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Page Two THE POINTER Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1929 THE POINTER ' Published Every Wednesday by HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL STAFF OFFICERS MARY ELIZABETH HARLLEE... Editor-in-Chief MARGARET YORK Associate Editor GLADYS CULLER Associate Editor FRANCIS DOIfGLAS Associate Editor THOMAS CARPENTER Associate Editor SAM CLAPP Boys’ Athletic Editor VIRGINIA HUNT Girls’ Athletic Editor CARL SMITH Business Manager JAMES LADD. Club Editor ALMA ANDREWS Enhance Editor HARRY COBLE ..Humor Editor ROBERT DAVIS Advertising Manager DOROTHY RANKIN Assistant Advertising Manager CARL JONES Assistant Advertising Manager ELOISE BEST Copyholder MAYNA ALLEN Proofreader WESLEY JONES Circulation Manager EDGAR SNIDER Assistant Circulation Manager MISS HELEN DERRICK Faculty Manager M. L, PATRICK Faculty Business Manager I hat semester honor roll is pretty big, but there is plenty of room for you. Try your hand at it this semester! Few High Point high school basket ball fans have ever seen a finer exhibition of the game than the two Friday night, we will venture to say. The High Point teams are to be greatly commended for the fighting spirit they displayed. The local rooters also did well. From what we hear about the Junior Hi-Y initiation, we believe that they could have used Coach's “scrub team” very well. And not to eat the ice cream, either! Evidently the seniors have decided to rush things up a bit, judging from the new tardy chart. Maybe the’ve figured that it’s just as well to get it over with all at once. THE CAFETERIA LINE There has been little trouble in the cafeteria line at noon lately. This IS a marked Improvement over the condition a few weeks ago when Miss Albright had to take students out of the line every day. There is no real cause for disturbance in this part of school, as it only takes a little cooperation on the part of all. We hope that now that the students have seen this they will endeavor to try to keep their conduct in line above reproach. THE FORUM What is there about H. P. H. S. that you would like to see discussed by the students? A few suggested subjects are: Conduct in the halls, exams, cafeteria conduct, use of the library, chapel period, clubs, new courses, and school rules. Those who plan for this school, plan with all of us in mind, yet the only way they have of seeing whether or not their plans are successful is the way you react to them. No doubt they would all like to hear what you think about different phases of school life. But, it may be that you are not entirely anxious to converse with them privately. The Forum which The Pointer Is opening is an excellent means of putting your views before the entire student body as well as before the faculty. If you think “pro” or “con” about these or other interesting topics (and we give you credit for thinking about them), then tell the rest of us about it. If we don’t agree with you, then we all have the privilege of presenting our views, too. The FMrum is for you, so make use of it. ARE YOU GUILTY? Mr. Andrews’ message which was boxed in last week’s Pointer, calls for a good deal of serious thinking. The title “Are You Guilty?” tells much of the story. Yet the answer that you make tells and means much more. It means that you are either wasting a lot of good money or that you are being worthy of the confidence that is placed in you by those who provide the city schools. Which is it? There are so many reasons for a person’s taking proper advantage of his opportunities these days that It would seem foolish to recount them. Yet, judging from the number who fail here each year, it seems that there is room for something to be said. It is not a disgrace for a student to “flunk” a subject. There may be reasons why he was unable to get a hold on the lessons. The real disgrace comes In the next month or two, when he sees whether or not he is going to pass the second or third chance that he has. Failure should be an incentive to work. Instead of persuasion to “lie down on the ;ob.” We venture to say that seventy-five dollars would look pretty big to most of the students at High Point high. That is If It were their own money. Rut when it is a case of the taxes paid out by every hard working citizen In High Point, then— How big does It look to you? ' Scribblers’ Club The program for the meeting of I the Scribblers’ club Tuesday morn ing consisted of the reading of i original verses by different club I members. It was decided to con tinue verse writing for the next ' meeting also. Junior Hi-Y 1 Mr. Hartley made a short talk ! to the Junior Hi-Y club on Thurs- ! day morning on the subject of ini tiation. He brought out the point that there has been only one black mark against the HI-Y clubs In High Point since they were started; and this had to do with initiation. A discussion was held concerning what to do at the Initiation on Thursday night. Senior French Club During the meeting of the Senior French club