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

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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.

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935 Normal Training Class Left to right: BiLLre Sims, Dorotuy Poac, ELizABETH NEWLAND, Mina AVERY

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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.