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

Text from Pages 1 - 24 of the 1935 volume:

Class Book 55 North Carolina School for the Beat Sia Mig, Claus 8 (lass -Book 1935 North Carolina School for the Deaf Morganton, N.C. iS Bt tat Racer arty Our Superintendent 1935 Graduating Class Front row: Forest Smitu, EpirH WILLIAMSON, HELEN HEGE, RussELL HERRING. Back row: Boppiz Pruitt, CLONNIE Baucom, Lyon Dickson. Top row: Hoyle WRIGHT. Class Roll Bf CLONNIE WiLson Baucom, Marshville CiiFFORD Lyon Dickson Jr., Durham HELEN Frances HeEce, Leaksville JAMES RusseLL HERRING, Rocky Mount BopBiE GLENN Pruitt, Elkin Forest BINFoRD SMITH, Dunn EpitH JANE WILLIAMSON, Canton HoyYLeE SYLVESTER WricutT, Lawndale if Crass Morro: LIL SUSI) KUL PY) 2 Crass TREE: CLass FLOWER: Hemlock Lily of the Valley Crass Coors: Gold and White Bt CLASS OFFICERS: Lyon DicKSON EpitH WILLIAMSON President Vice-President HoyvreE WRIGHT Secretary Class History By Hoye WRIGHT ay HIS CLASS was organized in the fall of 1933 with Miss Mauzy as the teacher. At that time the class included seven boys and two girls but Edgar Crutchfield left school to take a posi- tion and this left eight pupils to finish the course. Lyon Dickson, our class president, is from Durham. He has been deaf since babyhood. The cause of his deafness is not known. When he was five years old, Lyon’s parents sent him to a private school for deaf children in Macon, Georgia. After attending that school for two years, he entered the preparatory class of this school in 1922. Mrs. Kennedy was his first teacher. Soon after coming here, he was taken sick and had to remain at home after Christmas. He came back to school the next fall and for two years was in Mrs. Clodfelter’s class. He has been promoted regularly since then. Lyon became a Boy Scout when he was twelve years of age. From the first he has taken a great interest in scouting and has been camping and hiking with the hearing Boy Scouts at his home. He has tried to live up to the Scout oath and laws and his greatest ambition was fulfilled when he was admitted to the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor held in our chapel April 12 of this year. Lyon’s conduct has always been exemplary. He has done excellent work in the Christian Endeavor Society and has set a high standard of morals and manners for the other pupils. Although he has played on the football team, swimming is his favorite sport and four years ago he passed the Senior Life Saving test. He is studious being especially interested in mathema- tic s. His favorite pastime is reading. He has had several years training in the printing office and wants to be a linotype operator when he finishes his educaton. He has taken the examina- tion for entrance to Gallaudet College in Wash- ington and is looking forward to going there next fall. Edith Williamson, our vice-president, is from Canton, Haywood County. She became totally deaf as a result of spinal meningitis in her elev- enth year. Before losing her hearing, she had attended the public schools and was in the sixth grade. After her recovery, she successfully passed the examinations for entrance into the seventh grade but her health did not permit her to re- turn to school. After staying at home one year, she came to this school in 1932 and was put in the eighth grade. She was given special work in lip-reading and in the fall of 1933 she was pro- moted to this class. Her leisure time has been spent mostly in reading. Her favorite sports are swimming and basket-ball. She has been taught sewing and housework. She is studious and has held first rank in her class throughout the year. This year she has been president of the Fepha Club. Her influence over the girls has been good and she is popular with her classmates. She hopes to attend High School in Canton for two years after her graduation from here. Hoyle Wright, the class secretary, is a native of Cleveland County. He was reared on a farm near Shelby. He became partially deaf as a result of measles when he was three years of age. He was sent to a public school but made no progress so his parents brought him here in the fall of 1923. Mrs. Clodfelter was his first teacher. He has attended school regularly and has been promoted every year. He has taken an interest in sports and has played football and basketball. His greatest diversion is reading. He is particularly interested in adventure stories, Zane Grey being his favorite author. He is not very studious. He is good natured and popular with the teachers and pupils. He was a Boy Scout for several years and enjoyed camping and hiking. He first worked in the manual arts department for three years and was transferred to the printing department three years ago. He has been trained