THE PELICAN.ISSUED BY THE LOUISIANA STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAf.

VOL. XXXIf. BATON

BABY HAS GONE TO SCHOOL.The baby has yone to school; ah ui"!

What will t he mother do

With never a call to button or pin.

< »r t i' 1 a lit t le shoe?

Ilou can she keep herself busy all day.

With the little "hindering,'- thinu"

a wa\?

Another basket to fill with lunch.

Another "nood-b\e" 'o s.-i\.

And the mother stands at the door tosee

Her baby march away.

And turns with a s'r_di t hat is half re­

lief.

And half :i somethin-_r akin to -j-rief.

She thinks of a possible future morn.

When the children, one hv one.

Will u'o from their home out into the

world.

To battle with life alone.

And not even 'he habs be left toch'-er

The desohit e home o| t hat fut ure \ ear.

She picks up Lrarments here ami tic-re.

Thrown (lown in careless haste.

And tries to think how it would seem

If nothing were displaced;

If the hours '.vere al wa\ s as st ii| as t his,

How Could she hear the loneliness?

l-'arrn and Kin-side.

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JENNY WREN'S CHRISTMAS.It Was t lie Ili^'llt before < ''.ll'ist-

mas and all the little hoy- and

girl's in town were busy uettine-

ready f»r Santa * laiis. In a fesv

hours the jolly old man would be

around with his reindeer and biy-

li>.-id of 11 iv si. ui s to make the heart

of the children -j;lad. Laughter

and play w eiv in i \ e i \ hon-e

where child I ell were and ill ijiiiny

warm homes ('hi i~t mas i rees were

ill I ri ad v for S in t a t • • hair.; the

lo\ s and ca ml y on . 1.1 k-' i! a I way s

is. ;,t Christinas time, the ground

Was eov eled W i I ll sIloW a lid it Was

\ el y cold, but w h lie I he children

inside by the warm tires were

ha ppy and : a v t here w as one little

suul thiit was cold and tiuii^ry,

h tin t i ntr fur a place -H Idoni s to "it

a\\ ay for the w i ml and sm.w . Thi

little creat ure w as not a boy or

OK. LA., I>F.< T!M IJKll 7, 11)11. NO. ,",.

<_r irl as you ini^rht suppose hut ;i

little hinl, a wren, the kind every­

body calls a .lenity Wren.

Little .Jenny was perched on the

limb of a tree (dose to the house

where F.thel and Mubel White liv­

ed. Kthol was six years old and

Mabel was ci^ht. ami both little

e{irls were jumping up and down

with joy at the thought that Santa

Clans would soon come. Little did

(hey think that poor .Jenny Wren

was sh i \'eriii'_c i ii (hcco!<| so close

i o their warm Ii re.

Klhe) and Mabel were ijfoini; to

have a Christmas tire mid it stood

in the middle of the room w her"

,Jenny Wren could SIM- it plainly

and watch the children as they

helped their mother ham_p the

pretty things on it. '.''here were

i a miles and candy ;uid shiny yhis>

balls ami silvery tassels that look-

c I jroml cnon'jh to eat. Aid Jenny

w a s so h iin^ry.

"If I could only fi nd a few

crumbs that the snow hadn't cov­

ered lip," s||n s;|jd, "hut I lia\e

limited everywhere wit In nit lind-

inir a tiling to eat. And I am -o

cold I can haidly mo\i' my feet or

\\inus. |f | cuiihl only uet inside

with l-'lhel and Mabel a little

while how nice it would be."

" I'm afraid I will die h< fore

morning unless | can iret in w lie re

it is warm," she >i^hed. " 11 is

a I ready da rk and I cannot see to

IIy even if my wiu^s were not

Mi IT."

Inside Kthel and Mabel \\er-

hasinii' a jolly ^ood time eatinii cookies and playing around the

Christmas tree, and when .lennv

sa\V the cookie crumbs it olllv

niiide her all the more hungry,

llunury and cohl ami sick she

knew not w hat to do, and >-at look-

in^ sadl\ thrmi^h the window

thinking h<i\\ -non the c dd would

end her I ife.

i'.\ e and bye Kt hel and M a »M-|

and their iuolhe|- Unished pulling

t he t him; s i,n the ('h risi m;is trie

and be^an to j,r et ready for the

evening's fun.

u We are ^oiu^ to have company

to-ni^ht,"s;iid Mrs. White, "and I want all of you to yet cleaned up

nice before supper," .Jenny heard her say.

"If 1 could only have some

supper too." s ;i jd Jenny to herself,

"how happy I would lie.1 '

When the last candle had been

fastened oil the tree Mi's. White

told the children to ^o and wash

their hands and faces and put ondean d I'esscS.

4> < to up stairs and take oil your

dirty dresses ;iud I will conic up

soon and help you. Utit before I

io I think I will open the window

a little to let in sonic fresh air, for

the room will be too warm whe n

the candles on t he Christ mas tree

he^in to burn."

"If she does [ can lly in and t;et warm and «-at some cookie crumbs

too," said Jenny.And sure enough Mrs. White

crossed the room and raised the

window just e no uuh to let Jenny

crawl under. ,Ienn\ alino-t In Id

her iireat h until M r*. White left

the rouin, for-lit- was afraid to ^n ill while such hie; people were

around. Hut a--oon a- Mrs. White

had closed t he door Jenny p"eped

tinder the window and hopped in­

side.Tin-re was nobody to scare her

so she ate and ate iinti' she- could

hold no more. She was he^inninn

to ;,r >'t i^ood and warm loo, and felt

much better.

Looking around to see where she

c»uhl perch where no one would

see ller, she s;l \V tile ( 111'i-t Ilias t lee.

"The t I'ee Is j list | he place for

me," siie said, :jnd in a Hash she (lew

to the top and sat a monir t he e-ri'en branches \\ h. |-e m> one wniiht lind

her.A ft ei while it ca me 11 no 1,1 11^ h !

ilo Ch ri.si mas i r,. ( . ,-a lolh s , i,,| all

t he com p i n \ cairn- into the room,

1 '.t hel a ml M abel. with I heir fat her

and mother and lo'sofother I'olk-

\vcro there and all hud the best

kind nl' tt tinil'.

Not t (linking \vh:i t she wa< doi n^

.Jenny hopped up mi t he tree when

everybody could <ee her.

"Look :it the little bird," every -

bo;ly cried, "the poor 1 it t le t liinii

iMii.-t have come in to ifet out of

the cold."

"It's a Jenny Wren," -aid Mr.

