Show NEWS ITEMS FROM SCHOOL FOR DEAF A LARGE NUMBER OF PICTURES ARE PURCHASED FOR SCHOOL work of basket ball team carpen ter shop machinery Is started says a local reporter describing a tea party of the deaf tho deaf have ne advantage they are all able to eat and talk simultaneously their angers taking the place ol 01 vocal organs consequently a plentiful supply of good things was necessary and as usual greatly enjoyed eu joyed it Is our painful duty to state that the truth Is entirely otherwise the hearing can talk while their mouths are empty and listen when their mouths are full the deat can talk when their mouths are full but when their mouths are empty are obliged to keep their eyes on their neighbors fingers BO are unable to give proper attention to their plates mr C L washburn the deat artist has gone to japan whether to practice his profession or to help the fellows wallop the russians is not slated prof cummungs who has charge of jhb educational exhibit from utah at the worlds fal was seen at the institution on monday dr crouter an educator of national reputation says that proportion ally the deat are more seaf support ing than the hearing people and he accounts for this by their learning trades in the industrial departments of the schools for the deaf an alarm clock for the deaf Is an interesting bit of work by tommy stringer the blind deat and dumb scientific student bt boston the alarm attachment utilizes several meana of awakening the sleeper it shakes a pillow in his face it lights a small incandescent lamp having a mirror focusing the rays upon his eyes and 11 explodes a fulminating cap with a shock perceptible by the deat at close range the following Is a letter written to bupt supt draggs by prof john ellz superintendent erin of the valta bureau washington D C who takes the opportunity port unity ot complimenting the eagle staff upon the excellence of the school paper the letter is self explanatory sir frank M draggs utah school for deaf and blind ogden utah dear sir the eagle issue of he dinst containing the admirable account by your able trustee alsa maud may Babcock of eastern schools for the deat and blind together with some other articles would I 1 am bat isfried interest certain of our foreign correspondents who might fail to see it and it you should have a few copies from 5 to 10 to spare I 1 would appreciate your favoring this bureau with the same for some exceptional readers abroad congratulating you on the high standard etan dard you succeed in preserving as evidenced by each successive issue of the eagle I 1 remain yours truly JOHN HITZ bupt supt photographer thomas spent the greater part of wednesday at the school taking pictures of the buildings school rooms shops etc these pictures will form part of the utah educational exhibit at the fair in st louis the baseball boys met defeat at the hands ot the industrial school team one week ago the basket bait team waa photographed last week baseball games arc being arranged with park city high school brigham and garland the necessary equipment having been installed the shop machinery la now turned by electricity alsa eddy teacher in the primary department learned ot the death of her mother by telegraph wednesday night the news la particularly sad because ot the fact that she could not be present at the funeral of her mother miss addy has the deep sympathy of the officers and teachers of school the regular monthly meeting of the board of trustees waa held thursday evening at the school at 8 the regular business was transacted and report of the superintendent approved the was authorized to purchase for the school rooms a number of carbon prints of camou paintings size it by 18 also casts of some of the great men of our country following aro a few of the pictures to be purchased as mentioned above bonheur sloughing ploughing hing innocence broken pitcher breton song of tho lark close of day cleaners gleaners Glea ners C J baptiste fording the stream morning on the lake the ford dupre the prairie ellz gardner two little mothers the boys of the carpenter shop are making the revolving leaf cabinet in which to place the literary exhibits of our school they are making alo another cabinet to be made mostly of glass and to contain the fancy work of the pupils under the direction of miss dallimore besides this joseph campbell of virgin utah has made a very fine hardwood carpenters bench in which he shows that he recognizes the needs of a man at the bench and Is not afraid 0 o design and make one out of the ordinary these boya are encouraged to think independently as much as possible along these abines as well as in the school rooms A lot of hammers chains and other products of the blacksmiths shop arc beang made to form a part of our industrial du exhibit at st louis last saturday april while president roosevelt was pressing the electric button which started the machinery at the st louia calr our bupt supt draggs pressed another it gold in the carpenter shop which started all our machinery there this will aid the toys very materially in getting out their exhibition work in time for shipment teddy the only anyn who can start machinery by lightning |