®I? Mi© and Were Graduated in the Year of 1880
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"There's a lanjruasre lhat is Mute; a Silence that Speaks" NUMBER TWELVE INDIANAPOLIS, IND., MARCH 16, 1934 VOLUME FORTY-SIX gie Carson and Jessie Patton were the only ones that remained through the full ten year course iinna ®i? mi© and were graduated In the year of 1880. Philip J. Hasenstab, a member of Ibeir class, left in 1879, in Mr. Gillet had taught ord°r to enter the preparatory department of Na in the Ohio school and tional Deaf-Mute College (now Gallaudet College.) superintended the Tennes and was graduated there in 1885 Thomas Carson see school when Dr. Mc died about a year after admission. Others were 1 ntire engaged him lo dropped one by one. or a few at a time, none of leach here. Dr. Mclntire them reaching the-eighth or the Junior year. himself had studied for Some were given honorary discbarge upon finish the ministry, but was ing the primary department studies. drawn into the Ohio Laura A Bartels went to the California School school to teach ihe deaf. when her parents moved to tbat slate in 1875 or Dr. Latham had finished 1870. She was married and some years later she his medical studies, but died. Jacob Solmaugh left school by- that time he iurued to tbe work of and some years later moved to Missouri,and is yet educiting deaf children, to be heard from or about. Jo epb J.Thompson first in Ouio and then was transferred to the Illinois School, and was -•?, here. Coming to assume, last beard from a> running his own harness shop his work here, he bad to in Iowa. Frank Hesse is in India'iapolis,bolding travel by boat lo Marii himself well at the age of 78. The writer hereof son and by trian over recalls looking up bo him when walking beside the Madison and Indian liim or standing before him, and now he looks apolis Railroad which down to him. They are six years apart in age. was, I was informed years Elizabeth Peabody is the widow of Robert ago, the first road built A. Gaither, also a member of the class honorably or running in Indiana. discharged in 1876, and lives somewhere in south Messrs. Vail and An ern Indiana. Jennie Patten, now the widow of gus (a semi-mule) were Edward Kingon who was educated at the I'linois graduates of the New School, makes her home with her son in Chicago. York School, the former Mary C. Pangburn resides in Kokomo. Clark :„ coming first and the lat Bragg has remained in and about Noblesville, bis : er ' / , ter following later, both home since infancy, and is still there. Priscilla • --';.".. ..V having been highly re- J. Meyers is to be located yet. ; '",j / * commended by their prin- Parctioally all the rest of the children enrolled "lwsrasg cipal, Dr. Harvey Peet, as new pupils in October, 1S70 have passed away to Dr. Mclntire. Misses MR. and MRS. JAMES JENNINGS cxeepc trie ten who have just been mentioned. Hiatt and Williams and (Cut by Courtesy of the Muncie Star) James S. Jennings is one to be mentioned here Mr. Houdyshell were ed now. The writer called on him at his oldest James S. Jennings was one of sixty new pu ucated and graduated by this school. Mr. Burt daughter's farm, nine miles southeast of Port pils enrolled at the Indiana School in tbe fall of was an alumnus of Hanover college, Madison land, last month. Here they met for the first 1870. Two girls of tbat group had obtained The resident teachers (six) took their meals at time in fifty-seven years. Whether it would have some public education and were able to talk the teachers' and officers' table in the middle of been possible for them lo recoznige each other had well, and so were put into some more advanced the dining room. The building containing the they come together unexpectedly, we may not be classes. dining room on the second floor, tbe kitchen and able to say. But they both knew beforehand Then the rest of the group was divided into bakery on the ground floor, and the hospital and that they should be seeing each other on the three classes, assigned to Eugene Wood, a gradu two dorimtories on the third floor, was finished named day, and then they kneu each other with ate of the American School, at Hartford, Conn., in time to open the school in October, one month out trouble, each thinking he could see the little and Misses Hattie and Susan Mclntire, daugh late for the school yeas 1870-1871. boy in the other still. Mr. Jennings said he ran ters of Dr. Thomas Mclntire, the