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

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A cancelled game is a lost game, but we could not help it. Dr. Ervin, our school doctor, kept us un- der quarantine for contagious diseases for almost six weeks. The Bearettes had an unusually good season. They won five games. We had to cancel our annual trip to the Tenn. School for the Deaf. But the basketball teams from our neighboring School, South Carolina, were welcomed here on March Ist. Both games were hard fought and we emerged victorious in the final quarters. The highlight of the basketball season is the annual Valdese Tournament. For the second consecutive year the Bears have won the cham- pionship. This year’s final game was close and thrilling throughout. We defeated the Lincolnton team 31-27. It was a wonderful way to close the basketball season that for so many of us will never open again. Late in May Field Day and several exciting tournament games in softball closed the season ol sports for the students of the North Carolina School for the Deaf. NCS: D. “Bears” 1946 Western Gold Medal | Champions. ee ee i)

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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.

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