The School helper, 1950 - 1951

HE SCHOOL

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

OCTOBER. 1950

VOL. 51

NO. 1

THE SCHOOL HELPER

VOLUME 51

OCTOBER. 1950

NO.1

Advanced Department

HOW WE SPENT OUR VACATION

We haP many delightful experiences, met a great many of our former schoolmate~'> , and gathered a lot of news of mutual interest during our vacation. We thought you would enjoy our sharing all these good times with you by giving you some of the highlights
that happened to each of us. Herbert White had a busy vaca-
tion helping his father on the farm. He got through just in time to spend a week with his good friend and classmate, Roscoe Dukes. They had lots of fun going in swimming and doing all the other nice things Roscoe had planned.
Edna Pope spent most of her vacation reading and studying. She is a senior this year and hopei'> that she can pass the examination and enter Gallaudet next year. She finished quite a few of the required readings and did some studying while she had plenty of time.
Sara Crisp made a visit to Macon with her parents in July. While she was there, she saw Mary Roberts. Sara was very happy that she was able to come back to school, because !She is a senior this year and would like to go to Gallaudet next year. She is very fond of Lois Watkins, affectionately known as ''Big Sis," who entered Gallaudet this year and the height of Sara's ambition is to be as fine student as she thinks Lois is.
Roscoe Dukes helped his father do carpentry work in Thomaston for two months. Almost all his Work was on the outside and he got a real sun tan. He saved his money 'SO that he could buy some clothes and have some money for the extra expenses that come in his senior year.
Fred Powers did quite a bit of farming this summer. He lives on

a big farm where a great deal of

the work is done with tractors and

he enjoys this kind of work. After

the farm work was finished, he

had lots of fun helping his brother

build a hut on the other side of

the river from his home and camp-

ing there at night.

Louise Boyd was pleasantly

surprised this summer when Fran-

ces Tatum came to vicit her. She

and Frances went to see Wilda

Mauldin and then Louise went

home with Frances and spent twp

days.

Frances Cox was happy to have

Jean Barrett visit her in June.

They spent one afternoon with

Sara Crisp. Frances attended her

grandmother's birthday party at

Lake Beatrice near Fitzgerald. This

is an annual affair and Frances

looks forward to seeing a great

many of her relatives.

Ruth Owens did quite a bit of

visiting this summer. She spent one

week in Savannah and then went

with her family to visit relatives

in Annapolis, Maryland. She stop-

ped at a great many places of in-

terest on the trip.

Vinton Troup had a wonderful

time visiting his uncle and aunt in

Florida. He had been there before,

but he always looks forward to

another trip because he has so

much futi .

Ratsy Baker went to Savannah

with her parents in July. They at-

tended the Convention of the

Deaf, and Patsy met a great many

of her friends. They spent the

fourth of July at Tybee Beach

with James Hattrich and his fam -

ily.

Jackie Dukes worked at the pep-

per plant near her home all during

hu vacation with the exception of

a few d

Chattanooga,

'\\\t. UN!vm,.,;-

Tennessee. She thought Look Out
Mountain was wonderful.
v.,r. C. Wooten worked almost
all the summer. He visited Bobby Gorman in Atlanta for a few days and they attended the Club for the De-af where he met lots of his friends.
Vivian Turner had a good time all summer. She visited relatives in Mo~ltrie and spent one day while there, with Ann Thompson. She
went to Florida in June and visited relatives in Plant City and St. Petersburg.
Faye Johnson helped her mother and father on the farm the first part of her vacation, and then had a good time visiting her cousin in Alma, Ga. During the revival at her home in July, Faye joined the Baptist Church and was baptized.
Dorothy Sims went to Indian Springs in June. She thought it was a very 'beautiful place. Her brother joined the Army while she was at home and is stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Louise Wilson visited in Rockmart, Bremen and Dallas during the early part of the summer. Her mother gave her a birthday party JUSt before she returned tO school, and she is still enjoying all the beautiful presents she received.
Bob Pennington saw quite a few of his schoolmates during his vacation. Those who visited him were: Roscoe and Jackie Dukes Bob Rose , Eugene Whittle, Evely~ Robinson and Raymond Baker and Janie Baker. His good friend, Charl~s Johnson from Birmingham, Alabama came to see him severa l times. Bob always enjoys having his friends come to his home.
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From the Primary Department

There are eleven of us, five of whom are newcomers this year, and after three weeks of working and playing together we are learning the special traits of one another.
Little Louise Steele of Newnan looks like a story-book doll, with big brown eyes and a matching hair-ribbon for each pretty dress.
Brenda Padgett of Atlanta, with reddish blonde curls and big blue eyes, enjoys JUmping rope.
Mary Lou Millsaps of Blue Ridge has a talent for art. She draWlS beautifully.
Annette Cochran of Atlanta and Sally Browning of Barnesvile are two laughing happy little girls.
The following were with us last year:
Richard Sampler of Griffin likes to draw cars of several makes.
John Coleman of College Park w:ears Roy Rogers socks, likes tractors and any mechanical toy to take apart and put together again.
Ronald Stephens of Winokur keeps the erasers dusted and the blackboards clean.
Good-natured Felton Lamb of Camilla helps keep the chairs in straight rows.
Jenell Cathy of Gordon is a popular member of the class; she gets a box of candy from home each week and always shares with her classmates.
Jean Cofer of Macon enjoys teasing, and every class should have a teaser.
There's never a dull moment in our class, and we are looking forward to a good year together.
-Stella Granrt's Class
Hello! We are the B division of the beginners. Let us introduce ourselves to you.
Some of us were here last year. We are Betty Wood from Rocky Ford, Melvin Patterson from Copper Hill, Tenn. Richard Mallory from Madison, and Winston Stephens from Dalton. We are happy to be back and to have our new friends with us.
The baby of the class is cute little Carol Whatley from Stone Mountain.

Eva Chambers from Jasper, Sonja Cone from Albany, and Barbara Roberts from Dalton are our blondes with short, curly hair.
Gloria Lanham and Anne Braddock are blondes also, but their hair is long and wavy. Anne has very brown eyes, while Gloria's are blue. Their homes are in Rome and Savannah.
Mildred Ray comes to us from Dahlonega. She is our tallest girl and has light brown hair.
Dan Adams lives in Atlanta and is quite handsome with his dark hair and eyes.
Roger Hooper is our nice little boy from Gainesville. He has black hair and dark eyes also.
Now that you have met us, you will be hearing more from our group all along.
--Doris Brannon's Class
We have been in school lon 2 enough now to feel that we practically own the pface. We have learned lots about lining up and going from place to place in an orderly manner. We have also learned that we go to town on Friday, and we feel that counting the days that must pass before our next trip is a very important part of each day's program.
We recognize our names now, and we would like to tell you who we are and where we live. Our smallest member is Jimmie Peterson from Savannah. Our either boys are Wayne Hadden from Warner Robins, John Milford from Cumming, Colin Thomas from Whigham, Jimmie Welch from Rome, and Clinton lvey from Albany. Our six girls are Martha Smith from Columbus, Carole Read from Augusta, Joyce Bell from Rossville, Julia Ferrell fdom Caird, Sally Guinn 'from Trion, and Eleanor Mullis from Empire.
--Jim Irwin's Class
We are very happy to be back in school after a pleasant vacation. We have a new classroom and a new teacher. The girls are Jackie

Reid and Jean Smith from Augusta, Betty Ann Lawson from Griffin, Peggy Sims from Cleveland Nan McAlum from Glennwood, and Barbara Sue Strickland from King&ton.
James Harris from Scottdale, Herman McKinney from Ashburn; Fred Gordon from Savannah, and Delano Fincher from Eastman are our bo)'IS.
We have all been here one year and some of us more than one. We know what it is all about now, and we expect to do some good work this year.
-May F. Glenn's Class
Since we have been in school 'Such a short time we do not have any item~ of special interest , . but we would like to introduce 'ourselves as a class and also as individuals.
We have five girls and nine boys in our group. There $ never a dull moment when fourteen boys and girls are together and ;each buhbling over with interest and excit em e n t .
Two new-comers to our school are in our class. They are Frances Marshall from Thoma/Ston and Bobby Hughes from Marietta. From Columbus we have Jimmie Brown and Roanell Dukes. There are three from Atlanta - Jerry Johnson, Joey Spurlin, and James Scoggins. Wlf?. have two Parker boy\'i, Hamilton from Alto and Joe from Wray. Mary Lou Willis, Thomasville; Sallie J o Kirk, Cedartown; Glinda Burford, Camilla; Jane Center, Ringgold; and Ronnie Smallwood, LaGrange compiete our roll.
\V!tb so many wide-awake youngsters in our class, there is sure to be plenty happening by next month.
-Miriam Minter's Class
Every child in our class was present the first d:a,y of school which is unusual.
There are eleven children in our group, eight boys and three girls. Their ages range between seven and nine. Betty Bruner and Dan

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Ward are seven. Bill King, Bonnie hearing and a good bit of speech. fortune to cut hie; knee just a few

Bryant, John Reid, and Johnny While we try to catch up with days brfore school opened. We are

Chandler are eight. Barbara An?- him in speech work, he is catching looking forward to Bobby's re-

erson, Gene Elder, Emm~t Lewts, up with the rest of us in penman- turn .

and Kerry Thomas are _nme. Fo~r ship. We hope the score is about

-Polly Casey's Class

of the children have btrthdays m even.

October. We hope this will be a very successful year.
-Mabel Fincher's Class
Perhaps they do come cheaper

Mary Alice Jones, Pelham, returns to us after a year's absence. Others include Betty Andert>on, Brunswick; Nell Akery, LaGrange; Carl Boyer, Atlanta ; Henry Daniel, temporarily of

The children in our class are all happv to 1-e back in schc.ol. We have been so busy since we came that it is hard to realize we have been here almost a month.

by the dozen as a family, but we Huntsville, Alabama; Stella Gaz- Every one of u~ had a good time

can testify as a class that there away, Ball Ground ; Vincent Gray, at home and has enjoyed telling

is also pep and interest galore when of Calhoun ; Janice Lee, Waycross; about his experiences during the

they come by the dozen.

Joyce Madden, Rome; Larry summer.

When our birthdays are marked on the calendar, our weight chart is in view, or our homes are des-

Thompson, Toccoa; Virgil Ward, Columbus ; Larry White, Acworth ; and Jean Wiggins, Smith-

We are happy to have James Chapman back this year.

ibn ated on the map. almost any dar i~ of special interest to us.
Since we weighed the other day our interest, at present, is on how

ville. We hope this is our best year
ever. -Rebecca Crowe's Class

Our class is composed of five girls and five boys. The girls are Ann Lynch, Inez Pollock, Patricia Edwards, Barbara Winters, and

much and how little some of us eat. Rosalie Nastasi weighs decided -

Mary Ann Welch. The boys are Right at first, it is a little diffi- Wilburn Dukes, James Chapman,

ly more than any other member of our class (84 pounds). However, Marvin Hutto is the tallest (5414 inches.) Edward Clayton is our

cult for the children to settle down to classroom work after such a wonderful summer at home. Each one has wanted to tell something

Jimmie Bryant, Roy Garre'tt, and Terrell Leverette.
--Jessie F. Jones's Class

tiniest weighing 44 pounds and in particular he did during vaca-

is just 45 inches tall. Melvin tion time, which never failed to Dukes weighs a little more (50 bring to another child's mind a pounds) and i& % inch taller. We similar experience he had enjoyed. hope that Peggy Ann Dixon, So it has been, these first days of Larry Lemming, and Barbara school, with the teacher becoming Jackson are going to begin eating better acquainted with each child more because they weigh fewer and some of the things in which p0unds than they are inches tall. he is interested. Delano Bryson, Sarah Jackson and At present, there are thirteen on Dollie Bridges weigh almost the our class roll who already are talksame. Delano sits by Mrs. Car- ing about working as hard as they penter at the table, and he often can so that after another three tells her that he wants to be big years, they can go " down the hill" and strong. Jo Ann King is the (to the intermediate department) youngest of our group but she is and be classed as big boys and girls! plump. She weighs 62 pounds and Our class roll carries the names is 49 inches tall. Barbara Jackson of : Billy Brumbelow of Aragon,

We have been back in school several weeks now and, i having completed our review, have settled down to work and are studying hard. Our class is made up of threi girls and seven boys, Margene Bruner, Jo Ann Edwards, Joyce Mattox, Ronald Bell, Jimmie Parker, Alton Shirey, James Owens, Gene Dominy, Kenneth Corry, and Franklin Dubberly. We are very glad to have Franklin back this year. He will have to work hard to make up last year's work, but we think that he can
do it.

is another one who should eat Bobby Cannady of Graymont, There is a large bulletin board

more as her weight and height are Joel Center of Ringgold, Betty in the hall, and we all are very

*almost the same (50 pounds and Cutshaw of Forest Park, Jimmy much interested in it. A teacher has
49 inches). Taking us as a Grier of Lula, Donald Johnson of charge of it each month. Mrs.

whole we are in pretty good con- Bainbridge, Bobby Jones of Jack- Jones has charge of it for October,

dition, and just wait until May sonville, Billy McCullough of and it is very colorful with pretty

and see what the chart tells then. Conyers, Ann Mobley of Colum- autumn scenes and Hallowe'en

-Gladys Carpenter's Class bus, J.ane Parrish of Chickamauga, pictures. As well as being a point

Delmar Shealy of Tallapoosa, Ge- of interest, the board may also

.We are fourteen strong this year raldine Taykr of Wiley, and serve as an incentive for nice writ-

With one new pupil added to our Danny Wilson of Savannah. All ten work in class as the best papers

ranks. He is Linton Kersey from have remrmd , with the exception may be posted on it, too.

near Vidalia. Linton has some of Bobby Jones, who had the mis-

-Emmalee J . Highnote's Class

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Faculty Notes

Except for a brief respite, with Mrs. Hollingsworth at St. Simons near Savannah, Mr. HoJ.lingsworth spent most of the sum.mer working on the budget and doing a vast amount of field work.
Mr: Caple attended twelve weeks of summer :school at 'the University of Florida in Gainesville. Mrs. Caple and Suzanne spent all but two weeks in Cave Spring. The first vacation week was :spent in Arkansas visiting friends and the second in Florida resting while friend husband slaved over summer school. Mrs. Caple says that the latter was particularly enjoyable, as she carried a mental picture of times when she washed dishes and cooked while someone else read the papers and listened to the radio.
Mrs. Turner studied at Columbia University during the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennard spent a week in Fayetteville, Arkansas vilsiting Mr. Kennard's mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Forbes enjoyed a trip to Pittsburgh after school closed. They visited the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and were glad to see some old friends there.
Mary and Mildred Forbes were in training at the school and returned home with their parents.
On the way home they stopped in 'Charleston. West Virginia to visit relatives and again in Flem-
ing County, Kentucky. It was a
very pleasant trip for all the family.
Mr. Tumlin spent one week at DJytona Beach, Florida and visited various points in Georgia.

pleasant summer in Cave Spring.
Mrs. Perry spent the summer in Cave Spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Stout spent a very enjoyable week at Fontana Village in North Carolina following their marriage on Augu:st 12th. Mr. Stout's parents paid them a visit soon after school started.
Miss Latham spent the summer at her home in Cave Spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Ware and Robby attended the G. A . D. Convention in Savannah June 3th to July 3rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Brady spent a week in Waycross :rhe first week of June with Mr. Brady's mother. They had a very nice visit. After their return they took a speech course from Mrs. Kennard which was very interesting.
Mrs. Brady spent a week in Atlanta the latter part of August to be an attendant in her former roommate's wedding.
Mr. Brady spent a week in Atlanta the latter part of August attending the Coaching Clinic.
Mrs. Johnson was in Cave Spring working during the summer.
Except for a few short VlSlts with her mother in Bowdon , Mrs:. Fincher spent the summer at home.
Mrs. L. 0 . Grant attended North Georgia Business College June 5th through AuglllSit 5th. Then she drove to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts to spend two weeks with her husband who was studying there. They returned home early in September.

degree in Nursing Education from the University the twenty -eighth. Following the graduation, Margaret's marriage to Robert Harling was solemnized at the First Presbyterian Church in Athens.
Miss Nathaleen Ritch spent her summer visiting relatives.
Miss Jessie Powers spent her vacation at her home in Asheville North 'Carolina and in New York:
Mr. and Mrs. Cox spent their vacation at Daytona Beach, Florida. Mr. Cox did some deep sea fishing but was not very lucky.
Mr. and Mrs. Stepp spent a very refreshing week -end in the mountains of North Carolina during the early summer. Later they spent a very hot week in Florida enjoying the ocean and the sun until they were blistered.
Mr. C. G. Turner studied part of the summer at Mercer University in Macon, and the rest of the time just enjoyed his vacation.
Mrs. Tumlin viSiited in Mobile, Alabama and Gulfport, Mississippi.
Miss Casey attended summer school at the University of Georgia. Highlights of her summer were a trip to Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, " Unto These Hills," the Cherokee Indian drama , and seeing part of the filming of "I'd Climb the Highest Mountain'' in Cleveland, Georgia.
M!IS. Simmons enjoyed a trip to California during the summer.
Mrs. Henderson visited in Atlanta and spent the rest of the summer in Cave Spring.

Mr. and Mrs. Williamson spent the first week-end after the closing of school in Clinton, Mississippi visiting Mr. Williamson's parents.
Mrs. Montgomery spent a very

Mrs. Griffith spent the summer in Cave Spring.
Mrs. Jones spent several days in Athens the last of August. Her daughter, Margaret, received her
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Mr. and Mrs. Dillard :stayed in Cave Spring most of the summer.
Mrs. Highnote and Mrs. Minter attended tbe G . E. A. Workshop
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From the Colored Department

'we have been so busy that it is hard to realize we have been in school almost a mon~h.
Although the work JJS new .to the children, I am pleas.ed w1th the interest and cooperatl.o~ t~ey have shown and am ant1c1patmg a successful scho<:>l year.
Wilene W!hitsett, Oliver Thomas Virginia Sapp, Mary Robinso~. Charles Jones, Quinelle Solomon, Herman Smith, Tommy Harris, Eddie Baker, Lorene Coleman, Jessie Wadley, and Charles J efferson have received letters from home, and Edna Foster's mother came to visit her recently. A. J . Booth received a box.
We are teaching the children to be unselfish and to divide with their classmates which makes everyone happy, When A. J . received his box, it was hard to tell who was happier A. J. or his class mates with whom he shared his peanuts and cookies. The children are learning to print their first names along with the letters of the alphabet. We have really formed a happy family, and I am proud of the children's interest and progress so far.
-Beulah Chandler's Class
From 2 :30 to 3 :30 every afternoon the large boys and girls go to vocational classes. The intermediate group goes to physical education. Right now we are having calisthenics, and ju:st as soon as we secure the necessary equipment, we are going to start volley ball. We hope to organize a basketball team, too.
Some afternoons we play games. We are learning the names of the different games and enjoy them very much.
-Ruby Jackson's Class
There are seventeen in our group, eight boys and nine girls. Although all of us were not in the lsame class last year, we became good friends and are happy to be back in school again.
As soon as we got back we began telling one another about our summer experiences, the trips we

had taken, and the things we had seen.
Everyone in our room has been assigned to do some special duty toward keeping the building and yards clean. Bobby Stephens and Russell Williams pick up paper on the yard every day, and the others help keep our room and the building clean.
We have been modeling vegeta bles of clay, with the assistance of our teacher, to use in the miniature farm that we are exhibiting at the Coosa VaUey Fair in Rome, October 16 -21 . A prize of two hundred doUars will be awarded for the best exhibit. Of course, we hope we are lucky.
We are all very fond of Mrs. Griffith and believe under her leadership that we will accomplish many good things.
-Helen Jones's Class
We are happy to be back in school after a nice summer vacation.
We are now very busy getting our project ready for the Coosa V alley Fair in Rome.
Corrine and Marion have made some corn, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, okra, and pumpkins of colored modeling clay for our miniature garden.
Felton and Rayford went with Mrs. Griffith to the corn field to get some corn for our miniature corn shocks. Then Felton went to the barn for some hay and made some miniature bales of hay.
Thursday, September 28 was Geraldine's birthday. She was ten years old. Her mother sent her a pretty birthday cake and some peanuts, candy, and gum.
We are happy to welcome to our department Mrs. Nelle S. Griffith. We believe under her supervision that we are going to accomplish many things this term.
-Mattie Malone's Class
We were happy to welcome the pupils and teacherts September 11. Everyone spent a pl~sant vacation but we were all glad to get back to school.

Our enrollment is the largest in the history of the school. There are eighty-four children so far this year.
We have with us Mrs. Nelle S. Griffith, who has been associated with the deaf 'for a number of years. She took special training to teach the deaf at St. Louis, Missouri. She has had teaching experience at the West Virginia, South Carolina, and Alabama Schools for the Deaf. We are looking forward to a progressive year under her supervision.
We have an experienced boys' supervisor, Quentin Gordon, who has been connected with the deaf since childhood and knows and understands1 them.
The girls have a new supervisor also. She is Beulah Chandler. In only a few weeks she is doing nicely and enjoys her work.
Under the supervision of our maintenance director, Mr. McAfee, a group of the boys have made a nice brick walk in front of the school building. The walk makes the entrance more attractive and was a means of training for the boys.
On Monday and Tuesday afternoorus of each week the girls will do household and personal sewing. On Wednesdays they will be taught to crochet, knit, embroider, and weave. On Thursdays and Fridays they will do the ironing for the department.
We have many plans for beautifying and landscaping the school grounds which we will tell you about from time to time.
With the cooperation of Mrs. Griffith and Mrs. Kennard we are looking forward to a happy and prosperous year.
-Lucille McCullough's Class
A few days ago, our teacher read us a beautiful story about Booker T. Washington. We enjoyed it so much that we would like for you to read it, too.
When Booker T. Washington was eight years old, he wanted to know how to read and write. One
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fHE SCHOOL HELPER

October, 1950

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All communication should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.
Entered at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia, as second class matter Novembr 1889. Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided in Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October 31,
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ing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

JOHN L. CAPLE ............ .. .. . . .... .... Editor KATHARINE CASEY . . . ... . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor MARIE KENNARD .. . ... . ... .. . ... Associate Editor C. G. TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing Instructor

VOLUME 51

OCTOBER, 1950

NO. 1

For the promotion of all State-Aided Schools
For the Deaf 1. Improved recognition as educational institutions with control in the hands of educational boards. 2. Sectional and national associations with accrediting authorities and approved measuring rods and standards suited to each association, terminating in the highest requirements for membership in a national association for schools for the deaf. 3. A greater Gallaudet College serving the interests of all the states with special emphasis on research findings openly arrived at and freely disseminated in promoting the educational interests of all the schools. 4. A full utilization of services that can be rendered by the U. S. Office of Education in keeping with the spirit and purpose of its creation. 5. Federal equalization aid for education that will guarantee equal opportunities for deaf boys and girls in all states. 6. Utilization or a full-time state Field Agent and Placement Officer (or both) to loca.te and enroll deaf children in the State Schools for the Deaf and to work with the Departmen\t in job placement and vocational rehabilitation of ex-pupils and graduates.
WELCOME! TO THE NEW PERSONNEL ON OUR CAMPUS
It is always a joy to welcome to our campus new members of our school family . To each new friend who has joined our group we extend a most cordial welcome. We are expecting great things of you, and we would like to do great things for you. We feel that there is a sympathetic link between us, that we are lifting together and th'at our hearts are tugging at the same load. May God manifest Himself in most gracious ways to each of us and to those whom it is our privilege to guide.
It is with a great deal of pleasure that we wei-

come Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman Simmons, daughter of the late Reverend S. M. Freeman whose name is so indelibly written in the history of the deaf of Georgia and particularly of the Georgia School. For almost forty years., he was a teacher in our school, and after retiring from classroom work, served for over t.wenty years, as an evangelist to the deaf congregation at Saint Mark Church in Atlanta and to the school he.re. His name will ever be a symbol for devoted service to the deaf child, and we are quite fortunate to hav a daughter of his become a member of our faculty. We are happy that the memory of this great man ca!l be honored and glorified by the perpetuation of h1s ideals and the accomplishment of his cherished plans by one who was so closely associated with him.
Mrs. Simmons inherited in a generous degree the many noble qualities which made her fath.er the outstanding teacher, minister and leader of h1s day. She haJS been an unfailing source of inspiration to the deaf people of Georgia, and has established a pt!rsonal relationship with almost every member of tht great congregation to which her father h.ad so de-
votedly ministered. She Has not only g1ven them
generously of her time and effort, but has followed them with interest and wise counsel.
The choice of Mrs. Simmons as a teacher in the intermediate department and as a counselor for girls is one of those happy events in which ~ gr~at opportunity is opened before one whose entlre llfe seems to have been a preparation for the duties she assumes. To her all training and culture and all gifts of mind and heart are. but instruments to be used in trust in the most sacred duties that fall to one so vitally interested in the more abundant life of the deaf child.
Mrs. Simmons has come to our school with full heart and high hopes and with such we greet her. Her charming person~lity, her genuine interest and enthusiasm, her pronounced friendliness and her cooperative spirit have already won the heart-felt affection of each member of our ISichool family and we know that she will be a continual inspiration to us.
Mr. Jack Brady, the husband of one of our teachers in the intermediate department, the former Miss Dorothy Forbes, is our new coach and math ematics teacher in the advanced department. He was born and reared in Georgia. Soon after he finished high school he entered the United States Navy and spent two years, one of which was overse~s . As soon as he was discharged, he enrolled at Georg1a Teachers College where he was graduated last June. Mr. Brady makes friends very easily and he is already proving to be a valuable contributor to our academic and athletic program.
Mrs. Stout, the charming bride of our social science teacher in the advanced department, is a relief supervisor in the girls' dormitory and in the dining hall. Mrs. Stout spent two years at Gallaudet Col-
lege. She ts insistent and earnest and we know we
shall be seeing pleasing results of her efforts.

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It is with a great deal of pleasure that we wei-

come

Mrs Mrs.



Nelle Sutherlin Griffith waos bor

Griffith to our faculty. n and reared near Cave

Spring. She was for six years a teac~er in t~e public

~chool system of Georgta. ~he recetved .tram~ng t<?

teach the deaf at Central lnst~tu te.' St. LoUiS:, Mtssoun

and has seen continuous servtce smce that time.. A.ft~r

her training, she spent one year at the West V trgmta

School. She was connected with the South Carolina

School for t wo years. She then went to the Alabama

School where she remained for t wenty-one years. She

returned to the South Carolina School in 1948 and it

was while teaching there that she was induced to

come to her home in Cave Spring and take over the

duties as consultant of the department for the colored. With 18o many years of successful teaching , Mr~..~r!f fith is well prep'ared to assume the full responstbdttles

of her new position and the Georgia School is very

fortunate in having her services.

The new teachers whom we are pleased to wel -

come in the primary department are Mrs. L. 0 . Grant

of Rome and Mrs. Gladys E . Carpenter of near Cave

Spring.

Mrs. Grant is the wife of a former pastor of the Cave Spring Baptist Church who has been connected with Shorter College for a number of years as professor of religion and philosophy . She is the mother of three attractive little girls, and while she has not been trained to teach the deaf her experience as a mother and homemaker will be of great benefit to her here where the teacher has so many places to fill.
Mrs. Carpenter returns to us after an absence of seven years, five of which were spent in public school work . Her daughter, Anne, .was graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in June and has accepted a position as teacher in the Cave Spring Consolidated School.

We feel that we are particularly fortunate in being able to welcome to our home side Miss Jessie Powers as matron and Mrs. Horace Wilson and Mrs. Tressie Mayne as supervisors.

We are glad to welcome two new supervisors in the department for the colored.
Quentin Gordon, son of the late ProfeSISor F. M. and Maria Gordon who for forty-six years had charge of this department, returns to us as boys' supervisor. Quentin will be able to help in many capacities as he has been so closely associated with the deaf all his life.
Beulah Chandler serves in a dual-role as girls' supervisor and teacher-in-training. She was graduated from the high school in Rome and spent one year at Clarke University in Atlanta.

CARDS AND LETTERS TO THE PARENTS The primary department has the largest enroll -
ment in its history. There are sixty-eight boys and

sixty-one girls with two of our former pupils yet to

return.

A great deal of classroom time is taken up in

the primary department in an effort to get out on

time the usual weekly cards or letters to the parents.

Since our classes are so large and , in the majority of

cases the child unable to write him.Self, it has been

decided th'at the result does not justify the great ex-

penditure of classroom time.

However, in order for you to know that your

child is well and has received hils mail from home on

the weeks that he or his teacher does not write, the

teacher will send you this information by checking

a form.

The following is the schedule for the year :

NOTICES

LETT ERS

CARDS

Nov. 14 Dec. 5 Jan. 2
Jan. 30 Feb. 20 Mar. 13 Apr. 10 Apr. 30

Nov. 21 Dec. 12
Jan . 16 Feb. 6 Feb. 27 Mar. 20 Apr. 16 May 1

Nov. 7 Nov. 28
Jan. 9 Jan. 23 Feb. 13 Mar. 6 Apr. 3 Apr. 23 May 8 May 15

"FLOYD MARINE ATHLETE SOLDIER WOUNDED IN KOREA "First Lt. Connor Wright Hollingsworth outstanding Marine Corps athlete from Cave Spring, who was wounded in the Korean Inchon invasion, is being returned to the United States. " Lt. Hollingsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hollingsworth, Cave Spring was wounded on September 2 1, short!y after landing in the northern push. Machine gun fire struck the Floyd Countian in the hip, causing a compound fracture. " The lieutenant's father said today he has received a personal telegram from Marine General Shepherd saying his son is enroute to the United States for treatment. He was previously located in a Naval hospital in Japan. " Lt. Hollingsworth joined thP. Marine Corps in 1943 after attending the University of Tennessee and Duke University. For several years he has been an outstanding track star with the Corps. While stationed at Quantico, Va., he set several track records.. In 1948 he wa'S eliminated in the finals of competition to select the U. S. Olympic team. ' 'His father is superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring.' ' -ROME NEWS TRIBUNE-October 3, 1950 Editor's Note : Grave anxiety and concern, like a pall, hung over the Hollingsworth household and the school for several days after the official notice was received that Wright had been wounded.. - Then
(Continued on page ten)

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Superintendent's Corner

T HERE are so many highly spe- them to become socialized beings. Royal Canadian Air Force during ' cialized requirements in the The school experience itself should World War I. He became an out-

teaching of the deaf that someone be a socialized living experience for standing Ace. It was during the

aptly ventured. the deaf children.

war that his hearing became seri-

Language opinion that n o

Is the

one person could

Base

be expert in it all.

It is now gen-

erally conceded, however, that for

the child whose formal vocabulary

is actually zero at the age of six,

the skillful development of langu-

age must be the basis of all other

appreciable -school iearning. It is

also conceded that the successful

teaching of language requires as

much technical skill and perhaps

more patience than does any other

phase of the child's instruction.

The tremendous odds deaf children mu'st face at the outset of their school life are seen from the fact that in the two beginning years, they must attempt to acquire at least the rudiments of what hearing children acquire naturally during the whole period
of their lives before entering school. This entails thorough sensory training, the beginnings of speech and of lip-reading, habits of clas~ room attention and the beginning of social experience.

ously impaired, followed. by total deafneSS: a few years later.
Prior to the war Mr. Thomson, migrated southward and matriculated at the University of Southern California. As a freshman athlete he displayed marked superiority in track and field events. Thi'S presaged the brilliant athletic career just ahead of him. After transfer to Dartsmouth, his sophomore year, he compiled a challenging co.I.Iegiate sports record hardly equalled by any other athlete prior to or during his time.

The following article, appearing in the current issue of THE LONE STAR as a reprint from the Gallaudet College student publication THE BUFF AND BLUE, very forcibly emphasizes the importance of a good language foundation for college students. Emanating, as it doe's, from the campus of a college that has been wrestling with the problems involved in the higher education of the deaf for many years lends added credence to the opinions expressed therein.
" Deaf children are, first and foremost, CHILDREN, and for that reason should have open to them the opportunities which society provides for all of its children . One of these opportunities which society provides in a democratic America is, education that is free, universal and compulsory. That a child has suffered impairment to his sense of hearing is no just reason why he should. not as a child enjoy the same benefits of

Shut out from the wodd of sound, the deaf child is denied. op'portunity to acquire language which comes so easily to the ordinary hearing child. This imposes a grave handicap for the child, since he is thus denied. the most important vehicle of communication with his fellow-beings on the one hand, and on the other he is denied of a moot important means of increasing his store of learned facts. To make good this very serious handicap, the school for the deaf must undertake to give him the basic language powers, and a very difficult task this is, since the child does not have access to the great volume of spoken language which is the constant experience, in school and out, of his hearing brother and sister. The good school for the deaf, therefore, takes great pains in organizing a system of language teaching as a backbone of its course of &tudy.''
-The Buff and Blue

education which the state provides for all its children.
It is not, therefore, a question of restoring him to society, since from

~
EARL J. Thomson, Track Coach at the U . S. Naval Academy

the start he has always been a part for the past twenty-two years, is

of society.

a totally deaf man.

Basically then, the education of a deaf child should include those

Notable Deaf

''Tommy,'' a s he is affectionate-

experiences that will enable him Coach

ly known by his

to become a contributing and par-

boyos at the Acad-

In the 1920 Olympics, Coach Thomson, running under the colors of his native Canada, won high hurdles. A year later, at the Penn Relays, he set a new high hurdle world''S record that stood for fourteen years.
Coach Thomson is an excellent lip-reader, a proficiency which he acquired through that stern teacher, necessity, as he continued, though totally deaf, a remarkable career as a master coach; a highly respected and much beloved tutor and comrade to those young men fortunate enough to come under his instruction.
Mr. Thomson coached at West Virginia and Yale prior to going to the Naval Academy.
We have had opportunity to see Coach Thomson in action. Our appreciation of him has been augmented by that of our 'SOn's, the Navy's 1948 decathlon bid, who was sent from China to take final training at the Adad.emy. There was a bond between those two. The one brought U!> under the shadows of a school for the deaf and the other a man who asked no odds in conquering hi-& deafness handicap.
The deaf can claim many notables in the realm of sports. It is believed, however, that there is not one whose career can overshadow

ticipating member of society. This emy, is a Canadian by birth and that of Earl J. Thomson of the does not mean simply preparing served with distinction in the U . S. Naval Academy.

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From the Intermediate Department

D CLASS The pupils in the D class have a great many adjustme_nts to _make during their first year 1!1 the _m~er mediate department. It 1s the1r flfst year in rotatiD;g classe~ and, also their first year m vocatwnal wor_k. It takes a few qays for the pup1ls to learn whejje and when . they
should go to each class.
The members of the class are Sandra Baker, Maureen Jones, Clarene King, Jadie Norris, Dickie Taylor, Bonnie Travis, J . M . Thacker, Milton Saunders, Patsy Sims, Alvin White, and Charles Wilson. Bonnie came from pubiic school and is from Columbus.
At the beginning of the school day the pupils go to Mrs. Forbes' room for geography and history. They are studying directions and are making floor plans of the school building. In a few weeks they will begin history stories.
The children have arithmetic and science in Mrs. Brady's room the second period. They are re viewing the number work they had in the primary department and will get a new book soon. Science lessons will begin later in the year.
After recess the pupils go to vocational classes. Alvin and Dickie go to the print shop, and Mr. Turner is their teacher. Charles and Jadie help Mr. Royston in the pressing room. Milton is in the carpenter shop with Mr. Ware a's teacher. J. M. helps Mr. Cox in the machine shop. All of the girls are in Mrs. Wiare 's arts and crafts class.
The pupils go to Miss Casey 's class after lunch for reading and speech. They are studying the textbook Street and Roads and are reviewing consonants and vowels.
The members of the class go to Mrs. Montgomery 's room the nex t period for language and health. They are working on long and short answers and the verb to be.
The pupils in the class are diyided the last period of the day for mdividual in'struction. Part of the class go to Mrs. Forbes' room and the others go to Miss Casey's room.

On the home side the pupils

have other adjustments to make.

It is their first year 'down the hill'

from the primary building. They

eat in a different dining room and

help wash dishes. The girls live in

the girls ' dormitory where Mrs'.

Simmons and Mrs. Tumlin are in

charge. The boys stay in the boys'

dormitory under the supervision of

Mrs. Perry and Mr. and Mr&. Dil-

lard.

Our new pupils in the interme-

diate department are already set-

tling down to work and we hope

they will do well.

K. c.

C-2 CLASS There have been some changes in our class this year. The clas'S has been divided. This leaves only eight and one of them is a new boy who has been in public school, Buddy Snipes from Wray. We are glad to have Buddy in our class. The others in the claSIS are, Brooks Blankenship, Claude Butler, Joe Wayne Edwards, Daniel Reagin, Betty Sizemore, Carol Smith and Shelva Jean White. We have the same teachers that we had last year. MiSS! Casey teaches us reading, speech and speech reading. We are in the fourth grade reader this year. Mrs. Forbes teaches us geography. We ha,ve been studying about our world and how we use it. In English we have been writing summer news for Mrs. Montgomery and also writing sntences using some. any, and none. In Mrs. Brady's class we had arithmetic for three weeks and nqw, this week, we are having science. In arithmetic we have had practice in addition, subtraction and some multiplication. We are in the fourth grade book. In science this week we are studying about the earth and the three parts of it-solid, liquid and gaseous. At 10 :30 we go to 1shop and don 't come back to the classroom until after lunch. Betty Sizemore is taking home economics as her vocational work.
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Mrs. Stepp is Betty's teacher. SheIva Jean White is taking beauty culture. Miss Latham teaches her. Carol Smith takes sewing from Miss McDaniel. Brooks Blankenship, Joe Wayne Edwards and Buddy Snipes work in the print shop. Mr. Turner is their teacher. Claude Butler studies machine shop work with Mr. Cox. Daniel Reagin is working in the pressing room with Mr. Royston as his teacher.
We enjoyed being at home this summer but it is nice to be back at school with our classmates.
D. F. B.
C-1 CLASS The members of Class C-1 have h<lP some interesting exiperiences since the close of school last May. The first few weeks of this term h!ave been used in reviewing sentence structure, tenses, and everyda y vocabulary in as many different ways as possible.
-E.D.M. I had a good time at home. I played ball. I went swimming. I went to the movies in Hazelhurst. I wen t to Jack~&onville, Florida one day. I drove my brother's motorcycle. He rode behind me. It shook me and shook me.
-Ronnie Herrington I went to Pearl Stephens School in June. Katie got a diploma. I went to the Wesleyan Conservatory in Macon for two months. I learned to talk better. I went to Grenada , Miss. I was glad to come to school again.
-Dan Jones I live near the school. My family took me home for the day September. 17. I rode my bicycle to Louise's. I played with her dog. After supper my family brought me back to school.
-Willis Joe Knott I worked for a week in August. I helped a man build a house. I earned. $3 5.00. I bought a new bicycle. Father bought Jimmy a new bicycle. Then we rode all over near our home.
-Andrew Lee Harrison My two brothers and I went to

TI-IE SCHOOL HELPER

October, 1950

see Aunt Etta and Uncle Thomas they are especially interested in read and write. Booker T. studied

in August. They were surpris.ed Korea.

hard. After awhile he became a

to see us. Aunt Etta JUmped up
and hugged me. My cousin, Hollon wanted to see me turn cart._ wh~els and tumble on the grass.

In history they will study a textbook, Our America, which will give them the story of our country's beginning. They have a

very famous man. Now he h as two large schools. One is in Atlanta, Georgia and the other in Tuskegee, Alabama.

-Katie Mae Rogers work book to use with this text. We learned that while we are

We went to the theatre in town to see " Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman." It was awful. Frank-
enstein. andl the Wolfman were

In arithmetic, they have been promoted to the study of fractions and seem to enjoy it. And they will have fifth grade science this

in school , we must rlo the sam~ as Booker T. did , study very hard so that one day we may become famous, too.

horrible, but I like horrible movies. year.

Booker T . also felt that book-

--Jewell Henderson
At horne I went to see Mary Alice's baby. She has a little girl.

The B class is the highest class in the intermediate department and we are counting on their

learning was not enough. He said. " Everyone should also learn a trade."

She has black hair and blue eyes. doing good work.

Our motto for this year is,

I went hoine with my sister, too.

R. F. ''Your two hands are your best

I stayed there three days.

friends , for idle hands mean empty

After I carne to school, we all saw the movie, ''Christopher Col-

MR. DILLARD'S CLASS

minds." -Hatt'ie S. Menifee's Class

umbus.'' It was in technicolor. It ' Louise Hunt kept house and

was a beautiful movie.

worked on the farm all summer. . BEREAVEMENT COMES TO

-Barbara M'ae Heath She said that she worked very

MR. UNDERHILL

I went horne Saturday, September 3. I went to the Cartersville Fair that nii.ght. I had fun on the roller coaster and other things. I liked the Ferris wheel. A man rode a motorcycle round and round. After awhile my money was gone.
---<Ralph Gentry
B CLASS
The B class this year has matured quite a bit from the C class last year. The boys, Jerry Nix, Junior Galloway, Don Smith, and Rube Collins have all grown a lot in size during the summer vacation and their teachers hope that their minds have grown as much.

hard.
Marshall Harper and his family went to Texas last summer to visit relatives. They had a good time on their trip.
Jean Rentz and her sister went to Miami, Florida last August to visit their sister. They went to the zoo. They had a nic~ eirn .
Louise Smith staye at horne all summer.
James Faulk had a fine time going in swimming with his friends last summer.
Betty Ruth Baxley worked in the garden for her mother last summer. She watered the garden.

To Mr. 0 . W . Underhill, director of the vocational training de-
partment of the North Carolina School for the D ea.f, comes the sad bereavement in the loss of his wife on September 19. Mr. Underhill, the faithful treasurer of the Convention of America Instructors of the Deaf, has labored in-
cessantly to bolster the finances of
that organization. In all of his efforts, he has been ably assisted by his wife and our sympathies are extended to him in this his hour oi bereavement.
-The Maryland Bulletin

The girls, Dorothy Anderson, Doris Jones, Jo Ann Hornsby, Betty Ann Chadwick, Jean Barrett, and Betty Pharr have all grown taller and seem more like young ladies. So far , they are more seriou's about their work than they were last year and are more careful about bringing up their study work.
In their social studies work they will study some of the foreign countries this year and just now

Clarence Rainwater and his fam ily moved to Douglasville last June. He likes his new horne because he was tired of living in Villa Rica. He had lived there ever since he was born.
C. D.
COLORED--Continued day he askoed a whi te woman. ' 'Please, Missy, teach me how to read and write. I'll ~Study hard. Honest I will. " The woman was very kind for LShe taught him to

FLOYD M A RINE--Continued like a ray of light carne a message as follows :
''ARRIVED FAIRFIELD
CALIFORNIA T HIS MORNING F E E L lNG FINE.
WRIGHT'' We are all rejoicing with the Hollingsworths that Wright is back in the good old U . S. A . and ''on the mend. " At the present time his address isS. 0 . Q. Naval Hospital, M are Island, California.

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

October, 1950

ADVANCED-Continued Robert Wooten enjoyed Carl-

ton Huffs visit. Carlton spent three days with h~m and they had a good time talkmg about what

bad happened since they had seen

each other. Martha Maxey

visited

relat~ves

at Rocky Mou~t ; N?rth Car.o~m.a.

This was her f1rst tlme to v1s1t m

that state and she enjoyed it very

much. Rosemary Smith went to P an-
ama City, Florida with her parents on a fishing trip in July. At first she was not very interested in fish-

ing. but when she saw her mother catch some big fish, she decided

to try to catch some too and final-

ly caught more than her mother. David Barrett helped his father

during almost all his vacation. He sells electrical appliances and furniture. and David had a good time

learning the business. Fain Griffin stayed at home and
worked, but he often went swimming after his day's work. Bob

Pennington visited him for three days. He has been to Fain's home before and they always have a good

time. Jack Watkins did not do very

much visiting, but he had a mighty good time fishing and hiking. When he went fishing, he always

caught more fish than his family could eat. His father boasted that

he could catch more fish than Jack, but this was not always true. The

best time Jack ever had was the

time he landed a catfish that looked too fat to eat.

Eugene Baggett worked at his cousin's bakery in Jacksonville, Florida. He enjoyed riding around

town in the bakery truck. He thought there were a lot of places of amusement in Florida and he saw something different e~ery day.

Louise Murphy thought that

she was going to have a nice trip

to Detroit. Her father work15: there ,

and he had promised to take her back with him when he made his next visit, but it was too near

time for school to open when he came, so Louise did not get to go.
Billie Jean Smith visited her

grandfather in Alabama in August.

On the way back home she visited in Columbus.
Betty Brown spent a week with Carol Smith at her home in Villa Rica. They .went to the movie often and had a good time. She also visited C. G. Turner's uncle and aunt who live in Douglasville.
Barbara Ashworth had a lovely trip through the Smoky Mountains in August. She also spent a week. with Faye Nelle Evans at her home in Trion, Georgia.
Gene Lanier enjoyed having his father's new tractor. He plowed peanuts and helped his father in other ways. He made a short visit to Dawson and saw William Massey.
Howard Ledford went to Florida with his father on a fishing trip. They caught a lot of fish and Howard enjoyed staying at the hotel.
Franklin Dyess went to see one of his cousins in Montgomery, Alabama. They went in swimming almost every day. Frankl-in would like to go back next summer and stay two months.
Guy Jones went to Bainbridge on a fishing trip , but he did not catch any fish . He saw IS.everal exciting baseball games.
Juanice Dukes spent the day in Auburn, Alabama. She went with Evelyn Robinson, Louise Walters, R(uth Owen:s and Jackie. ;They were so happy to meet Mr. Fletch-
er there. Franklin Bagley enjoyed wdrk-
ing at his brother's new home. He went swimming a great many times at Fort McPherson.
Laura Ann Brigman visited in Jacksonville, Florida. Her family went with her and they spent some time at the beach.
Wynell Godwin spent a week in Gainesville, Florida. She went swimming often and got badly sunburned.
Ann Thompson stayed with Vivian Turner for five days. She also visited friends in Tifton.
Mary Ann Pate visited Ruth Owens in June, and then Ruth spent a few day'S. with her.
Richard Brewer thought it was wonderful to be at home this sum-

mer. He could sleep all he wanted to, and he enjoyed playing with his brother. He was glad that he could help his father some, too.
FACULTY--Continued at Young Harris College in August.
Mrs. Crowe attended six weeks summer school at Berry College.
Miss Brannon spent part of June in Florida with friends. Later in the summer she spent three weeks with her brother and famil.y in Deer Creek and Enid, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Irwin visited her nephew in Salisbury, North Carolina and her brother in Columbia, South Carolina in August.
Mrs. A. J . Casey spent three weeks in August visiting relatives and friends in Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. J . K. Carpenter attended commencement exercises at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, Alabama in June when their daughter, Anne, received a degree .
Mrs. May F . Glenn spertt the summer vacation with her family in Decatur, Illinois. She visited in Milwaukee. Wisconsin and attended the Fair in Chicago during this time.
NOTICE TO PARENTS We will not have Thanksgiving H olidays this year, A program is planned at the school for the pupils. Please do not ask to take your child home for Thanksgiving. Instead of Thanksgiving Holidays we will have Spring Holidays. Children may go home March 24 and return April 1. This wiii give them a whole week at
home. Christmas Holidays will be later
t ha n usual this yeat; begifining December 22 and endiftg January 8.
Please remember the school rule that you may have your child visit home or you may visit your child one time each month. Do not ask fot your child to leave the school before the following time:
Primary-2:30 P. M.
Intermediate or Advanced - 3:30 P.M.

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OUR ENROLLMENT GROWS

The largest group of new pupils in our history entered school this fall. War babies make up most of the group. A few are transfers from public school due to lO&S of hearing.

As a result we are overcrowded in the primary department and the colored department. The primary

department now has 129 in a building designed for 120. The colored department has 84 in buildings de-

signed for 60. The total enrollment is 312.



The intermediate and advanced departments will not feel the effeclls of this increase for several years.

