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VOL. i.
HIGH POINT, N. C„ MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1925.
No. 10
AFFIRMATIVE DEBATING i
TEAM LOSES TO WINSTON |
REV. BOWNE TALKS TO
HIGH SCHOOL
The kcal debating team upholding
the affirmative of the, query lost to
' the crack debating team from Win
ston-Salem, who upheld the negative
of the query, Friday night at the
high _schi)ol auditorium, while the
negative team won at Greensboro by
a judges’ decision of 2 to 1.
Henry Gurley and Claire Douglas
debated the question of port termi
nals with Loretta Carrol and Spruill
Thoraton, of Winston-Salem, the neg
ative winning by the judges’ decision
of 3 to 0.
Henry Gurley, as first speaker on
the affirmative, tried to prove that
the port terminals were of great ben
efit to North Carolina. In his dis
cussion he declared that the port ter
minals had proven successful wher
ever used. He also proved that it
checked discrimination caused by the
railroads, and that this enterprise
would bring untold wealth to _the
state.
He also pointed out that the port
terminals would stimulate a.gricultare
and th ref010 aid the farmer in the
easte. .•! iiflrv of l.ic st.ntc. He eadej
with the ringing words that ■‘Nona
Carolin.n is a state with a statewide
vision” a state that should take
advantage of nature’s-gift.
Miss Loretta Can-o! opened the de
fense for the ii-gative. She was to
prove that the, port; terminals was
unsound, under ph.vsical conditions
.and l^nnncial difficulties of the state.
Slie impressed upon her audience and
opponents that the rivers, whoso ^
sources wore from the mounta?fi,s,
carried sand and gravel to the sea !
and dumred it in the harbor, there- |
fore cre.nting a condition that would i
take thousands, perhaps millions of
dollars every year to overcome.
“The coast line is dangcrojis. There ,
i.s no other state in the union thrdi
has much mov'ng sand bars and all ,
ships avoid o-w c ast.
The operation of a tnnk line
would be unsound, for millions of i
dollars would have to be spent to i
put one in first-cl-ms condition. Th-'n
again all si-mces ful railroads run
sorth and south and a trunk line run-
.nin.g cast and west would prove a
failure and cause a deficit in our
state treasury.
The bill presented by. the port ter
minal commiss’on was "vague and
gave no certain figures as to tho
amount of money to bo spent.”
Hiss Coi-rnl th''n added that G.o'--
emor McLean did not believe in the
r'^ports made by tho commission and
therefore appointed another commis
sion. From a finan"'al stanilnoint. the
state has a ten m’llion dollar defimt
and C">'-’d not get t'le snnnort of tho.
national governme'it in this venture.
'T’bc seco“'d speak''r on the affirm,
.ative v-r'; rinire Douf’as, who
(Co.itinurd on Page 3)
Declaring that “little things were
the basis upon which bigger things
were built,’’ Rev. H. N. Bowne gave
an interesting talk on “The Import
ance of Little Things” last Monday
morning at chapel to the student
body.
Rev. Bowne said that in school and
even in life the large things wera
emphasized. A city was known be-
cause it had the largest industries,
the largest number of people or the
most money.
Taking care of the little things,
finding their value and applying them
to every day life forms a good habit.
The world today is much more com
plicated than it was during Caesar’s
time. There are many more tempta
tions now to lead us off the right
road than there were before. Just a
httla thing-may ruin a man’s cha^-
actor or bind him to poverty for life;
Rev. ^wnc gave an incident in the
life of ?IapoIcf;n. Napoleon had gons
eye;' the d- tailH of the Battle ol
.Waterloo. I:; b,-s esti-nti*!on tho bat
tle was entirely tvon. But he lost
the battle because his engineers ove>
looked a small ma-sh which had to
be crossed.
In his own life, Mr. Bowne related
that as a boy lie was an usher in a
church. The church was the owner
of a large pipe organ which was
run by water power. Often in the
middle of the service the organ woula
stop because a small water snail
would have perhaps clogged the
water pipe.
Just a smalt incident may bring
about the betterment of our lives.
A little politeness or courtesy often
helps a downcast man or woman. The
l''sron the studerit,'. can learn from
Rev. H. N. Bowne talk is that to
succeed w.e must value the import
ance of little things.
NEGATIVE WINS OVER
GREENSBORO
GLEE CLUBS BUSY
The boys’ and girls’ glee clubs of
the state are devoting their efforts
and attertion toward the state high
school music contest to -be he'd
'n Gr-'ensboro ne'^ct, month at the
North Carolina College for Wonifn.
With the “Isle of Chance” a thing
of the past the local high school glee
clubs are getting in shape to make a
"•eod showing at this statewhle con
test. Last year the high school made
a vem' cr ditnlJ.e showing under tho
dirc't'on of Miss Florir.e Rawlins.
Much interest is being manifes-cf-
.""id from all indications High Point
H!"h School will give some stiff
comnbtition in the effort to win
iUr> lovirg cr.p now held by Roanoke
Rr.nid:.
The local negative debating team,
consisting of Miss Semmie Herman
and Joe Smoak, were victorious over
Greensboro’s affirmative at the Cen
tral High School Auditorium r.t
Greensboro Friday night. The Hi'.-h
Point debaters defeated John Larkin
and Henry Briggs by the judges’ d^.
cision of two to one.
The first speaker on the affirmatn e
was John Larkin. He tried to prove
that the establishment of port tern.".-
nals would benefit North Carolina by
the development of the inland wa
terways of the state. He also ar
gued that the state was paying e.’t-
cessivc freight rates and that the o.s-
tablishment of ports would end the
discriminations which now exist
the state. He was a very go;,'d
speaker and stressed his points well.
The first speaker on the negative
was Miss Semmie Herman. She ar
gued that the geographical and topo
graphical comlitions of the North
Caroliu-a coast was sirn'c. that the
oii'v p’«'.''s where ports could bo cs-
tabhshefl are Wilmington and SD'af!!'
port'.' She 'Lhen r,c-r;t on to sb.c’..-
ports at these places would not be
seli-3upportin,g, »s , a sufficient
amount of tonnage could not reach
these places. She showed that the
port bill itself was very ur.souna.
Her speech was very effective.
; The second speai.er on tho affirmr,-
tive was Henry Biggs. He was ru
excellent speaker and stressed the
point that the establishment of ports
would lower freight rates. Hp s ’.'r«
that the port terminals would develop
the eastern part of the state. Ht>
speech and delivery were excellent.
The second speaker on the negative
was Joe Smoak. His entire spc'v'i
was based on freight rates. He sho'.v-
ed that the establishment of ports
would not reduce freight rates, but
in truth would rai'c them. He sho-'’-
ed that discriminations were in
every state and that advantage - of
fhc zone divisions was taken. His
speech was extremely good.
The I'ebutt.uls of all four speaker-
were excellent.
Before the debate the Hig’n Poi
debaters were entertained at a d -
lightful dinner. The fine spirit 
the Greensboro s!;i)onl made a do'''^
impression on the local llobator.
Tbev were treate-l rovally bv t'v-
faculty and students of the school.
The High Point high school hov
track team will journey over to W’ -
ston-Salem Tuesday to a track m- •
This is the first meet of the seaso .
The boys have been working h'•
and are anxious to match t''’e'’- ■•v--
'••’th fellows from the neighboring
towns.