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THE POINTER
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1929
THE POINTER -
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STAFF OFFICERS
MAltY ICLIZABETH HARLLEE Editor-in-Chikf
MARGARET YORK Associate Editor
GLADYS CULLER Associate Editor
FRANCIS DOUGLAS Associate Editor
IHOMAS CARPENTER _ .Associate Editor
SAM CLAPP. Boys’ Athletic Editor
VIRGINIA HUNT Girls’ Athletic Editor
CARL SMITH... Business Manager
JAMES LADD_ Club Editor
ALMA ANDREWS Exhange Editor
HARRY COBLE Humor Editor
ROBERT DAVIS — Advertising Manager
DOROTIIV RANKIN Assistant Advertising Manager
CARL JONES Assistant Advertising Manager
ELOISE BEST Copyholder
MAYNA ALLEN — Proofreader
WESLEY .TONES Circulation Manager
EDGAR, SNIDER Assistant Circulation Manager
MISS HELEN DERRICK Faculty Manager
M. L. PATRICK Faculty Business Manager
Junior Dramatic Club
The lunior Dramatic club had
a valentine meeting Tuesday.
Greetings were given by Marie
Pavme. A story “Who Began St.
Valentine” was told bv Charlotte
H ubbard. There was also a play
entitled "Grandmother Cupid.”
The characters were, “Girl,” .Mar
garet Hedrick, and “Boy,” Harry
Williamson. Velva Hayden told
some jokes on love. A valentine
game was played at the end of the
meeting.
The club pins have arrived and
were given out at the meeting.
They are sterling silver. The colors
blue and white are in the center
along with the letters, D.C. ’29.
Travelers Club
China was the countrv in which ,i r i i l r
,1 m I • . ‘ . 1 .1 • the freshman and sophomore t
the 1 ravelers were interested this r> i t • cr v
Reserves and the Junior rli-1.
Other plans for the party will be
.nade later.
Senior Dramatic Club
fainting, and insect bites and
stings. .Miss Hutchinson was de
lighted that the club had been
formed, and congratulated the girls
on the splendid attention which
they displayed during the meet
ing. She promised to be with the
club again before long.
Senior Girl Reserves
The Senior Girl Reserves met in
Room 206 Thursday morning.
.Margaret Andrews, president, read
a portion of the Scripture for the
devotional. Adele Hicks then read
several of Edgar Guest’s poems.
.\l iss Carier, new Girl Reserve
secretary, told something about the
conference of Girl Reserve secre
taries and advisers which she at
tended in Raleigh last week.
The business of the meeting
was turned over to a discussion of
the prospects of the club giving a
party. It was decided that the
members of the senior Hi-Y be
invited instead of the members of
Girl
many as possible to attend. Wil
bur Hutchins was elected to repre
sent the club at the banquet and
to make a talk on “W^hat the
Hi-Y xMeans to .^le.”
The Senior French Club
The Senior French Club en
joyed a very interesting play at
their last club meeting. The play
was, “Les .Martin au Restaurant.”
The characters were as follows;
The Father, Irene Seward; the
.Mother, Ruby Hicks; the Son,
Franklin Surratt; the waiter,
Gladys Farlow. The story of the
plav is as follows: The father,
mother, and son meet at a restau
rant and order their meal. The son
IS very impolite at the table and
the mother and father are con
tinually scolding him. The waiter
serves them with real food.
The senior Dramatic Club
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We are all hoping that High Point high school will he well repre
sented in the flag contest that was announced in last week’s The
Pointer.
Boys and girls of today should not lack for inspiration this time
ot the year, for some of the greatest men of all times had birthdays
either this month or last.
time. A letter from a Chinese mis
sionary was read by Eleanor
Stephens. Nancy Alyatt told a
story, “Ye Long’s First Birthday.”
Frances Einstein told something i • i ■ r
about the women of China. Emma i served as judges in the casting of
I Carr Bivens discussed educational ^ i ,
i conditions and the manner in i Bowler Hat at the last meeting,
which the Chinese eat. Some facts ' l^soh member was given a sheet,
about the Great W’all of China I containing a tabulation of the con-
were told by Rebecca Kearns. ' Kstants, and asked to score the
T7J. " e • /^i c i relative success of the contestants
iiiClison Science V^luo i • j , i *i'i_ r vi j_
A • i r • 1 • I in regard to suitabihtv tor the part,
A very mterestina’ and in-i • ° i.,., j . S
, , • " -111 voice, ability to take suggestions,
structive program was enioved bv i ^ r vj j
,1 o • 1 1 i “ submergence ot personality, and
the ocience club at the meetina-. , ® i
jj • V 1 r • • > sta^e presence. ihe members
It consisted ot moving pictures j 5 • jl i
1 11 r» 1 V TT • j seemed to enjoy the mock serious-
showed bv Robert idarrier and r i- r'jL i
n-ii T7 O’ i-c T'j ness or lines or the plav
billy rraley. ocientihc slides were ^ "
shown dealing wi th plants, am- ; Oratio Club
mals, and other phases of science.; During the meeting of the ()ratio
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And speaking of announcements—we wonder how many broken
hearts the announcement that Air. Alorrow, down in .Mexico, made
the other day, caused among the feminine contingent of the school.