The new pupils are:

Name
WHITE Dan Adams Joyce Bell Ann Braddock Sally Browning Eva Mae Chambers Annette Cochran Sonja Cone Sally Guinn Wayne Hadden Roger Hooper Julia Ferrell Bobby Hughes Clinton Ivey Linton Kersey Gloria Lanham :Frances 'Marshall Johnnie Milford Mary Lou Millsaps Eleanor Mullis Tommy Oakes Brenda Padgett Jimmy Peterson Mildred Ray Carole Read Barbara Roberts Martha Smith Buddy Snipes Louise Steele Colin Thomas Bonnie Travis Jimmie Welclt Carole Whatley
COLORED Eddie Bell Baker Lorene Coleman Edna Faye Foster Thomas Harris Charles Jefferson Mary Robinson Virginia Sapp H. W. Smith Quinelle Solomon Oliver Thomas Willene Whitsett

Atlanta Rossville Savannah Barnesville Jasper Douglasville Albany Trion Warner Robins Gainesville Cairo Marietta Albany Vidalia Rome Thomaston Cumming Blue Ridge Empire Rome Atlanta Savannah Dahlonega Augusta Dalton Columbus Wray Newnan Wbigham Columbus Rome Stone Mountain
Griffin Lincolnton Rome Albany Atlanta Thomasville Albany Jacksonville Milan Albany Atlanta

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Department
Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary (Entered-not here now) Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Intermediate Primary Primary Intermediate Primary Primary
Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Governor
GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

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

ADMINISTRATION

C. H . H OLLI NGSWO RT H , M. A. , Superintendent

Janice R. Caple, Secretary .Julian Tumlin, Steward Myrtle A. J (; hnson, Bookkeeper

Earl Cox, Engin eer

Char les E. Owen, D. D. S. John M. McGehee, M. D. Lois B. Moorhouse, Nurse

INSTRUCTORS J OHN L. CAPLE, Principal

PRIMARY DEPARTME NT
Illaric S Kennar d, B. S. , S upervising Teacher Doris Brannon Polly Casey Rebecca S. Crowe :\label L. Fincher i\Jay F . Glenn Emmalee J. Highnote Jim Irwin Jessie F. Jones }firiam B. Minter Gladys E . Carpenter Stella W. Grant

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED DEPARTMENTS Mar y P . T urner, B. A., Supervising Teacher
Advanced Department Katharin e Casey, Supervising Teacher
Intermediat e Department Conn or Dillard Ruth D. Forbes Dorothy F . Br ady, B. S. E dythe D. Mo ntgomery, B. S. Gail Stout, Jr., B. A. Kathryn W. Williamson , B. A. J ack Brady, B. S. Elizabeth F . Simmon s, B. S.

VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT John L. Caple, Supervising Teacher

C. G. Turner ... .. ... ..... ..... .. ... . .. . . . P r inting J. R. W<.re ....... . ... . . . . . . .. . .... . . .. Carpentry Connor Dillard .. .. .. . . ....... . .. . . . Shoe Repairing Russell Roy~ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barb ering an d Pressing

Sarah F . Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arts a nd Crafts Gladys L. Latham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beauty Culture Annie McDaniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sewing Gever na C. Stepp, B. S. H . E .. ... Home E con omics

COLORED DEPARTMENT Nelle S. Griffith, Supe1visor

Beulah Chandler Ruby L. Jackson Lucille McCullough

R. H . McAfee, Vocational

Hattie S. Menifee Helen J ones Mattie Malone

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MACKEY LODGE CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL

Mackey Lodge 120, F. fj A. M .

December 27, 1895

in Cave Spring observed it's 1OOth

This Altar is the handiwork

birthday October 31 , 1950. The mainly, of Brethren Hope M.

occasion was celebrated by a bar- Sewell, and Wesley 0. Connor,

becue at the spring with about 5 00 and was by them presented to

Masons and members of their fam- Mackey Lodge No. 120, F. &

ilies attending. This was followed A. M. It was begun eight or ten

by an op.en meeting at. the Cave years ,ago, but the finishing

Spring Htgh School wtth Grand touches were put on today, Fri-

Master Marvin G. Pound as the day, December 27, 1895. The

principal speaker. Daniel G. Lock- carving of the Jewels on the

lin. Secretary of the Grand Lodge panels was done by the pupils of

of Georgia , gave a brief history of the School for the Deaf, under

Mackey Lodge and introduced the the supervision of their teacher,

Grand Master.

Miss M. Bayard Morgan, with the

Mackey Lodge and the Georgia School for the Deaf have had very close ties from the very beginning. (The School celebrating its Centennial in I 948.) The first officers of the Lodge included Prof. 0. P . Fannin, founder of the Georgia

exception of the one on the North panel, comprising the Square and Compass and the letter G, which was the work of Miss Jessie Connor, youngest rlaughter of W. 0. Connor.
W. 0. Connor

School for the Deaf. Prof. Fannin In recognition of this fine ser-

later became Worshipful Master of vice by Prof. Connor, the members

the Lodge and served for several this year voted to have his picture

terms. Mr. D. W. Simmons, for hung in the Lodge Hall. It seems

35 years secretary of the Board altogether fitting that the large

of Trus.tees of the Georgia School carved frame, selected for this pic-

for the Deaf, served as Worshipful ture, was carved by Prof. Connor's

Master II years. Perhaps the out- daughter who had such an impor-

standing contribution to Mackey tant part in carving the Altar. It is

Lodge was made by W. 0 . Con- also singular that the son of Prof.

nor, superintendent of the Georgia Connor, W . 0. Connor, Jr., su-

School for the Deaf, from 18 67 perintendent emeritus of the New

to 1916. Superintendent Connor Mexico School for the Deaf, is the

was Worshipful Ma'Ster of the oldest mason, in point of service, of

Lodge several different terms. It Mackey Lodge today.

was under his leadership that Mackey Lodge built the Lodge hall which includes several choice bits of rental property. For this reason the Lodge has had a sound financial footing all through the years. It was aJoso during his term of office
that the beautiful hand carved altar

Professor J . C. Harris, superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf from I 916 to 19 37 was an outstanding Mason. He wrote some of the lectures that are used in Ceremonial work of the Lodge. Prof. Harris also wrote the most complete history of Mackey Lodge

Was given to the Lodge. This altar, that has ever been published.

made in the shape of a cube, has

Mr. C. H . Hollingsworth, su-

the following inscription inside the perintendent of the Georgia School

lid:

for the Deaf since 1937, served as

Worshipful Master for the year 1945. Mr. Hollingsworth had the pleasure of seeing his two sons, Hillis and Wright, take the degrees of Masonery.
Other members of the school family who served as Worshipful Master of Mackey Lodge and their terms of office are Dr. J . C. Watts, former school physician, 18 87, 1888, 1898, 1900, 1901, and 1902; H. S. Murphy, former printing instructor, 1920 and 1923 ; Julian A. Tumlin, business manager, 1942; Steve Pettis, former engineer, 1946; and R . R. Caswell former teacher of agriculture, 1944. The present Worshipful Master is John L. Caple, Principal.
FIRST LODGE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS (1850)
S. J. Johnson, W. M.; J. E. Cook, S. W. ; 0. P. Fannin, J. W.; W. D. Lovell, Treasurer; T. Tinsley, Secretary; J. M. Deckey, S. D.; John Holmes, J. D.; and N. Norris, Tyler.
H . Whatley, C. W. , A. Bryant, J. R. Alexander, J. Trout, J. R . Simmons, W. K. Posey, J. W. Lake, and A. Fitzgerald.
' GRAND LODGE OFFICERS (1850)
William C. Dawson, Grand Master ; John Hunter, Deputy Grand Master ; A. A. Gaulding, Stenior Orand Warden ; WiUiam
K. Kitchen , Junior Grand Warden;
Joseph E. Wells, Grand Treasurer; and Simri Rose , Grand Secretary.

From the Primary Department

Another month has passed since our last letter, with one little girl, Carol Whatley. transferred to our class in the meantime. We were delighted to have her join our group.
Friday, October 27 we went to the Hallowe'en party given by the teachers and !Supervisors. We wore masks and blew horns. At the door, a big jack -o'-lantern greeted us with fire breathing from his eyes, nose, and mouth. Inside, we bobbed for apples and played Going to Jerusalem. Suddenly, there appeared a huge ghost! Then, a big black witch riding a broom. We were so frightened that we screamed and ran to hide, but there was no place to hide. Fortunately, the ghost turned out to be Miss Ritch and the witch was Mrs. Mayne, two of our supervisors. We are glad they do not appear as a ghost and witch very often.
We attended the Hallowe'en carnival sponsored by the Senior Class. It WCIIS fun to fish for in teresting things, such as screw-balls, cars. and other toys. We also drank punch, ate hot dogs, candy, and other good things. The cake walk was lots of fun, especially for those who wereiJucky winners.
These two parties, the delicious three course Hallowe'en supper which Miss Powers had prepared for us and the packages some of us received from home, made a perfect Hallowe'en season for all.
--stella Grant's Class
About a week before Hallowe'en, Anne Braddock and Sonja Cone received letters from home, saying they would get boxes soon .
A few days later, Sonja's box came accompanied by another letter. This one told her that she should share with her classmates the contents of her package. Inside the box we found cookies, candy, gum, peanuts, and crackers.
Just bdore the day of our Hallowe'en party , Anne's box came. It, too, was filled with many goodies. There were a mask , hat. ;~nd costume for Anne. All of us

thought it was very nice and just some of them were happy and

the thin2 for her to wear to the others were unhappy. We decided

party.

to make ours very happy and

We wish all the parents could show two teeth.

have been here to see the happy The 'time .finally arrived and

children with their bright faces out went all fourteen of us. Mrs.

as these boxes were opened . The Minter brought a little knife from

two little girls were thrilled to home, and Miss Powers let us bor-

share with their friends . We be- row a big knife. By carving on the

lieve this was almost as much of pumpkin there were ~oon two eyes,

a celebration for the children as a nose, and a mouth with two

Hallowe 'en and the party.

teeth.

-Doris Brannon's Class Before long the bees found us.

We were surprised that they liked

Our first weeks in school were the pumpkin as well as flowers.

spent almost 11ntirely in using the Now that we have finished our

sense training material. This. seems unooual job of making the jack-

like a lot of nice games to us , but o' -lantern, even to placing the

it really tells tales on us. This is candle inside, we are looking for-

another case where " every little ward to tomorrow when we will

movement has a meaning all its have the party. We will wear our

own,'' and our teacher has found masks and fancy costumes and hats

out a good deal about how much and have a good, good time bob-

memory , patience, speed, and judg- bing for apples.

ment we have. We suspect that

-Miriam Minter's Class

she could tell you how polite we

are , and whether or not we are We have been in school long

good sports, too.

enough for a report card to go

We have about fini5Jhed all this home. We hope our fathers and

now though and are really getting mothers will appreciate the efforts

down to school work. We got out a we have made and be proud of our

set of our very first writing papers cards. We would likP. for them to

we the other day and clipped them on get better as time goes by.

a chart with the work we are do-

have found that we profit

ing now. W;e found it hard to in more ways than one by eating

believe that we were such babies the right kinds of foods . Some-

so short a time ago.

times we find food on our plates

We are finding speech, speech- that we think we don 't l-ike, but

reading, and reading lots of fun. when we take a bite or two we

We will tell you more about this find it very good and ask for the

and also about other new things second serving. We eat all that is

that we do later.

put on our plates now and when

--Jim Irwin's C lass we weighed a few days ago, we

had all gained several pounds.

The boys and girls in our class

-May f. Glenn's Ciass

have been very happy today. When

we were doing our calendar work, The children in our class had

we learned that we would have a an unusually good time at the Hal-

Hallowe'en party tomorrow.

lowe'en party. Fulton was lucky

There have been -many Hal- this . dme. He won a prize for

lowe 'en pictures on the bulletin being one o f the last two to get

board and in our classroom. We seats ~bile playing Going to Jeru-

like best of all the ones of the jack- salem,. Everyone was able to get

o'-lanterns. We were most excited an apple when they bobbed. John

today when Mrs. Minter brought Reid got 'his -face dripping wet

a real pumpkin and told UIS to be t'rying to get his apple, but that

good and we would make a real made it all the more fun to him.

jack-o' -lantern . In the pictures The Hallowe'en week-end was

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

November, 1950

r axed by goin g to the carnival

cgfut_vntmentobyfisthh,e

Senior Class. and ev~ryone

sIetemweads

Tp1ehasewditcwhietshanthdeghgotfstts hfen.gchatuegnhetd.

no eone, for we are big girls and

boys now._Mabel Fincher's Class

Bobby Hughes, a new pupil from Marietta , is in our class. At the beginning of . sch<;>ol. he was put with Mrs. Mmter s group b~t found the work easy. He wasn t very happy with us because he thought our wor~ was too hard , but now he is gettmg along mcely. Melvin Dukes and Edward Clay ton are about Bobby's size and all three sit in small chairs in front o f
ti1e others.
The first month has been spent mostly in reviewin g last year's work. but it is time now to really go to work and learn some entirely new things. Our W here vocabulary was so limited that we decided to do something about it.
First, we went to the spring. Delano Bryson gave everybody some fruit before we left the cla~ room . Larry Lemming, Dollie Bridges, and Barbara Jackson started feeding the ducks bits of their apples as soon as they saw them. Mrs. Kennard gave Marvin Hutto a cup to carry alon g; so he insisted that we get some water right away.
A few days later we went to Mrs. Kennard 's home. With the Hallowe'en party, we now have to the spring, to Mrs. Kennard's, and to the party w hich not onl y add words to our vocabulary but &ive us a much better understanding of what Where really means.
Everybody enjoyed the Hallowe'en party. When the gho&it and witch riding a broom came in , Rosalie Nastasi was really frightened until she decided she knew v.rho they were. Betty Jean Moore Was the only one in our class with a mask. Peggy Ann Dixon and Sarah J ackson tried with all their night in bobbing for apples but

couldn 't get one. Melvin Dukes won a big top as prize.
--Gladys Carpenter's Class
A casual observer might think our trips to town and perhaps to walk every Friday afternoon an enjoyable outing, and he'd be right. Actually, however, they are much more than that. They give us material for an important exercise in Connected Language. The statements we learn to write are used in N ews and letterwriting and are always based on everyday ex periences. In fact , everything we write has true meaning. This has to be in order that we may learn time sequence which , of course, is necessary for our study of verbs. We also make a habit of connecting each event with the proper date on our calendar.
We might begin our News Monday morning with the statement, "We went to town Friday afternoon ;" then, " Henry bought some candy, '' with each child in turn making some statement re garding his purchase. If there is time we often walk to the spring, in which case we might say, " Then we went to the 'Spring. Stella fed the ducks," etc.
So you can see how we might go on each week building a better vocabulary and making self-expression a little less difficult.
-Rebecca Crowe's Class
On W ednesday morning , October 25 the chitdren ~n our department were privileged to have the Reverend John W . Stallings, Jr. and the Reverend Bob Johnson speak to them.
By way of introduction, M r. Stallings, a hearing man of deaf parents ( who, incidentally, were educated in our 'School ) is superintendent of the Christian Deaf Fellowship which is a national inter - denominational organization serving the deaf and the schools for the deaf in the sou theastern section of the United States.

Also affiliated with this group is Mr. Johnson, a recent deaf graduate of GalLaudet College, who just this month was elected as pastor of the Saint Mark Methodist Class for the Deaf in Atlanta and who will visit our school every two weeb.
Mr. Stallings made a most impressive talk to the children, using such beautiful and clear illustrations that every child present seemed to understand. Speaking as he signed he began his talk by showing them his Bible, asking if they knew what it was. There was a good response from the children who, of course, recognized it. Mr. Stallings explained that it was God's book to teach us how to live. He went on. illustrating in a lovely way, moral principles by which Lhey should live.
After his talk Mr. Stallings presented Mr. Johnson , who spoke briefly. The children were very pleased when he said he was coming back !SOOn and would bring some pretty religious pictures to show them .
We wish we could. express for our children their appreciation and gratitude to these two ministers, but we feel that when Mr. Johnson returns, he will not fail to sense their appreciation through their interest and response.
We might take this opportunity, too, of reminding the parents that religious training is a part of our program. On Sunday we hold Sunday school for forty-five minutes. Through the week we begin each day with a prayer. A period on Monday and another on Friday are devoted to learning Bible verses, prayers, short poems and songs. !Studying moral truths and the life of Christ. (This is very simple when first presented, but gradually as the children can take it, more detailed work iiS given.) From the first , the children are taught to pray before going to bed .
As teachers, we wish that we might present God 's word as beau-
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Frorn the lnterrr:tediate Department

During the fall months there

are man y activities at school.

We try to write about as many

of them as possible during the

English periods. The following

work included many new expe-

riences. It was necessary to give the

pupils the new vocabulary and give

them help in expressing the new

ideas. The pupils had as much

teacher help as necessary in writing

these topics.

-E.D. M .

FLORIDA VERSUS G. S. D.

Our football team went to Flor-

ida. Thursday morning, October

26 . We left here at 4 : 15 A . M .

We stopped in Waycross for din -

ner and got to St. Augustine at

5 :4 5. After supper we talked to

the Florida boys and then went

to the movies with them. We slept in bunk beds. I. Rube,

slept in an upper bunk. When I

jumped out of bed, I hit my head

on the light. Robert slept in an

upper bunk, too. In the morning

when he woke up. he stretched

and fell out of bed. The mosqui-

toes bit us boys all over.

The game was Friday night.

Our team didn't have any luck

because F. S.D. beat us 30 to 0 . Joe

said that their boys were bigger

than ours. One boy weighed 21 8

pounds. We feJ,t nervous about

him. We went to see some interest-

ing places. We went to the Alli-

gator Farm . We visited some old

buildings in St. Augustine. We

went to the beach to see the sea .

We wanted the waves. We wanted

to go in bathing. Saturday morn-

ing we went to M.arineland to see

the fish and other sea animals. We

saw a diver go down in the water

to feed the fish .

We left St. Augustine early Sun-

day morning and got back here

about five o'clock. It was a very

interesting trip, but we were glad

to get back again.

-Junior Galloway

-Rube Collins

MR. STACY
Mr. and Mrs. Stacy came to our

school one week-end. Mr. Stacy is studying to be a preacher. He comes from the Lutheran Church . This year he is a field worker with the deaf. He preached to us in the chapel that Sunday morning. So we d id not go to church in town for Sunday !School. Mr. Stacy preached about God's goodness and love fo r everybody. Some o f his signs are d ifferent from ours. We like him and could understand what he meant.
-Jerry Nix
WORDS! WORDS! WORDS!
I find tSome new words every day. Do you know what an evangelist is? It is a preacher who travels all over telling people about the Bible and Jesus. Now I know one.
Mr. John W. Stallings is an evangelist to the deaf. He is very well-known all over the United States. He can hear and talk , but his mother and father were deaf. They came here to the Georgia School for the Deaf.
Mr. Stallings came here with Mr. Bob Johnson Monday evening. October 23 . We had chapel after study hall and again the next morning. We signed " Happy Day" with Mr. Stalling15. We liked his sermons very much. We could understand what he said. He helped us. He smiled all the time.
-Jo Ann Hornsby
GIRL SCOUT WEEK
This is Girl Scout week. We want to tell you about some of the things we did.
Most of our girls had to have new Scout uniforms this year. So Saturday some of the girls helped make the new uniforms in the sewing room. They finished them before night.
All the girls wore Scout uniforms to Sunday school Sunday morning. After that we lined up in front of the Methodist Church. People in cars looked at us. Then we came back to our campms. We had our picture taken on the steps of Fannin Hall.

Did you ever have tired feet? All the Girl Scouts did Monday afternoon. That afternoon we left school early and went to Rome on our school bus. We marched in a parade there. The Girl Scouts, the Brownies, and some other organizatiollJS paraded.
When we got there. we had to wait and wait. When the bands started. everybody walked all the way down one side of Broad Street and up the other. The bands played very well. There were three bands. The sun shone very hard. We were very hot and tired.
This parade was better than last year because we didn't have any uniforms last year. W e are glad that we have them now. So we want to tell you that we enjoyed that parade, but we got hot feet .
-Betty Pharr -Dorothy Anderson
THE COOSA VALLEY FAIR
We always look forward to our day at the fair. This year we went to the Coosa Valley Fair near Rome the eighteenth of October. We had no school that day. The boys went on our bus first and then the girls went. We got in free. We lookec:l at some of the exhibits first. We saw our school booth with our exhibit in it and thought that it was good. We won twentyfive dollars on it.
We were the guests of the Exchange Club in Rome. We had free coca colas. Then we all stayed together and had free rides on several of the amusements . We wen~ on the merry-go-round ,the Ferris wheel.the Octopus,the Skyride and the airplanes. Some rode on the fire truck too. We enJoyed the rides very much. Then we went to the Wild Animal Show. Last we had free ice cream . The men of the Exchange Club and the show people were very kind to us.
We had to pay for the other amusements and the shows. V/e did different things, but most uf us went into the Snake House.
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Frain the Colored Department

Thomas Harris, the smallest month. The most interesting word JohnW. Stallings lead us in three

boy in the class, is finding it hard was hobby . Our class hobby is col- songs. We are learning " Oh Happy

to make adjustments from home lecting the prizes that we find in Day" which we will use in our de-

life to being " a big boy' ' in school. cracker jack boxes and candy.

votional period. Marion Smith de-

Edna Foster spent a w~ek-end After we had collected a num - lights in leading this song.

with her family in Cunnmgham ber qf these prizes, our teacher On October 27 we had a Hal-

recently.

made a charm necklace. This neck- lowe'en party. We made masks to

Charles Jefferson 's parents came lace is worn by the smartest girl wear to the party. W-e had lots of

to see him one Sunday and at- over the week-end.

fun in the grand m'arch. Our games

tended Sunday school with him.

Of course, the boys wanted to were le*ing apples on a strin.g,

Charles Jones, Mary Robinson, make something, too, so they col- bobbing for apples, and fortune

A. J. Booth, and Quinelle Solo- lected large acorns and we made telling. For refreshments we had

mon sent their parents a copy of three pipes. The smartest boy of fruit punch and cookies.

their abc's a few days ago.

the week gets to keep one of the During all this excitement, we

Herman Smith printed his name pipes over the week-end.

didn 't forget our classroom work.

and sent it home.

In our classroom we have just Marion Smith, Mary Nell Wallace,

Oliver Thomas received a letter as much fun getting our lessons as Sara Ann Wii.lis,' Geraldine Vick-

from his mother with a picture of we do when we are engaged in ers, and Lueretha Camp have been

him and his brother. He enjoys outside activities. Lots of our new as busy as little bees making rings

looking at the picture.

lan guage is brought in through out of shucks for the ring toss game

Eddie Baker's sweet little smile outside activities and experiences. to be used during our physical edu-

adds much cheer to our classroom: We are learning to get along cation period.

Wilene Whitsett received a box with one another, to be happy , and

-Mattie Malone's Class

from her mother with three pretty to be good sports at all times.

dresses, some fruit , and a box of

-Helen Jones's Class We have begun our new school

cookies in it.

year with much interest, enthusi-

Lorene Coleman received a box We have acquired some new asm , and determination to.. make

from her mother with pretty equipment for our physical edu- this a great year.

.

clothes, too.

cation classes. One new game that There are fifteen in our.. class,

Jessie Wadley loves to draw. we are especially interested in right eight girls and seven boys. We are

Every time she gets her hands on a now is ring toss, because it was unfortunate in not having started

piece of paper, she draws pictures made by the children. We braided to school together, but we hope to

of little dolls.

shucks, made them into rings, and stay together from now on.

Each child seems to be aware of dipped them in shellac.

Our main interest right now is

t h e approaching Thanksgiving We have pictures of many dif- about ' 'The United State5 and

season. I have been showing them ferent games arranged on a shelf Food on the Way to Our House."

pictures of turkeys, and pumpkins, in our room with the names As the United States is the coun-

and also of little children, Thank- underneath. This helps us realize try in which we live and most of

ing God for His Gifts.

how many games we might play us live on the farm, we are .glad to

Charles Jefferson's mother sent and to know more about them be- kn.ow . that the greatness of the

Charles a nice Hallowe'en box to fore we attempt to play them.

United States is founded on agri-

treat his dassmates. There were

-Ruby L. Jackson's Class culture.

peanuts, a variety of Hallowe'en

We find cattle, hogs, sheep.

candy, and a gift for each member The month of October has been corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, rice,

of the class. The children were an exciting one for us.

sugar cane, sorghum cane, tobac-

?elighted over being thought of On the nineteenth we went to co, cotto:n, Irish potatoes, sweet

m such a nice way and would like Rome to the Coosa Valley Fair potatoes, celery, oranges, lemons,

to thank Charles's mother for her and had a good time. The Rome grapefruit, limes, apples, peaches,

kindness.

Exchange Club gave us free rides, pears, grapes, sugar beets, poultry,

-Beulah Chandler's Class ice cream, and coca colas. The Na- dairy products, fish, oysters,

tional City Bank of Rome gave honey , and peanuts are products of

. We all feel that we have been us pencils. In a game of chance, our United States and are ''On the

tn school long enough to under- Hartwell Rhone won a bracelet, Way to Our House.''

stand some of the things that our Mary Nell Wallace won a glass On this products map you can

teacher wants us to do and how horse, and Felton Young won a ~ind small pictures1 of all these

they should be done.

comb .

products, placed according to the

We have added several new . October 2 the Reverend Bob localities of production. We, also,

words to our vocabulary this Johnson spoke to us. The Reverend

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fHE SCHOOL HELPER

November, 1950

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THE SCHOOL HELPER
All communication should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.
Entered at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia, as second class matter Novembr 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.
JOHN L. CAPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor KATHARINE CASEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor MARIE KENNARD .... ... ..... .. .. Associate Editor C. G. TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing Instructor
VOLUME 51 NOVEMBER. l 9 50 NO. 2
For the promotion of all State-Aided Schoola For the Deaf
1. Improved recognition as educational institut ions with control in the hands of educational boards.
2. Sectional and national associations with accred it ing authorities and approved measuring rods and standards suited to each association, terminating in the highest requirements for membership in a national association for schools for the deaf.
3. A greater Gallaudet College serving the interests of all the states with special emphasis on research findings openly arrived at and freely disseminated in pr omoting the educational interests of all the schools.
4. A full utilization of services that can be rendered by the U. S. Office of Education in keeping with the spirit and purpose of its creation.
6. Federal equalization aid for education that will guarantee equal opportunities for deaf boys and girls in all states.
6. Utilization or a full-time state Field Agent a nd Placement Officer (or both) to locate and enroll deai children in the State Schools for the Deaf and to work with the Departmen~ in job placement a nd vocational rehabilitation of ex-pupils and graduates.
WHAT IS THE DEAF CHILD'S GREATEST NEED?
(Reprinted from The Volta Review )
Almost anyone who is asked this question , if he has had no contact with the education of the deaf, will reply immediately , "Speech."
That answer is wrong. The correct reply is ''Language.''
" But" protested a bewildered parent recently. aren 't speech and language the same thing ?"
No matter in what kind of school a deaf child has been educated , what happens afterwards, when

he meets a person unfamiliar with the deaf ? He must communicate. If he has learned. to speak
intelligibly, he communicates in spoken language. If he has no speech , or if his speech is poor and he cannot make himself understood, he must write. Whether in speech or in writing, he must be able to put words together in a wiay that makes sen se. In other words, he must have language.
Occasionally one meets a well educated deaf person who has never learned to speak at all. With pencil and paper he can express his thoughts readily, sometimes in excellent colloquial E nglish . He can communicate without difficulty with an y En glishusing person who can read and write and will take the time to do SQ. All who know him recogn ize him as a thinking, participating member of societ y, al though hampered and slowed down by his inability to speak a,nd to u.nderstand speech . He functions as a responsible citizen for one reason : he has language.
Speech and language -are by no means the same thing, and language is by far the more important o f the two. Let us think about it a little.
In order to function as human beings amon g other human beings. every person must have a means of communication. Without it he cannot express his thoughts, cannot understand the thoughts of others, and usually cannot prove to others that he is able to think . This means of communication is not necessarily speech, invaluable though speech is.
Anything that interferes with a deaf child 's acquisition of language increases his handicap. If. after he has lea.rned the words in which to express a need, he is permitted to ask for what he wants by gesticulating. he is being penalized. If he says or writes such a sentence as "Joe want Christmas D ay kitten white with black,'' and nobody helps him to straighten out his distorted English and makes him understand that words must say what they mean , he is being done a grave injustice. A little hearing, skillfully trained and intelligently combined with the maximum use of lipreading, can be made invalua ble in the acquisition of language as well as of speech. Where that bearing, however, is insufficient to have provided the child with a reasonably normal com~ mand of sentence structure, an earphone alone, unsupported b y a trained teacher , is unlikely to be an acceptable substitute for a special school.
The Volta Bureau has recentl y learned of two instances in which , acting on the advice of a man highly skilled in his own profession but untrained in the education of the deaf, parents have kept at home, attending ordinary schools, children with hearing so limited that straight language could not be acquired without special instruction. One of these children . now about nine. is writing sentences just as preposte rous as the illustration above about the kitten . The other, an intelligent little second grader, is o-fferin g
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Superintendent's Corner

SOME of you wh.o read t~is will recall that thts page m the November is-

A Letter

sue of t h e

from

HELPER

Coach Thomson carried t h e

article "A

Notable Deaf Coach." The follow ing portion of a personal l~tter

from Mr. Thomson substanttates

the facts in said article and car-

ries a cheering message to deaf

people everywhere:

"Naval Academy Athletic Association United States Naval Academy <\.nnapolis, Maryland
14 November 1950

"Mr. C. H. Hollingsworth Georgia School for the Deaf Cave Spring, Georgia

Dear Mr. Hollingsworth:
" . . . . . THE S CHOOL HELPER arrived in. the same mail and I think the article is very good. I hope that it will h elp some deaf people to take more interest in life. When all is said and done, there are a lot of things in this world that we can do without hearing.
"My Cross Country team has not been too successful this fall but we hope to make up for it this winter and spring in track. Tell Connor that I have a full time assistant coach now, Billy Mitchell of Georgetown, and that he is doing a fine job. The trouble with the CC team has been nervousness due to not being away from home for more races. We are going to try and remedy that next fall.
"Please remember me to Mrs. Hollingsworth as well as Connor, when you write him.
Sincerely,

Earl J. Thomson (Signed) Navy Track Coach"

I N looking over copies of the l.p.f fo r pertinent news items on

w h i c h to

''ROME BURNS comment, the

WHILE

first t w o

NERO FIDDLES" papers picked

up were the 0 . A . D . NEWS (Ontario Asso-

ciation of the Deaf) and MICHI-

GAN MIRROR. There was no

need to look further. These two papers carried glowing headlines on

their front pages that furnished sufficient material on which to

comment for many months yet to come.

Yes, these articles, under the big

headline, depicted flying straws to indicate which way the wind is

blowing and what is happening

to our profession. Some straws were borne by mere whispers of

wind. Yet, they bring the undeni-

able promise of storms a-brewing and brighter da)'ls to follow .

Others were pell-mell flying straws

still swirling but losing their force in the ebb of a dying storm of

seventy-five years' duration - not

dying in force but in turbulence and swirl as they gathered to flow

smoothly with an irrestible cur-

rent carrying us to a more serene and finer destiny.

Superintendent E d m u n d B. Bdatner, of Connecticut, in the 0 . A. D. NEWS screams out

against "Glamourized Oralism''

and bemoans the fact that " Those Least Experienced With The Deaf

Are Loudest In Phony Advice."

Curiously enough, we agree with

Mr. Boatner in his indictment of some evils threatening a true eva-

luation of our residential schools.

The current issue of the OHIO CHRONICLE reprints an article

from this Corner wherein we spoke

of the evils of " half-baked pedagogues, cure-all doctors, etc."

But, we do not agree with Mr.

Boatner as to a cure. He aptly says, ' 'Need is urgent for stepping up

factual publicity.'' Both the diag-

nosis and prescription are preemi-

nently correct but the " negro in the wood-pile" is that such pronounce-

ments of our trouble and the

proffered cure. to be channeled through the medium of the l.p.f. and our present organizations, is far from sufficient and will get us nowhere during this time of trial by fire. His article is reminiscent of JUSt such fiery denunciations and appeals made a half century ago which are moldering in our files today. We quote again from the OHIO CHRONICLE - ''T h e SCHOOL HELPER has previously hazarded the opinion that we are inclined to be 'educational isola tionists' and that we are not sufficiently integrated with legitimate educational enterprise. As evidence thereof, the dissemination of pertinent information does not seem to register in all quarters. Publi cized research findings are not carrying sufficient weight if, indeed, there is any unified research. And, finally , there is not sufficient measuring in checking claim against claim as pertains to type and method of instruction. As is, there is no way to satisfy the inquiring public as to who is bamboozling who. Little wonder there is a wee bit of confusion.''
Now we turn to the MICHIGAN MIRROR and note that Harley Z . W'ooden has resigned his post as superintendent of the Michigan School for the Deaf to assume duties as executive secretary of the International Council for Exceptional Children, a department of the National Education Association. Mr. Wooden, one of our ablest residential school superintendents. turns to legitimate edu cation to better serve the education of the handicapped in our nation, including that of the deaf. On the same page of the MICHIGAN MIRROR it is noted that Charles Watson, M. S. D. Principal, resigned in June 1950 to accept a position 'as consultant in the education of the deaf and the visually handicapped for the California State Department of Education , and so it goes.
Our position is that, until W it. channel our efforts through recog -
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Faculty Notes

Mr. Hollingsworth attended the Conference of Executives Colorado Springs, Colorado, then flew on to Vallejo, California to visit Wright for a week.
Mr. Caple attended the Grand Lodge in Macon, Georgia, October 24 and 25.
Mrs. Johnson and Miss Latham attended rt:he Matrons a n d Patrons Club, 0. E. S. in Cedartown November 1. Mrs. Johnson was elected president of the Club for the ensuing year.
Mr. Brady was in St. Augustine, Florida, October 26, 27, and 28 with the football team.
Miss McDaniel spent the weekend of October 4 in Atlanta. .
C. G. Turner had an enjoyable trip to St. Augustine, Florida on the 26th of October with our G. S. D. football team.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter attended the Rome Symp)'10ny Concert at the City Auditorium in Rome October 23.
Mrs. Glenn was guest of Mrs. Irwin in Cedartown, Monday night. They attended the concert and heard John Sebastian, a noted harmonica player.
Mr. and Mrs. Fincher visited their grandmother. Mrs. Janie Downs, in LaGrange the last Sunday in October.
Mr. and Mrs. Highnote and Peggy visited relatives in Americus recently.
Mrs. Crowe enjoyed the concert presented by the Rome Symphony Orchestra at the City Auditorium October 24.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harling of Panama City. Florida visited Mrs. Harling's mother, Mrs. Jones, recently.
Miss Brannon attended the Georgia Tech - Auburn football game in Atlanta recently .
Mrs. Irwin and Patsy Sims spent a recent week-end with Patsy 's family in East Point . They attended the Shrine Circus while there.
Dr. and Mrs. Grant attended the concert given by Roland Hayes in Calhoun on October 31 .
Mrs. Minter and her family visited her mother and father November 3. The occasion was her fa ther's birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Smith, Betsy and Mitsy Smith and Dr. and Mrs. M . Freeman Simmons were the guests one week-end of Mrs. Simmons.
Mrs. Simmons spent a weekend in Atlanta and attended the Billy Graham Sunday afternoon
~ erv1ce.
Mr. and Mrs. Stepp attended the Tech - Auburn football game in Atlanta recently.
Mrs. Montgomery and Miss Casey attended the John Sebastian concert in Cedartown , October 30 and the Aaron Rosand concert m Rome, November 7.
CORNER-Continued nized public school mediums, we will continue "ripe unto the harvest" for the quack and the false

prophet to ply their nefarious practices.
Public school education has long since been recognized as the responsibility of both the state and federal government. To say that certain types and kinds of education, as is applicable to the needs of the people, should remain isolated from the general program is something that can not be defined, much less defended. If the advocates of such a felodese should go unbridled they miiht destroy some of the very principles they hold most dear.
It is good to see the W oodens, W atsons, and the Brills going ahead to prepare the way.
DEAF CHILD-Continued such jargon as the following in his eager attempts at a story about his dog:
THE PADDY I like a Paddy was play ball. This is Paddy ball. of that boy and girl play Paddy ball he like Paddy. yes" I like to. Paddy phay ball ready go to with Paddy outside play with ball Jane play with Paddy. Dorothy play with Paddy, come back eat supper time ready go eat Paddy . I llave a surprise for you. Mammy say. this for Paddy too. I like this for Paddy eat. I don no where Paddy surprise. I love Paddy kiss. Thank you.
Unless these children receive help very soon, from somebody who knows how to teach language to children who cannot hear it. what chance Have they of becoming adults who can participate in any ordinary discussion, whether in
speech or in writing r How can
they learn to have s o m e-
thing to say unless they can use the words in which it must be said?
The deaf child's greatest need is languiage.

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INTERMEDIATE-Continued and looked at the booths and the displays. We saw a real lion in a cage. We went to see the model airplanes. Mr. C. G. Turner won second prize and Roscoe Dukes won third prize in t~at. We looked at the farm anima~s. the farm machinery . the new cars and the flower show. We regi~tered for several prizes. We wanted to win $100 .00 at the bank. Later we stood and watched a loom weav-
ing cloth. Some of us won prizes on the
games of chance. Some of us tried. but didn't win anything.
At four o'clock a man was shot out of a cannon . He was called the human cannon ball . He climbed up into the cannon . We waited and in a minute the cannon went off. The man shot high into the air. He fell into a big net. He was very brave.
We came back to school after that. We had a very happy day at
the fair. -A C-2 Class Topic

home and stayed until Sunday night.
Some of the boys went to the movies. A few of the girls stayed here. They took a walk in town. It started to rain a little and they had to wait under the awaing in front of Casey's store.
There was a social in the chapel that evening. Some of the pupils danced there.
A C-I Class Topic
FUN AT THE HALLOWE'EN
CARNIVAL
We bad fun this Hallowe'en. We went to the Hallowe'en carnival in Hearn Hall at seven-thirty that night. We are glad that we ar~ big now . The primary children had to go to the carnival in the afternoon. We laughed a n d laughed there.
We had to pay five cents at the door. Each of us got a number. Later Joe Wayne Edwards won the door prize. It wa'S a shoe shine kit.

and other drinks.
We talked and played tricks on one another We were tired and happy when the carnival was over.
A D Class Topic
ATLANTA, GA. By Rosa A. Johnson, Sr.
Beginning September 30 the television fans at Atlanta Club of the Deaf started ' 'seeing" actual happenings as far as New York when the new coaxial cable between New York, Charlotte, Jack sonville, Atlanta and Birmingham was completed . How about seeing each other of us between these cities in some near future?
Rev. James M . Stallings, a retired Baptist minister and an uncle of Rev . J. W . Stallings, Jr., of Norfolk , had been quite ill at Georgia Baptist Hospital here At this writing he was reported to be on his way back to recovery

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
We had a fire drill the other day. The bell rang loud several times. Some of us could hear it. The teachers knew that it was a fire drill. We go to school on the second floor . Mrs. Montgomery went first and we followed her down the front stairs and out the side door. We marched out in line very quickly . Wte know how to march out in a hurry.
Friday everybody at G. S. D. was happy because our team won the football game from Buchanan. They went there Thursday afternoon to play. G. S. D . won 19 to 0. When the team came back we jumped up and down and yelled. We were proud of them.
That night the football boys went to Rome to Barron Field to se~ the night football game. Rome H1gh played against Decatur High.
It was a close game, but Decatur
won 7 to 6.
This was the girls' Saturday to go to Rome. They went shopping and to the movies. Jewell went

Some of the boys dressed up. J adie was a horrible old man. He had a great big nose.
Some of us went into the Hall of Horrors. We saw a huge zombi, a hunchback, and a mummy in there. We thought the zombi was a gorilla, but Mr. Turner said that it was a zombi. There was a big lion on the floor, too. Sandra was scared and jumped. She bumped into Alvin and Milton. The zombi picked Dickie up and threw him in the air. Patsy was scared stiff. She couldn't move. Bonnie got in there and she was scared to death. She screamed and screamed. We like to be scared on Hallowe'en. Clarene said that she yelled, too.
There was a fish pond. Most of us went fishing there. We got different things. Alvin won a ball and a horn on a chain. Charles got some sparklers. Patsy won a red glass. Dickie, Bonnie, Clarene, and Milton got combs.
At the country store we bought lot'S of things to eat. They sold hot dogs, candy, coca colas, punch,

Atlantans and Georgians regretted to hear the news of deaths of Mrs. Odie Underhill and Mrs. Herbert Smoak which occurred in North Carolina during September. The;y were well remembered by their frequent visits to Atlanta.
Late in September Mr. E. H. Butts left on his two-week vacation trip for Philadelphia to visit friends there where he once resided for a number of ye.ars before moving to Atlanta.
After visd.ting Alabama and Missou-ri Mrs. Fred Hart and Miss Mary Hart recently spent a day here with Mrs. Gus W eil on their way home in Savannah.
The big Florida-Georgia football game in St. Augustine October 27 attended a large crowd from Atlanta. Next day in Jacksonville the deaf had a bowling tourna ment.
Because their little children are fast growing Mr. and Mrs. H . E. Hartsfield have just moved into their new and larger home in the fashionable Sylvan Hills section.

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COLORED-Continr.:ed

and are eager to know the follow- them that a troop of Cub Scouts is

use larger pictures of the products ing things about the people and in the process of being organized

on small posters and match them countries:

this year. The boys are already

to the pictures on the map. In this way, we can see just where each product is produced.
-Lucille McCu-llough's Class
This month has been a very busy month for us. We have worked withj our ~hands; we have been studying very hard ; and we have traveled, too.
First, let U!S tell you what we have done with our hands. The girls have been busy mending clothes and household linens. They have also made new pillow case6J. When they are through mending. they are going to make pin cushions and needle booklets for the sewing room.
Delero Snead and Bennie Cook have learned more about the different kinds of tools that carpen,ters Ul9e. A few days ago they made

What the people look like . Where they live. What they eat. What they weat. What tools and weapons they use . What their homes are like. How the people live. What their religion is What games they play. What the climate is. What the vegetation is. What animals live there .
We have learned that the children of these countries were happy and healthy. We have learned four important things-the children got up early enough to dress in time for breakfast ; they did not dawdle but finished the task at hand ; they helped themselves as much as they could and were independent ; they bathed and put on clean clothes.

working hard to become good Scouts and have been invited on several hikes with the Brownies. They also took part in helping them decorate the dining room for the Hallowe'en party. The boys and girls cut out colored leaves, owls, black cats, and jacko' -lanterns and pinned them on the curtains. The boys went out and picked real leaves to decorate the tables.
The children always enjoy taking part in getting ready for our parties, and we try to include them in as many activities as pcxssible. The dining room looked very festive with all the Hallowe'en decorations, and the children enjoyed the delicious \lleal all the more because they had' had a part in making the room attractive.
-Jessie F. Jones's Class

a sawbuck table for our classroom. They used a try-square, a saw, a chisel. a ruler, a hammer, a plane, and nails. They planed and sanded the table and now are ready to paint it. They will use orange shellac so that the table will match our cabinet.

w e have had new work in language. reading, and arithmetic. We are really enjoying this and are studying hard.
Now, let us tell you about our plans of travel through many of the different countri~ and meeting the different kinds of people. In our classroom we have a large world map, and under it on the shelf there are pictures of the differtnt kinds of people. We use the key-words Who and What; as,

Who: People Americans Russians Japanese

What: Country America Russia Japan

We learned that by getting up in time for breakfast and dressing quickly, the children had time to eat a big breakfast and thiat there waJS time left for something eltse. AU df them brushed their teeth imm'ediately after meals. Th:ey ,wore clothing sui.,table Ito the weather and were careful on their way to school. Their day had a good beginning, and they left school happy.
Our room is very attractive, and we wlsheveryone could see it.
We will have traveled more by next month and hope to have something new and interesting to tell you.
-Hattie S. Menifee's Class
PRIMARY-Continued tifully and impressively aiS did our visitors.
-Polly Casey's Class

The fall weather has been ideal for playing outdoors, and we have certainly been enjoying the nice new swings and see-saws which were donated by the St. Joanne Chapter of the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. Several members of the Chapter visited our school last year and later sent us the playground equipment.
Our first party thils year was the Hallowe'en party, which was' a wonderful success. The playrooms were gaily decorated with cutouts of pumpkins, black cats, witches, and bright colored leaves. We played games and bobbed for apples with everyone taking part and having lots of fun. We were even visited by a spook and a witch riding a broomstick. After the party, we went to the dining room and enjoyed a delicious supper. On the following Tuesday we took part in the big boys' and girls ' Hallowe'en carnival. We look forward

As our teacher writes one key- The Brownie Scout troop which to it from year to year. We fished

word or claJS>sification, we write was organized la\5t year has helped and did all the interesting things

the corresponding form.

the girls so much and has been they had planned for us.

We have just begun to travel such a pleasure and inspiration to -Emmalee J . Highnote's Class

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HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Governor
GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

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

ADMINISTRATION

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

Janice R. Caple, Secretary
Julian Tumlin, Steward Myrtle A. Johnson, Bookkeeper

Earl Cox, Engineer

Charles E. Owen, D. D. S. John M. McGehee, M. D.

INSTRUCTORS JOHN L. CAPLE, Principal

PRIMAR~ DEPARTMENT
Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervising Teacher Doris Brannon Gladys E. Carpenter Polly CalMly Rebecca S. Crowe Mabel L. Fincher May F. Glenn Stella W. Grant Emmalee 3. Highnote Jim Irwin Jeuie F. Jon Miriam B. Kinter

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED DEPARTMENTS Mary P. Turner, B. A., Supervising Teacher
Advanced Department Katharine Casey, Supervising Teacher
Intermediate Department Dorothy F. Brady, B. S. Jack Brady, B. S. Connor Dillard Ruth D. Forbes Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Elizabeth F. Simmons, B. S. Gail Stout, Jr., B. A. Kathryn W. Williamson, B. A.

VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT

John L. Caple, Supervising Teacher

i

C. G. Turner .... . ... . ......... .. :: . . . . . . . . Printing Sarah F. Ware . . . .. ... . ....... Arts and Crafts

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

Gladys L. Latham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beauty Culture

Connor Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoe Repairing

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

Ruyell Royston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbering and Pressing Geverna C. Stepp, B. S. H. E. . . . . Home Economics

COLORED DEPARTMENT Nelle S. Griffith, Consultant

Beula}l Cha1uller Louise Chubb Helen Jonea

R. H. McAfee, Vocational

Mattie Malone Lucille McCullough Hattie S. Menifee

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VOLUME 51

DECEMBER, 1950

NO.3

Advanced Department

THE PROVING GROUNDS

Test trme is a bad time To those who await the bell; Test time is a good time To those who use Time well.

It is time for report cards again. In the advanced department, we believe that the central value of report cards is that they serve as useful instruments for the personalizing of education and the guidance of pupils. They not only give the parents and teacher a picture of the pupil's achievement, or the progress he has made; but they also show why a child is not making the expected progress. This offers an opportunity for the parents to tbin'k of what they can do to help the teacher provide the experiences that the child needs, and invites parents to participate in the education of their children.
In keeping with the philosophy and goals of our school. we are intere-sted in the development of the whole child, and. in an environment of friendliness and encouragement, we offr many different experiences which will help each individual child:
To develop a strong body, full of energy and vitality;
To grow stronger in character; To cultivate worthwhile interests;
To learn to choose true values; To think independently; T o strengthen perseverence; To make the most of abilities and interests; To get along well with other people;
To acquire necessary knowledge and skills;
To develop self-confidence and self-respect which result from earnest effort, and which lead toward success and a willingness to assume the duties as well as enjoy the privileges in life.
With these goals in mind, we try

to provide a stimulating curriculum of cooperative activities in which the teacher acts as a guide who is always ready with " a message of hope and a plan of action. "
The questions and the pupii responses given her were taken at random from this six-weeks test papers. These will give you some idea about pupil achievement in the content fields and the tool subjects.
A South American would like
to know more about the United
States and our way of life by
subscribing to five of our maga-
zines. List five good magazines
that represent varied interests of
American life and, in a sentence
or two for each, give specific
reasons for your choice.
There are a great many magazines published in the United States that would help a South American learn more about the United States and our way of life. The following ones are my choice for this purpose:
Look is a very interesting magazine. It has articles and pictures on almost everything that is done in the United States, and usually discusses both sides of a question.
To get an idea of things that are of interest to women, Good Housekeeping would be helpfu . Each issue is filled with articles, illustrations, recipes , hints on home making and decorating and a great many other things that appeal to women. From this magazine the women of South America could get a good picture of our way of li fe .
A very popular magazine that is full of digested news and a discussion of quite a few questions of

importance in the United States is the Pathfinder.
The Progressive Farmer would acquaint a foreigner with methods of farm ing and make him familiar with life on a farm .
If one would like to read a little and learn a lot, the little magazine , Quick, would be a fine choice.
I think these fine magazines would help a South American become acquainted with the United States and our way of life, and that he would soon fee l quite at home among us. - Sara Crisp
Write a composition of 75 to
100 words on:
My Privileges and Duties As
An American
I am proud that I am an American , and I would like to do my duty and enjoy my privileges.
I am an American! These are four wonderful words. These words make me think of beautiful mountains, fertile fields, buSJy cities, quiet places in the country, good schools, plenty of food, good churches, nice homes, good books, kind people, free education, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, free dom from want, protection, an opportunity to work and a great many other good things that 1 enjoy every day.
I am an American! These words remind me of my duties also. 1 must love my country, I must obey her laws, I must do my part toward making this a more wonderful America.
It is great to be an American , and I am thankful for my privi leges and my duties.
-Roscoe Duhes
Select four poems that have

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December, -1950

inspired you with noble or cour !because he invented the idea o f of the .various things that the ani-

ageous feelings. Tell what effect steam power for doing work.

mal should depend upon. .

each had upon you and why it

Lincoln freed a few slaves in 4. Nutrition-it is the differ-

bad that effect.

the South, but W:att freed all the ent functions of four things.

