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Image 4: TSB Bell Tower – the bell was on the original mansion the school moved to in the
1800s. At every graduation the bell is rung once for each graduate before they process out
of the auditorium.
weaving, and piano tuning and repair. Such programs were developed
across the nation, designed so that the nation's blind citizens could become
self-sustaining.
Prior to WWII, TSB had grown to 200 students. Extracurricular activities
and programs began to flourish in the early 20
th
century, including student
plays and recitals, and Boys and Girl Scout Troops. TSB participated in
competitions in the National Athletic Association of Schools for the Blind for
the first time in 1927.
By 1923 the number of academic courses being offered had
significantly increased and were assigned credit value. More students were
going to college. Finding employment grew with the advent of a braille
shorthand machine; graduates with typing skills were finding good jobs. The
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