as a pressman and has had some work on the linotype. He expects to get a position in a printing office when he leaves school. Helen Hege comes from Leaksville, Rocking- ham County. Her deafness is thought to have been caused by infected tonsils when she was two and a half years old. She entered the primary department of this school in 1922 when she was only five years of age. Mrs. Kennedy was her first teacher. She has attended school regularly and her health has been good. She has a sweet disposition and is popular with the pupils. She is athletic and has played on the first basket ball team ever since she was twelve years old. She has been the captain of the basket ball team for two years. She enjoys swimming hiking and all out-door life. She is more domestic than studious and likes sewing and cooking. She has not decided what she will do on leaving school. Russell Herring is from Rocky Mount. He became deaf as a result of pneumonia when he was one and a half years of age. He entered this school in 1923. Mrs. Clodfelter was his first teacher. He has attended school regularly since that time. When he was in the primary depart- ment, he had his third attack of pneumonia. After he came to Main Building and became in- terested in sports, his health improved and for some years he has been in robust health. He is an all-round athlete being interested in camping, hiking, football and basketball. In 1933 he was chosen fullback on the All- Western Conference team. He was captain of the foot- ball team for two years and helped his team win many victories, He passed the Senior Life Saving test at White Lake last summer. He has been very active in Boy Scout work, frequently going camping with the Scouts of Rocky Mount and Clinton. Most of his leisure time has been spent in working for merit badges. On April 12 of this year he attained the rank of Eagle Scout. Russell has been a true Scout and his politeness and helpfulness have made him one of the popular boys in school. His genial manner will be a great help to him in winning his way in the business world. He has. taken an interest in the Christian Endeavor and has been helpful in carrying on the programs. He is more active than studious. His favorite studies are current events and grammar. He spends much time in reading the papers and is well informed on current history. He has been in the printing office for seven years and hopes to become an expert linotypist. Forest Smith lives on a farm near Dunn, Samp- son County. He was born deaf and came to school when he was seven years of age, in the fall of 1921. His progress was retarded on ac- count of bad eyesight. In 1928 he had his eyes examined and was fitted with glasses. Since then he has done much better work. He has learned to swim but his poor eyesight has preven- ted him from taking an active part in games. He is very fond of riding a bicycle and spends much time on his wheel. His favorite studies are arithmetic and grammar. He likes to read and seldom goes to town without bringing back an armiul of books from the public library for him- self and the other boys. He is president of the Christian Endeavor Society. He is very depend- able and energetic. He has never given any trouble in school and has won many friends by his kind disposition. He has been trained as a carpenter but hopes to be a truck farmer. He thinks his knowledge of carpentry will be a great help to him on his farm. Bobbie Pruitt is from Elkin, Surry County. He became deaf in infancy. The cause of his deafness is unknown. He entered school in the fall of 1922. Miss Scott was his first teacher. In 1923 he took diphtheria and that year’s schooling was practically lost as he had to remain at home after Christmas. He reetered school the next fall and has not missed any more time. In spite of bad eyesight, Bobbie has taken part in sports. He was on the first football team this year and did good work. His most outstanding characteristic is perserverance. He has shown great determination and has overcome many difficulties. His conduct has been good and he has won many friends. He has spent his spare time reading, playing games and drawing. He has worked in the tailor shop for nine years and has learned to do excellent work. He hopes to get a position as a tailor after he leaves here. Clonnie Baucom comes from Marshville, Union County. He was born deaf. He entered Bt the primary department in 1922. Mrs. Clodfelter was his first teacher. He has not missed any time from school. He has been interested in football, baseball and swimming. He is not studious but likes to read books from the Morganton Public Library. His favorite author is Zane Grey. He likes to study language and grammar. He worked three years in the manual arts department