superintendent. Messrs. Houdyshell and Wood also had their away from school the second time, when be was Miss Susan Mclntire's clas* was composed of weekly turns of calling boys up in the morning seventeen years old, because his teacher, well smaller boys, about fifteen in number, and Mr. and had general monitorial work to do, but the known to pupils of the sixties, seventies and Wood had over twenty larger boys male teachers had chage of boys' study hours in eighties for his strict discipline, was about to At tbat time Dr.Thomas Mclntire was the the evening by turns. Mr. Ritcher was the fore, punish him for misconduct in school. At the age superintendent; Miss Julia Tajlor, the matron, man of the cabinet shop, wherein the boys had of twenty-three, he married Hattie Maurel after Mr. Joseph Cox, the steward. to do all the work by the plane and the saw. Mr. a three months' courtship. She had been attend The teaching corps was composed of Horace Weaver taught boys shoe making and cobbling. ing the Ohio school up to the year but one of Gillet, William N. Burt, Miss Hattie Mclntire, Mr. Hack had charge of garden and hot house her graduation. Joseph C. Cordon, Walter Angus, Dr. William La work. His brother who had attended school here When asked why he would not wait until she tham, occupying rooms on the second floor; Miss before that is still living and had a large flower was graduated, he said he had feared some one Naomi Hiatt, Miss Susan Mclntire, Sidney J. business for many years in Indianapoiis, and now might cut him off, as he had already cutoff her Vail, Eugene Wood, Miss Williams and John has two sons asaoclated with him in the business. seien-year lover. He is one out of the group of Houdyshell in the ground floor. He is about ninety years old now. fifty eight children, who has lived to win the Let it be noted here that the teachers were Returning now to the group of pupils entering distinction of celebrating bis golden wedding an eight men, three of whom were married, and the school in 1870, we note tbat Alfarata Robert niversary. This took place on Jan. 14, last, their four women; six hearing and six deaf. son, (Mrs. Alfarata R. Casey), located in Romney, three sons and two daughters, all married, twenty J.C. Gordon, a graduate of Mommonth college W.Va., connected with the West Virinia School grand-children and four great-grand-children re In Illinois, was a teacher of articulation, appoin for the Deaf, graduated in 1876 and Carrie Burton, joicing with him and his wife. These children all ted to help presreve the speaking ability of those now Mrs William Lang, located at last report In hear and talk. His health has not been good in the who were still able to talk. All the other teach Missouri, in 1877. But out of the classes that act past few years, but he is able at times to be about. ers made use of signs in the school room- ually began their own education in that year Mag (Continued on Alumni Page) THE SILENT HOOSIER PAGE TWO VOLUME FORTY-SIX shall run for home. We have not been to the city and havn't EIGHTH GRADES gone home for almost a month.—Pauline Kelly. Sunday, March 4th was President Roosevelt's first an We heard some very startling news, about Dillinger niversary of his inauguration. We have had a fine deal breaking jail. He's one of Indiana's greatest criminals. since President Roosevelt has charge of our government. I hope he will soon be under the law.—Violet Johnson. We know that the President governs well and he is Virginia Meta is spending three weeks in Indianapolis always trying to help all the people to improve. We all with Frank Cooper's sister. I saw her last Sunday after ITH6 Pupils' items 1 noon. She came out to visit me.—Dorothy Conrad. love him.—Rachel Florer. Last week we had an intramural basket ball tournament. I love to read. Adventures stories are the most interes- I From Campus and Glass Rooms f Our class won 3 games and lost one. The nineth grade ing. I read many library books when I am at home. beat us but we beat the eleventh grades. We were truly I have read about tales from Shakespeare. I would like surprised that the eleventh beat the ninth Krade- We very much to read them.—Margaret Nemeth. We are reading the story of Achilles now. I am en TWELFTH GRADES are very proud of them. Our 10th grades won the third place.—Edna Taylor. joying it a lot Unlike most girls, I go in for stories Sayt I'm lellinir you all that I'll be mighty glad to go Sorry! No news.