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ferred from N.C. State Uni-versity. Jeanette Clark grad-uated in 1988, then returnedfor teaching certification.Jennifer Yount graduated in1999 and Joanie Reeder grad-uated in 2002. The siblings’parents are Brenda Morrisand the late Gary Morris.

“I wouldn’t have been ableto go to college if I hadn’tbeen able to get a scholarshipand financial aid,” Jamie saidFriday. “It led to all of us be-ing able to go. As a big fami-ly, you don’t have enoughmoney to do that.”

The tradition continuesinto the next generation withTherron and Jeanette’sdaughter, Jessica, a risingsophomore at Catawba.

“It’s pretty much all I’veever known,” Therron saidSaturday. “It’s a good familytradition.”

Joseph said Friday that thefact that his older siblings at-tended Catawba wasn’t so

much a factor in his decisionas the fact that the collegewas close to his family’shome and it was an afford-able option for him.

“I knew the campus byheart,” he said.

Joseph, who received a de-gree in business, is a sched-uler for Packaging Corpora-tion of America in Spencer.

He has gone to school full-time and part-time, and to sayhe’s glad to finish is an under-statement, he said.

“I don’t know what I’m go-ing to do with my time,” hesaid.

He’ll likely spend it withhis wife and six children.

On Saturday, he talkedwith his favorite instructor,Dr. Pamela Thompson, a pro-fessor of business.

“He was a real asset tohave in class,” Thompsonsaid, adding that he led toursfor students at his PCA office.

The family also had a pres-ence on Saturday afternoon,when Beth Morris, Joel’s wife,received her degree from thecollege’s School of Eveningand Graduate Studies.

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Catawba College students and families watch the faculty march onto the stage in Keppel Auditorium on Saturday.

The graduates moved theirtassels from right to left asthey walked across the stageto receive their diplomas fromTurner and be congratulatedby Paul Fisher, chairman ofthe board of trustees. Assist-ing were David Pulliam, col-lege marshal, and Dr. W.Richard Stephens Jr., provost,who read the names.

Despite Turner’s admoni-tion that the ceremony wasnot a pep rally, there were afew “whooos!” from the crowdand some scattered applause.It was difficult for some fam-ilies to contain their excite-ment.

“Graduates of the class of2010, congratulations!” Turn-er said, his words followed bya lengthy and thunderous ap-plause by the crowd in thepacked auditorium.

Turner quoted the charac-ter of Scout in “To Kill aMockingbird” as he gave thisclass some advice.

He encouraged students tocare enough to stand in anoth-er person’s shoes.

“Don’t be sad someday thatyou have never given back tothose around you,” he said.“Think about how other feel,who others are and what thoseothers are experiencing.”

Freelance writer SusanShinn lives in Salisbury and isa full-time student at Cataw-ba College.

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Catawba College marshal Elizabeth Sloop helps a tall DanKoppenhaver before the graduation ceremony.