| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. THE NORTH DAKOTA BANNER November, 1965 National Technical Institute Bill Signed Last June President Johnson signed the bill to create a National Technical Institute for the Deaf. This institute, when established, will be on a post-secondary level and will offer training for occupations that most schools for the deaf cannot provide. The first step toward the creation of a National Technical Intitute for the Deaf was taken last April when Senator Lister Hill of Alabama introduced the bill into the Senate, and Congressman John Fogarty of Rhode Island introduced a companion bill into the House. The law states that the Secretary of Health. Education and Welfare will seek proposals from institutions of higher learning, preferably in metropolitan industrial centers, to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish and operate a National Technical Institute for the Deaf. After the school is established, an advisory board appointed by the Board of Trustees of the affiliated college will advise the Director of the Institute. It has not yet been determined where the new school will be located. Bodil Tvede Former Teacher Here, Cited for Outstanding Performance Miss Bodil C. Tvede, a clerk-typist in the State Department of Public Instruction (DPI), October 14, was cited by Governor Scranton of Pennsylvania, for "outstanding performance by a handicapped state employe." Miss Tvede, who has been deaf since birth in Copenhagen, Denmark, is recipient of the 1965 plaque award sponsored by the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. In nominating Miss Tvede lor the award, Dr. Neal V. Musmanno, deputy superintendent in DPI, said that despite her deafness, she "more than exceeds the demands of her job." it was noted that Miss Tvede also conducts a class for parents of deaf children in the Harris- burg area "so they might be able to communicate with and understand their children better." Miss Tvede came to this country in 1946. She attended the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, and is graduate of Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C. Following service as a teacher in the North Dakota School for the Deaf and the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Miss Tvede returned to Pennsylvania in 1961, when she accepted her position in DPI. The plaque presented to Miss Tvede was made by trainees at the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Center, Johnstown. it it it it it it Deaf arc Seasick Proof A recent ten-day naval experiment in Canada proved tha! persons who lost their hearing and sense of balance from spinal meningitis do not suffer seasickness, according lo Harold Domich, one of the 31 deaf persons who engaged in the experiment. Harold Domich, assistant professor in history and political science at Gallaudet; Jerald Jordan, instructor in physics; Donald Peterson, associate professor of chemistry; and Alvin Steel, a graduate student at the college, participated in the program. Around St. Pierrie, a French island off Newfoundland, rough seas made the experiment ideal. Deaf people were taken out on sea trips when the weather was stormy. Waves 40 feet high were a common sight, Mr. Domich said, and caused the sailors to become seasick. He added that one captain who one minute said he had never been seasick in his 20 years with the Navy in the next minute became sick. None of the deaf participants experienced any seasickness. Robert Lake Dies Funeral services were conducted at the Westminster Presbyterian church for Robert C. Lake, 60, lifelong resident of the Devils Lake area, who died at the Mercy Hospital on October 15. Interment was in the family plot of the Devils Lake Cemetery. Mr. Lake was the husband of Mrs. Florence Lake, who is coordinator of the Teacher Training Program for the Deaf at this school and at Minot State College. School Recesses for NDEA Convention The entire faculty attended the North Dakota Education Association Convention at Minot, October 21-22, so classes were dismissed and most of the student body went home for a four- day break. Taking part in the Exceptional Children Program on Thursday, October 21, was Mrs. Gladyce Burns, art instructor. She was the represenative for the deaf on the "Expression Through Art" program. OUR PRIDE Each month a boy and a girl are chosen by the house- parents and teachers for the Our Pride Award based on the best all-around citizenship shown in the school. We give you llie November winners. CfRROLD MILLER, SOPIIOMORE MINOT RENAE SACSTUEN, SOPHOMORE GRAND FORKS
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