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“Come, My Best Friends, My Books, and Lead Me 0n.“ The Pointer PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY THE HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL A Good Book Is The Best Of Friends VoL. XIII, No. 8 High Point, N. C., Wednesday, November 14, 1928 Five Cents a Copy LIBRARIANS PLAN TO MAKE BOOK WEEK BIG EVENT HERE A general check-up on the at tendance for the second month of school shows that the number of absences was 81 less than the number in the first month. In all this month there were 449 absences and 115 tardies. The seniors led the school in the least number of tardies and absences, having 55 absences and 27 tardies. The fresh man class ranked third, having 150 absences and 30 tardies, and the sophomores came last with 159 absences and 30 tardies. The two rooms ranking highest in the school in attendance were: Miss Tucker’s freshman home room with 1 absence and no tradies, and Miss Bulwinkle’s junior home room with 3 absences and no tardies. There were seven home rooms that did not have a tardy against them. They were juniors: Miss Bulwinkle; sophomore. Miss Al corn; freshman. Misses Shipman, Wofford, Meador, and Tucker, and Mr. Ellington. Out of the senior class Miss Harris’s home room led with 5 absences and 6 tardies. From the juniors. Miss Bulwinkle, 3 ab sences and no tradies. Miss Rogers home room had the best record of the sophomores with 8 absences and 2 tardies. From the freshman class. Miss Tucker’s class ranked highest having only 1 absence and no tardies. Last month there were 130 tardies. This month there were 15 tardies less. As a whole, the at tendance record seems to be im proved this month. Frank Sizemore, chairman of the bulletin board committee, with the aid of the members of his com- (Continued on Page 3) cmiEilTai MEm IICREI KIOKS Heralded by attractive posters, beautifully bound glittering new books, and numbers of appropriate exhibits, on November 11 comes the tenth annual Book Week. In many places this week is primarily set aside for the children, but here as well as in a number of other cities. Book Week will be of much interest to all the citizens, from wee tots just learning what books are, to austere grown-ups whose greatest delight, perhaps, is in the world of books. People everywhere are awakening to the fact that a Book Week really is an interesting, entertaining event in the year. The library of the high school is going to observe it by displaying a series of book posters, and by adding new books each day. The exhibit case will be the subject of much curiosity among the students as Miss Foster has announced that it will contain a new exhibit each day. Many plans have been formu lated to make this Book Week an enjoyable one for everybody in the school. The plan for Book Week in the high school library is as follows: Monday, November 11th—Dis play of posters on books and read ing. Exhibit of the Newberry prize boohs. Tuesday, November 12th—New books of adventure will be put into circulation. Exhibits of model aero planes made by students. Wednesday-, November 13th— Addition of new books on art and biography. Pictures recently mounted will be displayed. Thursday, November 14th — Books on amusement will be ad ded. Friday, November 15th—Addi tion of new fiction. Each day there will be posters to illustrate the books added that day. Book jackets made by English students will be displayed. There will also be a few posters illustrating various books on the collateral reading lists. Tuesday, the King or Queen of Book Land is to be selected by the students. Each student is to be given the opportunity to vote for his favorite character in fiction or his favorite book. Friday morning at assembly the character who re ceived the highest number of votes will be crowned. This program is to be given by Home Rooms 315 and 205, with the assistance of students from all other classes. Among the new boohs to be added during Book Week are the following: Adams: Gateway to American History. Aspinwall: Putnam’s Book of Parties. Byrne: Hangman’s House. Chase: Mary Christmas. (Continued on Page 4) SENB WASCOI10 BE Dr. Miler Visits School EEECIEBIHIS EHEL Mrs. S. M. Baylor, who is in charge of the cafeteria, at the request of many of the parents and students, has had meal ticket books made. These books are to be sold for one dollar, and two dollars each, and contain tickets of five and ten-cent denominations. A one-dollar book will last the aver age student one week, it is said. The dietition expressed her de sire that each student who takes advantage of the cafeteria buy a book. These books will prove a. great advantage to the cafeteria force as charges will not be neces sary, and they will be valuable to the students in several ways. One of these is in that they will be serially numbered, and the name of each student who ljuys a book along with the number of the tickets will be kept. This will facilitate the return of lost ticket