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189 JG: Another Douglas Craig story: Gallaudet finances were bad. One day Craig decided he wanted to buy a new hat; when he asked E.M. Gallaudet for maney for a new hat and was told that there was nothing wrong with the one he had, Craig said to Gallaudet, "All right, [[underlined]] you [[/underlined]] can have it!"
200 BE: That kind of story shows people that deaf people aren't "deaf and [[underlined]] dumb [[/underlined]]"! JR: We'll have to tell some stories about how dumb hearing people are, too. [laughter; nods]
BE: I wonder if he [Craig] is related to the black man working on the campus--3 generations working there. JG: Tab Scott (?).
BE: When I got there in 1964 the father was there. . . talked about the grandfather bringing food to campus in a horse-drawn wagon.
223 SC: Okay, let's talk about Tom's role in the FAF. [Discussion of making models with alarm clocks; examination of People's Drug alarm clocks, etc.] 275--Tom talks about models he'll make. [Joking about drinking water before bed as the best alarm clock.] Pillow alarm clock designed like guillotine. (327)
340 Talking about doorbells--the Gally one, some joking ideas like releasing dogs. Models of rooms Tom will make. Keyhole with string thru it to pull chair--origin in Austria, came to New York with Austrian immigrants around 1900. Other uses of keyhole: blow smoke through it. 
380 Some worry about whether FAF visitors will think the deaf still use such devices today. SC: We might use small display of modern devices also, to offset misconceptions.
Other devices: moving paper under the door.
(400) Joking suggestion that we display a glass of water "alarm clock" as a modern emergency device (JG: as in the NYC blackout, with no electricity).
430 Beginning of stories about the problem of waking up on time in hotels.
JG: Story of a deaf man who had to catch an early plane, was staying in hotel; explained problem to clerk; clerk said No Problem, and on being asked how he would wake the deaf man, explained that he would use the telephone! Deaf man protested that that would be useless; "Don't worry," said the clerk, "I'll write you a note and put it under the door." SS: Mervin Garretson said that really happened to him.