W'henevcr you hear any of the seniors saying “Go to the devil,”
don’t feel that It’s your duty to report it to Miss Albright or to .Mr.
Johnston. I hey were probably only trying to remember some more
of “Paradise Lost.”
W’e d all like to be able to give a toast to our girls on the basket
ball team as well as to Miss Henderson for the splendid playing and
coaching they have shown to and done tor us this year. Anyway, we
can tell them that we appreciate every bit of the effort they’ve put out.
When a member of the Guilford College Glee Club said, in in
troducing “The Village Blacksmith, with apologies to Shakespeare,”
not a murmur was heard from the audience. Was it that our worthy
students simply couldn’t hear, or—oh, well, we’ll say that they didn’t
hear.
What we said last week about entering The Pointer office with
silent step is not all a joke. We are sure that all those who are writing
poems at this time would appreciate it if, on entering, you would re
member to be quiet. It is hard enough to write poems from memory,
but when there are several people around you talking, it is doubly hard.
So from now on, whenever you enter the office, please try to remember
to speak quietly.
SENIOR SUPERLATIVES
We learn from the account of the last senior class meeting that
the class will soon elect its superlatives. This election of superlatives
is so old a custom In the senior classes everywhere that it is almost a
tradition. It probably gives the members of the class a great deal of
pleasure to select the best looking, the most studious, the most popular,
and so on down a long list. It is an honor to be chosen one of these,
hut how about the uncomplimentary superlatives? Does it give anv
real pleasure to “duhh” a fellow with something that bespeaks disgust?
Aren’t there enough hard knocks in life without our having to add a
few?
If vou haven’t thought of this side of the question before, think
about it now. And let us hope that when the seniors vote for their
superlativ'es they will select fewer which create ill-feeling and more
which create good fellowship and real humor.
COLLEGE GLEE CLUB l to .^landalay,” and as an encore,
ENTERTAINS IN CHAPEL! “The Parade of the Wooden Sol-
„ . TT ! diers.”
(Continued from Page 1) q^he glee club gave the same
Ship.” They closed their program ’ program here as was presented at
with the Guilford college song. North Carolina College for Women,
Besides these numbers by the j Greensboro. They will start Alarch
regular club, Wilbur Steele gave a 2nd on their annual tour of the
reading which was a modern ver-1 eastern part of the state. When in
Sion of • The \ illage Blacksmith.” jlalelgh. Alarch 3rd, thev will
As an encore he gave a short dis- , , , i- "
course on "‘Talkative Women."' j ^^roadcast over the radio. The
Elmer Gray, bass, also sang two kome concert will he .^larch 9th
solos. The first was “On the Road ' at Guilford college.
Latin Club
Three plays were given at the
Latin Club on Tuesday. These
were written about two thousand
years ago by early Roman writers.
The names of the plays were
“Mostellana” by Plautus. “.Miles
Gloviosus” by Plautus, and Eu-
nuchus” by Terence. There were
several visitors at the meeting.
The plays were repeated Friday to
some of the Latin classes.
Radio Club
The new six tube all electric set
which the Radio club ordered has
arrived. It was examined with
much interest by the members of
the club at the meeting Tuesday.
The club bought with the radio a
kit of parts for a three foot cone
speaker. This is to be assembled by
the members. Work was begun on
it Tuesday and it will probably be
complete at the next meeting.
French Club
St. Valentine’s Day seemed to be
the chief theme of the programs
for the clubs this week. The
French club’s program consisted
of “The Origin of St. Valentine”
by Arlene Hicks, and a Valentine
contest in which all members took
part. After these, plans for a party
were discussed.
Freshman Girl Reserve-
The Freshman Girl Reserves had
a program on “World Fellowship”
at the meeting Tuesday. The life
of the Girl Reserves and prayers in
other countries were given by Lona
Belle Grant, Jane Franklin, Flor
ence O’Bierne, Victoria Thomas,
Elizabeth Clinard, and Frances
Loewis. Miss Carrier, the new
Y. W. C. A. Girl Reserve secretary,
talked to the girls about some of
the plans for the future. After this
some songs were sung and the
meeting was brought to a close.
Junior Hi-Y
The first thing taken up at the
meeting of the Junior Hi-Y Thurs
day was the taking of some fresh
men into the club. They will be
voted on at the next meeting.
Winford Hinkle, the president,
read a lesson from the book “Stu
dies In Character,” his subject
being Alethuselah. The lesson was
then discussed by all the members.
