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

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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

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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.