There are a great many poems people from being slaves to work.. 5. Excretion-it is ~he expel-

that have inspired me with noble The machines did more to help the ling of waste materials.

and courageous feelings.

Southern Negro slaves than the 6. Reproduction-it is the pro-

"Somebody's Mother" whose Emancipation Proclamation.

duction of the organism over again.

author was unknown inspired me Before the invention of steam 7. Respiration-it is the ex-

and made me want to help other power, all work was done by hand change of carbon dioxide and oxy-

people. The boy who helped the or animal power.

gen between the cells of the body

mother in this poem was thinking The invention of machines and and the blood stream.

about his own mother who some steam power gives people more lei-

-David Barrett

day would be old and would need sure time. It gets more work done

some boy to help her across the and is much faster than if done b y Q. Why was the Greek -rictory at

road .

hand as before.

Marathon important?

" The Arrow and The Song'" by

-Sara Crisp A. It saved the Greek civiliza-

Henry W . Longfellow gave me in spiration. Since reading it, I have tried to be kinder to people and to make them happy. This poem showed me that cross words hurt people for a long time.
"Columbus" by Joaquin Miller taught me the great lesson of never giving up, but to sail on and on and on and be successful.
''Abou Ben Adhem' ' by James Henry Leigh Hunt has inspired me to love people more and to love God, too.
Almost all poems teach a wonderful lesson, and if every one would read more beautiful poems, we would all be happier people .
-Fred Po wers
Compare the mechanism of a
camera a _nd the structure of the
human eye.

What are the fourteen com-

mon and euential elements lo

the life of all organisms?

The fourteen common and es-

sential clements to the life o f all organisms are oxygen, carbon , hy-

drogen , nitrogen , calcium, iodine,

phosphorus, sulphur, potassium .

magnesium , iron , sodium , chlorine,

and silicon.

-Robert Woaten

Explain the Apple Tree Cycle

A n apple seed grows to a seed-

lin g, a seedling grows to an apple

tree, an apple has blossoms, blos-

soms have egg cells and pollen,

bees cross-pollinate the blossoms, and the base of the blossom gro,,s

into an apple again.

--Jack \Vath ins
If snow is covered with par-

tion and the idea of Democracy for the World.
-Fred Powers
Q. What caused the Punic Wara?
A. Rome and Carthage fought . these wars because they were rivals for Mediterranean trade.
-Herbert White
Q. What did Hannibal try to do?
A. He tried to ct:oss the Alps into Italy and conquer Rome on her own land.
-Roscoe Dukes
Q . What three thin~rs have helped
the Danes to success 7
A. The three things that have helped the Danes are :
1. Land ownership by the farmers themselves.
2. Cooperative societies of the farmers.
3. Education of the people.

The camera is a box which con tains an opening like the pupil of
the human eye. It allows light to
pass through a lens as the eye does. The light falls upon the sensitive film in the camera and upon the retina of the eye. Both the eye and the camera receive an image caused by light. The photographer develops the film and prints a picture ; the brain receives the stimulus of light and perceives the picture.
-Herbert Whtte
Write an explanation of the
statement "James Watt did more
to free slaves than did Abraham
Lincoln."
James Watt did more to free slaves than did Abraham Lincoln

ticles of soot, why does the soot
sink into the snow?
When soot falls upon snow, it sinks into the sno w because soot is black and aborbs heat . It causes the snow to melt away from it. The snow is white so it reflects the hea t and does not melt where the soot does not touch it.
-Roscoe Dukes
What are the life functions
that are common to all plants
and animals? Explain what each
function is.
1. Sensation-it is the sense and ideas of the animal which tell what it should do.
2. Motion-it is the movin g or quietness of animals.
3. Food-takin g-it is the eating

--Sara Crisp
Q. Why did the Americans have
so few war supplies during the Rev
olution?
A. The Americans had few war supplies during the Revolution because they had no factories, were too poor to buy supplies, and no other country would give them credit.
-David Barrett
Q . Why was Charlemagne'. victory
at Saratoga important 7
A . It led the French to believe that the Americans could win the war, and they agreed to help the Americans.
--Jack Watkins
Q. Who were the Vikings?
A. The Vikings were Teutons

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from Norway and Sweden. . -Rosemary Smcth
Q. Why was Charlemagne'a victory

at Tours important?

.

A. Charlemagne's vtctory was

important because it saved Europe

from the Moors. -Wynell Godwin
Q. The Pilgrims. left England b

cause .... .. . . . . . . ... .
A. The king would not let them worship God like they wanted and punished them .
- Franklin Dyess
. Q. . . .. .. .. . ... ... ... founded

Georgia.

A. James Oglethorpe founded

Georgia.

-Guy Jones

What kind .of muscles always controls
the skeletal system?
The skeletal system is always controlled by voluntary muscles.
-Mary Ann Pate
What is the heart muscle called?
The heart muscle is called the ca rdiac muscle.
-Ann Thompson
What is the name of the muscle
on the front of the upper arm?
The muscle on the front of the upper arm is the biceps.
-Billie Jean Smith
What does the muscle do when it be
comes thicker and aborter?
The muscle contracts when it becomes thicker and shorter.
-Gene Lanier
What are the three body systems that
Wol'k together to cause movement?
The three body systems that work together to cause movement are the muscular system, the skeletal system, and the nervous system .
-Betty Brown
What are the three parta of the nerv-
ous system?
The three parts of the nervous system are the nerves, the spinal cord , and the brain.

The hope of the world lies in citizens who accept not only the rights but also the responaibilites of group living. A great many books acquaint us with people

who made their world a better
place because they lived in it.
Choose two characters, one from
a novel and one from a biography
or an autobiography and show
how each person made a real
contribution to group living.
It 'is very importan;t that we learn to work and play together. In m y reading I have met two characters, J ean V aljean from " Les Miserables' ' by Victor Hugo and BenJamin Franklin from ''Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin," who accepted not only the privileges and rights of group living, but al so the responsibilities.
J ean Valjean , a very poor boy, became a good citizen of a small French tow n . H e started a jet-bead factory so th at the people might have a good job. H e paid them just wages so that they could enjoy comfortable homes, nice cloth~s . good food , and other things they needed. He started a hospital in his own home where the people could be taken care of if they were not able to pay a doctor. He went to the courts and helped the people get justice. He accepted not only his own rights but the responsibility for others' rights.

Benjamin Franklin, also a very

poor boy, educated himself and others. He helped write our Constitution and the Declaration of Inde-

pendence. He publ ished " Poor Richard's Almanac,'' which con-

tained wise sayings that would help the people live better He worked

very bard serving his country and improving the rights of the people.
Not all citizens can do so much as these two men did, but each citizen can ci.o something to h elp group living by accepting his res -

ponsibilities.

-Herbert White

Suppose you have been appoin-

ted temporary chairman to pre-

aide at a meetinc. State in cor-

rect order, the procedure that

should be followed in beginning,

conducting and closing the busi

ness of the meeting. Your answer

may be in outline form.

l . Call to order

2. Roll call 3. R eading of the minu tes

4 . Rep ort of the t reasurer 5. Report of standing com mit-

tees 6. Report o f special com m ittees

7. Call for unfinished busi ness

8. Call for new busin ess

9. Adjournment -Edna Pope

It is a joyous fee ling to make

another person happy by giving

him something. Fr.om a poem you

have read list the names of some

people who made otbera happy by

g iving them something. Tell what

each gave.

In the poem , ''A Good T hanks-

giving," Old Gentleman G ay gave

a fat turkey to Shoemaker Price.

Shoemaker Price gave a chicken to

poor Widow Lee. Poor Widow L ee

gave a pumpkin p ie to W ashwo -

man Biddy. W ash w oman Bidd y

gave a ginger cake to the Fin igan

Children . The Fin igan C hi ldren

gave a p iece of the cake to L ame

Jake. L ame Jake gave some cru mbs

to the birds. T he birds sang and

everybody w as happy and h ad a

good time because they gave some-

thing away.

-Louise \Vilson

What does the law of conser-
vation of energy m ean?
It means that energy cann ot be created or destroyed. It is derived
from the sun . It comes in radian t
form . It chan ges its form to man y different kinds of energ y and finally becomes heat or light, but it is not destroyed.
- Herbert White

What is a modifier?
A modifier is a word or group of words that change the meaning of another word.
-Rosemary Smith
When is a sentence in its natural
order?
A sentence is in its natural order when the subject com es before t he pred icate.
-Fran k li n Dy el:i~
What are the essential parts of a
(Continued on page twe lve .l

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From the Primary Department

Hello there! Merry Christmas windows and watched the snow washed our faces and hands before

and Happy New Year to all our until the ground was completely coming to class. We also are be-

readers.

covered. Our teacher drew a snow- ginning to recognize quite a few

Life was exciting here in school man on the board and showed us classroom directions such as, Stand

all through November. Early in pictures of snow scenes. We talked up , Sit down , Erase the black-

the month we had visitors from about the things we could do with board, etc. We are becoming very

the Junior League School in At- snow and begged to go out in it. polite with our new understanding

lanta. They made a ~pecial visit to We put on our heavy wraps and and use of such expreSISions aa,

our class to see Brenda Padgett and went outside thinking that we Thanh you, You are welcome,

John Coleman, who are former might go to town for ice cream , Pardon me, and Certainly, but

pupils of the Junior League as it was Friday, but we soon de- our real thrill comes when it is

School.

cided it was too cold to stay out time for relaxation exerci~s and

We had a picture show ''The very long. We certainly had some- we are asked to run, jump, skip,

Three Little Kittens" here at thing different to put on our hop, fly like a bird. or walk like

school. and we went into town to weather calendar this time, and our a doll. \Ve have several of these

see several movieJS. Then came a teacher thinks that we will long in our collection now, and if the

wonderful Thanksgiving Day, and remember this thrilling experience. person called upon cares to show

after Thanksgiving a big snow.

-Doris Brannon's Class off his undel'Standing of the direc-

Soon, ole Santa Claus will be

tion, he has to do so very quickly

coming down our chimneys, and We have found speech reading or all the rest of us will be up and

we are now getting ready for our most interesting topic durin g ready to show .him how it's done.

Christmas. We are oo excited that the past few weeks. Since this is

--Jim Irwin's Class

we can hardly wait. .

our first year in school, of course

Each member of our class wishes we haven 't had a great many When we c~me to school in

for each of you readers the greatest words, but we have worked hard September, little did we realize that

of ChristillalS joys and that the on the ones we know . You would the calendar on the wall was for

Prince of Peace may rule in your be surprised to see how many dif- anything except the pretty picture,

heart.

ferent ways we find to do the same and the one on the blackboard just

-Stella Grant's Class thing. One day our teacher draws to use the pretty colored chalk. We

on the blackboard pictures of the have found out differently and

Everybody seems to be talking objects we know, and, when we know that both calendars show us

about the weather these days, and are called upon , we draw a circle about the da~. First, we learned

we want to talk about it, too.

around the drawing, a line under each square represented a day and

After our prayer and flag salute it, or color it as the teacher desig- each day had a name. We know

every morning, we observe the nates. Another day we might be their names and sequence. Then we

weather conditions. we use three asked to select a picture of what is learned the .day that had just passed

pictures. One shows rain , one sun- called for and then draw it on the was yesterday, and. the ' day now

shine and the other clouds. Each blackboard ourselves. Sometimes a iJs today, and the day after today

child ' goos to the window, looks row of pictures is placed on the will be tomorrow. We can show

out, and then points to the picture board ledge or in a chart, and we in the chart that yesterday is fin-

that represents the weather. This are asked to turn the pictures ished by putting the printed form

trains us to become close observers around or pick them up and hold of Monday crossed out over the

which is very necessary. After all them as they are named.

printed form of Monday not

have done this, one child is called We use some symbolf; called the crossed out. We can build in the

upon to show the teacher in which Alcorn symbols which represent chart:

space on the board to draw the the shape of the speaker's mouth Yesterday was

picture depicting the weather. This in forming the vowel sounds. We Today i s - - - - - - -

exercise helps us separate one day enJOY the exercise where these sym- Tomorrow will be - - -

from another in our minds, and bols are drawn on the blackboard \}.,1e can associate the days in the

better understand the passing of above our row of pictures and we chart with the days on the regular

time.

are given a piece of chalk with calendar and on the blackboard.

Now we want to tell you what which to draw a line from the Now we are counting the weeks

we did the day it snowed. Some !Symbols to the pictures of the until Christmas. There are too

of us had never seen snow because words that contain these symbols. many days for w; to count yet.

we live too far south; however, We can all point to the pictures

--May F. Glenn's Class

we knew /Something different was to show that we understand when

happening outside and were very we are asked if we have brushed Since we did not go home for

. much exci ted. We stood at the our teeth, combed our hair, or Thanksgiving Day, I will tell you ( )

- - -- T~ SC.HQ9L HELPER

December, 1950

how we sp~n~ the.. <;lay in school. When we changed our calendar
to November: we mar}<-ed the twenty 7third .m red .. Thts meant that it would be . dtfferent from other school days. Duri~g the qays preceding t~at c;l_ate, _p tctures r~p resenting the btstoncal occaston were enjoyed. From the word Thanksgiving we picked out t_wo familiar wo'rds : thank and gwe. The boys and girls in our class are very conscious of saying, " Thank you," when they ar!? given something. Now .we are thanking God for our homes, parents, friends, clothes. food, and school. The real meaning was made very clear.
After giving our special thanks to God for all our blessings, we had a new story book with ve~;y pretty pictures. We have had two >torie.'l which we dramatized ; so aII of us were eager to know the contents of the new book. The name. of it was " The Golden Egg P.ook.'' It wa s about the rab bit \~ho found a big egg and tried to imagine what was in it. He tried to .break it by kicking it. jumping over it, fossing acorns at it, and finally rolling it down a hill. While be was asleep, a little yellow duck pecked his way out. From then on the_y were good friends. This story was enjoyed very much because it used so many familiar words and actions.
Our dinner was the traditional Thanksgiving Day meal with turkey and all the trimmings.
We cqmpleted the day, by going to a movie in town. . .
Friday following Thanksgiving Day was a good qay , too. We recalled and re-lived the happenings when we wrote our news. To make i~ more enjoyable, in . a very short hme the ground was covered with snow. It became very cold and we were thankful to .be at school in a nice warm building.
-Miriam Minter' s Class
For two years now Cave Spring along with North Georgia and other southeastern states has puzzled over the noticeable absence of

Old Man Winter, and many voiced the opinion that the climate definitely had changed to a warmer one.
The chilly old man made a re'turn Friday, coming back in a twohour long snow storm, the equal of w~ich many old heads haven't seen m years.
The children and I were quietly going about the calendar work , vaguely concious that the wind was blowing hard and the clouds becoming heavier and heavier, but just as Johnny was drawing a picture of the sun on the day before to signify that the sun shone all day yesterday, the clouds let .go the most snow many of the children had ever seen. It would have been criminal to try to keep them doing the regular class work ; so they moved the African violets off the window-sills and watched the snow fall until .the ground was white. Some of the older children wrapped up and. walked t.o town while it was snowing, but we waited until after lunch ; then we went outside in ~he front yard and played for awhile. It wasn't long before hands were red from . cold, and the children rushed. back inside and to the classroom . where they settled down to enjoy the comforting warmth and to color some p ictures.
-Mabel Fincher's Class
Some children from Mrs. Finch: er's, Mrs. Casey's, and our class have hobby hour together on Tuesday afternoons. For our project this year , we are working up a rhythm band. After several practices of "trying out'' we have about decided on our permanent places now. Bobby Hughes likes the symbols. Sara Jackson, Dollie Bridges, Betty Jean Moore, and Peggy Ann Dixon are very good with the bells. Edward Clayton, Larry Lemming, Barbara Jackson, Melvin Dukes, and Jo Ann King play the triangles. One da y Marvin Hurto beat the drum , and he certainly felt important doing it. Ros,alie Nastasi and Delano Bryson decided they

didn't want to be in the band; so they joined another hobby group.
Our latest piece is "Jingle Bells" and the bells really do get a work out. Even though we must pay the closest attention it seems more like pia y than work, and we enjoy it.
-Gladys E. Carpenter's Class
Thanksgiving D a y dawned bright and beautiful. mocking the da ys that were to follow on the week-end when the thermometer plunged to a cool above zero-the official Crowe reading from a northern exposure To the delight of everyone we had snow Friday morning, and few missed the unusual opportunity to get out in it for frolic and little rough play.
As we said before, it was a pretty day Thanksgiving and we began it by reporting to our classrooms ai: 8:45 . Here we had our usual devotional lesson . Then our teacher told us the story of the First Thanksgiving. We looked at pictures of the Mayflower, a wigwam, a Pilgrim father, mother, boy, and girl, and a feast at which the Indians shared the wild turkey, . roast pig. fruits, and homemade breads and cakes. At noon we had our own feast of turkey, dressing, giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, tomato and lettuce salad, green peas, relishes, rolls, ice cream and cake.
In the afternoon we gathered downstairs and soon our supervisors appeared to take us to the show in town. We saw John Ford in "Wagonmaster." Then we returned to school for an early supper.
When spring rolls around, we 'Vvn t mind having missed our heretofore Thanksgiving holiday, f..:.r then we shall have a full week's va cation at home.
-Rebecca Crowe's Class
The day after Thanksgiving will long be remembered as a red letter day, for it was on that morning the beautiful white snowflakes began falling, so gently at first, but in such flurries at times that
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fHE SCHOOL HELPER

December, 1950

THE SCHOOL HELPER

Leonard M . Elstad spoke on the highlights of his trip to Groningen, Holland. where he attended the Inter-

national Congress of Teachers for the Deaf. Dr.

All communication should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.
Entered at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia, as second class matter November 1889. Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided in Section

Brown and his square dancers provided entertainment. The secret ldaked out that it was Dr. Brown 's birthday. His bakery staff presented him with a cake and all in attendance sang ' 'Happy Birthday. "
-Tennessee Obseruer

1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized October 31,

1918.

THE MID-CENTURY WHITE HOUSE CON-

Published monthly during the school year in the print- FERENCE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH

ing department of the Georgia School for the Deaf.

The Convention of American Instructors of the

. Deaf is participating as a National Organization in

JOHN L. CAPLE .... . ... . .. .. ....... .. .... Editor KATHARINE CASEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor

the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth.

MARIE KENNARD ... .. .. . ....... . Associate Editor C. G. TURNER . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . Printing Instructor

The purpose of the Conference is to determine ''how we can develop in children the mental, emo-

VOLUME 51

DECEMBER, 19 50

NO. 3

tionai. and spiritual qualities essential to individual happiness and to responsible citizenship, and what

For the promotion of all StateAided Schoola For the Deaf

physical. economical. and .social condition are deemed necessary to this development.

1. Improved recognition as educational institutions

The preliminary report was made by our Super-

with control in the hands of educational boards.

intendent, who is president of the Convention of

2. Sectional and national associations with accrediting American Instructors of the Deaf. She then nominated

authorities and approved measuring rods and standards to represent the Convention, Dr. Irving S. Fusfeld,

suited to each association, terminating in the highest Dr. Leonard M . Elstad, Dean and President of Gal -

requirements for membership in a national association laudet College respectively, also, Dr. Dan Cloud, First

for schools for the deaf.



Vice-President of the Convention and superintendent

3. A greater Gallaudet College serving the interests of the Illinois School for the Deaf and Supt. Fred

of all the states with special emphasis on research find- L. Sparks, Jr., head of the Central New York School ings openly arrived at and freely disseminated in pro- for the Deaf and Chairman of the Vocational Section

moting the educational interests of all the schools. 4. A full utilization of services that can be rendered
by the U. S. Office of Educa.tion in keeping with the spirit and purpose of its creation.
5. Federal equalization aid for education that will guarantee equal opportunities for deaf boys and girls in all states.
s. Utilization or a full-time state Field Agent an d
Placement Officer (or both) to loca.te and enroll deaf children in the State Schools for the Deaf and to work with _the Department in job placement and vocational r ebabilitation of ex-pupils and graduates.

of the Convention. All these nominations have been approved by the Mid-Century White House Conference Committee 'a.nd President Truman. All will be participants in the Meeting December 3 to 7.
Dr. Fusfeld was present at the preliminary Meeting Ocober 19 and 20, and asked toserve on the edtorial committee to prepare the recommendations of those sessions to the big Conference next month.
The Convention will have an exhibit depicting the work of schools for the deaf. Materials arc being collected from all over the United States. The exhibit will certainly be an informative ~ne for the f~ve thou ~

CONFERENCE OF EXECUTIVES

sand delegates plus visitors. -Tennessee Obseruer

The twenty-second regular meeting of the Conference of Ex~cutives of American Schools for the D eaf JERRY TRAW1ICK, 16, WINS SCHOLARSHIP

was held at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the

Jerry Trawick, 16-year-old son of Byrd Tra-

Blind at Colorado-Springs from October 16th to wick, won first place and a $180.00 college scholar'

20th.

ship to the University of Georgia in the 4 -H Club

The meeting was well attended with representa- livestock JUdging contest held in. connection with the

tives from the United States and Canada and the prin- livestock show at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta

cipal from the Territorial School in Hawaii.

last week.

The program, broad and full, permitted no time

Trawick, who bas carried livestock judging

for idleness. The social affairs were delightfully plan- as a project for the past four years, has placed second

ned by the superbly genial host and hostess, Dr. and for two consecutive years, in district competition and

Mrs. Alfred L. Brown.

has attended several livestock judging short . courses.

At the staff dinner on Wednesday evening, Dr.

-The Cedartown Standard

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Superintendent's Corner

I T was on Saturday evening that annah boy. as pastor and that she Wilder's Church looked after the Ernest Herron called our atten- felt the choice was a wise one. spiritual needs of the deaf of his

.

tion to the Then, over a long span of years, community. There shouldn't have

An Appreciated fact that the followed the wonderful fulfillment been any surprise that he visited

Christian

Convent i o n of her good prediction.

the class and came with a roes-

Fellowship

wal!l worship- It is generally conceded that no sage in tQe sign language. "Work

ping at the lawyer in Savannah will turn hard, work hard, work hard.'. he

Calvary Baptist Church t h e down Dr. Wilder's summons to said. as he came up the balcony

following morning. The Calvary defend the defenseless; that no doc- steps and into our midst in almost

Baptist Church! This rang a bell tor wll refuse his call to administer a dogtrot, despite his sixty-seven

in the far back recesses of our mem- to the physical needs of the sick years. We had hardly finished a

ory. It was a tinkling and pleasing ' -even to the meanest dere- word of greeting and an expression

bell that brought back mellow lict on the street, in his luckless of our appreciation of the class,

memories of forty odd years ago. home, in jail or just wherever he when Dr. Wilder called from the

The occasion was the 20th Bien- may be found. Stories of his good foot of the balcony stairs, " Brother

nial Convention of the Georgia As- deeds a~ so numerous that they Hollingsworth, follow me.'' We

sociation of the Deaf meeting in become legendary but, part of the had to trot to catch up and the-n

Savannah June 30- July 1- 2-3, man. And, they all could be so continue to hurry to llljatch his

1950. We had not fully made up very true. One of our favorite brisk pace. Before one could say

our mind to follow the Sunday stories is about the police sergeant " jackrabbit'' we were ushered into

schedule as outlined on the Con- making his rounds and finding a the presence ofthe primary pupils'

vention program, but as afore sug- pdliceman, on hiis beat. tagging assembly-a department Aunt Ida

gested, the announcement rang a Dr. Wilder's car for being parked organized in 1898. Following just

bell and brought in a whole flood of memories. Sunday's program

.&. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .'*- a tew words of introduction Dr. _ . ~{! ~ ""t7 ~ ~tJ ~Wilder ~id, "Tell these young

became an eminent MUST. It was

- folks something about the deaf

looked forward to with pleasant " Glory to God in the highest, boys and girls.'' Now we ask you,

antici'pation and growing excite- and on earth peace, good will how could a fellow talk interest-

ment.

toward men.''

ingly and intellingently to eager

It was recalled that the Reverend

Luke 2: 14 youngfolks, under such hurried

JohnS. Wilder, Pastor of the Calwry Baptist Church at Savannah

.&. ~ .&. ~ &. ~ Al!.. conditiom? We were hardly ~ ~ ~ 'Vl'. ~- "{J ~ warmed up to our subject before

was one of the most beloved men in . .

Dr. Wildu was beckoning from

all Georgia ; that three years earlier bestd~ a ftre plug. The sergeant call- the far side of the room and say-

the Church and all Savannah had ed htm up sharply and wanted to c~lebrated his 40th Anniversary : know if he kn~w whose car it wa~. that he was Dean of Pastors of all ~hen the pohceman prof~ssed hts denominati0ns in Savannah; also, tgnorance, .he was admo~ushed seDean of the Baptist City Pastors in ve~ely ~nd mformed tha.t tt was Dr. Georgia ; that he . bad conducted Wtlde~ s dar, to learn tt well and

ing again, "Follow me.'' Just as we caught up and started protesting,he literally dived into what proved to be his 8tudy. He handed me a 40th Anniversary Book at which to glance over while he, for

more funerals, performed more know tt was not to b.e molested at a few moments, engaged in silent

marriage ceremonies and made more any place or at any ttme. The po- meditation and prayer Suddenly

sick visits than any other pastor in !iceman wa.s then .told if he must he bounded up and boited for the

the state's history; and, that he was tag somethmg, Wtth a court sum- door with what now had become

probably universally known and mQns, to tag the fire plug, but a familiar refrain, ''Follow me."

loved by more people of all races never Dr Wilder's car. The infer- He ushered us into a little Chapel

and creeds than any other man who ence, of course, being that Dr. where a dozen or more deacons had

bas ever lived in beloved Savannah. Wilder .was alway.s <;>n an errand already assembled. He introduce<J Indeed, Ernest's announcement dem~ndmg top pnonty as far as us briefly and said, "Brother Hoi-

did conjure up memories. The first parkmg w.as concerned; and the lingsworth lead us in prayer." Soon

was of Aunt Ida taking two of her good he dtd. far. outwetghed any someone whispered, what I later

country nephews, who were visit- thoughtless mfnngement of the learned was, his cue to enter the

ing her boys, to Prayer Meeting La\\7.

pulpit. He bounced up with a mo-

one Wednesday evening, forty-odd Come Sunday morning we were tion for us to follow . Again there

years ago. She spoke well of right there worshipping with the were protests and confessions of be-

''Brother: Wilder" to us while we ''Silent Class" at Calvary Baptist wilderment. All that could be heard

w~re walking borne that night. She Church. How very appropriate and as he was hurrying along were

'Satd they bad ' 'called him,'' a Sav- how inevitable it was that Dr.

(Continued on page nine )

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Frorn the Intermediate Department

Christmas is a fascinating read-

ing time for all pupils. Children like adults again enjoy reading of

traditional Christmas lore during

the holiday season . Some of the favorite Ch~;istmas stories, sum -

maries and work sheets used in the intermediate department are listed

as follows:

K.C.

THE CHRISTMAS STORY

Joseph and. Mary went to Beth-

lehem. They stand in a stable all

night. God gave Mary a baby . The Baby's name was Jesus. De-

cember 25th is Christmas. Christ-

mas is Jesus's Birthday. Some shepherds went to Bethle-

hem. They looked for Jesus. They

found Mary and the baby Jesus.

Jesus slept in a manger. The shep-

herds came and stood near the

manger. They were very still.

They loved the baby Jesus. Three wi$e men lived far away.
They saw a new star in the east. The star was very bright. It moved.

The .wise men followed it. The. stiar led the wise men to
Bethiehem. It stopped. They found

Jesus.. They knelt and worshipped

Him.
Look up .theae words in the diction-

ary:

stablemanger.worshipped-

shepherdsbrightwise-

Fill in the blanka:

Joseph and Mary went to -------

Christmas is -----------,---- birth-

day .

. .

Some _.___ .-.. ----- were watching

their sheep all night. .

Some ------------------------ came and told them about Jesus.

Jesus slept in a -- ----------------Some wise men followed a____ __

to Bethlehem.

Anawer theae queationa:

When is Jesus's birthday?

Why did the shepherds go to

Bethlehem? How many wise men were there?

How did they travel?

RIDDLES I have a long white beard. l wear a pretty red suit. I ride in a

sleigh. I have eight reindeer. I bring little boys and girls presents. I do not like boys and girls who are naughty.
Who am/?
I am t;ljll and green. I have many pretty lights on me. I have many presents under me. All boys and girls like me.
What am I?
Some children went .to t he store. They saw drums, balloons, balls, and bicycles. They bought a pretty ball.
What kind of store was it? drug store, bakery, toy shop
I grow in the woods. I am red and green. People pick me at Christmas time and decorate with me .
What am I? I am yellow. I am in the sky and at the top of Christmas trees. I have five points. What am I?
I am many different colors. Boys and girls like me very much. They put me on Christmas trees.
What am J?
I am wrapped up. Sometimes am put under the Christmas tree. You give me to people you like.
What am I?
I am green and white. I grow on trees. People hang me in doorways . You can kiss the girl who stands under me.
Whatam I?
I begin with c. People sing me at Christmas time.
What am I?
Santa Claus bas some other names.
What are they ? St . N _ __ . _ K_ ____ ____ K,___________
There are other w o r d s for Christmas.
What are they? N ---------------- y ----------------
A CHRISTMAS CAROL -Charles Dickens
On Christmas Eve Ebenezer Scrooge sat scowling in front of his fire. He had on a dressing gown

and was ea ting a bowl of gruel.

His cheerful nephew entered and

called, " Merry Christmas, uncle.''

"Bah Humbug !" said Scrooge.

''What right have you to be merry.

You're poor enough. You. are just

like my clerk, Bob Crachit. He

wished me a merry Christmas to-

day and he basn ' t one sixpence

to rub against the other."

" Don't be cross, uncle. You arc

rich enough. Bob Crachit has

something better than money. He

has kindness and love. You could

help him. Tiily Tim, his little

son , is lame and needs help. Tiny

Tim needs milk and good food and

the fresh air of the country. Bob

works bard all day keeping books

for you. He works in a cold room

because you are too stingy to heat

it and you do not pay him a living

wage.

.

The nephew left and Scrooge

soon bad another visitor, a Christ-

mas Fairy . The Fairy sbowed .him

three things Christmas Past,

Christmas Present and Christmas

Futu~ .



Christmas Past was a peek into

Scrooge's Christmases of the past.

He saw himself (Scrooge ) a stingy,

tight-fisted old man who nobody

loved. He was very wealthy.

Christmas Present showed him

the Crachit home. It was poor but

the Crachits were merry and gay.

The children had just returned

fr om their work. They had to

work to help their parents because

Bob's salary was small. Soon Bob

came in with Tiny Tim perched

up on his shoulder. Tiny Tim held

a crutch in his hand. There was a

small goose for dinner. They were

happy but the parents were worried

about medicine and better food for

Tim. Their clothes were worn and

mended.

Mrs. Crachit complained about

the wages Scrooge paid her hus-

band, but as they sat down to

dinner they wished everyone a

merry Christmas, even Scrooge.

Tiny Tim raised his crutch and

cried, 'God bless us everyone."

Then the Christmas Fairy

showed Scrooge a little of the fu-

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THE scHOOL . HELPER

December, 19 50

He could be the hard, unltouvree.d old u.ghtw.ad or h.e co~l.d

help other people and ear!l t e1r

~~ooudghwtillh iamn da logivfe~..

The Fauy she would

had ex-

~benaenrgoeushiosnebaifrdbeswtm:agnytedhetaor.tchfaonrgea

it. Scrooge accepted her g1ft. He bought an ~n.ormous turkey

and all the trimmm_gs and took

them to the 'Crach1ts. He told

Tiny Tim's parents that he would

send Tiny Tim to the country

for awhile. He raised Bo~'s wages

and called ''Merry Chnstmas to

all" a8 be departed.

1. Scrooge thought Bob_ could not be

happy becauae
a. be did . not Jike JIOOae b. be bad t~ work bard

c. be did not have much money

2. Name four important charactera in

the atory. J, What Ienon did the Fairy want

Scrooae to learn

a. t.o help the lame

b: love and kindneu ia better

than money

C:. to give people turkey inatead

of aooae

4. Who wrote the at.ory?

CHRISTMAS AROUND

THE WORLD

Christmas is cele.brated .in .many

different ways around' the world.

Christmas cribs, with f1gU:res rep-

resenting the Holy Family. the

wise men and the shepherds are

set up in the homes in the south-

ern part of Europe.

In old England people went out

"muming" at Christmas time.

They sang carols. danced and

sometimes gave plays. ln return

they invited people to their homes.

Christmas trees came from Ger-

many.

. Christmas sheaves are put out

m Sweden and Norway for the

birds.

In Holland, France and Spain

wooden shoes are placed in doors

o~ windows by children hoping for

g1fts.

.



Huge Yule logs are burned on

Christmas Eve in France and England.

Midnight lviass is an important

part of the Christmas celebration in many lands and in the Catholic and Episcopal Churches. People go to church on Christmas Eve to sing carols and to worship.
The Christmas Stocking came from Belgium and Holliand.
The Cheerie Merrie Christmas and plum pudding came from England.
The legend of Santa ClaU's or Saint Nickolas, came from Holland. Another name for Santa Claus is Kris Kringle.
Carols are special songs for Christmas. People sing them in churches. An ~ld cu&tom is for groups of singers to go through the streets :and sing carols under people's windows. (Caroling)
On Christmas Day the Norwegians and Swedes go 'Y ulo-a-baching .' They go to their friends' homes for a short time and are served Christmas cake and candy.
" Christmas Gift" is a greeting often heard down south on Christmas morning. When two people see each other for the first time Christmas Day. the first person who yells ''Christmas Gift '' should be given a present by the other person. This is a favorite custom among negroes. Southern children like to shoot fire crackers at Christmas time.
A girl who stands under the mistletoe may be kissed.
The Christmas Star was a very bright star that appeared in Bethlehem at Christmas time. It led the wise men to the baby Jesus.
Chriatmaa . . . . . . . . of food for
birda ia put out in Norway.
In Holland Dutch children put out
. . . . . . . . hopina for gifta.
Midnight mau ia an important part
of . . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . churchea.
The girl who atanda under ... . . .
may be kiaaed
Pick out worda in the paper that
mean:
aak to oome .. ....... .
call)e ......... .
atory .... .. . . . .
CORNER-Continued those two words, " Follow me.' ' Then in a moment, we burst right out in front of a sea of faces and

knew he bad led us right onto the
Church's pulpit. By this time we were in some-
what of a daze, but expecting anything. Looking far up into the balcony we could see the deaf folk with their interpreter Mrs. Bessie Simmons. They looked as if they were a mile away. The effect, however. was calming. as the whole armor of our thinking was employed in preparing to meet any eventuality. Sure enough Dr. \Vilder. at the appropriate time, introduced us to that vast assembly, and in his way, which is ever a command, called for a few words addressed to his congregation. Keeping our eyes on the deaf in the balcony it became easy to briefly tell of two mountain-top experiences that had just been ours. One, of course, was learning that Calvary Baptist Church and all its people had opened their arms and hearts to the deaf of the city; and that one of the finest silent classes in Georgia was worshipping there weeki y. The other was meeting Dr. Wilder face to face for the firs.t time in fo.rty-three years and experiencing the living presence of the man whose dynamic personality and great accomplishments in the Lord's vineyard had previously been experienced second hand through the testimony of people in spoken words and on printed pages, Indeed, this was an appre~ ciated fellowship that imbued and. moved us as it has been cherishing and strengthening all those who have known their pastor, personal~ ly, for lo these many years.
Certainly, at this Christmastime, the angels in Heaven are singing beautiful Hallelujahs! to Dr. Wilder and the Calvary Baptist Church. They may not be heard by all , but the hearts of those who know and have experienced His love will be lifted .and they will sing a joyful refrain giving thanks to Him on high for their blessings. God help us all, at this season, to keep our hearts attuned to the Heavenly Choir.
This the blessed deaf can also
do.

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From the Colored Department

November is ''Thank You" giving morning. We had a play When Mrs. Griffith asked me

month. We have been busy making based on manners.

to make out a program for

posters for Thanksgi-..:ing. We Characters : The children and Thanksgiving Day, I really found

have learned some of the things to the teacher

myself lo!it but was willing to try.

be thankful for and are also learn- Time : The morning of Thanks- So I asked Delero Snead from Mrs.

ing a poem about giving thanks. giving Day

Menifee's class to lead the Thanks-

Thank you for the world so Scene : In the classroom

l:(iving prayer. Our class gave the

sweet ;

The curtain rises:

flag salute, and Catherine Gaskins

Thank you for the food we eat ; It is Thanksgiving Day and all of our class sang, A Tisket, A

Thank you for the birds that the relatives are at the home of Tasket.'' Mrs. Malone gave a brief

sing ;

Miss Jones. While she fixes the talk to us on "Thankfulness' ' and

Thank you, God , for every- table, the children get ready for pa1d tribute to our consultant, Mrs.

thing.

dinner. After awhile Miss Jones's Nelle Griffith, for her untiring ef-

Hlappy birthdays to Mary Robin- mother rings the dinner bell, and forts in helping us, and for her

son and Edna Faye Foster whose the children along with their cou- master touches of making every-

birthdays are in November.

sins, come in and take their places thing so beautiful. Mrs. Malone

Last month we had an attrac- quietly at the table. Then everyone concluded her address with a child's

tive circus border over our black- say s the blessing and. begins to eat. " Thank You Prayer... \Vc enjoyed

board. This month we featured T he blessing was led by Rutha the prayer so much that we are

Thanksgiving fruits and foods and Rose, and the make-believe turkey passing it on to you.

a shelf border of a circus and wild was carved by Alice Wilkins. An We thank you for our homes.

animals.

attractive bowl of fruits, nuts, and For friends who help each day,

We have learned the blessing this autumn leaves made the central For the food we eat, and the

month.

table decoration . Covers were clothes we wear.

Our Father in heaven

placed for twenty -four . After the Thank you for the birds that

We thank Thee for this food. Thanksgiving feast , popping corn, smg,

Amen. roasting peanuts, playing three Thank you, God, for every-

We have practiced table man- deep, and other games were en- thing.

ners, and especially before our joyed.

Amen.

Thanksgiving dinner. After the

-Helen Jones' s Class By the time the next issue of the

holiday feast, I checked the chil-

Helper comes to you, we hope . to

dren's behavior which brought out This is my first month as in- be able to tell you more about

some rather consoling results. structor at the Georgia School for our work.

Each report made one more the Deaf. I feel as if I were going

-Louise B. Chubb 's Class

helpful impression upon fourteen to school again. I am having to

little brains, " If Johnnie can be so learn rhe work and the names of We are studying about birds and

polite" they thought "so can 1." the childn:fi, too, but I am enjoy - learning the names of different

In the end I had every reason to ing it very much.

birds and their habits. The birds

feel that I had added another cause I find the children are interested we know are the sparrow , robin.

of thankfulness to many a mother's in nature and science; so we have woodpecker, wren , humming bird,

breast. The results made me realize chosen for a theme -------------------- blue jay. meadow huk, bluebird.

what a teacher's influence can We Want to Know--We Find Out. and redbird (cardinal ) . We hiwc

mean, especially if her power over We put this theme at the top of some attractive books about birds.

her little ones is welcomed and. ap - our bulletin board which has a In our room on the shelf we have

preciated by interested parents. shelf under it. As the children find a nice selection of real life-like

-Beulah Chandler's Class weeds, leaves, nuts, feathers, rocks , birds made of colored crepe paper

wasps nests, etc., we label each and and some signs relative to the bird

Our class has liad several new put it on the shelf. Then as the kingdom. Some of the signs we

and exciting experiences this month children bring pictures of pump- have are:

which we enjoyed very: much.

kins, persimmons, opossums, tur - " \Vhere neighbors meet.' '

There is a sand table in our tles, nuts, leaves, plants, etc., to 'No shooting.' '

classroom. On this table we have class we put them on the bulletin '' Posted by law.''

set up an airport and have given board and label each one. Often we 'Hunt with a camera."

it the name of the one in Rome, make sentence stories about the di f- "Be kind to animals.

which is Russell Field.

ferent things collected and brought We enjoyed the article our

To top all our experiences was to class. We plan to let the class teacher read us on birds. Mrs.

our Thanksgiving program which make a nature study scrapbook as Griffith gave us a picture and a

was held at eleven o'clock Thanks- an activity.

story of Menaboni and some of his

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THE SCH()()I.J HELPER

~

. ..

December, 1950

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._appy wtth
who

and J . W . Thomas Pilgrims - .. Eather Carson, Ros-
eva Kennedy, and Catherine

Mareen 1;ntbotnhie

kno
i~to

wus,..cwlaht~m,t.

At..huadt,.u

Mb. orn.

was to th0$e bef?re <~:~:. , . ' . .

. For our Thanksgtvmg pr;ogr~m

Cooper
Indians _Jo Ann Broughton, Marie Allen , and Elise Campbell . After the Thanksgiving feast ,

we -.presented a 011;e-act . p~ay: , . the Indians and Pilgrims enJoyed
a THE BIRDS' THANKSGI\.'_fr:'1G clarice.

The scene _was Thanksgtvmg We all know that necessity is the

Day in the w'oods and snow on the mother of invention. Most of us

ground. .



are familiar with the duties of ''a

The characters were a little girl silent butler" which we do not

named Mary and play~d by_ ~ari - need at our school as we do not

on Smith, Mary had just fmrshed Have any smokers, but we did need

eating a big Thanksgivi!lg dinner; coat racks for both girls and boys

walked into the woods- an,d began to .hang their coats on . So we

talking with the birds. She thought now have ' 'silent valets." These

the birds must have been h).mgry coat . racks were designed by Mr.

and cold when she had.enjoyed a McAfee, our cooperative vocational

real feast ,but she found that they director, and the boys made them

bad been .working and also feasting. under his supervision. We are de-

The bird characters were: light-ed to have them. Each class

Mrs. Sparrow .---- Mary N . W a!~ace. chose a ~ace for their coats, and Mr. Owl -~-- . ____Rayford Ohver each child is held responsible for

Mrs. Robin __7 __ Sara Ann Willis the. orderly care of his wrap in the Mrs. Bluebird __ Geraldine Vickers specific space.

Mrs. Redbird ____ Ltieretha Camp

- Lucille McCullough's Class

Costumes _ were . made . by . the

children: Each character wore a ln the last issue of the Helper

banner of white paper with the we were hoping to have more to

name of each bird printed on it. tell you of our travels to the dif-

Each child drew, colo.red , and cut ferent countries and getting ac-

out the bird and pasted i't on the quainted with the different kinds

banner. w~ : dosed. our . program of people.

with the following prayer:

We liave traveled through sev-

Dear Father;. hear : and bless era! counitries and learned many

Thy beasts and .sing,ing birds, things about each one, but we shall

And guard with tenderness tell you about only one of them.

Small things . that have no First, we will begin in America,

word.~.

our own country. We learned that

, . . . .

Amen. the people are both large and small.

As .ari after Thanksgiving proj - Their skins are white, brown and ect, we are making bird booklets black . They have black, br~wn,

of the birds we know and also col- red, .and blonde .hair. They eat

lccting short poems, stories, and well -balanced diets which consist

rhymes of the bird kingdom.. . of a meat or meat substitute, a

-Mattie Malone's Class cooked vegetable, a raw vegetable,

a starch, a .sweet, and milk. They

Our class dramatized the First wear wool , cotton , and silk. They Thanksgiving and ~ppropriate cos- use many different kinds of mach-

tumes were worn which made the inery for farming and manufactur-

play more realistic. The follow - ing, and pistols and guns as their

ing pupils took character roles as w eapon~. They have homes ac -

follows:

cording to their wealth and in-

Red Eagle ____ Charles Harrison come. Most of the Americans live

Red Eagle's Friend-Parris L ewis by doing some kind of work.

Indian Chief - Richard Reese For sports they play baseball.

Turkeys ____ Willie James Miller softball, golf and hunt and fish .

The climate is hot, cold , and mild. There is very little snow in some parts, but sometimes it rains for as long as two weeks without ceasing. Cows , sheep, pigs, horses. mules, rabbits, opossums, and many others animals are found in America.
We had a wonderful time visiting the different parts of our country.
Although we were enJoymg our travels through the country, we wanted to be home for Thanksgiving. We got back just in time to have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. We presented a beautiful program which was enjoyed by all. After the program, a delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings was served..
This month held many good things in store for us , and we took ad~antage o f each one of them .
-Hatt-ie S. Menifee's Class
A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Hollingsworth and her son, Hillis made a recent plane trip to Vallejo, California to visit Lieutenant Connor W.right Hollingsworth who was injured in Korea and is now recuperating at the U. S. Naval H ospital, Mare Island, California.
The rather sudden departure of our first lady upset the entire school personnel. Mrs. Hollingsworth, unlike her flying husband, had often expressed a strong preference for travel nearer "terrafirma."We felt that only urgent need had overcome her antipathy to air travel. However, she reported that having a former pilot, her son, Hillis, as a flying companion was most reassuring for a timid air passenger because he was able to explain all the noises and the usual flight procedure.
While Mrs. Hollingsworth and Hillis were in California we anxio~sly asked each day for the latest news about Wright's condition. Our hopes and spirits rose when we heard they were returning to Georgia. We kDow that Wright was definitely improved.
On their way home Mrs. Hollingsworth a nd Hillis visited Mrs. Hollingsworth's brother in El Paso, Texas.
To Wright go our very best wishes f or a speedy recovery.

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

December, 1950 .
- - - - ---..---- --- - -- - - -

PRIMARY-Continued

we could see only the snow when

we looked out.

The children were quite dis-

gusted w hen they came to school

because it was Friday , our day to

go to town , and the cloudy gray

sky gave indications that there'd

probably not be the usual trip to

town that day. Let it rain Monday

or \Vednesday or any day but not

Friday is the silent prayer of the

youngsters .

.

After the prayer that mormng.

I told the children I had heard

over the radio that it might snow

that night and for them to be sure

to look out of the window the

fi1st thing the next morning. They

were ;::Jl -excited about the possi-

bility of snow, but we soon settled

down to work.

We didn't work long, though.
for I think it started sn owing about

0 :3 0, and from that time on , it

wa s impossible to get all of them

se ttled 'at the same time. We did ,

of .lOurse , learn the verb, snowed,

and the adverbs, fa st and hard.

And , when several wondered if it

might be snowing at home, we

got out the map of Georgia and

decided that more than likely it

was snowing at D elmar 's home, at

Joel's, at Jane's, at Jimmys, at

Billy Brumbelow's, at Be tty's, and

.at Billy McCullough's, but that

it. was probably not snowing at

. Danny's home, at .Geraldine's, at

Bobby Cannady 's, at Ann 's, or at

Bobby. Jones's. It has been interest -

ing to check on. our guesses as the

let ters and cards from home have

come in since then.

.The children were confident

that with the arrival of snow,

Santa Claus couldn't be far behind ;

so, with . that in mind , may l take

this opportunity of wishing all

our friends a C hristmas season of

peace and happiness.

