr. Leisman's acceptance of

time defrayed the expenses of the picnic, thiroq;gh the commission

this appointment, and to have his earned.

wise counsel in the administration

by which your boss or employer may learn to talk to you on his fingers.
Those pamphlets are FREE Every deaf person in the Southeastern area should ask for a copy or two and give them to his employer, boss or foreman. The little booklet will go a long way in advertising the deaf people and giving them an equal chance with others in the matter of jobs in the postwar era.

of the National Association's affairs . As one who has dedicated his life to the service of his fellow deaf, and a tireless worker for their welfare in his home State, he brings ripe experience as well as other admirable qualities to the support of the deaf nationally, in this new connection. His home address is : 4068 N. 13th St., Mil-

Since Mr. McCord will be very

McCORD ADDED TO N. A. D. busy. he is turning the matter of

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE

distribution over to W. E. Benfield P. 0. Box 121, Concord, N. C.

President Anderson announces Write him today for a FREE copy
the appointment of Mr. W. S. Mc- or two. The supply is very limited,
Cord of Concord, N. C., to be a but the material content of the member of the Publicity Com- booklet is very entertaining and mittee, under Chairman Wesley valuable to any employer or boss.

waukee 9, Wiscosin.

Lauritsen of Faribault, Minn. Mr.

February 24, 1945. Respectfully.
Tom L. Anderson, President
AFFILIATED STATE ASSO-

McCord is editor of the TriState News, and has shown a highly commendable as well as wholesome interest in the welfare of the National Association. He will serve generally throughout the Southeastern area.

FLASH
A track team from the Georgia School for the Deaf took six first place ribbons in our district meet held in Rome. These winners will be entered in the state meet to be

CIATION ENTITLED TO

held in Macon_May 3, 4 , 5, at the

Tw;ENTY PER CENT

NAD PAMPHLETS FOR DIS- Mercer University field.

Article VIII of the N. A. D. by-Laws: "State and affiliated or

TRIBUTION ARE RECEIVED

Our boys will be in the following events: high jump, broad

co-operating agencies shall be au- Mr. W:esley Lauritsen, Chair- jump, discus, shot put, and 100

thorized to collect annual dues for man of the Publicity and Research and 220 yd. dashes.

From the Primary Side

Easter meant only rabbits, East- uses, Daniel made a paper hat and er eggs, and boxes fr?m no~e. to Milton made a fan.

our class. The rehg10us stgmfi- The verb chart is a regular part

cance of Easter is more than our of our reading, and a part that we youngest class can comprehend; really like.

however, we have been calling attention to the changes nature has made at this time of the year with e"vneerwythliinfeg." burstm. g forth m to
Boxes from home brought

--Jim Irwin's Class
During the latter half of JanCuahrryisatmftears ahlol ltihdeayesxchiatedmfeunltlyofsuthbesided and we had settled. into the long stretch of work ahead, we de-

many oo's and ah 's. New dresses, cided to pep things up and revive

socks, shoes, and things to eat de- _ a laggin'g interest in being good

lighted not only the ones who got by planning an outing for the

boxes but also the ones who look- class. Luckily little Jean had

ed on and admired them.

just happened across a very inter-

The Easter egg hunt on Mon- esting picture of a wienec roast in

day following Easter Sunday is an one of the magazines we keep on

occasion looked forward to for hand to use while pasting. Cut-

many days.

ting the picture out and holding

I hope that my boys and girls it up in front of the class we ask-

realized that this was " a special ed if they would like to go on a

time of the year" and will be wiener roast. The response was tee-

ready for the Easter story when
it is presented. - -Miriam Minter's Class
We have enjoyed our vetb chart very much d_uring the past f~w weeks. Sometimes we go outstde and do something unusual, then come back to our classroom and draw a little stickman who is doing what we did . The verb is printed on a card and placed in our chart under the pictures, and presto ! there is a new word in our vocabulary!
On recent walks and trips to town we have had occasion to add several new verbs. One day J. M. bought a pencil and lost it. Edwin found it a'nd returned it to him. On another trip, Carol fell and we thought that we would have to place cried in our chart, but she laughed instead. With so many wild flowers in bloom, it seems to be a pleasure for Betty, Clarene, Dickie, and Jimmie to Illustrate picked for us.

rific. So we brought out the big calendar and turned the phagesd to a date midway between t at ay and the close of school. and, with much ceremony drew in a fat, succulent wiener in the square marked March 1.
It has been two months since the wiener was drawn, and many a gleeful trip has been made to the calendar to gaze upon it. It has worked magic with the class, for they have made a valiant effort to be very good children and deserving of the outing. Mary Lee, Myrtle, Rpnald, and Oneal always smile now when they make mistakes and must correct them. Brooks and James are being unusually quiet boys, while Jean and Betty are always hunting for something they can do to help the rest of us.
Now there are just two more days to pass until The Day. Wieners and buns, bottle drinks and toasted marshmallows are right around the corner. The boys will

When we came back from one help with the fire wood, the girls

such trip, we had a nice surprise. will set the table, and each fellow Alvin got .a box. His mother had will roast his own wiener. Hearts made some candy, and he gave are light; and eyes are btight in

each of us a piece. In order that our room.

we might see that made had many

-Dorothy Berentz's Class

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News plays a big part in curriculum of deaf children. ing the first year and the part of the second the writes on the blackboard the ous experiences of her draws pictures beside each item to increase their co1nore.t1ea sion and writes each verb in col chalk to promote the use of words.
Most of the children in our cl are completing their second year school and for quite a while been writing the news items selves with help, of course, they do enjoy it. This means it won't be very long until can write real little letters
During the Easter season particular part of our work creased greatly with so many and greetings from relati friends. We do enjoy the sent to the children, especially the holiday seasons.
-Mabel Fincher's Every birthday in our class been a happy one, but March was the best of all. It marked birthdays of two members of class, Fleming Bloodwot th Cecil Cox. They were that their birdidays were on same day. Instead of going to town day morning we went to Chapman's home to celebrate occasion. It was a lovely day, right for a birthday party on lawn.
On arriving at Miss Cha we immediately began pia games-blind man's buff, drop
the handkerchief, and hide and
seek.
The two birthday cakes placed on a table decorated for occasion. There were candles on Cecil 's cake and on Fleming's. It was moment when both Fleming blew out all with one breath.
After enjoying our ments, we played several
games. The time went by ........--. too fast and it was soon time to

THE SCHOOL HELPER

April, I 945

go back to school. Everyone had r were blowing would probably

such a good time that ~e all w_ant make other dandelion plants. We

to celebrate our next buthday JUSt walked on and came to a bed of

like Cecil's and Fleming's.

wild violets, we stopped and pick-

-Geverna Chapman's Class

ed s0me. We didn't pick them all though because we thought that

The war has made our class other people would enjoy them,

very much interested in maps and globes.. We have. several do~e relatives tn the servtce and we hke to know where they are. When we get a letter frc .n overseas, we always find on the map where it was written. Mrs. Jones put a large map of the world up in the room and when we finish our written work, we study it. Our parents and friends would pro~ bably be surprised to know how much we understand about coun-

roo. We finally got to lhe cave and spring and there were so many beautiful flowers in bloom that we stopped and enjoyed them. On the hill above the spring the dogwood
and red bud were in full bloom and made a very pretty picture.
Around the spring the azaleas and wild sweet williams were blooming. \VIhile we were studying the flowers, Harold saw some yellow butterflies and tried to catch one. Wie asked him, if he would like to

tries and oceans. Several of the children and
teachers h a v e gotten souvenirs from different countries and we have enjoyed them. We tried ori the wooden shoes and the German helmets that Mrs. Jones's son sent
her from France. We are beginning to realize that
people across the big ocean~ dress differently from us here 10 the United States and want to know more about the clothing of other

be a butterfly and be chased. He said he wouldn't like it and stopped .
Time passed so quickly and we had become so interested in the flowers we had forgotten about the birds and animals. Mrs. Wright said that we would have to make another trip to study them because we had been out an hour and it was time to get back to school.

countries.

Our trip proved to be not only

--Jessis Jones's Class

a lesson in nature study but one in good citizenship, too.

Nature study is fun when or.c: can get out doors and gather first

-Mildred Wright's Class

hand information about plant life, We certainly did enjoy Easter.

birds and animals.

Mary Ann went home. Rosemary's

Perhaps you would like to know mother and Juanice's family spent

about one of our field trips. One Easter Sunday with them. Those

pretty spring day when we came who went home and those of us

:n from recess, Mrs. Wright asked who stayed at school had a won-

us if we would like to go for a derful time.

walk. We were delighted. She told us that we were going to try to find as many wild flowers as we possibly could and learn their names, also that she wanted us to be on the look out for birds and animals.

Mrs. Tatum, Frances's mother, sent Mrs. Highnote some dye and some money and asked her to fix some Easter eggs for us. We had already asked if we might dye some eggs. So Thursday before Easter we all went to Mrs. High-

Almost the minute we stepped note's and dyed eggs. Gee, but it

out the door, Betty found some was fun! Dressed in aprons that

little blue flowers with faces. We ilmost reached to our shoe tops,

learned that these were Johnny we happily went to work. The

jump-ups. Gail found some dan- eggs turned out to be beautiful.

delions and Guy found some dan- There were so many pretty colors.

delions that had gone to seed. We Each of us had a part in the dye-

had fun blowing these and Mrs. ing and decorating of them. Some

Wright told us that thE seed we of them had pretty flowers on

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'them and pictures of Pop-eye, Blondie, and many others. With a little cotton and a pencil. we even made two eggs look like a little old man and woman. When all the eggs were colored, we put them in a basket and carried them to school to show our friends. Mrs. Htghnote hid them later, and we had worlds of fun findings them.
While we 're on the subject of Easter, we must mention our Easter boxes from home. We were thrilled to death over our pretty new clothes. Robert got a pretty brown slack suit. Frances's new dress and shoes were beautiful. Wynell's shoes were too small, but her pretty dress fit perfectly. Vivian looked sweet in her yellow flowered dress. Ann 's cute little dress was jus.t what she wanted. Martha didn't get a box, but her mother and father brought her pretty new clothes the week-end before Easter. Louise's mother Rosemary's and Juanice's mothers sent her a cute little red dress and brought them lovely new clothes.
Fay's fa.ther has just returned from overseas and is home on furlough. Fay hopes that he will have time to come to see her.
-Emmalee Highnote's Class
Hoping to be promoted to the intermediate department in September, we have really been studying this year. In addition to learning a surprising number of new nouns, we have tried hard to have definite associations between these nouns and other things that wehave studied. We fe:eJ that the ability to associate or to connect ideas is an invaluable asset in the learning process.
For instance, in our study of furnture, our teacher wrote, " A kitchen makes me think of a stove. " Then one of us wrote, " A kitchen makes me think of a refrigerator. " Later we wrote. " A livingroom makes me think of a davenport. " " A livingroom makes me think of a piano. "
Studying clothing, we had such directions as :
Name seven things that are used m making a dress.
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From the Intermediate Department