White, "and we ntu-t not turn her

out in the -no\\ tonight or she will

free/e t i> de;(| ll."

So Kt liel and Mabel ^ot a box

and Mr. White lixed up a house for

.leiiuy. They put in -ome straw to

keep her warm and plenty of

crumbs for her to eat.

"In the morning we will let In r

out a nd put up the hoii-o where

she can find it,''said Mr. White.

And so Jenny Wivu had a warm

home all winter. She -lept in her

11 o 11 -1 a t 11 i ^ 111 and in 111 e d a y t i m e

Ktl el ar.il Mabel always had some

crumb- foi her when -he would llv

to the bark poreh and chaiter

away as happy as could be.

"I'm so ylad you opened the

window ('hristuias iiijfhl," said

Little t h o I o n c d a v t o h c r 111 o t h e r.

"for it you hadn't Mabel and i

would not have had any little bird

lo play wit h."

"I ^uess Jenny Wren i- irlad too,"

said their mother. Selected.

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FROM A SCHOOL-TEACHER'S POINT OF VIEW.

There are many way- in which a

tnot her may help t he teacher.

I lere a re -oille of t belli ;

My regard iny the teacher not a*

a mere hired public -i rvant. hut a-

a friend of t he public.

My becoming personally ac­

quainted wit li t he teacher.

I'y vi-itiiiy the schoolroom at

least once durinir the school year.

My attending school celebration-

and exhibition-.

My "heart to heart" talk* with

the teacher regard in«r I he mental,

moral, and phy-ical characters ics

of t be child.

My sending the teacher an occa­

sional friendly or appreciative mes-

s a ji' i .

!' y displaying charity towards

the teacher'- short com i nys.

Te;,chors are only human. Youn^-,

inexperienced teachers often

commit bl under-i|iiit i innocently.

Sonic schoolrooms are so over

crowed that t he teacher lias lit t le

time to study her p pils individ­

ually, and may unintentionally

make m jst akes.

My teaching the child habits of

punctuality, neatness, politeness

and ohcdience.

My withdrawing the child as

seldom as possible from the daily

sessions of t he school.

My di-playiny an interest in the

child'- school work. The pupil

who f,>e|s that his school cart er is

closely and sy mpat bet ical I y \\ at di­

ed by bis parent > is very apt to

ha\e a jjood school record. A

School Teacher.

WHY THERE IS A DEARTH OF TEACHERS

< Mio of t be most ini port a u t poi nt s

in the new I'ciin-y lvania School

< o le, pas-a.^e of which is now pen­

ding, is that reti u lat i 111; the re-

i| u ire men! s of a pp] leant s for teach­

ers' certificates. At piv-ent any

mere ch i Id of ' I or I-i may teach,

pros -id inn' be or -he ha- completed

an elementary publ ic school coiir-e,

but (he ho|i|cr of a college dipii :ua

a man or woman who ha- stud­

ied such subjects as pedai^ojry, psy­

chology, general and -peejal me­

thod-, and -cbool hyuieue i- not

entitled to a teacher*' certificate

\\ithont special examination in the

elemental y hrancli. -. A- a direct

result of the low standard of re­

quirements for teacher-' certifi­

cates, we have poor .-a la he-. N at i,*

urally poor -alaries do not attract

yood worker-. So much for teach­

ers of bearing ,-n ild reu.

Now, what -hall we say of teach­

er* of tile dei I'.' There are How

no special rt (|iii i emeu I s a* to pre­

liminary education and practically

none a- ' o -perial t la i iiiny. \\'hat

stamlard- for teachers have the

heads of i n-t it nt ion- standard

\\hicli they live no to'.' \\'h\ do

We Hot have a U TealiT a Inoll II t of

yood material".' I'lea-e under-taiid

that I am not speaking lightly of

I he t eacllel - We ha Ve. 'file I rill h

i- I hat I marv i I t hey are \\ it h u- ;

they are the -alt ol the earth

I low ever, we \\ a 111 m or.' salt. Mis.

Scot | Ander-oii.•••••

DEAF JEWELERS.J . I'. I'clid let on a lid Mro . je\\ e|e| -

and i i 1,1 muii 11 mei clian I-, of Mti-lol.

\'a., have -cut u- a lai^o ami hand-

-omely illustrated ealah.^ \\bicli

ji'iyes sunie idea of the extensive

business they are doinj;. These

vrent leMien are both d« af. and Ixith

w-ere ei'.ucated at this School.

Starting \\ith small capital, and

handicapped with deafness, they

have built up an -'abli-hment

which triyes them rank anionjj the

leadinir inendiants of Mri-tol.

They richly ib -er\'e the success

they have \\oii. Ya. finide. *

A careful ciil I n i e ami practice of

the memory should early be

pract iced : ... 11' \ on add little to

lit t h . ami do it often, the little

will -oon IT row. 1'hiHich.

Louisiana State School for the Deaf.

Mo.XMh < >\' fllLSI KKS:

J.\I:KI> N'. SANDI.US. (invernor ofLouisiana. e\-otTicin 1 "resident.

llrxiiy .1 V-TUKMSKI. \'ice.|'i e-id.-ntA. S. X'redelibel'M-.

Thoiu:i- \\'. At kili-on. John ! '. Irvine.

Klldle Weil.

W. C. Can nth.('.. A. Scott.

S. M. ROBERTSON, B. A.Sll pi-l'lllt el(de||l .

The deaf of the State he! ween \\\ t >

Hues of einht Mild t \\elit \-t \v o Veal's,

and of sound mind and phy-icidly able to !/o :»I unit their dail\ duties, are ad­ mitted to all t lie privileges of the School, free of cluirye. bein^- provided \\ith board, \\ashiny. fuel, lights, tui. t ion, books and e> er\ t liiii'/ nece ar\. except clot h inland I rav i-lliriM- expenses. This in»t it nt ion is N'( )'!' an a-\ him. buta school for the »o|e purpose of edncal iiiLl' I he I )eat. It i- -up- ported b\ tiie Stjile a- a part of it- public -cliool .v-teiii to|- edncal- inj- i ho-e who. \<\ reason of their deaf-Iie>s. or (jcleclive -peeeh. are pre­ cluded from receiving instruction in t he public -cliool-.

The annual *e--ion connueiice- of, the I -t of October ainl eont iiine- till t he |-t of June.

'flie ('nurse of St iul\ covers a period of ten \ears and includes thorough in--t rue' ion in the follon-in:/ branclu -: Lani;'iiaj.r e, arit hinet ic. history and oen^raphv. Much attention is u'iven to the studv of yraiiiiuar and coin pos­ it i«'n.