and has been working on the farm for the past four years. He has a keen sense of humor and likes to play jokes on the other pupils. His conduct has been good and he has never given unneces- sary trouble to his teachers or officers. He wants to become a farmer. “The Prosperity Class” By CLoNNIE BAUCOM ss NAME SOBRIQUET PET EXPRESSION HOBBY AMBITION Clonnie Baucom DASE waraehet “What for?” Solving riddles Farming Lyon Dickson “Be careful” Camping Linotype operating Helen Hege “Ree” “Honest” Swimming: Housekeeping Russell Herring “Bish” “Sure”? Bobbie Pruitt “Harold Lloyd” “T don‘t know” Forrest Smith “Slim” Edith Williamson Hoyle Wright oO ritee “Silly” Scouting Linotype operating Drawing Tailoring Bicycling Farming “How funny !” Puzzles Teaching “Nothing” Hunting Linotype operating Class Autobiography nea LYON DICKSON I was born near Durham, N. C., May 27, 1915. When it was discovered that I was deaf, Mother sent me to a private school for the deaf in Macon, Georgia. I stayed there one or two years. I was only five years old when I went there. I cannot remember much about that school but I do remember that Charles Stainback went there with me and he ruined my box of tools which my family had sent as a Christmas present. In the fall of 1922 I came here and my first teacher was Mrs. Kennedy. Before Christmas I was taken sick, so Mother took me home and I did not come back until the fall of 1923. I have been an active member of the Boy Scouts of America for eight years and am in the Eagle Scout rank now. I have attended school regularly for eleven — years. I am trying to prepare to enter Gallaudet College in Washington D. C. next year and I hope I shall pass the examinations but if I do not, I want to go to Nashville, Tenn., to attend the training school for linotype operators. My ambition is to become an expert linotype operator and live in my native town, Durham, or somewhere in Western North Carolina. EDITH WILLIAMSON I was born on a farm near Canton, in Hay- wood County, in 1919, I entered primary school when I was six and grammar school when I was eleven. I was never very happy in school because I was a teacher’s pet and this made the other pupils dislike me. I was a great tomboy and often got in trouble trying to imitate my brothers. Near the end of my first grammar school year, I developed spinal meningitis and became totally deaf. I was allowed to take the examination required for promotion with the summer school pupils and passed. The following winter I was too weak to go to school. I don’t know how my parents heard about this school but they decided upon sending me here as I could not be taught in the public schools unless I could read the lips. I came here in the fall of 1932 and shall never forget how dread- fully homesick I was at first and how hard it — was for me to learn to sign and talk with the other pupils. I was allowed to begin with the eighth grade and was given lip-reading lessons every morning which helped me a great deal. My speech also improved. The next year I was put in the Junior Class. After my graduation here, I expect to attend high school for two years. I have not yet decided upon the college I shall attend or the line of work I shall follow. HOYLE WRIGHT I was born at Lawndale, N. C., in Cleveland County on April 1, 1915. I lost my hearing from measles when I was three years old. I have lived on a farm all my life. When I was seven years old, my father sent me to a nearby public school. I had a hard time trying to learn because the teacher thought I could hear. My father did not know about this school, but fortu- nately, one of my neighbors had a deaf boy named Boyd Hendricks, who had attended this school for several years. He told us about it and my father decided to send me here. In 1923 I was sent here along with Boyd. When I came here the first time, I was amazed at the beautiful scenery around here and the big buildings. Everybody was kind to me. Miss E. Hampton was my first supervisor. I wondered how this school got such beautiful trees on the campus. I thought I was living in a fine castle, when I saw the tower on Main Building. I got along nicely with the children, In 1927 I came to Main Building. Miss Mauzy was my first teacher. When the Industrial Building was built in 1927, the first trade, I tried to learn, was car- pentry but I didn’t get along well with it, so I was put in the printing department. I am am- bitious to be a printer when I finish school. RUSSELL HERRING Born in Rocky Mount in Edgecombe County, where I now live October 3, 1916. When I was one and a half years old, I took pneumonia and when I recovered, I was found to be deaf. I entered school at the age of eight years. My first teacher was Mrs. Clodfelter, who is now the