Jackie Dukes hopes that her cousin will come home from overseas soon. She has not seen him for a long time.
Roscoe Dukes's father wants him to come home to plow on the farm. He will cultivate the corn, cotton, Irish potatoes, watermelons, and other things. He will cut wood near his home and he will carry corn to feed the hogs. Maybe he will go to Warm Springs to swim some Sundays if his father gives him the money.
Evelyn Robinson went to Atlanta to visit her grandmother for Easter. She went to the movies with some friends Saturday . That evening she went to ap Easter party at the club. It lasted until eleven o'clock. Easter Sunday she went to church with her uncle.
Alma Wooten got a letter from her mother the fourth of April. She got two dollars. Her family will go to her grandmother's in
the summer. Laura Pope hopes that she can go
to Miami, Florida with her father during the summer to see her aunt and new uncle. She has not seen her aunt for five years.
Lester Smith found four eggs at the Easter egg hunt the thirtieth of March. He was happy. He had a fine time all afternoon.
Bobby Gorman got a box from his mother for Easter. He got two pairs of blue and white socks, three pretty ties, and some candy. He will write and thank her next letter day.
Mary Godwin did not go home for Easter, but she went to the Easter egg hunt in the park. She saw a small gray squirrel. She was afraid of it because she thought that it might bite her.
Beady Smith and her two sisters will visit their grandmother, aunts, and uncles next summer.
Billy Robinson went home for Easter. His mother has a hundred baby chicks. They cost fifteen dollars. He went to the farm to see the horse, mules, and dogs.
Maudene Bridges is worried because her father has been ill for about six months. She wants to

get a job in a cafe during the summer.
Jack Callaway was sad because his dog ran away two months ago and did not come back. He is happy now because Mr. Brannon gave him a pretty puppy the last of March. It is brown and white and very fat. It will live on the farm . When school closes, Jack will take it home and surprise his family.
. Mary Godwin will keep house for her mother next summer. She will also visit her grandmother.
Catherine, Daisy, pnd Beady Smith received a nice Easter box from home. They got six pairs of socks, some hair ribbons, some clothing, and some gum and candy. They were very happy.
Louise Walters will visit her sister for a week next summer. She will see her sister's baby and play with their collie dog.
Bud Little and six of his boy friends will go to Scout Camp sixteen miles from Cedartown next summer. Bud hopes that they will have good weather for their camping trip.
Janie Elder went home for Easter. Friday evening her family went to see the Rev. Mr. Mowell because it was his birthday. Janie had a fine time every minute that she was at home. Now she misses her family very much.
John Mock hopes that he can get a good job in Atlanta next summer. His brother has promised to try to get him a job at Rich 's.
Mattie Suggs can hardly wait to go home. She wants to get a job next summer. She hopes that her sister will have a new home by then.
Herbert White will visit his uncle next summer. He will help his uncle on the farm. He will go swimming with him in the pool nearby.
John Harrell wants to get a job when school is out. He would like to work in Atlanta. He hopes that he will earn good money.
Louida Benson expects to visit Ralph, Ruth, and her nephew, Edwin. She will stay for a week.
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She w ill help her mother keep house the rest of the summer.
Mary Roberts wants to at the Paint Ark near Camp V.f;hecler in M acon. She does n t know whether her mother will I~ her, but she hopes so. She will help her mother at home if she does not work.
Billy Hayes had a nice East visit from his "sister and step-grandmother. They stayed at Mrs. Betty Wiggins's. They left for Sunday afternoon.
Raymond Baker and his uncle will go fishing in the Chattahoochee River next summer. mond hopes that he will have luck and catch lots of fish.
Homer Benson will stay home next summer. He will his brother almost every week. hopes that his brother will a car so that he can ride in it. wants his brother to let him it.
Russell Royston will be glad when school closes so that he can go home and help his father farm. Maybe they will go fishing together. Russell will be glad to see his people at home. His sister's husband will be home on furlough sometime in May. They are in Louisiana now.
Duwayne Dukes was happy when his mother wrote ;tnd told him that his family had moved to \V]hitesburg. He will miss his home near Carrollton. At his new home he may not be able to go to town every Saturday afternoon. He does not care if he has to walk ten miles to town because he likes to walk.
Mary Baker's father came for her early in the morning the day before Easter. She was very much surprised when he came. She surely was glad that she could go home.
Gertrude Hixson h ope8 that she can go to Tybee Beach next sum mer. She likes to swim in the ocean.
Mary Moon's family, her aunt. and grandmother came here for her birthday, the thirty-first of March, and for Easter. TheY
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THE SCHOOL HELPER

.April, 1945

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All communications should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.
Entered at the postoffice at Cave Spring, Georgia, as second class matter November, 1889. Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided in Section 1103. Act of Oct ober 3, 1917. Authorized October 31,
1918 . Published monthly during t he s<'h,ool year in tile print-
ing department of tilie Georgia School forr the Deaf.
NELL A. GIBBO~S -------------- ---------------------- Editor MARIE KENNARD -- --- ------- ------ --- Associate Editor OLAF L. TOLLEFSON .:.:..::==:.::::. Printing [m,tructor

Vol. 45

APRIL

No. 7

Abraham, Abraham and Isaac, Esau and Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Samson, Samson Destroys the Temple, Ruth and Naomi, David the Shepherd Boy, David and Goliath, Daniel, Jonah, The Christmas Story, The Boyhood of Jesus, Jesus in the Temple, John the Baptist, Jesus Chooses His Disciples, The Woman at the Well, The Pool of Bethesda, The Widow's Son, Jesus Walking on the Water, Jesus Blessing the Little Children, The Good Samaritan, Jesus Raises Lazarus, The Prodigal Son, Palm Sunday, The Last Supper, The Crucifixion, The Burial, , The Resurrection, The Ascension, Peter Helps the Lame Man, The Stoning of Stephen, The Conversion of Saul, Paul's Missionary ~ourneys.

COMMENCEMENT
The 1945 Commencement exercises of the Georgia School for the Deaf will be held Monday morning, May 21, at ten o'clock on the campus.
Baccalaureate Services will be held in the Baptist Church Sunday morning, May 20, at eleven o'clock. The Rev. Robert C. Fletcher of Birmingham will deliver the sermon.
A large number of primary and intermediate pupils will take part in the program Monday. Parents are requested not to take any child home until after the exercises.

SUNDAY SCHOOL

We have felt for several years that our pupils should have more religious training and be made more familiar with the Bible and Bible stories. This year

we have done something about it and are quite

pleased with the results.

In the fall we took up Old Testament stories

beginning with the Creation and taking them con-

secu~ively to the story of Jonah. The Sunday before

Chnstmas we gave the Christmas story and in Jan-

uary we started on the Life of Christ and took up

New Testament stories. These stories are written in

language sufficiently simple for pupils of 3rd to 6th

grade.

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. Each week the Sunday School lesson with ques~tons is printed and it is given to every class in the l~termediate department for Friday night study as-
Signment. Monday the ,language teacher incorporates
the lesson into her plans for the day and reviews and checks the study papers. By requiring the long an-

swers to the questions we find that it serves as an excellent exercise in English.

The interest of the pupils in these lessons has been keen and we find that they are eager to look for the stdry in the Bible and read it for themselves. This familiarizes them with finding Bible references.
Loose leaf booklets are made from the lesson sheets by each pupil which they will take home and we hope

that they will be used during the summer vacation. Fol~owing is a list of stories as they have been given dunng the year:

The Creation, Adam and Eve, Noah and the Ark,

RECENT VISITORS It was a pleasure to have Mrs. W. W. Davison, head of the Davison School of Speech in Atlanta, and one of her teachers, Miss Linelle Hamilton, as guests of the school recently. On the evening of their arrival sonie of the pupils from the intermediate department repeated a few dramatizations of stories which had formerly been presented at the regular Friday chapel assembly. The next day our guests visited many classes both in the academic and vocational departments and had the opportunity of seeing the pupils at work and at play. We were glad of the opportunity of showing Mrs. Davison and Miss Hamilton some of our work and we hope that they enJoyed the day as much as we did. We are always happy to have interested friends visit the school.
During the last week in March Dr. W. A. Stumpf and Mr. P. S. Clemmons of the Education Panel ' of the Georgia Agriculture and Industrial Development Board were visitors at the school. Their mission included a survey of the physical features of the school (meaning, we hope, recommendations for new buildings - especially a gymnasium and an auditorium) and the administrative policies of the school. They interviewed every one with whom they came in contact from the superintendent to the cooks and if they didn't learn a great deal about the school it was neither from lack of interest nor the ability of making intelligent and pleasant inquiries.
Every one enjoyed their visit and we feel that the school will derive much good from it. We hope they will not forget that they promised to come again soon.
THE RED CROSS DRIVE
The following account of the recent Red Cross Drive is taken from the Rome News Tribune. The quota for Cave Spring was set at $1,000 which is more than a dollar apiece for every man, woman, and child in the town and double the quota for last year. Not only did the town meet the amount asked but went " over the top" in a big way with $263 .00
(Continued on page nine )

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Superintendent's Corner

I DEMON-

N discus saing speech teachin~

STRATING with a couple of

SPEECH speech correctio~

specialists recently.

we made the remark , " It is a crime

the way speech correction teachers

and teachers of the deaf dupe the

public through the med ium of de-

monstrations of speech teaching."

While the three of us could not

wholly agree on the relative em-

phasis to be placed on certain

phases of the general edu(ational

development of the deaf child, we

were all in agreement that it was

a "shame" the way we employed

the use of an innocent lia:e child

to - fool the people-the reader

should keep in mind that there is

a distinction between the train ~

ing received and theories involved

in teaching the deaf and that in

the general field of speech correc-

tion.

In witnessing the demonstra-

tion of the uses of the different

techniques employed in teaching

the deaf and the small deaf child's

natural voice in pronouncing

elements of sound. combining these

elements into words, and the

words into sentences, it makes a pretty demonstrati~n and consti-

tutes a beautiful theory. In fact.

it is so appealing that a highly in-

tel~ igent petrson , comparing the

naturalness and beauty of the spo-

ken words with the voice and

speech of an older deaf person, is

liable to be " carried away with

the speech potentialities of the lit-

tle deaf child. Especially is this

true if the demonstrator does not

fully elucidate. ~irst , to avoid dis-

illusionments and disappointments

over later results, the teacher

should reveal to the unsuspecting

witness something of the lase his-

tory of each pupil being demon-

strated. Is the child congenitally

deaf? If not , at what age did deaf-

ness occur ? Is there any sound

perception ? If so, in what fre-

quency range does it appear ? Is

there any usable aural approach

whatsoever ? If so, to w hat extent,

etc?

All this has a definite bearing on

methods employed and on what
can be normally expected of the
child's future development in
speech and speech reading ability.
Perhaps a teacher conducting the
demonstration can best set the observer right by demonstrating a counterpart of that child who is fifteen years older and has had fifteen years of constant expert instruction. Would the observer be surprised and perhaps d1smayed to note that in all cases naturalness of speech in tone and modulation had disappeared; that not any of the children demonstrated could, after fifteen years instruction, converse naturally with other deaf; that a vast majority of these youngsters through whom you were so glibly fooled, as adults, can not carry on a conversation with strangers they meet on the street? And , saddest of all. many parents of deaf children had been disillusioned while the child's social. moral and general comprehension development might have been thwarted by too long neglect of his whole educational growth. Dr. Helen Thompson of the Yale University Clinical School for Children, following an exhaustive study of the deaf child, goes further by avering that too great an emphasis on speech, while denying natural gestures and signs, often seriously impairs the nerves of the child.
It is well to keep in mind that there are many complications involved in teaching the deaf, that individual differences must be accounted for, far in excess of what is found among a group of normal hearing children, and that the job withal is a highly skilled one. We believe the Combined, or Dual method, now employed to a greater or lesser degree by 90 percent of the schools is a sensible approach to the problem. This method places the child fust and suits method to child instead of child to method. In the final analysis, it is not tantamount to a de -emphasis on the teaching of speech and speech reading. How-
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ever, it does guard against
emphasis. The whole
ment of the child takes
over fixed methods. In these
fied methods. Oralism
and the pupil finds every
tunity for Oral development.
addition, he finds so much joy
general comprehension and reading skills that his physical and spiritual w provides a condition f a greater aptitude for speech and speech reading. happy child is the learning Pupils working under this clition not only learn to speak read lips, but they find pleasure it, not just in conversation, but songs, in "pep" talks and in yells.
A recent scientific study closes that only 3 7 percent profoundly deaf pupils make preciable speech progress what is known as a pure Oral tern of teaching. The other percent not only do not make pro. gress under this system, but some even deteriorate (See '"1 caching Speech to the Deaf" by E . B. Boatner, printed elsewhere in this issue.) Before scientific study and research revealed these facts, 90 percen of the schools, in endeavoring to reach the deaf child, were already employing modified and improved methods in ;residential schools. At the same time, it is safe to say 99 percent of the educated adult deaf were all along bemoaning too much experimentation , while clamoring for a wellrounde<;l educational program for deaf children.
Why not give the pubiic and the deaf child a break? The problems of edu<;'<lting tHe deaf are many and intricate. Let's reveal the true situation and avoid duping the public, disillusioning the parents and in any way thwarting the full growth of the child. Let continued scientific research and comparative studies be the order of the day. When still better methods are found, let's employ them.

THE SCHOOL HELPER

April, 1945

IN APPRECIATION

W HIL E the writer, a normal student at Gallaudet College in 1937, was ne-

gotiating with Mr. and Mrs. John

A. Gough of the Kendall School

to come to Georgia the following

year to organize our Advanced De -

partment, Miss Helen Fay, super-

vising teacher at Kendall , remark-

ed. " You need not worry about

your Primary supervision and your

Oral program in Georgia - - Mrs.

Kennard is one of the best. " She has so continued to prove herself.

