Robert Edward Lee
January 19, 1807
October 12, 1870
The Pointer
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY THE HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
January 21, 1824
May 10, 1863
VoL. XIII, No. 15
High Point, N. C., Wednesday, January 23, 1929
Five Cents a Copy
SENIOR WINS IN CONTEST
Dr. Moore Gives Talk
on “YourPersonality
Methodist Minister Says Each
Life Must Have a Denite Plan
and Spiritual Belief To Be
Success
^‘Your Growing Personality” was
the subject which Dr. John W.
Moore, pastor of the Wesley Me
morial church, discussed with the
student body Friday morning, Ja
nuary 18. To show the results of
unequal development, he cited
cases of men whose physical men
tal, or spiritual growth had been
arrested. He told the story of a
minister who compared his church
to the kernel of a walnut, and on
opening the nut, found a decayed
kernel.
“Thus,” said Dr. Moore, “one
day our kernel, our spiritual na
ture, may be tried and found want-
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mg.
Comparing an unplanned life to
one which has been carefully
planned. Dr. Moore drew the par
allel of a negro cabin and a white
man's house, the one built the
easiest way, the other erected ac
cording to a plan. The three things
necessary are, as Dr. Moore stated,
a plan, a foundation, and a spiritual
belief. He mentioned Charles Lind
bergh and his great physical feat,
but added that his series of moral
triumphs was even greater.
He ended by repeating the key
note of his speech: “Let the Gospel
be to your life what the steel
skeleton of a skyscraper is to it.’
BAND AND OBCHESM
CONIES! SELECTIONS
Orchestra to Give Chapel Pro
gram Jan. 87—Band Will Play
at Johnson Street School
Several pieces of the music that
will be used in the state music con
test in the spring, have been re
ceived here and the band and the
orchestra are both working on their
numbers.
The band will play “Valse Tri
este” by Sibelius. The members of
the band have already learned
sixteen new marches this year, and
in addition are practicing on new
overtures and concert pieces. They
will give a concert at the Johnson
Street school at an invitation of
the principal. Miss Ivy Paylor.
This concert will aid the grammer
school in their fund to purchase
flowers and shrubbery for the
school grounds. This concert will
be given the first of February.
The orchestra started rehearsals
after the Christmas holidays on
“L'Arlesienne Suite,” by Bizet.
They will enter this number in the
Greensboro music contest. Re
hearsals will be held after school
beginning January 20th. The or
chestra has also been working on
other selections.
The program that was to have
been given by the orchestra before
Christmas will be presented in
chapel, Monday, January 27th.
A small orchestra, selected from
the members of the school band
and orchestra, has played twice
this year. Once, at a banquet dur
ing the Baptist State Convention,
and the other time at the appear
ance of Mr. Robert Frost in the
school auditorium.
A few of the school musicians
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FIFM STODENTS
GET AIHIEIIC AMDS
Letters and Stars Are Presented
For Excellence in Sports—
Monograms Are New
A large number of monograms
were awarded to the boys and girls
in chapel Wednesday, January
16th. A total of fifty-five letters and
stars were presented for excellence
in track, football, soccer and girls’
athletics.
Miss Louise Shipman awarded
the girls their monograms. Those
receiving them were: Virginia
Hunt, Elizabeth Ragan, Bessie
Hedrick, Rose Askew, Pauline
Haynes and Dorothy Fritz.
Mr. Spencer, physical director
and track coach, presented ribbons
to the boys who had won them in
the track meet last year. These
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I.
KS TALK TO DOTS
Superintendent Says Honesty
Is One of Main Foundations of
a Good Life—Cites Examples
“What sort of material are you
putting into the foundations of
your life?” was the question asked
by Mr. T. Wingate Andrews in an
address to the boys of this school
Monday morning, January 14th.
