Quill and Scroll Organization
Has Given Charter to H. S.
Members Taken In Soon.
The members of The Pointer
staff are going to secure a local
chapter of the Quill and Scroll
Society. This society is an honorary
society for young journalists, excel
ling in publication work, just as the
National Honor Society is an or
ganization for high school students
excelling in scholarship.
Requirements for Membership
In order to be admitted in this
Quill and Scroll Club, a candidate
must be either a junior or a senior
in his school. He must be in the
upper third of his class in scholar
ship and he must have done excel
lent work in writing, editing or
some business management of the
high school paper. This candidate
must also be recommended by the
supervisor or a committee ap
pointed and his name approved by
the national secretary-treasurer of
the organization. A sample of the
candidates best work is sent along
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FIFTEENllSTAIE
FRENCH CONIES! HERE
Marion Williams Makes Only
Three Mistakes in Annual
Competition — Second Place
Undetermined.
M SliEKIS ON
The state French contest was
held Friday morning, March 15,
with fifteen students entering.
The test was divided into five
parts. Sections one and two con
sisted of a test on vocabularies and
irregular verbs. Part three was
taken up with the chief points of
grammar; and groups four and five
were comprised ot a test on sight
reading and an original theme. The
subject for the theme vvas 'The
French Hooks 1 Have Studied.
The following people entered the
contest; Philip Carpenter, Thomas
Carpenter, Jewell Hill, J. D.
Koonce, Ivan Crissman, Ruby
Hicks, Frances Douglas, Mary E.
Harllee, Anna Gertrude Douglas,
Margaret Neese, Dot Rankin, Clar
ice Snipes, Katie Sue Stanfield, and
Marion Williams.
Marion Williams had the fewest
mistakes which were three and a
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mio FHILOl LOSES
Washington and Lee Will En
tertain School Journalists
May 10-11—Members Local
Staff May Attend.
Every high school in the South
is being asked to send publication
editors, business managers, and ad
visers to the fourth annual conven
tion of the Southern Interscholastic
Press Association, May 10-11, at
Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Va. An all-southern
publication contest to determine
the best high school newspapers,
magazines, and year books in the
south in four classes will be held.
Prizes will be awarded.
In 1916, this association was or
ganized by the Lee School of
Journalism. Last year 109 delegates
representing thirty-two high and
preparatory schools in ten southern
states and the District of Columbia
attended. These conferences are
for the purpose of exchanging news
and business ideas of school pub
lications.
The session lasts two days. The
climax of each convention is a
banquet. Last year the trne was
"Made in Virginia” and this Made
in Dixie.” Each year a paper is
printed by the delegates.
This year, discussion, groups and
regular addresses will widen the
scope of the convention. Details
of these meetings will be announced
later.
It is very probable that Miss
Helen Derrick, faculty adviser, and
two or three members of the staff
will go to Lexington in order that
they may bring back new ideas
for the other students who help
to gather news for The Pointer.
o
Four Editors of The Pointer Try
Hand at Feature Writing.
Subjects Are Specified.
SENIORS ARE TRAILING
Freshmen Are Leaders on List
for Fourth Six Weeks; Sopho
mores Have Only One More
Than Juniors.
The freshman class leads in the
number of names on the last six
weeks period honor roll. This was
the fourth time that reports have
been issued, the freshmen gaining
the lead almost every time. They
have thirty-seven on the roll. The
sophomores are not, however, far
behind, and the juniors have only
one less than the sophomores. The
second year students have thirty-
two of their number on the roll,
and the juniors have thirty-two.
The seniors are last with twenty-
three class members gaining schol
astic precedence over their fellow-
members.
Those who made the roll for this
six weeks were;
Seniors
Beverly Bradner, Woodrow
Brown, Gladys Culler, Elva Gris
som, Adele Hicks, Mary Holley,
Treva Hoover, Virginia Hunt, Mil
dred Payne, Thelma Scott, Edith
Slack, Anna Gertrude Douglas,
Virginia Diffee, Lucille Dunn, Dot
Rankin, Katie Sue Stanfield, Wil
bur Hutchins, Wesley Jones, Nor
wood Eve, Jennie Lee Welborn,
William Coble, Mayna Allen, Eloise
Best.