supervising teacher of the primary depart- ment. My health was bad. I had pneumonia after entering school. That was my third attack. This caused me to lose much time from school. I entered Main Building in 1926. I began to be interested in sports and the exercise improved my health. I love out-door life and-enjoy all kinds of sports. I have been playing football on the varsity for four years and basketball for two years. I was elected 1933 All-Star Fullback of the Western Conference. I have been an active member of the Boy Scouts of America for seven years and I became an Eagle Scout on April 12th. I have often gone camping with the Scouts at my home and at White Lake, and this has given me much pleasure. I have had seven years work in the printing office. | want to attend the Apprentice School in Nashville, Tenn. My ambition is to be a lino- typist or an athletic director. Bt HELEN HEGE I was born in Winston-Salem on Feb. 28, 1917 I was a baby during the World War. My father went to Newport News, Va., to work in a ship yard. There he found an apartment for us to live in. We lived there three years and then came back to North Carolina. When I was two and one half years old, I lost my hearing from blood poison caused by bad tonsils. I have no deaf relatives. I was sent to many hospitals to have the doctors examine my hearing and see if it could be restored but they found it hopeless. At the age of five and a half years, I was sent to school here in the fall of 1922. Mrs. Kennedy was my first teacher. I could talk a little but I learned lip-reading and other things. Lyon Dick- son was in my class that year. In 1927 I entered Main Building and have been promoted every year. I have been taught to sew and cook and am much interested in housework. I love out-door sports and I have been playing basketball for six years and have been captain of the team for two years. When I finish school, I will help my mother with the housework and perhaps I shall get a position. Hy FORREST SMITH I was born at Dunn in Sampson County, Octo- ber 24, 1913. It is supposed that I was born totally deaf. At the age of one I had measles. As I had not begun to talk when I was two years old, my parents sent for a doctor. He examined me and told them that I was deaf. In 1921, when I was eight years old, I entered school here. Miss Lynn was my first teacher. She was very young and pretty. When I first came here, I did not know where I was or why I was here. Many of the pupils talked to me, but of course, I didn’t understand them. After the first year in school my parents were pleased with me for I had learned to read and write. : I had a great deal of trouble with my eyes. I could not see well. About six years ago Miss Mauzy took me to Dr. Palmer to have him examine my eyes. I have been wearing glasses ever since and get along much better. I have been improving in lip-reading since I got my glasses, but still have bad sight. I have attended school regularly for thirteen years and have been working in the carpenter shop for six years. I hope what I have learned about carpentry will be useful to me. Reading is my favorite past time. Baseball and swimming are my favorite sports. I play haseball at home. I want to be a farmer when I finish school. HES BOBBIE PRUITT 1 was born in Jonesville, Surry County, N. C., October 23, 1913. I became deaf when I was about one or two months old. The cause of my deafness is unknown. My father didn’t know where this school was. The father of one of the deaf boys, McCree Gentry, who lived about three blocks from my home, heard about me and came to see my mother and told her about his son and where he went to school. My parents brought me here in the fall of 1922. I cried very hard because I thought that I would never see my parents again. I soon found out that I was in a school and had come here to get an education. My first teacher was Miss Scott. She was a Canadian and a fine teacher. She is now teaching in Philadelphia. Clonnie Baucom and Helen Hege were in my class and have been my classmates ever since. In 1923 I had diphtheria and had to go home. In this way I missed a year and had to enter a lower grade. I entered Main Building tn 1927 and have been in school regularly since then. Football and baseball are my favorite sports. I like to read some magazines. Liberty is my favorite magazine. I have been working in the tailor shop for eight years and I want to be a tailor when I finish school, CLONNIE BAUCOM I was born on November 25, 1913 in Marsh- ville, Union County, North Carolina. It is _ thought that I was born deaf. I have no deaf relatives. I did not come to school till I was almost nine years old as my father did not know where the institution for the deaf was. Some one told him that