| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. t THE NORHT D'AKOTA BANNER *A:M$ n 9(i ii :|f: 9C Pupils’ Locals. If 9( Cecil Logan writes fromWi]listpnl asking for the Banner. HjeJs working in a hotel at that place. . •January 7 was the birthday of Fay Reid and Bertha Umess._. The difference in their ages is only twidvq. morphs. Peder Heen sent ii?,,his siib*cripl4oiv for the Banner. ,J? He i& still living at home with his. parents near Mekinock, ^minister 4c»ther from a friend,’ N^D. When Ruth McKinnon went home for the holidays, her mother came and got her and brought her back. Chris Hiller's father also did the same. Since the last, issue, the following have received packages: tjeorgc Flamer, Pearl Dix, Ruth McKinnon, Mary Jackson, Annie Lund, Esther Paulson, Evelyn Dryburgh and Edith Bjork. The lady teachers, who were guests at the School during the holidays, packed their grips and began their^,:regular trips to their boarding places again Monday Jan. 8. - Mr. Victor Johnson, a teacher at Forman, N. D., was a visitor at the treat *’ (runder Barlow’s first name* is not Bill, but h Msmis to like it just the same. If there is anything better it is a dollar biff* He'got two such bills within a week or two. One from the of his home town and the These were sent, as Christmas gi fts. 1 Last week Miss Gertrude Bangs returned to her school at St Mary’s Hall, Faribault, Minnesota. Her father went with her and ' spent, a couplet- of days there as the guest of Dr. Tate of the School for the Deaf and Dr. Roger* of. the School for Feeble-Minded., . WJhile there Mr. Bangs saw two former .North: Dakota pupils; Mahlon Hoag and Joseph Margolis. Both seeme<} to be getting along nicely. ? Mr.Rauser surprised, his little girl A few days ago by canning to see her and spending the day with her. She had changed so that he hardly knew her at first. Elizabeth was a happy little girl when she saw her father and enjoyed having him with her. Yesterday Mrs. Bangs took her to town and bad her picture taken as her father was desirous Of having some at home to show the friends there. We do not think any of the pupils she was a little girl six or seven years old. Mr. Bangs had a letter from Mr. School two weeks ago. Edith Bjork here were any more pleaded with ‘.heir presents at Christmas . than Mary Jackson. Among the presents she was as interesting to him as the School itself as she is also from Forman, and no stranger to Mr. Johnson. Af . Nola Fee returned to school Jan 2V.:1 after an absence of several months. ‘No one regrets the delay more than Nola but it was unavoidable. However Nola says she is glad to be back-kgairi and intends to try and catch up with her classmates. She will do it too. ' The Board was in session this week with all members present except Mr. Stevens, who has gone East for a three months’ trip. Besides routine^ fiusi-^ ness, the Board authorized some improvement and made a tour of the, School. j,. -f.„ . . Esther Paulson was surprised ^atnl delighted by a call from her father l:^t Wednesday. He brought her a pi^eity, dull ami some other things, Mr, Pau^ son seemed both please I and surprised at the progress Esther had made since entering last fall. All the School went to the Grand Opera House last Wednesday to the Matinee as the guests of Trustee Peterson. The children all enjoyed the treat immensely and feel very thankful to Mr. Peterson for his kindness and thoughtfulness in giving them such a Voigt,.formerly president of jbe Board, from Portland, Oregon. Mr. . Y.oigt wrote that he is going to move to the Isle ofcPines, W. I. and asked to have the address on the Banner changed p> that country. He spoke of how lujuoh he enjoyed our little paper and sent his bast wishes to the School. Mrs. Voigt's health has not heen what was hoped for in Oregon and the change is made in the hopes of benelitting her health. Mr. Voigt has property interests in the Isle of Pines and may locate there; if he likes it and if Mrs. Voigt's health is benetitted by the change. Gerhard Elies tad, a former pupil of the Minnesota School, stopped off at Devils Lake between trains Tuesday afternoon Jan 1 to make the School a visit. All were strangers to him except Mr. Sheridan and the Sikkink children. He remained t > supper with the boys. He has laken a claim near Williston, dose to the western boundary. He left for his old home in Spring Gro^e to be gone until spriug. He expected to atop at St. Paul and Faribault before going/ home. He has changed so much since leaving school that his school mates will hardly recognize him. received were a gold watch and pins*, frdfn her mother. She was at home to spend the va< ation and returned promptly. With a good time-piece always on her person there is no danger of her being late at anything. InaTibert can play basket-ball anywhere and so quietly that nobody would kijiow what she is doing unless one is close to her. It is a new game that came from the Christmas tree at home. The /.‘floor;” space allowed for the game is not much more than two square feet, the ball itself is as large as a good sized marble, but the girls enjoy the game very much. . ’ Last week Mrs. Sheridan received an i up* res ting*- letter from Mrs. P. N. Peterson ybault, formerly Miss Mepowan, one of the teachers here some eight, years ago.’ She says that her older boy started going to school last fall. We are not a wave -that -the world is growing that fast. Mrs. Peterson called on Miss Gertrude Bangs before the latter came home for the holidays. She thiuks she would not have recognized Gertrude without an introduction, so much change iu her since The Wade Literary Society. A litierarv meeting of the Wade Literary Society was called to order in the chapel by President Anderson December 17 at 8 o’clock. The roll-call and the minutes of the last meeting wore read. The following program was rendered: 1. Essay—Governor of Minnesota by Helen Anderson. % 2. Debate—Resolved that the discovery of the North Pole is not wort h the money, time and sacrifice of life involved. m Affirmative side: Olaf Lundby, Philip Heupel. Negative side: Gubjorg Oddsdn, Mary Jackson. The judges, John Kessler, Andrew Stinar and Marie Skovholt decided in favor of the Negative side. £. Topics of the Day—John Kessler. i. Story—Danniel Abbot and the Skates bv Minnie Sikkink. 5. Story—Kidnapped by the Indians by Arthur Ganna^v. 6. "Declamation'—ThcOltl Friends l>y Evelyn Dryburgh. y'T — 7. -Declamation—*-Praise Godv by Bennie Knutson. 8. Critic’s Report—Marie Skovholt. The meeting adjourned at 9.15. Raphael Koch, .1 rt>.[ rij i \ Sec’y.
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