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

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Salutatory OLLIE CALHOUN Ladies and Gentlemen: On this special day we, the Class of 1948, take great pleasure in bidding you all welcome. Parents, friends, and alumni, you have no idea how much your presence here this morning thrills us. Perhaps most of you share our pride and happiness because you have helped us to attain our goal. Teachers, we will be everlastingly indebted to you for helping us to reach our goal. We shall never forket your patience and efforts in our behalf. It is largely due to you that our years here have been so happy and productive. It is hard for us to realize that today marks the end of our pleasant years with you. Among those present today I see a great number of students who have been like brothers and sisters to us. We can asure you that each of you and the good times we have shared in the past shall always be with us in memory. Dr. Poole, we consider it a great honor to have you with us today to give our commence- ment address. We hope that you will enjoy our program. Dr. Rondthaler and Rev. Clower, we appreci- ate your presence at our graduating exercises and also the sincere interest you have shown us in the past. Again, friends, we salute you and bid you a fond welcome. Valedictory PATTIE KERLEY Ladies and Gentlemen: Our goal, Graduation Day, has arrived at last. We have now come to the end of one of the happiest periods in our life and are ready to begin the climb to useful manhood and wom- anhood. It is hard to realize that we are about to leave our beloved Alma Mater, our home for so many years, and our friends to whom we have grown deeply attached. We leave with a mingled feeling of joy and sorrow; joy because we are now at the goal of our school life and sorrow because of the many friends we must leave behind. To the Superintendent, Principals and Teachers: We give you our undying gratitude for your efforts and patience in preparing us to go forth unafraid into the world. Each of us feel certain that with the training you have so painstakingly given us, we shall have no trouble in finding a useful place in the world of today. We promise that we shall always try to live and work in such a way as to prove our gratitude. To the Board of Directors: The Class of 1948 wishes to express its ap- preciation for the many opportunities afforded us here at school. We realize that these oppor- tunities would not have been possible without the wise and unselfish leadership you have given. Knowing that we have such a fine group of men behind us when we leave school gives us confi- dence. We promise you that you will never have occassion to be ashamed of us. And to our school mates and a beloved Alma Mater, We bid an affectionate farewell!

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Kenneth Leonard, End Meivin Ellis, Back Bascom Robinson, Tackle FooTBALL SQUAD FIRST ROW—Lecnard, Co-Captuin; Smith; Ellis, Captain; Hilton; Bledsoe; Hames; SECOND ROW—Harlow; Crawford; Pressley; Evans; Robinson; Jessup; Carroll; Capes; THIRD ROW—Thomas Fishler, coach; Daniels, manager; McKenzie; Hall; Arrington; Absher; Mocney, assistant manager; Wm. Brightwell, assistant coach.

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