Home Nursing Club
The Home Nursing club was
fortunate in having Miss Hutchin
son, the city school nurse with
them at their regular meeting
Thursday morning. She gave a
most interesting and helpful talk
on “First Aid,” describing the
symptoms and some of the simple
remedies for many of the injuries
most of us face either in home,
school, or camp. The visitor dis
cussed the remedies for the fol
lowing: scalds, burns, headaches.
Club Tuesday morning, .Mr. An
drews discussed with the club the
debates that are to be held In the
near future. The query for the
dual debate with Greensboro is:
“Should the United States Cancel
Her War Debts?” The query of the
trainagular debate with Winston
and Greensboro Is: “Should the
United States Join the World
Court?” The triangular debate
will be held April 5th. Prelimina
ries will be held Fridav, February
22nd.
Mr. Andrews also announced the
declamation contests to be held in
various colleges. Several students
are going to try out for places.
Mr. .Andrews delivered a famous
declamation in order to show how
to deliver an address.
Sophomore Girl Reserves
The program for the meeting of
the Sophomore Girl Reserves Tues
day morning was: Bible reading,
Jane Hess Weaver; prayer led by
Louise Mason; Life of Abraham
Lincoln, Sarah Denny; poem, Di
ana Chandler. Miss Carrier gave a
short talk.
After the program a committee
was elected to make a code for the
club. Those on the committee are:
Jane Hess Weaver, Dorothy Crow
ley, .Mildred Stewart, Margaret
Hamlin, and Ruth Gross.
Retort Chemistry Club
In memory of Thomas A. Edi
son’s birthday, the Retort Chem
istry club held a program Tues
day morning, based on the facts
concerning his life and his ac
complishments toward the ad
vancement of humanity. His early
life was discussed by Elizabeth
Bradner, Edison’s education by
Bill Davis. His experiments were
brifly outlined by Graeser Thomp
son; his greatest experiment was
given in detailed outline by Spencer
Osborn. Interesting current events
were told by various members of
the club. Methods of raising funds
for the club were discussed. Also
members were urged to make pay
ments to Miss Tucker for the pins
that have been ordered.
Senior Hi-Y
xMr. Patrick made a very inter
esting and helpful talk to the
Senior Hi-Y club, Thursday morn
ing. His subject was “Clean .Man
hood.” He said that the three
essentials of clean mahood are:
clean body, clean mind, and good
friends. He said that boys of today
are improving morally because of
clubs and organizations like the
Hi-Y. He closed his talk by quoting
Joseph Addison’s “Hymn.”
The president announced the
banquet of the state convention
which is to be held Wednesday,
February 20th. He also urged as
WHY GO TO COLLEGE?
Just why do I want to go to
college? What good will I derive
from It? Of what importance Is
college In this day In time In our
everyday life?
College is the greatest way in
which one can develop mentally,
morally, and physically? Just the
name, college, means a great thing
to me. It is the foundation of every
successful organization. A time is
coming when a college education
will be essential to happiness and
success.
I want to go to college that I
may become more broadminded
and more successful. God has given
me great luck, and with God’s help
and more education I will have still
more so-called “luck.’
A college education is open to
everyone. It can be obtained by
hard work. Education is the great
est thing that this big world can
offer to the people.
A good college education would
render to me a great thing. Once
one has an education no one can
disturb or take it away. It was said
by John .Milton, “Thou canst not
touch the freedom of my mind.”
This statement expresses In a few
words what it would take xthers
many numbers of words to express.
College offers a great oppor
tunity to the young boys and girls
of this age. “Where there’s a will
there’s a way.” Yes—it does take
money to go to college, but the
money can be earned if one only
tries. I think it can be done, for I
am now working and planning to go
to college as a self supporting girl.
And if I, a girl, can do this, so
can other boys and girls. The girls
and boys who really try will find
that God and man will really help.
It is well parents can afford to
send the child to college, but still
better it will be if the child will
help. Never develop into a slacker;
develop high goals for your aims in
life.
Every type of business this day
and time requires more than just a
high school education Why? Be
cause a college education makes one
far more broad minded and skillful
in his or her work. The day has
come when there is more than one
person looking for the same job you
are wanting.Now, who would stand
the chance, the college student or
the high school student? The
college student wins, of course.
This proves that education is the
top ring to the ladder of success.
The mam reason I want to go to
college is to make out of myself,
a girl worth remembering. I do
want to be successful and possess
that treasure, education, which
can never be taken from me till
the light of life has flickered out.
Helen Osborn,
President of the Girls Council
LINCOLN IS SUBJECT
HOME ROOM PROGRAM
(Continued from Page 1)
Irene McKinney read a poem en
titled “A Valentine.” The class
then sang “Love’s Old Sweet
Song.” As a conclusion to the pro
gram, the contents of a valentine
box were distributed.
Distrust yourself, and sleep be
fore you fight. ’Tis not too late
tomorrow to be brave.—John Arm
strong.
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Youth calls for pleasure, pleasure
calls for love.