books to the owners. These will be on sale this week. Mrs. Baylor, while talking about the cafeteria, said: “I would be delighted for students to make suggestions to me as to their favorite dishes. I want .to please everyone. Also, if there is any criticism, I would be pleased to hear It, so I can adjust matters promptly.” BOYS HELP TO MEND BOOKS IN LIBRARY The reports from the different home rooms show that many in teresting programs have been given lately. Several Hallowe’en pro grams were presented last week. Room 301-A Wednesday morning, October 31st, was filled with many “yowls and squeaks.” Black cats, together with orange and black crepe paner, served to decorate the room. The daylight scared away the ghosts, but witches were on hand. One of the lieutenants, dressed as a witch, told fortunes. Some of them were good, some bad, all were funny. What Hallow e’en stands for, and the history of its celebration Were traced. All the class joined in a Hallowe’en song, which was made more weird by the howls and squeaks added by the witch. Ghost stories were told by two of the boys. Then all the boys had the thrill of a ghost game in which they alone took part. The game began by following the leader, but it ended in a tumble, just at the time that the leader had them in an awkward position. The last few minutes of the program were crowded with ghost stories and jokes from volunteers. Hobbies have also been dis- (Continued on Page 3) One of H. P. H. S.’s visitors last week was Dr. Meta Miller, Ph.D., from the North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro, who was a guest of Miss Mae Graham’s Wednesday, November 7. Dr. Mil ler is a member of the Romance Languages department of the col lege, and received her degree at John’s Hopkins University, Balti more. She was here for a short while in the afternoon, and she spent most of her visit in going over the school. In speaking of the building. Dr. Miller said it cer tainly compared favorably with the schools of Baltimore, her home, and with all others which she has visited in this country. She was especially pleased with the library and with the gymnasium. In all, the distinguished visitor said that she was exceedingly surprised to find a school of the size and with the equipment that this one has, in a city the size of High Point. This was Dr. Miller’s first visit to any of the High Point schools. HEESENEED IK DOOMS A tradition of High Point high school was broken Wednesday, November 7, in the senior class meeting when the seniors decided to elect their class mascot this fall, instead of in the spring, as has been done heretofore. Open forum was held on the question and sev eral students discussed it. The general opinion was that if the mascot is chosen earlier in the year, he or she can be present at many of the class gatherings, and also, serve as a “good luck bringer” the entire year. The candidates will be brought and presented, and the mascot will be chosen by, the seniors at the next class meet ing. All The assistance of two of the students of the school has been greatly appreciated in the library. It has been a great help to the officials. Craighead McCanless and Billy Davis have mended 165 library books. Many of the books they mend are so badly worn that they have to be removed from the back, have the backs mended, and hen have them recovered, t Musical Program is Presented in Chapel Mr. Lewis Stookey, who was in charge of the chapel Monday morn ing, November 5, with the assist ance of two students who accom panied at the piano, presented a musical program. Part of the pro gram was taken up in assembly singing. The students had song sheets which had been previously distributed. Mr. Stookey asked that the student body memorize these songs. The accompanists were Alma Andrews and Eleanor Ste phens. The musical director then spoke for a few minutes on some of his experiences m Auburn, Alabama, where he taught in the summer school this summer. He commented on the fine school spirit shown at Tuskegee, a colored institution which he visited, and said that he wished that High Point high school might be known for her good atten tion in chapel and otherwise for a display of school spirit. The program closed by the play ing of two selections on the victrola. These were “Naughty Marietta,” and “Em Falling in Love With Someone,” both taken from an opera by Victor Herbert. Shed is Planned for Housing of Bicycles A shed is planned to be built in the court back of the school where the boys and girls who ride bi cycles to school may keep them. The purpose of this shed is to protect the bicycles from bad weather and to lengthen their durability. There will be room for two rows of bicycles in the shed with ap proximately fifty bicycles in each. There are seventy-seven students who use this way of transportation to and from school. LIBRARY AND STUDY HALLS HAVE GUESTS High Point high school has re ceived visits from many people from all parts of the state. Miss Mary Peacock, of Bogden