In the organization of the Advanced Department in l 9 37-3 8, Mrs. Kennard was largely instrumental in the inclusion of a full time speech teacher for this de-

partment. This special provision

proved itself invaluable in two
ways. First, the advanced prim~ry
children most adept in s'J.?ech had better opportunity to continue in this aspect of their training as an Oral emphasis ; second , the plan proved meritorious in the retention of speech for pupils who had already acquired speech befon: losing their hearing. This latter proved of not less importance since quite a few students were now being admitted from public schools. These, of course, had already acquired language and unimpaired speech , but, constant expert instruction became necessary to prevent the usual deterioration.
While training at the Clarke School, Northampton, Massachusetts, Mrs. Kennard 's work was outstanding to the extent that she was retained there as teacher. However, following a few years, she Was disposed to returned to her native place of abode. Since that time and for the past twenty years, she, in the language of one of her co-workers, " Like all tht truly great, Mrs. Kennard has worked . tirelessly and selflessly without fal!fare or thought for personal gam , working far beyond the call of duty and und er the severest of handicaps, training her teachers and doing an exceptional job in

building the Georgia School for the Deaf to a high standard."
Although Mrs. Kennard has turned down repeated flattering offers to go elsewhere, sh e has not failed to make some contributions to the profession as a whole. Collaborating with the late M iss E dith Fitzgerald , she publ ished 'Mental Development, " "Primary Course of Study" and " Straight Language Discusses Arithmetic." Orders for this material. large and small, h ave come in from thirty states, three outlying provinces, and five forei gn co untries. We are glad to sha re Mrs. Ken nard in this
MRS. MARIE S. KENNARD
Supervising Teacher P rimary Department
way, but are very proud tha t we can continue to claim her as our very own.
With Mrs. Kennard at the helm in Oral training, we feel that the school can continue to turn out deaf boys and girls well prepared to m eet all the issues of life without having missed any opportunity for optimum Oral attai nment. Edit or's Note: Mr. Gough men tioned in the above is n ow superintendent of the O k lahoma School for the Deaf.

TEACHING SPEECH TO THE DEAF
E. B. Boatner, Superintendent
American School for the Deaf
Few, if any, subjects involve more problems and difficulties than teaching speech to the profoundly deaf. Everyone realizes the importance of speech, even a limited amount of speech, and our schools for the deaf have been wrestling with this problem for a great many years. The fact remains, however, that the results are still meager and far from satisfactory. Many profoundly deaf children apparently cannot be taught to speak to any worthwhile extent under the methods now in vogue.
T hese fa cts are clearly demonstra ted in a report recently received from the Clarke School for the Deaf, N orthampton, Mass., in w h ich Dr. Clarence V. Hudgins, h ead of the experimental phonetics d ivisio n , reports on an experimenta l group of I 03 children beginning with the middle school and ranging through the upper school. A ll of these pupils were tested from four to eight consecutive yea rs for speech intelligibility, rate of utterance and phrasing. In the all-important matter of intelligibility, gains were made by only 3 7 percen t o f the proup. Thirtyseven p upils o r 3 6 p e r c e n t rema ined at a relatively fixed level and twenty-eight pupils, or 27 percent, showed definite losses.
We doubt if any school in the country places more emphasis on teaching speech or make1l a better approach to the problem than does the Clarke School and yet the facts show that in a period of fro m four to eight years o{ earnest effort, only thirty-seven percent of the pupils showed any significant gains in speech intelligibility, and this does not necessarily mean that these students talk fluently.
We think this is the kind of information we should have on o ur speech teaching if we ever expec t to improve it. Fixing our attention entirely on a rather small percent of pupils who d o exceptionally well, may be more plea-
(Co ntinued on page ten)

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Faculty Notes

Mrs. H. M. Barnette was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Minter, during the Easter holiday.
Mrs. Kennard spent one afternoon in Rome recently.
Mrs. Wright and son, Louis. spent a week-end in Atlanta recently.
Cadet nurse, Frances McMichen, was the guest of her sister, Viola McMichen, Easter Sunday.
Mrs. fincher visited her brother and his family in Atlanta recently.
Mrs. Irwin spent a week-end with her sister in Dawson.
Mrs. Highnote spent a week-end in Buena Vista with her motherin-law, Mrs. H . B. Highnote.
Miss Shahan spent the weekend of April 1st with her family in Lafayette.
Mr. and Mrs. Tollefson, Miss Shahan, and Miss Latham spent Saturday, April 7th, in Atlanta.
Mrs. Ware spent Easter weekend with her sister and brother in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Mrs. Alva Parris spent Easter with her parents in Newnan. She was at home for her son's sixteenth birthday.
Mrs. Barnett was called to Atlanta recently by the illness of her brother.
Mrs. Perry, Miss Payne and Miss Shahan were hostesse~; to the Campus Rummy Club in the living room at the boys' dormitory April 3rd. Miss Edna McDaniel captured the first prize, an attractive pair of salt and pepper shakers, and Miss Luella Brown received low score.
Mr. and Mrs. Haney and Miss Payne spent Monday, April 9, in Atlanta.

Mrs. J. T. Latham, father of Miss Gladys Latham, is slightly improved after a long illness.
Mrs. Jessie Jones has received several interesting letters recently from her son, S/Sgt. Tudor Jones. who is stationed somewhere in France.
Miss May Clark spent the week-end in Atlanta recently with her sister, Mrs. Sam Gentry.
Miss Annie McDaniel was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones in Carrollton the week-end of April 13.
Mr. Dillard spent a week-end with relatives in Dalton recently.
LOSS OF HEARING LAID TO OPERATION ON EARS BY EASTERN SPECIALIST
Claims to Have Cured Over 700 Cases of Middle Ear Deafness
Damages amounting to $24.000.00 were awarded to Mrs. Racie B. Sherry of Chicag::. as the result of a recent decision of the New York State Supreme Court on a case in which it wa~; charged that Dr. Julius Lempert destroyed the plaintiff's hearing. Said to have operated on numerous ears with success which had brought him fame and riches, Dr. Lempert was blamed with performing a middle ear operatiion in Mrs. Sherry that resulted in total deafness, roaring noises, loss of sense of balance, and nervous disorders. The court upheld the charge.
Describing the methods used, Doctor Lempert is reported in Newsweek to have said: "I go into the middle ear. I go right through and cut out the ear drum. I do not take it and throw it in the trash basket, but I keep it . . . I then drill a hole in the semicircular canal. I drill it with a drill, and then I take this ear drum and put it over that hole so that when sound comes into the ear it hits this and vibrates . . . then you
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hear . . . as before." The story
says further: "It was March 1940 when Dr.
Julius Lempert, New York ear specialist and surgeon, first created a sensation. At a meeting of the New York Academy of Medicine he exhibited fifty patients who ap-
parently had been cured of hopeless" deafness by an operation he had introduced from Europe. The press told of his triumphs and patients came from far and wide to have the 'miracle' operation performed at a cost of between $750.00 and $1,000.00 per case.
"Now he has operated on some 700 ecrrs and was ~counted a wealthy man. Besides the surgical fees , it was asserted. additional remuneration came from teaching."
"Admitting the surgeon had operated upon both of Mrs. Sherry's ears. W~ F. Martin. attorney for the doctor denied all charges of unprofessional conduct. 'I wish to state here that there is living in this world today no man who knows more about hearing than Dr. Lempert .. This man has made one of the greatest single contribution to medical science in history'."
Apparently unimpressed by this argument. the high court awarded $20,000 to Mrs. Sherry and .$4,-
000 to her husband.

FACE TO FACE Footpad: "Get ready to die. I'm going to shoot you." Victim: "Why?" Footpad: I've always said I'd shoot anyone who looked like me." Victim: "Do I look like you?" Footpad: "Yes." Victim: "Then shoot."
-Watchword.

A recruit was being given an

intelligence test in the army.

"What would happen if one of

your ears was cut off by a bay-

onet?" asked the examiner.

"I couldn't hear so well."

"What would happen if your

other ear was cut off?"

"I couldn't see."

" What do you mean?"

"My hat would fall down over

my eyes. "

-The Frat.

THE SCHOOL HELPER

April, 1945

EDITORIALS - Continued

in excess.

.

The Georgia School for the

Deaf was happy to have a share

in the good report.

RED CROSS DRIVE A1 CAVE SPRING NETS

$1.263

Frank Weathers, County Chairman for the Red Cross War Fund Qriv.e, today saidj that Cave Spring District had co!:lected a
total of $1,263.43, which was within $200 of the totai amount contributed by the entire County
Divison last year. Mr. W)eathers stated that the
entire amount was in cash. Of the total contributions coming from the Cave Spring district, $377 .85 was contributed by the faculty and students of the Georgia School for the Deaf. Every student of the school and every teacher made a
contribution. The Cave Spring Consolidated
School, through its teachers and pupils, contributed a total of $223. 58 . This was more than three times the amount contributed by this school last year.
The Negro population of Cave .Spring District made a notable contribution in the amount of $68.65.
Personnel of the committee workers in the Cave Spring District responsible for this recordbreaking contribution was composed of the following : Mrs. H . L. Hughes, Chairman; Mrs.C. H. Hollin,gsworth, w--chairman ; Mirs.
Carl Nelson, Mrs. Wallace Stanz, Mrs. Rolfe Kennard, Mrs. Paul Sewell, Miss Pauline Shahan, Mrs. J. H. Norton, Miss Martha Davis, R, C. Hogan, Fred Forbes, Herschel Mize, Harvey Norton, R.
W. Fincher. Colored School Com-
mittee: E. S. Brown and Quinton Gordon.

$750,000 PROPOSED FOR DEAF SCHOOL
Otis A . Brumby, of Marietta, member of the house committee i~specting state instituuons, esttmated today that $750,000 should be spent to improve the Gerogia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring.

The committee visited the school today, lunching with the older students and being entertained at a barbecue tonight. They heard Supt. C. H. Hollingsworth outline plans for expanded services.
Several committeemen said they were favorably impressed with the operations and usefulness of the school and expressed belief that liberal state aid would be recommended. Brumby said accomplishments at the institution were " indeed remarkable."
-The News Tribune
T HE MOST IMPORTANT JOB IN A SCHOOL FOR THE
DEAF
Who has the most important job in a school for the deaf?This is a hard question. Let us take a little trip about the school and see. First, there is the superintendent. He is the official head of the school; he contacts the Board under whose jurisdiction the school is run; he secures funds to run the school ; he employs teachers, staff members, and numerous persons necessary to run the school; he contacts parents, and the public, and keeps in contact with the entire school family, pupils and employees ; he is the school's pilot, chief engineer, so to speak, and must keep everything oiled and running smooth! y. This is only part of his job ; like a doctor he is on call twenty-four hours a day. Surely, he has the most responsible job; to him it is the most important job.
The academic principal oversees the school building with its three hundred pupils. She must see that little ones who come into the building, not knowing a single word. not knowing their own names, are given the right start on their educational journey. Then she must f ollow each and everyone through the grades, thirteen years. and see that all of the required work is covered before a diploma or certificate is issued. There are at times problems of discipline that must be met. It would take pages to tell the details of her job. An important job! Yes, to her the most important job.
The vocational principal has the
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responsibility of seeing that the students are taught a trade, or at least the fundamentals of a trade, that will enable them to take their places in their respective communities. An important job! Yes, to him the most important job.
Each teacher h as the responsibil ity to teach a certain amount of work each year. Sometimes the pupils are not responsive, sometimes they apparently do not want
to learn. It is the teacher's JOb to
create interest, to put the lesson over. An important job! Yes~ to him the most important job.
After the school day is over, the pupils go to their dormitories, sometimes tired and crabby. The housefathers a n d housemothers take charge. Many parents find it exceedingly hard to manage one, two, or three children. Imagine a hundred coming into the house after school. The housefather and housemother must cope with this problem. Theirs is often a nervewracking job, long days, long Saturdays, long Sundays. These people responsible for the pupils the greater part of their waking hours. A n important job! Yes, to them the most important job.
We could go on this way and write page after page. Our cooks, our engineers, our janitors, all have important jobs ! E ach is an important cog in the machine that keeps the school running smoothly. Let one drop out of the picture and we will instantly notice that something is amiss. All of this is good. When everyone thinks his job is the most important job in the school, when he takes pride in his work and does it to the best of his ability, we are really going places and making our school into one of the best.
Noth ing has been said of the pupil' s job. Each pupil in the school has an important JOb to do. Each should prep are his lessons to the best of his ability ; doing work that just gets by is not enough. Get the habit of doing your work better than anyone else. Out in the world the man who can do something better th an anyone else gets better pa y and lives better. He enjoys life m,ore.-Minn. Camp.

THE SCHOOL HELFER

Primary Dept.- Continued

acquisition of the profoundly deaf. will get a job there.

