The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-22
NEWS FROM "wHAT CHEER"

From the current issue of our es-
teemed contemporary "What Cheer
which is set up, printed and published
by the pupils of that excellent estab-
lishment, the Rhode Island Institute for
the Deaf. we CLEAN much information of
things going on at the school.
For instance, we learn that the In
stitute has polo team composed of
JOSEPH III. SLAvIS, captain and sec;nd
rusher: ERNEST III. HERzoG. center;
FRED EGAN, half back LEAYDER DU-
MATS, gold tender, and ALPHoNso
BEAUcHEsNE, first rusher. The
Horace Mann School team wants
to play this aggregation and If
a game is arranged we expect to see
the Rhode Island Institute representa-
tives wax the Mann poloists out of their
boots.
We learn, also, that all OF CooPER's
works and the Prince ofIndia and nearly
all Of LOUISA M. ALcoTr's books
have been added to the library
and we know that these
can but afford rare enjoyment to teach
ers and pupils. We hope, if they are
not already in the library, that some
good friends will present to The school
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
Through the Looking GLASS;" " At the
Back of the North Wind," The
Last of the Huggermuggers," ana KIP
LING's Jungle Book" We are sure the
pupils would derive immense pleasure
from these volumes. We think, too,
that copy of DICKENS "A Child's His
tory of England" and "Little Lord
Fauntleroy," would be most desir-
able additions to the library.
A good library would seem to
be of peculiar benefit and delight in
school whose pupils are all suffering the
affiction of deafness. BY the way, we
learn from "What Cheer" that Master
WILLIE O'RILEY is known among his
fellows in the school as Little Lord
Fauntleroy. We wonder if the deaf
school has a Trilby, too.
Many of the pupils contribute items
of news to "What Cheer" and are privi-
liged to have them printed over their
signatures. FRED EGAN tells how DR..
GILLETT visited the school and showed
the pupils SEQ in gold. The sight must
have been inspiring, and we hope the
good doctor left some of it for
the pupis--or will, the next time he
comes. MAGGIE Cove tells of new
pair of skates that her mother gave her
as a birthday present. JOSEPH has
MANUEL, GEORGE and FRANK, with
three of the teachers, went out riding on
their new sleds. wonder the teachers
hope they do it again and
we are sure that MANUEL, GEORGE and
FRANK feel the same way about it. We
would If we Were they. MANUEL, EVA,
Eta, BERTHA BOYD and M. Ct. went
to the Boston Store the other day, and
saw horse with very long tail. Mar
BILE and the yellow cat, 1t appears. ran
away up stairs on one occasion, but
they turned up safely again and
Marble slept under the table while
LAURA put the yellow cat under stool.
Many of the correspondents take note of
ABRAHAM LINcoLN's birthday aud
W.OB. observes that FRED told him that
some people called the sixteenth
president "Old ABE LINCOLN
which they did. That was sneer at
first. but before we got through with
"Old ABE LINCOLN" it was a term of
affection.
AS is indicated by the above ex-
tracts there is a lot of live
news in our esteemed contemporary
"What Cheer The young reporters
evidently keep wide awake TO furnish re-
ports that shall be accurate and newsy
without sensationalism. And they
touch the key note of genius in report
ing by giving us accounts of the every
day things of life just as they are and just
as they happen without any padding
or fine writing. If a thing is OF real
interest, the most interesting and read
able way it can be told about is TO de-
scribe it simply aud briefly. And so all
the interesting news of the deaf school
aud its pupils is told in a
fashion TO attract the readers by
being simply told. Aud, accordingly,
we count our esteemed contemporary,
What Cneer," as one of the most in
ieresting aud attractive OF our big pile
Of changes--though it consists of only
four pages, and each page only 6x7
INCHES