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

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, I Y W 20 THE ASTRON NVitlx an fooling of diszippointniont, we took the prosaic railroad truin to return from that fur land of vision. Seated on the train, our uttontiou wus u,ttrncted from tiuu- to time by some ful, chunky boys und rosy-checked, ou1'ly-haired girls watched over by an anxious mother. Two of the boys were engaged in a water battle near the cooler. lnmgiuc our 'surprise when' We overheard the mother cull To the oldest girl, Pearl, tc1lMoscs and Buford to some here. Whereilpon we recognized in the mother the flower of our class, P9ll1'11l1CL8Hll, now the lnindsonie widow of the late Governor Ji of North Carolina. l , YW, ,

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22 THE ASTRON' LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT NVe, the Senior Class of the North Carolina State Sehool, t'ity of Raleigh, Founty of XVake, State of North Carolina, being over- worked in body, mind. and soul, and without memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our lust will and testulnent, hereby revoking all former wills by ns at any time heretofore made. First. YVe hereby direct that all our just debts for broken furni- ture, dishes, and rules shall be pnid hy the Junior Class as soon after our release as convenient. Second. We give and bequeath to the had members of the Junior Class our reputation. Third. NVQ: give and bequeath to our Superintendent, Mr. G. E. Lineberry, the right of giving to the Junior Class all permissions to go down-town, and assure him of our prayers for patience to listen to the eomplaints of the old-maid teachers. Fourth. XVe give and bequeath to our esteemed teacher of Eng- lish, Miss Loula Riddle, all the joys nppertaining to the state of single blessedness, with the hope that Osear Haskins' pretlietion eoneerning: her fixture is not without grounds. Fifth, lVe give and bequeath to our warm-nutured teacher of Latin, Miss Edna llellinger, n fund snilieient to build a eold-storage class-room, equipped with all modern eonvenienm-es, inelnding: a telephone for private conversations, Sixth. XVe give and bequeath to our outline teas-her, Miss Stella Floyd, a spam: in The Mirror for pn-dieting: the weatherg a hns, band, which she has always wanted, who will be more deserving- of her loving: nature than the Senior Ulnss: and the privilege oi' prais- ing: the mountains-out ot' our hearingr. Seventh, We give and bequeath to Dr. John A, Simpson our most sincere gratitude for and appreeiation of his heartfelt interest, untiring ettort. and inspiring eompanionship throughout our sm-hool days. Eighth. As ai parting: gift to our friends, the Junior Class, we give and bequeath our guide, philosopher. and friend. Dr, Simpson, believing: his friendship to be the most valuable gift that any l-lass eould receive. ln NVitness Wlit-1-elif, we have hereunto set our hand and seal, this twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. lllll-'Ullll NYURSIIAM. FAM l'A'l'HlCY. MOSES XIOLLUMAN. t'l7Y 'l'0llIl, W il1n'xx4 -x.