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

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“The Victory Class” GRADUATES NICKNAMES FAVORITE SAYINGS Past TIME AMBITION Cowan, Ray on “How?” Biking Weaver James, Calton Cal? -lifeyar, t00tse Flirting Teacher or bust Smith, Clark “Solomon, hee =Donsscomts Hiking Linotypist Revels, Margaret “Margie” “Oh, my goodness” Reading Robinson, Elsie “Fussbox”’ svilpnoty Fussing Typists : for a while, ; li i 5 WIA on I a Yerton, Violet Babe Oh, silly! Basketball Class Mascot Son of Horace Duke and Edna Watson Duke, both Jesse Horace DUKE, JR. of... Class 71932

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Evste MAE RoBINSON SEY: “Where there’s a will there’s a way” Entered 1929 from Fayetteville Home Economics, Typing Secretary Felpha Club 2, President 3 Goodwin Literary Society Christian Endeavor Society Girl Scouts Swimming and Soft Baseball WILLIAM CLARK SMITH SSOlomOnm | bs “Practice makes perfect” Entered 1929 from Guilford College Printing Vice-President Sterling Club 3 Freasurer Christian Endeavor Society 3 Goodwin Literary Society Football iy 2.3 Baseball live25a.35, 4 Captain Basketball 4 Block Letter Club VIoLET MAE YERTON Rae. “Live, Love and Learn” Entered 1930 from Concord Home Economics, Typing President Senior Class Vice-President Felpha Club 4 President Christian Endeavor Society 3 President Goodwin Literary Society 3 Girl Scouts Captain Basketball 3 Block Letter Club

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Class History By Ray Cowan The present graduating class was organized in the autumn of 1940 with Mr. John Alexander as teacher. The original class was composed of twelve students, but since that time several have left to secure employment. The present number stands at six. Ray Cowan, the vice-president, was born in Marion, N. C., on November 15, 1923. At the age of four he became deaf following an illness with spinal meningitis. He entered school in 1929. He has taken great interest in wood- working and cabinet-making. Algebra and history are his favorite subjects. He is interested in getting a position as weaver at Ross Fabrics, Incoporated, Morganton. Calton James, the class secretary and treasurer, came from a farm near Ayden. He observed his nineteeth birthday on April 23, 1942. He attended public school until he became deaf at the age of thirteen because of spinal menin- gitis. He entered this school in 1937. His favo- rite pastime is reading; he has learned rapidly and made many friends here in school. His favorite subjects are algebra and literature. He has taken no active part in sports, but is among the school’s best fans. He played softball in the spring. His ambition is to enter Gallaudet College next fall, and to be a teacher of the deaf upon graduation. Margaret Revels saw her first light in Rock Hill, S. C., June 29, 1920. She attended the school for the deaf at Cedar Springs for four months before coming to Morganton at the age of nine. She is an all-round athlete, specializing in basketball and swimming. She hopes to secure a position as a typist in some government office. Elsie Mae Robinson was born near Fayet- teville, N. C., June 17, 1920, and entered this school in September, 1929. The cause of her deafness is unknown. Elsie Mae’s hobby is col- lecting clippings and pasting them in her scrap- book. She has taken no active part in athletics, but she enjoys softball and swimming. She aspires to be a typist after she graduates. Clark Smith hails from Guilford College, where he was born on June 5, 1921. He was the mainstay on our basketball team for several years, and did a large part in winning the 1942 Western Conference championship. His favorite subject is algebra. His hobby is collecting photo- graphs of famous athletes. He has taken train- ing in linotype operation, and hopes some day to secure a position as a linotypist in Greensboro. Violet Mae Yerton, the class president, entered this school in 1930 from Concord, N. C., where she was born on August 1, 1923. She and Ray Cowan have been classmates from the first day they entered school. Violet has been on the var- sity basketball team for the last two years, and showed the spirit and ability of her brother, Luther Yerton, who was one of N. C. S. D.’s outstanding athletes. English is her favorite subject. She spends most of her leisure time reading. She has had training in typing, and hopes some day to land a job as typist or copyist in some government office. With deep regret and a deep feeling of gratitude for all that has been done for them, the class of 1942 bids an affectionate farewell to their Alma Mater.