there was a school for the deaf in Morganton and they brought me to Goodwin Hall where small pupils are taught. My first teacher was Mrs. Clodfelter. When I entered Main Building in 1927, I was in the third grade. Another year found me in the third grade again. The next year I was in the fourth, grade and in the same year I was promo- ted to the fifth grade and I am in the Senior Class now. : My favorite sports are football and baseball. { worked in the Manual Arts shop for three years and I have worked on the farm for four years. My father has a farm in Union County and I hope to be a farmer when I have finished my education. Class Prophecy By EpirH WILLIAMSON Ht W HO is it that does not respond to the enchantment of the fortune teller’s tent, with its weird shadows and magic mirror? I felt this went I attended the State Fair in Raleigh and it was with a feeling of intense excitement that I stepped within the curtained erclosure and seated myself before the wonderful mirror that was about to disclose what the future holds for me and for those with whom I have worked and studied so long. As I gazed breathlessly, the image of a trim bungalow with green-shuttered. windows and a rose garden slowly formed. A tall woman wearing a ruffled apron was arranging flowers in a bowl near an open window and an even taller man was busy with pruning scissors in the garden. The appearance of the house and the condition of the well-kept grounds gave evidence of excellent taste and the contentnient on the face of the house wife proved that:life had gone well with her. Then I. knew: that::Helen Hege’s . fondest dream had materialized. The gardner I recog- nized as the bachelor brother whom she so. ido- lized and they were living happily together with his roses: and her cat. The scene was replaced by one of a more striking nature. An expensive automobile stop-_ ped before a substantial city dwelling and a broad-shouldered man wearing the uniform of a Boy Scout executive alighted, walking hur- riedly up the steps he was admitted by a. uni- formed butter. Something about the pre-occu- pied expression and the elevated nose of the. man seemed familiar. My mind went back to the race track at N. C. S. D., with Russell, Herring speeding along keeping himself ‘so miraculously balanced with his nose pointed heavenward. A second glance convinced me that it really was Russell, and for an instant I saw reflected in the background a_ sweet-faced, golden-haired lady that I knew must be his wife. I saw that Russell had prospered and was happy in his work as a leader of the Scouts. The picture faded and another took its place. This time it was a dark-haired man puffing a cigar in an easy chair before an open fire with a dog at his feet. Small wonder that Lyon Dick- son has been so successful with all his ambition and taste for business. The scene shifts for an instant to the interior of a large newspaper office with our Mr. Dickson behind the manager’s desk, giving orders to his numerous employees. From what I saw I knew he was owner and manager of a large printing establishment. All this faded and Hoyle Wright appeared, walking rapidly along the street with head bare and hands covered with printer’s ink. His wavy hair was somewhat thinner than in school days and I saw some gray along the temples, but the years have not robbed him of that care-free look or the splendid physique that brought such laurels to him as an athlete. Presently I saw him arrive at the door of a small stone house, where a plump lady and a tiny blue-eyed girl await his coming, And all this time we have thought that tall, slender girls were Hoyle’s weakness! Before I could reflect further on the fickleness of human nature, the stone house had given place to a beautiful country home with a wide lawn where several children romped and a handsome - woman was reading in a hammock. Wide fields of growing cotton and tobacco stretched away into the distance. A spacious barn housing all the up-to-date machinery an ambitious farmer could wish stood at one side. In a vegetable garden near by, I saw somebody under a straw hat plying a spade with vigor. Could this ruddy- taced, strong-limbed man be the slender boy whom we knew as “Slim Jim?” But he glanced up and the piercing blue eyes and the smile that still was full of mischief, left no doubt that the prosperous farmer was Forrest Smith, and his progress, at least, is no surprise, for we al- ways knew that his industry would bring him success. Suddenly the vision was gone and I saw Clon- nie leaning on a plow, thinking, no doubt, of a riddle to spring on the next person he met. The mule standing with ears drooping forward at the other end of the plow seemed also to be having a dream all its own. There was no