In i he Indii-t rial department are la 'L'iii print ir.i!1 . shoeinakiiiLr. harness- inakiic^. carpent r\. barberiirj'. paint- im: :md ^'la/.iiiL!'t o t he l>ox» and dress. niakiiiL1'. plain and tai:c\ sewiiiy. laundr\iny and cooking to the ^irls.

No ne\V pupil should be brought to

-chi.ol whose caiei.ts have not made formal applicat ion to the Superintend­ ent on I tanks he will lurni-h upon re- t|iiest and received from hiiii written acceptance of such pupil

II an\one knou- ol a deal child in h i- neighborhood, he v\ ill confer a fa­ vor mi I he aui horit it - l>\ not it v j HL.f t he Siiperinleiideiit and li\ uriiiiiL;' the parent- to applv for the child's ;ul- mi ion.

LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF.Organized in May,

I'lVKlilKiit ,1. A. Mnsliiiw, \ViTiiill. 'Id. 1st Vii't'-l'rosicli'iit II. .1. KnliiiKl, .Ir., N. <>. Jd S'lci'-l'ri'Nlili'iit Henry Kux. Opolotisiis. Si'ori'tnr.v Mr.t. M. I,. Tnicy, Union llmiw. Tiviisur»«r il. (i. liiirluun, Oiik Kidu«'.

TREASURER'S REPORT.Oak Kidtfe, La., Dec. 1, I'.Hi.

Believing the ni(>inl>«>rs of the Louisiana Association of tin- Deaf would In- ylati to know how their association stands financially, I hereby make this my first report. I may make future reports if I receive any more dues from new members. The money now on hand ha* been deposited in the suvinir department of the Hank of Baton (toiler, liatori Jfonyc, La., and is drawing I per cent interest, compounded sem i-an nu ally. KiTi'i vril from Kx -Treasurer

Ueceived from H. L. Tracy. < 'hairman Baton Uouyi I/ocal < 'ommittee

Membership tines from I' L. Tracvirs. H L.'Tracy

Kthan Lan<,'ldinI I II i .

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Kloyd Lindsev Henry Soland (iervais (iaiennie I Indies Tale Kdmond Vidrine Avit Vidriue Norniand VidrineKvel-ett Trelhle

Theo. (!. Ma\er Kene Albaivs Cms. C,. Weil Kmile Moreau .1. A. Ma-haw A. /iinmerman(Sen. |)ai<.r le

A. .1. Sullivan Mrs. A. .1. Sullivan Miss M. A Ta\lor Miss Mary Ke dner ('has. Villeret Miss Li/./.ie \u-chler (i. (!. Harliam Henry Kux Max. .1. Kesnter Mrs. Max. .). Kesi ner Perrin Konlelon T. A. William- Mr-. A. .1. Tuttle Mrs. M. Scnllv Willie C. Coss l''.lmer Berry ('. C. (Jarli nylon Miss Sadie Ncwman Miss Sussie Jones Miss Nannie Murphy Miss Lillian Matt lu'\\ Mi-s Ida Vest )ptat Duyas Miss Willie Mount Miss Lorena ()urso Miss Noemi" I ,orio Tho-nas llavdel

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It will be seen that a tfood many deaf people in the state have not joined tho Association. I would 1)0 glad to record the names of ev­ ery one and receive their dues. In order that all may know what to do I appeiid Section 1 of Article -2 of the Constitution which shows who can become members, and Section I of Article '.> of the By- Laws which shows what the dues are :

Article II. Section 1. Any deaf person of yood character anil standing, living in the Slate of l^ouisiana. and any former pupil of j^ood character and standing, may become a member of this association.

Article III. Section 1. The regu­ lar fee shall be tifty cents for ladies and one dollar for yentlemen to lie paid triennially.

(!.(J. BAKIIAM,Treasurer, L. A. h.

to. "id

Mr. and Mrs. A. .). Si. Hi van entertained Kloyd Lindsey, Nor- ni.-ind N'idrine, .lames Hoot and Philip Vidrine at dinner Sunday, Nov. _'.").

Patrick K.mmett Albert has ijiv- eti up his ventures in establishing a print shop and is taking a course in \\'i ndow decorating and display card writing.

KdwaiM /eleny ha-^ secured a bet­ ter paying job at l-'abnclier'is "( )ri>,r i- nal Itestanrant" in New Orleans and iriven up his job at the KI>\ Shoe Kactory.

A little bird has whispered into one ears t hat an event is soon to occur when two of onr popular e\-pnpils will be united in tin- holy bonds of matrimony.

The following deaf Loii'sianians have since the I ist issm> renewed their snhscriptions : K.lmcr Merry, Kmile IJelat, Mrs. Martin Will, Mrs. Mabel Liner, Henry Kanel and .Miss Sadie Nfwman.

Kranu 1>. Weidt luis been laid no with pleurisy and a complicat ion of diseases t he p.'ist two or three wei ks whicii ! :i\e seriously inter- ferred wfth his work at one of the lumber mills.

Miss Sadie Newman came .'p Saturday fioin (ii'ismar to have the oculist treat her eyes. Sin- will have to wear <jla <scs hereafter. She called on the uirl- and other friends at the school.

\Vesee by the daily papers that < Ml City, a yrowin^ town ritrlit in the famci' Caddo oil llelds was al­ most totally destioyed by (in- Kri- day. This is where .li'b t. Liner has located his shoi -shop. We hupc his p|-ice was outside the lire area.

The NI-W <)rleans l,od«^e of /llks held its annual Lod^e of Sorrow | ; ,st Snmlay. Amon-j tin- llfteen members of the order in that cilv

wiio have passed away tht^ past year and who were enlo^i/.ed, ono was tl'K only brother of Miss Mary Keldnur.

Fred (). Byrd of Benton paid his friend, NVilliam Rivers, a few days vi*<it during the summer and had a fine time. Kred says he tries to attend all the barbecues, just to have some fur. He is thinking of tfoing into the moving picture business.

The Berry brothers, Klmer and William, have had steady employ­ ment at the<inllet «Jin Company's plant for a lout; while which speaks well for their application to business. Klmer is apparently j;oin<; to surprise his many friends at no distant day.

While in New Orleans II. L. Tracy was the mier-t of his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Max .1. Kestner in K.splanade Avenue. This couple is livin-r in an up-to-date residence, provided with all modern improve­ ments and in a nice neighborhood not far from the City Park.

K.mile Moreau was very lucky to find a very beautiful and costly diamond svarf-pin on the side­ walk in New Orleans one day recently. He advertised It and watched all advertisements for several weeks without finding the owner so he now claims it.

