North Carolina School for the Deaf - Clock Tower Yearbook (Morganton, NC)

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MEMORTES By JoyvcrE FLYNN | aes this school in the fall of 1921 when I was eight years old. As I came to Goodwin Hall, I thought that it was my new home. I never had seen such tall buildings in all my life and I thought they would fall on me as I looked up to the top of the buildings. I found that they had strong foundations and soon got over my fear of them. When I entered Goodwin Hall, I saw many girls and boys and thought they were my sisters and brothers. Something reminded me of my father and mother. I wanted to see them and began to search for them, but I could not find them. I got away from the other children and began to be afraid and cried. A supervisor took care of me and persuaded me not to cry. The next day I went to school. Miss Watrous was my first teacher. Everything seemed strange to me and I could not understand why I was here. William McCord was one of my classmates. Once he persuaded me to tell our supervisor that we were sick when we did not want to go to school. While the other pupils were in school, we got up and played in our bedroom. When a nurse came into our bedroom, she put a thermometer into my mouth to see if I was still sick and also put another into William’s mouth. When she looked at the thermometers, she found out that we were not sick and told us to get up and go to school. After that we never tried to fool the supervisor by pretending to be sick. Edgar Winecoff was one of my classmates, too. I remember that one day we were having action work. Miss Wat- rous had Edgar do something with her fountain pen. Then she had us write what she did. He forgot to give the fountain pen back to her and put it in his pocket. At recess, he played with the other boys and feil down and broke the fountain pen. He was sorry about it. When he went back to school, Miss Watrous asked him why he QYYE SB SE did not give it to her before recess. He confessed that he had broken it. As he began to cry, she petted him as if he were a baby. When Otis Hudgins was in charge of the boys at Goodwin Hall he told me that I should practice basket ball when I came to Main Building I liked to play all kinds of games. One Friday night he took several boys and me to the assembly hall to witness the basket ball game. We tried to play basket ball. Otis told me that I played well and I must practice. I began to be interested in playing basket ball. When I came to Main Building in the fall of 1924, I enjoyed playing basket ball every Saturday afternoon. Two years ago I was chosen on the all star team of the Western Conference. My favorite sport is basket ball. Several years ago many boys and I went camp- ing at Clear Water Beach with Mr. Underhill. This place is fourteen miles from here. We spent the night there. That night several boys and I went frog hunting and killed twenty bull frogs. I doubted whether we should eat the frogs or not. So I asked one of the boys if we should eat them after they were cooked. He told me that they would taste very good. The next morning we cooked the frog legs and ate them. It was the first time that I had eaten any. They tasted very good. We enjoyed going fishing and hiking to the mountains. That after- noon we came home. We had a fine time at Clearwater Beach. Five years ago some of the boys and I got Mr. Goodwin’s permission to go for a hike to the We walked seven miles from here to Burkemont. We reached the watershed from which we get our water supply. Then we began to climb up to the top of the mountain. There were many chestnuts there. We enjoyed looking at the beautiful view and could see the Main Building and Lake James from there. We had mountains.