diffi- culty in recognizing Clonnie, for time had caused very little change in his appearance. I gathered that the small farm he was tending was his own and that the woman with red hair and rolled up sleeves churning butter on the porch of the house by a creek was his wife. The interior of the house came into view and I saw a large living room comfortably furnished, with built in book cases filled with books. The wordly possessions of the couple were not very great, seeming to consist only of the house with its books, the small farm, the mule, five children, a pig and a dog, but they appeared to be very contented. From the energetic movements of the woman, I judged that she was the business head of the family. Again the scene suddenly changed. A short, little man with a pointed beard stitched away in the light of a window overlooking the business street of a small town. It was with difficulty that I made out the features of Bobbie Pruitt, the town’s leading tailor. His shoulders were droop- ing from constantly bending over the sewing machine and there was a bald spot on the top of his head, but he still wore that funny little “smile that won’t come off.” Back of the tailor shop were his living quarters, which showed no touch of a woman’s hand but were cheery and bright nevertheless. In one corner stood an easel hold- ing a partly finished painting of a landscape. On the floor was a large pallet, and a paint- spattered smock lay across a chair. Evidently Bobbie still possessed his artistic temperament. My heart beats grew faster as I realized that the only one remaining of the class of ’35 was myself. I closed my eyes for a moment, almost fearing to see what was in store for me. When I looked again, it was to see a short, stout, little person in blue standing before a class of fidgety youngsters. I could hardly suppress a giggle at | the comical appearance she presented, with the huge horn-rimmed spectacles that seemed to cover half her round face. As she went about her task of trying to instill knowledge into stub- born little heads, I could see that it was the posi- tion which she was meant to fill and it was plain that she would not willingly change it for any other. So this was Edith, the school ma’am. And let’s hope that she remembers her own young days when one of her small charges forgets where he left his history of his ink bottle. Very, very slowly I arose and walked out into the light. If the future is indeed to bring to us such happy fulfillment of our ambitions and realization. of cherished dreams, we have no rea- son to look with fear toward the years to come. And who can tell but that the magic mirror really has the powe r to foretell the future! Senior Superlatives PREULIE SERA 5 171 area cleo os a Helen Hege BeStALOO RING 5.0 yigumen tans te Hoyle Wright Most Athletic Boy Russell Herring Most Athletic Girl Helen Hege Most Studious Boy _ Lyon Dickson WostaStudious- Gis) nem ee Edith Williamson SEF OM PEST 0) nae eae Clonnie Baucom DPE GRuest -BOvigane Se Bobbie Pruitt Palbest Boy ta tte Tees Hoyle Wright DALLESE® GAP bo aaee oak ocala ee Helen Hege Most Amiable Boy Forrest Smith Shortest Boy sos see Forrest Smith Most Industrious Boy _-. Russell Herring Most Popular Boy __.---. Russell Herring Most Popular Gute ee Edith Williamson Most Industrious Girl _. Helen Hege Two Boy Scouts’ Ambition Realized By JAMES RussELL HERRING BY I JOINED Troop 3, the Boy Scouts of America at this schooi in November, 1928. Lyon Dickson, my old friend and classmate, had joined the troop at his home in Durham during the summer of 1927. Mr. Fred Kent, of Illinois, who organ- ized the troop here, was our first Scoutmaster. He taught us the true meaning of the Scout Oath and the Scout laws. He took us on hikes to the mountains and did a great deal to interest us in Scouting. The next year Mr. Kent left here, and Mr. O. W. Underhill succeeded him as Scoutmaster. He kept up the good work that Mr. Kent had started and inspired us to keep on trying to advance in Scout work. For the last two years Mr. Harold Larsen has been our Scoutmaster and has done good work with the troop. Lyon Dickson has been associated with the Durham Scouts during his summer vacations ever since he joined them in 1927. He went canoeing with them from Smithfield to New- bern on the Neuse River in the summer of 1932. He was elected as the honor camper that summer. He has attended both the Pied- mont Council Camp and Camp Craggy in summer time. During my summer vaca- tions, I have been a mem- ber of Troop 11, Rocky Mount and Troop 1, Clin- ton. I had more than one month of camping at White Lake last summer. There I was elected as the best All-round camper. EAGLE SCOUTS RusseL_L Herrtinc and Lyon Dickson Ever since we became