News For
Students
THE
POINTER
News By
Students
Vol. XVII, No. 6
High Point, N. C., Friday, March 10, 1939
Price—Five Cents
Class Mascot
Biological Garden Under Construction
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Meet Despina Lucas, mascot of
the senior class! She is the four
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Lucas, who live at 327
Fourth Street.
Life Adjustment
Conference Takes
Place March 24
Seniors Elect
Despina Lucas
Class Mascot
Will Lead Senior Class In
Baccalaureate and
Commencement
Exercises
In an election which necessita
ted a third casting of ballots.
Despina Lucas, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Lucas, 327 Fourth
street, was elected senior class
mascot last week.
In the first election, all candi
dates but three were eliminated.
Those three were Bonnie Lou
Odom, Despenia Lucas, and Doris
Joan Vaughn. In the second vote,
Bonnie Lou Odom was eliminated
from the race and the seniors
again voted between Despina
Lucas and Doris Joan Vaughn.
When all returns were in Des
pina Lucas had the majority of
votes.
The list of candidates and their
sponsors is as follows; Nancy
Gwyn Jarvis, Doris Hicks; Des
pina Lucas, Jean Davis and Vir
ginia Coltrane; Charlotte Ann
Van Loam, Caroline York and
Wanda Harville; Bonnie Lou
Odom, Geneva Crowder; Rachel
Leonard, Dorothy Mangrum; and
Doris Joan Vaughn was sponsor
ed by Frances Vaughn.
On June 4th and 5th Despina
will lead the seniors’ procession to
the baccalaureate and commence
ment exercises.
SENIOR Hl-Y PLANS WEINER
ROAST, OTHER ACTIVITIES
The senior Hi-Y has completed
plans for a weiner roast to be
held March 22.
This event will bring to a climax
the list of activities for the
senior branch of the Hi-Y this
year Although this club has seen
little action lately, the plans call
for a full program this spring,
stated Mr. Sam Smith, faculty
advisor.
Mr. Smith also said, “The sen
ior Hi-Y will be unable to present
the school with the electric score-
board for the Gymnasium as was
rumored.”
The Life Adjustment confer
ence will be observed in High
Point High School on March 24.
A student committee composed
of the Student Council and the
National Honor Society has been
appointed to work with the facul
ty committee in completing ten
tative plans.
The program will open with
special music by the orchestra,
followed by the devotional by
Rev. J. Clay Madison. Principal
D. P. Whitley will introduce the
visitors, after which Kathryn Al
len will introduce the keynote
speaker, C A. Milton of Guilford
College. He has been asked to
speak on the subject “You Can
Make of Yourself What You Will.”
Following a ten minute recess
the students will go into Panel
Discussion groups, dealing with
all phases of vocational and avo
cations.
After lunch, students will as
semble in their homerooms to
discuss the speeches of the morn
ing. The afternoon session will
open in the auditorium with mu
sic by the boys’ quintet.
The keynote speaker of the af
ternoon will be Dr. Henry Lewis
Smith, ex-president of Davidson
College.
Miss Louise Hunter is serving
as chairman of the faculty com
mittee, composed of Misses Eloise
Ward, Madeline McCain, Anna
Mendenhall, Leslie Johnson, Ber
nice Love, Mr. Sam Smith, and
Mr. A. J. Simion.
MARCH OF MEASUREMENT
PRESENTED IN CHAPEL
A program showing the devel
opment of measurement was pre
sented this morning in chapel.
Several original drawings by
Mr. A. R. Carr portrayed the de
velopment of measurement, and
Arthur Utley described each il
lustration as it was presented.
Included in the units of meas
urement whose origins were in
troduced, were the inch; yard,
cube, and the mile. It was re
vealed that the yard was orig
inally determined by an arm’s
length, one foot by so many
paces, and a mile by many thous
ands of military paces.
CAST FOR BETA
CLUB MELODRAMA
STILL UNDECIDED
The cast for the Beta Club
play, ‘‘And the Villian Still Pur
sued Her,” which will be pre
sented sometime in March has
not yet been decided.
The meeting on March 6,
which would have probably de
cided the cast, was cancelled be
cause of the Life Adjustment
Conference questionnaires that
were distributed among the stu
dents.
The Beta Club will probably
not send delegates to the Vir
ginia State Convention to be held
in Roanoke, Virginia, from March
31 through April 1, but the high
school Beta Club may be repre
sented by members who find
ways to go. Further plans have
not been advanced for the play or
the Beta Club social.
Hutchens Edits
Pointer
Akers Hutchens, a senior, is
the editor-in-chief of this is
sue of The Pointer. He, in
turn, selected his editorial staff
and the staff made assign
ments.
Following the plans for the
journalism class, various indi
viduals will be appointed edi
tors-in-chief. They are respon
sible for the complete edition
of the paper, including the se
lection of an editorial staff,
paper make-up, assignments,
pictures, and proofing of the
paper.
Amy Lou Holmes is man-
ag:ing editor of this issue of
the paper. Other staff mem
bers include: Ruth Griffith,
news editor; “Bus” Overcash
and Lewis Hayworth, sports
editors; Doris Byerly, feature
editor; John Fowler and Mary
Holton are responsible for the
editorial page.
Debate Contest
Sponsored By
American Legion
Joe Givens Will Represent
High Point High
School
Joe Given will represent High
Point high school in the on com
ing nation-wide debates sponsor
ed by the American Legion.
The debate program has not
been completed as yet, but to the
person who is victorious in this
state will be awarded a gold med
al and $50.