Anthony Moldanec is fort;lnir ahead as a maker of line ladies' tailor suits. So yreat has his reputation spread that he is crowded with orders, so much so that he has had to employ Mrs. Klna Tsite Havlin and Mrs. A..J. Tuttle to aid him and Mrs. Mo|- daner. It would not be surprising if he has to employ others.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kanel are still greatly interested in poultry raising and. if conditions within the next few moil t h ace fa vocable, they propose uoi HIT into the business on quite a laru'e scale by buyiniT a farm not far from New Orleans. The close confinement in the printing otlice is proving too hard on Henry's health and In- |oiiy;s for t he open air.

Master Uavis (iayle Trousdale, the handsome little son of Mr. and Mrs. Lafa.veite Tn.usdale. celebrat­ ed his fourth birthday on Monday afternoon sharing his pleasures with a number of the little neigh­ borhood tot-. (James suitable t<> their years were played, the after­ noon closing with a fruit luncheon of nut-, frtitt, camliesand delicious cream and cake. Monroe News- Star, NllV. l.'i.

The first ingredient in con­ versation i- truth; the next ^ood sense, t he t bird uood humor, and the fourth \vil. Sir William

Temple.

TIIK PKUVK'AN.ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER IN THE POST

OFFICE AT BATON ROUGE. LA.

P'.il>lishi>(l i-vcrv otlicr Thursdny fromOl-tohcl- tl) .lllllf by tin- l.c.rtSIANV STATK SCIKIDI. KOK I II K IIKAKat 50 cent* a ichool year in advance Cor Hi" purposf of K'villK n niiiiilii T i>l III' 1 pupils inwtriiftioli in tli*' art of |irintiii!{ and to HI-TV*' as u ini'dluiu of cotiiiiiiinifiil Inn iMitwt'i-n tln> school anil (inri'iils and friends of thf pupil> and the

All subscriptions and communications inti'iided for tli" paper should hi-addressed to Til : : I'KI.ICAN, Union KollK''. I.'i-

Vui.. xxxi i, No. .1. Dec. 7, I'.Ul

Klsewhere we print tin- Christ­ mas circular of Supt. Kohertson. It is tn hi- hoped our friends, the parents, will lend us their co-opera­ tion and thus make the day a liiippy one for the pupils.

The Kansas School for the Deaf celebrated the fiftieth ;iniiiversary of its founding on the :i.ith of November. The principal addre-s was made by Prof. S. T. Walker, who was for several years superin­ tendent of that school. The School is to be congratulated upon founding out a useful career of half a cent ury.

»« The Indiana State School for the

Deaf is now occupying its hand­ some new buildings. The Silent lloosier chines in a new and better dress, t:;o. The lirst number for this session made its appearance Nov. Hi and gave us a glimpse nf the modern structures by print in*,; a few of the many picture-. The old site was sold for a good round sum but the state has appi opriated over half a million dollars so up-to-date building could he erected.

Our Indiana friends are to be en­ vied and at t he same t iine congrat­ ulated by the less fortunate.

licv. (>. .1. Whildin. Kpiscopal mis­ sionary to the deaf of t lie Soul ItemStates, was with us last Friday night and entertained the pupils and teachers with an illustrated lecture, showing stercupt icon pictures of the Hhcram- niergau |'as>ion I'lav. The pictures were very beautiful and the explana­ tions so clear that even the youngerpupils could follow the series through­ out. Mr. Whildin left on Saturday for Kentucky, expecting to stop on the way at Ilinton and I lunt ington. \V. Va. Virginia (iiiidc.

Ke\. Mr. Whildin's Louisiana friends would lie glad to "hear" this lecture and get a glimpse of tlie pictuies.

December loth is the day upon which the deaf in the land cele­ brate the anniversary of the birth of that great and good man Thomas Hopkins (i.illaudet. K was he who lirst brought the expressive and beautiful language of signs and the manual alphabet to Amer­ ica from France. It was he who founded the first school for the deaf in America the Hartford School. It is this man Thomas Hopkins (jallaudet who is lirst in the hearts of the deaf.

TIIOM \s mn-Kixs i;.\i.i. \ri>KT.

< )ii this anniversary in many places meetings are held by ;,ssoci- a I ions of the deaf and the at ten) pts to force the language of signs out of schools are discussed by the in­ telligent deaf, and ways and means thought of whereby this move can be checkmated, and at schools ex­ ercises are held in clripel and the story of the life and deeds of this good man is told the children.

Say s the Kent ncky : "\Ve would like to have the old boys and girls, when they renew t heir subscript ions, add a few lines telling how they are get tin*.' along. The Standard and the people ;tt this school are interested in the for­ mer pupils, rejoice in their prosperity and sympathi/c with i heir misfortunes. Do not simply inclose the money ac­ companied by a few formal words, but tell us what you are doing and how you are succeeding. Such hits of informa­ tion are straws to >how how well or ill the school is doing its work and the informal ion thus obtained is useful to those in charge. Let us know, friends, hew life goes wi'h you." A very guild idea. Many old pupils are never heard from at the school except in remitting their annual subscription. If they would add a few words in regard to I ow they are faring, the effort would not he much but their friends at the school would be kept posted as to their ups

and downs. A few of our school ex­ changes have an alumni page or column, notably the Huwkeye, the Chronicle and the Mirror, and we believe the plan is a most excellent one to keep tab on the old boys and girls. To know- that their teachers and friends at the school are being posted and take an interest in their activities and successes serves to encourage and stimulate them. Lone Star.

NVe believe the Pl.l.lCAN was one of the lirst of the 1. p. f. to reserve a column or so of space for news regarding graduates and other deaf persons living in the state. We can vouch for it that it has been a popular move on our part for the increased number of subscribers among "the old boys and young girls" tell the tale.

$ FORTNIGHTLY NOTES, g

Christmas is < oming !

Two months of school gone !

The Xmas spirit is in the air.

Santa Clans comes in 17 days.

Kxit N'ovem her, enter December!

A certain number of the boys have caught the croquet fever.

Mary Flidge had a visit from her father and cousins Sunday.

Frederick Denchert had : . visit from his parents Sunday, Nov. '_' ">.

< Mi ver Liner received a small box full of home-made candy Sat ur- d i.v.

M.ss Violet Lea, a con-in of Mar- cia Noyes, came to see her Sunday the 'Jt'.th.

Katie Mcf'loy ncei\id a pretty cap and jack. I from her mother last week.

Tom Lofaso's brother and a fric ltd came out to .see him last Wed nesday.

