Page Four
THE POINTER
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1928
A YOUNG WOMAN
This young woman of which I telle
Every girl and boy in scole knwes
Welle.
End of her smyling she is so simple
and coy;
To mete with her is quite a grette
joy.
Hir lokkes are lyk they wer leyed
in presse;
Soothly she hath a permanent, I
guesse.
Eor al the many books in blak or
reed
She finds for ech of hem a proper
beed.
She is not lowe; neither is she talle.
But is well knowen and lovyed by
alle.
In his place she hath newe tele-
phium;
She holdes long speeches with gym
nasium.
She gladly gives helpe and eek will
teche,
Eor she is kynde and so ful of
speeche.
This yeer she hath a good help
mate;
Now she doth not need to work so
late.
—Vetra Beshears
Teacher: **When was Rome
built?”
Boy: "At night.”
Teacher: "Who told you that?”
Boy: "You did. You said 'Rome
wasn't built in a day.'
We hear that Mr. Hale's or
chestra has "sax” appeal.
Margaret York, ever on the
search for news for The Pointer,
wants to know if Dr. Chase is a
recent graduate of H. P. H. S.
Ered George Barbee is desirous
of knowing who will bring the
straws for the straw election.
A certain Ereshman has been in
quiring as to who "Gym” is?
Jim McLeod: Dot Rankin is a
"hot” dancer, isn't she?
Woodrow Brooks: Yeah, Saint
Vitus.
Miss Singer: Where is Greater
Greece?
Gilbert Clinard: In the lard
bucket, I suppose.
SHO KAY
STRAW ELECTIONS
I hadn’t intended getting mixed
up in this political campaign at all;
because as I have averred often
before I am conscientiously op
posed, from heredity and from
choice, to any form of sport—
which naturally includes politics.
I have followed the trend of my
inquisitive nature, and have delved
into the history and psychology of
this subject, and I am more con
vinced than ever that as a game
it just isn’t played by people of
my rank.
In the first place, politics is
simply not clean. Anybody who
reads in the newspapers about the
candidates, from sheriff to presi
dent, slinging mud at each other
would need no further proof of this.
Besides, the additional expense
in the laundry bill as a result in
creases the strength of my oppo
sition. Being two-thirds Scotch,
I like to see things done well for
as little as possible. Robert Quillen,
the only man m a one-man town,
says that the adjective in "dirty
politics” is just plain superfluous,
and I guess he knows what’s he’s
talking about.
This year, particularly, the cam
paign hasn’t been above board.
I’m just naturally skeptical of
anything that’s being whispered
about. It isn’t polite in the first
place; and m the second, it smacks
of scandal. Of course this so called
"whispering campaign” must apply
to the newspapers altogether; be
cause what’s been broadcast over
the radio certainly has all the
volume necessary. That may be
due to the scientific fact generally
taught by Miss Tucker that air
purifies; so by the time Al s or
I’m no prophet, but if Al or
Herb don’t mind, these votes the
H. P. H. S. students cast this week
might be the straws to break either
the elephant’s or the donkey's
back.
Herb's speech reaches us folks down
South, it's perfectly proper for it
to be spoken aloud. Maybe,
though, if some of the "whispers”
staid in, so many folks wouldn’t
turn the dials to other stations as
soon as they learn that "politics”
is on the air
My intentions in the beginning
were to tell how I happened to get
mixed up in this election. Just the
other day I had a letter from Will
Rogers saying that he'd got wind
of some sort of botannical election
the High Point students were plan
ning to pull off some time around
November 1, and he wanted me to
gather up all the dope I could
about it to send him. (I think Will
is running short of jokes to tell
those folks up on Broadway.) I’ll
admit I was ignorant of what he
was talking about; however, know
ing that Mr. Sloan is well versed
in all sorts of plant lore, I asked
him what it was all about. He was
awful nice about telling me he
didn’t know, but it seems that
was left out of his course of study
this year.
Just by accident I discovered that
what Will had in mind was a
"straw election.” Imagine my dis
may, too, when I found out that
this innocent sounding affair con
cerned politics, for I had hoped to
keep these youthful minds "un
spotted from the world” as long as
possible.
Why this sort of election should
be termed "straw” would be a
hard nut for Cal to crack. Maybe
it’s these votes that Al or Herb’ll
cling to like the drowning man in
the fable clung to the straw. It’ll
make right interesting reading ma
terial for one of them’s grand
children, any how. Or maybe, as
Sho Kay says this week, "These
are the straws that’ll break either
the elephant’s or the donkey’s
back.”
I was a little taken aback to
find out that there are so few folks
here in high school with that old
’76 spirit that helped to crack the
Liberty Bell. Only about 50 regis
tered independent! I haven’t heard
who the independent candidate is.
Maybe this party is keeping him
under cover until after November 6.
I was more than pleased to meet
the political issues Eriday morning.
So many different opinions had
been expressed about them, that I
couldn’t figure out how any of them
really looked. It was a treat to see
them face to face. I was surprised
to find John Barleycorn so much
the worse for wear. Some how I'd
thought his business more pros
perous than that. Immigration
looked harmless enough. It seems
that both Al and Herb would be
glad to let the bars down for her.
As for Earm Relief—whoever gets
to live at the White House has
got to give the farmers implements
large enough to work with. I
wanted to buy that farmer a new
rake right then and there.
• If you’re looking to me for ad
vice as to how to cast your "straw,
you’ve got me all wrong. Neither
Al nor Herb is my weakness now.
But you’ve got to vote one way
or the other, so I can let Will
know.
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