high school, Salisbury, visited the school on November 1, to observe the working of the library, its organiza tion, and to study the attendance of pupils in the library. She was also interested in the picture col lection and the supply of magazines and newspgers. Miss Mary Wall, who is con nected with the library of central high school, Greensboro, was in terested in the study hall arrange ment and the plans for book week. The other visitors were: Miss Virginia Trooper, head of perio dical department; Mrs. Katherine J. Prince, head of reference depart ment; Miss Sankey, recently of Decatur, 111., and now a teacher in the social science department. They are all from N. C. C. W. the new class officers pre sided, Raymond Ritchie, president, announced that those who did not secure rings or pins last year would have a chance to get them this year. Two short talks, one on conduct in the assembly, class rooms and corridors, and the other on punctu ality and attendance were made. Anna Gertrude Douglas was the first speaker. She discussed the class record which will be made this year in regard to the afore mentioned places. She said that the seniors of ’29 want to leave to their school a splendid record, in which their conduct will be such that the other classmen will want to follow. Virginia Diffee then talked on the second subject. She said that the class must try to do their best in keeping up the good attendance and punctuality rec ords. She encouraged them to help bring up the senior rating on the tardy chart. Intelligence Tests Given to Freshmen Good sportsmanship was the theme of the assembly program Friday, November 9th. The Ten Commandments of a good sport were pointed out by Dot Rankin. These were printed on strips of cardboard on a stand which was placed on the stage. Several stud ents explained them. Those speak ing were as follows: Robert Hubbard, Thou shalt not alibi; Paul Apple, Thou shalt not quit; Lib Ragan, Thou shalt not gloat over winning; Bessie Hedrick, Thou shalt not be a rotten loser; Edith Armstrong, Thou shalt not take unfair advantage; Dot Smith, Thou shalt not ask favors thou art unwilling to give; Wilbur Hutchins, Thou shalt always be willing to give thine opponents the shade; Pauline Haynes, Thou shalt not underesti mate thine opponents or overesti mate thyself; Rip Tabb, Remem ber that the game.is the thing, and he who thinketh otherwise is a mucker; Carl Smith, Honor the game that thou playest, for he who playeth the game clean, straight and hard is a winner even when he loses. Why certain other persons prom inent in the world of sports, should endeavor to be good sports at all times, was explained by several other speakers. These were; Ralto Farlow: Why the player should be a good sport; Marion Shipman; Why the cheerleader should be a good sport; Coach W. E. Marlette: Why the coach should be a good sport; C. D. Spencer: Why the referee should be a good sport; W. C. King: Why the spec tator should be a good sport; Mary Elizabeth Harllee: Why the news paper reporter should be a good sport. At the conclusion of the program, Mr. Johnston urged the students to cooperate in the drive which is being put on by the Near East Relief this week. Misses Henderson and Wofford were In charge of the program. During the last week, the mem bers of the freshman class have taken two intelligence tests. These tests, sponsored by the University of North Carolina, are being given to freshmen all over the state for the purpose of comparing the classes of the various schools. These tests test the ability of the class in thinking clearly and quickly. On Monday and Tuesday, No vember 5th and 6th, the senior and junior classes met in the auditorium to correct both tests in order to save the faculty a great deal of trouble. Reports as to the outcome of the tests in this school have to be in Chapel Hill November 10th. ELECTED BY COUNCIL Anna Gertrude Douglas has been elected girls’ athletic secretary by the student council. The candidates for this office were Virginia Hunt, Margaret Neese, Anna Gertrude Douglas, and Frances Douglas. The chief duty of the secretary is to keep straight the number of points won by each student in all the different sports from year to year. Since entering high school, Anna Gertrude has been faithful in athletics, as well as in other school activities. She expects to win her local letter this year. Junior Class Orders 171 Rings and Pins The members of the junior class have ordered their rings and pins. At the same time, four seniors, who did not get theirs last year, ordered rings, and three pins. For the juniors, 163 rings, and 8 pins were ordered. On November 8th and 9th, the initial deposits were made. It was said that the orders will probably be received in about three weeks, and at that time, the second and final deposits will be made. The rings and pins are of the same de sign as the standard one which the classes have had for two previous years. Never read a book that is not a year old.—Emerson.