Dewey Harras had a visit from a brother and a friend Sunday, the '2l\l h of N'ovem her.

M r. .la nies ( loud u in m:nle a business trip to Mayoii Sara and St. Fra ncisvil le N*»v . -J 1 1 h.

The parents, baby brother and gra nd mot her of [Vrcy .McClemlon visited him Sal unlay

James Sehindler was the tecipienl of a lot of candy from his home folks on ThanKsgiv ing.

Charles Tohelman \\as remem­bered by his gra ml mot her onThanksgiving Day \\ith a box ofand\ and some coin of the realm.

CHRISTMAS CIRCULAR.Baton Rouge, La., December 1, l'.)ll.

To rtnvtifs of I'lipUs of ttti' La. State Srlmol for th<' l><-af:This circular is issued for the information of those who have

children at this Institution. The exercise at the Institution will be suspended for ONK DAY ONLY, Christinas day, and the par­ ents are requested not to encourage their children to come home as permission can not be granted for this purpose.

Our session is for H months only, and it is necessary for each pupil to be present at the Institution all of the time during these * months as the course of study, in order to be successfully com­ pleted, requires a continuous attendance on part of the pupil.

The Institution hopes, therefore, that the parents of children will recognize the wisdom of the authorities in demanding tin- entire time of their children during the session of the school and that they will lend every effort to assist them by not insisting up­ on taking their children home for any holidays. Any child leaving the Institution, without the permission of the Superinten­ dent, which will under no circumstances, except in case of sick­ ness, be granted, will not be received at the Institution until the beginning of tin next term in < >ctobcr. I'.U'J.

There will be a Christmas tree for the pupils on the Christ mas eve. It is hoped that parents of pupils will assist us by sending presents to each of their children here suitable to put up­ on the t ree: anything in the way of clothing, shoes, hats, caps and toys. There will be plenty of fruit and candy given them here, with which the tree will he decorated. Fireworks of any description are positively prohibited. Should boxes or packages contain tin-works they will not be given to pupils but destroyed by the Superintendent. ( )n account of Christmas eve falling on Sunday, all presents should be sent so as to arrive here on Thursday or Friday, the I1 1st and ±!nd of December.

Boxes containing presents xlmtilil In- ntlili'i-xm'il /<> ftl>' t'hitfl ill tin' ( /// < of' tin' Siifn-rinti iiili-iit, <'/i<ii'<)i x /n-i i>niil. Kadi present will be given to the child to whom it is addressed and every exertion will be made on the part of the authorities to see that the chil­ dren have an enjoyable time on Christmas. Nothing will be left undone which is possible under the conditions to do, to render tin-in happy on this the greatest of all days.

The authorities join me in wishing each parent a MKliKY CHUISTMAS.

Mrs. Isidore L irgnier sp,.|ii Sun-

(l;lV with her daughter. Mr-. Lowe_

NVillie < 'ox received :i beautiful red crocheted cap from home. She sports it when sin- goes up town.

Little Florence llabington re­ ceived a box of mo- t lungs lo rat from Imme l-tst Saturday.

The pn \ailing ipirst inn* nowa­ days is '"what do you want Chri-M- mas'."' Tin: I'M.ICA \'- reply is "More subscribers and plenty of I hem."

Superintendent .

Tin- School is preparing to make each one happy on Christmas. Parents, please help us.

The following parents have since the last issue- renewed their sub­ scriptions: II. l>. Miller and A. T. Foster.

May NM Innirs and Marie Nassau were the recipients of nice sums o money from their brothers;! fe\\ days ago.

Tile t U o literary societies expert

t<> bold a joj ill meet i ng on I lei 1 . '.l| h

and the members are looking for­ ward to a literary treat as the pro­ gram is especially good.

Mr. Kenneth Banlirld of Knnice dropped in Saturday and spent two days with his wife and Col. and Mrs. Kobertson.

A good niaiiv of the pupils are are receiving wearables from home nowadays. They appreciate these necessary gifts.

Amelia Carlin received lots of pop-corn from home. She gave her playmates a pop-corn party. She is generous.

/ora Ilelle Nelson was seen jumping with glee last week, she received a box of good things to eat, also a gray coat.

Christmas, the happiest of hap­ py days is not far otT. The chil­ dren are anticipating a line time and they will have it.

December 1st was Margaret Foster's natal day, and like her sister, she received a good si/ed box full of nice birthday gifts from home.

Don't forget your children, par­ ents. They expect some kind of remembrances from home. Cloth­ ing, hats, shoes, stockings and underwear are very suitable and necessary gifts.

Little Martha Linton llobey, our sweet "baby" pupil, was taken home by her pan-nts* some time ago on account :if poor health She lives in Baton Rouge. We hope her health will soon In­ completely restored so she can return to school.

M r. < iaiennle was showing lady friends. M isses Constance Itarring- ten and lone I iordon, bot h of Ken­ tucky and \\. McKee, uf Haton llonge, around the «-chou| Frida.x. Miss (iordon is the principal of the High School at Cent rcville, Miss., and took part icnlar int I'fest in our work.

Little ( Piston Laiche was again made happy by the receipt of another big bunch of tine Cuban sugar-cane and a bucket of lacpiit from home a few days ago. The land around Morgan/a inu-t In- very adaptable to the urowinv of -ngar-cane, judging from the^prei- meii -cut to (ia-.ton.

I'M ward and Clark Milh-r \\ere CINCH an unexpected surprise the other day when they received a

letter from IIOIIH-, saying their brother, William, was to bi> mar­ ried to Miss Delia Noleii on the .'M of this inoiit h. They wished they could attend the wedding, but as their home i.^ so far away from the school they could not.

The first monthly examination was held during the hist week of November. Some did well, some did poorly. The earnest teachers Were benelitted too, for they dis­ covered wherein their pupils were deficient and will give their at­ tention to such "weak .spots." A teacher of the deaf lias to keep ever­ lastingly at it to obtain satisfac­ tory results.

We had real winter weather the last few days of November. On the il'.Uh the early risers got a glimpse of "the beautiful," for large Hakes of snow fell for a few minutes. Jack Frost made daily morning visits. The weal her records show that we have had the severest weather for November in forty years. Hut every <l.iy Old Sol came out from behind lowering clouds, and we doubt if there were more glorious days with the bluest of blue >Uies than the Pelican State had.

