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Show Student Reaction Noted Following Study of the Blind "I was as a newly born child advanced only to the point of getting what I wanted." "I came here to teach you language and teach you I will." "She (Helen) is like an unplanted seed." These are some of the thoughts that recently were expressed by members mem-bers of Douglas G. Bonzo's English Eng-lish classes at Cedar High School after they had completed an in depth .study of the life of blind people. The study was prompted by the reading of the play "The Miracle Worker" which is included in-cluded in a thematic study unit used at Cedar City High School. The title of the unit is "Dignity and Worth." Miss Alice Parkinson, a native of Cedar City, now living in Los Angeles, talked to the classes. Alice is a graduate of the Perkins Institute in Wratertown, Mass. Her talk was followed with the film, "The Perkins Story." Additional Study "Children of the Silent Night," an additional film on the blind-deaf blind-deaf child, will be shown sometime some-time during December. . The theme of the study was to teach young people to be grateful for the talents and gifts of life they have. Themes were written by students. stu-dents. They attempted to emphasize em-phasize and assume the roly of Helen Keller and her magnificent mag-nificent and gifted teacher, Anne Sulivan Maey. Such reality and understanding was shown that five of the themes were selected and sent to the Utah School for the Deaf and the Blind to be translated into Braille. As soon as translation is completed, the themes will be forwarded to Miss Helen Keller as a thank you for the inspiration that her life and the life of Anne Sullivan Macy have been to young people. The students of Cedar City High School joining with the students of the School for the Deaf and Blind in paying tribute to these two great ladies. |