Name five articles of clothing Wihether this can be done to any James Vickers and his pa

that men wear.

great ex tent remains uncertain. We left Cedartown at one o 'dock

Name three things that people have been entertaining high hopes night before Easter and drove

wear on a rainy day.

for the systematic use ot hearing Dougherty , (Ja . to see his

Name four things that are worn aids. To date , however, there has mother who was ill. They

outdoors in winter.

been very little system and we are tired from driving so far.

In connection wth our study of still not in a position to make any Loraine Kicklighter hopes

fruits , vegetables, and animals, we predictions. This much does seem her brother-in-law will come

had the following suggestions:

certain-that the hearing aid will from prison in Germany

Name two animals that live in not perform miracles for the pro- time soon. He wrote to his

the woo.ds.

foundly deaf.

that he would come home,

Name three animals that live in Have we really done all that she did not tell Loraine when

the water.

can be done to improve our meth - might come nor where he

Name a fruit that grows on a ods and their results in this field? She wants to see him very

bush.

Have we exhausted all possible ap-

Janie Smith went hom~::

Name a fruit that grows on proaches to the problem ? If the train the Thursday before

vines.

answer is no, then Dr. Hudgins' While she was at home, all

Name two vegetables that grow figures are discouraging , but offer family except her father went

on vines.

a challenge which we should frank- see some of her kinfolks. Some

Then we were given objective ly face and act upon. If the an - them were surprised to see

tests over tile mate,rial we had swer is yes, and these figures are because they did not know

covered:

to be our practical expectancy of she was coming. Her father

Tell whether the following speech improvement in a school fishing while they were gone,

statements are true or false :

where the greatest possible empha- . she wished that he had gone

An apricot is a fruit.

sis is being placed on speech, then them.

A tangerine is a vegetable.

it would seem sensible that we

Patsy Baker went ho.me

Asparagus is a vegetable.

devise some means of determining Thursday before Easter. Her

Sheep are covered with wool. just when such instruction should ther dyed some eggs. H er

Kangaroos are covered with fur. be terminated in cases where it family had an Easter egg

Opossums are covered with ceases to justify the time expend- four o'clock Easter afternoon.

feathers.

ed. No one can argue that it is sister found sixteen eggs.

Chipmunks are covered with sound pedagogy to continue a pu-

Ben Goodwin was glad that

fur.

pil in any subject in which he family came to see him

Earthworms have legs.

shows a consistent decline over a He dressed up in new Easter

Elephants have trunks.

period of several years when that socks, pants, shirt, and

Canaries and robins roar. Pigs grunt and squeal.

same student has great need and coat. His mother hid some deficiencies such as written lan- the campus. He saw his

Monkeys like carrots. Young horses are called colts. Telephone poles are made of
glass.

guage to which his time could be more profitably applied.
-Rochester Advocate

cousin find one egg. He and sister found some, too. They a nice time.

Automobiles must stop when

the light is red. Old people sleep in cradles. Vinegar tastes sweet. Pancakes are food. George Washington was born
in Virginia. Abraham Lincoln was born in

Int. Dept - Continued brought her several birthday presents. They had a good lunch at the spring. Then they drove out Alabama Road and turned toward the farm. They also saw the Scout Lodge. Mary was homesick when

If a man does not make new acqu a ntances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man , sir, should keep his friendships in constant
repair.-Dr. Johnson.

Kentucky. We hope that you made a 100 on the test.
-Viola McMichen's Class
Teaching of Speech - Continued sant but it is less likely to bring

they left. James Hattrich might go camp-
ing near Thunderbolt or the Isle of Hope next summer if his cousin can go with him. He hopes that his mother will let him go and give him some food and a blanket to

So long as we love, we serve. long as we are loved by others would almost say we are n..,:n...n sable ; and no man is useless he has a friend.
- Robert L. S

about improvement.

take along.

If you would be loved as a com

We should determine, if pos- Doyle Norris might work at the panion , aviod unnecessary

sible, whether procedures can be Randal Lumber Co. in Atlanta cism upon those with whom

devised for improving the speech next summer. He hopes that he live.

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HONOR ROLL

The following pupils have received no demerits for the past month :

Billy Adams Joyce Avery Mary Frances Bates Frances Bartlett Eva Bragdon Sue Brannan Walter Brown Tom Byrd Pauline Childers Ulysses Collins Ruth Cook Bobby Davis Alton Dominey Duwayne Dukes Roscoe Dukes Alice Edmondson Billie Ethridge Mary Godwin Herbert Fuqua Carolyn Gunnells Georgia Hargrove Hulet Hawkins Clarence Highfield Frances Hoy Alton Holman Carlton Huff

Walter Johnson Louis Keaton Etta Lee Kilgore
Willene Letson Olin Love Mary Moon Olin Murphy Bill Nelson Friedson Odom Billy Peace
Pauline Pendergraft Vera Reeder Mary Roberts Bobby Rose Carlton Scurry James Sharpton Roscoe Singletary Brinkley Smith Janie Smith Edward Stanford Lamar Spratling Daisy Smith C. G. Turner Louise Walters Joe Young

State of Georgia
ELLIS ARNALL, Gonrnor
Georgia School for the Deaf

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION M. D. COLLINS. State Superintendent of Schoole

ADMINISTRATION

C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, M. A., Superintendent

Rebecca S. Crowe, Secretary

J. C. Connor, M. D.

0 . W. Haney, Steward

W. S. Watson, D. D. B.

Evelyn Scoggins, Sec'y to Steward

Katie Payne, R. N.

Leila H. Barnett, Dietitian

INSTRUCTORS

Primary Departmeat

Intermediate and Ad...anced Department

Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervisor
Dorothy B. Berentz Geverna Chapman Mabel L. Fincher Emmalee J. Hi&'hnote Jim Irwin Jessie F. Jones Viola McMichen, B. A. Miriam B. Minter Mildred B. Wri&'ht

Nell A. Gibbone. SuperTilor
Shirley D. Almy Gladys Caswell, B. A. Edythe D. Mont&'omery, B. 8. Ila S. Se"'ftll, B. S.
Pauline J. Shahan, B. A.
Frances M. Tollef1on, B. A. Mary D. Turner, B. A.
Sarah F. Ware Maude M. Weleh, B. A.

Vocational Department

Olaf L. Tollefson, B. A., Supervisor

Olaf L. Tollefson, B. A. . .. Printing

Gladys L. Latham . . Beauty Culture

Walter Wade .. Printing, Assistant

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

R. R. Cuwell, B.S.A., B.A. . .....

A. May Clark . . . . . . Arts and Craft.

Agricultural Training

Earl Cox . . . . . . . . . . Machine Shop

l. R. Ware .......... Carpentry

Connor Dillard . . . . Shoe Repairing

Everette Ryle . Barbering and Pressing

Colored Departmeat

Quinton Gordon, Principal

Mattie Davia Henrietta Bailey Lucille McCullough

Eula Mae Stran&'e Beulah Gib10n R. H. McAfte

The Senior Issue of the
SCHOOL HELPER
Class of 1945

OFFICERS
PRESIDENT ------------------------------------------------------- FRIEDSON 0 DOM
VICE- P RESIDENT ------------------------------------------------ C. G. TURNER
SECRETARY -------------------------------------------------------- W ALTER BROWN TREASURER ---------------------------------------------------- WILL ENE LETSON

Motto : Esse Quam Videri
Colors : Purple and Gold

Flower : Pansy

THE SCHOOL HELPER
All communicatic n should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia. Entered at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia, as S<!cond class matter Novmber 1889 . Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided in Section 1103. Act d October 3, 1917. Authorizad October 31, 1918. Published monthly during the school yea r in t he printing department of -~h e Georgia School for the Deaf.

Years come and go so swiftly in this life of ours. A few long cold days, the bursting of green from plant and tree, a blaze of h eat from a blue sky, a carnival of leaves, then the silent snow again and the year has gone. It is well for us if we have some sign, some lifted finger to mark its place on the roi}d of memory.
If this volume can serve to recall the days gone by whm we were so happy together, if it can instill into the hearts of the boys and girls of G. S. D . a deeper love for our school and show to the public the high ideals for which we stand , it shall have fulfilled the mission on which we send it.
We desire to extend our thanks to everyone who has in any way helped us with this book of memories.-- The Staff
Editor- in -Chief -------------------------------------------------------- C. G. Turner Business Manager ------------------------------------------------ F riedson Odom Outstanding Events -------------------------------------------------- __ Ruth Cook Footba11 ---------------------------------------------------------------- F riedson Odom Salutatory ---------------------------------------------------------------- Eva Bragdon Class History ______________________ ---------------------------------- Willene Letson Class Will ------------------------------------------------------------ Alton Dominy Class Prophecy __-------------------------------------------------- Walter Brown Class Poem -------------------------------------------------------- Ed ward Stanford Valedictory ________________ ___________ --------------------------------- C. G. Turner

MISS A. MAY CLARK
This volume is respectfully and lovingly dedicated by the graduating class of 1945 , to Miss A. May Clark who has the enviable record of having taught at G. S. D . for forty-one years.
Miss Clark represents the combination of culture, charm, gra-
ciousness, intelligence. learning and gentle but effective leadership. To you , Miss Clark, we are dedicating this volume.
Just because we want to say That we are glad that God arranged it
So that you could pass our way, Just to see your smil e and friendly greeting,
H as given our sky a brighter hue And we are j ust a lot happier
Since crossing paths with you,

HoN. ELLIS ARNALL, G ouern or

H oN. M . D . COLLINS, State Sup erintenden t o f Schools

Since we did not have a graduating class last year, you, more than any other senior

class, represent our war-winning class . You r fine acadE:mic achievement, yo nr highly

acclaimed victories in athletics, your en,r -wi lling contribution to the war effcrt, and

withal your cheerful acceptance of privation and your winning spirit indeed stamp yoUJ

as the victory class!

We are proud of you and your present victory. We believe that each of you will

continue to Win your full measure of success and happiness in the life before you.

God b!c-ss and prosper you is our prayer.

-C. H. Holling sworth

FANNIN HALL

To t he Class of 1945: Prominent among thu "high lights" of your life will
stand your graduation day. This is the day to which you have looked forward all through your school years - it is really your day and the entire school rejoice;; with y ou.
Certain it is that ycu will be missed from your place in the school family but it is fitting that you now take up a broader and fuller life of service. We have confide nce in you and believe that you will g o fcrward with the same noble characteristics which ycu have evidenced dur ing your school days.
May Commencement day be the beginning of something fine and splendid for each of you.
Ne ll A. Gibbons
FREEMAN HALL

To the Class of 1945:

I will always remember-Friedson, getting loose on the

fifty yard line and streaking all the way to t h e goal;

Brown, kn ccking down a runner for a five ya rd loss;

C. G., head down in a center smash; a tidal wave of-

fensive, breaking around Alton standing like a rock on''

defense; and little Edward scooting in at quarter wit1t"

the water pail.

.:.< iY:

I will a lso remember- Willene, tall and stately; Rtit:l'{:,' by turn, sweet, pert, and very dignified; and, little Eva"

(who came to school the same year I first came here to

'teach ) at first a quiet little g ir l and now a senior, ali

dimples and smiles.

-Olaf L. Tol.lefson

VOCATIONAL BUILDING

To the Class of 1945: Your graduation is an evidence to the w orld that the
past ten or twelve years of your life have been spent in preparation for useful living. Your diploma is a reminder to yo u cf the obligation you owe t o your Alma Mater never to be disloyal to the principles for which it stands. It holds an expression for you from everyone who knows you her e-an expression cf rejoicing and happiness because you have been able to reach this goal of your life.
I a ppreciate the cpporunity that has been mine of knowi ng you. As you close this chapter in your book of life, I hope you will ever cherish fond memories of your t im e spent at G. S. D. I shall watch your future with great anticipation. May you be an inspiration to those with whom you come in contact.
MarieS. Kennard
THE PRIMARY BUILDING

" Nor Knowest Thou What Argument Thy Life To Thy Neighbors' Creed Hath Lent"
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To The Reverend Robert C. Fletcher
In Recognition of His Invaluable Assistance and Sympathetic
Interest
By
The Students of the Georgia School for the D eaf

REALIZING THE DEBT WE OWE TO

THE AMERICAN BOYS IN SERVICE

WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION

WE DEDICATE TO THEM

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Almighty God:
Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor; - - - a struggle to preserve our republic, our religon, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and true ; give strength to their arms, stotltness to their endeavor ; - - - a struggle t0 preserve our republic, our religion, and back our forces , but we shall return again and again ; and Wl know that by Thy grace - - - our sons will triumph. Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, unto Thy Kingdom - - - With Thy blessing, we shall prevail - - Lead us to the serving of our country, - - - and with our sister nations mto a world unity that will spell a sure peace.
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt

AN APPRECIATION

In presenting this issue of the School Helper to the public, we desire to acknowledge our indebtedness to those who have contributed to the building of this volume.