' >ur foot ball braves intended to try conclusions wit h the St. Yin- cent Academy boys on the hitter's own grounds on Thanksgiving Day but for some reason their oppo­ nent^ had the "cold feel" and not a "St. V." appeared on the grid­ iron ready for the fray so our lads had to wend their weary way back home, a sadly disappointed lot. Our team has disbanded as the boys feel sure they can get no fur­ ther match games. They will de­ vote their attention to baskethall or some other exhiliarating sport.

The replica of the historic steam­ boat Ne\v Orleans arrived Satur­ day and stopped for a day in Baton Itoiigc. Jt was on its way to New Orleans from Pit tslnirg. It is an exact counterpart of theorigin.il New Orleans, built in 1*11 soon after Uobert Fulton built his riermont. It may be of interest to our readers to state that the original New Orleans lies at the bottom of the river about ten miles below Baton Kouge. A number of the school people visited tin- boat and found much of historical Interest about it.

.Mr. II. L. Tracy made his regular bi-monthly visit to New Orleans and gave a lecture on "The Fai­ l-last," Saturday night, December Jnd, in the chapel of St. Paul's Kpiscop-il Church. There was a good attendance and all seemed to be interested in the historical sketch of China and its awakening these days. The Sunday following, Mr. Traey held a service in the same chapel, taking "The night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us therefore east oil the works of darkness, and let ns put on the armour of light." Komans 1:>:PJ for his text. Mr. Tracy was pleased to meet many of his friends and to find nearly all enjoying good health and apparently prospering. lie found New Orleans full of the ('hrist mas spirit.

The editor was favored with the following neat little invitation :

MK. HAWKS MAKSHAU,invites you to

A TH ANKSCIVIM! KK.ASTin the

SKI 'ON'D I'lASS IJooM

litTwelve o'clock,

Friday December 1 . p.il 1.Hawes received a large box con-

taining a tine large roast turkey, a layer cake, apples and oranges. With the aid of his teacher, Miss Itowcua Cornish, and Miss Ilattie Woods, he treated his little class­ mates and a few invited guests to a genuine feast in his classroom. Col. Itobertson was asked to do the carving and si rving.

We wish Hawes' parents could have seen the pleasure depicted upon the f.iccs of his little friends for their own elat'on would have been heightened.

Thanks/iving Day is a thing of the past. It was a very happy day for our pupils. All day long they w-'re allowed to romp around as they pleased. At ten o'clock all teachers, olllcers ami pupils as- sen.bled in the chapel for devotion­ al c.vcivi-es in accordance with the proclamations of the President of the Cnited States and the Govern­ or of the State, Mr. (iaiennic opened the exercises with prayer and Mr. Tracy gave a brief lecture closing the programme wit h pray­ er. A large number of cadets from the State Cniversity was present in chapel and \\atehcd the exer­ cises as everything was conducted in the sign language. It was ;i

pleasure to have them in attend­ ance and see for themselves how such exercises are conducted at this place. The dinner came oil at two o'clock. All were real hungry and when the hour for the bell to ring came they were ready to do justice to the tempting viands which Miss Dawson had prepared. The tables were literally loaded with good things. The menu con­ sisted of chicken soup, roasted pig and browned gravy, boiled rice, potato salad, maccaroni an gratin, apples, oranges, bananas, mixed cakes, and jello. All were so much pleased with what they had that they didn't want any supper. The afternoon was spent by the boys and girls strolling around town or attending the moving pictures. So tired were all that they retired unusually early. The officers and teachers spent the day at their fireside and one or two shared their t urkey with a few invited guests.

The Uichardson Literary Society held its regular meeting Saturday night, the -j:,th. Mr. Howard S. Whitely gave an account of his .summer vacation. "Resolved, That boy scan be of more use than girls,"was t he ijiiesj ion for debate between Clark Miller and '.VillieWeight on the alfirmativc side and John Kmpsoii and F.loi Brand on the negative. The judges Philip Yidrine, Normand Yidrine and Charles T:>bclman decided that the debaters who upheld the fair sex had the best of the argument. The dialogue, entit led "The Harder, Il'e Farmer and the Detective," was jjiven by Lewis (iaieiinie, Ar- cidiis Yi'iriue and James Itoot. On account of lack ot time the de­ clamation by Paul Martin and the cum nt events by Aimand Coiir- rege had to beomitte<|. Mr.fiaicii- n ie was t he crit ic that even ing.

The Clionian Liteiary Society held a meeting in chapel Saturday night. Hirdie Slelly gave the story of "The Hroken Fggs." "Ke- olved, That cows are more useful than hoix-s," was the ipiestion for debate. Mary s,-ntl and lr:na Laiche supported tin allirmative side. Hartalcda Palmisano and llorteii-e Laiidry upheld (he nega­ tive. .Miss N« Idoii, l,\dia Noyes and (ierimde Lalleiir were the judges and gave their lecisioiv in favor of the negative. The di- aglo^ue, "A Sister and Two or­ phans," was given by Kva Itiliin- soii, Maggie Huffman and Tracy Mlciider. The declamation was .signed by Blanche Bi iM Immnie. A line ( 'a r i niiter was the crp ic.

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Class Reports for November,Ilie llr>l column rejii'fseutM, the murks

utlaiueil iu Lessons; tlm second, lleporl- liient. li»i is excellent; 1*0 to loo, very good: nil to !'o, K"" 1 ''- "" '" "" f'tir; lielow 711, not K<x>d. If pur. nl- will study the marks and write their children c<>inm« niliuuly or otherwise ii would do much nood.

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dred> of mile- away.

Sayinu; unkind tiling- about ac- i|ii;i i nt anci<> and friend-.

Kxau«j« rating and inakiii"; moun­ tain- out of molehills.

Lamenting tin pi-t, huldin^ ontn d i-a ;; I eea lile experiences.

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turn n p. < io a in! t u rn t lii'in up.

Writ in^ let ler- when the blood is hot which you mav regret later.

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SEND CHILDREN TOSCHOOL WHILE YOUNG.

We wisli to urg» upon tin- par­ ents the importance of sending their deaf children to school while young. It is a pitiable sight to go into a school room and lind large girls and boys, grown mei, and woman in physical development ;ind almost in aye, learning simple little words such as cap, bat, etc., and the meaning of such words as run, jump, walk, etc., where, as if they had been sent to school at the proper time they would be taking their places with others of the same age and si/c.

<>or oldest beginning pupil this year is more than twenty years of age, her two brothers are eighteen ami fdxtecn, respect ively, hot h in­ telligent boy*, and well-behaved. The older boy is one of the strongest, best developed boys, physically, in school, yet he has to learn the names of the simplest, most familiar objects that lie sees and handles every day.

The equal physically but far, far behind those of bis age and si/e in mental training and just because he was not sent to school before the days of childhood bad passed.