-Polly Casey's Class

November 24 was Barbara Winter's birthday. H er mother and daddy came to see her the Sunda y before and brought h er many nice gifts. Among them was a pretty birthday cake with ten pink

candles on it. Barbara's mother gave her four dollars to buy ice cream and other thin.gs for the party . We had a big party and enJoyed it.
The Brownie Scouts are very much pleased over being invited to take part in the Candlelight Service to be held at the Presbytet'ian Church in Rome December 10. Q uite a number of Girl Scout and Brow nie troops will be represented. Our Brownies are excited over meet ing the other Scouts and be ~ ing in this lovely and impressi"ve ceremony. It will be their first time to ever see a candlelight service. They have been busy making their candle holders and are counting the days until the trip.
--Jessie F. Jones's Class

\ll e had a busy and happy

T hanksgiving Day. Our program

was interesting and impreSlSive to

all of us. Mrs. Highnote told us

a Thanksgiving story. We talked

about the many things that we

had to be thankful for. We made

a list, and here are a few of the

things that were mentioned: home,

school, food, clothes, families, and

friends. We read and talked about

several Thanksgiving prayers and

poems. Then we had a contest.

We wrote words from Thanksgiv-

ing Day. Franklin Dubberly won.

He wrote twenty-eight words in

ten minutes. They were: in, this.

thin . than, as, and , ant, hat at, sink , sing, shining, again, ~ign,

thin'k, gas, any , ~S.ay, tan, hay,

thing, his, has, ask ink, kind, stay,

and king.

.

After a wonderful Thanksgiv-

ing dinner, consisting of turkey

and everything that goes with it,

we went to the show .

The beautiful snow that fell

the next morning made the

Thanksgiving season all the more

perfect. We wrapped up warmly

and went to town. It was quite a

treat for some of us who had seen

very little snow .

-Emmalee J. Highnote's Class

ADVANCED-Continued
aentence?
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The essential pari:s of a sen'tence are the subject and the predicate
, _ :---Jua,nice Duke~
Q. A tank can -'be . fiUe'd .' by ' oae
pipe in four lioun and :emptl.ttl : ~ another in fiye ho'\lra. Jf both pi...
are open; 'liow loDI' will it take to
fill the taak 7
A. Let x = number of hours it
would take to fill the tank.

4

5.

X

5x 4x 20

. 20x

20x

5:x:- 4x = 20 x = 20, number of hrs.

it will take to fill the tank .

-Herbert White
Q: A busine.. lot is in the shape

of a triangle whose base is 57 feet

and whose altitude is 64 feet. What

is the area of the lot.

A. Area of a triangle equals one

half the product of the altitude and

base.
A=~ ab A=~ 64 X 57 A=~ (3648)

. A= 1824 square feet



-Eugene Bagyett

Q. Mr. Anderaon had a corn field

that measured 12 rods by 40 rode.

How many acres was that? 3 acrea

160 rods = 1 acre

3

A. 12 rods

x 40 rods

160 )'480

480

480 rods

Wynell Godt.Vit'J

Q. A flaanel dress for Susan would

take 2 ~4 yards. At $1.24 a yard, how

much would the dress coat.

A. 2% X 1.24 =

I 1/ 4 X 1.24 = $3 .4 1

. 3 I

.

I 1

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3'.41 - Gene .Lanier

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Governor
GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

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

ADMINISTRATION

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

Janice R. Caple, Secretary Julian Tumlin, Steward Myrtle A. Johnson, Bookkeeper

Earl Cox, Engineer

Charles E. Owen, D. D. S. John M. McGehee, M. !:;..

INSTRUCTORS JOHN L. CAPLE, Principal

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervising Teacher Doris Brannon Gladys E. Carpenter Polly Casey Rebecca S. Crowe Mabel L. Finch ~!!r May F. Glenn Stella W. Grant Emmalee J. Highnot e Jim Irwin J essie F . J ones Miriam B. Min ter

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED DEPARTMENTS Mary P. Turner, B. A., Supervising Teacher
Advanced Department Katharine Casey, Supervising Teacher
Intermediate Department Dorothy F. Brady, B. S. Jack Brady, B. S. Connor Dillard Ruth D. Forbes Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Elizabeth F. Simmons, B. S. Gail Stout, Jr., B. A. Kathryn W. Williamson, B. A.

VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT John L. Caple, Supervising Teacher

C. G. Turner . . . . ..... . . ..... .. . . ......... Printing

Sarah F. Ware . ....... ...... . . Arts and Craft

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

Gladys L. Latham ..... ... . ... . . Beauty Culture

Connor Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoe Repairing

Annie McDaniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sewina

Russell Royston .... ... . .. . ... llarb .::ring and Pressing Geverna C. Stepp, B. S. H. E . . ... Home Economicr

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

COLORED DEPARTM.t::NT Nelle S. Griffith, Consul tant

Beulah Chandler Louise Chu bb Helen J olles

Mattie Malone Lucille .Mc L, ullough liattie S. Meniiea

THE SCHOOL

PUBLISHED AT THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR
THE DEAF. CAVE SPRING, GEORGIA
JANUARY. 1951 NO.4

THE SCHOOL HELPER

VOLUME 51

JANUARY, 1951

N0.4

SOME KEYS TO HAPPINESS
MINNESOTA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS, MAY 27, 1950

There are many things which I would like to say today. I would like to be able to pu~ together all the wonderful 'lessons you have bad here at MSD in such a way that you would remember them always. Of course, I c.\:lnnot do that. But I do want you to think of me as one of your teachers because we are going to think and talk about some lessons of life. I have called these lessons keys ; so I am going to talk with you about
keys to happiness. Many people for thousands of
years have tried to better understand what happiness really is and bow we can ;achieve it. Much has been learned about happiness. We now know that it is not found like you find money or other objects. Rather we gradually acquire happiness; happiness is a feeling. It is a feeling that develops and grows if we learn certain lessons. It does not come to those people who will not follow certain rules of living. This is what the wise men have taught us down through the ages.
What are these lessons or keys? Are they something which only the wealthy can have? No. Are they something which are only for the highly educated? No. Are these keys only for the hearing? Can the deaf learn these lessons? Yes.
These lessons are such that anyone can learn them and follow them whether rich or poor, whether educated or not, and whether you are deaf or hearing. This does not mean that these lessons are easy to learn and easy to follow. They are not; and those of us who have worked with you who are deaf have found that these lessons are even more difficult for you to learn. This is an important part of our lesson today. I want to try to explain to you why this is true.

By
DR. HELMER MYKLEBUST
One of the important keys to happiness is to be independent. The baby is dependent on his mother and father for everything. If he is not taken care of he will die. But he learns to sit up, stand up, then to walk ; he soon learns to eat by himself, to put on his own clothes and to do more and more for himself. This is how every child gradually becomes independent. If he is trained well by his parents he will continue to grow and to become more and more able to care for himself. Is this easy for us as children ? No, it is not. We like to be babies and children and to have someone take care of us in all ways. This is why being independent is so important to being happy. Many people never really get over wanting someone to care for them. Yes, they grow up in body, sometimes become big football players, but they have a strong craving inside of them to be children a.gain. Often they do not know what the feeling is; they just know they are not happy.
Now what about you who are deaf ? Can you learn to care for yourselves; to be independent? Of course you can but it is more difficult for you than for those who can hear. Not only because you are deaf, but because everyone, including your mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, think that you cannot take care of yourselves so they help you more than they should. Now remember, the more you have help from others, whether you need it or not, the less independent you are. Perhaps you are thinking, well what is the difference, is it not all right to be dependent on others, especially when

I am deaf. We must answer this by saying, No! The more we learn about happiness, the more we know that wanting to be dependent is wanting to be a child again; it is not possible to be a child and a grown up person at the same time. As we grow older the more we want to be dependent and like a child the more unhappy we are. As young men and women you must understand that, because you are deaf, your families, friends, and others think of you as being dependent ; they do not know how capable you are. You must patiently show them. You can do this only if you overcome your desire to have others take care of you. This is one of the keys to happiness.
The next key to happiness is what many wise men have called giving. You will see that all the keys to happiness are joined together; if you have one of them it is easier to get the others. Also, you realize that no one is perfect and follows all of the rules everyday.
What do we mean by giving? We can understand this better too by studying little children. The child gets everything; he does not
~ve anything to anyone. He is
given food, clothes, toys, candy and very importantly, he is given love too. As he grows up he must learn that he has to change from a " receiver" to a "giver." This is one of the ha~dest lessons anyone of us ever learns; it is a key to happiness that is hard to get. But it can be done and fortunately many people learn this lesson. You will learn it more and more ; just think how many years you have been getting things from others. First from your parents, then from your superintendent, teachers, house-

Tiffi SCHOOL HELPER

January, 1951

mothers, and others at this school. You, like all children and young people in this country, have been given a great deal. That is fine. We all want you to have so much. But now if you want to achieve real succ~ss and real happiness, you must want to give to others You must think of yourself as having been given enough. As you grow older you must see that you have had your share of help from others. Now instead of receiving sympathy, patience, honor, appreciation, praise and love, you must give these to others. It is right for the child to want to receive all these things, but as we grow up (just like with independence) we must be able to give up " getting" and to become ''givers.''
I said this was a hard lesson to learn. It is ; it is even hard to explain to you. Many people who do not learn this can think only of themselves. Anyone who is grown up and thinks only of himself is still acting like a child. He still wants everybody to give him things. He hasn't learned that one of the important keys to happiness is to be able to serve others. Your class motto is one I like very much because in it you can see this idea ; not only work and faith , but service to others; this is what I mean by learning to give to others. Your class poem mentions this key too ; the next to the last line is, "To measure what I am by what I give.'' Your giving is indeed a true measure of what you really are and what you will be. It is a very important key to happiness.
Another key to happiness is understanding. This is a big key; it has many sides and points on it. One of the important things you must understand about yourself is that you can be just as successful and honorable as anyone else. If you go through life thinking that you are bad. or that you are not smart enough, or that your parents did not help enough, or that you should not be deaf. you will not be happy. Many people think these things about themselves. They feel

that other people are better than they are. Because they feel this way they are always trying to beat someone else. It is good to try to better yourself but this should be done only by cooperating' with others not by trying to win over them.
Understanding yourself and others has a special meaning to the deaf. You must learn to understand yourself and you must learn the hearing too. Most of the people you live, work and play with will be hearing people: you must learn to understand them so that you can get along with them. Most hearing people never learn to understand the deaf. It is not necessary for them to do so because there are not many deaf people.
Wh.:~t does learning to understand .yourself mean? It means that when you are deaf it is easy to get the wrong idea about many things going on around you. It is easy to feel that people do not like you, or that you are not like other people. One reason for this is that hearing people often do not show understanding toward you. I have seen many examples of this. Many mothers of deaf children tell me that their neighbors do not like to have the deaf child play with the other children in the neighborhood. I have seen deaf couples refused houses and apartments because the owner was afraid that if he rented to deaf people, the hearing people would not like it. Sometimes when I have been with deaf friends, I have heard people make ridiculing remarks about the deaf; you see the hearing did not know I could hear what they were saying. As your class poem says, you must be able ' 'To look a cold world in the face."
Yes, you must learn to understand yourself well and very importantly you must learn to understand the hearing world in which you live. You must understand that although there is still much prejudice toward the deaf, the deaf are now being given better consideration than at any time in the past.

Life will not be easy for you but it will be easier for you than it was for the deaf who lived, 20, 30 40, or 50 years ago. Understanding is the key that kee'ps you from becoming angry even when people are not nice to you and when they sho,w no consideration for your deafness. You must realize tha.t they act this way toward you because they do not know anything about you and other deaf people. Understanding is an important key to your happiness.
The next key to happiness that I want to talk with you about ia what brave and wise men have dalled being realistic. This means being strong so that we can stand life's troubles witho.uti becoming sad, or quarrelsome, and having a " chip on your shoulder.'' It means that although the world is not easy and things are not just the way we would like them we do not become afraid to face it. Yes, even more than that, it means that we
do not begin to make a world otf
our own that exists only in our minds. In our studies and in our work with deaf people we have found this to be a very important key. To state it in another way, perhaps there are more unhappy deaf people because they are not realistic than for any other reason. Let me give you an example. When I w as working in a school for the deaf one of my responsibilities was to help the deaf boys and girls find the kind of work they wanted to do. One big, fine deaf boy always wanted to do something that would pay him a lot olf money: that was the only part he thought about. We tried to make him understand tHat he had to do something that he knew how to do: something that he had learned well. Instead he went out after graduation and said he could do work that he knew nothing about. He lost many jobs. But he did not become realistic. Instead. he began to tell people that he was famous. You see when he could not accept the world the way it was, he began to make an unreal world just for

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himself. This is unfortunate. W e child again. He cannot show real for others joins you to them. But

cannot make the world to suit our- ldve because he is not grown-up if you hate o'thers (hate is the

selves. We can do much to im- enough. Before he can give others opposite of love) you cut yourself

prove it. but it will never be per- love he must be given love every off from others. When you cut

fect . We must be able " To bear day for many years. Gradually, yourself off from others you are

our burdens gaily unafraid' ' as your however, he must learn that part alone and nothing makes people

class poem states. This is being real- of growing up means to get less feel more u.n~py than feeli,ng

istic. We do not pretend that every- love yourself and to give more love they are alone in the world. Love

thing is perfect; we know that it to others. W<e all need love all is the strongest tie there is between

is sometimes hard to be deaf but through our lives, but not in the people. When we really have the

we know that there are many same way when we are grown as feeling of love for others we do not

thiJ:tgs worse than deafness ; w~ when we were children. One of the care whether they agree with us,

know that everyone has troubles reasons that many grown up people or whether they have more money

and we do what we can to help are not happy is that they expect than we, or whether they are deaf

others with them. We know that their wife, husband, or boss to or hearing, we have a feeling of

we are not famous but we know treat them the way their mother connection with them anyway.

that we can be successful, honest, and father did when they were You see thils means we are never

patient and happy. We know that children. They want to be alone because we always feel joined

happiness comes from accepting " babied ;' ' they want the kind of to many people.

many difficulties and not from love they had when they were When you are deaf it is not as

pretending and trying to make our- babies. This causes much trouble easy to feel joined to others by this

selves believe what is not true.

and unhappiness for them because feeling we call love. Being deaf cuts

Yes, being realistic is another the world expects them to be you off in some ways. You begin

important key to happiness. This grown up in their feelings too, not to feel there are two worlds ; one in

is a key which is sometimes hard only to have grown up bodies. which the deaf live and one in

for you young deaf men and You see we all grow in three w ays ; which the hearing live. Of course

women to get. You see when you our body grows, our mind grows this is not true but you must keep

do not hear it is harder to know and our feelings grow. In my work telling yourselves that it is not true.

just what the real world is like. I see many people whose minds and The more you tell yourselves that

Although your parents and teach- bodies have grown fine but their there is only one world and that

ers Have done a great deal to help feelings are still like those of chil- the deaf and the hearing must learn

you learn what the real world is dren. These people cannot show to live together in it the more

like, you perhaps still have many real love; they cannot be really happiness you will have. It is

ideas about the world in which happy because remember I said hap - through love that you are joined

you live that are not true. This is piness is a feeling. We can have to the deaf and to the hearing.

one of your biggest problems. You crippled bodies, or we can be deaf, Our lesson is finished . But be-

must realize that being deaf does yes, we can even have poor minds fore I close I want to tell you

change many things and one of and still be happy. But if our feel- why I thought we should

your responsibilities is to keep on ings are wrong, if our feelin gs are talk about keys to happiness on

learning and find out as much as not what they should be, it makes this your graduation day. It is

possible about the people and hap- no difference how strong our bodies because graduation is a sign; it

penings around you. Being realistic are, or how smart we are, we can stands for something, it has a

keeps us from many disappoint- not be happy. Perhaps the most meaning that is not often under-

ments; it is an important key to important feeling of all is the feel- stood. Yes, graduation shows that

happiness.

ing of being loved by others. Wise you have passed your grades and

The last key to happiness that we are going to talk about today is called love. I said that all of the keys are joined together. This is true. If you are independent, it is easier to be a "giver, " to have un-

men have written about this key to happiness for thousands of years. What does love mean? Oh, it means many things. It means being able to give u;p some things in order that your family and your neigh-

that you have learned a great deal, but it means more than that. It means that you are changing from children to grown up men and women. That is why I want to talk with you about what it means

derstanding, and to be realistic. bors can have more This is called to be happy when you are grown But you cannot really have any of sacrifice. Love means that you join up. Now I will say it in two words, these keys to happiness unless you with others, with your family, ''serve others.''

have the last one-love. Love in- your school, and your country in We are all very proud of you to-

cludes all of the others and more trying to make a better world. It day, We admire you for what you

besides.

means that you feel joined to other have done to get to this gradm1tion

Let us think about the young pedple at all times because love

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From the Primary Department

It was good to be home with our relatives and friends during the holidays and very exciting to help decorate the Christmas trees in our homes. We thought Christmas morning never would arrive so we could open the gaily wrapped packages which Santa Claus left for us. He was very nice to all of us.
Now here we are back at school and ready for another year of work and play. We had a good time telling one another what ole Santa Claus brought us. John Coleman has twin calves at his home. The rest of us received dolls, books, gun'S, candy, jewelry, and lot of pretty clothes which we appreciate.
We were surprised when we had our first speech lesson to ~e that we had remembered everything we learned before Christmas. We are ready to make progress in 1951.
To all our families and friends everywhere, we send wishes for a happy and successful New Year.
-Stella Grant's Class
Wednesday, January the third was a happy day for the boys and girls in our class. Most of us returned to school on time and were glad to see one another again.
W'e were too excited to do much work; so we spent a large part of the day talking about and showing one another our new toys.
To help our teacher understand what Santa Claus brought us, we showed her pictures in a toy catalog. She soon discovered that we got dolls, doll carriages, guns, airplanes, cow-girl boots and belts, toy watches, pocket-books, comic books, bicycles, clothes, a~d, of course, candy, nuts, and fru1ts.
Santa was especially nice to us and we had a wonderful time at home; however, it is nice to be back and we feel that we should begin the new year right by settling down to our class work soon. Happy New Year to everyone!
-Doris Brannon's Class

Now that Christmas is over with its games and toys,
We are all back at work like good girls and boys.
We've thought about resolutions and have made a few
-wait jwst a bit, and we'll tell them to you.
Most important, we think, and you'll probably agree
Is to be polite to everyone that we see.
We'll remember to say, "Thank you'' when a favor is done,
And we won't forget, ''Pardon me," for that's much more fun
Than to have someone angry and moving away
When we'd like a game and are wanting to play.
There are more resolutions that we must not shirk
We'll form our letters carefully and stay on the line
And we'll remember the direction that says, "Don't sign."
About numbers and colors and all of the rest.
W-e now resolve to do our best. --Jim Irwin's Class
For several week\9 we h~d counted the days until Friday, December 15. Slowly but surely the days passed. When we packed our suitcaJses we knew then that it wasn't long. Friday finally came and we were very much excited. That morning we went to our classroom as usual and, to help pass the time, we colored some pictures of Santa Claus. After awhile they ~nt for us to come to the big boys' play room. We were so excited that our eyes almost popped out of our heads when we saw the beautiful tree and the many packages under it.
A very interesting program was given by the boys and girls in the rhythm band. The large children sang Christmas carols, and we little ones danced around the Christmas tree. Then our good friend Santa Claus arrived. He greeted us all and helped give out a few presents, but he had to hurry along and hand out some mote to the

boys and girls in the intermediate and advanced departments.
We returned to our classroom and opened our packages. We enjoyed coloring in our new boolt11 with our new crayons until time for school to close.
-May F. Glenn's Class
Birthdays mean much to our children. Each birthday means a cake with candles, an extra game or two, and sometimes a box from home. Last year each child had a picture of a birthday cake with a designated number of candles on it and hits or her name in the possessive form placed under it. When his birthday came one more candle was added. This year we are too big for that and when the question, "How old are you?' ' is asked we can tell you how old we are.
At the beginning of each month the birthdayts that occur during the monlth are marked on the :new blackboard calendar. When our Deember calendar was put up, we marked December 25 as Jesus's birthday.
After the simple Christmas story was told with the use of pictures of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph attention was called to the Baby Jesus and His birthday. Also pictures of the Wise men bringing gifts to the Baby Jesus were shown and the ~Spirit of our giving gifts to one another was connected with these pictures.
As we enter this -new year, we want to take advantage of every opportunity that comes our way and alsoto wish the best of everything for each of you.
-Miriam Minter's Class
The children had a wonderful time at home during the Christmas vacation and from their report~ on what Santa ClaU19 brought them, he left each one exactly what he wanted. Most of the boys got bicycles, boots, and cowboy suits; a few got watches. The girLs wel-. corned new dolls into their doll families along with doll furniture

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January, 1951

and new clothes. Barbara got a customed to leaving family and and his cowboy gift was a Hop-

piano, too.

.

friends .

along Cassidy hat.

After such a long play ttme, Santa Claus brought each child Two of Delmar's gifts were a

everyone seem happy to be back in at leai.Slt one thing that he wanted, pair of Red Ryder gloves and a

school. We expect to be very busy and we talked much about these Hopalong Cassidy ring, but he

people for we have many new presents during the first day back. seems happier over having been

things to learn.

Later our teacher visited the dorm- fitted !with much needed glasses

-Mabel Fincher's Class itory to see some few things we during the holidays.

were able to bring to school with

With Thanksgiving and Christ- us. There were beautiful dolls, lots

mas behind us and no holidays for and lots of perfume, and, on the

some time yet, we expect to get in boys' side. mostly guns, toy trucks,

some good hard work. We are and cowboy riggings.

finding that number work can seem Most of the autumn months

contradictory. We have known for were spent in review and getting

a long time that two and three are acquainted with new material, but

five. Now we are learning about . now that the exciting time of

missing numbem.. We see that three Christmas is over, we expect to

~ the answer when our teacher buckle down in the coming mont~

savs. " Two and how many make to accomplish our most important

five?'" At first it was hard to work of the year. We can do it.

understand, but at Last we have the

-Rebecca Crowe's Class

idea and enjoy number work more

Bobby Jones got just about everything he asked for, including a Red Ryder gun, a watch, and a kodak.
Jimmy's favorite gift is a pretty pocket knife which he removes from his pocket and plays with ~very time the teacher isn't lookmg.
Billy McCullough is another Hopalong Cassidy fan and got guns and gloves carrying that name. But, best of all, he says he got a real pony.

than any other lesson.
Mr. M. M . Allison of Hapeville has been very nice to Dollie Bridges and some of the other children in the primary department. He has sent Dollie oome books and a pretty

Christmas is gone, but the spirit
lingers on! Since getting back to school. all of us have re-lived that wonderful of all holidays for children in telling and showing what good old Santa brought UIS. Judg-

We mUJSt admit that some of us were just a wee bit homesick on returning to school, but the thoughts of spring vacation at home are sustaining us.
-Polly Casey's Class

green purse. He was at the terminal ing from the gifts we received, we 'd

station in Atlanta when we came back to school and bought candy. peanuts, ice cream, and drinks for
several of us.
All fall we saw pupils in other classes celebrating their birthdays in the dining <room. Finally :in December Rosalie Nastasi and Barbara Jackson had birthdays. We are looking forward to three birthdays this month. Peggy Ann Dixon's is the tenth. Melvin Dukes's the sixteenth. and Dollie Bridges's the nineteenth. Then February 3 is Edward Clayton's and February 12 is JoAnn King '~S. Maybe our class will be the envy of the folks in the dining room for awhile any-
way. -Gladys Carpenter's Class

1say that Santa really read our letters well.
AU the girls were thrilled over getting dolls for Christmas. Jane and Geraldine brought theirs to class where we all enJoyed them, even the boys. Geraldine was quite happy, too, over seeing her little baby sister who had put in her appearance since Geraldine left home in September. Among other presents Jane says she got a hearing aid and Betty and Ann seemed pleased in telling about their nursing kits.
Most of the boys received the popular makes of cowboy guns and clothing. Billy Brumbelow favors Roy Rogers ; so Santa supplied him well with a Roy Rogers shirt, pants, and boots, along with other

Our Christmas holidays were delightful. and the new year promises to be a most happy and busy one for all of us.
Ann Lynch, Patricia Edwards, Barb'ara Winters, Wilburn Dukes, Roy Garrett, Jimmie Bryant, and Terrell Leverette were here when school opened the first day. Inez Pollock and Donald Johnson came in that afternoon. We are all back now except Mary Ann Welch, and we hope that she will soon be with us. Everyone seemed glad to be back and had much to tell about. We have enjoyed talking about the Christmas holidays, and each child has been given an opportunity to tell about what he did and what Santa Claus brought him which,

things.

of course, brought in new language.

We had a wonderful time at home during the holidays. Most of us returned rested and happy to be back in school. One little boy shed a few tears, maybe because this is his first year in a school for the deaf and he hasn't yet become ac-

Danny likes the Lone Ranger, and two of his gifts were a Lone Ranger shirt and pants.
Among Bobby Cannady's presents were a Red Ryder gun and some football shoulder pads.
Joel is a Hopalong CaiSSidy fan,

Now that we have found out what each child got, I think we are all ready to get down to work.
We wish each and everyone a Happy New Year!
-Jessie F. Jones's Class (Continued on page eleven)

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

January, 1951

THE SCHOOL HELPER

All communication should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.
Entered at the post office 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.

JOHN L. CAPLE . ......... .. ........... ... Editor KATHARINE CASEY . . . ... . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor MARIE KENNARD ...... .. .... .... Associate Editor C. G. TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing Instructor

VOLUME 51

JANUARY, 19.51

NO.4

For the promotion of all State-Aided Schoola
For the Deaf 1. Improved recognition as educational institutions with control in the hands of educational boards. 2. Sectional and national associations with accreditine authorities and approved measuring rods and standards suited to each association, terminating in the highest requirements for membership in a national association for schools for the deaf. 3. A greater Gallaudet College serving the interests of all the states with special emphasis on research findings openly arrived at and freely disseminated in promoting the educational interests of all the schools. 4. A full utilization of services that can be rendered by the U. S. Office of Education in keeping with the spirit and purpose of its creation. 5. Federal equalization aid for education that will guarantee equal opportunities for deaf boys and girls in all states. \ 6. Utilization or a full-time state Field Agent and Placement Officer (or both) to locate and enroll deaf children in the State Schools for the Deaf and to work with the Departmen!t in job placement and vocational rehabilitation of ex-pupils and graduates.

The nicest Christmas presents we received were cards and messages from former teachers of G. S. D. Mr. Stahl Butler, with a brand new job, sends greetings from Lansing, Michigan; Mrs. A . J . Wiley, nee Maud Wimbish, is living in Appleton, Wiscon&in with hubby and two fine sons; Miss Sadie Stovall is assistant principal of the Beverly Mass:achusett's School; Miss Dorothy Wright is teaching in the Florida School; Mrs. Mead WOOI<i, nee Jessie Stevens, is teaching in the Alabama School; and Mr. and Mrs. John Gough live in Kelso, Washington. Mr. Gough is in the abstract and realty bu~iness and Mrs. Gough does professional Girl Scouting in that area and plays

in a six-piano ensemble. The Kesten;, (John and Mama) own land operate a paint store in Fulton, Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. Race Drake live in Little Rlock, Arkan~; Mrs. Stan Muslorski, nee Elise Sawyer, lives with her growing family in Midland, Pennsylvania ; Miss Juliet McDermott is the new supervising teacher of the South Carolina School; and Miss Polly Shahan is teaching in the Indiana School. Our old golfing partner, Olaf Tollefson, reports a new wife, a new home, a new car, and perfect satisfaction with the Oregon School. Mr. Evereett Ryle runs a barber shop in Augusta, Georgia.
Old friends are like old shoes-they make us
feel so comfortable. We enjoyed hearing from all these friends and knew some of our readers would be interested in their whereabouts.
In addition to these greetings, we also enjoyed cards from many former pupils of G. S. D. and associates in other schools.

Our 'acre of diamonds' is this host of friends.

Greetings to all of you and may the year 19 51 bring

you continued joy and happiness.

--J. L. C.

Lt. Connor Wright Hollingsworth has been moved from the Mare Island Hospital to S. 0. Q.
C-5 U . :s. Naval Hoslpital, Jacksonville, Florida.
His mother h\as been with him since January 1 and reports that he is doing fine. Mrs. Hollin~worth is also visiting with her sister, Miss Dorothy Wright in Saint Augustine.
The s.chool family and the entire Cave Spring community were greatly saddened by the recent death of J. Carl Reeves. He passed away at his home Saturday, January 13 , 1951 after an il.lness of several month\9 duration. He was fifty-nine .
Mr. Reeves was born in the house on the hill above the Georgia School buildings and lived all his life in this community. He attended Hearn Academy and was graduated from a law school in Atlanta. He waJs a one-time employee of the school: He was a veteran of World War I and served in France. After returning from the war, he began farming on a large farm four miles from Cave Spring. About this time he was married to Miss Cornelia Wilbanks of Royston, Ga., and they bad one child, Rena. Mr. R eeves spent the rest of his life engaged in farming.
Mr. J. Carl R eeves w~ an outstanding citizen and was very much interested in scho.ol and civic affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves attended every function here at school and Mr. Reeves will be greatly missed at our gatherin&}S in the future. As it is ~always in the closely woven life of a smal.l town, Mr. Reeves was a relative and friend of many of the present faculty and staff and he will be remembered by many former teachers, employee'S, and students of G. S. D.

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Superintendent's Corner

WE think the future of Gallaudet College is almost entirely

dependent upon

The Future r e commendations

of

made to Congress

Gallaudet by the Federal Se-

. curity A g en c y

based on the present study being

conducted under the direction of

the U. S. Office of Education.

There can be but little doubt

that the current survey bodes well

for the future of the college. Un-

doubtedly the scope and quality of

its services will be extended and

improved. Its magnified field of

operation will become more secure

as it discharges itself from the

guise of an educational enigma, in

so far as general education is con-

cerned, and comes under the en-

dorsement of the U. S. Office, a

national educational agency de-

signed to direct policies and coordi-

nate educational endeavor in the

IIJation.-This is something that

should have occurred years ago

since, following much dissecting

and laying bare, it is being found

that the operative behind the cur-

tain was not doing so badly after

all.

The continued international as-

pects of Gallaudet College is a moot

question as long as provisions for

the secondary education of the deaf

youth of our country are limited.

The college is international how-

ever, to the extent that it is the

only college exclusively for the deaf

in the world; and, that it does, at

the present time, draw a limited

number of students from the ''four

corners.'' What will be the future

in an international direction? One

conjecture is as good as another.

We do like the following summa-

tion disclosing current internation-

al services rendered by the college :

"DEAFNESS CAN AID INTER NATIONAL UNDERSTANDING By DR. POWRIE V. DOCTOR, Editor of the American Annals of the Deaf and Instructor at Gallau-
det College, Washington D. C. "A few weeks ago Dr. Hummel, Chief of the Oriental Division of '!'he Library of Congress was

speaking to a group of students from far lands at the International Student House in Washington, D. C., which is operated by the Quaker Church. In :his talk he stressed the point that it will not be art nor music that will unite the world but an idea, either spiritual or political that will, in the last analysis, bind men of all nations together. In order to get this idea, spiritual or political whichever it may be, individuals in the various nations must get to know each other, and one of the best places in the world to do so is on a college campus, be it in this country or in some other nation.
"One such college campus is on Kendall Green, where deaf students from four foreign nations have enrolled at Gallaudet College. Although citizens of foreign nations have been enrolled in the Teacher Training Department at fairly regular intervals during the past fifty years, almost no deaf students of foreign lands have enrolled. This year young deaf men from Sweden, Israel, Trans-Jordan, and China are enrolled in the college classes. A young Negro deaf boy from Texas is also enrolled in the college. A young woman from Thailand (Siam) who can hear is enrolled in the Teacher Training Department. As usual Canada has a number of students enrolled These students from foreign lan'ds mingling with the students from 43 states make for a very cosmopolitan atmosphere to the campus
''During 'the past summer Dr. Leonard M. Elstad, President of Gallaudet College, represented the United States at an International Convention of Educators of the Deaf in the Netherlands. There he was able to present many of the different phases of the education of the deaf as found in the United States and in turn was able to see many of the educational trends on the Continent and in England.
"For the last two years the students of Gallaudet College have
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used their Sunday Chapel money to send books and periodicals on the education of the deaf to many schools for the deaf in war stricken areas in the world. Many of these schools are virtually without funds and write letters asking for help. There is no definite organization in the United States to take care of such cases so the students at Gallaudet College have instituted what they call their own "Little Marshall Plan" to assist in a small way these foreign schools.
"Gallaudet College being located in the Nation's Capital has an unusually large number of foreign visitors. Many of these foreign guests are interested in special types of education and quite often come to Kendall Green to visit the classes of the only college for the deaf in the world. .The college guest book, which was presented by the Senior Class of 1928, contains the names of many foreign visitors from all over the world.
"From 1847 to 1864, The Columbia Institution for the Deaf was comprised of the Kendall School, Which was for the deaf children of the District of Columbia. In 1864 the institution was enlarged by the founding of Gallaudet College. F'rom 1864 to 1900 the greater number of the college students came from the East where the older schools for the deaf were located, but from 1900 to 1950 Gallaudet College became a truly national college, drawing in students from every state in the Union. And today, it is interesting to note that as Gallaudet College
is nearing its hundredth anniver-
sary it is gradually emerging irom
a national college into an inter-
national place for deaf students.
Thus deafness, in its way, is ma-
king its contribution to internation-
al understanding by bringing to-
gether young people on a college
campus where they may learn to
understand more fully the various
peoples of the world,"
-The Kansas Star

From the Intermediate Department

We all like to see our names in print and the intermediate pupils are no exception. They always enjoy reading of their own and their classmates' experiences. They had fun helping one another write of their experiences at home.
. -E. D . M.
Jerry Nix would like to be a big game hunter, but now he has to be satisfied with smaU game. Before Christmas he and his two friends made five rabbit boxes and put them in different places. One of the boys caught two rabbits, but Jerry didn't trap any.
Christmas Jerry got a single bolt 22 caliber gun and a box of long rifle shells. He went rabbit and bird hunting. He shot six different birdls, but none of them was good to eat.
Christmas Day Dorothy Anderson and her family drove to Norfolk, Virginia to take her brother, Julian, back to the Navy. They aU visited a cousin there.
Julian showed all of them over the naval base there. They saw many large warships, the Navy school.the dining room, and barracks. Dorothy was surprised that her brother had to stop at the gate and show his pass before they could get in. They all enjoyed visiting all the lovely places around the base.
Doris Jones, her mother, grandmother and two brothers went to visit their cousin, Betty, and see her new baby, Gary, December 16. Gary its a very cute baby and Doris liked him very much. She watched Betty give him ;1 bath in a little blue baby tub. He liked it because he cried when he got out. Then Betty dusted him all over with powder and he smelled sweet.
Betty Pharr got up about seven o'clock Christmas morning. Her family opened their presents before breakf.ast.Betty was so excited that she could hardly wait. The present which she liked best was a jewel box made just like a big cedar chest. Her little brother got a big truck. He rode it around and around all

over the house. Everybody had to get out of his way. It was a happy Christmas for Betty.
Jean Barrett was lucky enough to visit Daytona Beach, Florida, for several days before Christmas. Jean, her mother, and brother went there with friends. After the nice time in Florida, they went to Savannah and visited Frances Tatum. Jean said that Frances was just the same. She has not grown an inch.
Betty Anne Chadwick had two Christmas dinners. Sunday her family went to her grandmother and grandfather's home for dinner. Her uncles, aunts, and cousins were there for dinner, too. They had a fine dinner. That evening they went home and opened their presents. Christmas Day Mrs. Chadwick had a big Christmas dinner at home. Betty Anne helped with it. Her grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins came and had dinner with them. It was a wonderful Christmas Day.
Jo Ann Hornsby likes to sleep late in the morning. She did almost every day at home. Christmas morning Cynthia had a hard time getting Jo Ann up early to open their presents. Finally JoAnn got her eyes open and put on her clothes. Then she went to the living room for her presents. She was lucky because she got lots of nice presents.
Rube Collins helped his brotherin-law kill. hogs one Saturday while he was at home. They killed ~ive. It was very cold that mornmg.
Junior Galloway did a number of different things during his vacation. He went shopping in Atlanta on~ day. Another day he visited his silster's school and saw the boys land girls in a program there.
Don Smith went to visit his friend , Billy, in Monticello December 16. Billy's daddy is a policeman. Billy and Don went to the jail to see his daddy. He was watching the convicts in the jail..
Barbara Heath enjoyed being at home. She likes her mother 's cook-

ing. Friday night her family had a party for Barbara's girl friends. They had a lot of big balloons. They batted them around until most of them broke.
Dan Jones had a new experience. He had a ride on a motorcycle. He sat on the back seat of his brotherin-law's motorcycle and rode all over town with him. Dan had to hold on tight because he bounced up and down. The wind blew in his face. The machine made his teeth rattle.
Andrew Lee Harrison and his mother had Christmas dinner with Mrs. Griffton, one of their friends. There were twelve children there. All the children ate at one big table together. Andrew Lee ate a great deal of the good turkey.
Buddy Snipes got several nice presents for Christmas. He got a football and lots of firecrackers. He liked to shoot off the firecrackers because he liked to hear the loud bang they made.
Ronnie Herrington is very proud of the new flight jacket that he got for Christmas. It is good and warm.
Sara Christopher has returned to school. She has been at home since last May. She was disappointed that she could not go o.n with the B Class. She is in the C-1 Class now.
Wallis Joe Knott went to visit his cousins in Carrolton December 29. He had dinner with them.
Shelva Jean White enjoyed shopping for presents for her family. She bought her gifts in Bainbridge. When she got home, she hid them so that everybody would be surprised Christmas morning.
Carole Smith attended her cousin's wedding at the First Methodist Church in Atlanta December 3. Carole and her mother went to the Robert Fulton Hotel first to meet her aunt and uncle. They stayed with them most of the afternoon. After the wedding they had supper. Their bus left Atlanta at 8:30 that evening.
Betty Sizemore trimmed the (Continued on page eleven)

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From the Colored Department

Here we are back in school after a most enjoyable holiday season
at home. In spite of the excitement of the
holidays, everyone sems to have remembered what he learned before Christmas arrd is eager to learn more.
All returned filled with memories of the happy experiences and wanting to talk about the pretty toys and new clothes which they received.
-Beulah Chandler's Class
Here we are back in school after the holidays so crammed with turkey and good cheer that everyone seems to have a hangover of happiness.
It is difficult to get back to work after so many pleasant Christ~as experiences. Everyone was thnlled over his gifts.
We were re~ucta.nt about tearing down the Chnstmas decorations as they only reminded us that Christmas is another year away. We mu'St try to get our minds off Christmas now and get back to work.
We are going to try to make the rest of the term a successful one so that our teacher will be proud of us.
-Helen Jones's Class
Hello there! We are back in sch~ol after having spent the Chnstmas holidays at home with our families and friends. Santa Claus was very nice to us all, and we could hardly wait to tell and show one another what we got.
Now that the Christmas holidays are over we are getting settled d.own to our regular school activities. We have taken down all our Christmas decorations and put them away for another twelve months, and we_plan to begin the new year right by working harder on our bulletin board stressing our t~eme " We Want to Know-We Fmd Out.''
Six of our classmates have not come back yet, but we are looking f'?r them very soon. We are plannmg to do many things and ac -

complish much during 1951 and our sincere wish for everyone is a very happy and prosperous New Year.
-Louise B. Chubb's Class
.
During the pre-Christmas season we continued our study of birds.
For our December calendar we ~ed a Christmas tree. Bobby Watkms saw a picture of a Christmas tree with birds; so he drew four birds on our Christmas tree. We put branches of pines and Christmas cards on the shelf with our life-like birds. We already had one of Menaboni's pictures when Felton Young brought another one to school, and we made room on the shelf for it, too.
During the pre-holiday season our academic building was most attractive and festive looking. We had open house the last week and a great many visitors came. They all admired our birds.
For our Christmas class program we had the Birds' Christmas. The !Scene was Christmas morning in the backyard and snow was on the ground. The leading character role was played by Rayford Oliver who provided a Christmas tree with some extra sheaves of grain and \Suet for the birds' Christmas. Some of us have completed our bird booklets.
-Mattie Malone's Class
While we were at home during our Christmas holidays. each of us h~d a jolly visitor. Santa was very mce to us. When we got back to school, we had so many things to tell one another that it was very hard to wait our turn.
We each wanted to tell our teacher about the nice gifts that Santa had brought and those that we had received from other people, too.
We enjoyed every minute of the Christmas holidays.
Now that all the excitement is over, we are getting back into our regular school routine.
We are wishing for our families

and friends a happy and prosperous New Year.
-Lucille McCullough's Class
Since everyone wants to tell what a merry Christmas he had at home and about. all the nice things Santa left for htm, we would like to tell you about the open house ~hat was held in our school buildmg for our white friends and also about the beautiful Christmas play we presented, the annual Christmas tree, and dinner.
The first week in December found u.s as busy as bees making .preparatwns to beautify our buildIn~ for Christmas. Finally every-
thmg _was completed. Everywhere
t~e wmdows were sparkling and .ptctures of candles were burning m them. Each room was beautifully decorated carrying out the Christmas spirit. Pictures were drawn on the blackboards which reminded us of the many Christmas stories. There was a colorful tree and a nativity scene in the hall "The Legend of the Christ Child'; was hung, for it helps to warm our hearts 'at Chrilstmas time, and on each door there was a pretty wreath.
December 5 land 6 was open house for the entire faculty of G. S: D . Before the tour, Mrs. Grifftt~ st;rve~ tea and a variety of dehcactes m her attractively decorated office. Everyone seemed very much impressed with our accomplishments and were mdSt compli-
mentary.
On December 8 the faculty of our department was honored with a tea by Mrs. Griffith, and on the fourteenth the girl\S in the sewing class were so honored.
At the regular lunch hour December 14, a 'Christmas dinner consisting of turkey and all the trimmings was served. Beautiful red candles surrounded by cedar boughs were the table decorations. Wtz were delighted, as well as honored, to have our superintendent, Mr. Hollingsworth, and Mrs. Hollingsworth, Mrs. Myrtle Johnson, and
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January, 1951

MACKEY LODGE ENJOYS COMMUNITY PARTY
Mackey Lqdge No. 120 Cave Spring, closed its Centennial Year on Wednesday, December 27, with a brilliant community dinner and a delightful program. Masons, their families and friends gathered in the main dining room of the Georgia School for the Deaf where they enjoyed an evening of goo~ f~od, an excellent address by the pnnctpal speaker and an o'ld-fashioned
square dance. The invocation was by the Rev.
Brother Eldon Dittemore. Following the dinner Brother E. E. Perkins, Master Elect, presented Brother Herschel Mize, who has served Mackey Lodge as Secretary for 16 years. Brother Mize introduced several guests including Brother Felton Blalock, Pa.s/t MaiSter of Cherokee Lodge, Brother L. A. Payne, Junior Warden of Cherokee Lodge, Mr. Dittemore, Dr. J. C. Patty, and Brother Dewey H. W ollstein, Past Grand Master of Georgia.
The principal speaker of the evening was Brother John Warr, Past Master of Cherokee Lodge and Manager of Hapeville Baptist Home, Hapeville, Ga. B r o t h e r W arr wal<i presented by Brother C. H. Hollingsworth, Past Master, and Superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf. It was pointed out by Brother Perkins that during the existence of the School for the Deaf, the superintendentJS, with the exception of one, have been Masters of Mackey Lodge No. 120. Brother Warr spoke on the four ingredients that can make it possible for ~ to find peace and contentment in the midst of confusion and turmoil. His ''recipe'' for "Sleep on a Stormy Night" included Faith, Doing the Job W eU, Perseverance and Love.
Following the program the tables were cleared away and the young and the old enjoyed an hour of music and dancing.
-The Mason's News
FACULTY NOTES
Mr. Hollingsworth spent the

New Year's week - end with his son, Wrigh't , at the U . S. Naval Hospital at Jacksonville, Florida.
Julian Tumlin spent a day with his sister in Marietta, Ga.
Miss Edna McDaniel of Alto, Ga. , spent the holiday with Mrs. Dykes and Miss Annie McDaniel.
Mr. and Mrs. Caple and daughter Suzanne spent the holidays visiting relatives in Arkansas. Mr. Caple was happy to go on hils annual duck hunt. He reports a day of good shooting.
Mr. and Mrs. Williamson motored to Clinton, Missi.ssippi Christmas Day and spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Mr. WiHiamISon's family.
Mr. and Mrs. Stout spent a very enjoyable week with their parents in Parkersburg, W . Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Stepp spent a most enjoyable ChriiStmas v i s i t i n g friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Connor Dillard spent the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mvs. Walter Wade in Atlanta.
Mrs. Simmons spent Christmas in Atlanta having as her guests Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Freeman their grandson, Thomas Durham, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sawyer of New York City.
Mrs. ForblS spent a very happy Christmas with all of her children at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery drove to Gainesville and visited some friends and relatives there. They enjoyed a brief visit with Mr. and Mrs. Stratton at the Methodist parsonage there. The entire conversation was about " the good old da}'IS and the fine people in Cave Spring.''
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brady enjoyed their Christmas vacation very

much. They spent most of the holidays wth Mr. and Mrs. Forbes but went to Waycross the day after Christmas for a few days' visit with Mr. Brady's mother.
Miss Casey and her father spent ChriiStmas Eve wth relatives in Lincoln, Alabama and Christmas Day in Centre, Alabama.
Mrs. Minter and her family spent the Chri\stmas hoidays in Barnesville and Hampton.
Mrs. Grant accompanied Dr. Grant to Loui:s:ville, Ky., December 26 where they were guests of the faculty members of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for three days. Their daughters, Barbara, Kenna and Laura remained on the Shorter College campus in Rome with friends.
Miss Brannon spent several days in Chattanooga, TenneSISee and Atlanta with friends and relatives. She was very hlappy to have her brother and his family home for the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Irwin visited a friend in Atlanta during the holidays.
Mrs. Crowe's brothers, Floyd and Nathan Spencer, visited home at Christmas time.
Mr. ana Mrs. Fincher visited Mrs. Fincher's mother, Mr. L. C. Lipham in Bowdon Christmas Day.
Mrs. Carpenter spent the Christmas holidays recuperating from a severe cold.
Mrs. Glenn spent the Christmas holidays with her family, Dr. and Mrs. Leo C. Stine in Decatur, Ill.
Mrs. Hollingsworth spent the month of January in Florida. She visited her sister. Miss Dorothy Wright. who is a teacher in the Florida School for the Deaf at St. Augustine. She made frequent trips to Jacksonville to visit her son, Wright, who is a patient in the U. S. Naval Hospital.

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INTERMEDIATE--Continued Wednesday, December 27. Jackie and teachers will miss you but they

Christmas tree at home the nine- and Sandra danced and Jimmy and too are proud of you ; your friends

teenth. She put balls, electric lights, Donald blew horns.

are proud of you and I am proud

and tinsel on the tree. It was beau- Dickie Taylor got a fine new of you . We all join in wishing you

tiful. The lights we're pretty at bicycle for Christmas. He was very the best in your new life. A life

night. The family put all their pre- happy about it. He rode it all over which I know will be full of hap-

sents under the tree.

near his home.

piness.

Joe Wayne.Edwards had Christmas dinner with his grandmother Christmas Eve. All the grandchildren were there. They all sang, ' 'Jingle Bells. " Little Kay, one of th~ cou&ins. sang. ' 'Jesus Loves Me.'' Joe Wayne got a new rain -
coat from his father.
There was a program at the
Cross Road Church Christmas Eve. Daniel Reagin went there to see it. There was a large crowd in the church. Daniel got two presents

There is a new girl in the D Class. Her name is Barbara Ann Alexander and she is nine years old. She attended public school in Summerville before coming to G. S. D.
Among her many presents Bonnie (Yvonne) Travis got a xylophone. She enjoyed playing it because it made pretty music.
Milton Saunders got a BB gun for Christmas. He also got a nice suitcase.

