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

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Aaledictorian EmiILty SEXTON Valedictory Ladies and Gentlemen: Today we have come to the end of the hap- piest chapter in our lives. Up a rocky path we have been climbing, climbing, until at last we have reached the goal, our Commencement day. Every member of the Graduating Class leaves his Alma Mater with a mingled feeling of joy and sorrow: joy that we have done our best and have reached our goal and sorrow that we are so soon to leave the pleasant home that has equiped us so fully to take our places in the outside world. It is hard to realize that we are leaving, that tomorrow we must begin a new and unaccustomed life. We are deeply grateful to the State of North Carolina for our school. We would like to take this opportunity to express to the taxpayers of North Carolina our deep appreciation for making it possible for us to have had such a well round- ed education. To the Board of Directors, we wish to express appreciation for their interest in our school. To our Superintendent, the staff and teach- ers, we wish to express our gratitude for their patient, understanding, love and kindness that have led us ever upward to achieve this, our high goal, graduation. To the boys and girls who have been our schoolmates all these happy years, we want to say that we shall never forget you. We hope that happiness and prosperity may come to all of you. And to our beloved Alma Mater, we bid an affectionate farewell. Salutatorian Giapys Hopces Salutatory Ladies and Gentlemen: The 1946 Graduating Class of the North Carolina School for the Deaf bids you welcome to the 52nd annual commencement of our school. We are very happy to have so many parents, friends and alumni with us today and we extend to you a most hearty welcome. Your presence here inspires us and makes us realize that all the long hard years spent climbing the ladder of learning have not. been in vain. This Com- mencement season of 1946, is a very happy one indeed. It is the first year for some time that we have been able to enjoy fully the happiness we feel, as once more graduation time is being observed with our nation at peace. We feel greatly honored in having President Elstad of Gallaudet College with us to make our Commencement address. We would like, Presi- dent Elstad, for you to carry back to your fine college in Washington our very best wishes and we hope that you will visit our school again. Members of the Board, we appreciate your presence at our Graduating Exercises. We hope you will enjoy being with us as much as we enjoy having you. We are so sorry that some of our friends and relatives in the service could not be here today but we feel their presence in our hearts and know that they are with us in spirit. And again, our friends, we salute you and bid you welcome indeed.

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PORT 9) Our Athletic Directors CHARLENE ROTHA RAYMOND BUTLER By Bitty WEAVER Every boy and girl at the North Carolina School for the Deaf must take part in sports. Mr. Butler, our Athletic Director, wants us to stay physically fit. We must take exercises regu- larly and take part all during the year in a sport of some kind. Swimming, bowling, deck tennis, volley-ball, badminton, archery, etc., find their place among the students, but the two ever popular sports of football and basketball are crowded with would be played. Everybody enjoys a good football game. The first game played on our homefield was with Hickory. We were victorious downing Hickory by the score of 13-6. The next game against Lenior was with a victory for us, too. The crisp fall air, the football players in bright colored uniforms, pretty girls in brilliant sweaters and scarfs, the feeling of excitement that is ever present at a football game thrilled us anew every time we played. A large crown attended our annual “home coming” game October 26th. It was a night game on Morganton’s beautiful field. We played a- gainst the boys from the Tennessee School for the Deaf. We lost the game, but the loss gave us a chance to show good sportsmanship. The last game of the season and the last game for the senior members of the squad was an exciting game with Forest City. We lost, but the crowds were thrilled by the good plays made by both teams. The score was 25-19. The old saying “yesterday football today basketball” is very true. No sooner had the football season closed than the basketball sche- dules for both boys and girls were posted, the gym took on new life and the court was very much in demand. The Bears and Bearettes have every reason to be proud of themselves. The Bears won only five games out of a scheduled fourteen in the Western Conference, but this was due to the fact that some of them were cancelled.