The State makes provision fur the education of her deaf chidren and the responsibility rests with the parent* if they are allowed to grow to manhood and womanhood with minds untrained and unde­ veloped.

No person, whether hearing or deaf, can attain the highe-t and best w'th an undisciplined mind.

If thi- lie true with the hearing, of how yreat impoi tiince is educa­ tion to the deaf. In the businessWorld ;in edllcateil deaf ln:ill call do

more intelligent work than one who i- mentally mil rained and isbetter qualified to Compete with

the hearing alony the same line.Surely parents will be williny to

give I heir deaf children the oppor­ tunity to hic'-mc self-helpful met: and \s < 111 H ' M ,

I'a re nl>, remember, if your deaf child grows up in iyiinrair-e, you are responsible for hi- mental darkiie-s. The lieat 4'arolinan.

* * LANGSHANS BIG AS TURKEYS

Fancies come- and yo. bni the Black Lanurdiaii i- In re to -ta\ .

Much has been said nf other breed-, Inil -eldum i- anything

written about the Langshan, and why? Because the writers do not know the worth of this grand bird. Beautiful in symmetry, stately in carriage, color a greenish black, which fairly da//lcs in the sun, it is a bird truly fit to grace any breed­ er's yard.

The Langslian is par excellence a winter layer. In fact, a bird I prefer to all others. She starts laying early a large, dark-shelled egg, containing much nourish­ ment, and continues after the others have long ceased. She makes an excellent mother and on account of her great si/e can take care of a big brood of little chicks. Tlie Langshan is an excellent table fowl, having a clear white meat, and dresses like a turkey. They are easily raised and are not hard to breed to color.

To start successfully pick your foundation stock from the yards of a good breeder. In gitting good fonndat ion stock lies the secret ofSllives-.

As an experiment, I canoni/ed a Lang-han ci.ckcrel and would :idv : se the breeders to do likewise. 11 e is now a> large a-a good si/.ed turkey, and it is a pleasure to see him caring for a brood of young chicks. I agree with my friend, M.S Marker of Indiana, who says the only fault with the Langshan is they are -old too cheaply. To those who ha\ e none of these noble birds I would advise getting a pen. It \\ill be money well spent. A Writer in Daily States.

THE SIGN LANGUAGE FOREVER.When President Taft wa- in

Vancouver, Washington, he ad- dres-ed several thon-aiid people. T. P. <'!arke, Superintendent of the State school, was prese.it and in­ terpreted the spe 'di in the sign language to a number of deaf,| per­ sons. Here is one instance more in which the sign language lias done for the deaf what oralspeech never could. It has en­ abled these deaf people to enjoy simultaneous! y with the great crowd the word- of I lie President, and t<> -bare in the enthusiaum and in-piral ion of the moment. 1 1 ow much bel ler wa- I hal t ban to -land pai»-i\e|y and iinconi- pivhendinulx through it all, and when it \\asover have a few scn- lenci s, fit-in which the spirit had

lied, repeated to them on the lips! The Observer.

NO NOVELTY TO HIM.Just before school closed last ses­

sion Hon. W. J. Bryan visited tho School for the Deaf at Belleville, Canada, and made an address to the pupils. Mr. Bryan opened his address by saying that the sight of so many deaf children was no nov­ elty to him, as for many years, his home was just across the street from the Illinois School for the Deaf at Jacksonville, and he often mixed with them at their sports and entertainments. One para­ graph from his address reads as if he knew something about the con­ test of met hods and was expressing hi- opinion on the matter. lie says :

"The real things is not that we shall hear through the ear or com­ municate our thoughts through the tongue, but that we shall have tho tig lit- to co m m ii n irate and have knowledge. D js much more im­ portant t hat the heart shall have t he impu Ises and its ideals, than that those impulses should be ex­ pressed through any particular medium." Kentucky Standard.

Down Uilli Impostor-.

There is nothing the good, re­ spectable deaf people so dislike as to have even the i;i.\l, IU;AC person begging, but to have some fraud and cheat pretending to be deaf, to gain the sympathy of good unsuxpccting people is the limit in their est imatioii. It is the rarest thing that a deaf person ever beg-.I have seen on two occasions a well dressed young man about -'1 years old handing out a neatly printed card, saving he had recent­ ly lost his hearing and speech and asking for aid to go to school. But when he found t hat he had met a person who knew the deaf, he was much en barras-ed and left the car. Such i M I'I>-T<>I;S should be arrested and put to work under the vagrancy laws. All respect­ able deaf people should help to ap- pivhciid such rases and see that such impostor- are punished.

In some states there is a law which deals severely with such impostors. Deaf < 'arolinian.

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All ii ue work is sacred ; in allII ne u nrk, were it but t rue hand labor, I here i- so met hiug of di\ inc­ ites-. Labor wide a- the earth has i*-summit in heaven. <'iirlyle.

Robert Clive-Dnrinirthe la^l few years (*f the ivi^n of Kin'4

(leorjjrc the Second there was a yoimi; man namedK'obert ('li\e. He Was all Kll^lisll clerk ill Mad-

I'iis, ;i place in India, lie \v;is n<>1 a )n;in to lie

easily frightened. ( Mic d;iy lie played e;irds with

Mil officer, lie accused this officer «)f ehe;tt'll<J.

This led to words. A duel \v;is fought. dive

missed the m;in ;it whom lie tired. His antagonist,

went rijjhf straight up to him ;nnl held his pistol

at his head. He t ried to make him say that his

nccnsatioii had heen false, ('live did not shrink".

He said, "l-'ire. I said you cheated. I say so sti.l.

and I will ne\er pay you." 'I'he officer was taken aback. He dropped his pistol. He said that ('live

was surely mad l!ut ('live was not. He was the

kind of a man who would take a dare. Not lon^ afterwards there was a call for soldiers and ('live

offered to ser\e as one. He was sent to sei/.e

Arcot. a fortified town in India. When ('live and his men approached the place a thunderstorm came on. The garrison of .\ivot thought the Kn'-iIisii w.»'dd st (>p and 1 a ke shell er. ('li ve ma ivh ed on in spite of the weather. This «jfreally astonished the I-1 rench that they ran away. He did not find Arcot hard to capture. IJefore Ion.: athreat army Was sent 1o hes'|e;_je ( M'lVo. ||e fought

desperately. \\\-- men were nearly starved to death. They had nothing but rice to feed upon. ('live had faithful sepoys with him. 'Sepoys are native soldiers in the Uritish army in India.)These sepoys refused local what I'jce they had

and e;a v e all to the Kn.^lish. They drank the

water in which the rice wa-» boiled. They said

that was suflicienl lor them, dive's brave re

sistance sa\ ed him in the end. A native chief

w ho had been paid to help 1 he Kiiii'lish had lor some

lime kept away. When he heard how Arcot was

be'm^ defended, he ordered his men 1o march.

