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

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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

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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

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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,