Scouts, Lyon and I have been working for merit badges in camping, first aid, athletics, life saving, personal health, public health, bird study, camping, civics, cooking, path- finding, safety, firemanship, first aid to animals, scholarship, pioneering and other things. Lyon has twenty-three merit badges and I have twenty- six. On April 12 our highest ambition was reached when we were admitted to the rank of the Eagle Scouts at a Court of Honor held in our auditorium. On April 27 we attended the Scout Jamboree at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. About 1,500 Scouts from differet councils of our state attended the meeting. James West, Chief Scout Executive, and Governor Ehringhaus made addresses. Lyon and I were glad that we were Scouts and could take part in the great meeting. Scouting has been a great benefit to us: We have been associated with hearing Boy Scouts and have learned to get along with people. We have enjoyed the camping and hiking and feel that Scout work has done a great deal towards making us useful citizens. We are indebted to our superintendent, Dr. Good- win, our committeemen; Messrs. Underhill and Alex- ander, Scoutmaster Larsen and Scout Executive Schiele of Gastonia for inspiration and support and deep inter- est in our Scouting. “Br PREPARED” 935 Normal Training Class Left to right: BiLLre Sims, Dorotuy Poac, ELizABETH NEWLAND, Mina AVERY 1935 Normal Training Class Bt 7 ue Crass in normal training at the North Carolina School this year is made up of five young women who come from four different states. Miss Billie Sims is from Talladega, Alabama, and was graduated with the class of 1934 from Alabama State College for Women, Montevallo, Alabama. She earned the B. S. degree in the field of Physical Education. While in coilege she took an active part in all school athletics, winning a number of awards. She was a member of the Student Senate and was elected to the Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society. As a part of her normal course Miss Sims has had charge of all physical activities for the girls, including assistance in the direction of the Girl Scout troop. _ Miss Elizabeth Newland’s home is in Pasa- dena, California. She attended Duke University, Durham,. North Carolina, for one year and was eraduated, after three years’ attendance, from the University of California at Los Angeles. Her major study was History, in which she holds an A. B. degree. She worked in the University Dramatics Society and was affiliated with the Kappa Gamma Sorority in which she served as chairman of the Standards Committee. Before coming to North Carolina for normal training, Miss Newland was engaged in social welfare work in Los Angeles. Miss Dorothy Poag’s home and Alma Mater are both in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She was graduated in 1934 from Winthrop College. Miss Poag took the Primary-Kinderarten course at Winthrop, specializing in this field of Education and winning a Bachelor of Arts degree. During her four years of training she was active in both the Athletic Association and the Student Gov- ernment Association. Miss Mina Avery, whose home is in Morgan- ton, North Carolina, is an alumna of Berea Col- lege, Berea, Kentucky. She holds an A. B. de- gree form Berea, having done major work in the English department. In school she worked on the paper, Te Pinnacle. During her last year she served as president of the Women’s Student Council. Miss Avery has had work in her normal training course as student-teacher of a prepara- tory class. Miss Nevelyn Wall also lives in Morganton. She attended Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, North Carolina, for one year, where she was a member of the staff of the school annual The Laurel, and of the Nonpareil Literary Society She was graduated from Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia, where she was active in school athletics. Last year she was a student in Women’s College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Miss Wall has taught Home Economics classes and helped direct the Girl Scout troop as a part of her work during normal training. During the second semester Mrs. Elizabeth Walker of Morganton has also been with the class. She was trained in the training class of 1918-1919 and is expecting to reenteer the work. She has not taken the complete course but has reviewed a part of the work. Ninth and Tenth Grades Lert to Ricut—Front Row: Hortense Spurling, Rosa McCorquodale, Ruby Wilkins, Jessie Moore, Maude Smith, Elma Lancaster and Virginia Ellis. Middle Row: John Autrey, Charles Stainback, Theron Devenny, Jack Harrill. Top Row: Oscar Stevens, Seldon Cook, Franklin Holden, Walter Weathington and Francis Matthews. Ninth and Tenth Grades ef