Juniors
Nell McMullan, Hazel Sebastian,
Wilma Farabee, Chessie Kinsey,
Mary Doan Rankin, Philip Car
penter, Thomas Carpenter, Ivan
Crissman, Rose Askew, Agnes By
rum, Elizabeth Liles, Mildred
Schultheiss, Nancy Smith, Hazel
Anderson, Carey Atkins, Dorothy
KIrkman, Jasper L. Jones, Bernard
Burchfield, Helen Betts, Anita
Kerr, Anna Lanier, Ruth Wood,
Franklin Surratt, Ruby Hicks,
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Grammar, Composition, and
Literature Vie for Honors in
Time and Interest in Each
Grade.
That the adage, “variety Is the
spice of life,” has been adopted as
the slogan of the English depart
ment, is evident from a recent
report of the class work being
carried on by the different mem
bers of the department. The range
in subjects extends from creative
work, to sentence analysis, from
Henry V and Scottish traditions,
to a mouse colored donkey and a
white elephant.
Mr. Owen’s freshman class is
making a study of the short story.
"The Gold Bug,” "The Specter
Bridegroom,” "Dissertation Upon
a Roast Pig,” "The Elephant Re
members,” and the "Romance of
a Busy Broker,” are being read
and studied. His senior classes are
studying in English literature "The
New Romanticism.”
The pupils in one of Miss Bul-
winkle’s sophomore classes are
studying sentence structure and the
diagramming of sentences. They
are hunting up old grammars and
comparing rules of punctuation and
diagramming of today with that of
olden days. Another of her classes
is studying "Silas Marner.” At the
end of this study, a booklet will
be made by the class, each member
contributing something.
For the past two weeks, one of
Miss Bulwlnkle’s junior classes has
been enjoying a trip through France
with Stevenson and Modestlne.
The party has been guided on its
way by a blackboard map drawn
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BE DR.». C. MCM
Vice President of N. C. C. W.
Speaks Here—Tells Interest
ing Events in Life of Late
President.
Side Lights on the life of Andrew
Jackson was the theme of an in
spiring talk which Dr. W. C. Jack-
son, vice president of N. C. C. W.,
made to the students on Friday
morning, March 15, which was
Jackson’s birthday.
The first few minutes the speaker
spent In briefly summarizing the
Incidents in Jackson’s eventful life,
showing how he climbed from ob
scurity in the Waxhaw settlement
through varying degrees of prom
inence until he became first and
only congressman from the state of
Tennessee, then governor of the
state, then judge, and finally presi
dent of the United States. This last
event. Dr. Jackson explained,
marked an absolute revolution In
American politics and policies.
Interesting Events
The speaker then selected cer
tain Interesting and outstanding
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LARGE AODIENCE SEES
AI
Local Senior Wins In First
Stages of Oratorical Meet Only
To Lose in the Finals.
Last Thursday and Friday schools
from North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Virginia met at Duke
University for the nineteenth high
school declamation contest spon
sored by the 9019 Scholarship
Fraternity. The declalmers were
separated into three groups for the
preliminary. A first, second and
third speaker were selected for the
finals. Ralto won first place in his
group. The subject of his speech
was "The Wounded Soldier.’ It
is a great honor to go to the finals
in this contest. Some of the schools
In the finals were: Charlotte, Dur
ham, Elon College high school and
Columbia, South Carolina. The de-
claimer from Elon College high
school was awarded the medal. His
subject was "The Christ of the
^ndes.”
Four members of The Pointer
staff' tried their skill at writing fea
ture stories last Tuesday, March
12, as a part of the national contest
of creative work which is being-
sponsored by the Quill and Scroll
Society. The two best paper select
to represent the high school at
headquarters were those of Mary
Elizabeth Harlee, who wrote “An
Interview with Senator Wilbur
Hutchins in 1950,” and of Frances
Douglas, who wrote "An Interview
with Anne Spencer Morrow.”
The subjects for the feature
stories were sent from general
headquarters in a sealed envelope
with the directions that It not be
opened until the contestants were
ready to write. Three possible sub
jects were given: The national
group contest in feature writing;
an Imaginary interview with some
acquaintance or celebrity; and an
account of an imaginary fire at a
local fire station.
Mary Elizabeth Harllee, Frances
Douglas, and Ina McAdams elected
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MR. CLAUDE T. CARR
IS VISITOR TO SCHOOL
CIJILFORD COLLEGE TO
HAVE HIGH SCHOOL OAV
PLAYS ARE WELL RECEIVED
‘The Valiant,” Tragedy, Is
Outstanding In Evening’s
Presentatio n—Woodrow
Brooks Stars In Comedy.