To Mr. Tollefson must be given a large measure of the credit for the appearance of this issue. He has spent much of his time and znergy in printing it, and has made valuable suggestions to the staff. We extend to him our deepest gratitude.

We express our thanks and appreciation to Superintendent C. H . Hollingsworth and the members of the faculty who have given both time and effort to make this issue a success.
The firms who have advertised with us have proved their interest

in our school. and deserve our patronage and support.

We offer our congratulations to the Staff of 1946, and sincerely

hope that next years volume will be the best ever.

-The Staff

BACCALAUREATE SERVICE

Sunday, May 20, 1945

Cave Spring Baptist Church

Eleven o'clock Processional ..... --- _______________________ _____________ --- ___ Mrs. R. W . Fincher .1. nvocat1. 0n

Hymn,

Holy, Holy, Holy

Scripture Reading

Hymn,

Onward Christian Soldiers

Duet ----------------------------------------- __ Mrs. Caswell and Miss Latham Baccalaureate Sermon -------- ___________ The Reverend R. C. Fletchet

Hymn,

Blest Be the Tie That Binds

Benediction

Recessional ---------------------------------------------------- Mrs. R. W. Fincher

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Monday , May 21 , 1945 On the Campus of the
Georgia School for the Deaf Ten o'clock
Processional ------------------------------ ____________________ Mrs. R. W . Fincher Invocation ________________ ________ ________________ The Reverend P . M . Minter
Salutatory --- ---------------------------------------------------------- Eva Bragdon Scarf Drill -------------------------------------------------------- Intermediate Girls A Recognition of Service ------------------------------------ The Senior Class Valedictory ------------------------------------------------------------ C. G. Turner America - Yesterday , Today , and Tomorrow ____ Primary Children Address --------------------------------------------------- Hon. M . E. Thompson
Executive Sec' y to Gouemor Arnall Presentation of Diplomas ---------------------------- Hon. Roy McGinty
Chairman State Board of Education; Presen ta tion of A wards ________________ Superin tendent Hollingsworth The Al rna Mater --------------------- .. ________________________ Student Body
Recessional ______-------------------------------------------- Mrs. R . W . Fincher

SEN!OR CLASS

We are the. gayest .' dass aliue, We are the class of nineteen forty-fiue

Our Masfot ..

S weetest little l;Jss:e anybody .knows

Don' t know w hat she' ll be

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rose.

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Rhonda Maxine Caswell dau ahte.r of .
lvlr. and Mrs . R. k: Caswell

In the Blue Hills of freedom , fairest land beneath the sky, Rests the G . S. D. of Georgia, with h er towers and turrets high, Well we see her halls and playgrounds, see each lake and :flower and
tree , Calm and smiling with th z Seasons, wears her years like mdudy.
Spring has come again to greet us, commencement music fills the air, And we see our eight fine Seniors with their feet upon the stair, As they put away the classbook, don the cap and gown so plain, Looking ever to the future, looking forward into fame.
Angry wars and tears and sorrow come of ignorance and greed, But we see a glad Tomorrow in these faces , unafraid , Cap and gown are but a symbol of the things that you have done, You will face a strange tomorrow , learn to build and stand alone.
Face a future full of p:.-omise, you are wise beyond your years, In your hands you hold the ans wers, keep to laughter, shun the tea rs, Look ;:1g fo~ward to th z future , use your talents, every one. So that h :1ppy years may follow, others say of you , " W ell done ."
Turn your faces ever forw ard , watch your step upon th e stair, T.:dl and stately Willene L etson with the sunlight in her hair . Friedson Odom, brave and loyal, winning honors every da y, Edward Stanford , wise and gentle, h elping others on their way,
C. G . Turner, fin e and thoughtful , student, athlete and friend , Walter Brown, w ith smile so cheerful finding someone to defend. Eva Bragdon , dainty lady , can you see ahead so far To a future bright with promise, to a wagon and a star?
Fair R uth Cook with eyes of wisdom, cheerful, unafraid , Going forth to m eet Tomorrow , never weary or dismayed, Alton Dominy. ever eager to be out upon his way , We shall miss you , glad young Seniors, but we must not bid you
stay.
R ed the clay and green the hillside, ever smiling in the sun, Mocking bird and flowering dogwood , rare as jewels in a crow n , Will there ever be a campus, half as lovely , half as fair As the one we lea ve behind us, in the Springtime of the Year.
- Shirley D . Almy

FRIEDSON LEE ODOM
President of Senior Class Member of Boy Scout '38, '39, '40 , '41; Baskclball '39. '40, '41, '42; Football '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44; Football Captain '43, '44; All southern star in '43, '44; VicePresident of Sunday School '43, '44, '45; Secretary and TreM Ul'er of Meth cdist Sil ent Bible Class '43, '44, ' 45; President of Lyceum Club '43, '44; Member of Dancing Club '40, '41; Member of the Athletic Association '40. '41, '42, '43, '44, '45; Member of Lyceum Club '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44; Member of Baptist Silent B1ble Class '41. '42
CARL GAITHER TURNER
Vice-President of Senior Class Member of the Baptist Silent Bible Class '42, '43, '44, '45; Secretary and Treasurer of the Baptist Silent Bible Class '43, '44; Superintendent of the Baptist Silent Bible Class '44, '45: Secretary and Treasurer of Sunday School '43, '44; Superintendent cf Sunday School '44. '45; Member of the Boy Scouts '43; Vice-president of Senior Class '44, '45; Basketball '44; Football '41, '42, '43, '44; Member of the Athletic Association '39, '40, ' 41 , '42, '43, '44, '45

WALTER ARTHUR BROWN, JR.
Secretary of Senior Class Vice-President of Junior Class '42, '43; Secretary of Senior Class '44, '45 ;Member of Methodist Silent Bible Class '41, '42, '43, '44, '45; Member of Dancing Club '40, '41, '42, '43, '44; Member of Dramatic Club '42, '43; Football '42, '43, '44; All star '43, '44; Boy Scout ' 42 Member of Lyceum Club '43, ' H; Member of t he Athl et i~ Association '40, '41, '42, '43 , '44, '45

CA RRIE WILLENE LETSON

Treasurer of Senior Class

Member of Home Economics Club '38, '39, '40, '41, '42,

'43; Member of Lyceum Club '38, '39, '40. '41, '42. '43,

'44: Member of Methodist Silent Bible Class '43, '44, '45; Member cf Camp Fire Girls '43. of Junior Basketball Team '4 1, '42, '43, '44

''44M04~' m'M4b1ee~r'4boe2{f

Athletic Association '4 0, '4 1, '42, '43, '44, '4G; and Treas-

~rer nf Senior Class '44, '45 .

EVA LUCILLE BRAGDON M~mber of Lyceum Club '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44; Girl Scout '38, '39; Superintendent of Sunday Sch ool '43, '44; Member of Heme Economics Club '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43; Member of Dancing Club '40, '41, '42. '43, ' 44; Member of Glee Club '43, '44; Member oi Dramatic Club '43, '44 ; Superintendent of Baptist Silent Bible Class '43, '44; Basketball '41, '42, '43, '44; Me:mber d Baptist Silent Bible Class '39, '40, '-11, '42. '43, '44, '45; Secretary and Treasurer cf Baptist Silent Bible Class '44, '45; Member of Athletic Associat ion '3!), '40, '41 , '42, '43, '44. '45
JANIE RUTH COOK Member of Baptist Silent Bible Class '42, '4;}, '44, '45; Vice-Pre~ident of Baptist Silent Bible C'lass '43 . '44; Member of Lyceum Club '38. ' 3!) . '40, '41. '42 , '43 , '44; lVlemher of Girl S<"outs '3!). '40: Member of Athlet!c Association '40, '41, '42. '43, '44. '45; Member of Home Economics Club '38, '3!) , '40, '41, '42. '43; and Basketball '4 1, '42, '43, '44.
ALTON BEE DOMINY Member d Baptist Silent Bible Class '42, '43, '44, '45; Member of Boy Scouts '38, '39, '40; Member of Lyceum Club '42, '43, '44; Member of Athletic Association '42, '43, '44, '45; Football '42. '43, '44; Secretary cf F. F. A. '41, '42; Secretary of Senior Class '43, '44; and Member cf Hobby Club '43, '44.
EDWARD STANFORD Member of Ba:<Jtist Silent Bible Class '43, '44, 45; Member of the Athletic Association '44, '45 ; Member of Dramatic Club '43. '44 .: Member of Lyceum Club '43, '44; and Member of Hobby Olub '43, '44.



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Rear: Olin Murphy, Bill Nelson, Etta Lee Kilgcre, Roscoe Singletary, Cath erin e Langer, and Olin Love
Front: Frances Bartlett, Carlton Scurry, Joyce Avery, Billy Peace, a nd Frances Hoy
JUNIOR CLASS Class Officers
PRES IDE NT _________ FRAN CES HO Y c ____________________ -----------------------------VICE- PR ESIDENT ______-------------------------------------------------- OLI N LOVE S ECRFTAP..Y ----------------------------------------------- ____________ BILLY PEACE TREASURER ---- -------------------------------------------- ETTA L EE KrLGQRE
Juniors we, with crafty tricks, C lass of nineteen forty-six
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Where the Brook and River Meet
Salutatory Address - Eua Bragdon

Members of the Board of Education, Mr. Hollingsworth, parents, teachers, officers and friends :-On behalf of the Senior Class of 1945 I extend ycu a most cordial welcome to our graduation exercises. We feel that you are here this morning because you love us. We have learned to love these buildings within whose walls we have labored. We love every spot on this campus, but the part of our school life which has meant most to us and will bring us greatest joy in the future, is our friendship with the people who make the school. In our home life, in the class room, and on the campus we have learned to love one another and to cooperate in our work and in our play. We shall never forget the smiles, the encouraging words, the helping hand:> and the untiring efforts in our behalf.
We are today:
"Standing with reluctant feet where the brook and river meet."
We are today: "Gazing with a timid glance.
Cn the brooklet's swift advance On the river's broad expanse." To us: "Deep and still that gliding stream Beautiful and peaceful must seem As t.he river of a dream." We are on the shore watching for our ship to come in. All our riches lie in the deep, anchored in tk.t slowly coming ship. These school days have been filled with wonderful interest and attractiveness. They have been happy days. They have been full of laughter. The cares of life have not settled upon our hearts and now with hop~ and joy we go forth to meet life unafraid .
Let us laugh, laughing makes the load seem lighter. Let us dream, dreaming makes the world go 'round. Let us play, playing helps to smooth life's road. Let us work, work makes a steady mind. Let us love, love keeps us looking up. . Let us fill life with these gifts, for this is our day. Our school days have been a time of making ready.
Soon our teachers who have helped lift our bmdens will be with us no more. We must get into life's harness oun;;elves, but if we are true, pure, sincere, and earnest. life holds for us much happiness.
Our school days have been a building time. Each day we have taken the materials we have gathered during the day and put them together into our ch'lracter. I hope we have been careful not to u se any weak c.r defective material. We have had many good patterns t o go by in shaping our lives at G. S. D. No character i5 built good and true if th e builder has not in mind a picture of the person he wants to be when he is grown. If we want to build a good character, we mu <:.t pattern after a life that is good and we must keep cur measuring rod nearby and cast aside all material that falls short of right.
We have been taught at G. S. D. that the foundation of the building of every good character is obedience. We must learn and practice obedience until it becomes a pleasure. Our whole life must be ruled, not by desire, but by right and duty. Forced obedience does not profit.

