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

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CarL E. RANKIN Assistant Superintendent

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Class Roll ap JOSEPH TURNER BLAYLOCK, Canton Max Joy Brown, Hickory LILLIAN ETHEL McCorquopatet, Durham Mary CATHERINE Moore, Greensboro RACHAEL LAVERNE PALMER, Morganton Evsizk Fay READLING, Cornelius RusBy MAxINE WALKER, High Point Haywarp WricHtT, Lawndale LUTHER WESLEY YERTON, Concord d }- Crass Motto: “Foward ever, backward never” GEASS RER: CLass FLOWER: Japanese Maple Clematis GIASs COLORS: Black and Gold ax CLASS OFFICERS: HAYWARD WRIGHT Max Brown President Vice-President LAVERNE PALMER Secretary

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Class History HE CLASS was organized in September 1935. At that time Lillian McCorquodale, Max Brown and Joseph Blaylock were trans- ferred to this class. Laverne Palmer, Elsie Readling, Maxine Walker and Hayward Wright have been classmates ever since they entered school in 1925. Luther Yerton and Catherine Moore have been in the class since 1928. Mary Stevens was in the original class but was obliged to remain at home for nearly a year on account of illness and on her return, she was put into a lower grade. The average age of the class is nineteen, and the average number of years in school twelve. Hayward Wright, class president, is from Lawndale, Cleveland County. He was born par- tially deaf. He has two deaf sisters and a deaf brother. He entered school in 1925. Mrs. Clod- felter was his first teacher. He has attended school regularly and has usually led his class. He has an amiable, cheerful disposition and is popular, especially with the girls. He has taken an interest in sports and has been on the football and basketball teams ever since he was in the eighth grade. He has been trained in the print- ing office and hopes to secure a position as a linotype operator. He was nineteen years old April 22. Max Brown, vice president of the class, is a native of Hickory. His deafness is due to an attack of influenza which he contracted at the age of eighteen months. He entered the primary department of this school in September, 1924. He has done good work, often ranking first in his grade. He has a fine character and has never given any unnecessary trouble to his teachers or the officers. He was promoted every year till 1935 when it was necessary for him to repeat the tenth grade work as there was no graduating class that year. Max is athletic and was captain e of the 1935-1936 football team. He is a good swimmer. He has had five years training in the printing office. He hopes to enter Gallaudet College next fall. After finishing his education, he intends to be a linotype operator. Laverne Palmer was born in Lenoir September 26, 1918. Her deafness was caused by influenza when she was two years old. She is studious and has done good work both in the academic and industrial departments. She has taken an inter- est in both outdoor and indoor sports. She was on the first basketball team for several years. She was a Girl Scout and enjoyed one summer at the Girl Scout camp at Townsend, Tennessee. She is a good lip reader and has made friends with hearing girls of her own age wherever she has been. She sews well and hopes to be a dressmaker. Catherine Moore was born in Mt. Airy, Surry County in 1918. At the age of three she con- tracted spinal meningitis which resulted in her deafness. She entered school in 1925. She and Luther Yerton were classmates. In 1928 she was transferred to this class. She has a bright, attrac- tive manner and keen sense of humor. She enjoys life and is inclined to look on the bright side of every thing. She likes outdoor sports and has learned to swim well. She was a Girl Scout for three years and enjoyed hiking and camping. She has a good command of English but she is not very studious. Algebra has been the bane of her existence for the past two years. Physics is her favorite study. She is an inveterate reader and has exhausted the school library long ago. She would like to attend High School in Greens- boro after leaving school. Maxine Walker was born deaf. Winston- Salem is her native town. She has a deaf brother older than herself and a small sister. Her fami- ly now live in High Point where her brother is employed in a printing office. Maxine has been