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

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Sport Events of 1936-1937 Athletics By Max Brown At the opening of our school in September, 1936 about fifteen boys were reported on the athietic field for the organization of the 1936 football team. We had a new coach, Mr. Fred Spa ks who is a graduate of Clemson College in South Carolina. It was found that all last year’s reguiars had come back. Max Brown was elected the captain and Luther Yerton, co-captain of the team. The first football game was played at the new Morganton stadium. The N. C. S. D. Bears lost a hard-fought game to the Morganton Wildcats by the score of 6-0. Next the Bears nosed out the Forest City strong eleven by the close score of 7-6 on the Morganton field. Our team made a trip to Marion and was beaten by the players of this city. It was a muddy field and at that time our team was not in good form. Afterwards the N. C.S. D. won all the games. When the football season came to an end, we found that we had won five games and lost two and tied one. Joe Heafner, one of our fastest backs, carried the ball most of the time and made many gains. That’s why he was placed on the All-Star team in the Western Conference. All the players on the first team helped Joe Heafner a great deal by blocking and making many pretty holes for Joe to run through. Each player did his best. When the football season was over, ten boys were called for the basketball practice. Mr. Brown, a graduate of Gallaudet College, was the coach. We found out that all last year’s regulars were back. Paul Crutchfield was made captain. After several weeks of training the team was ready for action, At the beginning of the basketball season the N. C. S. D. won eight successive games, but at last were halted by the Red Devils of Newton. At the end of the season a check-up showed we had won eleven conference games and lost three. This placed our team second in the Western conference. The N. C. S. D. Bears were invited to take part in the Sixth Annual Dixie Tournament which was held at Talladega, Alabama March 4-6. Our boys were beaten by two strong teams, one from Alabama and the other from Arkansas. Mississippi won the championship in this tour- nament. A Trip to Alabama By LUTHER YERTON In March 1937 our basketball team was asked to take part in the Sixth Dixie Tournament at the Alabama School for the Deaf at Talladega. All the Southern Schools for the Deaf took part in it. We left here early in the morning of March 3. We rode in two cars. Mr. Underhill, our athletic director, and Mr. George Brown, our coach, drove the cars. We went to Dr. Goodwin’s home before we started to Alabama to tell him good-bye. We drove to Spartanburg, South Carolina and went to a hotel there. We bought post cards and wrote them to our friends here and we also wrote to our parents. We left Spartanburg about 11:30. Some of us slept in the cars while Messrs. Underhill and Brown were driving. Before we got to Gainesville, Georgia, we saw many peach orchards but they were not in bloom. When we got to Gainesville, we bought gas and oil. Then we went to a drug store and had lunch. After lunch, we drove to Atlanta, Georgia, the largest city in the South. It was about five o’clock when we reached there. After parking our cars, we

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Hobbies a Catherine Moore’s hobby is crocheting sweat- ers, collars and cuffs, pocket books and mats. She is a movie fan and knows most of the actors and actresses. She likes to cook but is averse to sewing. Maxine Walker’s hobby is collecting recipes and household suggestions. She has two note books full of these at home. She spends her leisure time sewing and reading. Elsie Readling likes to take snap shots and has several albums full of them. She spends a good deal of time crocheting pocket books, sweat- ers and other pretty things. Laverne Palmer’s hobby is collecting recipes from magazines and papers and pasting them in notebeooks and scrap books. She hopes to use them when she has a home of her own. Lilian McCorquodale’s hobbies are taking pictures and crocheting. She has crocheted several sets of mats for her aunt and sister and has quite a collection of pictures of her friends to remind her of her school days. Max Brown’s principal hobby is taking pic- tures. He enjoys riding a bicycle and reading magazines and newspapers. Hayward Wright’s chief enjoyment is hunting. He likes to experiment with electrical apparatus and sometimes gets a shock. Joseph Blaylock’s hobby is drawing. He would like to be a sign painter. He is fond of playing such games as rook and checkers. Luther Yerton’s hobby is taking pictures. He has a knack for carpentry and has made some bookcases and cabinets for his home. NAME NICKNAME PET EXPRESSION AMBITION | Joseph Blaylock Jo Jo “Foolish” Sign painting Max Brown Ape “What for?” Linotyping Lillian McCorquodale | Lily of the Valley “Mind your business” Dressmaking Catherine Moore Piggy SD Aarneiins Story writing Laverne Palmer Cry Baby “Poor thing!” Housekeeping Elsie Readling Baby moill yas Beauty culture Maxine Walker Maxie “Worthless” Dressmaking Hayward Wright Hay “Whor Me?” Linotyping Luther Yerton Luke “What?” Linotyping

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walked around the city. We enjoyed sightseeing in Atlanta. We had dinner at the S. and W. Cafeteria and we chose our food ourselves. We enjoyed eating there. After dinner we went to the parking place, got our cars and started on our journey again. We arrived in Talladega, Ala. about 10:30. We would have reached there about 9:30 but one of our cars was stuck in a ditch. We had to get a garage man to lift it out. When we got to the school, our coach told us to go to bed because we would play Thursday morning. We got up at 6:45 and had breakfast at 7:15. We met many deaf boys from other states. We talked to one another till 9 o’clock, then we started to practice basketball. We played against the Alabama boys and were defeated. Friday morning we were beaten again by the Arkansas team. We were disappointed. Friday afternoon we had a ride with Miss McMillan and Mrs. Hammett. We went to a hospital. There we saw Dr. Joiner, Miss Joiner’s brother. Then we went to the School for the Blind and an orphanage. We had a dance Saturday night in the gym- nasium. I didn’t dance because I don’t know how. I wished I could dance. After the dance, we had ice-cream and cakes for refreshments. I had lots of fun playing. with the boys who couldn’t dance. Sunday morning we drove to the colored de- partment of the Alabama School. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones, former pupils of this school, are in charge of it. Mr. Underhill had spent the night there. Mrs. Jones showed us the buildings. They were old but clean. We left Alabama about 9:30 a. m. We got to Atlanta, Georgia in time for dinner. We drove through Athens and other cities to Shelby. When we were driving to Shelby, a car side swiped Mr. Underhill’s car. Paul Crutchfield was slightly hurt. Mr. Underhill got another car from Shelby to bring us to school. We got here about 3 a. m. in the morning. We were very tired and slept all the morning till 10:30. When we woke up, we felt rested. We came to school at 11 a. m. We had a wonderful trip to Alabama.