PRIMARY-Continued All except Joyce, Franklin and
Jimmy were back in school th; first day after our Christmas vacation. Each ,of UlS had a wonderful time at home and want to thank our families and friends for everything they did for us.
Now that the new year 1951. has begun our thoughts ar~ turned

that evening. He got a handker- Maureen Jones and her family toward ways in which we can im-

chief and some socks from two of got a little puppy dog from its prove ourselves. We shall try to

his friends.

home December 16. They named it work harder in school and to make

Brooks Blankenship b o u g h t some fireworks December 18 . He took them home and lighted some sparklers and held them until they burned down. His little dog, Sady, ran into the house because she was afraid. Brooks got cold so he went into the house and warmed his hands over the stove.
Claude Butler and his friend worked on a motorbike several days. It would not stay fixed. So December 29 Claude and his friend

Pug. Maureen is worried because it may grow to be a big dog before she gets home again.
Alvin White and Clinton played basketball at the Lenard Gym in Lindale several times. They went there Christmas afternoon. They were disappointed that it was closed.
One day the rain made ice. Alvin fell on the steps when he went out.
Clarene King had two visitors. Annette and Evelyn, one evening

better use of our time. We shaU try to be more polite and courteous and try to remember our manners. We shall try to be neater and cleaner in our appearance and to do our part in keeping our dormitories and school room clean and attractive. We shall try to be obedient and to accept correction graciously. We shall try to be good sports at all times, to be happy. and to make other people happy.
-Emmalee Highnote's Class

decided to buy a new motorbike. before Christmas. Mr. King helped

They were each going to pay half them shoot off some fireworks that COLORED-Continued

and own the bike together. They night.

Mr. Julian Tumlin as dinner guests

went to Waycross, but they Christmas Clarene got a basket- of Mrs. Griffith.

couldn't find one in town.
Charles Wilson got a pistol jetplane for Christmas. He liked to shoot the pistol and watch the jetplane zoom through the air. There

ball goal and a lot of other nice presents.
Jadie Norris helped his family in many ways during his vacation. He took care of his own room. He

Preceding the Christmas tree
a pantomime was presented entitled ' 'The Four Gifts.' The characters were:

was a big spring in the pistol to carried in coal and wood for his The Wise Men .. . ... Parris Lewis

shoot the plane off.

grandfather. He went to his grand-

Charles Harrison

J . M. Thacker likes cake and his mother makes fine cakes. One Sun-

father's grocery store and carried several trays of drinks for his fam-

Willie Miller Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delero Snead

day they had four different kinds ily.

Mary ............ Charlie Printup

of cake. J. M. ate some of all four. Kate May Rogers will return to The Shepherd Boy ............. .

Patsy Sims went driving several evenings with her family and friends to see the Christmas trees and decorations in Atlanta, East Point, and College Park.

school soon. She had to have a slight operation and was not able to return to school on time.
SOME KEYS-Continued

Billy Lee Hawkins
After the play Delero Snead and Bennie Cook pa~ed the gifts. Everyone was a glad recipient of two or more gifts.

Sandra Baker went to a party day. I know your superintendent

-Hattie Menifee's Class

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HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Governor
GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

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

ADMINISTRATION

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

Janice R. Caple, Secretary Julian Tumlin, Steward Myrtle A. Johnson, Bookkeeper

Earl Cox, Engineer

Charles E. Owen, D. D. S. John M. McGehee, M, !:;..

INSTRUCTORS JOHN L. CAPLE, Principal

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervising Teacher Doris Brannon Gladys E. Carpenter Polly Casey Rebecca S. Crowe Mabel L. Fincher May F. Glenn Stella W. Grant Emmalee J. Highnote Jim Irwin Jessie F. Jones Miriam B. Minter

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED DEPARTMENTS Mary P. Turner, B. A., Supervising Teacher
Advanced Department Katharine Casey, Supervising Teacher
Intermediate Department Dorothy F. Brady, B. S. Jack Brady, B. S. Connor Dillard Ruth D. Forbes Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Elizabeth F. Simmons, B. S. Gail Stout, Jr., B. A. Kathryn W. Williamson, B. A.

VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT John L. Caple, Supervising Teacher

C. G. Turner ............................. Printing

Sarah F. Ware .... .. ..... . ... . Arts and Craft

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

Gladys L. Latham .. ............ Beauty Culture

Connor Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoe Repairing

Annie McDaniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sewine

Ruell Royston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbering and Pressing Geverna C. Stepp, B. S. H. E. . . . . Home Economicr

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

COLOkED DEPARTMENT Nelle S. Griffith, Consultant

Beulah Chandler Louise Chubb Helen Jones

Elvira C. Bray Lucille McCullough Hattie S. Menifee

lL>inbttVaertlaslDW of GeoTr\
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PUBLISHED AT THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR
THE DEAF, CAVE SPRING, GEORGIA

FEBRUARY, 1951

VOL. 51

NO. 5

Spring Vacation
MARCH 24 - APRIL 1
Parents are asked not to call or send for their children until AFTER the close of school on FRIDAY, March 23. Pupils are expected to arrive back in school on Sunday, April 1, or not later than 8 A. M . Monday morning, April 2.

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NO.5

On T eaching the Abstract to the Deaf*

One of the interesting things connected with the work on the American Annals of the Deaf if> the reading of the various newsp:1pers and journals that come in the mail. Recently I was particularly interested in a pamphlet, " The Story of Helen Keller's Visit to Queensland" in Australia. Durin g an interview in Adelaide, Miss Keller made the following remarks:
If I could live again I should do much more than I have for the
deaf. I have found deafn ess to be a much greater handicap than
blindness. In advancing years I have grown closer to the deaf because I have come to regard hearing as the key sense. Deafness, by fettering the powers of utterance,
cheats many of their birthright to knowledge. A child born deaf cann ot learn easily b ecause he can hear nothing to imitate. It is defi-
nitely harder for the deaf to grasp concrete facts, much less
ponder on the abstract.
I was struck by the sentence " It is definitely harder for the deaf to grasp concrete facts, much less ponder on the abstract.'' At Gallaudet College we have the opportunity of seeing the language work of deaf students from many schools and classes for the deaf, and the results of a number of different systems of language teaching as used in schools and cla&Ss for the deaf in the United States and in Canada ; and from my own personal experience I certain! y would agree with Miss Keller that teaching the abstract to the deaf is just about the most difficult phase in their education. It is not a matter of training. It is a
*A paper presented on July 28, 1950, at Northwestern University,
Evanston, Illinois. The author is the editor of the American Annals
of the Deaf and a professor at Gallaudet College.

By POWRIE V. DOCTOR, Ph.D.
matter of education, and especially, I believe, a m atter of teaching language.
Aside from teaching the deafblind, the teaching of the deaf child is the most difficult job in the field of teaching. I refer, in general, to the child who has become deaf before acquiring language. And I believe that the teaching of langu- age to such a deaf child is even more difficult than the exhausting job o.f teaching him speech.
In the April. 1950, issue of The Vo lta R euiew , appeared an editorial b y Miss Josephine B. Timberlake entitled ' 'What is the Deaf Child 's Grea test N eed? ' ' Miss T imberlake says.
Almost anyone who is asked this question, if he has had no contact with t he education of the deaf, will r eply immediately, ''Speech."
That answer is wrong. The correct reply is "Language."
"But," protested a bewildered parent r ecently, "aren 't speech and lang uage the same thing'!"
Speech and language are by no means the same thing, and language is by far the more important of t he two. Let us think about it a little.
In order to function as a human being among other human beings, every person must have a means of co mmunication. Without it he cannot express his thoughts, cannet under stand the thoughts of ethers, a nd usually cannot prove to others that he is able to think. This means of communication is n ot n ecessarily speech, invaluable though speech is.
No matter in what kind of school a deaf child has been educated, what happens afterwards when he meets a person unfamiliar with the deaf?
He must communicate. If he has

learned to speak intelligibly, he
commmunicates in spoken langu-
age. If he has no speech, or if his
speech is poor and he cannot make
himself understood, he must write.
Whether in speech or in writing, he
must be able to put words together
in a way that makes sense. In other
words, he must have language. Occasionally one meets a well
educated deaf person who has
never learned to speak at all. With
pencil and paper he can express his
thoughts readily, sometimes in ex-
cellent colloquial English. He can
communicate without difficulty
with any English-using person who
can read and write and will take
the time to do so. All who know
him recognize him as a thinking,
participating member of society,
though hampered and slowed down
by his inability to speak and to un-
derstand speech. He functions as a
responsible citizen for one reason:
he has language.
In regard to this statement, I might add that in teaching speech and speechreading we all rely to a great extent on memory and imitation, whereas in teaching language, we must not only teach the mechanics of grammar, spelling, and tense, which depend to an extent on pure memory, but we must also, or at least we should, teach a deaf child how to think. It has been well said., ' 'Clear thinking lead~ to clear writing,'' and I am wondering if some of the poor English which we have in our classes of deaf pupils today is not possible because we, as teachers of the deaf. have dwelt too much and too long on attempting to get a readable sentence, whether or not the pupil understands what he has written.
We have been giving standard tests at Gallaudet College for over twenty years. The results form a fairly clear pattern. The average deaf student often surpasses his

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hearing companion in spelling and frequently is on a par with him in grammar. But in the test on paragraph meaning he falls considerably below his hearing associates. Why is this true?
I might attempt to classify the reasons somewhat as follows :
1. As a teacher of English 1 find it far less exHausting to correct spelling and grammar than to try and decipher some of the "deafy" language all of us get in our classes. There is virtually nothing more relaxing for a teacher of the deaf than on a Friday afternoon, after being confronted with a sentence devoid of all form and meaning, to hear the bell ring for dismissal and be able to say, "We will take that sentence next Monday!"
Many subjects can be taught by illustration and example, but how is a teacher going to correct ideas except by bringing in more ideas, which in all probability, will confuse the issue still further! And, generally speaking. if he does present another idea to help illustrate the first point, the various members of the class will have such varying backgrounds as to make one explanation almost impossible. for all. Yet it is this very thing which I believe is our greatest problem in the average school or class for the deaf. What is the answer? I have not the slightest idea. However, I do believe one approach is to start as early as possible to teach more extensively by comparison and by contrast. We all tend to become so factual in our teaching of the deaf. We are sometimes more anxious to get across facts than we are to develop reasoning powers. The abstract is so much more difficult to explain than the concrete.
It is easy to teach the word " fish,'' because we can point to a fish in a bowl or in a picture, but it takes far more patience and ingenuity to teach the word "forgive,'' because all too often any il lustration of the word "forgive" leaves the deaf child with the impression that everything is going out and nothing is coming in. We

frequently hear teachers of the dea f say that the pupils progreS\SI so well up to the beginnin g of the Intermed iate Department and then the y take a slump. One possible explanation is that more subjects are re quired , another that tex tbooks are being used more extensively, and there are various other an~we rs. I believe the reason might be that it is easier to show improvement by concrete word lists and very simple sentences than by abstract words and the use of compound and complex sentences. Also, I be lieve there i'S a strong possibility that the over-use of special language systems used in teaching the deaf, such as the Fitzgerald Ke y, the Wing Symbols, etc may have a tendency to make our deaf pupils more concrete in their thinking th an h earin g pupils. We are confronted by the concrete versus the abstract.
I believe too much use is be-
ing made of ''True and Fal\Se" ques-
tions, 'Fill in .the Blank'' questions, and " Completion". questions. They have their place, and "what'' questions certainly are far easi er to grade than sentences stressing ' 'why" and ''how,' ' but I am wondering if they are not responsible for some of the extremely concrete thinking on the part of many of our deaf pupils. Such questions sometimes tend to l.eave the pupil with the impression that there is an answer for every question all wrappld up in cellophane. During this last year. in our American Civilization course, we took up eight specific problems. The Sophomores seemed quite upset when neither the textbook nor the instructor would give a ready made answer to each problem. There were no blanks to fill in. It is quite a maturing experience for students to realize that the answer cannot be fo und in the back of the book or in the bead of the teacher. I believe we should start very early in the grades by stressing the point that teachers do not know all the answers. It mi ght be a good idea sometime on a cold snowy day to

show our students the weather fore.
cast :Fair and Warmer" in the
mormng paper.
3. I believe that as teachers of the deaf we have a tendency to give up finally and tell the pupils the
answers. I know I do. And sometimes by the time I finish explaining the meaning of all the words iq a paragraph, either the bell rinaor I have forgotten the main point in the paragraph myself. I believe
we should attempt to allow the
pupils to infer meanings much
more than we do. It is slow. It is tedious. However, I believe it is a
way toward encouraging thinking on the part of the individual pupil.
Thus I would sum up three ways in which we may approach the problem of teaching the abstract in our language studies:
First, attempt to ask more questions that require comparison, contrast, and analysis,. Give a short essay or story to be read, and ask the pupils to write compositions of their own, using the same pattern as found in what they have read, but drawing on their own experiences. Give two stories to the class. Ask them to make a list of all the thin gs that are alike in the stories and another list of all the things that are unlike. Try to get across the idea of a pattern in a story. One way to do this is by scanning poetry and showing the pattern in it.
Secondly, try to teach more ideas and less facts. In social studies place less stress on dates, names and battles, and ask more questions be ginning with " why" and ''how'' and less with "what." A void an
over-use of true and false questions. Thirdly, do not give all the ans
wers in cla\SS, and even let some questions go unanswered. We must let the pupils realize that a problem does not necessarily have an answer, or that there may be more than one answer.
This inability on the part of the deaf to comprehend the abstract carries over, I believe, into th~ vo cational field. I remember speaking once to a member of a large Motor

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Company who had under his jur-

''Sdiction quite a number of deaf

1 mployees . :wod out :

He said first, the

tiwn~obilitthyingosf

the deaf to grasp meanmg from

charts, diagrams, and blueprints.

words which the students already know, rather than new ones which have a slightly different meaning. The word ''adoration" generally becomes " love ;" yet we all know there is a difference in meaning.

Regarding the inability of the deaf Likewise, the word ''detest'' gento follow directions, he pointed erally becomes "hate'' almost in-

out that the deaf as a rule had a stantly, although they differ tendency to follow directions ex- slightly in meaning. In such trans-

actly to the letter, often to the lations we may tend to make our word , but less often to the sentence, pupil~S still more concrete in their and still less often to the para- thinking. Mrs. Alexander Graham

graph. I wonder if this weakness might not be traced to the classroom. It takes us a long time to build up a word in speech or in language or in reading. The carryover from elements, to words, to

Bell, deaf from the age of four, said that her teacher, Miss True, never once ' 'talked down'' to her. Miss Edith Nelson, who was deaf and for many years on the faculty at Gallaudet College, said she always

sentences, is a tedious process, and divided the speakers in the college to get to the paragraph is even assemblie<s 'into two groups ; those

more tedious, and to get to the who, because the audience was

main idea of the paragraph is quite made up of deaf people, used words

another point. This depends on of one syllable; and those who, re-

reasoning an,d quite often on the gardless of the fact that the audiforming of an abstract idea. It was ence was deaf, used words just as this very weakness which this man- they would in any speech to a

ager from the Motor Company group of hearing people.

stressed.
Secondly, he mentioned the inability of the deaf to grasp meaning from charts, diagrams, and blueprints. He remarked that in many factories today more and more information is conveyed by these means. W e notice this also from reading the neWISipapers and textbooks of today. I am wonder-

Dr. Gladys S. Pugh has said:
There is some evidence that deaf children have often become more efficient in reading study type material than in reading recreational or narrative types, which is not generally true for hearing children. Many deaf children are especially weak in ability to do efficient skimming.

ing if more map work would not help in this matter. A map is an

I am wondering if Dr. Pugh has not touched quite accurately one

abstract idea of a very concrete thing. Road maps would offer great assistance. I also believe that art work, especially plain free hand drawing, would be quite an asset. Anything which helps to develop

particular phase of our teaching. So much of the reading that our deaf students do comes from textbooks and textbooks only. We say "but we do try to get them to read outside of class,'' but so often it

the imagination should help to develop abstract ideas or the ability to grasp abstract idealS. I believe that in this particular phase of language work we have a most direct connection with the vocational department in schools and classes for the deaf.

. results only in reading the comics or the spor~ page. I have often wondered if it might not be a good idea to read more plays in school. I know we make use of plays in our assembly programs, but what I have in mind is making use of them in class as reading material. The

Sometimes I believe that thli.s

literal mindedness of so many of

*Pugh, Gladys S. "Teaching

our deaf students is accentuated in Reading t o the Deaf," Am. Ann.

our schools. We tend to use the of the Deaf, Vol. 90, No. 2, p. 183.

little magazine, Plays, published at 8 Arlington St., Boston, Mass., wo!.u1d meet this need in many
ways, I believe. It gives plays for
Junior High and older groups. for intermediates, for primary grades, and for vocational guidance. Inasmuch as deaf people cannot hear the conversation of hearing peo-ple, why not give them virtually the same thing in plays? It certainly should help in the idiomatic English which proves to be such a stumbling block for the deaf pupil. I am wondering, if our pupils read more articles containing conversation by hearing people, if it might not help them to become more proficient in recreational and narrative types of teading, and possibly a bit more abstract in their thinking. Also, I believe that if our students read more conversation it might help them to become more proficient in reading the lips. We all know that each of us makes use of three vocabularies: a reading vocabulary, a writing vocabulary. and a speaking vocabulary. Too often we use the reading and writing vocabulary in our teaching, and then wonder why it is difficult for pupils to understand a conversation outside of the classroom. Too often, I believe, it is because we have shifted to a new vocabulary, which we have overlooked in teaching. It seems to me that a greater empha&s on the speaking vocabulary of hearing people as found in plays might help a deaf child. As Olga Bridgman has said, a deaf child's "lack of vocabulary tends to limit his range of ideas, and his ability to understand relations can include only seen relationships." The close association between ideas and abstract thought is too self evident for further comment.
Dr. Cord Orvey Wells, in his study ''The Development of Abstract Language Concepts in Normal and in Deaf Children" at the University of Chicago in 1942, attempted to trace the development of certain abstract language forms
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From the Advanced Department

"Books are keys to wisdom' treasure;
Books are gates to Ianda of
pleasure; Books are paths that upward
lead; Books are friends. Come. Let us
read."
Challenging responsibilities face every teacher in promoting growth in reading power on the part of pupils and in bringing boys and girls and books together.
The school is a favorable place for enlarging the experiences of pupils through reading, because it has time and opportunity to know each child so well that guidance in the vast field of reading can be personal and specific-the function of guidance being not to make boys and girls accept that which has been chosen for them, but to help them see more clearly what expenences of others can serve them and in what ways.
Boys and girls want to manage their worlds. They need to examine the experiences of others-not that they may copy them-but that they may see their lives more clearly by contrast. They need opportunities to find out that some of their own decision~ arrived at from personal experiences, are just the same as those arrived at by others. They need the language of conversation. They need to see questions asked and answered in a natural way. They need laughter, adventure, ideals, association of self with ambition and achievement and an appreciation of the value of hu-
man beings.
Throughout the advanced department we try to set in action a program of reading which should become an increasingly valuable means of enriching the pupils' experiences, satisfying their interests
and curiosities, and stabilizing their perronalities.
There are numerous time honored stories which have become so woven into the life and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is an indispensable part of one's education. Then there are

selections of undoubted value from contemporary authors who ar~ recognized interpreters of our present day life that should enrich a pupil's experiences. We offer an opportunity for boys and girls to cultivate their taste and judgment through familiarity with both types of reading.
The following are short summaries of some selections read by boys and girls in the advanced department.
THE CALL OF THE WILD by
Jack London is the story of a dog named Buck who lived in California. He was stolen by some cruel men and was beaten and made to work very hard. He fought and killed Spitz, another dog, and became leader of all the dogs. Once a man bought him and was so mean to him that he almost died. A man named Jim Thornton saved his life, and Buck learned to love Thornton and always tried to protect him. One day some Indians killed Thornton and Buck was so sad and lonely that he decided to go to the great northern wilderne-ss and join a pack of wild dogs. He finally became leader of the pack.
-Herbert White
WHITE FANG-This book was written by Jack London. White Fang was a wolf dog. His father was a wolf, named old One Eye, and his mother was Kitchen who was ptlrt dog and part wolf. His master sold him to a cruel man who forced him to fight other dogs. One day a bulldog was about to kill White Fang when Weedom Scott came and took him away from the dog and gave him a kind home in California. Scott was so good to White Fang that he changed from a wolf dog to a devoted companion of hilS new master. At one time he saved the life of Weedom Scott's father who was about to be killed by an escaped convict.
-Roscoe Dukes

THE SECRET GARDEN by
Frances H. Burnett is the story about Mary Lennox, who every one thought, was a most disagreeable, hard, unloving little girl, and Colin, a sickly little boy whose father kept him shut in a dark room all the time. These two are changed into normal healthy chi}.. dren through comradeship with Dickon, a very poor little child. Dickon helped them understand the strange things about an old garden and to see magic beauty in growing things.
--Sara Cricp
----
LORNA DOONE is a romantic
novel written by R. D. Blackmore, an Engli~h author. The Doones who were a family of outlaws killed John Ridd's father. Carver Doone had killed a man and his wife and had stolen their little girl. Her name was Lorna and people thought she was Carver Doone's real daughter. John Ridd fell in love with Lorna and as he started to marry her, Carver Doone shot at her, but did not kill her. John Ridd then killed Doone and married Lorna. He at last found out that Lorna was not the daughter of Carver Doone, but had been kidnapped by him.
-Patsy Baker
THE LfTTLE LAME PRINCE-
This is the story of a little prince whose mother died when he was born. His nurse let him fall when he was a young baby and he could never learn to walk. His uncle was very cruel to him, and finally his fairy God-mother gave him a magic
cloak and he became king of No-
mansland. At last he put on his magic cloak and flew away.
-Louise Boyd
REBECCA 0 F SUNNYBROOIC
FARM-The author of this story i'S Kate Douglas Wiggins. It is the life story of a little girl named Re becca Rowena Randall whose fath er had died and left her mother with seven little children They were very poor people who lived on

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a farm. Rebecca loved bright Jlappy things so she named the little farm "Sunnybrook Farm." Her mother found that it was very bard to feed and clothe all her children so she decided to let Rebecca live with her two old-maid. aunts, Jane and Maranda Sawyer. At first Rebecca had a very hard time at her new home. She did not get along well with her aunt Maranda, but finally they learned to understand each other, and when . her aunt died, she willed the nice brick home in Riverboro to Rebecca. It was not very long until Rebecca helped her mother sell the little farm, pay her debts and move her family to Rebecca's home.
-Edna Pope
THE JUNGLE BOOK-This is a very interesting and exciting book written by Rudyard Kipling. Its. setting is in India and is made up of a number of stories about different animal life and the laws that they have in the jungle.
-Fred Powers
:HLVER CHIEF, DOG OF THE
NORTH-This is a very interesting story written by Jack OBrien. Silver Chief was a dog who was born in the far northern wilderness. His mother was killed and he was left to live aU by himself. One day he was caught by a Canadian Mounted Police named Jim Thornton. They soon won each other's friendship. Silver Chief helped Jim Thornton capture some very d\a,ngerous criminals and Thornton was awarded a promotion. They were forever fast friends.
-David Barrett
HANS BRINKER OR THE SILVER
SKATES-This is a story which has its setting in Holland. The author is Mary Dodge. It is about Hans and Gretel. two brave little children whose parents were very poor. They had a very hard time. but Hans and Gretel tried to be cheerful and happy all the time.
-Robert Wooten

BAMBI'S CHILDREN- The author of this story, Felix Salten, first wrote the biography of a deer named Bambi. Then when Bambi became the father of two little deer, he . wrote a book about Bambi's children. These deer were very proud of their father, and the other deer were very jealous of them. They suffered a lot and they also had a hard schooling about wild life and how to protect themselves, because they never saw their father in the summer . or winter. They saw him only in the fall. Bambi's Children ended up by having ma.tes and children and living their family life just as Bambi had.
--Jack Watkins
ANN OF GREEN GABLES-This is a very interesting story written by Lucy M. Montgomery (Mrs. Evan McDonald). Ann was a little orphan girl. She went to live at the home of the Cuthberts. She said just what she thought and was always fussing with Gilbert Blythe because he teased her about having red hair and called her ''carrot top.'' She always managed to get out of any trouble she got into and brought lots of joy to the Cuthberts. When she grew up, she learned to love Gilbert.
-Rosemary Smith
BLACK BEAUTY-This 1s an autobiography of a horse. Black Beauty was a beautiful horse trained by John Manly. When he was four years o.ld he was sold to a cruel master but finally he was bought by Jerry Barker and was treated very kindly until he was sold again. After this he was sold several times, but at last was bought by some friend who had known him a long time and was alwars kind to him.
-Wynell Godwin
S W I S S FAMILY ROBINSON-
This is an adventure story. The main characters are: the mother and father, Frank, Fritz, Ned and Jack. The author is Mary Godolphin. The Robinson family

were in a ship when a big storm came. They were blown to a lonely island. They had to build a bouse and make everything they needed, but they were very happy and always trusted God.
-Billie Jean Smith
THE WIZARD OF OZ-This is
the story of a little girl named Dorothy. One day she had a dream. She dreamed that there was a big storm and that she was knocked down, and for a long time she did not know anything. She thought she was in the Fairyland of Oz. and that she met a Scarecrow who had no mind, a Tin Man who had no heart and the Cowardly Lion who had no courage. The Wizard of Oz wanted to capture Dorothy, but her new friends, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion saved her life. A fairy was so happy that Dorothy's life was saved that she gave the Scarecrow a mind, the Tin Man a heart and made the Lion brave. When Dorothy awoke she was in her bed at home.
-Ann Thompson
KATRINKA- HELEN EGGLES-
TON HASKELL- Katrinka was a little pleasant girl whose parents were prisoners. She wanted to help them get out of prison and be free again, so that they could go back to Siberia. Finally she danced before the Czar of Russia, and her parents were set free.
- - --B-etty Brown
A MESSAGE TO GARCIA-This
story was written by Elbert Hubbard. The main characterS! are Andrew Rowan, a very brave soldier and Garcia, a Cuban who helped the Americans in the SpanishAmerican War. President McKinley wanted some one to take an important letter to Garcia. Andrew Rowan said he would take it. This was a very hard and dangerous JOb. Rowan did not ask any questions, but took the letter and gave it to Garcia. This story teachs us that when we are asked to do a job we should do it and not complain.
-:-Guy Jones

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fHE SCHOOL HELPER

February, 1951

THE SCHOOL HELPER

County members of the legislature who waged a relentless battle in our be-half.

All communication should be addreSBed to the Selaool

Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.

Entered at the post office 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.

JOHN L. CAPLE ......... Editor KATHARINE CASEY . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor MARIE KENNARD ............. Associate Editor C. G. TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing Inlltnlctor

VOLUME 51

FEBRUARY, 1951

NO.5

For the promotioD of all StateAlclecl Sclloot.
For the D-f 1. Improved recognition as educational instit;utiona with control in the hands of educational boards. 2. Sectional and national associations with acereditiq authorities and approved measuring rods and standards suited to each association, terminating in the highest requirements for membership in a national association for schools for the deaf. 3. A greater Gallaudet College serving the interests of all the states with special emphasis on researeh findings openly arrived at and freely disseminated in promoting the educational interests of all the schools. 4. A full utilization of services that can be rendered by the U. S. Office of Education in keeping with the spirit and purpose of its creation.

Mr. Bob Scoggin served as ch'airman of our legislative committee and has done a fine job. Mr. Dean Covington, veteran member of the delegation and former chairman of our committee, has been untiring in his efforts. The newest member of the delegation, Mr. Battle Hall who has long been a friend of G. S. D. was enthusiastic in his support of our program. Through the efforts of this group a delegation of approximately 50 members of the House and Senate visited our school, January 29, 1951, to get first hand information about things for which we were asking. Many of the group were outspoken in their desire to help our school.
A new gymnasium, with all the trimmings, will be the first order of business. Other things to follow will be placing the large boys in a fireproof do::-mitory (all other pupils are in fireproof buildings now): a new classroom-auditorium, vocational and recreational building for the colored, and a new vocational sbQp building.
A study is being made at present to determine bow to provide the needed additional do,mitory space in the primary department and in the school for the colored.
A considerable amount will be needed for ground improvements and a new laundry.
As luck would have it, the Minimum Foundation Program of Education Bill has been financed and this means our school will receive more funds for its operation.
Better salaries and more money for supplies and equipment should bring our school to a par with other schools of the nation.

6. Federal equalization aid for education that will guarantee equal opportunities for deaf boys and pia in all states.
6. Utilization or a full-time state Field Agent and Placement Officer (or both) to locate and enroll deaf children in the State Schools for the Deaf and to work with the Department in job placement and vocational rehabilitation of ex-pupils and graduates.

EMPLOYEES OF G. S.D. UNDER MERIT SYSTEM
Our entire staff was made happy recently when Mr. Edward Swain, Director of the State Merit System, and Mr. D. F. Madden, technician, came with Mr. Rufus D. Pulliam, who is Personnel Officer of the State Department of Education, to break the news

OUR BUILDING PROGRAM
A building program for G. S. D. seems to be assured. The recent session of the state legislature passed two bills giving us ample financial support for the buildings we need. The first was a $3,000,000 Housing Authority Bill to be shared jointly by the

that all employees of G. S. D. would be ''blanketed in" under the State Merit System. The Merit System now has some 85.00 members under its control. and
the reports that reach us indicate that all state departments, being served by this system, feel that they
are very fortunate. While it is too new for us to
speak in terms of advantages, we believe that such

Academy for the Blind in Macon and the Georgia outstanding points as tenure, better adjusted :.alary

School for the Deaf. The second was a direct appro- scale, and a more liberal retirement plan are suffi-

pdation of $1,000,000 to G. S. D. for buildings and cient reasons for us to be enthusiastic. Everyone bas

equi(pment to cover a period of two years. For this been busy the past few weeks filling out the many

good fortune we are largely indebted to the Floyd forms required to get this system underway.

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Superintendent'si .. Gorner

You will note on the editorial unusual achievement, plus a highly page that the Georgia ~chool approved vocational prqgram. that

for the Deaf the school was formally accredited.

"The

"hit the jack- It became, however, increasingly

Three

pot'' in an en- more difficult to retain this rating

Musketeers'' :leavor to meet while the physical assets of the

the great need of school became more and more in-

additional physical facilities for . adequate as the school enrollment

our school at Cave Spring. This steadily increased. We were experi-

climaxes a long fight of many encing the dark hours before day

years' duration. This ''cash on the when the three legislators represent-

barrel head'' legislative appropria- ing Floyd County, to whom we

tion is not something that just now like to refer as "The Three

happened. Neither are the demands Musketeers, ' ' came to our rescue.

of the Minimum Foundation Pro- The Honorable R o b e r t L.

gram of Education, providing an Scoggin fortunately happened to be

adequate staff and pay for all Chairman of the Cave Spring

schools being substantially met, Committee in the House. A very

just an accident. Such acc;omplish- sagacious member of the immortal

ments represent hard work, wise three is he. In addition to his help

planning, long patience, and ever- in propelling the bill through the

lasting persistence on the part of House, it was he who first obtained

many people.

the Governor's promise to sign the

This first available money. in bill if it passed.

amount of one million dollars, rep- The Honorable Dean Caving-

resents the first cash appropria- ton, with intellect, energy, perse-

tion made to the Georgia School verance and know-how is hardly

for the Deaf by the Legislature exceeded in ability by any other

for building purposes in twenty representative from Floyd County years. In 1930 the late Honorable in modern times. J. Scott Davis, Representative from The third member of the im-

Floyd County and a resident of mortal three1 the Honorable J. Cave Spring, obtained $19,000.00 Battle Hall, IS the freshman legis-

to build our present School In- lator, but nonetheless his support

firmary. In 1938 and 1939, Gov- was felt as he solidly backed his

ernor Rivers supplied, from con- more experienced colleagues in the

tingent funds, three quarters of a fight for a ''money bill'' adequate

million dollars for building and the to take care of the building needs

remodeling of old buildings. The of the school. He is a school man

advent of World War 11 prevented and had previously taken many oc-

the completion of this program casions to visit and inspect the

leaving us without a physical edu- work and note the inadequate phy-

cation building and many other sical facilities, which added to his

needed facilities. In the meantime. . enthusiasm in the worthy figf1t to

many of our new buildings have pass a bill placating the embarr;ts-

become taxed beyond their capa- sing physical needs of the state's

cities.

only school for the deaf.

Yes, all three representatives,

During the interim, an examina- Bob, Dean and Battle did yeoman

tion by the regularly constituted service not only in passing the

Accrediting Commission revealed, G. &. D. bill but also in solidly

through the medium of standard supporting the Minimum Faun-

achievement tests and that of an dation Program of Education and

ali-day study and observation, that tax measures to take care of it and

our seniors scored a higher grad.e the extraordinary needs of the

level than the average freshman ap- school for the deaf.

plicant for admission to the Uni-

* * *

versity of Georgia. It was on this It is not possible here to take

note of all who helped bring this good fortune to a school literally serving the whole state but, we must move over to the other side of the Capitol and mention one senator who. since we are using classical references, well represents the Horatius of Macaulay's classic legend, ''Horatius at the Bridge.'' Mr. W. B. Williams, who served as Chairman of the House Committee for the School for the Deaf two years ago, is now serving as Chairman of the Senate Committee and is a member of the powe r f u I appropriation committee. This veteran legislator literally stood at the bridge and with an unsheathed sword mowed down opposition desiring to weaken the House Bill or have it carried over to the next session of the Legislature. They couldn't get by Horatius as he stood at the bridge's end holding opposition at bay. To carry the analogy further, it was Senators Hagan of Screven, Pittman of Berrien, Chance of Gordon and a host of others who represented Laratius and Herminius standing to Horatius' right and left as the bridge span was held against the Roman Army. These men held the last bastile between victory and defeat.
This Bill, originating in the House, finally passed the Senate with some strengthening amendments which were quickly agreed upon by the House and sent to the Governor for his signature.
We hold no ill will against those who opposed the building appropriation bill for the Georgia School for the Deaf; however, for the benefit of the adult deaf of Georgia, the student body, and the parents we do wish to ascertain the names and addresses of all who fought so valiantly for our cause that we might join them in extending thanks to all who helped make a brighter future for the deaf in our proud old state.
It is needless to say that the support of the Governor, the State Board of Education and the State
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From the Primary Department

Hello there, everybody! We've had an epidemic of measles in the school and our class was hit hardest of all. Eleven of us were attacked-only Richard Sampler has escaped so far. Felton Lamb, Jenell Cathy, Jean Cofer, Mary Lou Millsaps Louise Steele, Carol Whatley', and Sally Browning have returned to class, with the measles now in the past. John Coleman, Brenda Padgett, Annette Cochran, and Ronald Stephens will be back
soon. Two birthdays are coming up
this month. Annette has one the sixteenth and Jean's will be the twenty-second. That means we will have two birthday parties this month, for everyone gets a party on his birthday and birthday parties are heaps of fun. We are learning the names of the days of the week and birthdays help us to remember them.
We've seen several robins playing on our campU!S already which tells us that spring ought to be near. It will really be good to get to play outside again after being in for so long from a severe cold winter and measl~.
--Stella Grant's Class
We begin our school day by standing quietly with our heads bowed. After this attitude of prayer, we have the flag salute.
The next thing is to observe the weather and point to the picture which represents it. We put a drawing of this on our weather calendar and at the same time notice the passing of the days.
A brief inspection is held to see that we are neat and clean. This helps us to become more conscious of keeping our hair combed, hands and nails clean, teeth brushed, and faces bright.
We do breathing and blowing exercises which help us in our speech. Tongue gymnastics are very helpful. also. These exercises have prepared us for voice building. elements, combinations and words in speech. Some of us can say several words now, and all of us are con-

tinuing our daily practice on them. Relaxation exercises, which we
read and take from speech reading help us to rest a bit before we take our nouns from lip reading.
We are able to read all nouns, da~SSroom expressions, and directions that we can take from speech reading.
Our writing period is one that we enjoy, especially since we are improving so fast . We are beginning to write our names on paper now, and soon we hope to be able to sign our names to our letters and dards that we send home.
Getting mail from home is the best part of our day, and we like to have our news printed on the board and illustrated..
Woe are adding new work each day so we feel that soon we will know many things.
-Doris Brannon's Class
Clinton lvey's birthday seems to stand out as our most enjoyable day during this month. His mother sent him a nice cowboy suit that he liked very much. The rest of us were more interested in the pretty birthday cake and candy that came with it, for there was enough of that for all of us to enjoy. Some of the candy made very acceptable prizes for the winners of the games that we played, too.
We played going to Jerusalem, and Barbara Roberts got the prize. Then our teacher drew a donkey on the blackboard and gave each of us a paper tail. We were blindfolded in turn, and, after being turned around three times, we'd start out to put the tail on the donkey. We couldn't use pins, so the tails were fastened to the first place we touched with scotch tape. You should have seen our room when the game was over. There were tails all over the ptace! Mildred Ray's aim was the most accurate so she got the prize.
We gathered around then to watch Clinton blow out the candles on his cake. After we had wioshed him a happy birthday, we
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sat down ;tnd enJoyed our refreshments.
That was one Friday we didn't mind the weather being too bad for us to go to town.
--Jim Irwin's Cia.,

The highlight of our day is mail

time which comes directly after re-

cess. We very eagerly watch for our

teacher to come back from the of-

fice with our mail and if she has a

letter, a card, or better still a box

in her hand, we know that there

is something for some of us. The

suspense of having to wait until

time to return to our classroom ia

almost unbearable.

'

When we get back to our room,

the lucky ones are given their mail.

They open their letters, and the

teacher reads them and explains

them. They open their own boxes,

and each child is just as thrilled

over seeing them unwrapped and

unpacked as the recipients. Our

news is made up mostly of what

we receive from home, and these

items are written and illustrated on

the board so that we can under-

stand what it is all about.

One of the lessons we learn here

at school. is sharing what we have

with others no matter how small

it might be. When we get a box

from home, we can hardly wait for

the lunch hour to come so that

we can pass it to our classmates and

friends. This sharing with others

not only gives us a great deal of

pleasure but also helps us get out on

our own by going around alone

in our big dining room and hav-

ing to decide for ourselves just

whom we would rather share with

this time. The child is so intent on

what he is doing that he forgets

about himself, and we have noticed

that he is not so shy after having

ventured out a few times.

-May F. Glenn's Class

The large bulletin board in the hall is a source of great interest to the children in the primary depart ment. For the very young, only the beautifully colored pictures at tract them ; for those who do cal

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endar work, simple reading, and Bible study there _is much to ~e found in the selection of matenal
used. When we change our monthly
calendar in our classroom. the boys and girls know that there will also be a change in the bulletin board
in the hall. So far this year there have been
on the big bulletin board, pictures of the fall season with its bright autumn leaves, witches, goblins, and Hallowe'en parties. Turkeys and pumpkins beaded by the printed Thanksgiving p r a y e r, which is our school blessing, with appropriate pictures made up our November display.
Emphasis was put on the reli~ gious side of Christmas this year rather than on the traditional Santa and reindeer, and the bulle~ tin board held the interest of every child in this department.
As we looked up to the very top of the board in the center, we saw these printed cards
God God is in heaven. God is our Father. God is good. God is love. God sees me. To the left was a very colorful picture of a family group with the father holding a large Bible on his lap and under this were home love good the Bible I love the Bible. I love Mama. I love Daddy. I love God. I wam to be good. Nearby a child was kneeling by his bed with the evening prayer under the picture. Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Thee, LOC"d, my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take.
In the center of the board there W~s a large picture of a church with chtldren dressed in their pretty

clothes going to church and under this were the cards
The church is God's house. Sunday is God's day. The Bible is God's book. Heaven is God's home. We are God's children. He wants us to be good. If we are good, God is happy. If we are bad, God is sorry. Naturally the central thought was Jesus and His birthday. There was a bright picture of the nativity scene with the printed cards Jesus directly under the baby Jesus and Christmas is Jesus's birthday. The little beginners who knew the word baby and had found the word Jesus in the Bible were interested in pointing to the baby, to the baby's mother. and to Joseph. A picture of Jesus as a man holding a little child in His arms was above the card Jesus loves me this I know For the Bible tells me so. At the bottom of the bulletin board was
THE CHILD'S CREED I believe in God the Father, Who made us every one. He made the earth and heaven. The moon, the stars, the sun. All that we have each day To us, by Him, is given. We call Him when we pray. Our Father (who art) in heaven.
I believe in Jesus Christ, The Father's only Son Who came to us from heaven, And loves us everyone. He taught us to be holy, Till on the cross He died, And now we call Him Savior, And Christ, the crucified.
-Miriam Minter's Class
The bulletin board in the primary department is changed the first day of each month. Everyone is always interested and eager to see what the teacher in charge will place on it.
I'm sure the children have not or will not be as happy as they were to see the February pictures go on the board. Valentines I More valentimes! There were pictures of

Washington and Lincoln. too, but I'm afraid they weren't duly ap~ predated by our boys and girls who love Valentine time almost as well as Christmas.
The Valentine box will soon be placed on a table in the reception room and by the time the fourteenth arrives, its sides will be bulging with messages of love the children and teachers will be send ing to one another.
On the Friday afternoon following Valentine's Day the Valentine party will be held in the play~ rooms. Favorite games will be played, and many prizes will be given to winning boys and girls.
-Mabel Fincher's Class
The best news we've had lately is that we can go to town again. Since being quarantined for measles Friday just isn't Friday anymore. We have a very keen interest in the calendar. Any one of us can show you our birthday. when we last got any mail and tell you bow many days there are until Friday. Getting to go to town with a nickel or a dime to spend for JUSt what we want is not to be compared with anything eliSe in our experience. It is good training in licl.ndling money. too. You very soon discover that your money will buy just so much and no more. We are very careful in deciding what we want most. Our teacher bought something for us when we couldn't go to town ourselves. but that was a poor substitute.
We have had only two cases of measles so far in our class. We are glad to have Rosalie back and hope Betty Jean won't be out long.
-Gladys Carpenter's Class
Although we don't a5JPire to be weather prophets .as yet, The Weather is a very important sub~ ject to us. We use it in connection with our calendar work which, of course, leads to our study of the present, past, and future tenses of verbs and later on to the progressive tenses. We begin this our very first year in school, and, since most

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of us have been in school three A child selects a printed statement sons and answering questions as;

years, we know you will be inter- from among several which will des- What day wa\9 yesterday, What

ested in what we are doing just cribe the present, as ''It is raining." day is today, What day will to-

now.

He places beside it a picture of rain. morrow be, How many days are

We begin by drawing on the We have finished until tomor- there in a week, How many days

blackboard three squares one under rdw.

are there in two weeks, Name the

the other to the right of our large

-Rebecca Crowe's Class days, How many school days are

board calendar. We label the

there in a week, Name the school

squares by writing underneath yes- A letter from home is like an days, How many months are there

terday , today and tomorrow. We oasis in the desert, they 5.ay, and if in a year, Name the months, What

see each aJS possessing imaginary you've ever lived away from home month is this, Wlhat was last

dividing lines for morning, after- and that letter you were expecting month, W llat will next month be,

noon , and night (until this is clear, on a certain day failed to arrive, Which month comes after ------------

our teacher indicates these by bro- you'll know what our letters from Which month come'S before ________,

ken lines in still another square) . Mom and Dad mean.

Which month comes between____

One of us goes to the window for Some of our parents w rite re g- and ------------ Which is the first

a look at the skies to decide what ularly on a certain day , so of month, the third, the last, the first

state of weather he is going to des- course, we've learned to look for three, the la-st two , etc? W know

cribe. Then in the \SqUare for today those letters on a certain day. Bob- that all months do not have the

he draws our weather, using yellow by Cannady's mother writes every same number of days. We have

chalk for sun, a blurred effect with Sunday night, and he gets the let- studied about the seasons and the

white chalk for clouds, and small ters on Wednesday. Delmar and many changes that take place dur-

dashes for rain. We make these re- Geraldine have grown to expect ing each one. W e can group the

ports during the first part of the theirs on Friday.

months under them.

day, so only that portion reserved Ann, Bobby Jones, Joel, and

-Jessie F. Jones's Class

for morning up to that particular Billy McCullough hear from home

hour is used. By collective think- several times a week, so they don 't For the past few weeks we have

ing and also the record of the pre- have a regular day on which to been reading a science book, All

vious morning's report, we remem- expect a letter. Nor do Jimmy, About Us , by Gerald S. Craig and

ber the weather for yesterday and Danny, Betty, Jane, and Billy Agnes Burke of Columbia Univer-

drbw this in the proper square, Brumbelow have regular days for sity. It is one of the most inter-

this time using the full space be- receiving mail, so they're usually esting books we have ever studied

cause that day is past and we al- pleasantly surprised whenever that and is beautifully illustrated. It

ready know the state of the ele- letter from home does arrive.

was one of the books originally

ments for the full twenty-four Because of their anticipation of cussigned for busy work while in-

hours. We leave the ~quare for letters and boxes from home, we dividual speech work was being

tomorrow blank because that time are now learning to use the two done, but since so much interest

is future and we cannot know expressions, I think that ____________ was shown and so many questions

wHat the weather will be, thus and I hope that ------------

asked that we decided to spend

helping us sense the verb will be Today being Wednesday and more time on it. We made several

in speaking of the days.

Ann's birthday as well, Bobby experiments along with our read

On our board calendar our Cannady went to the blackboard ing. While studying about plants

teacher now draws, inside the date before recess and wrote this:

and how they need dirt, water, air.

square, the weather for yesterday I think that I will get a le:tter and sunshine to grow and be

and this remains for us to learn the today. I hope so.

healthy. we planted some beans

days of the week.

