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

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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.

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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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Memories ne My Recollections of School By LAVERNE PALMER One time when I was seven years old, my aunt and mother were very busy making me some clothes. I did not understand why they were doing it. Mother made gestures to me and tried to make me understand that I would go away, but I did not understand her. I was very happy and I thought I might go to a picnic and have some ice cream. At last the day for the school to start came. I put on a pretty white dress and was so excited that I didn’t know what to do. I came here in a car. I felt strange because I had never gone that far from home before. When I went to Goodwin Hall, my aunt met Miss Lewis, our supervising teacher at that time, and told her about me. Aunt Emma bid me good-bye. I shook my head. Miss Hattie took hold of me and I kicked very hard and cried. Aunt Emma made gestures to me and made me understand that I might go home in a few days. I stopped crying. Many girls came to me and signed. I tried to find out what they were talking about but I didn’t understand them. Emma Coley signed and made faces at me. I was frightened. That night I refused to undress because I was afraid to sleep in the dormitory but Miss Carrie took off my clothes and put me to bed and I soon fell asleep. The next morning we were divided into classes. Mrs. Clodfelter was my first teacher. We had a good time drawing some pictures the first day. I continued thinking of going home in a few days, but my aunt never came and soon I forgot about it. There was one tree on the campus that we thought was a wishing tree. A few girls and I knocked on the tree every day and made a wish hoping that our parents would hear us. We signed that we wanted some boxes of things to eat. Some boxes for them came but not for me. I was mad and cried. I tried knocking on the tree again hoping that I would get a box. Some- times I got one. We believed in the wishing tree. The tree is still at Goodwin Hall and is a very tall tulip poplar tree. Whenever I go to Good- win Hall to darn and patch the clothes for Miss Ethel, I see the tree and it reminds me of when I was a little girl. I don’t know whether the children at Goodwin Hall still believe in the wishing tree or not. When I First Came to School By LILLIaNn McCorRQUODALE In March before I came to school, my mother died. Mrs. Fortune and several of our deaf friends made me some dresses and packed my trunk. I knew that I was going to school because my deaf sister had explained to me about this school. I didn’t cry when I left home because my sister, Rosa, came with me. On the train I was astonished to see many deaf children gathering around me. They asked me if I was going to school. They were surprised to find that I could sign. I was so restless and asked Rosa many times where our school was. At last we reached Morganton. On the way to Goodwin Hall I stared at the buildings as I had never seen such large buildings before. Miss Caxrie Whistenhunt put me to bed and I slept with Rosa. I refused to sleep alone. In the morning Miss Lewis, the supervising teacher, divided us into classes. Miss Taylor was my first teacher. Soon I learned many funny ideas from the children. Whenever the girls got mad with me,