The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-15
MANY PRIZES
ARE AWARDED
Deaf and Blind Children's
Work Recognized at
Austine School
CLOSING EXERCISES
WERE HELD TODAY

/
gennes Governor Gates Missed |
Train-Would Have Been Presented |
Cane Made by Blind Pupil
Surprises galore lurked all through the |
| program of the third annual closing exer-
cises Of the Anstine Institution for the |
deaf and blind in the institution this
morning, and the printed program did not
include them all.
! Governor Charles w. Gates, because
road commissioners failed to get him to
train in time, was unable to be present
and he missed having presented to him a
cane made by a pupil out of the handle
| of a worn-out broom, a cane beautifully
finished and bearing a silver band with
his name and title engraved on it. 1t
will be sent to him.
DR. Henry ID. Holton, president of the
board of trustees and j n Barss, NJ. A.,
lsuperintendent of the Vermont Indus
trial school at Vergennes, who delivered
the address at the exercises, each was pre-
sented with cane identical with the one
/ the Governor viii receive, the principal,
Miss Helen Ihrockmorton, announcing
the surprise after DR. Holton had finished
his enjoyable task of presenting the an
tnual prizes. The canes were presented to
the recipients by the boys who made
them. The canes were made in regular
class work under instruction of Gustave
IN. Lindwall of Brattleboro and were the
work of Austin Benton of Cabot, Arthur
MacDurfey of Charlotte and Lester Piper
lof Chester.
, When the distribution of the prizes had
been made, the last being the gifts of the
Epresident of the board of trustees, Dr.
, Holton, for the most Ineligible everyday
F speech among the deaf children, Mr..
Barss slipped a 3 bin into the hands of
, DIR. Holton and whispered something to
, him. DR.. Holton announced that he had
been given that amount as a cash prize
for the most ineligible everyday speech
by deaf child next year and Miss Throek-
| morton repeated the statement to the
children, who joined with the audience in
showing their hearty appreciation.
The entire program was arranged, Miss
tThrockmorton announced, not so much to
show the details Of the methods adopted
] BY the school as to show the progress
made by pupils, handicapped in life, to
appear and act as others blessed with all
Itheir senses-to be natural Those who
have attended the previous similar exer-
cises were in positions to appreciate re
suits obtained
Rev. Roy H. Houghton offered prayer
and first grade work was shown by Miss
Dorothy s. Foster with a class of five
: deaf children, who carried out instructions
: by reading the lips Of their teacher. All
!. Of them entered the school last fall and
! had received no previous instruction
Maynard Medor and Ralph Fairbanks
= each OF whom had been under instruction
: three years, and Marjorie Allen and Char
s lotte Gould whose schooling has been
, limited to two years, participated in brief
recitations and very pretty flag drill was
= given under direction of Miss NJ Dorothy
i Taft by Charlotte Gould. Pearl Stark
: Annie Mcdonald Beatrice Bllshey, Donald
{ Towle. Esreal Homand, Ralph Fairbanks
:, land Clarence Barrows. All this was thC
= work Of deaf children.
= = The exercises by blind pupils included
y two violin solos by Martin Fiske, Mis-
Z lzetta Stewart aceompanist. The boy i
= taking second year high school work ant
= his violin instruction has been given b!
y c. NJ Dugan His first selection wa
y Berceuse and his second Annie Laurie
- His ears convinced him of what his eye
did not-the surprise and appreciation o
! his auditors.
n Short rccitations We're given by Mauric
- Laraway, Dorothy Fiske, Fred Hoag, Yer
> Bickford and Martin Fiske, and anothe
= feature was two songs, Pansies and Bring
: ing the Cattle Home, by quartet CON
u posed Of Dorothy Fiske, Vera Bickford
- Maurice Laraway and Fred Hoag. The
;ai had been trained by Miss Miller of tn
:. 90 faculty and their voices blended pleasing
~ -. ly.
: Mr.. Barss, in opening his brief address
-, said that he had been so absorbed in th
- work of the others that he regretted h
- was to break into so interesting a pr(
of gram. The kind of work being done
~ the institution appealed especially to hin
~. If his subject were to be announced
"A would be The Value of Being Hand
~ capped. This he developed anecdotally
III show that the absence of one faculty r
in suited in nature developing the others
help make up the deficiency and that I'll
"a state, in this institution, is aiding in til
~ proper development and guidance of tt
w remaining faculties The pupils are ha
nd ing their horizons extended and he a.
-bo Ipealed to his auditors to realize the nee
,av of the development of will power, to tt
To- lack of which he attributed all of the il
nor and wrongs. He pointed out how constai
repetition had impressed upon the bllr
pupils the way from their seats to tt
platform, to the very edge of which the
advanced fearlessly because of the trai
ing their memories had received.
Following his address DIR. Holton pr
y sented prizes to the following:
For uniform courtesy and obedienc
=, Pearl Grant, East Concord
For the best class work Miss Miller