It takes volunteer obedience to make life noble, and the necessity of this is never cut grown.
Our teachers have tried to impress upon us that the first stone in the building of a go cd character sh ould be beauty-the beauty that comes from unselfishness ;:md a desire to help others. This stone gives strength to the whole building. A beautiful life shining out of an ugly face is far more attractive than a beautiful faee which lcoks out from a selfish life.
The next stone in the building should be a happy disposition. There is a real art in smiling. The more smiles you gather and give away the more you have. We shall have our share of bumps in the world, out most every bump offers a choice between frowning and smiling. We should make every effort to be carriers cf joy
because we pass this way but once. Truth should be the next stone in our building. If we
do not possess truth we are cowards and afraid to face the result of something we have done.
The next addition to our building should be sincerity. which means to be honest and frank. We can have no more lovable character trait than this.
Ambition and an effort on our part to make our ambitions come true is the next stone. We are today shaping our lives by our ambitions.
Friendship is a strong stone in our struc ture. We should choose our friends carefully and keGp the m loyally.
The old fashioned accomplishments, a good provider, a good housekeeper, cook and seamstress shonld form a stone in our character. If it should ever become necessary to do these things it would be nice to know how, and if you should not have to do them yourself it would be nice to know how to have them done.
At school we have learned that we must paint our building with a mixture of politeness, little courtesies, kind thoughts, patience, thoughtfulness and consideration, and that each day must bring us a new supply of paint.
As we cross over the brook into the River of Life holding fast to the requisites of a noble characttr taught us by our parents and teacher;;;, we feel that Hlccess is just in front of us.
But we shall remember:
"Life hath quicksands - Life hath snares. Care and age come unaware"
But we shall:
"Bear through sorrow, wrong and ruth. In our hearts the dew of youth On our lips the smile of truth."
Then:
Even though the Future is veiled in myst ery deep, We do not fear the unknown- that God can not keep. He goes before us and brings up the rear. There is nothing to dread, no nothing to f ear. We know not the path, but He knows the way, And o'er the perils and dangers holds sway. Who clothes and who feeds the bird s of the a n, Will never forget the child of His care.
Again we bid each of yo u a hearty welcomE'.

Rear : George Vaughan, Billy Adams, Lamar Spratling, Brinkley Smith, Clar en ce Highfi eld, a n d Bobby Davis
Fron t : J oe Young, Georgia Harg r ove, The lma Holl oway, Pa ulin e P end ergr a ft , Sue .i3ra nn a n, a nd Altcn Holman
FRESH MAN CL A SS C lass O ffice rs
PRESIDENT __________ ------------------------------------------------ S uE BRANNO VI CE- PR ESIDE T ---------------------------------------------------- BILLY ADAMS S EC RETARY --------------------------------------- ------ ----- G E ORGE V AVGHAN
T r: EASU RER _ ----------------------------------------------- L AMAR SPR,n'I ING
Who are we? We beg to sta te We are the class of n ineteen for ty -eight

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Left to right, Eack: Olin Love, Friedson Odom, C. G. Turn er , Olin Murphy Left to right, Front: Brinkl ey Smith, Bobby Davis, Roscoe Singletary, and"Bil! N elson, Walter Brown, Alton Dcminy, a n d Louis Keato n
Hete 's to the football team of G . S. D. May its coura ge on the field be equaled by its success in life, and may the reputation of its members for p erseve rance, courage, and fair pla y never grow tar.nished. We know that half of any team's efficiency is du e to its coach , ' so a11 . the adjectives we have applied to the team with man:r addi tional ones for good m easure belong to Coach Tollefson for his p ersonal use.

. ODOM HONORED

Friedson Odom, captain and quarterbac:c of the

Geo rgia School for the Deaf Footba ll T eam, wo,1 a place

on the "b ig twelve honor ro ll " as -anno un ced by J ohn

(Red) Davis of Lake City, F lorida, chairman of the AllSouthern prep selection board.

Odom, a native of Leesburg, is a Senior at. the Cave

f:,pr ing in stituti on and, in addition to being an outstand-

ir. g ball player . is adept in speech and s peech read ing

to th e exter. t that norm a l comm uni cation w ith offi cials

a nd other h earinr people also attr acted considerable

attention.

-The Atlanta Cons titution

FRIEDSON 0DOM

A highly, successful football campaign was enjoyed by Coach Tollefson's Blue Jays during the ~eason of 1944. Not only their fine playing but also their clean and sportsmanlike conduct won them ti.e praise of every one. The Blue Jays were decisive victors in four of the ten encounters.
Most of the team came two weeks before school opened and practiced hard to develop a real football machine for the season. The Blue Jays faced the toughest schedule that a G. S. D. team had ever been up against.
The squad consisted of the following players:
Ends: Louis Keaton, Brinkley Smith, Olin L ~ ve, and Alton Holman.
Tackles: Alton Dominy. Alton Holman, Ulysses Collins, Billie Ethridge. Bobby Davis, and Hulet Hawk-
ins.
Guards: Walter Brown, Roscoe Singletary, Hulet Hawkins, John Harrell, Lewis Tucker, Billy Peace, Bobby Davis, and Charles Stokes.
Center: Bill Nelson, James Sharpton, and Billy Peace.
Backs: Friedson Odom, C. G. Turner, Olin Lov e, Olin Murphy, Raymond Baker, Hulet Hawidns, and Billy Robinson.
G. S. D. Loses to Cedartown 19- 7
The opening game of the 1944 season was played with Cedartown on the Cedartown gridiron, Friday evening, September 13. The teams were unevenly matched. The Blue Jays had been practicing for only one week. In the first quarter Cedartown made a touchdown but the Blue Jays were unable to make one and in the secon<i quarter Cedartown made another touchdown. Jn the third quarter the Blue Jays played hard and Capt. Odom made a touchdown and fullback Turner made the extra point. In the fourth quarter Cedartown made another touchdown. The Blue Jays are looking forward to a game next fall with Cedartown.
G. S. D. Wins over Bremen 33-0
Georgia School for the Deaf's team defeated Bremen High in Cave Spring October 12.
The G. S. D. boys scored one touchdown in ihe tirst, third and fourth quarters, two scores being made in the second quarter.
Captain Odom. star back for G. S. D. made two of the touchdowns, with Murphy, a new back. scoring the

other marker. Two extra points were made. The score at half time was G. S. D. 20. Bremen 0.
At half, Bremen kicked off to Capt. Odom who ran about 75 yards and made a touchdown then fullback Turner made the extra point.
Later Bremen tried a pass and Capt. Odom intercepted it and ran for another touchdown. A penalty. half the distance to the goal I ;.le for
G. S. D. Wins over Carrollton 21- 7
The Blue Jays played against Carrollton October 20. In the first quarter Carrollton m::.de a touchdown by a pass. An extra point was made. In the second quarter Capt. Odom ran about 40 yards for a touchdown and fullback Turner made an extra point. The sco:e was 7 to 7.
In the third quarter Carrollton kicked off to Brinkley Smith, wh ;) ran to the G. S. D. forty-five. On ,he next play Capt. Odom took the ball and behind a perfect screen of blockers ran about 55 yards for a touchdown. Olin Love made the extra point. making the score 14 to 7. After another drive, fullback Turner ran about 5 yards for a touchdown and Capt. Odom made the extra point.
In the fourth quarter Carrollton could not make a touchdown. We were glad that the Blue Jays defeated Carrollton since it was the first time we had ever played that team.
G. S. D. Loses to Marist 0-13
Outstanding players on the G. S. D. squad were Capt. Odom, at quarter. Brown and Singletary, guards, and Louis Keaton, end. Odom and Keaton played e_~>pecially fine at the Marist meet. No 21 which Capt. Odom had made famous in our football territory was seen time and again fantastically wiggling down the field- at times as many as six tacklers would miss his limber hipped figure before he could finally be laid low. Keaton who had played well up to this game shifted into high gear ::.nd really tore into the Marist offense. The Marist passing offense would have been much more effective had not his rushing coupled with that of Walter Brown forced the Marist passer to "toss 'em quick" or get: caught. Brown had been an offensive and defensive star the entire season, His defensive plays may well be classed as "offensive"- is there any team that would not take "offense" against a guy who was continually in their hair? Some of our opponents even resorted to counting no~'<es in the huddles to make sure that Brown wasn't in there with them.

GRIFFIN Downs G. S. D. . 40-20
"And it was a "wow" of a game. featured by spectacul a r playing by both teams. The Cave Spring boys brought one of the cleanest, hardest fighting teams to Griffin that has ever been seen there.
Griffin started the game with a rush scoring twice quickly in the opening quarter.
The second score came after G. S. D. had received the kick off, and then after three attempts to gain punted.
Just as it began to look as though Griffin would run away with the game, Odom, Turner, and Love of Cave Spring teamed up to take the ball to the Griffin two and then Turner went over.
In the second quarter Cave Spring crept closer to Griffin by scoring again and converting the extra point. unnecessary roughne~s assessed agdinst Griffin pult G. S. D. team in scoring positi .:. n. Then Odom went over and the extra point was scored.
Cave Spring in Odom, Turner, Lc._ve and Ntlson had four players good enough for anyone's high school team."
ROCKMART Beats G. S. D. by 13--7 The Blue Jays played hard against Rockman.. In the first quarter Rockmart made a t r uchdown and the extra point was scored. In the second quarter Capt. Odom ran about 40 yards for a touchdown and fullback Turner made the extra point. The score was 7 to 7.
At the third quarter Rockmart kicked off to the Blue J ays and stopped their attack. G. S. D. punted and Rockmart got the ball and made a touchdown but the try for extra point failed. In the fourth quarter neither G. S. D. nor Rockmart could make another touchdown.
TALLAPOOSA Loses to ei. S. D. 6-49 On November 3, we played against Tallapoosa High School. In the first quarter Tallapoosa kicked off to Capt. Odom and he ran about 50 yards for a touch-

down and fullback Turner made the extra point. In the second quarter Olin Love, Brinkley Smith, Olin
l'.fuq: hy, and Capt. Odom each made touchdowns and th ::! extra p cints were scored.
SUMMERVILLE LoseJ to G. S. D. 18- -H2 The Blue Jays easily defeated Summerville High School. In the first quarter Summerville made three touchdowns but failed to add the extra points. G. S. D. had a great many touchdowns and extra points in all the quarters. Summerville's team was too light to battle with G. S . D.
DARLINGTON Beats G. S. D. by 45- 0 The Blue Jays had a thrilling game with D~rlington the seventh of October. In the first quarter G. S. D. kicked off to Darlington. Darlington made a touchdown and the extra point. In the second quarter Darlington made two touchdowns. The score was 19 to 0. In the third quarter the Blue Jays got the ball from Darlington and ran about 30 yards but did not make a touchdown. Odom ran 10 yards but was tackled with five to go . Fullback Turner tried to make a touchdown but he failed. The Blue Jays are looking forward to next fall when they are going to try hard to beat Darlington
TENNESSEE Downs Blue Jays 35- 13 The G. S. D. eleven wound up their football season with a definite loss to the visiting Tennessee team. The Tennessee Vikings had a T formation that was clicking on all eleven cylinders and they piled up a good margin in the fir3t half. The Blue Jays were unable to reach pay dirt until the third quarter and even then found themselves matched touchdown for touchdown. It was a sad home-coming day for the Georgia boys and the large number of alumni in attendance, but all agreed that it was a hard fought game from beginning to end and well worth the admittance charge- regardless of who won.

RUTH COOK

September 1 Coach Tollefson started football practice. .. EAcll n'l'etnber of the team Was g lad to be back and get in
scme good practice before school opened. Septe mber 12 School opened. Th :! st ude nts weie indeed
happy to be back again after a long summer vacation. September 13 marked t he beginning of clases. All
the students and faculty assembled in thG auditorium of Freeman Hall where Mr. H ollingsworth gave a brief talk a nd welcomed everyone. Mrs. Gibbons assigned the students to the different academic a nd vo cational classes.
September 14 For the first time in the history of the school we were the proud possessors of a pretty sc hool bus. We had needed one for some tim e.
S e pte mber 15 The Blue J ays opened th ~ fc c tball season with a game against Cedartown. The scor e was 19 to. 7 in f avor of Cedartown .
September 22 The Blue J ays lost a f ootball game to Rockmart. The score was 13 to7.
October 7 The Blue Jays lost a football game to Darlington . The score was 45 t o 0. G. S. D. students r eally yell_ed .at this game.
October 11 Clayton Hillis H ollingsworth III .vas born on this date"
October 13 The Blue J ays ha d their first winning game, with Brem en. The score was 33 to 0.
October 14 W e were indeed happy to wel.comP. th e Reverend Mr. Fletcher of Birmingham, Alabama back to cur school on this date. He entertained us with an interesting story in the evening a nd on Sunday he preached a n _e,xcellent sermon.
October 20 The Blue J ays won a game with Carrollton. The score was 21 to 7.
October 21 We were happy to entertain some distinguished g u ests on this date. They were h ere to att end the Southeastern Convention of the Supe rintendents of the Deaf.
October 26 The most thrilling f ootball game of the season was played against Marist College in Atlanta. About three hundred deaf people attended the game. Even though we lost we had a good time. The ~c ore was 13 to 0. but G. S. D.'s Blu e J ays played an especially good game.
October 3 1 Ha llowe'en fro lic- witches, g hosts a nd goblins join ed forces f or a j olly good time.
November 3 The Blue J ays had a great victory when they defeated T allapoosa w ith a score of 49 to 6.
November 10 Another gr eat victory for the Blu e J ays wh e n they def eat ed Summ erv ill e. T he scor e was 82 to1 8.
Ncvem ber 12 We ha d a most exciting time in chapel. Mary Frances Bates was chosen Miss G. S . D. She will

Epo nsor em football t eam 6'ff' Home-comin g Day.

