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

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high standing in school. He has spent much of his time playing pranks on the boys and having a good time. He has a keen sense of humor and is full of fun This has made him popular with the boys. His health has been good and he has taken an interest in all the sports. He plays football, basketball, baseball and bowls. He does not enjoy swimming, but he likes to tramp through the mountains. He plays volley ball in his leisure time. Edgar Newnam is from Pelham, Caswell County. He was born totally deaf. The cause of his deafness is unknown. He has an older brother who is deaf and attended school here. He came to school for the first time in 1925. He has a fine character and has been a model of good behavior. He is neat and precise in all he does. He has never attained a high rank in scholarship but has done his best and we predict for him success in his work. He is athletic and has played on the first football, basketball and baseball teams. He enjoys hiking, swimming and all out door sports. His health is excellent. He has been trained in tailoring for six years. When he leaves school, he wants to get work in a tailor shop. If he fails in this, he will be a farmer. ERY Glassroimivos EEE NAME NICKNAME PET EXPRESSION AMBITION Paul Crutchfield Generalissimo le cdomisecates Linotyping Grover Fordham Model T “T don’t know.” Tailoring Waverly Hood Parson “What say?” Cabinet making Carrie Morgan Camae “Nothing” Housekeeping Edgar Newnam Professor “All right” Tailoring Nelda Rozzelle Nell ‘le cant Melpelic Homemaking Ermine Stanley Snoots Now Dress designing Guy Stevens Happy-Go-Lucky “What?” Cabinet making (2 Ee ee ae

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improved and for the last year or so she has been in good physical condition. Her lameness has prevented her from taking an active part in sports but she has enjoyed taking walks and going camping. History, physiology and physics have been her favorite studies. She has a splendid command of English and enjoys reading, especially during her vacations. She likes to crochet and sew. She hopes to continue her studies in the public schools and later take up sewing or beauty culture. Nelda Rozzelle was born at Paw Creek in 1919. She has been deaf from birth. Her parents are former pupils of this school. She has no brothers nor sisters. Her hearing sister, who was three years younger than she, died a few years ago. Her parents live in Burlington. She is eighteen years old and entered school in 1926. Miss Elizabeth Higgins was her first teacher. Her health has been good and she has missed very little time from school. She is athletic and has enjoyed swimming and-° skating. She belonged to the Girl Scouts for several years and liked to go hiking and camping with them. Her favorite studies were physics and history. She is not studious and has been handicapped by poor eyesight. She likes to cook and during her vacations she helps her mother prepare the meals. She has been taught sewing and cooking. She wants to get a position in the hosiery mill in Burlington when she goes home. Waverly Hood comes from Wilson where he was born twenty years ago. There is no deafness in his family. He lost his hearing in his boyhood as a result of influenza. He lived on a farm with his family until he was eight years old. He came to school in September 1926 and Miss Katherine Walton was his first teacher. When he was transferred to Main Building, he was eager to play games. He was a Boy Scout for several years. He enjoyed hiking, swimming and playing football. He has never been studious and has spent most of his leisure time reading newspapers and magazines and playing ping pong He likes to go to the movies and take tramps to the mountains. He is a pleasant, jovial boy and has made many friends. He has worked in the carpenter shop for several years and has learned a great deal from his instructor, Mr. Smith. He expects to work in the hosiery mill at his home and perhaps later do carpentry work. Grover Fordham comes from Kinston. He was born there in 1916 and became partially deaf as a result of influenza which he contracted when he was two years old. There is no deafness in his family except that of a younger brother who lost his hearing from the same cause. His health was bad so he was kept at home for sometime. For two years he attended school in Kinston but learned very little as he was unable to hear. In 1929 he entered this school. Mrs. Howell was his first teacher then he was put into Miss Hicks’ class. He made good grades and learned rapidly. After two years, he was sent to the Kinston school again. Although he did well in some subjects, in others he made no progress because of his deafness. The next fall he was brought back to this school and put in the fourth grade. Since then he has attended school regularly. Four years ago he had an operation for appendicitis. Since then he has been in good health. His conduct has been good and he has given very little trouble. He was a Boy Scout for several years and has played football and baseball. He can swim but has never taken an active part in sports. He worked in the carpenter shop for some- time and was then put into the tailoring depart- ment. He has worked there for three years. When he leaves here, he wants to get a position in a tailor shop at his home. Guy Stevens was born in Chapel Hill in 1919. He became partially deaf from abscesses in the ear when he was in his third year. For several years he had trouble with his ears. His parents now live in Durham. He entered school in 1926 and has been here every year since then. He is too fond of play to be studious and has never worked hard enough to attain a

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