While speaking of honest material
he explained the use of the word
“sincere,” a compound Latin word
meaning “without wax.” At first
this seems irrelevant, but he con
tinued by saying that this word
attached to a piece of Roman
statuary meant that no wax had
been used to cover up flaws, there
fore it was flawless.
“The great and only cause of
dishonesty is a desire to get some
thing without paying the price,’
said Mr. Andrews. As an instance
of this he drew the parallel of a
base runner, who, seeing that he
cannot legitimately make second
base, cuts the first base if he is sure
that the umpire will not see him.
In proof of the statement “one
wrong leads to another,” Mr.
Andrews called to mind the case
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E
Has Autographs of Prominent
Persons Including a Former
President
An article of possible interest to
many students in the school is the
“friendship quilt” which is on dis
play in the library. This quilt is
the property of Mrs. W. G. Ship-
man and is an old and valued one.
The quilt is made of red and
white cotton. The white is the
background and on it are arranged
stars of red made in many different
sizes. There are innumerable auto
graphs written on the white back
ground of the quilt. It was made in
High Point in 1890, and the signa
tures on it are of some of the most
Code for Girls
We, the girls of High Point
High School, believe in
I. Democracy
A—The careful selection of
our intimate friends.
B—A helpful relationship
among all girls of H. P. H. S.
C—A friendly relationship be
tween students and teachers.
II. Personal Refinement
A—We believe in chaperoned
parties.
B—We believe that in our re
lations with boys we should be
careful never to bring criticism
on ourselves, on our home train
ing, and on our school.
C—We believe that a girl who
is neatly and suitably dressed
for school IS well dressed.
D—We believe that we should
wear suitable school shoes with
moderate heels.
E—We believe that attention
to any part of one s toilet in
public IS ill-bred, and we heartily
disapprove of this practice.
F—We disapprove of the ex
cessive use of cosmetics.
G—We believe that clean
thought will lead to clean speech.
I—We believe that at all
times we should show reverence
to God.
HI. Fourfold Growth
A—We believe that a clean,
strong, healthy body, suitably
garbed, will Increase our happi
ness in work as well as in play.
B—We believe that minds
which are ever seeking know
ledge and true understanding
will make us interesting and
inspiring companions to others.
C—We believe that true and
loving hearts always bring hap
piness to ourselves and those
about us.
D—We believe that spirits
alive to truth and beauty, wher
ever found, will enable us to get
the best out of life and inspire
others to do the same.
Frances Douglas Is
Successful Essayist
MIKED CHDRDS WITT
SING IN CHDBCDES DF
CITK AT EARTV DATE
Name of Church Will Be An
nounced Later—Club is Work
ing on Several Important
Numbers
The mixed chorus, comprised of
both glee clubs, has been invited to
sing and the evening of one of the
local churches. Mr. Stookey an
nounced that the invitation had
been accepted and that the chorus
would sing in the near future. The
name of the church has not been
made public.
The club has been working on
“The Heavens Resound” by Bee
thoven and “Jesus, Word of God
Incarnate” by Gounod. There are
approximately seventy voices in
the chorus. It meets every week on
Friday at seventh period.
prominent people in the city.
Among the people whose names
are written on the quilt are the
Tates, the Ragans, the late Mr.
J. J. Farriss, the Stameys, Arm-
fields, Snows, Bencims, Sechrest,
Clinards, Gurleys, and Ingrams.
Chief in point of interest is the
center star which claims the signa
ture of late President Benjamin
Harrison, and several members of
his cabinet.
GIRL’S CDDE PRESENTED
AT MEETING MDNDAV
Helen Osborne, President of the
Girls’ Council, Was Presented
to the Body of Girls
The Code of the Girls was pre
sented at the girls’ meeting, held
Monday, January 21, in the audi
torium. LaVerne Hudson presented
the report of the committee, com
posed of Ruby Hicks, Bryte Baker
Ranson, and Victoria Thomas.
Miss Albright, in speaking of the
code, said that she was very proud
of it as it represented the work of
all the girls of High Point high
school.