I think that Ann will get a in a glass jar so that we could

Underneath the calendar we birthday box.

watch them sprout roots and grow.

now make our report in connected I think that Joel will get a card. Ronald and Alton went up on the

language for yesterday. A child I think that Billy M. will get a hill in the woods to get some good

writes, ' 'The sun shone all day card, too.

rich dirt and filled the jar, and

yesterday ,'' or " It was cloudy yes- And, sure enough, his prophecy then we planted the seeds. We put

terday morning. It rained yesterday was correct!

them on the window sill and Joyce

afternoon ." W e are beginning to

-Polly Casey's Class has been watering them every day.

notice the red line on the thermo-

In studying about the weather, we

meter outside our window prepa- Calendar work i~ Oille of our were very much interested in rain

ratory to using colder than and most interesting subjects and also and how it is formed by evapora

w armer than.

one that requires a great deal of tion of water on earth. Joe Ann

We reserve a space for today's thought. We enjoy working with and Margene filled a saucer with

weather in our time sequence chart. the days, weeks, months, and sea-

(Continued on page twelve )

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From the Colored Department

We had three birthdays during the month of January, . Charles Jones's, Thomas Harris's and A. J. Booth's. Each counted the candles on his cake to find out how
old he was. We are beginning to read and
everyone seems to enJOY it. The reading period is made more interesting by drawing a tree and writing the nouns so as to make them appear to be apples on the tree. We use pictures of the same nouns on the slate ledge, and the children match the picture cards with the written form. Sometimes the teacher draws pictures of the nouns on the tree, and the children write the corresponding words.
A. J. Booth received a box from home. He got some candy, cookies, gum and a pair of pretty gloves.
Edna Foster's mother came to visit her recently. Edna is getting to be a big girl, because she didn't cry when her mother left this time.
-Beulah Chandler's Class
Our class has had a very interesting study on safety during January.
Of all the experiences that we have had it seems as if the children enjoyed this one more than any other, because it is one in which they actually play a part every day.
We began our discussion with three words, Stop- Look- Listen. Each day we added one more safety rule.
We learned that there is a StopLook and Listen sign before every thing we do. Sometimes there may not be a traffic light, but the children understand to stop, look and listen.
These are some of the rules we studied:
Stop, look and listen before crossing the street
Cross the' street at intersection or crossing
Do not play in the street When there is no sidewalk, walh on the left side of the road facin g on-coming traffic.
-Helen Jones's Class

January has been a very busy month packed with surprises for us. So far, we are living up to our New Year's resolution to do many new things and to accomplish much in '51. We made a snow scene of bare trees, snowmen, and snowflakes in white, the moon and stars in yellow and placed these on a navy blue background for our January border. Then we added more people, houses, and machinery to our model farm which occupies the long shelf that reaches across one side of our classroom.
Everyweek during this month we have received "My Weekly Reader. " This paper contains lots of helpful material to be used in the classroom. We have stressed the importance of being careful in the home and on the highway. We have studied the traffic lights and know that when the traffic light changes to red , the cars stop, and we cross the street. When the light changes to yellow, that means we must look both ways before ~tep t)ing into the street. When the light changes to green, we must wait and let the cars go by. We have also learned that we should always walk on the left side of the road at all times facing oncoming traffic.
Our biggest and most welcome surprise for this month came when we found that n-ew playground equipment had been unloaded on our playground. The large boys and girls enjoy the see-saws, the swings, and the slide as much as the little children, and our most sincere thanks and appreciation go whole heartily to the St. Joanne Chapter of the Cathedral of St. Philip of Atlanta for making this equipment available.
-Louise B. Chubb's Class
Hello friends! May we introduce our new class in handicraft?
Our work is gradually progressing and we are beginning to learn each other and the more we learn about each other the happier our claSIS will be.
We are now making shuck mats

for the floor and would like to pass this idea on should you be intere~Sted. The things needed are shucks, needles, cord , scissors, thimbles, buckets and water.
Select your shucks accordin g to texture and color. Tear them in small strips and place them in the bucket of water. After thoroughly wet remove them to your work bench. Now you are ready to begin your coiL Only two strips are needed to begin. Place them in the shape of a T. Now roll the top part and crOISS it over just as you would braid your hair. Continue to join shucks as often as needed to keep your coil the same size and shape. After your coil is about six or eight feet long, you may wet it again in your bucket. You can make a round, oblong or square design by starting in the center. Cut the fringes off on the wrong side of the coil and continue the mat braid until the mat is of de sired size. It's finished now, and is it nice? W'e think so.
-Elvira Bray's Class
During the past few weeks we have been studying some health rules and the different ways of keeping well.
We have enjoyed the border of free hand drawings of Health Rules.
First-How to keep from getting a cold. We must keep dry feet , avoid people with cold~. keep out of drafts, and not get tired.
Second-What to do if you catch cold. We should eat little, drink liquids, blow the nose gently, go to bed, and consult the doctor.
Third-How to keep healthy. We should eat good food, drink lots of water, exercise outdoors, get much sleep, wash our hands often, keep warm and dry, drink milk, and be happy.
We cannot succeed if we are not healthy and happy so we must put into practice the health rules we have learned.
Our education includes a great many experiences, and we are grate-

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

February, 1951

ful for a school in which our lives can be made into lives of usefulness to others and a pleasure to ourselves. As well as being healthy and happy we must strive to be polite and coutlteous to everyone with whom we come in contact.
-Lucille McCullough's Class
We read for information, for enjoyment, and for fun. Reading should provide for individual advancement without embarrassing any of the pupils. A poor reader is often sensitive and discouraged. He should be encouraged and made to feel that he can learn to read. The key to this situation is much easy reading material at the child's level. Do not be afraid of using too easy materials at first, for nothing succeeds like success.
My Weekly Reader furnishes the prime requirement for reading material of this type. It establishes in the pupil a love for and an abiding interest in reading for its own sake. It fulfills the modern recommendation fo)r material of this type, which is interesting material, easy enough for the child to read, so .that he will continue to want
to read.
My Weekiy Reader is a weekly newspaper with material that is based on people and places in the news, community life, health, safety, nature, science, etc. Much of the material is seasonal in appeal. Cartoon strips and featured characte~ \become old friends and are eagerly followed by pupils from week to week.
A few days ago, we began using the Weekly Readers. We find that they are very constructive in helping us build our vocabularies, broaden our trend of thoughts, and read more thoroughly.
By using these readers we have become interested in ''word meaning'' hnd ask about the words that we do not know the meaning of.
Sometimes we find words that are spelled alike but have different meanings, such as, web. One is what a spider spins, and another

is the skin joining the toes of certain fowls.
The following words are just a few of the many words that we have added to our vocabularies since we began ulsing the readers.

fragile shipped smothered protect web glider

bucket decay wounded glare fauorite wealth

My pupils eagerly await the arrival of " My Weekly Reader
each week, for it is the higu spv : of the week for us.
-Hattie Menifee's Class

ABSTRACT-Continued in normal children and in deaf children, and to make comparisons of thi\9 development during a period of approximately four years. The study was concerned primarily with the usage of abstract nouns .and words of a relational character, conjunctions, prepositions, and relative pronouns. He was interested in the importance of hearing as related to the growth of abstract language. The most meaningful finding of the entire study is the very obvious retardation of the dea f subjects in the development of abstract language. In general the deaf pupils were equal to hearin g students in concrete words, but from four to five grades below in understanding abstract words. Dr. Wells said that, from the evidence at hand, he certainly was not prepared to say thiiS factor of difference was intelligence. I believe it is in our teaching.
Many of our deaf students have a tendency to regard everything in life as entirely black or white, while in truth I would be inclined t0 say there actually was far more that was gray. For this reason, teaching our older students in college the difference between the absolute mean and the relative mean is difficult. No doubt this same tendency is to be found among hearing pupils, but I believe it is accentuated amqng our deaf students. And very probably if _you and I had
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been unable to. hear family and group conversat10n, we too would take the world far more literally than we do. Being deaf, in a world of sound, is indeed an extremely literal experience.
-The Volta Reuiew
P R I M A R Y- - C o n ti nued water and placed it on the window sill. Each morning we noticed that a little more water had evaporated. It was rather strange that the ~orning after we filled the saucer, 1t became cloudy and started to ra in. It rained off and on for three days. It took some persuasion on the part of Mrs. Highnote to convince us that it couldn't be our little saucer of water alone that was causing all that rain. Jimmy, Franklin, Gene, and Kenneth have enjoyed reading about things that move but are not alive, such as water and the wind. We are now looking forward to studying about the different types of homes.
-Emmalee Highnote's Class
CORNER-Continued Superintendent of Schools for this building program was essential and is so appreciated.
This needed aid to the future education of the deaf can only add luster to our state and well-eatned prestige to those who made it possible.
FUSFELD REQUESTS GALLADUET STAMPS
The year 1951 marks the hundredth anniversary of the death of Thomaa H opkins Gallaudet, found er of tho first school for the deaf in the United States. To commemorate this even' Dean Irving S. Fusfeld, of Gallaudet College, has appealed to the Postmaster General that a stamp in honor of this great leader in American edu cation be issued.
Dean Fusfeld has further suggested that December 10, Gallaudet Day, be the first day of issue of such a stamp. It is further suggested that the beau tiful statue of Dr. Gallaudet with Alice Cogswell be used as a theme for the stamp.
This idea of thus honoring our great and good friend meets our wholehearted approval and we believe that it will appeal to every deai person in the United States, his parents, kin, and friends of the deaf.
-Minnesota CompaniCNI

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Governor
GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

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

ADMINISTRATION

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

Janice R. Caple, Secretary Julian Tumlin, Steward Myrtle A. J ohnson, Bookkeeper

Earl Cox, Engineer

Charles E. Owen, D. D. S. John M. McGehee, M. ~-

INSTRUCTORS JOHN L. CAPLE, Principal

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervising Teacher Doris Brannon Gladys E. Carpenter P olly Casey Rebecca S. Crowe Mabel L. Fincher May F. Glenn Stella W. Grant Emmalee J. Highnote Jim Irwin J essie F. Jones Miriam B. Minter

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED DEPARTMENTS Mary P. Turner, B. A., Supervising Teacher
Advanced Department Katharine Casey, Supervising Teacher
Intermediate Department Dorothy F . Brady, B. S. Jack Brady, B. S. Connor Dillard Ruth D. F orbes Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Elizabeth F. Simmons, B. S. Gail Stout, Jr., B. A. Kathryn W. Williamson, B. A.

VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT John L. Caple, Supervising Teacher

C. G. Turner ... .. ... . .. . ...... . ... .. ... .. Printing

Sarah F. Ware .. . ...... . ...... Arts and Craft

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

Gladys L. Latham .............. Beauty Culture

Connor Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoe Repairing

Annie McDaniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SewinK

Russell Royston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbering a nd Pressing Geverna C. Stepp, B. S. H. E. . . . . Home Economicr

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

Beulah Chandler Louise Chubb Helen Jones

COLOkED DEPARTMENT Nelle S. Griffith, Consultant

Elvira C. Bray Lucille McCullough Hattie S. Menifee

THESCHOOL

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

MARCH, 1951

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THE SCHO OL HELPER

VOLUME 51

MARCH, 1951

NO.6

In Memoriam-Kenneth Corry

The hearts of the entire student body, faculty, and staff of the school were wrung with grief at the sudden death of Kenneth Corry, an outstanding student in the primary department. Kenneth's death occurred at a Cedartown hospital. Wednesday, March the thirteenth. Kenneth had just celebrated his thirteenth birthday. the twentyseventh of February. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. w,. J. Corry
of Robinson. He came to our school three years ago and had made excellent progress, leading his class every year. He was a sweet, kind, thoughtful. good boy loved by all who knew him. He had just become a member of the Boy Scout Troop and was deeply interested in Scout work. He was always polite and courteous, and never too tired, or too busy. to lend a helping hand. He always wore a happy smile. Kenneth will be greatly missed but he will never be forgotten by'those who knew him.
Kenneth had been sick only a

day. and his death came as a great shock. He is survived by his father and mother, three brothers, Bill, Brodie, and Larry, two sisters, Julia and Anna, his paternal grandmother, and several uncles, aunts, and cousins.
Funeral services were held in the Robinson Baptist Church, March the fourteenth, and were attended by Mrs. Fincher, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Highnote, his three teachers, and Mr. Caple.
''W'hen we see a precious blossom Tha:t we tended with such care Rudely taken from our bosom How our aching hearts despair! Round its little grave we linger
Till the setting sun is low
Feeling all our hopes have perished
With the flower we cherished ao,
We shall sleep but no:t forever There will be a glorious dawn
In the bright eternal city
Death can never, never come."
-Sel-ted

From the Primary Department

Spring is in Cave Spring-at last. The birds are filling the air with songs; jonquils and forsythia are in full bloom, forming a fringe of gold around our campus. The weeping willows that over-hang the tiny lake at the cave are a tender green. The ducks swim lazily for awhile and then leave the water to bask in the warm sun. Cave Spring is a veritable fairy-land in the springtime.
Besides the beauty of spring there's another reason that makes ils glad ~ring is here: we get a week's vacation, beginning March 2.3 to be at home with our families and friends. Some of us have had measles, but we all hope to be well before time to go home.
Our Valentine party was fun. We received lots of valentines, played games, and then marched into the dining room for a big banquet Miss Powers had prepared for us. The Valentine packages which came from home were very exciting. All ~ackages and letters from home help to keep us from getting too homesick.
--Stella Grant's Clas&
Many nice things have happened to us recently; so we would like to tell you about some of our good times.
On Valentine's Day we had a big red and white box full of valentines. We went upstairs very happy because each of us had a handful of valentines and candy.
On February 16 we bad our party. The playrooms were decorated with hearts, valentines, and red and white streamers. We played going to Jerusalem and had a horse race and hoop relay. After the games were over, we went into the dining room where we had a delicious meal.
February 22 was doubly special aJS it was the birthday of George Washington and our own little Jean Cofer. She got a nice box from home which she shared with her friends. Her cake was a chocolate one with eight pink candles on it.
One afternoon we got kites and

watched our teacher put them together. After school, our supervisors took us outside and helped us leJarn to fly them.
We saw a movie one day that we especially liked. w~ thought the 'scenes were pretty and liked the many colors in it.
March 2 was the most beautiful day we have had in a long time; so we went to town and bought ice cream. After that we w'alked to the cave. These trips are extra nice because we see so many things that we can talk about in our classroom, such as birds, cows, squirrels, and ducks.
These have been some of the things we have enjoyed most during our ''playtime'' since Christmas.
-Doris Brannon's Class
For little people like us, a great many repetitions of a word, phrase, or sentence are nece51S!ary before we can be sure that we know it. We had used our same noun cards over and over until we were beginning to get a little bored with our daily reading and speech-reading periods. Our interest has been considerably increased lately by the introduction of new pictures-big, colorful pictures with more than one person or object on them. Of course, the words that we are supposed to read are the same ones that we have been reading on the sm'all cards.
At first we had just pictures of people-a man, a woman, a boy, a girl, or a baby, and then these in all kinds of numbers and combina.tions. When we were quite sure that we could recognize these words in any combination, we began adding animals and objects to our sentences, and had such things as "This is a boy with' a dog,'' or ''I see a girl with a doll.'' Just to be sure that we read the whole sentence instead of just one word, we had some exercises using sentences like "I see a woman with a flower," "This is a man with a flower," "Show me a girl with a book,"

or " Where is the babY: w.ith a

book?''

We have gradually added num-

ber and color until we now have

such sentences as ''I see a boy, two

girls, a blue bird, and some yellow

flowers.'' Maybe you can imagine

how important we feel when Wle

can read all that from the blac)t.

board, and we feel even mQae

grown-up when we can go quick...

and get the correct picture when

we have our lesson in spee~

reading.

' -Jim

Irwin's

Cl~

" All work and no play mabis Jack a dull boy,'' so the old sayilll goes. After a long winter of cold weather, we decided to get out anti see nature beginning to take on nei.r life during the first period of warm spring-like weather. This changed what would have been h'ard work into interesting play with the same results.
We quickly noticed that tbe warm days of sunshine produced new green foliage and many. manr yellow flowers. Since we had been working on the drill verbs, see and saw, and other non-drill verbs, ,qe thought a long walk outside woulif give us an excellent opportunity U> test ourselves on these words and see the changes of spring, too. From our news that follows you will be able to tell what we did.
We went for a walk Thursdar morning.
We saw many birds. W'fl saw a robin. We saw two red birds. .We saw many squirrels. We saw two fish. We saw a black dog. We saw some water. We saw many ducks. Mrs. Minter bought some candy and rome gum.. We went to Mrs. Kennard's. We saw many yellow flowers. It rained. We walked fast. Mary Lou and Sallie Jo fell. They did not cry.
-Miriam Minter'~ Class

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March, 1951

We are sure you would like to Moore, Peggy Ann Dixon, and teachers and Mrs. Kennard to do

know if we have gained any Edward Clayton have had measles. the job of giving out all the val-

weight, and if so how much, since Then some of the others have been entines in an hour's time, but this

we have been in school. Delano has out a day or two with colds, etc. was much fun.

gained 3.! pounds. Fred 4.! which prevented our taking up any Our Valentine party came on

pounds. James 7 pounds. Betty new work. This doesn't mean that Friday with Mrs. Fincher as chair-

Ann 5 pounds. Nan 4.! pounds. we haven't had plenty to do, how- man. The dining room and play-

Herman 6 pounds. Jackie 8 ever.

rooms were the prettiest ever. We

pounds. Peggy 7% pounds. Jean We began changing from manu- enjoyed games and afterwards a 8 .: pounds and Barbara Sue 8.! script writing to cursive sometimt fine supper.

pounds. Our matron, Miss Powers, watches us to see that we eat the foods that are good for IllS. We have learned to like raw vegetables and usually ask for the second

last year but having so many letters to cope with some of us continue to make f and capital j wrong. As everyone knows, to write neatly and not to make an

We were responsible for the bulletin board in the hall for the month of February. We soon tired of valentines. Mrs. Glenn and Mrs. Irwin helped by letting our class

helping.

o when it should be an a takes make colorful hatchets and cherries

Woe are glad that the weather ceaseless vigilance and. in our case, out of con~Struction paper during

has wtarmed up and we can play just plain drilling,

their hobby hour. We were proud

outside again. We all, boys and Some weeks ago we met for the to display these along with pictures

girls. bought kites Friday afternoon first time the plural form of have. of George Washington and Abra-

and had such a good time flying That has caused us a great deal of ham Lincoln during the latter half

them. Some of them broke soon trouble, too. We first had to un- of the month.

after we went out to play. but derstand that it was the Who that

-Rebecca Crowe's Clasa

a few of us kept ours for several was plural and not the What,

da}'1S.

which is the direct object. Of The family of one of our class-May F. Glenn's Class course, we had to find two or more mates, Betty Cutshaw, has really

We hadn't been in school long after Christmas when news spread that a child had developed a case of red measles which was bad in more ways than one. Besides the discomfort of the di~ase, the whole primary department was pl'aced under quarantine, which meant no more walb to town on .Friday afternoon. This condition was eased somewhat by the teachers buying candy and bringing it to the boys and girls. On a recent

people possessing the same things. It is usually safe to say that all of
us have combs. But when we want to write sentences using candy, cookies, gum, etc. which have been eaten, it often takes some explaining to see why they don't have
them several days later. Previously we had to consider only has and (/) have so it is easy to see that our problems are multiplying
which al5io means that we are mak-
ing progress, too. -Gladys Carpenter's Class

been in the limelight recently, and
even at this d$tance from the scene Betty has basked in it, also. Her
father, the Rev. T. Z. Cutshaw
was the deaf minister prominent in the recent deaf murder case in A tlanta, and her sister. Kitty,
served as the interpreter in court. When the story broke, we took
our newspaper to school for Betty to see. You can jUJSit imagine how surprised she was, and how pleased,
too (for she is no different from
the rest of us vain mortals who

Friday every teacher bought a kite

seem to enjoy seeing our names and

for each child in her class and Valentine's Day is second only pictures in print.) The clipping

if you had passed our way on the to Christmas as our most exciting and pictures had to be shown to

following Sunday, you would have time of the year. After some discus- everyone she knew, of course.

thought the trees on primary hill sion we decided to buy our valen- When the story and pictures ap-

were blooming kites.

tines instead of making them. Some peared in Life this week, we took

Now, two monthis later, the of us wrote our parents asking Betty our copy. The whole class

quarantine has been lifted and our them to send us some and several was amazed .that fthe !Story was

trips to town on Fridays have been received only those addressed to carried by a magazine. and among

resumed. The children and the themselves. We shall try to make other things, they wanted to know

friendly clerks in town were equal- ourselves clearer next time so that if it would be in all the other

ly glad to see one another again. our parents may know that al- magazines.

-Mabel Fincher's Class though we like to receive them, we As a rule we don't go in for

take just as much pleasure in hav- telling the children murder stories,

There were three children absent ing valentines to send to others. but lS>ince this case was different, from our class at one time during We gathered in the big girls' we did have a lesson on it, point-

the measles epidemic. Rosalie Nas- playroom for our Valentine box ing out the immoral principles in-

;tasi, Melvin Dukes, Betty Jean February 14. It required all the volved in the tragedy.

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March, 1951

Turning to more pleasant subjects, we've been having delightful spring-like weather, and the children have very much enjoyed playing out in the sunshine. One Friday afternoon recently every child on primary hill was flying a kite, and you've never seen such a sight as that W'aS.
We went to a movie in town this week, and for the first time since Christmas we took our weekly jaunt to town on Friday. But, best of all, it's just a short time before we'll be going hotne for spring holidays.
-Polly Casey's Class

to having Mrs. Akin, Executive Director, visit their troop soon.
--Jessie F. Jones's Class
Every year the highest class in the primary is given two achievement tests, one in February and the other in May. The first one is given to show how the children compare with one another to see if they are up in every subject and if not what their weaknesses are. The second is given to show the progress made since the first test, and to be certain that they are ready to be promoted to the intermediate department.

Laws were given and aJS. each law was repeated one girl went forward to light a candle.
Mr. Hollingsworth, who is superintendent of the school, was master of ceremonies. Mrs. Ware, who is an instructor, made a talk. Mrs. Akin told the girls and leaders how proud we all are of the magnificient work they are doing. Mrs. Glenn Chafin ass.ured them the council would aid them in any way possible. Mrs. Robert Johnson, wife of the president of Shriners, cut the three tier cake. Mrs. Chafin presented six Tenderioot pins to little girls who were happy to have passed the Brownie test-

The boys' hopes to become Scouos have at last been realized. The older boys have been divided into two groups. Twelve of them have become Boy Scouts and have joined the Boy Scout troop down the hill. The younger ones have been organized into a Cub Pack. The Pack is sponsored by the Jewish Brotherhood of Rome. The number I 0 has been chosen for the Pack number. Mrs. Kennard, Mrs. Crowe, Mrs. Oasey, Mrs. Highnote, Miss Brannon, and Mrs. Jones are the Den Mothers. Roscoe Dukes is Cubmaster. Den meetings are held once a week, and once a month the Cubs meet with the Scouts.
The cubbing program offers fine
opportunities for the young boys.
It promotes spiritual interests and

On February 21, our class was given a Metropolitan toot, and all the children did very well. For the interest of our friends and families, we would like to tell you just how well we did.
Kenneth Corry ______________ 3 7 Margene Bruner ____________ 3.6 Franklin Dubberly ________ 3.4
Jimmy Parker ---------------- 3.3 Alton Shirey ---------------- 3. 2 Gene Dominy ---------------- 3.1 Ronald Bell __________________ 3.1
Joe Ann Edwards ---- ____ 3.0 Joyce Mattox ________________ 2. 9
We are especially proud of Kenneth and Fmnklin who have been in school only three years. They have worked hard and made good progress. Joyce was at a disadvantage because of the time she has missed in school, but she i~ working hard and hopes to improve

and were ready for Scouting. All the girls formed a line in order to meet all the Shrinem and other guests. -Rome News- Tribune
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From the Intermediate Department

SOCIAL STUDIES

brought with him a Spaniard em part of North America.

The world is such a big place whose name was Ponce de Leon.

The people of France knew of

and there is so much to learn about Ponce de Leon was old and the expeditions that had been sent

it that it i~ hard for the interme- wrinkled and he wanted very out by Spain and England, and

diate children to grasp it.

much to be young again.

they felt that they should have a

They began by getting direc- The Indians told the white peo- part in these discoveries, too. They

tions. first in the claJSSroom and ple a story about a wonderful Had also heard that the waters off

school building, then the school fountain where people could bathe the northern coaiSts of North

catnJJUS and other buildings, and and become young again. They America swarmed with fish. The then the directions to other towns. called it the "Fountain of Youth.'' Frenchmen were great fishermen,

T his leads up to the study of the They believed that it was in the and soon great numbers of them

Georgia map and on to the sur- land to the west of them. So Ponce started coming to America in

rounding seates. So you see it is de Leon started out in 15 13 to French fishing vessels. They found

a slow and difficult process, but search for it.

that the country was full of fur-

by the time they have gone through After sailing for several weeks bearing animals and before long a

the years in this department they he landed on the southern main- large fur trade with the Indians

have learned about a great many land of North America. It was sprani up.

places.

The study of history is mainly

by topics about some of the out-

standing people. We have never

been able to find any textbooks

that give the history of our country

in simple enough !Style for our chil-

dren to understand. A sample of

these topics is given in the follow-

ing.

-R. F.

Easter Sunday. The Spanish name for E~ter is " Pascua Florida," which means the "Land of Flowers.'' Ponce de Leon called the land that he had discovered, Florida, and took possession of it for the king of Spain.
Of course he did not find the magic Foundation of Youth, because there was no such fountain. He returned home sad and disap-

The fisheries and fur trade were so profitable that France began to take a great interest in North America, and the French king began sending out expeditions to explore the new country.
-C-2 Class
The B Class is studying a textbook called, "Our America" which tells of the beginning of our coun-

THE PILGRIMS Some people from England came to this country more than two hundred years ago~ They were called Pilgrims.
The Pilgrims had been very un happy in England because the king would not let them worship God as they thought was right.
First, the Pilgrims went to Hol-

pointed.

try's history.

About ten years later, he asked the king of Spain if he might con- .

JOHN SMITH HELPS THE COLONY

quer Florida and be its governor. The London Company was

He set sail with three ships and a small number of men, but when

lucky to Have had the help and advice of Captain John Smith.

he landed he found that the Indians who lived in Florida were hostile.

Without him, the colony probably would have gone out of business. And Jamestown might have

They had a battle and Ponce become a forgotten colony.

de Leon was killed. He was buried John Smith was an English-

land. After that they decided to in the land where he had expected man who had served as soldier in

come to America. They came in a to find everlasting youth.

the war between England and

small ship named the "Mayflow-

--C-1 Class Spain. Seeking new adventures, he

er." They landed at a place called

joined the company bound for

Plymouth Rock, December 21. 1620.
Miles Standish was the leader of the Pilgrims.
The Pilgrims were often cold

THE BEGINNING OF FRENCH EXPLORATIONS We have learned from previous topics that the Spanish explorations were all in the southern part

Virginia. The new settlers spent their time
looking for gold. They laughed at the captain when he told them to plant corn and vegetables.

and hungry during their first win- of the New World. The purpose of Of course it was not long before

ter in America. Many of them died these explorations was two- fold; their supply of food was nearly

then. Miles Standish's wife died, to find the long sought passage to gone.

too.

India, and to find the rich mines With no gold and no food. the

-D Class and cities of which they had heard. settlers came to the captain. ''You

Now we shall study about the were right,'' they said. ' 'But please

(SPANISH EXPLORERS) French explorers who came to thi'S tell us what to d.o now.''

PONCE de LEON

country. We shall see that their ex- Smith made a rule that those

When Columbus made his sec- plorations were largely along the who did not work could not eat.

ond voyage to this country, he Mississippi river and in the north-

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

March, 1951

THE SCHOOL HELPER

and outside the profession, for exhibits, and all educational activities that can be crowded into the short

period of days.

All communication should be addressed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.
Entered at the post office 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.

With Supt. Truman L. Ingle, who so ably demonstrated the Ingle-Missouri brand of hospitality ten years ago, as host again, everyone can be assured of comfortable living accommodations and ample en tertainment.
The Missouri School for the Deaf will reach its one hundredth birthday in 1951. In the spirit of this celebration , entertainment will be interspersed with the serious phases of the program. Ample and comfortable facilities will be provided. Arrangements

JOHN L. CAPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor KATHARINE CASEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor MARIE KENNARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor C. G. TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing Instructor

can be made for special group luncheons and din-
ners. The geographical location should command an
unprecedented attendance The professional spirit should lead every teacher and co-worker to attend,

VOLUME 51

MARCH, 1951

NO.6

contribute to and benefit from the sessions. Further information will appear in the official

For tbe promotion of all StateAided School For tbe Deaf
1. Improved recognition as educational institutions

organ of the Convention. -Mrs. H. T. Poore, President, Convention of American Instructors of l"he Deaf

with control in the hands of educational boards.

2. Sectional and national associations with accrediting authorities and approved measuring rods and standards suited to each association, terminating in the highest

GALLAUDET COLLEGE GOES INTERNATIONAL

requirements for membership in a national association for schools for the deaf.
3. A greater Gallaudet College serving the interests of all the states with special emphasis on research findings openly arrived at and freely disseminated in promoting the educational interests of all the schools.
4. A full utilization of services that can be rendered by the U. S. Office of Education in keeping with the spirit and purpose of its creation.
5. Federal equalization aid for education that will guarantee equal opportunities for deaf boys and girls in all states.
6. Utilization or a full-time state Field Agent and Placement Officer (or both) to locate and enroll deaf children in the State Schools for the Deaf and to work with the Department in job placement and vocational rehabilitation of ex-pupils and graduateL

Gallaudet College, long known as the only college for the deaf in the world, will take on international aspects when it opens this month.
There will be a small group of de-af students from other countries enrolled at the college as undergraduates. So far students are enrolled from Sweden, Israel, India, China and Trans-Jordan; all are young men. There may be another !Student from Japan. but there is some doubt about his entry due to unsettled conditions in that area. A negro student from Austin, Texas, also will be enrolled this fall. This student Austin Massey, will be the second negro ever to at: tend. The finst colored student was James Gilbert of Cincinnati, Ohio, who was admitted to the then introductory class in 1880. He stayed only a year.
The college's enrollment this year is expected to be another record-breaker-225 undergraduates, 115

women and 110 men; in 19.46 there were 164. The

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 1951 MEETING Normal class will have 11 students, including a young

OF THE CONVENTION OF AMERICAN lady from Thailand (Siam.)

INSTRUCTORS OF THE DEAF

Forty-three states will be represented in the stu

The Thirty-fifth Meeting of the Convention of dent body. New York state takes the lead in number

American Instructors of the Deaf will be held at the of students with 23; California will be second.

Missouri School for the Deaf, Fulton, Mi:ssouri, June

Changes in the faculty include Dr. Rosalyn H.

17 to 22, 1951.

Gardner, replacing Miss Genevieve Hanley, assistant

With Dr. Daniel T. Cloud, Supt., of the Illinois professor of romance languages; Hugo H. Schunoff,

School for the Deaf, Jacksonville, Ill., as Vice-Presi- replacing William McSchool and 'Mrs. Martha Bird,

dent and Program Chairman, aided by a very capable who will take over Mi19s Elizabeth Benson's classes in

corps of section leaders, an outstanding program is speech. Miss Benson will become dean of women in

assured . Arrangements are being made for demonstra- place of Dr. Elizabeth Peet, who retired this spring.

tions, lectures and papers by educators both inside

-The Cavalier

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Superintendent's Corner

Y OUR humble scribe and his good lady have been so over-

whelmed by, what

Our Father w e consider, rare

We

good fortunes the

Thank Thee past thirty days

that we can hard-

ly contain ourselves. Our . JOY

knows no bounds.

Yet withal, it is hopt:d we con-

tinue to know from whence comes

all good and perfect gifts; that

"pride goeth before a fall ;" and

that we must yet gird ourselves to

prayerfully meet responsibilities yet

out of th~ buffoon treatment of a well -nigh incredulous potentiality.
The third thing that added to our joy, in this thirty day interim of good fortune , was the fact that our eldest son, in a four-cornered race, was impressively elected to the office of County Ordinary. Floyd County is the state's most populous county north of Atlanta which adds to the responsibility and opportunity of the office.
R ecently a very kind friend in Rome wrote: " It ha.s been a pleasure for me to help in this cam-

for her, this she knew very well. " All of these people who at-
tended the services of her church, she knew them, received with joy their respectful attentions, and experienced a peculiar satisfaction in being there among them-
" And they enjoyed seeing her, feeling the comfort of her presence, and breathing the air, that seemed to be purer, fresher , holier, because she was there.
" If 'Grandma' couldn' t get to church, the whole community w as worried-

undone .

paign. The vote in the Cave Spring "What an influence there was

During this time of good for- Box was a compliment to Mrs. about the presence and personality

tune, as measured against our Hollingsworth and yourself, as of that little old lady!

shortcomings, e t e r n a l vigilance well as Hillis. I have never seen a ' 'She used to worry me a bit

mUJSlt continue to be the watch- finer display of confidence.''

though. She couldn 't hear, but she

word .

You will pardon these personal had good eyes, an alert mind, and

F irst-we are so very grateful interspersions but we would have she didn 't miss a thing.

to the Governor, State Board of you know it will be a happy sea- " The family enjoyed asking her

Education, the State Department son for the Hollingsworth house - about the service when they were

of Education and the General As- hold, not only for the abundant all at home at the dinner table-

sembly for the consideration paid blessing that bas come to the school "Sbe could hear the music. but

the Georgia School for the Deaf. and the handicapped of our state, not the sermon.

This culminates (not without but for the fortunes of our two ' 'About the singing she expres-

work ) the fulfillment of a thirteen sons. yea r old dream. Then to add to

*

sed herself freely, about the choir, about the congregation, and about

this, legislative provisions were SHE COULDN'T HEAR A WORD the preacher.

made at the same time, for the better t~aining and education o~ the

By E. NASH BROYLES (Wesleyan Christian Advocat..)

''She couldn' t hear the preacher, but she could see him-

blind, the spastics, the aphasics, the ''In one of my early pastorates " If his hair wasn't parted

crippled and otherwise physically there was a Great Grandmother in straight she would see it. If his suit

handicapped children of Georgia the home of one of our leading wasn't freshly pressed, she would

who, too, have long been neglected. families-

see that. Hi.g attitude in the pulpit,

Second--our youngest son, .who " A gracious soul, and faithful gestures, collar and tie, cuffs, every-

was sorely wounded in Korea and . to the church.

thing about the preacher came un-

for ninety days thereafter considered in a serious condition, will spend Easter Week at home. He comes from the U . S. Naval Hoopital at Jacksonville, Florida. With the aid of leg braces and crutches, the boy will be hobbling about our household and among friends and scenes of his boyhood days.
That his life was spared we are thankful beyond expression. It was with welling tears, occasioned by

"Every Sunday morning there were services in her church, she might always be seen in her pew-
" Well, it wasn't really her pew, but she liked to sit there, and the people respected her wishes.
''She couldn 't hear a word the preacher said; but when uniting with the church, she had taken a vow to attend its services, and she had great regard for her vows-

der Grandma's observation"And at the dinner table it
would all come out. ''It worried me a bit, but you
know, 'Grandma' was a saint, and no preacher could ever feel hurt at what she said-
''She loved aU her pastors. ''Worried me, did I say? She did, just a bit, but she did me good" I got to feeling that if I got by

gladness more than sadness, that ' 'And the attendance did her with 'Grandma' I would certain-

We recently penned these lines, soul good.

ly get by with the rest, tie tied,

''Come on home 'Pete.' We must ''There were the beautiful art- hair combed, clothes pressed, pul-

start working out soon if you ex - glass windows, and she had known pit presence, all of that.

pect another crack at the Olym- just about all the people whose " But 'Grandma' c a m e to

pics.' ' Our son, blessed w ith a rare saintly lives they commemorated- church, couldn't hear a word the

sense of humor, got a great " kick" " One day there would be one

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From the Colored Department

Arithmetic in the primary cl;wsrooms of the past was rarely a series of pleasant and meaningful experiences. Too often little children, even the first graders, spent the greater portion of their time memorizing, writing, and reciting what were to them meaningless
number facts.
More and more primary teachers are becoming convinced of the necessity for building understandings that will constitute an ade quate foundation for computation and quantitative thinking in later years. Teachers are realizing more and more the vital role of developing real readiness for the concepts of number before presenting them to children. These teachers are determinedly seeking answers to the questions,-What kind of arithmetic should we teach ? How much arithmetic should we teach? How should we teach it? and What mat~rials should we use?
The kind of arithmetic most needed in the initial period of number instruction is the kind that will even up the apparent differences in abilities.
The question of how much arithmetic to teach must be answered in terms of the maturity of the children within a particular group. The matter of how much arithmetic to teach goes hand in hand with the question of when to present the various aspects of number. Teachers must always keep in mind the needs of the children in any group and a~wer the question of how much arithmetic in terms of these needs.
Most teachers agree that putting into practice a modern program of number instruction is a complex and often exceedingly difficult task. Gaps in the experiences of children must be filled in. Children must be aided in seeing that arithmetic functions in their lives and in the lives of othe11S', Frequent opportunttles f o r quantitative thinking must be provided. Some aspects of arithmetic can be presented advantageously at one stage of development and not at another.

Obviously some sort of coordinator must be devised to bring together all these various considerations and requirements.
Number textbooks and workbooks are invaluable in building readiness for each new skill, in teaching that skill at the proper time , tand in maintain~n~g skills. Without the aid that number book'S can provide, teachers often find the problem of maintenance an overwhelming one.
Needless to say any number experiences that children have should bear close relation to life and to children's actual needs. It is not possible in most classrooms to provide each child with sufficiently numerous and vital actual experiences ; however, there are two kinds of experiences a child may have, actual and vicarious. Through reading stories in number books each child may encounter vicariously most of his every day needs for arithmetic. The stories he reads are not merely related to his own experiences; they become his experiences.
Another value in using number books lies in the fact that they present experiences to children in a visual way. Too often the entire primary course in arithmetic neglects number reading experiences. Yet we know that from even the eady stages in development many of the most common needs for arithmetic arise in reading situations. At some point in his training the child must learn to derive quantitative ideas from the printed page.
Any visual experiences that children receive! in primary number should be pleasant ones. The success of any number book depends upon the ease with which children can read it. The vocabulary should be so controlled that children concentrate upon the number ideas expressed and not upon the difficulty of the reading matter. The reading of number stories, with a carefully controlled vocabulary helps to bridge the gap between oral experience and visual experiences,

and encourage~ children to see and use numbers m every day ~>itua tions.
-N.S.G.
This has been a very interesting month for us in many ways, and as a result, our vocabularies have grown by many words.
W'e are working hard on reading and spelling. Everyone seems to enjoy the classroom exercises and is doing well.
Eddie Baker celebrated her tenth birthday February 9, and all htr classmates enjoyed helping add the candles to her cake.
We are beginning to be number conscious as evidenced one day
this week by the interest H. W.
Smith showed suddenly in the four different foods that had been served on his plate. He entered the dining room quietly and stood at his place with his hands by his sides. His eyes fell on his plate and all of a sudden up went four little fingers. We realized right then that the opportune moment had presented itself to introduce numbers, and just as soon as we got back to the classroom we began to see two, three, and four things where before it had been just one. We know there are many inter esting things for us to count now that numbers have been opened to us.
~Beulah Chandler's Class
We chose the study of a few birds for our hobby this month. The two that we devoted the most of our attention to were the robin and the white crowned sparrow. These along with the cardinal and blue jay let us know that ~Spring is "just around the corner.''
One morning recently we took a walk and looked for birds and other signs of spring.
WI looked for blue-eyed grass that grows among the meadow grasses. Its flower is of an intense white and star-shaped with long narrow pale green leaves.
Other early spring flowers that we looked for were the wood

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

March, 1951

anemone, the March iris, and the trailing arbutus.
-Helen Jones's Class
We have been trying to develop numbers in realistic situations. We have made a plan of inventory for checking number abilities in rote, rational. and serial counting ; identifying and forming groups of specified size; and concepts of size, quantity, and location.
The resul.ts showed that Catherine's abilities in rote counting are very satisfactory, She can identify and form groups of a specified size. She has some understanding of the concepts of size, quantity, and location. Henry obviously needs more experiences in counting, in identifying and forming specified groups of numbers, and in using the concepts of size, quantity, and location.
After making the inventory, we find that the children fall into various groups and should be placed into small groups according to their needs with appropriate expenences.
-Louise B. Chubb's Class
After two months with the handicraft class we find the girls intensely interested in their work and have evidence of marked improvements along the way.
The upper class enjoys shuck weaving so much that we find it an easy task to keep them busy, as each one vies with the other to see who does th.e best weaving.
Charlie Mae Printup has done
excellent work in shuck braiding and also in putting the braids together. Charlie Mae has completed a set of hot dish mats which consists of two round mats and an oval one. She is now ready to shellac her set. The shellac gives a gloss to the mats, serves as an aid in keeping the mats clean, and prolongs the life for many years.
The lower class of girls enJoys paper pulpertry. We have expanded our ideas and developed some originality in designing and molding. We have made birds, ducks, dogs,

cats, pitchers, and pintrays. We are ready to paint the designs, but we must wait for the designs to dry before painting them. Wi.th the help of Mrs. Griffith we hope to make this one of the most interesting classes in our school.
-Elvira C. Bray's Class
In the absence of our teacher, Mrs. McCullough, who is out on account of illness,, Mrs. Malone is teaching our class.
Since the month of March is the beginning of spring, we are observing the signs of spring.
Spring is a wonderful time. W e are happy after such a cold winter to see the green grass and trees, the beautiful yellow jonquils and our friend, the robin. It is very interesting to see the alder by the water shaking out her yellow powdery curls and the pussy willows budding in her fuzzy silver catkins.
One afternoon the boys in our clas~ dug up !SOme bulbs to be divided but were more interested in looking for worms to go fishing than in getting up the bulbs.
March brings us wind so that boys and girls can fl.y their kites. It brings not only spring, flo wers, wind, and birds but it also brings us dates that we fail to remember.
On March 2 Texas celebrated her independence.
On March 4 the Constitution of the United States went into effect.
March 15 is Andrew Jackson's birthday.
March 16 is James Madison 's birthday.
March 17 is St. Patrick's Day.
March 21 is the first day of spring.
Last, but not least, is a date that we are looking forward to--March 23 to April 1- the spring holidays at G. S. D.
So you can see, March is a

month of holidays and birthdays as well a\S the beginning of spring.
-Lucille McCullough's Class
With the first signs of spri?g, we began a beautification proJect of our campus. This project will be very helpful to us as well as a means of beautifying our surroundings. We realize that much work has to be done to perfect this project and that our education iB largely the result of work experiences. v.;e hope to make the children understand better that work experiences play an invaluable part in their education and through this project learn to work better and to increase their vocabularies by actually working. It is very important th* we learn to think through difficult problems and to work when work is needed to be d one.
The large boys are digging holes an d setting out dogwood and redbud trees along the driveway. They are cultivating along the walkway to plant various kinds of flowers.
By putting this project into action , we have learned the procedure of setting out trees , the approximate depth of the holes, and the ways and means of preparing the ground for planting flowers, as well as enriching our vocabularies.
To illustrate the point that it is very important to learn to think through difficult problems, I am reminded of the time that Mrs. Griffith wanted UJS to have some alder, the very first signs of spring. She drew a rough sketch of the bush with all the necessary indications; such as, the brook, land, the alder, and taSS1Cls and gave it to Bennie Cook to find. To our surprise, when Bennie returned he had the alder with itJs beautiful powdery curls.
This was a difficult problem for Bennie and an interesting experience, too.
-Hattie Menifee's Class

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March. 1951

INTERMEDIATE--Continued week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Stepp spent a Sun.

Until the crops could grow, the Kennard.

day recentl y in Atlanta enjoying

captain bought corn from the Indians. He paid for it with small mirrors and beads.
One day Smith was captured by Indians. He was taken to their chief. Powhatan. Powhatan decided that Smith should die.

Mrs. Irwin spent a recent Satur-
day in Atlanta. Miss Brannon spent a week-end in Gadsden, Alabama recently.
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The Rome Methodist ministers and their wives entertained Bishop

the beautiful ~ring flowers.

Miss Annie McDaniel spent the
week-end of February 24th in Atlanta and attended the basketball tournament.


MR. DILLARD'S CLASS

Booth of the Belgian Congo area Mrs. Simmons spent the week-

Jean Rentz is thrilled because at dinner one evening recently. end of February 17th in Atlanta.
her mother told her that she would Mr. and Mrs. Minter enjoyed

take her home for the Ea:ster holi- Bishop Booth's interesting talk

days.

concerning the reaction of the

Barbara Hobbs is so happy that Africans to present-day world con-

she has a new baby sister. She was ditions. born on February 28th.



Betty Ruth Baxley hopes that Mrs. Grant was called to her

sh can go home for the Easter home in Anderson, S. C. February

holidays.

1 9 due to the sudden death of her

James Faulk got a letter from father. Mr. Joseph D. Winchester.

his mother March 9th. He was

*

Russell Royston attended the funeral of his uncle in Austell and then went on to Royston, Georgia to the burial February 2.
*
Mr. and Mrs. Kenion E. Edwards, Jr. and Ken III were the guestl9 of Mrs. Turner recently.


happy to get five dollars.

Mr. and Mrs. Williamson spen.t Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harling

Dorothy Hughes doesn't want the lCI!St ,Sunday in Fe!bruary in of Dothan. Alabama recently visi-

to be so large. She tries to stay Atlanta as guestls of Mr. and Mrs. ted their mother, Mrs. Jessie F.

on a diet.

W. D. Venable.

James Pope can hardly wait for

Jones, and sister, Mrs. Highnote.
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spring to come because he likes to go fishing often.
Cynthia Aspinwall's sister from Warm Springs, Ga., told her that
she would take her home for the Easter holidays.
Lennie Moon is very happy that the weather is spring like now. He hopes that some of the boys will play baseball next month.
Essie Mae Taylor thinks that she will not go home for the Easter holidays because she lives too far away.
Netheara Mobley ils excited

Mr. Hollingsworth and Mr. Caple spent Friday, February 2 in Atlanta. They report a bright picture of our building program and the advantages of being under the State Merit System.
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Mrs. Forbes spent the past month in Cave Spring trying to keep up with her school work.
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Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery spent the seventeenth of February in Atlanta. They did some shopping and attended the Holiday on

Mrs. Mary Walker, of Selma,

Alabama, visited Mrs. Crowe and

her family during February.
*

Mr. and Mrs. Fincher were

made grandparents for the first

time February 27 when a oon was

born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark

Fincher. The baby's name is Robert

Clark.



Mrs. Ray Dauwalter, of Mil-

ledgeville, visited Mrs. May F.

Glenn recently.

* about going home for the Easter Ice that evening.
holidays.

CORNER--Continued

Clarence Rainwater will miss football. He cannot play football next fall because he wii.l be twenty years old in November.
Louise Hunt can hardly wait for spring to come because she is tired of the bad weather.
FACULTY NOTES

Mr. and Mrs. Tom w ,are of

Atlanta were the week-end guests

of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ware March

3.

*

Mr. and Mrs. Dillard and Mr. and Mrs. Stout spent Saturday, February 24 in Atlanta.


preacher said, but she came to church-
"Put in her contribution, fulfilled her obligation to the Lord. spread her influence for good, and went home with a clear conscience.
"That was thirty eight years ago, and 'Grandma' has long since gone to glory; but she is still a considerable part of my ministry-

Second Lieutenant Daniel H. Miss Latham and Mrs. John- ' 'She made good her vows. and Woods of Fort Smith, Arkansas, son attended luncheon in Colum- served the Lord with gladness. who is stationed at Fort Benning. bus February 24th given in honor ''I hope she likes what I arn

Georgia at the present was the of Mrs. Ethel Moncrief.

writing about her.''

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HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Governor
GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

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

ADMINISTRATION

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

Janice R. Caple, Secretary Julian Tumlin, Steward Myrtle A. Johnson, Bookkeeper

Earl Cox, Engineer

Charles E. Owen, D. D. S. John M. McGehee, M. ~-

INSTRUCTORS JOHN L. CAPLE, Principal

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervising Teacher Doris Brannon Gladys E. Carpenter Polly Casey Rebecca S. Crowe Mabel L. Fincher May F. Glenn Stella W. Grant Emmalee J. Highnote Jim Irwin Jessie F. Jones Miriam B. Minter

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED DEPARTMENTS Mary P. Turner, B. A., Supervising Teacher
Advanced Department Katharine Casey, Supervising Teacher
Intermediate Department Dorothy F. Brady, B. S. Jack Brady, B. S. Connor Dillard Ruth D. Forbes Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Elizabeth F. Simmons, B. S. Gail Stout, Jr., B. A. Kathryn W. Williamson, B. A.

VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT John L. Caple, Supervising Teacher

C. G. Turner . . . . .... . .... .. . . .... . .... . .. Printing

Sarah F. Ware ..... . .......... Arts and Craft

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

Gladys L. Latham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beauty Culture

Connor Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoe Repairing

Annie McDaniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sewine

Russell Royston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbering and Pressing Geverna C. Stepp, B. S. H. E. . . . . Home Economicr

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

COLORED DEPARTMENT Nelle S. Griffith, Consultant

Beulah Chandler Louise Chubb Helen Jones

Elvira C. Bray Lucille McCullough Hattie S. Menifee

UUnbinnrr\saifttY of GeorJI f.tbent. lieGtiia

PUBLISHED AT THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR
T-HE DEAF. CAVE SPRING, GEORGIA

APRIL. 1951

VOL. 51

NO. 7

JOHN James Audubon was born April 26. 178;, the lover of birds and grea.t bird artist, was born of French parents at Les Cayes, Santo Domingo, now Haiti. From his earliest boyhood, Audubon studied nature. His room was always cluttered with relics be picked upon his many rambles through the woods.
As a businessman, Audubon was a dismal failure. At length, his loyal wife, Lucy Bakewell Audubo.n. insi.\Sited that be devote his time to painting the delicate, detailed sketches of birds in their natural habitat which were to make him famous.
Audubon's great work. " Birds in America," was completed in 1839. He continued with his nature studies and by the time of his death in 1851 , Audubon bad given the American people a priceless record of their woods and wild life.