November 17 Home-co ming at . Georgia Schoot for the Deaf. The entire campus was buzzing with activity, Old friends were . greeting one another and new friends were chatting on every corner.

N ovem ber 23 Tha nksgiving Day, "Eat drink anct be

merry" was the motto for the day. The students and

faculty enjoyed a real banquet at the dinner hour.

Dece mber 8 The Blue J ays played ag~ in 1<t Gr iinn.

This was the first time our team had ever played Griffin.

Our boys played a good game. The score. was.._,40. ~9. ,~0

in favor of Griffin. .

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December 21 Santa Claus joined us at--th'e oig.- ~hrist

mas tree in the auditorium of Freeman H all,...- A .great many presents . were exchanged and.,Jr.uits, ..;n~~s.. : .and

candy were enjoyed.

Dece mb er 22 Ch1istmas h olidays bega n. H. great

ma n y stud ents headed for home- on ,thi& date. .

Decemb er 31 All back, r eady for . sc ho oi after :\

happy Christmas vacation,

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J anuary 26 An excellent play. King Lear, '" as given by the Seniors in the a uditorium of Freeman H a ll. Everyone enjoyed it very much.
February 14 A beautiful Valentine box made its appearance in the auditorium. The faculty and the students were literally showered with valentines.
February 17 A Valentine party in th e Sc l ut L odge was enjoyed by all. Ma ny games were played after which every on e had a good tim e dancing. De_liqio us h ome-made cake a nd pur.ch were :,~~ry,eg; ,.,m iJ n.tl li r. o1 . ~~ ;
Febr!lary 23 Ruth i:HWr~ ..invited .. the. S er.,ors and
wme other friends to het;)pyely birthday party which was held in the H ome Economics room . The g: rls wore pretty formals. SeveJal games were played. After r efreshments dancing was enJoyed. .
February 15 we were quarantined the last three weekb of this month on acccunt of scarlet fever and other diseases.
March 9 The B Class in the intermediate department, assisted by Mra. Caswell, presented sk 'ts representing several characters from story book land. We enjoyed Cind erella, Romeo and Juliet, Rip Van Winkle, Silas Marner, and Ichabod Crane.
M:uch 12 The teachers and boys and girls from the :!dvar.ced department went fishing a t the farm . The boys ca ught only four fish and the girls did not catch any. We all had a good time.
Marc h 1G The Juni or s entert a ined the Seniors at a wiener roast in the pasture at the farm.

March 30 The Reverend P. M. Minter spoke on the Meaning of Easter, at the chapel. We enjoyed his talk very much.
April 1 The student body attended Easter service at the Methodist Church.
April 2 The faculty, advanced and intermediate departments had their annual picnic.
April 12 This was a sad day at school because we had just heard of the death of our president, Franklin Delano Roo s e v e l t .
April 13 Arbor Day The Seniors planted a lovely elm. April 15 The boys from the agriculture department invited the girls to a picnic at the farm and afterwards to a movie in Rome. April 16 The Seniors received their rings and the wh ole campus was wild with excitement. April 20 Mrs. Alva Paris entertained in honor of the Seniors. After the movie, we enjoyed lovely refreshments at Vick's Confectionery. April 27 F.ield Day! The best one we ever had: April 29 Mr. and Mrs. Tollefson entertained at a lovely party at their home in honor of the Sehior Class. May 1 and 2 Achievement tests were held in Freeman Hall. May 8 The members of the Methodist Sunday School

Class enjoyed a picnic on the lawn of the Me lhudist Church.
May 10 and 11 Gallaudet examinations were held in Freeman Hall.
May 11 The Annual Athletic Banquet was enjoyed by the faculty and students.
May 12 Mr. and Mrs. Ware entertained the members of the Senior Class at their lovely home on the Rome road.
May 14 The swimming pool opened, much to the delight of every one.
May 14, 15, and 16 Final examinations! perspiration! palpitation! and anticipation!
May 17 Junior-Senior Prom- a grand and glorious time at the farm.
May 18 Class Day May 18 The members of the Baptist Sunday School Class enjoyed a wiener roast at the spring, followed by swimming. May 20 The Baccalaureate sermon was held in the Baptist Church. The Reverend Rober't Fletcher was the speaker. May 21 Graduation Exercises were held on the Cll.mpus at ten o'clock. May 22 Sad! Leaving School!

Rear : Hulet Hawkins, Bobby Rose, James Sharpton, Louis Keaton , Billie Ethridge,

Marvin Harrell, and Carlton Huff



Frcnt: Mary Frances Bates, Carolyn Gunnells, Elaine Panna!, Joyce Sell ers,

and Vera Reeder

SOPHOMORE CLASS Class Officers

PRES IDEN T ------------------------------------------------------ JAM ES SHARPTO VI CE- PR ESIDENT -------------------------------------------------- V ERA R EEDER S ECRETARY -------------------------------------------------------- ELAINE PAN N AL TREASURER -------------------------------------------------------- LOUIS K I:ATON

C utest class this side of heauen , The class of nineteen forty -se uen

WILLENE LETSON

I shall r elate to . yo u the histo r y of a wo n der~ul cla:s .... .. ... . .... the most wonderful class that tu.:: eve~ left the halls cf G. S. D. ...... . ...... . thf- class of 1945.
The life of th :3 class ha s continued thirteen sh ort ye:1rs yet every day of these short yzar s h:::s been cr : wjed with events. \Vh en the member s of this remarki'hle clasi.l have all achieved the fame and honor that IS su r~ ~o come to them, the mem cry of these thirteen years wm linger in their hearts.
It was in September 1932 that the two orig: ual H!e;nbers of this class, Ruth Cook and Willene l.:>t'>Jn, ma::!e their appearance in the halls of G. S. D. , a nr\ 1 e.m told that :lrom that day until this ..... ... ...... t n eir g.ra:luation day th ere has bee n m er e culture a nd re:inement in this ;;chool than was ever kn own b efore or p rr.bab ly will ever be known again.
This class is composed of eight young men a :: J w . m :m, all citizens of the United States by birth. Five cf t h :lm are handsome and strong, thre e are ch::trming ar: d modest.
The co mbired height of th is cla3s is 44 f eet 11 iJ.ch es. Its combined wei g ht is 1114 pc unds. It:; rombineJ y ;ai'3
::.re 1 49 an d its com bined head s ize i:; G5 )12 . Th'.n k of the
c::p :: rien ce nn d w i!: d om cf su.ch a cl::ss!!
I am sure you would like to k no w so:n2thi;~ g of t h e life history cf the members of this wonderful cla:.;s.
r.-u lter Arthur Brown, Jr. was b : rn in Lee Co unty Alabama, September 1, 1926. He ::ttended public school in Cclu m bus, Georgia for six yearn. H 2 ca m::: ~o G.S. D. in 1 94 0 and entered the D class in th e i11~~nr.e:liate department. H e jgined the )::resent Seni or Ch:::;~ in its s ~ phomor e yea r.
Edward M. Sfa nf ord was born in Claxto:1, Georg ia, February 12, 1927. H e attended public school i;, Claxto n through th e ninth grade. H e came to G. S. D. in 1 943 and entered the Junior Class.
Eva Bragdo n was born in Orangeb urg, S cuth Caroli na in 1!)26. She en tere d ki ndergarten in Sava nnah. Ge . rg;a when ;;he wa~ five years old. She co ntinu ed in Savann a h public school!: until she had fini she d th e f omth grade. She e nt er ed the Georgia Sch ool f or the Deaf in 1 !)3 7, :1nd joined the present Senior Class in t he intermediate department.
Wille ne Letson was born in Jackson , Georgia , June 3, 1 025 . She entered the Georgia Scho : l for t he Deaf .:.t ~h e age cf seve r; . She joine:l Ruth Coo k in the fi ~st grade. nr: d has be :m with th ::: p1e3zn t Sen:or Class very :;ince.
C. G. Turn e~ was born in McCaysville, Georgi a, August 7, 1927. He came to the Georgia Sch ool for the Deaf in 19:lfi. H e h a~ been a good st ud ent all th e3e years a 101d h as
She ha~: l;een w;th the present Senior Cla ss ever [ince. age of seve n. Sh e j oin ed Ruth Coo k in t h e ftr~t grade.

also l::ecn one of our cutstanding football players.
Ruth ::-: cok was born in Fcrt Payne, Alaba:m1, Februa-.y ~4 . 15:24. ~he came to G. S.D. in 1931. Sh 2 ig one of :.ht crig:nal merr:l::ers of this cbss.
Fr;ed[ on Odcm was bern in Sylvester, Georg:a, Ncvember 22, 1924. He entered G. S. D. in 1934. He has bee n captain of the G. S. D. football team for two years. He won a place OH the "big twelve honor roll ' as announced by the All-Southern prep selecticn board.
Alton Domir.y was born in hv in gL n . Ceorgia. H.c h:::; te:n with the pre:::ent Sen:or Class dr;. o.;t all of its life. He was missed very much when h e leit u r. to take r. job in Atlanta some time before scho[ I was out.
We have often thought over our r :se to the place oi graduates,-starting in the first grade unable to J'ea:l or write; th en in the lower grades fighting witl; re::~c!ing. w1it ing nnd arithm etic; then in t he h igh s ~ h oo l 3"rades where we had to cram whole volumes into our heads; then when by one of these miracles that ometimes happen, we were e:x;alted by the faculty to th~ rank oi. se niors which carried with it dictatorship of thE' campus. Here we have rested for nine month3 directing and controlling the traffic, but today scme u rge with in us sends us out into the world.
So here we are, yes here we are. The brightest, smartest class by far, That ever came to this dear old school.
\') e hnYe d <n z cur best to mind each rule.
We hav e crammed our heads with wisdom 's lore Till they will hold not one bit more. \'ie have -put away each book and sla te And now we are here to graduate; Then out into the world we'll go Advice on others to bestow, And marvelous deeds and wonders new The Class of 1945 will do.
Ye:s, today we have reached graduation, ihe point where the brook of life widens into the River of L!fe. We pause for a backward look up the stream we have tn:.velcd , ar. d for a Lrward lo ok over th e billowing :;ea we are about to enter.
, -,ce are fating a g reat , busy wcrld a t war, but still 2. world full of opportun ities ; a world in which we are [ Oon to become an impata nt part; a world in which we :1re to nu:. k c c ur glorious dreams come true.
We wave good-bye to our cheering friend s, we ::;hout fare-well to comrades left behind, and we bluw a kiss to our dear old school, as we start on our first t1 ip down the River of Life.
Far out upon the boundless deep while great waves round us roll a nd leap
Our boats will be sailing, sailing true 'Mid rocks and reefs and channels new
We do not know what dangers lie before We de not know what f crtunes lie in nto re.

EDWARD STANFORD

The chapel bell's sad tone has rung The Seniors' last tatoo:
No more on G. S. D.'s campus shall come That brave and loyal few.
Perhaps across distant lands and oceans far This band of eight have gone,
And glory crowns, with many a star, The Seniors' grand r.nd noble throng.
No rumor of Shakespeare's life Now disturbs their peaceful minds ;
No dreaded math at midnight haunts, These dear cld Seniors' kind;
No night-mare cf t : morrow's strife These Seniors' dreams alarm;
No rising bell or supervisor's fife At six o'clock shall call to arms.
Their books are now white with mold, Their tired heads are bowed;
Their haughty banner, purple and gold Now waves on G. S. D.'s campus so proud.
And many a sad tear has washed The sorrow from each brow;
And the poor heads by King Lear mashed; Are free from sorrow now.
The study hall, the bulletin board, Saturday morning's scrubbing mops,
The long old lessons, oh! such a load, The cares and strife are now o'er;
Nor picture shows, nor party dates Shall thrill with great delight
Those hearts that never more may feel, The burden of the fight.
Like a grand and mighty army That sweeps across the ocean wave,
Sure of triumph and of praise, Came to G. S. D. these Seniors brave.

