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

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Class Will By VIOLET YERTON We, the class of 1942, knowing that our school days will soon be over, leave this our last will and testament: To our teacher, Mr. John Alexander, and to a'l our other teachers, both academic and vo- cational, our grateful thanks for their interest in us and for their untiring effort and work. To our superintendent, and members of the Board of Directors, our sincere appreciation for the many things done for us during our school days. To the principal and assistant principals, our gratitude for their guidance, interest, and wise planning which helped us get the most out of each year. To Alberta Delozier, Violet leaves her ability to “get ’em and forget ’em.” To C. R., Ray bequeathes his skill in carpen- try. To Bain, Clark hands down his position as center on the basketball team. Witnesses: John W. Alexander Odie W. Underhill May 22, 1942 To Nell Walker, Elsie Mae passes on her dignified manner and sweet disposition. To Tommie Cobb, Calton gladly bequeathes his job as boss of the campus cleaners. To the girls in the Junior Class, Violet leaves her many beaux, with the understanding they don’t monopolize the boys too much and allow each of them tc write her once in a while. To C. R., Margaret reluctantly leaves her arithmetic and algebra with the hope that C. R. will love mathmetics as much as she did. To Rudolph Watson and Doris Yates, Calton and Violet leave their surprising ability to start a fuss. To Maxine Mason, Elsie Mae leaves her calm and composure with a sincere wish that Maxine will learn not to be so talkative and noisy. To the Junior Class, the Seniors leave their room, furniture, books, and the sacred class hatchet. Signed: Ray Cowan CALTON JAMES MARGARET REVELS EusteE MAr RoBINsON CLARK SMITH VioLET Mar YERTON

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Sports By CLARK SMITH Last fall at the opening of school about twenty-four candidates for the football team reported to Mr. Alexander, our football coach. We had the smallest squad and the lightest team in the Western Conference, but we fought hard and made a creditable showing in spite of the fact that we were handicapped in reserve strength and weight. We won two out of seven games and tied one. We admitted defeat to no team until the final whistle blew. The 1941-42 basketball season was one of the greatest in years. Most of the boys on the team had seen several years on the varsity five, and played like real veterans. Before Christmas we won two practice games and lost two. During the regular season against West- ern Conference competition we lost only one game out of the fourteen played, and won un- disputed claim to the conference championship. At the end of the season our record read: 17 victories and 3 defeats. To Mr. George Brown, our coach, we give most of the credit for such a fine season. Without his able coaching, hard work, and inspiring talks we could not have accomplished what we did. Because of transportation difficulties we were not able to enter a baseball team in the con- ference this spring. However, we have enjoyed our spring program of softball, intramural base- ba'l, swimming, and gymnastics. Mr. Alexander, with the very able help, of Melvin Corbett, got up both girls’ and boys’ tumbling teams. These teams put on a fine exhibition of plain and fancy tumbling at the annual May Day exer- cises which went over big with the crowd. We boys in the Senior Class will greatly miss our afternoons of exercises and play, and will always look back with pleasure upon the happy times we had on the football field, on the basket- ball court, in the gymnasium, in the swimming pool, and on the rolling hills of our beloved school campus.

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Looking Backward! 1. Margie and her Dolly, 2. The Professor outside the Classroom, 3. A Sight for Sore Eyes, 4. Which one is Violet Mae? 5. That Mama’s Boy, 6. Up on Lake Summit (The Alexanders’ summer cabin), 7. Ready to “slap a Jap”, 8. The Prize-winning Baby, 9. “A Crowd on Crowder”, 10. “Twin Basketeers”, 11. “Four Foolish Vir- gins”, 12. The Care-free Tramp, 13. “Sweet Sixteen”, 14. The Poultry Fancier, 15. That characteristic pose you know so well, 16. “The Girl in Slacks’