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THE POINTER
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Vol. XVII, No. 7
BETA CLUB
Left to right; Mary Holton, Roger Taylor, James Wilson, Jean
Davis, Frances Martin, Miss Eloise Ward, faculty advisor, Darrell
Sechrest, Akers Hutchens, and Earlene Liftlm. Other members of
the Beta Club were not present.—(Photo by Smith Studio).
Four Delegates To Attend
State Beta Convention
Outstanding Speakers Sched
uled For Meet Beta
Three members of the High
Point Chapter of the Beta Club
accompanied by the faculty ad
visor, Miss Eloise Ward, will
leave today to attend the Fourth
Annual State Conv^^ntiniT (rf
National Honorary Beta Clubs of
North Carolina in Winston-Salem
Friday and Saturday.
The speakers for the conven
tion will be Dr. Ralph W. Mc
Donald, former candidate for gov
ernor; Dr. ayde A. Erwin, state
superintendent of public instruc
tion; Dr. Frank P. Graham, Presi
dent of the Greater University of
North Carolina; and Dr. Hubert
Poteat of Wake Forest College.
Donald Britt of Clinton will deliv
er the President's address.
The delegates will visit the
tobacco factories at 2:00 this
afternoon. The Convention will
open at 3:00 with registration of
the members at the Robert E.
Lee Hotel. The opening session
will be held on the Roof Garden
tonight.
On Saturday morning there
will be held a breakfast for the
sponsors and the principals who
are with the delegates. A sight
seeing tour will be started at
10:00 at which time the dele
gates wishing to tour Winston-
Salem will be given an oppor
tunity to do so. At this time,
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Students Will
Meet Governor
At Raleigh, N. C.
SEM PLM CASl
TO BE
NEJIJEDNESDM
Names of seniors who will
have parts in the senior play.
Tcebound," will be announced
m next Monday or Tuesday.
Miss Maude Burrus, director of
he play, announced last night.
Tryouts have been in progress
since last Tuesday and although
the last appearance of seniors
trying out for the play was yes
terday, Miss Burns explained
that selection of the characters
would necessarily have to come
after making a final and delib
erate “check-up” on those as
piring for places in the play.
Sixty seniors registered for
tryouts in the play. From this
sixty only twelve will be chosen.
The' cast is made up of six boys
and six girls.
The play is a three act play,
written by Owen Davis. The play
is a Pulitzer Prize winner. In
the original cast Edna Mae Oli
ver played one of the parts.
The play centers about the
Jordan family, takes place in
Maine, and is filled with—well,
you’ll just have to wait until
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Dramatic Club Festival Being
Held This Week Chapel Hill
NO COLLEGE DAY
College Day formerly sched
uled for April 12, is not to be
held due to the conflicting
Guidance Conference which is
to take place at this school
April 14.
This change was decided
upon because of the difficul
ties met in obtaining speakers
for both the occasions. If
College Day was to be held as
planned it would throw double
duty on several of the speak
ers.
Although College Day is giv
ing way to the Guidance Con
ference almost all the ground
pretaining to college work and
college preparation will be dis
cussed in detail along with the
Guidance Conference.
Radio Club Ends
Successful Year
A personal interview with the
Honorable Clyde R. Hoey, gov
ernor of the state of North Caro-
climax of a one
day tour of Raleigh for thirty-
five members of Mr.’Sam Smith’s
sociology classes.
The party left for Raleigh at
7:30 o’clock this morning on a
chartered bus and expects to ar
rive in the capital at 10:00
o’clock. Their itinerary will carry
them on an inspection of the state
prison; Dix Hill, the state hospi
tal for the mentally disable; in
stitutions for the blind, deaf, and
dumb, for both white and colored.
T'ow highlights of the trip will
be a visit to the state legislature,
which is now in session; and an
inspection of State College, which
is the school of technecolory for
the state of North Carolina.
Mr. Smith stated that the pur
pose of this trip is to study the
various methods by which North
Carolina is attempting to solve
certain of several social problems
through the use of different in
stitutions.
Mr. Smith also stated that stu
dents making the trip will be re
quired to observe anything of in-
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Diplomas Ordered
For June Exercises
According to a recent''announce
ment made by Principal D. P.