THE SCHOOL 'HE:LPER

VOLUME 51

APRIL, 1951

NO.7

A Normal Language Environment
By BOYD NELSON in The UTAH EAGLE

Problems: The time is approaching when we must decide whether or not to send our child to the residential school for the deaf. He is so severely hard of hearing that he has not developed language normally. In fact at the age of four he says less than a dozen words that are easily understood . However, we wish him to learn and grow as normally as possible. Both . our doctor and a lady who has been giving our son speech lessons suggest that we do not enroll him in a residential school. They suggest entering him in the public school and giving him individual attention at home in the evenings, and providing private speech lessons for him about twice a week. They feel that his devel opment will follow more normal patterns should he live at home and mingle with hearing friends rather than other deaf children . We would appreciate your opinion as to relative values in normal language development. Discussion: Your son at the age of four can use for communicative purposes about a dozen words. The normal child at the age of four has a vocabulary of approximately fifteen hundred words. The ability to communicate or to understand others of his group is one of the first requirements for normal development. It is important to live, play and work on an equal basis With others in order to develop a normal intellectual. moral emotional life. Language is one of the strongest links for equality and comradeship among human beings. "jour son is certainly not developIng normally. A normal environment for your hearing children may not be a normal environment for yo.ur deaf child.
Do you think that your son can

catch up with his hearing friends so that he might soon communica.te normally with them? At the age of five, a hearing child has a vocabulary of approximately two thousand words. At the age of six this becomes twenty six hundred words. Unless your son can increase his vocabulary at the rate of five hundred or more words a year in his home environment he is not only failing to catch up, but the communicative gap between him and his friends is growing wider. He would not be meeting normal standards for his group. He would be developing abnormally. I would not say that it is impossible for your son to bridge the language gap which now exists between him and his neighborhood playmates. Proper guidance in the use of a hearing aid, special speech lessons and dail.y instruction . at home along with a maturing mind can conceivably do so. From my observations, however, it would seem very unlikely. Should you try keeping your boy in the environment of hearing classmates, do not let yourself be fooled by false appearances of progress and adjustment. Report cards may be graded in terms of effort or sympathy. The boy may give vent to rejection by friends in behavior patterns which you may not understand. Be careful to watch his adjustments to playmates and family. Observe his academic achievement in terms of objective tests. Many have realized too late that their handicapped children have failed
to get an education and at the same time have developed serious personality maladjustments.
To expect phenomenal progress at a school for the deaf would also be a mistake. Without normal language or the means of learning

language normally the rate of acquiring communicative skills is very slow when cqm\pared with hearing standards. The main advantages in teaching deaf children in classes designed specifically for their types of handicap are: 1. The subject matter and presentation is on the ability level of the child. In public school the presentation level is often so far advanced that the child cannot participate but must become a so called "sitter."
This means the child learns little more than experiences of defeat from class instruction. 2. The ac'ademic program is extended over a greater number of years. This means that the pupil can attend school with others of his own ability and age for thirteen to fifteen years. He would not ordinarily be able to extend his learning program in the common public schools to the sai:ne degree. He would not adjust to a younger age group in order to do so. 3. He can develop at rate and degree normal for deaf children. He can share qualities of leadership, cooperative planning and group activity. These are the qualities. which determine happy, useful. well adjusted citizenship. This is the aim of all education. With a hearing group of normal language ability it is no.t likely that he could acquire these highest goals in norrrtal growth
patterns. I am sure that above all else you
want your son to become a useful member of society. You want him to become a happy, well integrated individual. You want him to become a good worker, neighbor and family man. Therefore, you should carefully weigh his possibilities in view of the aims of purposeful liv-
ing. -The Hoosier

From the Primary Department

Spring vacation has come and We are a group of very lively we arrived at home. Peggy had a

gone! It now seems like a dream, little people, and anything that new baby sister she had never seen
so quickly did it pass, but we all calls for an extra wiggle meets with Jean's sister had a new baby boj

had an exciting time. Of course we our immediate approval. We have ~e had ne,ver seen. Nan bad a

had longed for spring holidays ever done a lot of work on our verb birthday and a pretty cake with

since the Christmas holidays, and, chart recently and have enjoyed it nine candles on it.

just as we did then, most of us very much. This chart has stick We had lots to talk about when

went home for the week. Some men illustrating the verbs that we we g?t to the classroom Moqday

stayed here and had fun going to know, and we use it as part of our mornmg.

the movies and to the drug store regular reading lesson. We under - We want to thank Mr. Hol-

for ice cream.

stand that the verbs are all in the lingsworth for giving us such a

Mary Lou Millsaps had a birth- past ten~Se, for this work is started nice vacation at this time.

day just before vacation, which by having us run, walk, or jump

-May F. Glenn's Cit~~~

meant a nice party for all the class. and then sit down to show that the

The cake and ice cream were deli- action is completed.

The teachers and pupils of the

cious. Eight candles were counted We use these same verbs a great primary department are unanim-

on her cake. Roger Hooper was deal in connection with our news. ously agreed that spring holidays,

home for his birthday, so his The verbs on our news blackboard March 23 to April 1. were j111t

mother baked his cake for him and are written with red chalk, and the thing we needed to boost ua

placed seven candles on it. Gloria we point them out on the chart as after the winter quarter and thua

lJanham spent the holidays with we read the news. Naturally, got give us added energy to tackle the

her grandmother in Rome. John is our pet verb, for it usually means spring quarter with its many extra

Coleman tells what a good time he that someone has candy to share tasks. We believe thils will be a very

had during the holidaYIS watching with us. In this way we soon un- successful spring, the children hav-

a new television set.

derstand gave, too.

ing stayed at home just long

Our entire class was pleased to We also like the verbs that call enough to make them glad to come

have spring holidays, but we're for a trip outside, and that makes back to school and see everybody

just as pleased now to be back in went, came, bought, and picked again, knowing in just a few more

school learning new things and special favorites with us. We enjoy weeks they can go back home for

having fun with our classmates. looking for something that is lost , the long summer vacation.

--Stella Grant's Class too, and the one who is first to be We know the children's fami-

able to put found back in the chart lies are equally enthusiastic about

The girls and boys look for- is considered a very lucky boy or the spring vacation and are pleased ward to Friday which is the day girl. Fell is not so popular, but is to have it become a part of our

for going to town or for a walk. We leave after lunch and usually go to town first so we can buy something. We like to go to the drug store where we buy ice cream cones and sometimes gum or candy.

one that we use quite a lot. We are happy to say, though, that laughed
can be pointed to much more often than cried when someone falls.
--Jim Irwin's Class

school program. -Mabel Fincher's Clt111
We have been interested in numbers for somletime. Recen~ly we
have learned to count to five in

We especially like to walk to For weeks we had counted the speech.

the park where we can feed the days until Friday, March 23 when We know the numbers to five

ducks on the lake. We enjoy we would go home for Easter and in speech reading and reading. too.

having a large space in which to a week 's vacation. The day arrived by recognizing, making, and taking

run and play. We see birds, flow- and we were so thrilled and excited groups of objects such 'as tops.

ers, bees. cows, dogs, and squirrels that we could hardly wait until balls, spooniS, etc. We like to draw

and have added these words to our time for our parents to come.

and have been drawing simple ob-

vocabulary.

Barbara Sue, Peggy, Nan, Jean, jects for sometime but did not have

Most of us went home for the Herman, Fred, and James went to bother to follow our teacher's

~ring holidays. Since there was home Friday afternoon. Jackie and directions. Now, in order to get to

no school. we found every day to Delano went home Saturday draw, we have to read what the

be almost like Friday. We bought morning. Betty Ann did not go directions tell us to draw; as,

ice cream, saw movies and took home but she enjoyed Easter and Draw two tops.

several nice walks. We are always the vacation here. She hunted Draw four balls.

sorry for these trips to end be- Easter eggs, went to the show and Draw five flowers, etc. using all

cause we have found them most to town, and bought ice cream the nouns we know in reading that

enjoyable as well as profitable.

several times.

can be easily drawn.

-Doris Brannon's Class Some of us had surprises when We really have done big things

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

April. 1951

when our teacher holds a number combinations. We have used only

of small objects in each hand, puts made and ate so far. Very soon

them together, and calls on us for we will use bought, found and

the answer. Our part is to give the lost. This is an excellent way to

correct answer in speech. Don't you broaden our vocabulary and af-

see, we are adding.

fords the teacher an opportunity

Drawing still plays a big part to test our understanding.

in our work for it helps us to

-Gladys Carpenter's Class

learn. The next step in addition is

still more difficult. Our teacher From the start our Brownie Scout

holds objects in each hand, puts program has been popular with our

them together and then asks us to girls. It isn't the fact that we have

dtaw fitst and then write; as,

accomplished a great deal, because

Two balls and one ball are _---- _ we haven 't, but the idea of actually

balls. Now we are ready to go a being official members of so fine

step further by crossing out the an organization makes us very

word balls and leaving

proud.

Two and one are three.

We meet with our leaders only

These words are then changed one hour each week. This takes the

+ to the figuns.
2 1= 3

and

2
+ 1

place of hobby work which is conducted by others for different age groups. We can write the Brownie

Promise from memory and a few of

3 us can speak it. We have learned

The older we grow, the more many adjectives which tell us what

difficult our work becomes but we a Brownie is. We have done a little

are .proud of ourselves when this craft work. too.

exercise is finished for we rl?ally We are inviting Mrs. Jessie

like figures.

Akin, of Rome, Girl Scout Direc-

-Miriam Minter's Class tor for this di:strict, to visit us at

the time of our next meeting. We

have many questions awaiting her

We .began number stories durin g and shall ask for help in preparing

the fourth period. The day they an order for materials which will

were introduced we dramatized enable us to plan more effective

them. Perhaps if you had peeped projects. We understand that we

into our room about that time, have around. forty dollars to spend

you'd have thought we were play- for this purpose. That should real-

ing paper dolls. The verb made ly get us going.

w'as the first one used; as.

The break for spring holidays

A boy had a kite. l-Ie made two (kites). Then he had ----------- kites.
Mrs. Carpenter made a kite and gave it. to Edward. Then Edward

has certainly shortened the period between Christmas and school letout for summer vacation. We had a wonderful time at home.
-Rebecca Crowe's Class

made two kites to show the three

kites. We used kites, handkerchiefs, We wonder, if by any chance,

.apron'S, paper cups, and belts in our readers (if we h:ave any ) could

the same way. Our next verb was possibly be as joyful as are the

ate. That really was fun because teachers in- realizing this is the last

we got to eat suckers, cookies, monthly article of the year. No

crackers. and nuts. Since the first matter how little or how much our

day, however. we have drawn toil- salary is, believe us, please, when

l~trate . the stories. Simple com- we say it is truly earned in the

binations are used because we are writing of these little articles each

trying to comprehend the language month-if we didn't do another

.as . we are (striving for language thing the whole year long! Maybe

comprehension rather than number that doesn't make sense to you,

but we just dare you to ~k any teacher on primary hill how she feels on the subject.
When you've been at it as long as some of us have, you feel that you've written all you are capable of on jUJSt about every possible subject. You rack your feeble brain each month in the hope that some new idea will be imparted, but, if you're lucky enough to even think you have an idea to develop, you suddenly recall that Miss So and So used that subject last fall. You sit and think, and hours later, it seem' you are inspired with another thought, only to find that that subject, too, had been used recently. And, so it goes, until you have a brain'Storm!
When we finally hand in our little paper, we do so with apologies to the powers that be and hope and pray they won't ask us to re-write it-for little do they know of the struggle and effort that have gone into it.
For some time now, we have been wanting to form a conspiracy with our subscribers. It's too late to do anything this year, but how about helping us out next year by writing in and asking that this page be omitted and li!Sting your reasons ? We know you must have formed some good criticisms and suggestions as you struggled through the reading of these articles which we struggled so to write.
As you read this, your child will soon be home from school. We hope you will have a happy summer together and feel that this year has not been wasted. We have become very attached to your child, whom you have entrusted to our care, and although we may have made many mistakes .along the way. we have tried very hard to teach him well and wisely.
-Polly Casey's Class
We enjoyed our spring vacation very much. We returned feeling refreshed and ready to resume our work. We realize that the time is
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From the Advanced Department

Exploring the Library

The most powerful tool with it is all right, the book is printed. HOW BOOKS ARE ARRANGED

which the school can implement a

-Richard Brewer

IN THE LIBRARY

pupil is the ability to read and use

THE PARTS OF A BOOK

All books of one kind are put

books-not merely the ability to Almost all books have the same together. Almost all the libraries in

say the words and understand the parts.

the United States now use the

meaning of the words but to use THE TITLE PAGE comes after same plan in arranging books.

effectively the cultural resources. the fly leaf and has the name of the They UlSle the Dewy Decimal sys-

These will challenge the interest of book, the author's name and posi- tem, which has ten main classes of

the pupils, stimulate their curio- tion, and the name of the com- books, All books tHat are not fic-

sity, and encoul1age response in a pany who printed the book.

tion bodks are placed in one of

variety of forms of creative expres- THE COPYRIGHT PAGE is on these ten classes. A special number

sion.

the back of the title page and shows is given to each class. The ten

"EXPLORING T H E LIBRARY" the date and owner of the copy- classes and their numbers are:

has been given to one section of the freshman English class with the hope that knowing some of the techniques essential to effective use of books and libraries, the pupils will seek the resources of the library in the solution of their problems and that these skills may last a lifetime.
HOW WE CAME TO HAVE BOOKS
People learned to write long after they learned to talk. At first writing was done by drawing simple pictures of things the writer wished to describe. In early days these pictures were drawn in sand, but the rain would wash these away, so people started carving on rocks. After many years, they learned to write on clay tablets, sheepskin and paprus, which was the first kind of paper.
In 1440 a man named Johannes Gutenberg invented a way to print, and people began to write books. Now thousands of books are printed each year.
-Fain Griffin

right. The copyright is proof that the book has been registered in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress in Washington, D . C. When the author get1: a copyright on his book, it is against the law for anyone to copy anything in the book without permission for twenty-eight years. The copyright can be renewed for twenty-eight more years.
THE DEDICATION PAGE shows
the person to whom the author dedicates his book. This is usually the one who bas helped the author.
THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
shows the names of the chapters in the book and the page number on which each chapter begins. This is just an outline of the book.
THE PREFACE, INTRODUC-
TION or FOREWORD tells why the
author wrote the book, what the book iiS about and who helped him.
THJ:: BODY of the book is the main part of the book that tells the story.
CHAPTERS show how the book is divided.

__ 000-099-General Works (Encyclopaedias)
100-199-Philosophy (Books on how to behave)
200-299-Religion 300-399- Sociology (Civics, education, law) 400-499-Language (Dictionaries, grammars) 500-599-Science 600-699-Useful Arts (Home economics, carpentry) 700-799 -Fine Arts (Music, painting) 800-899- Literature (Poetry, plays) 900-999-History (HiiStory of people, geography)
A story book fiction is arranged on a shelf away from other books and are placed according to the author 's last name. They have the letter "F" marked on the label on the back to show that they are story or fiction books. When one author has written several books, these are arranged in alphabetical order according to their titles. If

HOW BOOKS ARE MADE

FOOTNOTES are written at the the title of a book begins with "a,''

A person must know a great deal bottom of the page and explain " an" or ' 'the" one pays no atten

about the thing he would like to some thing that is written on that tion to these articles, but the first

write. He first makes an outline, page.

main word in the title is used in

then he writes his first copy of the T H E APPENDIX is something finding the book.

book. This copy has to be correc that the author added to the book. Magazines, pamphlets, newspa

red, and perhaps many more copies THE BIBLIOGRAPHY is an al- pers and reports are filed in differ

are written before the author is sat- phabetical li~S"t of some of the best ent ways, but can be found easily.

isfied with the book.

books on the subject about which

-Wynell Godwin

If the book has pictures, the the author has written.

HOW TO FIND A BOOK

author has to get a book artist to THE INDEX is an alphabetical

IN THE LIBRARY

draw these for him. The publisher list of people, places and things The card cataloe is the key to the

~w gets an expert to check the told about in the book.

library. It is a cabinet or file draw

whole book, and when he thinks

-Rosemary Smith ( Continued on page nine)

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From the Colored Department

rvtirch was a month we all climb higher up in an . effort to Good Times Together. Other

looked forward to as it brought reach our goal.

books we have are The Big Indi-

both Easter and spring holidays.

This month we have had an in - ans, Birds, Birds We Know,

To us. Easter meant only pretty teresting and enjoyable time work - Around the Farm, Friendly Ani-

dresses of bright colors, rabbits, ing and studying together. We fi - mals, Young McDonald on the

and hiding eggs, because our voca- nally got our "Little Golden Book Farm, Mother Goose, and our

bularies are not advanced enough to of Words'' and enJOY looking at Bibles .We hope to have a library

understand the importance of the pictures and spelling the many reading corner. set U!P with this

Easter Sunday.

new words.

good start toward the Doorway

\Vilene Whitsett, A. J. Booth, We were all curious when Mrs. to Bookland.

Ed na Foster, Herman Smith, and Griffith brought a wide flat bqx We ar:? st\}dying animals thrs

Charles Jefferson spent the holi- to school one morning. Much to month.. Animals rank high in chil-

days at home with their families. our surprise, this box contained dren''s interests, and animal life

We who were not fortunate enough some attractive and . ~olorful plac- on the farm is a big attraction. We
to go home, spent a most enjoyable ards featuring a home, inside and learned from My Weekly Reader

week here at ~hool.

outside. Mrs. Griffith gave us a that spring is baby animals' time.

-Beulah Chandler's Class set, and we placed th~ pictures :~n Some farmers raise pigs. A mother

our shelf. We have pictures of a pig has many baby pigs. Some

"Eveni"ng red and morning gray, Sends the traveler on his way . Evening gray and morning red, Bring:s down rain on his poor
head.'' , This olq weather saying is just one ,()f. the .many that are familiar to . all of us. We are learning that weather plays an important part in the eyery day lives of all children. . We enjoy having some knowledge of the. kinds of weather and clouds that the winds may bring. We are learning . the directions of the wind and the three simplest cloud formations. Stratus clouds are the lowest clouds and often bring on rain. Cumulus clouds are the "fair weather" clouds. These are fluffy y,:hite cotton like clouds. . Cirrus clouds are the highest clouds in the sky. These clouds are thin, wispy, and white. Some people call these clouds " mares ' tails. " If the sky is bright blue above cir rus clouds, 'the clouds will probably fade away , but if the sky is gray blue above, rain or snow is usually on the way.
-Helen Jones's Class

complete house-a living room, farmers raise baby chickens. Some

dining room, kitchen, two bed- baby chicks do not have mothers.

rooms and a bathroom. Each , roo.~ They are hatched in incubators.

is beautifully and colorfully fur- Some of our boys help feed and

nished and bears its name. In this take care of five hundred baby way. the few of us who' do not chick~. Lambs are spring babies.

know the names of the roohis will" Sonic farmens raise sheep for wool.

learn them very soon.

Some of our clothes are made from

Now to top all this were those wool.

happy ' 'Spring Holidays!' ' Some To follow-up our animal study

of us went home, and others stayed . we put up pictures of farm animals

at school. but we all had a won- in our room: For our calendar this

derful time. Now that we are back month we have a large butterfly.

in school getting settled to bur We are planning a trip to the barn

regular routine again, we plan to soon to see the animals.

continue to work on our theme-

' -Mattie Malone's Class

we Want to Know,' '. " We Find

Out."

I was very much surprised to

-Louise B. Chubb's Class find on . my return to school that

a flower and vegetable garden had

First, we must tell you how we .been started during my absence. spent Easter and the spring holi- Children should be encouraged days. There are twelve of us and to experience . the satisfaction of only two went home - Marion growing plants. Through the exSmith and Lueretha Camp. The periences and observationt>, lthey Easter bunny was good to us. acquire an appreciation of natural

\Vhile Lueretha was at home the processes. . . .

Easter bunny brought her a bicycle. The garden clubs of the nation

We went to church on Easter Sun- and o'ur government are encourag-

day and enjoyed a bus trip to ing home gardening this year. In-

Rome during the holidays.

creased living costs will undoubt-

We feel as if we are big girls ed!y encourage many people to

and boys since we have books of produce foqd at home. A good

It has been said, ''In this world ou.r own to read along with My gardener gives his garden hard

one's greatest pleasure comes from Weekly Reader. Each of us has The work and his garden gives him

the anticipation of something far- Little Golden Book of Words, food, fun, and good health.

ther on and higher up and in the which is a gift from our teacher. If you were going to have a

struggle to achieve it. " Perhaps this Mrs. Griffith gave us the follow- flower garden, you would do the

is true in our caJSe for we are al- ing books to use : Our Pets, Science same thing that a good vegetable

ways trying to push farther on and Reader, The Little Citizen, and

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

April, 1951

THE.SCHOOL HELPER

All communication should be addreseed to the School Helper, Cave Spring, Georgia.
Entered at the post office at Cave Spring, Georgia, as second claaa 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.

JOHN L. CAPLE .. . ................ Editor KATHARINE CASEY . . . ... . . . . . . Auociate Editor MARIE KENNARD ............ , All80ciate Editor C. G. TURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing Instructor

VOLUME 51

APRIL, 1951

NO. 7

For the promotloa of all SteteAided School
F- the o-1
1. Improved recognition aa educational institutions with control in the hands of educational boards.
2. Sectional and national associations with accrediting authorities and approved measuring rods and standards suited to each association, terminating in the highest requirements for membership in a national association for aehoola for the deaf.
3. A greater Gallaudet College serving the interests of all the states with special emphasis on research findings openly arrived at and freely disaeminated in promoting the educational interests of all the schools.
4. A full utilization of servicea that can be rendered by the U. S. Office of Education in keeping with the spirit and purpose of ita creation.
6. Federal equalization aid for education that will guarantee equal opportunitiea for deaf boys and girls in all states.
6. Utilization of a full-time state Field Agent or Placement Officer (or both) to loea.te and enroll deaf children in the State Schools for the Deaf and to work with the Department in job placement and vocational rehabilitation of ex-pupils and graduates.

Exercises must remam here through noon on Monday. May 28.
Since bus and train schedules from Cave Spring are not good, we urge all parents to come for their child if at all possible.

OUR READING ROOMS

A very fine interest has been developed during

the past few months in reading rooms in the dormi-

tories for our older pupils.

Credit for this idea goes to officers of the

G. A . D . They offered to secure magazines for the

boys and girlJs if they would get busy and fix up a

reading room.

With Mrs. Perry pulling for the boys and Mrs.

Tumlin working for the girls, a contest has developed

and the results are a wonder to behold. If one can

judge by the broad grin on Mr. Dillard's face and

" the cat that ate the canary" expression on Mrs.

Perry's face, we would say that the boys are leading

at present.

We are sure much good will come from this fine

idea. Woe are grateful. to the G. A. D. for its support

and the many others who have cooperated in this

proJect. Parents of the children have made contribu-

tions, the staff members have been untiring in their

efforts, and last but ndt least, the pupils have been

cooperative to the nth degree.

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As Mrs. Perry !Says, " If you could see the ex-

pression on the boys' faces when they are enjoying

the room, that would be sufficient reward for your

efforts."

--J. L. C.

CONGRATULATIONS FAIN
W e were all happy to hear that Fain Griffin made honorable mention on Art Kruger's All-American footBall team. This team is picked from all the Schools for the Deaf in the United States and we feel that it is a great honor for Fain and for our school. Fain weighs only 140 pounds, but what he lacks in
an weight he makes up for in determination to play his
best of the time. Fain is a nice, quiet boy, and to see him on the campus one would never suspect him to be the rugged lineman that he is on the football field. Fain has one more season to play for G. S. D. and we know that his play will be outstanding.
--J. W. B.

NOTICE TO PARENTS
School will close Friday, May 25. Pupils traveling by bus or train will go home Tuesday, May 29 in the usUra.! manner.
Pupils in the Primary Department and in the School for the Colored may leave by noon on Friday, May 25 , if. parents will come for them.
The pupils in the Intermediate and Advanced Departments who have a part in the Graduating

VICTORY AGAIN I

For the fourth straight year our track boys won

the 7th district class C track title on the Darlington

Field, Saturday, April 21 . The boys who won first

places got nice medals and the school received a beau-

tiful trophy. We are very proud of our boys and we

wish them luck in the State meet on May 4 and 5th.

Points: G.S.D-96, Cohutta-40, Mabelton -36, Pine

Log-29, Cave Spring-6.

--J. W. B.

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Superintendent's Corner

A resume of the proposed new facilities and program at the Georgia School for Building the Deaf is about as follows: I. NEW PHYSICAL ASSETS 1. An all purpose physical education building with a stadium and lighted athletic field.
2. An a d v a n c e d department sc~ool building with an auditorium, administrative offices, a library, laboratories, etc. (This building will occupy the site of the present boys' dormitory to be razed.)
3. Remodeling the present advanced department s c h o o l building and convert it to its original use as a boys' dormitory.
4. A new shop building or annex to the present building.
5. The power house and laundry . remodeled.
6. The purchase of a few acres of land on the east side of the campus,' opening up a corridor to the north section where the athletic field will be situated.
7. Vast ground improvements including the covering of the large drain ditch, passing through the main campus from east to west. This program also includes making private the public road now running directly through the campus. The state and county to cooperate in building a new public road leading into Cave Spring skirting the campus from an easterly direction.
8. A teachers' residence. and a cottage for homemaking experiences.
9. Acoustical treatment and new equipment fo'l" the primary department building.
10. A boys' dormitory at the colored school. ~
11. A combination recreational

and shop building for the colored school.
The estimated total capital outlay will approximate $1,250,000.00. The money is being made available by a cash appropriation of $500,000.00 the current year and next year together with sharing a Building Authority Bill provided for the School for the Deaf and the Academy for the Blind in the amount of $3,00G,OOO.OO.
II. PERSONNEL AND ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT
7o 1. A 33-1/3 increase in teach-
ing personnel. (This is for the purpose of approaching the optimum ratio of one teacher per eight pupils and improving the qualifications of the faculty.
2. A 100 % increase in domiciliary and extra-curricular personnel. (The aim being the removal of all working personnel from twenty-four hour duty and an approach to the optimum ratio of one supervisor to fifteen children.)
The Minimum Foundation Program of Education is expected to implement the new salary schedule and provide the additional personnel needs of the school.
Ill. ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PROJECTED PROGRAM OF THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF AND OTHER PHYS1 C ALL Y HANDICAPPED CHILDREN FOR WHIC'H NEW STATE
LAW NOW PROVIDES
1. The creation of a special education department in the State Department of Ed u ca t'i on which will entail the employment of a special education director, an assistant, a field worker, and sufficient clerical help.
This department, under the authority of the State Board of Education and the administration of the State Superintendent of Schools, should direct all special education in the state including that of the deaf,

the blind, the spastic, and otherwise physically h a n d icapped.
These recommendations for improvement and enrichment of special education in the state are based on "Report of Survey of the Georgia School for the Deaf," as made by the Education Panel of Agricultural and Industrial Development Board of Georgia, following tl\ieir comprehensive survey in 1945. It is also in line with present needs in the light of a generally worsened condition since the study was made.

OUR March expression of joy and thanksgiving, for bless-

ings received, elici-

A

ted some v t! r y

Letter

much appreciated

"fan-mail" --most-

ly from "home-folks."

It is not pride nor vanity that

leads us to print the following let-

ter - rather, it is unadulterated

love. We think it might please a

very precious girl friend of ours.

" Miss Lucy," (M~. E. K.

Overstreet, Sr.) down Sylvania

way, bless her heart, is eighty-odd

years young and one of the finest

souls we have ever known. Indeed,

she is precious.

"My dear Clayton and Hazel : "I fell and broke my right shoul-
der Six mont)ls ago and still can hardly write. But, I have jullt read 'THE HELPER' and your page and with you I say, 'Our Father we thank Thee.' I rejoice with you about Hillis and Wright.
"I have asked Essie and Clyde about Wrig~ many times and sent messages to you but if you can decipher this I just had to have another little try.
"Oh, how our Heavenly Father does answer prayers. I have followed Wright from Korea to California and Jacksonville and now, bless him, he had Easter at homeand, w.hat a victory for Hillis!
"Well, this will take time from
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THE SCHOOL HELPER

April. 1951

FACULTY NOTES

holidays in Mobile, and New Or- In the previous ~ssue we empha-

Mr. and Mrs. Stout visited sev- leans. eral friends in Talladega, Alabama

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sized the importance of education through w o r k experiences.

one week-end.

C. G. Turner had an enjoyable Through honest and conscientious trip to his home in McCaysville, work we get the greatest happiness

Mr. and Mrs. Stepp visited Georgia and stayed with his par- out of life. Nothing should give us

friends and relatives during the ents all week.

more satisfaction than worthwhile

Easter holidays.

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accomplishment at a job. Work

Russell Royston had a very plea- gives purpose and meaning to life.

Mrs. Simmons spent Easter Sun- sant vacation. He and the Rev. It is not only a means of liveli-

day in Atlanta, attending the wed- Bob Johmson visited many interes- hood , but in creative work we find

ding of a close friend on Friday ting places in Florida and enjoyed our greatest reason for living. We

before Easter.

a fishing trip while in Fort Myers. feel that we should learn to do They visited in TallliPa and St. many kinds of work. The idea of

Mr. and Mrs. Brady had a very Petersburg one day. After 19 years a beautification project of our cam-

nice trip to Waycross to visit Mr. of fishing, Russel finally caught pus has given U!S different types of

Brady's mother during the holi- a 5-pound fish ..

work which are both practical and

days.



Mr. Caple drove to Little Rock

to spend a few days with his moth-

er during the spring holidays.

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Miss Annie McDaniel spent the weekend of April 1st visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones in Carrollton.
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profitable.
We have learned the procedure of correcting places where erosion has occurred and the importance of conservation.

Lt. C. Wright Hollingsworth of the U. S. Naval Hospital, Jackson-
ville, Florida spent two weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Hollingsworth. *
Mrs. Grant spent the spring holidays in South Carolina visiting
her family and friends.
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Mrs. Minter spent a part of the spring holidays with her parents in Hampton, Georgia.
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Mrs. Irwin spent the day in

Mr. and Mns. Montgomery visited the Parks family in Jackson, Mississippi. They left Cave Spring Thursday morning during the flood. As they drove across Alabama and Mississippi they saw all the rivers and creeks in flood. Miles and miles of the lowlands were covered with water. They felt as if they had gone to Jackson by boat.
They enjoyed their visit with Mr. and Mrs. Park who are living in their new home on Duane Street. They visited the new MissiS5ippi

A few days ago we discovered a beautiful elm on a bank in the edge of our school yard. The roots were unprotected from erosion. We piled grass clippings and waste at the base of thrs tree to be covered. with soil. We picked up rocks to build a wall at the foot of the bank and put in new soil on the bank and around the tree. The rock wall will prevent erosion and the tree will get added strength and the necessary food value that is required for proper growth.

Rome recently.

Mrs. Jones spent most of her
spring holidays in the hospital in
Rome.
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Mr. and Mrs. Highnote, Peggy, and Mrs. Jones visited relatives in
Atlanta recently.
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School for the Deaf where the pupils began their school work on April second. The buildings and the equipment were very modern.
On Saturday they all drove to Vicksburg where they saw the Mississippi River from the bluffs above the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Parks sent messages to all their friends in Cave Spring.

We are going to build up around our campus the places that have the slightest signs of erosion. We are going to colliServe along the hill side by planting various kinds of shrubs and set the bank in bulb:;. We learned also that tree leaves, after they fall and decay, give us very rich soil called leaf mold. We

Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, Miss
Carpenter. and Mrs. Mae Glenn saw the Ice Fol.lies at the auditorium in Rome in March.
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Mrs. Turner and Miss Casey were delegates to the G. E. A. convention in Atlanta March 22, 23. and 24.

shall place this along the hillside so that the plants will have the necessary vitamins to grow.
My Weekly Reader, along with

Mrs. Glenn visited friends and

our experiences through perfecting

relatives near Rome during the COLORED--Continued

th is beautification project, has

spring holida)'lS.
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gardener would do to take care of taught us many things that we

his garden.

would not have learned ordinarily.

Miss Brannon spent part of the

-Lucille McCullough's Class

-Hattie Menifee's Class

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THE SCHOOL HELPER

April. 1951

ADVANCED--Continued er which has careR; alphabetically arranged. The cards have holes punched in the center near the bottom through which a metal rod in the drawer runs so that a librarian can put in new cards or take out old cards. These cards arc arranged by authorar titles and sub-
jec:ta, which gives one three ways to find a book. The cards are filed in alphabetical order by the first word on the top of the card. Story or fiction books are filed in two ways, by authora and titles. General
reference bookJs have cards in rhe card catalog, ;but it is easy to find them without going to the file drawer. Each card has a c:all number in the upper left hand corner, which helps you get a book quickly.
-Laura Ann ~rigman
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS
An encyc:lopaedia is a book or a
set of books that tells abour almost every subject. It is not written by one pe11Son, but by many people. One man is called the editor -in-chief. He selects men and women who know a great deal about many different things to help him write the books.
Encyclopaedias are arranged like a dictionary. and each book or volume has the first letter or word and the last letter or word in the book printed on the back.
Sometimes there is an index at the last of each volume and sometimes there is one index for all the volumes. When one looks in the index he can easily find what he wants.
Some encyclopaedias have a Ready Reference volume which will
help you find uncommon information.
It is important to have an up-todate encyclopaedia, because things are changing every day.
-Martha Maxey
OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS
The encyclopaedia can not be printed every year, because it costs too much, so we have other reference books in which we can find the latest information. Some of

these are: the World Almanac which ing work as head of our class. It is printed each y~ar. T'he index to has been very hard for us to under-

this is in the front of the book, stand why he had to go. but we are

and one can read about things that happy that we knew him and loved

have happened recently.

him and shall always remember

Every year Who's Who is printed him. The memory of his life will

in England. It tells about famous be an inspiration to us and may

peo.ple of all countries, and every well serve as a pattern by which two years Who's Who in America is we 'should live.

printed. These two book.s have only the names of famous people who are living now.
If one would like to find out something about famous people

We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Kenneth's family and many friends.
-Emmalee J. Highnote's Class

who are not living or of characters in books a Biographical Dictionary
would give the information. --Jaunice Dukes

CORNER--Continued
your busy hours but, I do appreci-
ate THE HELPER and love you all.

PRIMARY--Continued

'Misa Lucy' "

short. and we still have lots of

work to accomplish before the end

T of school. We are sorry that we
could not all be back on time for

HE printer calls our attention to the fact that a bit more space

we realize that to make the spring

needs filling hence

vacation become an annual affair Another t h i s additional

it will require everyone's fullest co:- .Messq.ge message from a n

operation .

out-of-state fellow

The highest class in the primary has a wiener roast every spring. They have invited us this year and we are certainly looking forward

columnist, Mr. W. T. Griffing formerly of THE DEAF OKLAHOMAN.
Ted ' ~ postal card greeting. fairly

to it. The boys and girls made out crackling with good will and his

the following menu: wieners, inimitable style, is as follows:

buns. mustard, catsup, slaw with onions, potato chips, doughnuts, marshmallows, coca colas, and ice . cream. We plan to go to. the show first and then to the spring for the wiener roCllSt. We are keeping our fingers crossed about the

"Dear Ed., I am delighted at all
the good fortune that h:as come to the Ho~lingsworths. Especially am
t grateful that your son is home-
I know what this means to you and yours.

weather and planning on having "But, good children are the fruit

lots and lots of fun.

of careful upbringing by good par-

--Jessie F. Jone-s's Class ents, hence a 21-gun salute to Papa

and Mama.

As this school year draws to an end. we look back over the past nine months. We are proud of the work that we have accomplished and the progress we have made. We shall have many pleasant memories of our last year in the primary department, but oversHadowing these will be our great sadness at the death of Kenneth Corry. His death was a great shock and we miss him very much. Only last month we wrote of his outstand-

"A good school is headed by a good man, hence another 21-gun salute.
"And a good paper is handled by a good editor, hence another 21gun salute.
"Congratulations and all good wishes. Yours, WTG."
Thanks Ted. And, please resume " The Melting Pot.' ' We all miss it and can't understand why you treat us that way.

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In Memoriam~James Chapman
Our hearts were again saddened by the death of another beloved primary student, James Chapman. James died in a Macon hospital April the twenty first. He had not been well for several months and
was was able to attend school for only a month last fall.
He twelve years old and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Chapman of Macon. He had one sister and one brother. James will be remembered for his happy disposition and pleasant wa~. He had been a student in the primary department for four years. He liked school and enjoyed taking an active part in square dances, school programs, and other activities.
The funeral was held in Memorial Chapel in Macon April the twenty-third. Three of James's lifelong friend~. Dickie Taylor, Joe Ann and Patricia Edwards attended the funeral.
We extend to James's family and friends our hea,rtfelt sympathy.

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HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Governor
GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

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

ADMINISTRATION

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

Janice R. Caple, Secretary J ulian Tumlin, Steward Myrtle A. J ohnson, Bookkeeper

Earl Cox, Engineer

Charles E. Owen, D. D. S. John M. McGehee, M. !;.

INSTRUCTORS JOHN L. CAPLE, Principal

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
Marie S. Kennard, B. S., Supervising Teacher Doris Brannon Gladys E. Carpenter Polly Casey Rebecca S. Crowe Mabel L. Fincher May F. Glenn Stella W. Grant Emmalee J . Highnote Jim Irwin J essie F. Jones Miriam B. Minter

INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED DEPARTMENTS Mary P. Turner, B. A., Supervising Teacher
Advanced Department Katharine Casey, Supervising Teacher
Intermediate Department Dorothy F. Brady, B. S. Jack Brady, B. S. Connor Dillard Ruth D. Forbes Edythe D. Montgomery, B. S. Elizabeth F. Simmons, B. S. Gail Stout, Jr., B. A. Kathryn W. Williamson, B. A.

VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT John L. Caple, Supervising Teacher

C. G. Turner .. ... . .. ...... . .. . .. . ........ Printing

Sarah F. Ware ......... . ...... Arts and Craft_

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

Gladys L. Latham .... . ......... Beauty Culture

Connor Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoe Repairing

Annie McDaniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sewin8

Russell Royston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbering and Pressing Geverna C. Stepp, B. S. H. E. . . . . Home Economicr

Earl Coz . . . . . . . . . Machine Shop

COLOkED DEPAKTM.t:.NT Nelle S. Griffith, Consultant

Beulah Chandler Louise Chubb Helen Jones

Elvira C. Bray Lucille McCulloqh Hattie S. Menif~e

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TI-IE SENIOR CLASS
of
THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEl\F
Cave Spring, Georgia
PRESENTS THIS
NINETEEN FIFTY-ONE
GRADUATION ISSUE
of
THESCHOOL

Georgia School for -the Deaf-

Unaid ed m emory co lors events with a misty shade that ofte n belies rbeir true value. In this issu e we have attempted to give an accurate picture of life o n the campus of the Georgia School for the Deaf. We h o,pe as the years pass this volume wi ll be a source of recurrin g p leas ure and a n aid to memo r y in keep in g accurate and makin g per man ent th e eve nts a nd activities of the year 1950-5 1.
If this vo lume ca n prov id e a lod gin g p lace for cherish ed memo rie3 of o u r school d ays; if it ca n serve as a gentle reminder of the m an y s'ac ri fices it h a.s take n to m ake our school life poss ibl e, a nd if it ca n instill into the h ear ts of the boys and girls of G . S. D . a determination to fo ll ow o ur m otto; " Let kn owled ge grow, let life be enriched ", it will h ave f ulfill ed the mis\Sion on w h ich we sen d it.

Editor-in-Chief . ......... . .... . .................... .... . ... .. H erbert Wh ite

Assistant Ed itor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F r ed Powers

Business Manager

Roscoe Dukes

Assistant Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise boyd

Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patsy Baker and Frances Cox

Calendar of Events .... ... ... . . .... ........ . .. . Ruth Owens a nd J ackie Dukes

P h otography Editors . . . . .. ... .. ... Vinton Troup, W. C. W oot en a nd Ral ph Gentr y

Salutatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H er bert W hite

Class History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roscoe Dukes

Class Prophecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Powers

Class Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Crisp

Class Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edna .Pope

Valedictory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Crisp

Class Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary P. Turner

Geo..-q ia School for ihe Deaf-
DEDICATION
THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1951 affectionately dedicates this issue of the School Helper to Mrs. C. H . Hollingsworth. Before her maniage, Mrs. Hollingsworth was Miss Hazel Wright of Cave Spring. As the daughter of Mr. Connor W. Wright who for over forty years gave his best efforts to this school in the capacity of a conscientio us teacher and a loyal friend to the deaf; as a g1eat niece of Mr. Wesley 0. Connor who was connected with our school for over sixty years, and who served as its superintendent for ever a half century, and; as the wife of our superintendent, Mrs. Hollingsworth has been so closely associated with our school life that it comes quite r.atural for her to have a sympathetic u nderstanding of and a generous friendship for every deaf child.
Her winning, magnetic personality, her gentle dignity and unfailing courtesy have won for her t h e Jove and admiration of each member of our school family.

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THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA

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THE HONORABLE HERMAN E. TALMADGE

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The State Board of Education
GEORGE P. WHITMAN, JR., CHAIRMAN JAMES S. PETERS, VICE-CHAIRMAN M.D. COLLINS, SECRETARY

1st Dist. 2nd Dist. 3rd Dist. 4th Dist. sth D ist. 6th D ist. 7th D ist. 8th Dist. 9th Dist. 1Oth Dist.

Henry W. Blount ---------------------------------------- W'aynesboro J . D . Rogers, Jr. -------------------------------------------------- Blakely Clarke V./. Duncan ---------------------------------------- Buena Vista James S. Peters ------------------------------------------------ Manchester George P. W hitman, Jr.. -------------------------------- College Park Herschel Lovett ---------------------------------------------------- Dub1in Glenn Milner ----------------------------------------------- ___________ Rome Lonnie B. Sweat ---------------------------------------------- Blackshear Irwin Kimzey ------------------------------------------------ Clarkesvi 11~ Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge ------------------------------------ Athens

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The State Superintender;t of Schools
THE HONORABLE M . D. COLLINS

Geot--qia School for -the DeafOUR SUPERIN'TENDENT
FARE THEE WELL! You, the class of 1951, h;we the happy distinction of being the most scholas-
ticall y advanced class ever grad uated from t he Georgia Sc~ool for t he Deaf. This is an honor of which we ar.e all pro u d. It attests to your, a nd yo ur teacher s' fidelity. It is a challenge to yourselves that we fee l sur.e you are fully capable of facing victoriou sly.
We believe in you, everyone. God bless and keep you is our prayer. C. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, SUP'T.

Geo t--qia School for ihe Deaf-
THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
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THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
: ' . THE HONORABLE ROBERT L. SCOGGIN

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COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM

BACCALAUREATE SERVICE SUNDAY, May 27, 1951 Cave Spring Baptist Church

2:30 P. M.

Interpreter ------------------- Mrs . M. M . Simmons

Processional, Priest March ------------------------------------------------------- Mendelssohn Mrs. R . W. Fincher, Pianist
Invocation ----------------------------------- ------------------- The Reverend Charles Rector, iPastor of Cave Spring Bapti:s.t Church
Hymn ------------------------ Holy, Holy, Holy Scripture Reading ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Legh R. Scott.
Pastor of First Presbyterian 'Church, Rome , Ga.
Hymn --------------- -------- Onward Christian Soldiers Vocal Solo ----- --------------- ----------------------------------------------- Mrs. Randy Brewer
Mrs. M . M . Simmons
Baccalaureate Sermon ---------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Legh R. Scott Hymn ------------------------ Blest Be The Tie That Binds Benediction ------------------------------------------------------- The Reverend Charles Rector Recessional ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senior Class

GRADUATION EXERCISES
MONDAY, May 28 , 1951 CAMPUS OF THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
Interpreter ------------------- Mrs . M. M. Simmons 10 :30 A . M.
Pre! ude, T raumerei-Romance ------------------------------------------------ Robert Shumann Mrs. P. M. Minter, Piani:st
Processional March, March from Aida ---------------------- ----------------------------- Verdi Mrs. P. M. Minter, Piani!st
Order of Procession Class Herald Color Bearers Honor Escort Mascot Senior Class
Invocation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. J. C. Patty, Pastor of Cave Spring Methodist Church
Greetings ----------------------------------------------- Superintendent C. H. Hollingsworth Vocal Solo, A Perfect Day ------------------------------------------------ Mrs. Randy Brewer
Mrs. M. M . Simmons
Salutatory ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ____ Herbert White Roscoe Dukes
Recognition of Service .------------------------------------------------------------- Senior Class Members of the school family who haue serued fifteen years or more.
V aled ictory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sara Crisp Fred Powers
Introduction of 'Commencement Speaker __ Superintendent C. H . Hollingsworth Commencement Address ------------------------------------ Honorable Robert L. Scoggin
Chairman of Georgia School for the Deaf Legisla'tive Committee Presentation of the Senior Class -------------------------------- Principal John L. Caple Acceptance of Class and Introduction ____ Superintendent C. H. Hollingsworth
D elive ry of Diplomas ---------------------------- Honorable George P . Wh itman, Jr., Chairman State Board of Education
Vocal Solo, God Be With You Till We Meet Again __ _ Mrs. Randy Brewer .Mrs. M. M . Simmons
Benediction -------- ------------------------------------------------------- _ _ Dr. M . D. Collins State School Superintendent
Recess ional _____ __ ------------------------------------------ Senior C lass and Honor Escort Mrs. P . M . Minter, Pianist
Seniors will receiue congratulations under 1the oak tree near the Boys' Dormitory immediately following the program.

Georgia School for ihe Deaf-
Our Campus Beautiful
Our campus, preserved in its natural beauty and mellowed by the suns and rains of a centur y, presents a p icture of charm and dignity. Ancient trees cast their friendly shade everywhere around our campus and shrubs and flowers add their color and fragrance.
For many years departing classes have planted on our campus two sturdy trees- one a memorial tree to perpetuate the memory of one who holds the heartfelt affection of the class and from whose overf low of w isdom, lo ve, and kindness their li ves have been enriched. For its lifetime it will be a tree set apart, dedicated to and bearing the name of one who has given his finest effort that the deaf child might have life more a bundantlyThe other, a class tree as a parting gesture of good fellowship a nd loyalty, so that in the years to come when their names are forgotten and their class is only a vague memory, these trees will not only adorn the campus or their Alma Mater but they will also shade the walls which have sheltered them so long; they will be a home for birds in s ummer; a way station for icy winds in winter; an apart ment ho-use fer frisky squirre ls; a coo ling sh,eiL1 for little children ; a resting place for those who have grown weary by the way; and a sacr ed shrine for those who wander back on reunion days.
e w buil dings have been constru cted through th e years; however care has been taken to assure that the architectual unity of our campus has been maintained.
Wind ing walks from Memorial Drive to Class Tree Quadrangle frame our camp us into one lovely picture and the tower of the boys' dormitory forms a stateiy background a s it t hrows its bulk against the sky and is iilirrored in the cl ear water of the swimming pool.
H ere 's to Our Campus Beautiful and eac h lc-ved spot that f ondly pleads, "FORGET ME NOT".

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T o the Class of 1951 :
Kindness is never in vain. Only the brave can live by faith. The narrow way will straighten
out twisted lives. Grudge bearing is nerve wreck-
ing. Anger is slow poisoning, but fot-
giveness is the antidote. Prey less on your neighbor and
pray more on your knees. We can conquer the evil of premature satisfaction only by constant striving toward a higher perfection.
Faithfully yo uJ:s, Rev. Robert C. Fletcher

To the Class of 1951:
As the doors of your dear scho ol now close behind you, you realize that you are on yo ur own. Ahead ne t a ll is brigh,t and smoothg oin g. You will meet problems with which no knowledge gained from books can cope. Here you must walk out on faith. Keep it always with you, fo r with it, amidst the darkest and wildest hour you shall be calm and serene.
"Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine.
That lights the pathway but cne help ahead
Across that mystery of void and dread.

Bid then the tender lig ht of faith to shine
By which alone our mortal hearts are led
Into the thinking of the thought Divine." Sincerely your friend, Rev. Rob-ert J o h ns on

To the Class of 1951 :
"Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust a lso in Him; and shall bring it to pass.'' Psalm 37:5
"I'he fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Psalm 111 :10 Sincerely. Rev. La wrence M. Stacy

BAPT IST CHURCH

METHODIS T CHURCH

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OUR PRINCIPAL

THE CAPLE FAMILY

To the Class of 1951 : You hav.e done yo ur work w ell and w e sh a r e the hap piness of your achievement. Our best wish es go with

each of you for a usefu l and successful life. No matter \vhere your different paths ma y lead yo u , we shall a lways

be interested in your f uture accomplishment .

- John L. Caple

OUR SUPERVISING TEACHERS

You nre leaving behind you a record of exceptional achievement. Many of yo u have been with us a ll your school life, some of you beginning without kn owledge of a s ingle word , a nd it is with pride a nd a ense of great accomplish ment that today we present you with a diploma.
- Marie S. Kenna rd.