Tuesday morning, a discussion concerning the club pins was held. The members decided to draw a pin that they liked, or to look for illustrations of different ones. Miss Harris finished the story of “The Man Who Married the Dumb Wife.” The club members then tried to name as many objects as possible which they found on a picture chart. Retort Chemistry Club During the meeting of the Retort chemistry club Tuesday morning. Miss Tucker spent the period in showing slides of chemistry and scientific facts to the members. The order for the club pins, the design of which will be the shape of a retort, an instrument after which the club was named, has been sent in. Oratio Club The program for the Oratio club Tuesday morning was a debate on the subject, resolved: That the United States Should Cancel Her War Debts. There were six de baters; Eloise Best, Logan Porter, and Percy Idol on the negative: WilburHutchins, Raymond Ritchie, and Mary Caldwell on the affirma tive. The negative side won. Junior Dramatic Club An original playlet, “The Miser,” by Hazel Scoggins, who coached the production as well, was pre sented at the last meeting of the club. The idea of the play was closely connected with the idea of thrift. The characters were as follows: The Miser Gilbert Clinard The Goldsmith M. T. Hicks The Neighbor Mary Stewart The Thief Buster Moffitt The program also consisted of a study of the fable and two panto mimes. Marjorie Sprye discussed the history of the fable, and Thelma Lotts gave a story, “The Innkeeper and His Wife.” The pantomimes were, “The Dog and the Bone,” by William Von Drehle and Gilbert Clinard; “The Hare and the Tor toise,” by Mary Scoggins and Mar garet Hedrick. The club elected Gilbert Clinard as vice president. Senior Hi-Y “Clean Living” was the subject of the program of the Senior Hi-Y Thursday morning. John Eshelman and Percy Idol, speakers on the subject compared stunted trees to stunted human lives, using Edgar A. Poe for an example of stunted growth, and Charles Lindbergh as an example of clean living. After these, impromptu discussions were held on the subject by different members of the club. Home Nursing Club The sponsor of the Home Nurs ing club, Mrs. Reese, gave an in teresting talk on “Prevention and Care of Diseases” Tuesday morn ing at the regular meeting of the club. She also gave a demonstration of how to care for handkerchiefs during sickness, and how to ar range a tray for a sick person. Violet Weaver, the president, opened the meeting with a short talk. Elon Long, Lucille Lopp, Violet Weaver, and Eleanor Blair have finished the toys, ducks and rab bits, which are to be given to the children at the Guilford Sanato- The officers of the club are: president, Violet Weaver; vice presi dent, Eleanor Blair; secretary- treasurer, Muriel Gomo; reporter, Lucille Lopp. Senior Girl Reserves Aliss Virginia Carrier, the new secretary for the local Girl Re serves, was Introduced to the Senior Girl Reserves in the meeting Thursday morning. Miss Vivian Matson told the girls of the names ; of the national officers of the Y. W. IC. A. Delegates from this club j to the banquet, at which Mr. John I Hanna, national president of the i Y. M. C. A., spoke, were chosen. I In the latter part of the meeting, girl reserve songs were sung. Sopbomore Girl Reserves Miss Vivian Matson of the local Y. W. C. A. was a visitor to the I meeting January 29th. She told the club members about Miss I Carrier who is coming to High { Point Y. W. C. A. soon. As there j was no program planned for the meeting the remainder of the period ! was spent in electing the four girls I who were to represent the club at I the Big Sister banquet Wednesday night. These girls were: Ruth j Poole, Diana Chandler, Annie I Laura Patterson, and Helen Smith. Art Club The Art club met January 29th, for Its regular meeting. After the reading of the minutes, Mrs. Baylor told the club members about the art contest which is to be sponsored by the local Women’s club. She told them also about the scholastic awards for high school students. She urged all members of the club to compete for any or all of the prizes offered In connection with the various contests. She pointed out the difference between original and copied work. The art depart ment sponsoring the art contest is arranging for an exhibit of the original work from all the schools. The exhibit will be held some time near the close of school at which time the judges will be appointed, and the prizes for the best original work will be awarded. Fresbman Girl Reserves The Bible reading and prayer at the meeting of the Freshman Girl Reserves were conducted by Jacklyn McMullan. Several songs constituted most of the program. Before the club adjourned the members discussed the club busi ness. Latin Club Mythology was the subject of the program Tuesday morning. The gods and goddesses of old Rome were discussed by members of the club. The program ended with a word contest called a mythical baseball game. French I L’Alliance Francals met Tuesday