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VoL. XIII, No. 14
High Point, N. C., Wednesday, January 16, 1929
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GIVE THOUGHT TO THRIFT
Coaches Meet Here
to Discuss Chances
in Tri-City Debate
Plan Three Forensic Contests
For Greensboro, Winston-
Salem and High Point
PUPILS WILL HEAR DEBATES
Each School May Have Chapter
of National Eorensic
League
A meeting to make plans for the
several debates to be given this
spring between Greensboro, High
Point, and Winston-Salem, was
held Saturday, January 12, by the
debate coaches of those cities in
High Point. Those here were Mr.
James A. Farthing, of Greensboro,
Mr. B. E. Chapman, of Winston,
and Air. Earl Andrews, High Point.
These coaches formed an organiza
tion with Mr. Andrews as president,
Mr. Farthing, secretary, and Mr.
Chapman as program chairman.
Plans for three debates were
made: the regular triangular de
bate between the three cities, a
freshman debate also between the
three schools, and a dual debate
between Greensboro and High
Point. The triangular debates will
be held before the different student
bodies during a chapel period. The
length of time for each speaker will
be fifteen minutes, the maximum
time for the first speech being
twelve minutes. There will be five
judges this year intead of three as
in former years. The preliminaries
for this debate will be held early in
February. Neither the subject for
this debate or for the others has
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OPEBA ScStES
;t in scnool
Story of the Beginning of Mu
sical Drama in Foreign Lands
and America is Recounted
Since this is opera week in
Greensboro, there have been sev
eral speakers at the school lately
who have been telling the students
the story of the opera. Alany mem
bers of the student body have
shown Interest in this piece of
musical history.
The opera has no definite date
for a beginning, but it was probably
known in its earliest form in the
sixteenth century in Italy. In this
same country some of the greatest
of all the operas have been written
and^ given, and Italy is called the
native land of the opera. Many of
the most famous operas today given
are by Italian musicians.
This form of musical drama was
not to be confined, however, to
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BE
CO-WBIEEB OE BOOK
Principal Asked to Contribute
Chapter on Office Layout for
Forthcoming Edition
Air. L. R. Johnston, principal of
the High Point high school, has
been invited by Dr. P. S. Miller,
instructor m secondary education.
New York University, to contribute
a chapter to a forthcoming book.
The book is to be prepared by
Dr. P. S. Miller and Dr. D. H.
Pierce, instructor in educational
administration and will relate to
practical devices and techniques
in secondary education.
Dr. P. W. L. Cox, head of the
department of secondary educa
tion, New York University, who
visited the school in the fall, was
so impressed with the organization
of the office force that he suggested
that Mr. Johnston be asked to
write a chapter on office layout
and equipment. Air. Johnston as
yet is undecided whether or not he
will accept the invitation.
i. SYKES IS SPEAKER
Program on Subject of Honesty
A1 so Contains Songs and
Readings—President’s Speech
Printed.
DISPLAYED BY PUPILS
Caroline Broughton, Junior,
Does Work Which Creates
Interest in School
Caroline Broughton, a member
of the junior class, is the student
artist w’ho is responsible for the
colored stationery which was dis
played on the mam bulletin board
last w’eek. This stationery created
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TO lUNIlll!«CLUB
“^’Be Yourself” Was Subject Dis
cussed by Senior Boys at
Meeting Thursday
The junior HI-Y club elected the
following fifteen boys as new mem
bers at the meeting on Thursday,
January 9: Sam Clapp, Odel Lind
say, Burt Asbury, T. G. Shelton,
Thomas Gordy, Paul Shoaf,
Wendell Dunbar, James Alont-
gomery, Glen Hedgecock, Franklin
Carpenter, Norton Jeffers, John
Jennings, Harris Jarrell, William
Meyers, and William Gross.
These boys will be officially
notified In time to attend the next
meeting. “Be Yourself” was the
subject of the meeting of the
Senior Hi-Y club, Thursday
morning. Ralto Farlow, Lucas
Abels, and Robert Davis gave inci
dents from the life of the psalmist
David which illustrated being your
self. They explained that It was
better to be yourself than to imi
tate someone else. Coach Marlette
also illustrated the subject by
examples from the life of Roosevelt.
“Clean Scholarship” was the
basis of the program given Friday,
January 11th, in chapel by Miss
Edith Barker’s home room, in
collaboration with the local chapter
of the National Honor Society.
The main part of the program was
an address by Rev. Tom Sykes, a
frequent visitor to the school. He
explained how petty dishonesty,
such as cheating on an examina
tion, lead to the gradual decay of
moral, mental, and spiritual facul
ties. “Cheating,” he said, “kills the
finer side of your make-up. Al
though you yourself may not realize
the loss, it has an overwhelmingly
great Influence on your later life.”
He told his audience of high
school people that they should not
regard this as of slight importance
and to be lightly passed over, for
such habits form quickly and are
harder to rid oneself of then to
acquire. He concluded his address
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All-Southern Music
Meet Will be Held
in Asheville^ March
LARGE AMOUNI OF FOOD
USED HERE EVERY WEEK
Potatoes, Soup, and Rolls Are
the Most Popular of All the
Dishes Served in the Cafeteria
POINTER INTRODUCES
OPEN FORUM COLUMN
The Pointer is this week Intro
ducing a new department which
will be called “The Forum.” In
this issue it is entitled “Students
Discuss Thrift.”
This department has been suc
cessfully incorporated Into many
school papers and serves as a direct
medium through which the student
body may express their opinions
on current problems.
The editor feels that If the stu
dents of High Point high will co
operate by using “The Forum” to
fullest advantage. It will be of
profit to all.
Letters may be left at The
Pointer office and must be signed.
