Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-21
DEAF ARE GRADUATED
Class of Eleven at the State
School For the Deaf
and Dumb
SAUNDERS DELIVERED ADDRESS
Route Outlined for Southern Trip to
Dedicate Iowa Soldiers Monuments
Divorce Reformers Blame Judic-
larry Committees for Failure of Leg
islation--Iowa News.
Special to Times.Repu!blican.

Des Moines June 21.-The gradual
. the School for the Deaf at Counci
Bluffs takes place today. One of tn
graduates is Melvin Lien of Marshall
town, whose graduation essay is o,
the subject of Compensation" Their
are five young men and six youny
women in the graduating class and tn
members of the board of control ar
in attendance to witness the exercises
and assist in the dedication of tn,
new main building, dormitories anc
chapel, which have just been completed
The address dedicating the new build.
lngS is TO be made by Senator c. G.
Saunders, of Council Bluffs, and al
address and presentation of diplomas
TO the graduating class Is to be made
by Hon. John Il. Hamilton, chairman
of the state board OF control Since
the fire of two years ago the school
has been nearly rebuilt and is again
in excellent shape. An additional
building will be erected this year also
The school for the deaf at Council
Bluffs is one ofnthe Oldest institutions
in the state, having been organized. in
] 1898 and removed to Council Bluffs in
1870. 1t has had four fires In 1877
the center and east wings were par
/ tally destroyed, in 1892 the laundry
was partially destroyed, in 1902 the
main building was completely destroy.
ed and in 1904 the Industrial building
was partially destroyed.
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The Iowa schools for the deaf and
/ blind occupy foremost places in the
!! county and the school for the deaf
/ has been doing most excellent work.
The program dedicating the new build
ing will be in the sign language ex-
cept the addresses by Senator Saun-
ders and Mr. Hamilton, which Will be
! interpreted for the members of the
school by the sign language. The
members of the graduating class and
their essays are: Luverne Stephen
Byrne, Of Sheffield, Fidelity" Melvin
Lien, Marshalltown, Compensation"
Ransom Henry Arch, Council Bluffs.
Carl Buttenhoff, Bows, 1.-THE Field of
GRAIN Otto Herman Buttenho , THE
Wonders of the World;" Ragnhilda
Knudtdatter Lee, ossian, Courage"
Amy Ethel Cough, Rockwell, Our
Country's Flag" Effie Stella Clifford,
St. Ansgar, "A Bunch of Keys" Lizzie
Rebecca Rhoades, Shenandoah, Door
Knobs" Lila Ethel Dorothy Purk-
hiser. Nevada, THE World Moves"
Edith Olive Hastings, "A Garden of
Flowers Miss Ragnhilda Lee has the
honor of giving the salutatory essay
and Luverne Byrne the valedictory
The route and main features of the
program Of the trip to the southern
battlefields for the purpose of dedi-
eating the monuments to the Iowa SOL
diers who died there has been out
lined by Captain j. f. Merry, Of Man
chester chairman of the Vicksburg
commission and travelling passenger
agent of the Illinois Central. The leg
islature at the last session made AN
appropriation for the purpose of TAX
ing the governor, his staff members
of the commissions and those who will
in the dedicatory exercises
to the scenes of the monuments in a
special train. The expectation is that
the monuments will be dedicated some
time in November 1t is the intention
now that the special train be made up
at Des Modnes with sleepers and diners.
From Des Moines 1T will go to Chicago
and from there to Vicksburg where !
the memorial will be dedicated and
then proceed to Andersonville where
the monument to those who died In
the rebel prison will be dedicated. Be |
tween Andersonville and Chattanooga |
it is the intention to spend Sunday
probably a. Atlanta and then proceed |
to Chattanooga for the dedication
there. From Chattanooga the special
train Will proceed to Pittsburg Land
ing, stopping the train either above
or below the. landing and proceeding
up the Tennessee river to the point
where the monuments are located by
boat and back again by boat to the
rein. From there the party will come
nome by the special train by the short
est route.
The various monuments have now
Ill been practically completed, and the
of the work will have been
completed by the time of the dedica
ion. At Chattanooga there are three
all of the same general
style, one at Lookout Mountain, one at
Missionary Ridge and one at Ross
lille Gap. The Vicksburg erection is d
memorial of very artistic design, but
lot on the ordinary monument type.
1t Shiloh and Andersonville there are
monuments. In addition to the main
monuments and memorials there are
leven regimental monuments at Shi-
oh marking the location of the vari-
us regiments during the engagement
here. At Chattanooga also there arc
egimental monuments, while at Vicks-
urg, in addition to the memorial
here are brigade monuments and reg
mental markers showing the location {
f the various regiments during the
nga gements.
The thing that stands in the way of s
ivorce reform in Iowa is the judiciary
ommittees of the house and senate ac-
ording to some of the reformers who
ave been trying for some years TO get
he laws rewritten. The simplest re- ]
,rms that would do incaiculable good l
buff at the hands Of the judiciary a
because the lawyers on the /
Jnmnittees ase afraid that with a little S
lvorce reform there would be less lit +
ration Whether this is the reason or b
81. the judiciary committees have all
l-ff1eS tbo bf1ye baya |