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

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Trees I think that I shall never see A tree that may in summer wear A poem as lovely as tree. A nest of robins in her hair; A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Upon whose bosom snow has lain Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; Who intimately lives with rains. A tree that looks at God all day Poems are made by fools like me And lifts her leafy arms to pray; But only God can make a tree. —Joyce Kilmer In keeping with an old NCSD tradition, the Senior Class planted their class tree on November 23, 1955. The variety selected was the pink dogwood. We hope that this tree will bloom every spring and spread its radiant warmth and fragrance unto the future generations of students at NCSD.

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Aass Will Herman We, the seniors of 1956, being of strong minds and bodies, do declare this to be our last will and testament. Realizing that our stay here is drawing to a close, we wish to bestow our most valued and cherished pos- sessions on our beloved faculty and under classmen. These are given to the recipients without restrictions and with deep affection. To our superintendent, principals, members of the faculty and household staff, we leave the quiet and peace which will descend upon the campus at our departure. To the juniors, we leave our well earned senior privileges, our tattered text books and uncomfortable chairs in the senior class room. We hope that they will take good care of these gifts and pass them on in as good condition as they received them. Janice Beamon leaves her love of writing letters to Virginia Horne. To Carolyn Outlaw, Edna Brinkley wills her stylish looks. Morris West hands down to Claude Moore his delight in telling jokes and his skill at mimicking people. Robert DeVenny wills his love of eating and drinking coffee to Vernon Hardison. Virginia Hines hands down to Theresa John- son her sharp scissors so that she can get a short hair cut. To Douglas Boone, John Robinson leaves his love of arguing about baseball. Gene Smith relucantly leaves his love of hot rods to Webb Matthews. Shirley Beamon bequeaths her chair in front of the television to Patsy Leonard. To Barbara Scercy, Donald Hill leaves his red hair in hopes that she can bleach it better than he did. Ann Weaver wants to will her happy-go- lucky ways to Paulette McGee. Spencer Ted McBride bequeaths to Donald Core his ability to play basketball. To Edward Miller, Willie Brower leaves his habit of driving around the country at night, Bobby Taylor leaves his tough job of collecting laundry for all the boys to Dalton Hufham. Benny Mann wills his love of collecting stamps to Elbert Phipps. Eugene Hensley leaves his art supplies to Dorothy Settlemyre. Owen Bass leaves his six feet, three inches to Jack Mitchiner. To Tommy Lindsey, Billy Stephens leaves his skill of jumping hurdles. Nancy Bulla leaves her love of talking to Jo Ann Allen. Johnny James wills to Richard Lockamy all the arguments he has lost. Sally Brown gives her seat at the movie theatre to Jewell Gordon. Faye Johnston leaves all her comic books to Lee Ellen Gray. To Bobby Lewis, Roy Yokeley passes on his love of attending the basketball tourna- ments in Raleigh. Grady Reeves leaves his curly hair to Ron- nie Spivey- Clyde Chambers wants J. D. Young to have his space in the dry cleaning shop. Howard Carpenter wills his art of never getting upset over trivial things to Franklin Brown. To Franklin Handy, Glenn Patterson wills his habit of napping in school. Herman Spencer wills to Terry Dillon his pleasant smile. These bequests are very precious to us. We leave them in your tender care and we hope that they may help you as much as they did us.

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SENIORS Lop. Right: Dry? Gleanine ee ressi ome, eee Mr. Arthur Meirrilla, nstructcr Top Left? Séwitg, = ae ee ee Mrs. DeLanie Winchester, ustructor Left: Linotyping . . Mr. Paul Crutchfield, nstructor Lower Left: Cooxing . Miss Lucy Goins, Instructor Lower= Right’ .W od WW Grom ee Mr. Wilson Sherrill, Jnstructcr