Please write on only one side of
the paper. The Pointer will pub
lish all worthy communications.
Ten gallons of soup and nearly
a barrel of Irish potatoes are con
sumed daily m the cafeteria by the
students of this school, according
to Mrs. S. Al. Baylor, cafeteria
manager. These, Mrs. Baylor con
siders the most popular foods. Next
m popularity are rolls, twenty-five
to thirty-five dozen of which are
consumed each day. This kind of
bread, however, is not the only
favored kind, for from two hundred
to three hundred sandwiches are
made for the two lunch periods,
and seldom is any large quantity
of these left over. As far as the
beverages are concerned, milk is
by far the most popular. An aver
age of three hundred bottles are
sold per day.
Airs. Baylor reports now that the
sales m the cafeteria are on the in
crease. She also says that the boys
and girls are much quieter and more
orderly than they have been here
tofore. The manager still Insists
that the students tell her their
favorite dishes so that she may plan
to have them at some time on the
luncheon menu. The kitchen is
always open to inspection.
E
PARTY VISIT SCHDOL
Representatives From Schools
Will Give Big Concert On
Friday Night
Many Prominent Men Includ
ing Legislators Inspect Build
ing During Their Four-Hour
Stay in City.
Alembers of the special Arkansas
legislative party on tour of the
southeastern states visited High
Point high school Alonday, Janu
ary 7, during the four hours in
which they spent studying the edu
cational and industrial develop
ment of the city.
Members of the party, which
was headed by Governor Harvey
Parnell and Lleutenant-Governor-
elect Lee Cazart, included twenty-
five state senators and seventy-one
legislators, in addition to many
prominent professional and busi
ness men of Little Rock and other
cities.
The party consisting of over 134
men will return to Arkansas in
time for the convening of the 47th
General Assembly on January 14th.
* PAY UP, JUNIORS *
* 146 Juniors ordered class *
* rings when the ring representa- *
* tive was here in the fall. To- *
* day’s check shows that 100 have *
* been paid for. The remainder, *
* no doubt, are waiting for *
* Saturday pay day, but, mean- *
* while, most of us are growing *
* anxious to see what that ring *
* of ours looks like. Hurry up, *
* juniors. Wouldn’t It be fine If *
* we could get them and all *
* appear the same day wearing *
* them for the first time? 1 can *
* hardly wait! How about you? *
* Edgar Allen, *
* President Junior Class *
PW FOB OPFBEm
>BE BEING Sn
Captain of Plymouth Selected
As Musical Production To Be
Given in Spring
Plans for the annual operetta are
under way now. It will be some
time, however, until definite an
nouncements about it will be made.
The name of the operetta for this
year is “The Captain of Ply
mouth,” a comic opera in three
acts. The music for the operetta
has been ordered, and is expected
in a week or two.
Mr. Stookey said that it was
much too early to make any
definite plans about the production
of this operetta. He said that he
would probably try out three or
four girls for the part of the
heroine. The director also said
that as soon as any real plans
were decided upon, it would be
announced to the school.
H. S. MAY SEND 12 DELEGATES
Delegates Are Selected on Basis
of Musical and Scholastic
Ability
The All-Southern music conven
tion will meet in Asheville, North
Carolina, during the first week of
March. It will be held during the
entire week, and will be the sub
ject of much interest throughout
all the southern states.
The convention is to be made up
of high school delegates from all
the southern states, bounded by
Virginia, Mississippi, and Florida.
This Is the first time that High
Point high school has expected to
take a part in it.
The entire group of delegates will
give a concert on Friday night.
They will practice the music
through the entire week preceding
the concert for several hours each
day.
The orchestra will be composed
of the best musicians from all the
sF^ates participating. There will be
approximately 150 students m this
orchestra.
The glee club will be chosen in
the same manner from the best
voices coming as delegates to the
convention. It is expected that
there will be about 400 people in
the glee club.
The officials of the convention
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IS
MISS ATKINSON SPEAKS
TO THE SENIOR CLASS
Waste and extravagance unsettle
a man’s mind for every crisis, while
thrift, which means some form of
self-restraint, steadies it.
Story of the Famous Opera,
'Aida,’ and the History of Opera
Told Class Wednesday
The story of one of the world’s
best known operas, “Aida,” • by
Verdi, as well as the story of the
beginning of all opera was the sub
ject of a short talk delivered to the
senior class Wednesday, January 9
by Miss Mary D. Atkinson. Aliss
Atkinson who came from the junior
high school is a member of the
city school music department. This
talk was especially appropriate as
opera week is now on in Greens
boro, and “Alda” will be presented
there.
Preceding this, Raymond Ritchie
class president, called the attention
of the class to the fact that all
would no doubt enjoy the presenta
tion of these musical masterpieces
if they had the chance to go to
Greensboro.
Best Ones Out of Each Class
To Be Submitted to Judges;
Three To Be Chosen
In the English classes last week,
the students were busy writing
themes on some phase of honesty
in the school life.
Mr. Marshall’s senior classes
were required to write an essay,
one page in length In the style of
Sir Frances Bacon on “Of Hon
esty.” The senior classes of which
Mr. Patrick is the teacher had as
the subjects for their themes.
Honesty In Preparing School
Work.”
In Miss Bui winkle’s sophomore
and junior classes on Thursday the
boys and girls discussed the im
portance of honesty in the school,
and, on Friday they wrote themes
on the same subject.
Miss Derrick’s sophomore classes
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STUDENTS GIVE IDEAS
L
Many Speak at Informal Meet
ing in Auditorium -Discuss
of Grounds and Conduct
Members of the student council
discussed before the student body
several aspects of our school life
that could be Improved. Students
in the audience gave their views on
these subjects in brief concise
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