Viewing page 32 of 34

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

(mtg 5/20/81 page 6)

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 money for a new hat and was told that there was nothing wrong with the one he had, Craig said to Gallaudet, "All right, you can have it!"
200 BE: That kind of story shows people that deaf people aren't "deaf and dumb"! 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 Talk 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 up 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.