With this help ('live Was successful. The lie

sie^vrs )L;a\e up trying to take A ivot. Not lon^

a ft i'1'vva rils ( Miv e returned to Kn^land. \\\\\ when

the Seven Years' War be^an. ('live was sent out

niiain. I "poll his arrival in India he heard about

t he horrors of t he (.lack Hole, ('live determined

to avenge his c, unit r\ men to the bitter end lie

at taclced t he perpet uator ol 1 he horrible deed at

('alculta. Surajah Dmvlah was i he man who caused the cruelly. He had ."lO.iino soldiers,

('live had only i'l.diMi. This little band soon scat

tered the ininieiise armv and won a brilliant

victory at I'lassey. After this battle, C'live's health be^an to fail and ho was obliged to return to Ktitfland in ITtid. He was croated a peer, with tin- title of Haron dive of IMassey. In ITi'i.", he was sent baclc to India as <4overnor of Rental. Step by step th«> Kn«,'lisli overcanx 1 all resistance. India was brought in the course- of years undor Knj^lish rule. India lias had peace iriven to it since the l-th century. Native princes still rule some of the provinces, but they are not allowed to plunder and slaughter their neighbors. The Knvrlish governors have had a hard task- to rule India. As a rule. Midland has sent her best men to rule as Viceroys over that ^ivat Oriental coun­ try. They have been trying to teach the natives to govern t heinselves.

The Wise Shepherd Dogs.A man in New Jersey bought seven tine cows.

He was jfoiny to exhibit them at a fair. He shut t hem up in the ba rn.

( )ne da rl\ niirht the cows broke out of the barn and went to the woods. In the morning the man looked for them, but could not find them. !!« told a nei^hl tor about 1 hem.

The man had two tine shepherd dojjs. They were very intelligent . They heard their master talk to the neighbor. Soon they disappeared.

They were tione live days. ( )n the six! they came back driving the cows. They them to 1 he l>;i rn.

The man was surprised and ulad to j^vt hisc()\vs bacl\. ( 'ompanioii.

•i

A Royal Laborer.I Vter t he ( ! reat was emperor of Kussia a lon«_r

time a«io. He lived in St. Petersburg.He was greatly interested in shipbuilding. He

established dock'.Val'ds. In them he spent much

of his spare t ime. ( )nce an ambassador from the k'm^ of Prussia went to see him. He had an im­ portant communication for the (V.ar.

The court attendant conducted the ambassador (in board an unfinished vessel. I'pat the top of the foremast was a man fastening a rope. The surprised ambassador was told that if he lookedlip he Would see the emperor. The latter !>eckol)

ed for the Prussian to come up the ri^'^in^. but he dared not do it. Then the nimble monarch came quickly down, and received the amhassa dor's message on the deck. Mirror

'T'or want ol the nail the shoe was lost, and lor

want of a shoe the horse was lost."<!

Hear wealth, poverty will bear itself Proverb.

A COURSE IN AGRICULTURE.While several of our schools for

tin- deaf have b'jfjmi to rcco^ui/c practically the importance of agriculture in the industrial (•(Ideation of the di'.-if, it is the Minnesota Institution which is cut itled to the credit of Iteiim' (he IIiv>t to es(al>!isn a complete conr-i- of all-around farniintr. Special conr-es, of a hi^'li order of excel­ lence, have been onjaiii/ed in the Mi>-UM|>pi, North Carolina and some other inMit uliotis, but, <>\y- iny to lack of opportunity rather than to lack of intelligent appreci­ ation of the subject, the >eope of tiie \vork undertaken has been rather limited. The MinnesotaSchool, however, has been able lately to secille MilVli'ont land, convenient to its own >ite, to carry <m the work of a complete farm, a:.d l>r. Tale with charaeteri-t ic wisdom has >eenred, to inanaue this department a thoroughly trained practical and .-cieiit ilic farnii'i', wit I: a wife \v|i<> has al~<> recei\i'd a higher education ahm^the >:lll)e lilies. The boys, \vllO

take the a'^ricnli nral course will div'hle the time yfivrii to industrial training; hetsseen the farm and the sho(>. <rlviri<; alternate periods of a week i as w understand it) to each. The adoption of this plan svill take away all e\cu>e fur ihe custom Which is quite prevalent ainon</ the parents of deaf children in at,r ricnl I nraI »iaies, ,,f keeping: l»o\ > of working au'e at lionn> alter­ nate yej.rs even when their he||i >» not really needed, in order to jjive them an iiulispensable part of t heir i ilucat iiiu — that of the oper­ ation of a farm — which they can­ not yi't at school, l-'amiiny; is. beyond a doubt, the calling that olTers t he best future to a well- trained, indiisi Hun.-. \onn<; deaf man, of ;i vrr.-iyv capaciiy, and school^ which are forUmate « nouuh in their local ion io )),< able to oll'er such I I'M in in:;, will, no doiibl, be<4'lad to fullu.v in the path opened

out by the Minnesota School.— Ala.

The l>i>M and riidiest treasure of a city is t hat it ha\ e many pure, learned, intelligent, honesi, well- educated eiti/.eii-; for these can Col (eel , preserve, a lid properly Usewhate\ er is ._rood.~ I,ill her.

BEATITUDES OF SUCCESS.lilessed is tile man that is not

afraid of hard work; for he shall some day he aide to take it easy.

IHessed is t he man t hat has push ; for he shall some <l;iy he in a posi­ tion to pull ot hers.

P>les-.ed i> the man that do^s not grumble; foi success comes as the result of application to work and study, not as the fruit of knocking

I'.lessed is the man that grasps tlii- opportunity for self-improve­ ment; for success comes to him that is prepared.

Illessed is the man that keeps everlast inis'ly at it ; for he ,-ha II attain that to which he aspires,

!iles-.ed i^ the man that does not know \vlii'ii he is dei'eafeil; forvictory shall be his. Ambition.

-+•»-Discontent is the generator of

action. Il conceixes and fosters all in cent i ve. It prods t he la^^ard ; s|iiirs the incompetent ; stimnlales the small to lie ^rv-it.and the jjivatto h.' greater. — Sy>tem.

•*•••- —< '• rat i; u<le is t he fairest b|o .s,,m

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