page_title: St. John's School for the Deaf
section_title: Publications
hierarchical_section_title: St. John's School for the Deaf / Publications
caption_attribution_description: English: The front page of 'Our Young People' from a January 1920 issue
context_page_description: St. John's School for the Deaf was a Roman Catholic school for deaf children located in St. Francis, Wisconsin. Founded in 1876, the school served children from preschool through twelfth grade before closing in 1983. St. John was most famous being the site of possibly upwards of 200 molestations at the hands of priest and serial child molester Lawrence C. Murphy who was on staff from 1950 until 1974.
context_section_description: The St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, under the direction of Matthias M. Gerend, began publishing a monthly magazine for deaf youth called Our Young People, which was published with the slogan, The Deaf-Mute's Friend.  Its logo was a sun with a detailed crown in front of with a cross intersecting diagonally through the crown.  It contained poems, personal accounts, short stories, and other articles relating to deafness, all with a Roman Catholic theme.  It was produced from the around the turn of the twentieth century until the mid-1940s.
  Gerend also published books for the financial benefit of the St. John's.  Most of these books were sign language educational books, but another was In and about St. Francis: A Souvenir, a book discussing sightseeing in St. Francis, Wisconsin.
  The St. John's Newsletter, quad-yearly publication featuring school news, was created and edited for many years by Lawrence C. Murphy.
  The St. John School for the Deaf yearbook was known as the Green Spirit, and was published until the school's closing in 1983.
caption: A January 1920 issue of Our Young People.
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