The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-06-22
BIG Reunion
At THE STATE
DEAF SCHOOL

III Assembly NAH at S:SV OCioCh. <Ailel
prayer by Superintendent Read, M.
Thomas Sheridan who was chairman of
the local committee having charge of the
preparations for the reunion during the
past year. was made acting president
to preside until after the election of
officers of the state association which
it was voted later should be organized.
Mr.. L. \. Long was appointed secretary
lpro tempore.
On introducing Mayor Johnson, acting
president Sheridan said: I'VE have the
most resourcetui mayor in North Dako-
ia. Devils Lake is a city of conven-
ltions and it's Mayor is frequently called
upon to give the keys of the city away.
He has done that so often that one would
begin to wonder if he has any moro
keys to give away, but those who know
him know that he is equal to all emer
gencies. l now have the pleasure of in
%troducing MIR. A. l.. johnson. Mayor III
Devils Lake"
Mr.. johnson was greeted with great
applause from the audience. He said
that he had lost the key to the city or
devils Lake in the Lake, but that the
latch string was always out. He as
sured the visitors that Devils Lake was
indeed glad to welcome home the sons
and daughters of her adoption. that the
visitors had been here as students and
ltoiled over many a problem, that they
had gone out into the world and applied
the knowledge gained at the school n
had made good. and that Devils Lake
Felt proud of them. Mr.. johnson ex-
IMPRESSED the hope that all the visitors
Lwould live to a ripe age and come pack
as many times upon similar occasions
and enjoy life to its fullest extent. He
invited them to come again. again aid
again.
Superintendent Read followed with IN
Iimpromtu address Of welcome which was
yer much appreciated by the visitors.
HHe said:
MY Friends:
If feel like calling Fou my boys and
kigirls. Your, presence reminds me of tie
Iboys and girls I used to know in a sis.
Tier school years ago. The long looked
|4for hour when graduates and former
I3.upils of this school could come togeth-
er in a happy reunion here. May it have
in store for you all that you nave held
in anticipation.
r. You have come back to your lima
fNater. h pleasant memories cluster
around that word. You are come to r..
new boyhood and girlhood friendships,
I exchange experiences of school life, as
well as to plan for a permanent organ
~ization which will promote the upbuild-
ing Of the School you love and the In
terests of the deaf at large.
You were once boys and girls here liv-
ing under the rules and regulations. To-
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Note the changes in the material plant
which time has brought about, hunt ont
your fayorite haunts, live your younger
days over again. May this occasion oe
but the forerunner of many more happy
reunions"
Letters of greetings from Governor
Hanna and the Board of Control were
then read.
Miss Oddson. of the class of 1910
and Mrs. Heupel of the class of 1913,
responded to the address of welcome.
Mr.. Heupc1 was unable to be present
on account of the fact that Gallendet
: College where he is a Junior, closes to-
day. but he had sent his paper which
was read by Mr.. Long in the sign Ian
guage and by Miss Buchanan orally.
Acting President Sheridan then read
an address, of which the following are
extracts:
The history of this school is the his
tory of more than two generations of
students. It's whole administration Is
divided into four epochs, each epoch un
der a different superintendent, all OF
Whom arc very much alive today, both
physically and in the interest they take
in the welfare of the school,. 1t is 26
lj,,ao, - orn c;,,oo tho SohoO1 WAS founded
uThis gives each superintendent an av-
erage term Of six and a half years, The
longest tenure was held by Mr.. Bangs
who spent his boyhood at the Michigan
School for the Deaf and was for sis
years q teacher in the Minnesota school
The pioneer work was looked after ts
Mr.. A. r. Spear, who was. before corn
ing here as the head of the s~cl:iil, :
clerk in the Minneapolis postolfice. Th'
latter lays of the school nave been un
der MI. J. w. B%lattner, now superb,
tendent Of the Oklahoma school for tn
Deaf, and our present superintendent
Mr.. Frank Read, Jr, who began his lf'
work in the School for the Deaf at Jack
~sonville, Illinois, and who was for tw'
years at the head of the Oklahom;
school
Another important reason which ha
prompted this gathering is the advisa
bility and dcsirability of the deaf Of tn
Estate to form themselves in to an associ
ton which may be known as the Mort
Dakota Association of the Deaf.
state association is the thing today. ]
is a sign of progressiveism. There ar
many things we can do collectively fC
the welfare of the deaf, but which woul
be beyond our power or influence as ir
dividuals.
Our deaf friends in Minnesota have
fio%urishing state association of which
am proud to say that I am a member an
director at the time it was incorporate
1t haa a membership of three hundrt
and has in it's treasury three thousur
I aollars. 1t has done much for the de-:
of that state in the way of legislatit
land in arousing public interest in thin
pertaining to their welfare. 1t also c
Operates. with the National ASSOCIATE.
of the Deaf in widening it's already WI:
spkere of usefulness. To illustrate .sn
a state association can do. I may me
tion he wide spread war against Il
imposition inaugurated by the state a