The winner in this state will
oppose the debate winner from
South Carolina and the victorius
candidate will compete in the Na-
ional Contest
The winner of the National con
test wins $4,000 and a medal, and
each of the contestants in this
debate wins a famous make wrist
watch.
COLLEGE DAY PLANS
NEAR COMPLETION
Plans are being completed for
the College Day exercises to be
held here.
•The National Honor society,
which is sponsoring College Day,
will present a questionnaire to
the students. This will be for the
purpose of finding out what the
student will be interested in and
what he wishes to take in Col
lege. The committee is composed
of Mary Holton, Jean Davis, and
Stephen Clark.
Between 35 and 40 represen
tatives will be present from col
leges in North Carolina and South
Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia.
Last year College Day was ob
served by seniors only. However
as was stated in the last issue of
The Pointer by Principal D. P.
Whitley, College Day would be
a day open to all students. Fur
ther, he stated that all students
should be thinking in terms of
careers and should now be vamp
ing their courses to fit those
plans.
College Day is a day set aside
for parents and students. Parents
as well as student's can learn about
courses offered by different insti
tutions and the cost involved at
the various institutions.
Bird Sanctuary To Be
Used By Biology Classes
DRAMATIC CLUB
PRESENTS THREE
PLAYS TONIGHT
High Point High School’s lit
tle theater, the Dramatic Club,
will present its main perform
ance of the school term when
three one-act plays are given in
the high school auditorium to
night.
“The trend toward presenta
tion of one-act plays by ama
teurs is increasing rapidly,” Miss
Ruth Goodman, faculty advisor
of the club and director of the
plays, stated.
The plays to be presented are:
“The White Phantom ” a mys
tery-comic play, by Wilbur
Brown; “Audition,” a comedy
about prospective radio stars, by
Francine McCartney Donner; and
“Woman’s Might,” by Jude Storm,
a comedy drama showing how a
group of women outwitted a
clever auctioneer and a banker in
order to save the home of one of
their friends.
A list of characters are; “The
White Phantom”—Mrs. Blake,
Donree Setzer; Elener Moore,
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UNIQUE CLASSES ARE
ORGANIZED HERE
A new type of class organiza
tion has been sponsored in Mr.
Smith’s social science classes.
Each class has elected a presi
dent, vice-president, secretary, and
sergeant-at-arms. The sergeant-
at-arms helps to keep the class in
order.
Evedy Thursday court is held
for the purpose of prosecuting
any offenders who may have vio
lated certain rules. If the offen
der is found guilty of the charge
he is asked to write a paper on
some social problem connected
with the school.
Play Prologue
Is Featured At
Sophomore Meet
A prologue to “King Arthur’s
Court” was given at the monthly
meeting of the sophomoFe class
last Wednesday.
The three-act play “King Ar
thur’s Court,” which deals with
the rules and regulations of the
school, will be given at their next
meeting. The Rules and Regula
tions committee, with the aid of
the English teacher, is responsi
ble for this program. This com
mittee is composed of Clark Wil
son, Bill Atkins, and Mary Ann
Thomas.
Several other entertaining pro
grams have been planned for the
future by the program commit
tee headed by Joe Given.
Floral designs furnished by J.
R. Harrison have made the stage
more attractive during each class
meeting.
The executive committee is
composed of Ruth Culler, presi
dent; George White, vice-presi-
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Students Will Label Trees
and Plants For Future
Reference
The Science Department of
Senior High S-chool has ob
tained permission to fix the
Bird Sanctuary as a Biologi
cal Garden in connection with
school work.
Work to clear debris and
undergrowth from the land
began March 2, but the fall
en leaves will be left on the
ground to decay and provide
fertilizer for new plants.
Students in the science classes
are to use the garden for the
purpose of plant and animal
study. The members of the
classes will do most of the work
of clearing, planting, and label
ing the various trees and plants.
This work will be divided into
four parts. Mrs. R. H. Shaw’s
classes will be in charge of land
scaping the banks of the stream
and taking care of all small
plants. Miss Madeline McCain’s
pupils will supervise the ferns
and shrubs and the labeling of
■miscellaneous trees. Mr. June
Scott’s students will label all
hickory and pine trees, and
Miss Clara Whitehead’s classes
will have charge of identifying
the oaks.
Besides the science department,
the labeling will require the co
operation of three other depart
ments; the manuel training, the
drawing, and the Latin depart
ments. The manuel training
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DRIVING SCHDOL PROVES
VALUAGLE TO STUDENTS
A great number of students
have enrolled in the City Driving
School classes and are finding
them a great help in future driv
ing on public highways.
The present class has been un
derway for two weeks. A total
of thirty-eight persons were
graduated from the last class,
thirteen of whom made a perfect
grade on the final examination.
The average for the entire class
was reported' as ninety-four.
These classes take place each
day for three weeks at the city
hall, one class from four to six
in the afternoon and the other
from seven to nine at night. The
school is conducted by Instructor
Chap Bodenheimer. Two experi
enced drivers who serve as driv
ing instructors are G. W. Rals
ton and Victor Burvns.
The Driving School is conducted
in order to produce safer drivers
on our highways. Mr. Boden
heimer says, “It’s a good thing
to prevent all these hazards, and
the classes will continue just as
long as the people of High Point
are interested.” They have now
been progressing for approximate
ly seven weeks.
The following students are now
enrolled: Hazel Chapman, George
Shelhorse, Arline Leviner, Helen
Setzer, Juanita Turnage, Glenn
Payne, Bob Bencini, Doris John
son, Dorothy Bradley, Dwanda
Lee 9issette, Bonnie Frazizer,
Betty Pleasant, and Wiley Chand
ler, Jr.