morning. Hazel Anderson had charge of the devotional exercises. The roll call and minutes were read by the secretary. Anita Kerr led the club in several French games. Radio Club Work has begun on the five-tube radio which is being constructed by the members of the radio club. The boys have taken the set apart and will probably experiment on it at the next meeting. Albert Pruitt, at the regular meeting of the club Tuesday morn ing, explained the function of the grid leak. Cornelius Strock gave a short talk on the principle of coils. Paul Strader spoke on the radio sockets. Edison Science Club The members of the Edison Science Club at the meeting last Tuesday enjoyed an exhibition of model aeroplanes, the models for which were built by Bernard Hunter. Bernard also gave a short talk on the art of constructing model aeroplanes. Drucilla Ma- leskie read an article which dealt with the first aeroplane. partments. Mr. Edgar Hartley, local Y. M. C. A. secretary, next led a discussion on “The Best Use of Leisure Time.” During this dis cussion, those present made a list of the good places to spend leisure time and also a list of the unde sirable places. Some of the former were the home, the two Y’s, the church, and the public. Among the undesirable were the drug stores, the streets, and pool rooms. After a recreation period the conference adjourned until 2:30. Most of the afternoon session was taken up with a study of “The Best In Worship.” Miss Magee spoke briefly on the subject; then the delegates divided into two groups—the high school group and the college and out-of-school group. On reassembling each group gave a report of its study. From this, one general report was made. Included in the study were prayer, music, and scripture. The elements of worship were the attitude, atmos phere, and the time. After “Follow the Gleam” was sung. Dr. Brown again spoke. This time his subject was “The Best in Training for Christian Leadership.” The climax of the conference was the banquet which began at 6 o’clock. The dining room of the church building, where the dinner was served, was prettily decorated with blue and white crepe paper streamers. On the tables were several vases of pink roses and at each place was found some small toy, or noise maker. Robert Morrow, local school senior, acted as toastmaster. He introduced ail the speakers. Rev. Herman T. Stevens offered thanks, and all joined in singing a hymn. Three toasts were given. The first was “To Our Girls in Quest of the Best” by David Parsons, and the second “To Our Boys in Quest of the Best” by Virginia Diffee. Raymond Ritchie then toasted “To Our Leaders in the Quest.” The address of the evening was again delivered by Dr. Brown, who spoke on “The Quest for the Best in Life Work.” He urged all those present to follow the example of the Saviour, or of His Apostle Paul, in going about their life’s work. Adelaide Crowell played a violin solo, and Alfred Moffitt directed several stunts. The closing hymn was “Lead On, O King Eternal.” Before the ad journment, however, the committee which had been appointed for that purpose, presented names to the conference from which were to be chosen a president, and a secretary for next year. These names were for president, Edgar Allen and Alma Andrews, and for secretary, Wilma Welborn, and Ernest Au- man, Jr. Edgar Allen, and Wilma Welborn were elected. Anna Ger trude Douglas is the retiring presi dent, and Ina McAdams, the secre tary. The committee which arranged for the conference was as follows: Anna Gertrude Douglas, general chairman; Ina McAdams, secre tary; W. B. Hall, adult adviser; Margaret Johnson, publicity cahir- man; Grace Koontz, registration chairman; Eloise Best, banquet chairman; Alma Andrews, music chairman; and Marjorie Welborn, decoration chairman. Alma An drews was accompanist for all the hymns and solos. It is hoped by the city conference that the conference convention may be an annual affair, and next year it will probably be held with a larger attendance than that of this year. HAMIL AND ARMSTRONG WIN PAIR OF SHOES YOUNG PEOPLE HOLD S. S. CONFERENCE AT M. P. CHURCH FRIDAY (Continued from Page 1) ;ect for the morning session was “The Best in Class, and Depart mental Organization and Activi ties.” He discussed with the young people the best means of organizing and conducting classes and de (Continned from Page 1) the same rigidity that Silas Marner hoarded his gold, and so may be expected soon to appear a la Cinderella. Mr. Merrit also offered a dis count of two dollars per pair for each of the girls participating in the game, provided they should win. While Miss Henderson’s cagers were not able to win from the quick-stepping youngsters from Germanton, they nevertheless made the matter of their winning as difficult as the task of the com mittee in deciding whom to award the shoes to after the game. Last year the Merit Shoe Com pany offered three pairs of shoes for the boys m a football game with Greensboro.
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