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Albert Mathis, from near North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N. C. was born September 8, 1913. He attended a one teacher country school near his home for four years and was in the fifth grade when he was taken sick with spinal meningitis and became deaf after a long illness at the age of thirteen. He came to this school in 1928 when he was fifteen years old. On ac- count of his red hair, he is nicknamed “Rusty.” He entered the fourth grade and Miss Landers was his teacher. Being nervous as a result of his illness, he had a hard time learning to write again. He has a natural command of language and is a good reader. All his leisure time is spent in reading history and adventure stories. He began work in the cabinet shop and worked there for two years. He tried printing but was transferred back to the cabinet shop after three years. His favorite studies are physics and arith- metic. His favorite sports are football and swim- ming. He is skillful in making novelties in wood and enjoys that kind of work very much. He hopes to get work in a novelty shop. Albert belongs to the Boy Scouts and has taken a great deal of interest in the Scout work. He attends the Court of Honor meetings and has received merits for carpentry, wood-work, carving, farm mechanic, printing and handicraft. He is now a Stabe OcOuL Joe William Rouse, nicknamed Jo-Jo, hails from Eastern North Carolina. He was born on May 9, 1911 in Kenansville, in Duplin County. He lost his hearing at the age of three months. His parents had planned to send him to this school when he was eight years of age, but they were unable to do so as Joe was taken sick with fever, so he was nine years old when he entered school. After staying at Goodwin Hall for three years, he was transferred to Main Building in the fall of 1924. He was put in this class in 1930. History, current events and algebra are his favorite studies. He is very athletic and has taxen a prominent part in all the sports for five years. He enjoys football, baseball and swim- ming. He was put on the All Star football team in the Western Conference in 1931. He spends his spare time in reading newspapers and adven- ture stories. He has been learning tailoring for nearly seven years and has helped make many suits for Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Underhill and others. He expects to be a tailor, designer and cutter when he goes out into the world. Jacob Joyce Flynn comes from East Bend, N. C., Yadkin County. He was born on Sep- tember 15, 1912 in Siloam, N. C. The cause of his deafness is unknown. He entered this school in 1921 when he was eight years old and came to Main Building in 1924. Miss Watrous was his first teacher at the primary building. Paul Hemric has been his classmate since they were in the second grade. His favorite studies are arithmetic, algebra and grammar. He has taken an active part in all the sports but has done espec ally well in basketball. He has played on the first basketball team for five years and he has played football also. In 1931 he was on the all-star basket ball team in the Western Con- ference. He enjoys swimming, hiking and all other outdoor sports. He has been working in the cabinet shop under the instruction of Mr. Hawkins for six years. He has done good work and expects to get a job as a carpenter when he finishes this school. Paul Columbia Hemric is from Cycle, Na © He was born on a farm, in Ronda which is a small town in Wilkes County, on September 28, 1912. When he was about two years old, he lost his hearing from measles. He entered school in October, 1920 when he was nine years old. Miss Heller was his first teacher. In 1924 he came to Main Building. Speech, history and current events are his favorite studies. He is interested in sports, especially football. He enjoys moun- tain hikes and all outdoor hfe. He takes an interest in politics and spends much of his time reading the papers. He has been working in the shoe repairing shop for about five years. His father has a farm of three hundred sixty-three acres in Wilkes and Yadkin Counties. Paul has worked on the farm during his vacations and expects to be a farmer when he finishes this school.

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taken our lunch with us and enjoyed eating it on the mountain. Last February seven boys and I went for an- other hike to High Peak one Saturday morning. When we reached the foot of the mountain, we found a still there. Then we ate our lunch there. I think that High Peak is higher than Burkemont. We were very tired when we reached the top of the high mountain because the mountain is steep. We saw our water tank, Main Building, Morgan- ton and Drexel. There is a beautiful view from there. We took some pictures of ourselves and the still. We had an enjoyable time on High Peak, In March, 1933 we purchased a second hand bus to be used by the Athletic Association and for educational trips. Last March our boys and girls went to South Carolina in the bus to play basket ball against the South Carolina deaf boys and girls that night. Joe Rouse and I had been there twice before that, but the others had never been there before. We had supper at the school. After supper we played a double-header game. Both of our teams were defeated. After the games we had a party and returned here late that night. We enjoyed riding in the bus there and back. I have enjoyed going with the football team to other towns to play football against the hearing boys. I have been on the first football team for three years and on the first basket ball team for five years and have had many pleasant trips to neighboring towns. JI am glad I could take part in the games for I have had many pleasant trips. ,THE DEPRESSION CLASS NAME NICKNAME PET EXPRESSION HOBBY AMBITION Edward Farnell “Lanky”’ i “It’s dead easy” General Science Scientist Wallace Kinlaw “Wally” “Aw shux” Stamps Printer Roy Chandler The “Reverend” “Rotten’’ Politics Politician Albert Mathis “Rusty Abe” “A close shave” Novelties Carpenter Joe Rouse “J0-J0” : (CA Teenie Football Tailor Joyce Flynn el ly “I never did it” Pictures Farmer Paul Hemric “Wise Owl” “I saw you do it” Auto parts Cobbler