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NewsletterEntry/Object ID
2017.9.295.1Description
October 24, 1912 [vol. 27, No 3] issue of The Mt. Airy World, the newsletter of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Soft covers, 20 pp, 7 x 10.5". On front cover, a print of an entrance and porte cochere to one of the Institution's buildings is shown. Inside the front cover, schedules for the Pennsylvania, and Reading railroads are published, showing train service to and from Mount Airy, to Center City Philadephia. These schedules are associated with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's [SEPTA's] Regional Rail lines to Chestnut Hill West and Chestnut Hill East lines, respectively.
This is followed by a series of pages of advertisements, including those of Hurst's Drug Store, and those of the Institution itself.
A photograph of Cresheim Hall- the same photograph published in the Institution's annual reports- is then published.
Opposite this is the first article, "Glimpses of English History" by C. E. D., part 174, beginning on page 33. In it is a discussion of early church customs associated with pilgrims settling in Massachusetts after landing at Plymouth Rock, with a discussion of Roger Williams and his role in the Colonies. An image of the interior of Scrooby Church of Plymouth, Massachusetts, is included, as well as those of Edward Winslow and a map of the Western Hemisphere.
"Hallowe'en Revels" by F. C. Evans follows, beginning on page 37. The article discusses the origins of Halloween, tracing the holiday back through similar rituals of Egyptian priests at Thebes, and those of the Celts.
"The Deaf at Home" [C. O. Dantzer, ed] then follows, beginning on page 38. This article includes short articles documenting the "goings on" in the deaf community, in the Philadelphia area and beyond. The connection of some of the people mentioned to the deaf community is unclear. People mentioned include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller, Reverend Mr. Mackie, Reverend C. O. Dantzer, Reverend Simone C. Hill, Joseph Lipsett, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lipsett, John R. Lewis, Mrs. Eliza Ferrall [Veazey], James F. Brady, Joseph S. Rodgers, John A. Roach, Alexander S. McGhee, Abraham Silnutzer, Harry E. Stevens, Francis Stuckert, Mrs. George Bush [Margaret Kerner] H. E. Stevens, William McKinney, William L. Davis, Lewis A. Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Iva Todd, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Campbell, Mrs. Joseph Devlin, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Scudder, Miss Margaret Siegel, Lemuel Nicholson Carter, Edward Carter, Laure E. I. Nicholson Carter, Anna Henrietta Weidner, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Weidner [Anna Boyd Severns], Mr. A. H. Jaggard, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Campbell.
The article also discusses fundraising efforts for the Gallaudet Monument Repair Fund.
The "The Deaf at Home" article is followed by an article about lip reading and oral instruction; the author is unknown. The article includes a discussion of the Muller-Walle Method of Lip Reading.
"How Time Travels" by William Shakespeare is then published, on page 42. This is followed by "News from the Halls" published on page 43, with news/ tidbits being published as it occurred in Wissinoming, Wingohocking, and Cresheim Halls. People mentioned in the article include Charles McArthur, Clyde Cherrington, Lloyd Charlesworth, Robert Quinn, Daniel and Joe Lisznyaz, June Germane, Hettie Dunner, Martha Tomlinson, Muriel Gillmore, Hugh Cusack, Jack McInnes, Stephen Heiner, Lillian Peacock, Harry Farley, Dorothy Wood, James McGovern, Thomas Lauritzen, Genevieve Longenberger, Harry Longenberger, Miriam Knaut, Lida McCreary, Catherine Zartman, Herbert MacPherson, Elmira Tippen, Eva Wolfe, Melissa Howe, Margaret Schmidheiser, George Arata, Mary Goldstein, Joseph Shmukler, Grace Henderson, Dorothy McKeon, William Walter, Philip Noepel, Otto Wilson, Robert Dute, Francis Rarrugia, Pauline Smith, Conseta Reduna, Bion Firth, Ruth Henry, Milton Nelson, Mason Summerill, George Parmer, Palmina Martelli, Harold Reynolds, Mina Treese, Maria Mondelli, Edna Howe, Charlotee Sprenkle, Beatrice Palmer, Lizzie Baland, Emma Richardson, John Smith, Winifred Shuster, Lily Hawk, Ada Romig, Ada Robbins, Ida Nicholson, Lena Goldberg, Martha Tomlinson, Mary Anna Simpson, Helen Mayer, Julia Tartara, Penrose Rosenmund, Myra Holden, Mary Golden, Rose Melefsky, Aline VanDyke, Martha Smith, Thomas Gaethe.
A few short articles then follow, beginning on page 45. These include "Boys in the Printing Office" and "How Paper Came."
"Intermediate Reading" then follows, edited by the teachers of the Intermediate Department, with works "The Return of Autumn," "The Chestnut Burr," "The Shetland Pony," "A Riddle," and "Hallowe'en."
This is followed by "Primary Reading" on page 48, edited by teachers of the Primary Department, with works including "A Letter," "The Turtle," and "Rain."
This is followed by advertisements on page 49, including those of the Charlotteville Woolen Mills and Robert Shoemaker and Co's flavoring extracts.
Above this is a photograph of a class in the Primary Department.
The back interior page consists of a single ad, that of the Germantown Trust Company.
A series of ads is published on the inside back cover. These include those of Geikler Brother Provisioners; Joseph C. Ferguson, Jr., Manufacturing Optician; G. P. Darrow and Co. paints and glass; Wister, Heberton Co., lumber; Murta, Appleton and Co. guns, hardware and tools; David Walters, coal; Abram Engard Ice Cream; and William H. Keyser, wire goods.
On the back cover is a list of the Board of Directors and those of the Ladies Committee.Collection
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