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

Page 25 text:

THE ASTRON TO THE SENIOR CLASS lh' XYINUNA li. I'.xGt4: Ifuruwvll. nlunr Sn-nlnrs, you smut will gn I :u- out intu tht- world sn wlllv. Many Gull rlvh hh-sslngs mt yuu ln-slow, Mau' you ln llls gzrvnt lun- nhitlv. You lvzlvv tho pum' .lunlnrs llurc- llvllllltl, llut wv'll quits- vuntt-ntl-ll In-: 1-'or smut tho St-him' ruaul ws-'Il timl, Whiz-h ln-:uls In N1-ulm-'s I il-sr Ill-9:11-0, Tln-rm-'s l't-url. full' tluwn-r nf Sn-niurs guy. Whn. with kluzl word null :vntlo smllv. Wlll out und sow, :tml sn-w nwny. ln ormlvl' to llnl:1'm'v thu Stylv. 'l'ln-rt-'s Stun. pm-t of your vlalss, Whufll mnkn- ns-w x'vt'sl-s l-wry yn-nr. Alul all whu rvml wlll huh- ln pass: '1'hvy'll survly ltsli. Is thls Sllukvsponn-? Now, llufurtl sinus llkv n hlnl in .Tum-. 'l'lwl'l-fum his shlys will ull lw swn-vt: 'l'hn- sung. ph-:Iso ll-urn. must ltavc- nn tttnv. Ur lu- u:m't nmku lt qultv vmxmlt-tv. 'l'hon Sum. what tnllcs un uwful lot. Wlll umkv tht- wnrlll :lgm-. I ht-t, 'l'h:1t his points mum- up tn tht- rlnfg l-ur tnlli with Snufs n gn-alt asset. .Xml now whztt shull I say uf fury? In svluml lu- unull- lull littlv r'l:lmurt U . lhl-3 tm-ll un- In-'s al qnlt-I Imy. lint xnnln-:A gmurl strukus with saw und lunnmot And Mnsusflmt tht' II:-hl'vw vhiltlg mu- who talks l.utln with :lt-llght: lu word mul mloocl hv sm-tus quitt- milnl. Iltlt stlc-ks In l':n-salt' gmul :lull tight. .lull now at time-ly wurll tn ull, Nunn- guml :ulvirv--goml in tht- malta-- Whvn nut in lifv you hnvr- il full, Just hop right np mul start ngzntn.

Page 24 text:

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.

Page 26 text:

x 4, 24 TI-IE ASTRON ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The clas ,, PD 'ce a lon for the kindly helpfulness of so many of its friends. To Miss Bessie King, Mrs. Minnie Blanton, and Mrs. Nora Atkinson, the librarians. who have done their utmost to help ns with our reading work. To Miss Ennna Tucker, the kindergarten teacher, who has clone so much to make this annual possible, by aiding ns in the plays we have given. To Zollie F. Parsons and his exeellent orchestra for the musical fea- tures of our programs, and to all the other boys and girls of the lower classes, who have helped ns with our annual. s wishes to express here its grateful a 1 i t'