Is Instructing Teachers’ Train
ing Class at First Presby
terian Church.
Mr. Claude T. Carr of Moores-
ville, N. C., was a visitor to High
Point high school Tuesday, March
12th. Mr. Carr is instructing a
teachers’ training class at the First
Presbyterian Church. He was for
mally engaged in public school
work. Mr. Carr was the guest of
Miss Anne Albright, and had lunch
In the cafeteria, after which he
was shown over the building.
Mr, Johnston Receives Infor
mation About Contests and
Features for April 27. High
Point May be Represented.
Mr. L. R. Johnston has received
a notice of the Annual High School
Day to be held at Guilford College
on April 27th. Included in this
high school day will be a declama
tion contest for boys, a track meet
for boys, a tennis tournament for
boys, and a recitation contest for
girls. Other events will be arranged
at a later date to afford additional
entertainment.
Mr. L. L. Williams, chairman of
the committee of the high school
day, sent Mr. Johnston full details,
the most important parts of which
are copied here. The name of the
school, the name and address of the
principal, the names of the con
testants in the declamation and
recitation contests, and the names
of the participants in the athletic
meets should be sent to the chair
man as soon as possible.
Program For Day
The program for the day is as
follows: 1. Registration of con
testants, Saturday morning at
8 A.M. 2. Declamation contest for
boys at 9 o’clock. 3. Recitation for
high school girls at 9 o’lock. 4. Ten
nis tournament for high school boys
at 9 o’clock. 5. Track meet for high
school boys, Saturday afternoon.
6. Indoor entertainment in case of
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Members of the Dramatic club
of the High Point high school,
under the direction of Robert K.
Marshall, presented a group of one-
act plays to a packed house In the
auditorium of the local institution
Friday night. The entire perform
ance was of an exceptionally high
quality for high school productions.
Every play was well staged. The
scenery though constructed by the
producers themselves was very ap
propriate and peculiarly effective.
Every player moved with a preci
sion and aptness indicative of a
mastery of every line of the dia
logue and every movement of the
action.
Richard Samuels, playing the
part of James Dyke, the prisoner,
ably supported by La Verne Hud
son, in the role of Josephine Davis,
in the “Valiant,” a tragedy by
Holworthy Hall and Robert Mld-
dlemass, furnished the high spot
of the evening’s entertainment. The
action of this play, the second of
the program, took place at half-
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PARTY MAGAZINE NOW
ON LIBRARY SHELF
fLANG FOR OPERETTA
ARE BEING PEREECTEO
“The Captain of Plymouth”
Will Be Presented Early Part
of April; Modernizes Story of
Courtship of Miles Standlsh.
The blustering old captain of
Plymouth with his two good friends,
John Alden and Pricllla, will soon
make their appearance at the high
school. So declared Lewis L. Stoo-
key, head of the music department,
who announced that the annual
operetta was rapidly getting in
shape for its scheduled appearance
on the evening of April 5.
"The Captain of Plymouth,”
which is the name of the musical
play Mr. Stookey will present this
year. Is based on the familiar story
of Miles Standish, John Alden, and
Pricllla. However, as the action
progresses, it deviates from the
original style with interspersed pas
sages suggesting modern times. In
fact. It is "The Courtship of Miles
Standish” brought up to date, and
changed here and there as to plot.
The location of the first act is
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Irish Comedy Is Feature of
Program Wednesday, March
13—Musical Numbers Also
Given.
The library has just secured a
subscription to the Dennison Party
Book which is issued each month.
At the end of each year the Denni
son company compiles a large an
nual into which they put the best
ideas they have secured during the
preceding year. This book is il
lustrated with colored pictures, and
the plain pictures, and contains
many useful suggestions for those
who wish to "Throw a Party.”
The sophomore class was enter
tained by a humorous one-act play
at their monthly meeting which was
held March 13, in the auditorium.
The play, an Irish comedy, was
entitled "The Pat of Broth,” and
the characters were: The tramp, a
very clever fellow, Howard Kelly;
John Conerly, a hen-pecked hus
band, Gatewood Shipman; Sibeyl,
Conerly, a sharp tongued, scheming
woman, Emma Carr Bivins.
The tramp by very cunning
means secured for himself a fine
meal by using his wits to fool the
very stingy Irish housewife.
Preceding the play C. L. Gray
sang. The concluding number of
the program was a violin solo by
Adelaide Crowell, accompanied by
i Eleanor Stephens at the piano.