THERON DeEveNNy, Cherryville, N. C. Born September 8, 1914. Entered School. in, 1922. Nickname ____-. tpisadas OM” Hobby tee og Baseball Favorite Sports Baseball, Basketball Favorite Movie Star .John Wayne Favorite Occupation _ Cobbling PTOOLOI Sees = mae ot To be a baseball pitcher Mary VircIniA Exzis, Clayton, N. C. Born November 17, 1913. tntered School in 1929. NDC KINGS Se se SE LICK” 4G a} 2) 8) Mpeteenan acres or fh Seems Funny Papers Favoritesoportisc = ee rs” Baseball Favorite Movie star = 2022 « Shirley Temple Favorite Occupation _. Housekeeping Paabition 2s Ne a ee To be a nurse Jack Martin Harri, Shelby, N. C. Born July 27, 1915. Entered School in 1923. Nickname -assus ccgee “Spark Plug” PQ BY ig. nee eee Animal Pets Havorite Sport 225 2222 Football, Baseball Favorite Movie Star __.Will Rogers Favorite Occupation Shoe Repairing Ambition = esos ee To be a great man. HortENSE SPURLING, West Asheville, N. C. Born ‘November 2, 1914. Entered School in 1921. Absent one year. Nickiameuis oes ea “Tense” Hobby S2ee ae Sewing Favoritegsporte2 = 24 Baseball Favorite Movie Star Shirley Temple Favorite Occupation Housekeeping AM DI tOD 8 te st To be a housekeeper Oscar STEVENS, Whiteville, N. C. Born September 22, 1913,.:: ; Entered School in 1921.;, Absent: one: year. Nickname te =e ae “Car” St) (0) 010 n't tonel aren te eed ee Bicycling Favorite. Sport 2 2 Football Favorite Movie Star John Wayne Favorite Occupation - Tailoring A TIDILION 2 Siew ecomm oe) To be a farmer Rusy Mar WILkIns, New Hill , N. C. Born July 9, 1916. Entered School in 1923. INTEKNAME Sete ee “Patty” Hoebby.2 ees tee Chatting Favorite Sports Basketball, Swimming Favorite Movie Star _..Shirley Temple Favorite Occupation _ Sewing PA DO Sta Ss To own a farm WaLTER WEATHINGTON, Winterville, N. C. Born June 29, 1915. Entered School in 1922. Nickname @ 22 2 ee “Bud” Hobbyeestse ee eee Playing checkers Favorite Sports _______- Football, Baseball Favorite Movie Star Bob Steele Favorite Occupation -. Tailoring PAO nines ona 2 ea te To be a baseball player Jesste RutH Moore Washington, N. C. Born January 6, 1915. Entered School in 1923. Nicknamexs. cers We. et “Tess” LG) bya See i oace ere oa Sewing Pavorite: Sports. Swimming Favorite Movie Star Bob Steel Favorite Occupation — Housekeeping Ambition = aes ee To be a housekeeper Cuartes EArt STAINBACK, Charlotte, N� C. Born October 26, 1915. Entered School in 1923. Nicknaine 322 ees “Sheik” Hopby3ee, SE POs Favorite oport. 2 Sse= Baseball Favorite Movie Stat’ Patricia Ellis Favorite Occupation !-Printing Ambition: 252232 =..To be a printer Joun Ratpu Autrey, Spruce Pine, N. CG: Born November 30, 1913. Entered School in 1924. Nicknamé== 252s eee “Johnnie” Hobby. 22 air eee, Cedar Chests Favorite sport 2 ee Baseball Favorite Movie Star __..Bob Steele Favorite Occupation Carpentry Arm Ditto Sarat ssc. eee To be a carpenter SeLpon Bunpy Coox, Pilot Mountain, N. C. Born October 14, 1915. Entered School in 1923. Nicknain e222 ae Se “Buddy” Hobbyss2s5. eee Sports Favoritessports.eee es Football, Baseball Favorite Movie Star __John Wayne Favorite Occupation Farming Ambition 35 ees To be a tobacco farmer FRANKLIN HoLpEN, Youngsville, N. C. Born September 2, 1916. Entered School in 1924. Nicknames 22 =r “Ben? Hobby:ge ee Poultry literature Favorite-sport 3-5. =: Swimming Favorite Movie Star __ Johnny Weissmuller Favorite Occupation — Farming Ambition £=. 5s 2.03 To be a tobacco farmer � Erma Appre LANcAsTeER, Mount Olive, N. C. Born February 3, 1915. Entered School in 1924. Nickname 3 se ee “Elm?- age PObDY cu wee eee Sewing Biers: ‘Favorite Sports Basketball, Swimming Favorite Movie Star Shirley Temple’ Favorite Occupation Housekeeping LM Dit ce eee To be a dressmaker Francis A. MAtrHews, Washington, N. C. Born November 21, 1915. Entered School in 1922. Niekname a eee “Baby” Hobby voter saa Sports and movies Favoriie Sports 2. = Football, Swimming Favorite Movie Star _...Bob Steele Favorite Occupation -_ Printing Ambition eer si eee To be a printer Maupbe EvarIn Situ, Rocky Point, N. C. Born August 11, 1915. Entered School in 1922. Nickname:2.2s eens “Eva” Hobbies ee a ee Sports Favorite:sports 235 Swimming, Basketball Favorite Movie Star ___Clark Gable Favorite Occupation -Cooking Ambition oss ess To be a housekeeper Rosa McCorquopaLeE, Durham, N. C. Born May 26, 1915. Entered School in 1923. Nickname sits seen bas “Rosy” Hobby: sess 2a a Sewing Favorite Sport... ae Baseball Favorite Movie Star ___Jean Harlow Favorite Occupation Housekeeping Ambition ss: esa. Sua To be a manicurist ; he ¥ us AY f ; My Ve As ‘ ee Lian ital a ek th PTAA ms f pith, {en ve Wan we 4 ak win ah bib ean ih Doge bat ( s i � ar ee 7 aa ‘ . A ; ae At 4 ' hp : 1 Lan) Ne nee ; aT ie. ab ENG aes fy =! - Lak a ) i