They heard of a wonderful school, In a beautiful valley not far away,
And knew well the watchword of their day Would be "Victory or Death.''
Continually had their poor brains raged O'er all those lessons long,
For never harder fight had waged Amid the Seniors' lofty throng;
And still these boys and girls studied hard, And still whole books they memorized;
For not long these dear old Seniors' barge, Was to G. S. D.'s halls monopolize.
On the twenty-first of May the sad news did sound Called to the chapel by the dear old bell :
Those grand old Seniors in C!ip and gown. To get their diplomas for which they had prayed.
Hearts did break and tear drops fall For the dear old Seniors loved those wails.
To the facu1lty and students good-bye told, And left forever their banner, purple and gold.
Rest on. beloved and departed pals! Dear te us our school shall ever be;
No more loyal foot steps there shall tread Our paths so full of glee;
Nor shall her glory be forgot While our Alma Mater so proudly stands;
Or honor leave the hollowed spot, Where Seniors proudly land.
Yon sturdy Class tree's voiceless tone In deathless song shall tell;
When many a class of G. S. D. hath flown, The story how you fell;
Nor wreck. 1: or change, nor winter's blight, Nor times remorseless doom;
Shall dim one ray of Glory's light, That shines on your glorious tomb.

WALTER BROWN

It was the year 1966. I had just come from the attic with my fishing tackle, which a friend of mine had asked to borrow and a 1945 issue of the Scho0l Helper, which I had found among my belongings in an old trunk. After my friend left I took out my pipe, lighted it, and began to look at the Helper.
A great lump came in my throat as I saw the old familiar faces looking right at me. My mind began to wander back to dear old school days, and especially to graduation day. I saw the faces and smiles of old classmates and wondered w.hat they were doing.
All at once I heard footsteps on my porch. The door flew open as if it were struck by a whirlwind, and there stood C. G. Turner weighing at least 300 pounds, with a smile on his face as big as a piece of watermelon. Both of us had made our homes in the same town f or quite a few years. C. G. was still a bachelor and was working at a large printing company in the city and did much traveling. He had come to tell me that he was leaving for San Diego, California to get some information about a new oil well, and to ask me to take him, as his helicopter was in repair and I had a new one.
I told C. G. that I had to attend to some business in Savannah before I could go and asked him to go along and we could fly straight to San Diego from there. W e stopped at a small town , and as I was going in an office building a motorcycle came by so fast that it blew my hat off. When I came out again I saw C. G. shaking hands with a lean dark-skinned man, the very one who was making the dust fly on the motorcycle. When I saw who it was I immediately began shaking hands with him myself for it was Friedson Odom. He had never married. While he was trying to decide between two girls they married someone else. He had been quite a success in bu10iness and owned a motorcycle company. We had to say goodbye as C. G. and I were in a hurry.

Ruth, still pals, but both were married and their hUi;:bands were in business together.
C. G. and I finally had to say good-bye to the girls but since it was late we decided to stay in Savannah for the night. We registered at the best hotel and when we got in bed I found C. G. was so heavy that I had to get up and sleep on the sofa. The next morning when I opened the door to answer a bell boy, I saw a girl beautifully dressed coming down the hall. She was lovely with brown hair and big brown eyes, Ha! I thought, just the kind C. G. likes. It's too bad he is asleep. I thought I had gone crazy for she was asking me for C. G. Turner in sign language. She stopped and looked at me and said, "Walter Brown, you two faced rascal, what are you doing here?" I told C. G. that there was a beautiful g1rl in the hall. He jumped up and dressed quickly and soon he, Eva and I were talking over old times. She told us that she was engaged to a deaf boy by the name of Richard Smith who was in business in New Orleans, and that she was on her way to meet him. We were having quite a nice chat when I looked at my watch and saw it was time for us to be on our way. We parted wiJning one another good luck.
I saw that my cash was low and told C. G. to come on and go to the bank with me. While we were standing in line somecne came up, took me by the hand and said, "Well, well, if it isn 't Walter Brown!" I found that. Edward Stanford was president of the bank. Edward, C. G. and I chatted for only a little while as Edward was very busy and C. G. and I had to be on our way.
When C. G. and I got to California he went out to look for the man whom he had ccme to see in regard to the oil well. What do you think! He turned out to be Alton Dominy, luckiest cf our class, who had been farming fo r quite a few years and had struck oil on r.is farm. He was a bachelor but was not going to be very long.

Just as we started to take off, C. G. tapped me on the shoulder, stepped out of the plane and start('d toward two ycung looking women. I said to myself, " What a big flirt he has always been." Soon he was bringing them to the helicopter and believe me, my spectacles seemed to be playing a joke on me. There were Willene and

We were on our way home when the helicopter began to fall and I was hit on the nose. Then I awoke aJ,d found that my wife, whom I had adored since my graduation t.lay had been trying to wake rne for a long time. She ;aid,"Wake up, for there is a man looking for the owner of Brown's Dental Laboratory."

ALTON DOMINY

We, the S~nio.r Class of the Georgia Scho ol for the

Dea t jn Floy_4, G~:n,mty, State of Georgia, be ing of sound mind ~nli , me.mor:v . re.alizing that we are about to pass
f~o in this.'s,tage of' 1j.Ci:i<?:p,into realms unknown, do make,
publi.sli, and decTare this ~o be our last will and testament,

hereby ..revoking a_nd annulli~!L all former wtll.s by us

here.-t9-fore made. + ... ,

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.!terri ,One

We.. des ire that all our just debts be paid a;; promptly

after our departure as is possible arid we autr.orize anrl

dired our e.>.ecutor:;; h~re - if!,,named to pay t he sam~.

, Item Two

To our beloved superinte ndent, supervising tP.a r:hers and

fa culty , whose advice, examples and love h?.ve made

possible such 'fti'ri'E!~t;ure of success as we have accomplish

ed,..we 'bequeath' rthe'love 'an{) appreciation of eig ht grate-

ful hearts. Into their hands a great trust was ccmmitted

a'rid:J to .~ts kEieping they were ever faithful.

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Item Three

We<gi.~e ..~nd bequeath to the Juniors of th e Georgia

School for tl;e Deaf , all our senior privileges, polished

ma nners, \ii~nified ways, brilliant intellects and charm-

ing attitudes, that said Juniors may grace themselves a s

we have. We also give and bequeath to the Junior Class

all the examination questions we have been given during

the past year. The answers to said examination questions

which were never completely owned by us are not

included in this legacy.

Item Four We give and bequeath to the Sophomore Class our great will power and ability to do impossible things, we also leave them .our. patience. it will be found useful in trying to get along with the Juniors.

Item .Five We give and bequeath to... the incumbent Freshman Class our never .. failing lo_-~-~ kindness and forgiving spirit that as Sophomores ri'ext year, they will not inflict suffering upon the .incoming Freshman Class.

Item Six

We give and bequeath to the incoming Freshman
Class an our courage, bravery and endurance, knowing

fronf pa.st experience that said Freshma n l ;iass will

rie'e'tt all the courage, bravery and endurance they can ge t iiV~rder that the'y may bear up bravely und er the

torture, ridicule and humiliatfon that the Sophomores are

sure to impose upon the~1~

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- co{ Item Seven

. l~h ~1 .S,e nioT - Cias flj ,,of 1945 will s - -- - -

To . Joyce r,,.A,ver-yt,,JjNa. Bradgon's love and ability to make every boy~s h~_art turn flip.

To Catherine Langer, we will the key to Edward Stanford's heart with directions that she throw said key into the swimming pool, that said heart may not be broken into by feminine thieves.
To Etta Lee Kilgore, we will the rig ht to a~k R oscoe Singletary for as much chewing gum as C. G. Turner ha::; given to Eva Bradgon.
To Frances Bartlett, we will Ruth Cook's fondness for manicures and hope that she will keep her nails long and polished, as Ruth did hers.
To Frances Hoy, we will Willene Letson's love for hard study, and we hope Frances will be as good student es Willene was.
To Roscoe Singletary, we will C. G. Turner's desire to know what love is, along with his ability to scare the boys in the dormitory and make them think he is a ghost.
T o Carlton Scurr y, we will Alton Dominy 's sweet, little secret love book which tells how to make love 'i;o the girls.
To Olin Love, we will Walter Bro>vn's book of jokes so that Olin can keep the boys laughing as Walh:r did.
To Billy Peace, we will Edward Stanford's ability to attend to his own business and be a friend to every one.
To Olin Murphy, we will all the old b ottles of hair tonic we leave, that his permanent wave may st ay pretty longer.
We desire that the heart of Friedson Odom he kept in the laboratory for the experimental use of 'Lhe matrimonial bureau of the Georgia School for the Deaf.
To every girl in school, we bequeath in due time, the most handsome man this side of the moon.
To every boy in school, we bequeath in due t :me, the sweetest girl in all the world.
To each of you, we lea ve behind, we will our best wishes for as happy senior year and graduation as we have had.
Any property or personal possessions of ours that may remain, in addition to items named, we give and bequeath to our supervising teacher, Mrs. Nell A. Gibbons, with legal authority to divide among the faculty and staff.
We have no directions to leave concerning our fun eral, but we hope you will come prepared to praise as well as bury us.
We, the class of 1945 make, constitute and appoint our beloved teachers, Miss Shirley Almy, Miss Pauline Shahan, Mrs. Ila Sewell and Mrs. Mary Turner to be executors of this our last will and testament.
In witness whereof we have her e-unto subscribed our names and affixed our seal this th e 21 day of Ma y, Y ear of Our Lord 1945.
S enior Class of 1945

What I Owe America and What America 0\'les Me

Valedictory - C. G. T umer

The Board of Education, Mr. H.ollingsworth, parents, teachers, and friends: The time has come to say "Goodbye." We, the class of 1945 desire to express to you the gratitude which we have long felt. Gratitude has always ranked among the highest virtues. Ancient literature had its stories of gratitude, and modern litera LUre ewes some of its finest productions to the insp:1ation of gratitude. Today we desire to express our gratitude by pledging to you a life of service.
We hold in our hands the great tomorrow! l t is : ur opportunity to pay a debt of gratitude to the America we have inherited by birth.
The South's most eloquent friend cf youth, Henry W. Grady, said, "Youth stands in the path behind which the treasures of the world are guarded." We, the class of 1945, marvel at the treasures we have to guard as we face our life's frontier. We hope that we may be faithful guardians of these treasures, and that we may reach ou~ manhood and womar.hcod with pure hearts, noble thoughts, high ambitions, and a divinely guided iife pla;'l.
As we face life there are many temptations but wherever there is life there is the testing of life. To b e alive is to feel, to choose, to work, and to fight for the right.
We owe more to America than a whole lif ~ time of work can ever repay. It is our duty to pass un to t he boys and girls who follow us a better America than Wl\'3 handed to us.
Great world problems will soon come to our attentionthe demand for social and economic reconstruction, the demand for hard thinking, the demand to be h;mest with all people, and with ourselves, the demand for world wide brotherhood, the demand to seize opportunities of service, the demand to cooperate in everything that will make a well-rounded life, and many other great demands. We must be ready and willing to do our part because we ewe our best to America.
As a first payment on our debt to America, we must have self determination. We must learn the value of time, the necessity of work, the obligation of Juty, the value of character, and the wisdom of thrift. we must form the habit of living not for ourselves but for others. Vve must not be confused and discontented. We must believe that we are in the world not for what we can get out of it, l:ut for what we can put into ;t.
We owe it to America to support democracy. We can net hold democracy together until we have a devoted, loyal, thrifty, obedient, kind, responsible, cont ributing, sympathetic, and interested family of citizens- all wcrl:ing together and all desiring the success of the great country of which we are a part.
War is already in our lives. We owe it to A.nerica to study the causes of war, to try our best to overcome them, and to help bring order and peace to this war-torn world.
America has given to each of us many privileges, but privilege and responsibility were bo: n ~op;eth~r. ~. n:l ;dh each privileg3 there is ah1.1ys r. :::! >:; o;1sibility. 'I h ~ re i ~ much to do. Th e builder3 of the Ameri em natio11 are callin g eac h cne of us to t ake u p and c:~rry on ~ h e work they have so nobly planned.

Youth has never faced such an hour as we face today. We must solve problems that we have not had to solve before. Never has so nearly all the world been at war. Never before has there been so much sorrow and sadness among all mankind. Battleships, covered with guns, are cn all the oceans; war-planes are flying in every sky; submarines are hiding in all the waters. A world-wide war is raging. Now is the time when all youth must rededicate itself to the great task of rebuildmg this war-torn world when the last gun has been fired and when peace like a dove hovers over the five cuntinents ar.d the seven seas.
W.e believe this school has given us something worthwhile which we can carry with us into all the struggles t hat lie beyond commencement. We believe we have learned accura(y, promptness, loyalty, honesty, acceptance of responsibility, and the impcrtance of moral values--without which we could be of little real service to mankind.
We know that we owe America a life. We are glad that we are Americans and we pledge allegiance to our flag and to the principles for which it stands "Long may it wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave."
"America, America, God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.
All that America owes youth is an cpportunity to pay a debt of gratitude with a life of servict. And r.ow America,
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