Wilma Welborn, vice president
of the Student Council, was in
charge of the program. As a de
votional, Dorothy Crawley, sopho
more representative to the Student
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MANY HISTORY MODELS
Her Theme on Honesty De
clared Best—Irene Seward and
Martha Taylor Take Second
and Third Places
Frances Douglas, by virtue of
the theme which she wrote on
“Honesty” last week, has been
awarded first place in the contest
for the themes written by the
students. Irene Seward won second
place and Martha Taylor, third.
Honorable mention goes to Vir
ginia and Jacklyn McMullan.
The judges in the contest were
Mrs. R. K. Stewart, regent of the
local chapter of the D. A. R., Miss
Edna Bingham, a member of the
faculty of the junior high school,
and Mr. Lee Earl Andrews, of the
local faculty. The names on the
themes were cut off, and a number
given to each one. The judges voted
by secret ballot, the winner re
ceiving a unanimous decision.
Frances’s essay was printed in
the Enterprise, but is reprinted
here. The second and third place
themes may also be found m this
issue, and the two honorable men
tions will be published next week.
Dolls Are Dressed to Represent
Various Periods of History;
Models of Travel Shown
Many models, representing diff
erent periods and phases of Amer
ica’s history, have been handed in
by Miss Lindsay’s history classes.
Dolls were dressed showing the
costumes of certain periods. Some
represented Puritans, others
Martha Washington, and the wo
men of her time; another was fixed
as an Indian papoose; while still
another was dressed as a Negro
mammy. An outline of a red bird,
covered by feathers, made in In
dian work, was handed in.
To represent the frontier life,
there was a frontier wagon, show
ing the mode of travel in the west.
There was also a log cabin stand
ing for the kind of home that the
early settlers, both in the east and
west, used. A very interesting book
showing by pictures the dress in the
periods of history, was made.
A girl in one of the classes made
a flat boat to represent the mode of
travel. A paddle was used to keep
the boat away from the shore. Lots
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MR. PATRICK'S CLASSES
ID GO (M EKCORSIONS
There Will Be Two Separate
Trains; One Leading to Suc
cess, the Other to Failure
A class wide excursion has been
planned by Mr. Patrick for his
entire group of English classes.
Two detailed excursions have
been prepared to make the trip m
order to meet the demands of the
passengers who take it. Those who
do not make reservations on tram
No. 1 will take the second train
which will run an hour later.
However, the trains will be
vastly different. The first train will
be much the better one. This one
will be well-equipped, and will
glide over the rails making few
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RADER. ADDRESSES THE
Tells of Rayon Manufactme—
Contrasts Exactness of Nature
with the Inexactness of Man
Dr. Lytell Rader, a nationally
known chemist from Chicago ^^d
New York, who is now connected
with the rayon plant in Burling
ton, spoke to the Retort Chemistry
club on Tuesday, January 15.
Dr. Rader introduced his talk
by saying that chemistry is an
exact science and one which d(^s
not contradict the teachings of the
Bible.
One of the Interesting facts re
lating to chemistry that the speaker
discussed was the manufacture of
rayon, how the spruce chips were
picked up in one of the New Eng
land states by children at $8 a ton
and sent down in the company s
boats to the different plants. There
the wood is purified and converted
into rayon fibre.
Another phase of chemistry
which he discussed with the cli^
was the germination of the seed,
and the manufacture of starch,
sugar, and cellulose in the plant
out of carbon dioxide and water by
the aid of chlorophyll, a chemical
on the leaf.
The chemist here made the state
ment that if we could harness the
heat of the sun to its fullest cap
acity we might then be able to do
away with electricty and steam.
Dr. Rader also told something
of the chemistry of crystalliza
tion. Each crystal he said, is found
to be perfect m form and alike in
shape when examined under a
high powered microscope.
To further prove the exactness
of this branch of science he said
that the Gillet razor blade adver
tised to be perfectly straight when
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