May yo u ever keep happy memories of our yea1s togeth er. The world will challen ge th e best in yo u , but re me m ber th e hard tasks may provide the opportunity you wo uld like to have. We sha ll fo llow t he career of each of ycu w ;th inter est and you wi ll ever have a place in our hearts.
-Katharin e Casey

Your teachers have made a conscientious effort to , help prepare yo u to meet t he c ha ll enges of life. W e have every confidence that yo u wi ll measure up to w hatever may be de mand ed of yo u. W e hope t hat you w ill cont inu e to learn new lesso ns as new oppo rtuni t ies ope;1 up before you. We have fait h in yo u. Keep faith in yo urself.
- Mary P . Tur n er

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OUR PRIMARY TEACHERS
First row: Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Crowe , Mrs. Casey, Mrs. Fincher Second row: Mrs. Irwin, Mrs. Minter, Mrs. Highnote, Mrs. Gle nn Third row : Mrs. Kennard , Miss Btannon, Mrs. J ones, Mrs. Grant
P RIMARY BUILDING

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OUR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED TEACHERS
fi rs t row: Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Bardy, Miss Casey, Mrs. Turn er, Mrs. Williamson Second row: Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Mo ntgomery, Mr. Dillard, Mr. Sto ut, Mr. Brady
FREEMAN HALL

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OUR VOCATIONAL TEACHERS
First row: Mrs. Ware, Miss Latl\am, Miss McDaniel, Mrs. Stepp, Mr. Caple Second row: Mr. Cox, Mr. Turn er, Mr. Royston, Mr. Ware, Mr. Dillard
VOCATIONAL BUILDING

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OUR OFFICERS AND STAFF MEMBERS
F in t row : Mr . C. H. Hollingsworth, Mrs. Griffith, Mr. Tumlin, Mrs. Caple, Mrs. Dillard , Mrs. Tumlin, Mrs. Mayne, Mr . John L. Caple, Second r ow : Miss Ritch, Mrs. Wilscn , Mrs. J ohn so n, Miss Franks, Miss Power s, Mrs.
H cnd Hson Third row: Mr. Cox, Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Simmons, Mr. Dillard, Mrs. Perry
FANNIN HALL

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HERBERT WHITE

Members of the Board of Education, Mr. Holl:ngsw,nth, pa rents, t eachers, a nd oth er fri e nds; In be half of the Senior Class of 1951, of which I have t he honor to be salutatorian, I greet yo u and extend to yo u a m ost cord ia l welcome. Our g r ad uati on exer cises would be in - complete without yo ur presence which is an assurance of your good wishes for our future success.
We kn ow that yo u have followed us thr ough our school years with sincer e interest , a nd that yo u share our happiness today because we have arrived at a wmthy goal which has seemed sometimes long and difficult to r each. Even though we feel quite a bit of pride and pleasure in having reach ed this goal in our education, we r ealize that we still have a long, long way to go. We have r eached not t he end , but th e comm enceme nt of c ur lives, a nd we are eager to put in to acti on the m a ny v;rtues which we have been taught.
A lthoug h we have completed our work a nd are about to begin a n ew a nd exciting life, th er e is, in th e background of our minds, a doubt as to our a bility to do all t hat is expected cf us. Not that w e feel unpre pare d or lack ambition , but that yo u , our parents a nd fri e nds, have s uch faith in our abi li ty and such co nf id ence in our futur e that we tre mbl e lest we di sappoint you, lest we fail to live up to your hig h expectations.
We realize that the business of making a name and a li velih ood for ourselves is not easy, that the struggl e is hard and n ever e ndin g, a nd t hat it will require all 'm ab ili ty, but we sha ll enter t his n e w life w ith heads high

a nd start upon our adventures with fear less hearts. We tru st that all our aspirati ons a nd a ll yo ur hopes shal l be made real a n d that each of us will match t he h our.
We r ealize today as never before, the value of the happy years we have spent at thi s sc hool, a nd as we welcome yo u today, our hearts go ou t to each of you in grateful appreciation for the part yo u have played in ma king our g r a dua t ion possible. We sha ll neve r fo r get the e ncouraging words, the helping hands a nd the untiring efforts in our behalf.
For ma ny years we have eagerly looked fo rward to t his day, but upon its arrival we f eel a bit of sadness, and real regret that our t ies of f riendship which have held u s so closely togeth er , in our t r oubles and in our t riumphs, mu st now be broken, a our little band separates a nd its members take their differ.e nt paths to fame and fo rt un e. Our lives wi ll be busy, and the hours of t he day will be crowded, but t houghts of our school days will often r eturn to gladden our hearts a nd to r enew our ambitions.
Again we welcome each a nd every one present t oday. We sha ll always look back upon this day with g reat happiness, for it is truly one of tile r ed letter days of our li ves, a nd but f or you , goo d friends of ours, t his r ed letter day would not have been, nor many of those which we hope will follow.
So again we welcome you and beg for those w ho follow after us, t h e sam e watchf ul car e, love a nd kindness yo u have given us! YOU ARE WELCOME !!

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Ci.AS S FLOWER: Red R ose

PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herbert White

VICE-PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Crisp

SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Powers

TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roscoe Dukes

PARLIAMENTARIAN

E dna Pope

MOTTO: Scienta erescat, ( Let knowledge grow, let life be enriched)

CLASS TREE : Willow Oak

CLASS COLORS : Purple and Gold

OUR MASCOTS
Marth jl Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Sm ith, Columbu s, Ga.
J oey Sp ur lin, son of Mrs. Id a Lee Spurlin , Atlanta, Ga.

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HERBERT LEON WHITE Bainbridge, Georgia
President of Senior Class Boy Scout '44-'51; Football '46-'49; Captain of Football '49; Basketball '46-'49 ; Captain of Basketball '48; Track '46-'49; Member of Baptist S ilent Bible Class ' 46-'47; Member of Methodist Silent Bible Class '48'51; President of Methodist Silent Bible Class '50; Treasurer of Methodist Si1ent Bible Class '49; Vice President of Su ndaY' School '49; Manager of Football '50; Manager of Basketball '50; Photography '50; Salutatorian '51; Editor-in-Chief of Senior Helper; Member of Seventh District -Track Team '48-'50

SARA FRANCES CRISP Fender, Ga.
Vice-president of Senior Class Member of Athletic Association '46'5 1; Member of Baptist Sil :: nt Bible Class '46-'51; Girl Scouts '47-'51; Secretary of Freshman Class '47'48; Secretary of Sophomore Class ' 48 -'49; D-ining room Mon itor '49 '5 0; Secretary of s ~ cial Club '50'51; Member of Hom emaking Club '50-'51; Secr etary of Girls' Reading Room '50-'51; Dormitory Monitor '50-' 51 ; Vice-president of Silent Bible Cia s '50-'51 ; Queen of Hallowe'en Carni val '50-'51; Gir l Scout Patrol Leader '5 0-'5 1; Class P oe m '51; Class Valedictorian '5 1

WILLARD ROSCOE DUKES , JR. Woodbury, Ga.
Treasurer of Senior Class Model Airplane Club '40-'51; Member of Boy Scouts '45-'51; Football '45-'47; Basketball '46-'47; Track '46-'47; Member of Hobby Club '46'47; Member of the Methodist Silent Bible Class '46-'51; President of Freshma n Class '47; President of Sophomore Class '48 ; Superintendent of Sunday Schpol '49; Manager of Football Team '49-'5 0; Social Clu b '50-'51; Photography Club '50' 51; Vice-president of the Methodist Silent Bible Class '50-'51; Class Historian '51

F RED COX POWERS Augusta, Ga.
Secr etary of Senior Class Football '48-'50; Captain Football '5 0; Basketball B-team '48; Basketball '49-'51; Track '48-'51; Secretary of Senior Class '51; Dancing Club '49-'50; Member of Boy Scouts '47-'51; Boy Scout Patrol Leader '49-' 51; Methodist Church Secretary '5 0-51; Sunday School Vic.e-president '5 0-'5 1 ; Social Club '48-'5 1; Member of Athletic Association '45'51; Class Prophet '51

EDNA MARIE POPE Mableton, Ga.
Parli me nta rian of Senior Class Memb er of Athl etic Association '45'51; Member of Baptist Silent Bible Class '45-'51; Girl Scouts '47-'51; Arts and Crafts Club '4 5-' 48; Monitor of Dining room '50; Member of Girls' Reading Roo m '50-'51; Member of H om ':!making Club '50-'51; Member of Social Club '50-'51; Me mb er of Editorial Staff '51

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LOUISE BOYD Augusta, Georgia Me mber of Athletic Association '45'51 ; Member of Meth odi st S ilent Dib le Class '4. 6-'5 0 ; G rl S _outs ' 47G1 ; Dinig r com mon it ot '5 1; Homemaking Club '5 0-'51; Member cJ Social Club ' 50-'5 1; Member of Baptist Silent Eible Class '51 ; Vice-preside nt of Girls' Reading Roc m '50- ' 51; Memb er d Master l...'ca utitian Club '51.

IRA VINTON TROUP Enigma, Ga.
Hobby Club '46; Hunting Club '46 ; Arts and Crafts '46; Sunday School Lesson ' 46,-'48 ; Carpentry Shop ' 47-' 50, Boy Scouts '47-' 48-' 51; Member of Baptist Silent Bible Class ' 48-'5 1; Football '4 8-'49; Basket ball '48-' 49 ; Track '48-'49; Basketball Scorer '51

JACKIE RUTH DUKES Woodbury, Ga.
Member of Arts a nd Crafts Clu b '44-'46; Me m b2r cf Sewing Clu b '4 5-'46; Member of Athletic Association '44-' 51; Mem ber of Methodist Silen t Bible Class '47-'51 ;Girl Scouts '47-' 51 ; Member of Social Club ' 50-' 51 ; Member of Mast er B eautitia n Clu b ' 51 ; Trea sure of Meth odist Silent Bible Cla ss '511-5 1; Treasure of Readi ng Ro om ' 50 - '5 1; D ining r oom Monit or '5 0-'5 1; Me mber of Hom emaking Clu b '50-'5 1 ; Gir l S co uts S e ni or Patr ol Lead er '5 0-' 51

WILLIAM CULLEN WOOTEN Macon , Ga .
Member of Baptist Silent Bible Class ' 46-'49 ; Boy Scouts '4 7-'50; F ootb a ll ' 47-' 50; Co-capta in F ootball '50 ; Track '49-'51 ; Basketball ' 48-'5 1; Member of SQcial Club ' 50' 51; Memb er of Hunt ing a nd Fishing Club '47 ; Memb er of Meth odist Silent Bible Class '5 0-'5 1

PATSY RUTH BAKER Tifton, Ga.
Member of Athletic A ssociation '44'5 1; Member of Baptist Silent Bible Class ' 46-'5 1 ; Member of Gir l Scouts ' 47-'51; President of Soph omore Class '48-'49; Monitor of Dining Ro om ' 49 -'5 0; Vice-president of Social Club '5 0-'51 ; Me mber of Hom ema king Club '5 0-'5 1; Preoddent of Girls' Reading Room '50-'51; Presid ent of Sund ay Asse mbl y Pr og ram '5 0-' 51; President of t he Baptist Silent Bi ble Class '5 0-'51 ; May Queen '51

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LENA RUTH OWENS Lithonia, Ga.
Member of the Athl!!tic Associa ~ io n '45-'51; Member of Baptist Silent Bible Class '46-'51; Girl Scout Class '46-'51; Girl Scouts '47-'51; President of the Freshman C la ~s '48; Member of Social Club '50-'51; President of the Homemaking Club '50-'p1; Basketball '50-'51; Member of the Girls' Reading Room '50-'51; Dining Room Monitor '51

RALPH GENTRY Kingston, Ga.
Member of Baptist Silent Bible Class . '44-'51; Dramatic Club '45; Football '46-'51; Track '47-'51; Baske.tball '49-'51; Member of Boys' Reading Room '51; Seventh District Track Team '48-'49 -'51

FRANCES JANE COX Ocilla, Ga.
Member of Arts and Crafts Club '45-'48; Member of Athletic Asso ciation '45-'51; Member of Sewing Club '46-'49; Member of Baptist Silent Bible Class '46-'51; Girl Scouts '47-'51; Treasure of Fresh, man Class '48-'49; President of Sophomore Class '49-'50; Member ~f Social Club '50-' 51 ; Vice-president of Homemaking Club '50-'51; Member of Girls' Reading Room '50-'51

Fare thee well, dear friends and schoolmates. Out into the world we go;
There are many pit-falls waiting; We shall soon Life's trials know.
True today our rainbow's end ing Seems so dim and far away,
But we must remember God is sending Always each morn another day.
We'll ever keep alive youth's fervent fire We'll find a laugh for every tear.
We'll greet the shower with a smile, Until the rainbow shall appear.
And what e're may be our lot, We shall ever loyal be,
And our thoughts will oft be turning Dear old friends and schoolmates-back to thee. -Clas-s of 1951

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HAPPY MEMORIES

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JACKIE DUKES AND RUTH OWENS

September 4-Football practice started. Coach Brady,

our new coach, hjad everything ready to start off with

a bang.



September 12-School opened. All happy!!

September I7-Welcome party and bonfire at the pump hcuse. Mrs. Turner and Miss Casey were in charge and they planned a wonderful party for us.

September IS-Ie were happy to welcome the Reveren d J c:hn Stallings and the Reverend Bob Johnson to our school. We enjoyed their talks at Chapel and ho1=e that they can visit us often.

September 22-0ur football team lost the first Jiame to McHenry 41 to 0.

September 1 24- Sunday School officers elected. Patsy Baker, superintendent, Fred Powers, assistant superintendent and Herbert White, secretary and treasurer.
Sep tember 29-W were made very happy by a visit

fro m the Reverend Robert C. Fletcher. We look forward to Mr. Fletcher's regular visits with a great deal of pleasure. October 11-Coosa Valley Fair in Rome. Our: school had a very fine exhibit. The fair officials were indeed nice to us, and we were sorry when it came time to leave.

October 12-Columbus Day. Mr. Dillard's class pantomim ed " The Landing of Columbus." 'They used a real boat in the swimming pool which made the story very re al.

October 13-We won our first football game. We played Cummings High School with a score of 32 to 0.

October IS-Officers were elected for our Social Club, Roscoe Dukes, president, Patsy Baker, vice-president, and Herbert White, secretary and treasurer.
October 20-First period ended-Exams!

Oc tober 27-0ur football team went to the Florida School for the Deaf. They lost but had a wonderful time.
October 29-Girl Scout parade in Rome. October 31-Hallowe'en Carnival sponsored by the Sen-
iors. Best time we ever had!!

November 3-We won the football game with Tallap oosa-13 to 0.

November 10-Football game. Calhoun won. November It-Bingo party at Girls' Dormitory. November 17-Lost our last football game to Chat-
t anooga Valley High School. November t.S-Girl Scouts were jiuests of the Rome
Shainers at the Shrine Circus in Atlanta. after the circus, they entertained us at the America~ Legion Home near Marietta. Surely this was the highlight of the year.

November 23-Thanksgiving Day. Turkey galore with all the trimmings.
December 1-Second period ended-Tests, Tests!! December S-A group from the Georgia Association of
the Deaf came and offered to give a number of magazine subscriptions to the Boys' and Girls' Reading Rooms. This was indeed a generous offer and a great deal of interest was aroused.

December 12- Candlelighting ceremony in Rome. December 14-Senior Class party at the Scout Hut. Mrs.
Turner planned a wonderful party. Seniors exch:anged gifts under a beautiful Christmas tree and then gathered armmd a big fire and ate, and ate, and ate. Then we played games and danced and ate some more. Happy time!! December IS-Christmas tree in the Chapel. December I6-Christmas holidays began. January 2-Back to school. January 6-Seniors had cap and gown pictures made for the Graduation Number of the Helper. January 13-0ur girls' basketball team played the first game with Roopville. We lost. January 19-Seniors had the surprise of their lives when after a program in Chapel, Mr. Caple, in a very unique w'Ry, presented tHem with their class rings. This was a happy day!!! January 23, 26, 29-Boys and girls played basketball with Buchanan, Johnson High School and Tallapoosa. Boys won over Buchanan and Johnson, but girls lost all three games. January 27, 2S-Mid-term examinations!!! January 30-Saw the movie, "Joan of Arc." February 3, 6, 9-Basketball game with Roopville, Pepperell and Johnson High School. Boys won one game, but girls lost all. February 14-Valentine box in Chapel, after which the faculty and student body were served delightful refreshments in tjhe Home Management Department.
Pebruary 16-Basketball season closed with game with Pepperell.
February 2S-Girl Scouts birthday party. The Rome Shriners and their wives were our guests.
March 7-Time flies! Third period ended. March IS-Seniors went to see the movie, "Hamlet." March 23-Home for spring holidays. April 1-Back to school feeling rested. April 9-Saw the movie, "King Solomon's Mines." April i2-Arbor Day. April 17-Music festival in Lindale. April IS-Senior girls were attendants in Miss Latham's
installation as Worthy Matron. April 19-Track meet at Darlington. Our boys won first
place and brought home the trophy. April 21-Tests, Tests~ Tests. The Seniors took every
test ever made, they thought.
April 23-Getting ready for State Board examination in Beauty Culture.
May !-Achievement tests!!! May 3,. 4-Gallaudet examinations!!! May 4, S-State track meet in Macon. May II, I2, 13-Girl and Boy Scout Camp. May IS-Field Day. May 22, 23 24--Final examinations!
May 26-Parents of Seniors begin to arrive for commencement activities.
May 27-Baccalaureate service at the Baptist Church. May 2S-Graduation-Sad. May 29-Homeward bound-Tears of joy and sadness
mingle.

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ROSCOE DUKES

We, the Class of 1951, are a class worthy of more than the usual introduction. We have brought many honors to our school; our records are a valuable legacy which we proudly leave as goals to those who follow us; our every th.ought is loyal, and our hearts beat ~rm a nd high with love for our school ; we are wise yet we are friendly; we are crammed wibh knowledge, stuffed until our heads are numb; and we are inspired until we can no longer wait to make our dreams come true in a big old beautiful world.
It seems very hard to realize that this wonderful class now standing before you in all its strength and beauty, and wealth of experience was ever a group of bashful primaries-just timid beginners!! With nothing in our little heads then but a lot of nonsense, and nothing in our actions but a lot of giggles, yet this was true. To those whp passed us that first day we came to school, we seemed just a little group of ordinary boys and girls, well dressed, fairly good - looking and badly frightened.
That nhirteen silly, empty - headed, rattled - brained youngsters could ever have developed into noble, handsome, thoughtful, wise and charming Seniors, is indeed something for which we should be most thankful!!!!
Some of us have been together since that first day at school, others joined us in the early years of our school life, and some we picked up during our last years. To each of these we can only say, we have weathered a good many storms together and have found school life not all a bed of roses. But we can trut!Xfully admit that whatever trouble has come to us ,has been largely our own fault and the result of our own carelessness, indifference or disobedience to rules which we understood perfectly well. Our happy days far outweigh our sad days, and now that the time has come to leave, a feeling of sadness comes over us and we recall a great many evidences of love and kindness that have been showered upon us during our life at G. S. D.
I am sure that you would like to know something of the personal history of each member of this class.
Patsy Baker was born in Tifton, Ga. on June 27, 1931. ~he had diphtheria when she was very young, and lost her hearing. She came to school here when she was seven years old. She was at first very frightened, because she thought all the large buildings here were hospitals, but she soon made friends, and since nbat time Patsy has grown to be one of the most outstanding girls on t)1e campus. This year she was chosen May Queen, Dormitory Monitor, passed the State Board Examination and received her license as a master beautitian.
Louise Boyd w.as born in Augusta, Ga. on June 28, 1932. She came to the Georgia School wNen she was nine years old. She has always been a sweet, dependable girl, willing to bear her part of every burden. She was also lucky to pass the State Board Examination this year and is now a master beautitian.
Frances Cox was born at Enigma, Ga. on September 26, 1932. When !lhe was seven years old, she started to school in Ocilla, Ga., but went only six months and then entered school here. Frances has a way of being nice to

everyone and has many friends on the campus. She will receive a diploma in Home Management this year.
Sara Crisp hails from Fender, Ga. She was born in this little town on March 25, 1935. For several years, she attended the public school there, but in 1946 she came to the Georgia School. Sara has an outstanding sclholastic record here. Each year she ;has received some of the highest honors offered by the school. This year she was chosen Dormitory Monitor, Queen of the Halloween Carnival, took the Gallaudet College entrance examination, and was Valedictorian of our class.
Jackie Dukes was born in Woodbury, Ga. on August 16, 1932. When she was eigljt years old, she came to school here. Jackie always has a good time. She is thoughtful and makes friends very easily. She is another of the lucky ones to pass the State Board Examination and now boasts a master beautitian's license.
Roscoe Dukes was born in Durand, Ga. on February 10, 1929. He did not enter school until he came to chis school in 1940. He is most appreciative of what our schotl has done for him. He took the Gallaudet College entrance examination this year and hopes that hie will pass, because his greatest ambition is to go to college.
Ralph Gentry'was born in Kingston, Ga. on February 25, 1932. He has always been interested in athletics and has played on the football team and has taken part in every track meet. He did his part in helping bring to our school several beautiful trophies. He is a nice, friendly boy and is liked b.y a ll who know him.
Ruth Owens was born at Lithonia, Ga. on May 20, 1932. She came to school here when she was six years old. Ruth likes to have a good time. She loves pretty clothes and has had several serious love affairs. This last year she really settled down to business and will receive a diploma in Home Management.
Fred Powers first saw daylight on a farm near Sylvania, Ga. on October 15, 1933. He attended public school for six years and in 1945 he enrolled in the Georgia School. Fred is a great teaser, but is usually a good sport along with his teasing. He likes all kinds of sports and reads quite a bit. He took the Gallaudet College entrance examination and he has dreams of someday being a big farmer.
Edna Pope was born in Atlanta, Ga. on November 21, 1931. Slle came to this sohool when she was seven years old and is one of tihe charter members of this class. Through the years, Edna has studied hard, and is loved by everyone on the campus. She is always selected to play the part of an angel in Christmas pageants because of her angelic look. This year she took the Gallaudet College entrance examination and is keeping her fingers crossed because she has always had dreams of going to college.
Vinton Troup was born in Osierfield, Ga. on March 23, 1931. He enrolled in our school when he was seven years old. Vinton is a nice boy and attends to his own business. He has spent quite a bit of his time in the woodworking shop and will receive a diploma from that department. He would like to be a carpenter and has had some excellent experience doing repair work at the school.

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Herbert Whi,te was born in Clim ax, Ga. on July 3 1. 193 1. He was another one of the charter members of [his class. He came when h,e was seven years o-ld and th is year he will receive an academic diploma. He has had every honor that the school offers. This year he was chosen King of the Halloween Carnival, took the Galbudet College entra nce examination and was chosen salutatorian , missing the place as valedictorian by only a fracticn of a point. H e is a "whiz" in math and does outstanding wor k in a ll his other classes. One reason for his su ccess is the fact that he has not been in love- until now.
W. C. Wooten was born in Macon, Ga. on Februa ry 6, 1932. He came here when he was very young and this school has been home to him a long time. W . C. enjoys football, basketball, and, track.
Th is year he will receive a diploma from the woodwork-
ing shop, and he plans to gat a job as helper to a carpen-

ter this summer w that he can get lots of experi Enc e. It would be very interesting if we had time to tell
you of the funny experiences we have ha :J dur in g our school life here, th e changes in our class roll al c ng i;he way, t'he parting from t!iis one, and the wekoming oi another, the failures and su ccesses of eac h cn e, and ether vivid memories along the way, but this would taki! i;oo long, though we would like to say that our scho ol life here has been a most wonderful voyage and we have kept many souvenirs from every port. We have not faced a ny storm which we were not ab le to withstand and we hav ~ n ot been wrecked by any task.
Now as we look at the big Ocean of Life tJhat li es befor e us we feel that our voyage here has fitted us to withstand every storm and reach our final port in safety.
The Class of 1951 have their passports to thirteen different ports but our lamp of h ope is ligt>.JI;ecl and the ~h adows have disappeared.

I THINK THAT GOD IS PROUD
I think that God is proud of those who bear A sorrow bravely-proud indeed of them Who walk straight throu gh t h e clark to f ind Him th,ere And kneel in faith to touch His garment's hem Oh, proud of them who lift their heads to shake Away the tears from eyes that have grown dim, Who tigh;ten quivering lips and turn to take The only road they know that leads to Him. How prcud He must be of them- He who knows All sorrow, and how hard g rief is to bear! I th ink He sees them coming, and He goes W ith outstretch ed arms a nd hand s to meet th em t here, And w ith a look, a t(l uch on hand or head, Each fee ls his hurt h eart strangely comforted.
- Grace Noll Crowell

Georgia School for -the Deaf-

FRED POWERS

Several days ago as my wife and I were sitting in the den of our lovely home in HaWiaii, : one of our maids came to the door and announced tli.at someone wished to see Colonel Powers. She handed me a very neat business card, and as I looked at it, I was a bit puzzled, for the name looked familiar, yet I could not quite make myself beUeve that it was really the name of an old boy I had known at G. S. D. twenty years ago.
I hurried to the door and was amazed to see one of ~y own classmates of 1951, a very tall, handsome, wellgroomed man. I threw my arms around him as I yelled, "Old Vinton Troup, from where in the world did you hail? Come in and say hello to the sweetest girl you ever saw". He said, "Now, don't be so sure about that-just wait until you see the one I have in my car". We hurried down my private winding driveway, and I could hardly 'believe my ey.: s when I caught sight of a big black 1971 Cadillac. This was shocking enough ,but when he opened the car do er, I really thought that I was seeing things. I r ;!memb :: red the beautiful girl and how deeply in love she and Vinton were at G. S. D.
By tro~is time, my wife, wondering what had happened to me, came out and was standing on our terrace when we three walked up the driveway. She came running with outstretched arms, for she too, had been in school with Vinton and his wife, and was just as happy to see them as I was. They said that they could not stay long, because they were on their second honeymoon, and hfid a great many places of interest that they would like to see before returning to New York where they were making their home. We persuaded them to spend the night so that we cculd have an opportunity to talk over old times. Vinton told me that he .had made quite a success in real estate, and that he owned several large apartment units on Riverside Drive and a magnificent home on Long Isla nd. During his visit with! me, I really found out a lot of interesting things about our old classmates.
One of the most exciting pieces of news was that one of our classmates of 1951 was now a very prominent professor at Gallaudet College. I learned that he made an outstanding record in college both in the classroom and on the athletic field, and that the year after he was graduated, he was offered the positia:n of math teacher at his Alma Mater. I also learned that h(e was not married, but was very much in love with a beautiful college girl, who was ten years younger than he, and that they would be married during the summer. I remembered how well Herbert White could work math at G. S. D., and I was not surprised to learn that he was a leading professor at Gallaudet.
I was eager to tell V'inton about our good friend and classmate, Roscoe Dukes. You know he is related to my wife and we hear from him often. Roscoe bfts been a lucky guy. After he finished college, he was offered a wonderful position as a commercial artist in Washington, D. C., and made such a fortune that he was able to retire at the age of forty-five. He now weighs two hundred and fifty pounds and has snow white hair. He and his charm ing wife have a beautiful home at Alexandria, Virginia; have t\WJ cars and two chauffe urs, and !<pend

their winters at their lovely estate in Florida. Vinton and I had just had a dip in the ocean and
were enjoying the sun on my private beach, when I heard my wife calling me. ~e came running to meet me and said, "Can you imagine who drove up in a big Lincoln car just now?" I had no idea, so I said, "Do hurry and tell me wl!jo in the world it was." About this time I saw a beautiful tall girl, who looked to be about sixteen years old, walking down the flagstone path. As she came nearer, I saw those dimples that I had seen at G. S. D. so many years before, and I screamed. "Louise Boyd, I know that's you." We sat down on the porch of our beach cottage, and all talked at the same time. We found that Louise was a very wealthy cosmetician; that she was owner of a famous beauty shop where by means of beauty culture and plastic surgery, people w~o were sixty years old could be made to look like they were sixteen, and Louise w.as certainly an excellent advertisement for her business. Among the interesting things that she told us was that her husband, who was a government inspector and toured some of the islands of the Pacific, ihad recently met a man in Nebraska, who told him that he once went to school at the Georgia Scl(ool fQr the Deaf. We tried to guess who it was and finally I said, "Well it must have been old W. C. Wooten." I guessed right, and it was not long before we were planning a trip to see him. Vinton and I decided to take our Cadillacs and return to the states with Louise and her husband.
We had no trquble in finding W. C. in Omaha, as every person we asked in eastern Nebraska knew about him and his success as an architect. They showed us a great many large buildings he !1ad designed. We did have some trouble though in recognizing W. C. when we saw him. He weighed over three hundred pounds, had grey hair and was quite nicely dressed, and a bachelor. He insisted tjhat we put our cars in his garages and take a litt le surprise trip in one of his planes.
We were shocked when we found that th,e surprise was a visit to the homes of Ruth Owlens and Frances Cox, only about two hundred miles away. Their h~uses were close together and were both brick mansions, beautifully furnished. Their husbands were business partners, and owned the original Barnum and Bailey S)lows. Ruth had made .a bit of money on the side as an illustrator of magazine stories. She had had lots of practice drawing the pictures of her teachers and classmates during study hall at G. S. D. Frances still enjoyed teasing and although she had gained one hundred and twenty pounds she was still beautiful.
So many of us were together now that we decided to write Pats.y, Sara, Edna and Ralph and asked them to meet us in Cave Spring for a class reunion. Our letters were delayed in reaching Patsy Baker, and Sara Crisp because they were on board The Queen Helena on a return trip from the Orient. Their husbands had given them this trip as their tenth wedding anniversary gift. They stopped in Washington to spend a few days with Edna Pope who for a number of years had taught in a private school in the city, but had finally made up with on old sweetheart she had met at G. S. D. and

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had been married a bout five years. Sara and Edna had been together during their college years, and Patsy had visited them a number of times, but for the last ten years they had not seen Edna. They were thrilled when she to ld them a bout the plans for the cia s r eunion , and soon they wer e a ll on their way to Cave Spring.
Ralph Gentry had been in the printing businEss in Ro me for a number of years. H e had never married, but ha d saved his m oney and made some wise investmen ts a nd was quite wealthy. H e hurried down to Cave Spring

when he received our letter, and had things moving toward our r eunion.
About this time, my wife shocked me and ai d, "Fred, you have been talking in your sleep for an houl, what in the world is the matter?" I then knew I had just been dreaming, but in this old world of won der.;, dreams have often-times come true, so who knows but that t hi s, my prophecy, may some clay end with a grand reunio n on t he campus of dear old G. S. D.

THE BUILDERS
All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time;
Some with massive deeds \and great, Some with ornam ents of rhyme.
Nothing useless is, or low ; Each t hing in its place is best;
And wliat seems but idle sh ow Strengthens and supports t he rest.
For the structure that we raise, Time is with material f ill ed;
Our todays and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build.
Truly shape and fashion these; Leave no yawning gaps between;
Think not, because no man sees, Such t hings will remain u nseen.
In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere
Let u do our work as well, Both the unseen and the een;
Ma ke the house where gods may elwell Beautiful, entire, and clean.
Else our lives are incomplete, Stand in g in t)1ese wall s of Time,
Broken stairways, where th e feet Stumble, as th ey seek to climb. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Georgia School fo1- -the Deaf-
SARA CRISP
Oh, We happy Seniors have finished every test; Through all the long years our marks were the best; And save our keen intellects we weapons had noneWe studied all day, and we studied alone. So faithful in work, and so studious in school, 'rhere never were Seniors so obedient to rule.
We worked not for praise, and we worked not for fame; But we did every task, never shifted the blame, And ere we arrived at graduation date, The fieniors had consented; the faculty held fate. For a test in math, and a test in history, Were to determine the brave old Seniors' mystery.
So boldy we entered old Freeman Hall, 'Mong teachers, classmates, friends and ali; Then spoke our principal, his hand on our test (The poor scared Seniors said never a jest) "Oh, brilliant you are, and on yqur diploma we agree. Suoh Seniors as you are we never did see".
"Long you h:ave studied and learned how to live, And skill that's amazing to the world you shall give. You are capable, truly, to do what you're bidden, And soon you shall prove your abilities now hidden. There are many fine jobs, too many to name, That are waiting for you to climb to fame."
The girls jumped with joy; the boys did the rest They Joked at their record, and glanced at the test. The girls looked down to blush, and they looked up to sigh With a smile on their lips and a tear in their eye. The boys teased the girls ere the teachers could scold, "Now no need to worry!" said tqe boys so bold.
So happy we were, yet so sad it seemed, Though for a long, long time of this hour we had dreamed While our friends did rejoice, and our teachers did sigh, We poor little Seniors stood wiping each eye. And the schoolmates whispered, '"T were better it's true To study and pass like our Seniors do".
So joyfully we marched on graduation day, Down the winding walks in the mouth of May. We know that success our efforts will crown, when we find our places in some nice town. And the world will be better, muc.h better we know. When we bright Seniors our ability show.
So all our schoolmates came together one day. And bid us adieu as we started our way. When next they behold us, we'll be covered with fame; The world will stop, perhaps, to honor each name. So dauntless our courage, and so potent our powers, Have you ever heard of happiness as boundless as ours?

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EDNA POPE

We, the members of the Class of 1951 of the Georgia School for the Deaf, in t~e town of Cave Spring, the county of Floyd, and tbe state of Georgia being of sound mind and memory, and realizing that the time of our departure is fast approaching, do make, publish, and declare this to be the last will a nd testament of our class, hereby revoking all former wills by us here-to-fore made.
We desire that all our just debts be paid as soon a:(ter our departure as is possible, and we authorize and direct our executors here-in named to pay the same.
We ask that the ceremonies connected with our departure be carried on with the dignity, honor and sole mnity that we deserve, and that are becomi~g to such an illustrious class.
We have no specific directions to leave concerning our departure, but we do hope that you will come prepared to praise as well as to bid us a fond farewell, forgetting the faults that may have been ours and remembering only our many and remarkable virtues.
We humbly request that our pictures, taken in cap and gown, be placed in Freeman Hall along with the pictures of the fallen heroes and heroines of other years.
We beg you t o remember that even though our physical weakness in our last hours was very great, our brain was bright and active therefore whatever bequests we made, although they may not seem the best selections to our beneficiaries, were made to the best of our judgment and in the spirit of unselfish friendship.
In this manner do we dispose of our possessions:
Item One: To our beloved superintendent, principa l, sup ervis-
ing teachers and O!ther members of our faculty, we hereby bequeath, free from all in"eritance, luxury or income tax, the love, admiration, and appreciation of thirteen loyal hearts, and with this go our very best wishes and our si ncere gratitude for their unfailing kindness and love over a long period of years.
Item Two: To the history of our Alma Mater we bequeath our
many illustrious deeds of the future and our names as candidates for the Hall of Fame.
Our smaller individual bequests are as follows: To the track team of next year We hereby bequeath the 1n-ivilege of gazing longingly at the trophies and medals our team won this year. To tJie football team of next year we bequeath the clean and sportsmanlike conduct of Fred Powers and
W . C. Woo.ten.

To the girls' basketball team we will the winning smiles of Ruth Owens to the boys who came with the visiting teams.
To Jack Watkins we bequeath Roscoe Dukes' ability always to lo.ok well dressed, just as if he had stepped out of a bandbox.
To David Barrett we will Fred Powers' ability to flirt with every girl without interfering with his school work. With this we also bequeath Fred's little book that explained lww to make love without falling in love.
To Robert Wooten we will Vinton Troup's secret on how to keep in love with the same girl forever.
To Rosemary Smith we bequeath the sweet disposition of Patsy Baker and her ability to know how to be a friend to everyone.
To Martha Maxey we will Sara Crisp's store of information which will make it easy for Martha to pass any test in any subject at any time.
At the request of Mr. Brady we bequeath to th e boys and girls in the Freshman Class, Section III, Herbert White's ability to learn math.
To Vivian Turner we bequeath Edna Pope's ability to attend to her own business and let other people's alone.
To Mary Ann Pate we will Louise Boyd's gift of pleasing all the <:ustomers who come to the beauty shop.
To Wynell Godwin we will Frances Cox's secret on how to get along well with other people.
To Juanice Dukes we bequeath all the pretty clothes owned by Jack~" Dukes, h er sister.
To Fain Griffin we bequeath Ralph Gentry's ability to high jump.
Any property or personal possessions of ours that may remain, in addition to the items named, we g ive and bequeath to Mrs. Mary P. Turner with legal authority to divide among the faculty and staff.
Any beneficiary attempting to change or in any way interfere with the provisions of this document, shall not only be deprived of all rights and privileges herein named, but shall be sentenced to hard labor on the school farm for the remainder of his time Jat G. S. D.
We, trhe Class of 1951 do make constitute 1and appoint the teachers of the Georgia School for the Deaf to be executors of this our last will and testament.
In witness whereof we have here-unto subscribed our names and affixed our seal this the twenty-eighth day of May, Year of our Lord 1951.
-Senior Class of 1951

Georgia School fo1- 1he Deaf-

SARA CRISP

Members of the Board of Education, Mr. Hollingsworth, parents, teachers, officers, friends and schoolmates: -The time has come to say goodbye. It is with a great deal of sadness that we come together for the last time. W.e can think of no sadder event that could happen in t~e lives of a group of classmates than the breaking of old ties which have held us so closely in our wori;. and in our play.
We have spent many happy days and years together, in the class room, on the campus and wherever we have mixed and mingled with one another. Having shared our j cys and sorrows for so long, it is hard to say goodbye, but we have finished the work that has been given us, a nd today we are standing at the threshold of our life car~ ers ready to launch our little boat on the Sea of Life.
Before us lies a great, big, busy, war-torn world, lmt ~till a world full of opportunities and possibilitiesa world full of the activities of human life, a world in which we, the Class of 1951 are soon to become important f::.c tors.
We have all had dreams, each one of us-bright and glorious dreams of the future. It is now our duty to make our dreams come tru.e. This will not be an easy task, but we promise to set our aim high, and to keep our eyes upon the goal, and "press toward the mark."
We would like for each of you to know how much we appreciate your love, care and kindness during the many years that this has been home to us.
We first desire to express our deep appreciation to t~e state, of Georgia for the educational advantages which have been made possible for us to enjoy. Had our dear state not provided these privileges, our dreams of the future could not have been so bright and glorious. May we prove our gratitude by being worthy citizens of our Empire State of the South.
To Mr Hollingsworth, our superintendent, we would like to say that we owe to him more of gratitude than can be expressed in mer e words. Because he possesses both the qualities of the most progressive ideas which mark advancement, and because he has been a constant source of inspiration to us, and a real fighter for the educational progress of our school, we sqall leave here and enter the busy strife of th(e everyday world with the best possible preparation. In parting we express to him our heartfelt thanks and our assurance of the real respect and admiration of the Class of 1951.
To Mr. Caple, our principal, to Mrs. Kennard, Miss Ca~ey and Mrs. Turner, supervising teachers and to each 'ndividual teacher we would say that we bid you farewell with sincere regret. Your enthusiasm and interest in our advancement has made our class room work a real joy. \Ve r ealize mor e fully than ever before the advantages that have b een ours, a nd the skilled way in which you havJ smoothed the rugged paths of learning for our stumbling f eet. Along with academic preparation, you

have given us a sense of social obligation, an appreciation of the rights of others and of our relation to the world about us, a desire to use our leisure time wisely, and, above all, you have developed in us a determination to succeed in our chosen field, undaunted by criticism or failure. We shall ever look back with pleasure to the profitable hours we have spent under your guidance, and will hold fast to your many Yaluable words of advice as we enter new and untried fields.
To ou r parents whose love and cherished ambitions for us have in a large measure, made our school life possible, we express our deepest thanks. Your ideals which you have instilled into u s, will go with us as w.e travel down life's rugged pathway, and, in the futur e, as in ~he past ,thoughts of you will ever encourage, cheer. brighten and help us on our way. We hope that we may bring well-deserved honor to each of you in the years to come.
Dear friends, we extend to you our love and appreciation. We know you ar.e here because you a re interested in us, and your presence has been a real inspiration to each member of our class. We would like to be the kind of f riend to you that you have been to us and we hope that as the years come and go our friendship will grow deeper and deeper.
Schoolmates, as we look for the last time on our "Campus Beautiful," the beloved buildings, the sacred shrines and your familiar, friendly faces, we pledge to you that our school days with you will never be forgotten, and that our love and loyalty will always be with you and our dear sc.'hool.
Classmates, t hough the time to say goodbye has come, and we shall meet no more as Seniors, let us never break the ties that !Jiave bound us during the happy years at school. Though we may be scattered east and west, north and south, let us still be loyal and devoted members of the Class of 1951. Thoug)h there be a wide difference in our thoughts and occupations, let us still be jo.ined by the memory of these happy years together . Though we may be far from these scenes, let ther e never come a time when we can not in memory hold a reunion near some of the many sacred spots on the campus of ou;. Alma Mater.
The Class of 1951 would not feel happy if we failed to express our t~anks to our Heavenly Father for his love, mercy and protection over our class during these years together. He has manifested Himself to each of us in many wonderful ways, and we pray for a continuation d His g uidance through1all the days to come.
. h :s payer expresses the sentiment of each me mber of our class.
"Dear God: Help me to be a sport in the game of life. I don't ask for any place in the lineup; play me where you need me. I only ask for the stuff to give you a hundred percent of what I've got. If all the hard drives come my way, I thank you for the compliment. Help me to

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remember that you won't let anything come that you and I t cget her can't handle.
And, God, help me always to play on the square, no matter what the other players do. Help me to see that ofte n the best part of the game is helping other g uys. Help me not to complain tha~ I had a r aw deal or that

the game was a frameup. Finall y, God, wl'\;en I hear the last bell, I ask Lr no
complimentary stones. I'd like only to know that Ytu feel I've been a good guy."
May God bless each one present as t he Class of 1951 bid you a fond farewell:

A PSALM OF LIFE
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream !-
For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was' not spoken of the so ul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
In t he world's broad field sf battle, In the bivouac of life,
Be not li ke dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in t he strife!
Tru t no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,-act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.
Fo ctprints, that periliaps a nother, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us then be up and doing, With; a heart for any fate;
Sti ll achieving, still pursuing, L'2arn to labor and to wait. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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HAPPY MEMORIES

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First row : Head Coach Jack Brady, Junior Galloway, Guy J ones, Robert Wooten, Captain Fred Powers, Alternate
Captain w:. C. Wooten, Ralph Gentry, Fain Griffin, Assistlflnt Coach C. G. Turner Second row: James Faulk, Clar-
ence Rainwater, Franklin Dyess, Gene Lanier, J erry Nix, Howard Ledford Third row: Manager Herbert White, Donald Smith, Claude Butler, Claud e Fuqua, Andrew Le ~ Harrison, Marshall Harper, James Pope, Manager Roscoe Dukes
First row: Head Coach J ack Brady, Howard Ledford , Ralph Gentry, Franklin Dyess, W. C. Wooten , Gene Lanier, Fred Powers, Assistant Coach C. G. Turn er Second row : Manager Herbert Wltite, Fain Griffin, Junior Galloway, Guy Jones, Lennie Moon, Manager Ro scoe Dukes Third row: Scorers Robert Wooten and Vinton Troup

Georgia School tor ihe Deaf-
Firs t row: Head Coach J ack Brady, H oward Ledford , Ra lph Gentry Robert Woote n, W. C. Wooten, Wayne Edwards, Fred Powers, Gu y Jones, Assistant Coach C. G.'l'urner Secon.d ro w: Fain Griffin, Franklin Dyess, Jack W atkins, Junior Galloway, Lennie Moon, Gene Lani er T h ird r ow : Edwin Aldrige, Jam es Faulk, Charles Wilson, Marshall Harper
Wyn ell Godwin , Lo ui se Murphy, Coach J. R. War e, Ju an ice Dukes, Betty Ruth Baxley, Ieoui se Wil son , Rosemary Smith, Mary Ann Pate, Barbara Ashworth , Vi vian Turner, Coach Mrs. Ware, Ma rth a Maxey, Ruth Owens, Manager Patsy Baker, Barbara Heath

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Georg i a School for -the DeafOUR TOWN
For over a hundred years the deaf children of Georgia have be :o n coming "back home," to Cave Spring, each September.
There is no place in the world that surpasses this lcvely ltttle town, our s zcond home, in natural bea uty. It is situated in pictur esque Van's Valley at the foot cf some very scenic tree-covered hills, which make a colorful frame for our beautiful town- truly a masterpiece of nature.
All during the year former pupils make frequent vi it back to "Our T own " a nd enjoy mixing and mingling with home folks.

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HEARN HALL

In presenting this, the 1951 Senior Issue of t he

School Helper, to the public, we desire t0 express our

sincere gratitude to our friends both on and off the

Campus, who by their interest and cooperation have made

this publication possible.

We appreciate the help and encouragement g iven us

by our superintendent, Mr. C. H . Hollingsworth. His sug-

gestions and concern contributed a great deal toward the

publication of tbis issue.

W,e express our appreciation to Mr. J ohn L. Caple

and members of our facu lty who by t heir whole."hearted

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su pport of this issue-were an inspiration to us.

We desire to express sincere thanks to :Mrs. Marie

S. Kennard for correcting our materia l and proof reading

it.

To Mr. C. G. 'l:urner goes our orchid. To him we a re

indebted for t he appearance of this publication. He not

only directed the printing of it, but he gave freely of the

benefit of his knowledge of and experience in every phase_

cf the publication. He managed to make a book out of

the jig-saw puzzle that came to him piece by piece.

We express our deep appreciation to the Southern

:Engraving Company of Atlanta, for the very cordial

cooperation given us.

We desire to express our thanks to Mr. Stout and

Alton Holman for taking a nd developing pictures for us,

to the groups who have patiently awaited their turn be-

fore the photographer and to every other one on the

campus wh o by his cooperation and effort has contributed

in any way to this publication.

Y.fe offer our heartiest congratul ations to the staff

of the next Senior Issue.

- The Staff

NAME Baker, Patsy

NICKNAME FAVORITE SAYING

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FOOD
S t ra w b e r r y Short Cake

WEA KNESS Reducing

HOBBY
Being a monitor

AMBITION Beautit ian

Boyd, Louise

"Dimples"

Cox, Frances

''Fran''

Crisp, Sara

"Baby Belle"

Dukes, Jackie

"J ack"

Dukes, Roscoe

''Junior"

Gentry, Ralph

"Shorty"

Owens, Ruth

"Babe Ruth"

Pope, Edna

"Blondie"

Powers, Fred

"Peter Pan"

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White, H ~ rbert i

"Skin~y" "Cur ly"

Wooten, \V C.

"Catty"

"Naw-N-aw"
"Oh, Yeah"
"Oh! My Gcodness"
"I don't care" "Wait a minute,
I gotta!" "I know"
"Are you kidding?"
I don't know --
"Ncthing"
"Joke on yo u !"
" Oh !, I see"
" Bah!"

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Basketball

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Swimming

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Football Baseball

Banana Split

Teasing

S e w in g

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Fried Chicken

Primping

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Ice cream and Cake

Worrying

Lemon Pie

New Clothes

Cooking Reading
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Social Science Teacher
Beau titian

Sweetmilk

Day Dreaming

Roast Beef

Flirt ing

Fried Chicken
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Pretty Cloth _.;
Looking nect:

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Fried Chicken

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Fried Steak

Spring Fever

Airplanes

Artist

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Printer

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F le Clerk

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Our school days have been happy, But now 'tis time to go.
Behind are recollections fond, Ahead our futures glow.
There's not a boy, there's not a girl, That's v.1alked along our way.
But is a happier boy and girl Than they were yesterday.
We've seen so much of gladness, We've had our share of joy,
And mem ory is one gift of God That absence can not destroy.
And even when across our pathway, Time's cool gray shadow falls,
You'll hear our memory's footsteps Returning to your halls.
And now to you, oh, Alma Mater Our loyalty we give;
This be your pride and honor: You taught us how to live.
If aught of greatness we achieve, If aught of good we do,
The garland and the laurel wreath Belong, our Alma Mater, to you.
Dear Alma Mater, may we all Ee worthy of your name,
And make you proud in years to be That from your halls we came.
Alma Mater, we must leave th,ee; Thou hast been a friend so kind.
Sweet shall be our memories ever Of these scenes we leave behind.
And now indeed each heart's aglow, With fond affection real and true.
We each acclaim your worth and fame. Our Alma Mater, FAREWELL TO YOU. -Class of 1951

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INTERMEDIATE STUDENT BODY- -1947 GIRL SCOUTS- 1947

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ALMA MATER ~In our beautiful V<tns V~lley :

Is our school so dear,

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While the cave and spring and mountain

Give it beauty here;

Raise .your voics, send them lrigher,

Let your praises ring;. Hail' to thee, our ~lma IV1ater;

.May we ever sing.