North Carolina State School for the Blind - Astron Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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BUFORD BLACKBURN WORSHAM Mus! lndydikr. Tcsluiof Height 5 feel. 7 inches. Weight 135 Her voice was ever poig and lnw H A most excellent lhmg nn women. COY ABNER TODD Most Digmjicd, Treasurer Height 5 feet, 10 inches. Weight l50 No. lggver say nothin' without you're comnel- tu. An' then don't say nothin' that you can be held lu. SION MILTON LYNAM Hrmiesf Wnrkcr, Por! Height 5 feet. lllfz inches. Weigh! 135 The branch of leamin he did not know Could scarce on the free of Knowlegen xzrow He knows thgt tree from brunch to root. And an owl like that can afford to hook.

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WILLIAM MOSES IIOLLOMAN Hmxdsumcst President Height 5 feet. 9 inches. Weight 140. A lhimz of beauty is a ioy forever. SAMUEL MURSTON CATHEY Must Popular Vive-Presidcul. Prophet Height 6 feet. Weight 150 'lie lakes his little don alum: to keep :hc girls away. . 1 f i'5T?ia. FLORENCE PEARL MCLEAN Most likely lo marry first Savelary, Hisforizm Height 5 feet, 3 inches. Weight 90 ller price is nbove rubicsf'

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16 'PHE ASTRON CLASS HISTORY Br I l.oai-:sri-: Pmm. MeI.i:.xx lt has been said that the two great lights ot' history are time and plaee. Tho time of this brief history extends from 1915 through the year 15119: the plaee is within the walls and along the winding: halls ot' the North l arolina State School for the Blind. The history of our elass deals with men rather than events. be- cause one year differed little from another, exeept in the develop- ment in class members. This ehange was so gradual that we ha rilly realized that it was taking plaee. Looking haek across the years, it is hard to believe, for instanee, that the little boy who sat nearest his teaeher, who never had to be told to wash his face or hrnsh his hair, and whose gentle manners so elnieared him to his instructors that he was often accused of being Teaeher's pet. has grown into manhood, and William Moses Holloman, the great suttragist. is long:- ing for the day when eaeh woman will have the right to east her ballot. linford lVorsham, the niisehievons boy, was always quiet on spell- ing class, but was ever present and on the job when there was any problem in mathennlties to be solved. He never seemed to take mueh interest in mnsie, hut was deelared by all who heard him to be an excellent singer in negro niinstrels. lt was reported that one member of our class, when a mere infant, frightened his family hy rising up in his eradle and annonneingz, 'tl ean do it. This eharacteristic has continued, and even now, when a difficult pieee ot' work is to be clone, the whole class votes, Give it to Sion Iiynam: he will do it. 'tThe Mirror and last year's annual are monuments to Sion's untiring: efforts. Although love affairs were strictly forbidden, nothing eonld break up the ease between Coy Todd and Mr. Sandy. and it is believed that when Foy makes his will it will contain this request: Please see that l ani buried near the broom and mattress shop, The ery, Oh, my shin-hones! will ring in the ears of this elass long after we have parted, and i11 years to eome, when the mention is made of New York or London, we will amlrl. from foree of exams ple, You ought to see Asheville. The tongue is an nnrnly member : if you don't believe it. ask Sant Cathey. The girl who always ent elasses when she ronld, especially Latin and Math.. and eried all over her eoinpositions heeanse her voeabn-