"^Vlutley,' diplWas liave’TBeeii or
dered for those students who will
be graduating this year.
Two hundred and seventy-six
dipolmas were ordered from the
Star Engraving Company in
Houston, Texas.
The diplomas have a standard
form that is approved by Star
Engraving Company.
There are two hundred and
thirty eight in the graduating
class this year. Although this
year’s graduating class is small,
Mr. Whiteley stated that the ris
ing senior class will probably be
the largest in the history of the
school.
The diplomas will probably be
delivered by May first, but they
will not be signed until all exams
have been taken.
Th initial order of standard in
vitations has been sent to the
Star Engraving Company. They
are expected to arrive in about
two weeks.
Thre will be a second final
order of invitations placed at a
later date.
The Radio Club will shortly
end its first year of active work
in the field of broadcasting.
Organized in 1938 the club has
met with outstanding success
largely due to the supervision of
Mr. Howard F. Carter and Miss
Eloise Ward, faculty advisors.
Presenting carefully selected
dramas over radio station WMFR
each Thursday evening at 7:15
the organization boasts many reg
ular listeners throughout High
Point and surrounding territory.
Frequently the scripts for the
quarter-hour presentations are
supplied by the Bureau of Educa
tion, United States Government.
The programs do not linger on
subjects of education but are se
lected exclusively for their appeal
to the general public.
Stephen Clark, active leader in
Radio Club work, said to Pointer
reporter: “The club has met with
great success and it is sure to
continue its activities.”
The Radio Club consists of some
15 active members who meet
usually each Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons to select and
practice radio plays. Students
are urged to tune in on the Radio
Club’s presentations each Thurs
day and hear the potential radio
stars perform over the air.
Work is being begun now to
introduce a new series of pro
grams over the air. The pres
entations will be entitled, “Plan-
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Approximately seven Dramatic
Club members left today with
Miss Ruth Goodman to take part
in the Sixteenth Annual Festival
and Drama Tournament being
held in Chapel Hill through this
week, March 21-25.
The events, taking place at the
Playmaker’s Theatre, started on
Tuesday, March 21, at 8:30 P. M.
with the winning play in the full-
length play contest. On Wednes
day morning, the University Dra
matic Art classes were open to
visitors. On Thursday, a Mari
onette play was presented, and
talks were made byoutstanding
leaders in theatre arts. Today,
more talks are to be made, and
a highlight of the week will be
the Festival Exhibit and Tea at
5:00 P. M. Tomorrow’s program
will include, a business session,
presentation of a play by a guest
group, more talks by outstand
ing leaders in theatre arts, and
the winning plays in play writ
ing by individual members and
Little Theatres.
Bringing the week to a close
will be the announcement of the
winners in all the contests and
the presentation of awards on to
morrow evening. On each day
of the week were final contests in
play production, playwriting, and
make-up and costumes by city,
county, and Junior High schools.
Junior and Senior colleges. Little
Theatres, and Junior Community
and W, P. A. groups.
Every year, lai;ge groups come
from all parts of the state to
the University of North Carolina
to take part in the Festival which
includes thirty eight plays repre
senting the best theatre work be
ing done in this state. Distin
guished leaders in the field of
dramatic art come from all over
America to speak. Round table
discussions, special exhibits, and
contests in all phases of theatre
arts provide stimulating experi
ence to those participating and
to those observing.
GOMMIITEE SELECTS
SUPERLATIVES FOR
SENIOR ELECTIONS
WORK UNDERWAY ON BOTANICAL GARDEN
MONOGRAM CLUR
SELECTS OFFICIAL
SWEATERS, LETTERS
The Monogram Club has estab
lished for its members two types
of letters and offit-al sweaters.
In major sports, such as base
ball, football, and track, a seven
inch H. P. blocks will be award
ed, while the minor sports of
tennis, golf, soccer, wrestling, and
swimming will receive a five inch
award.
The royal blue and white let
ters will contain an emblem of
the sport they represent in the
lower right hand corner.
The club has accepted as their
official sweater a slip-over or
button sweater of royal blue
trimmed in white.
All biology classes have been
busy for the past week in an
effort to clear the lot adjacent
to the school and parallel to
the school driveway for the con
struction of a botanical garden
During these periods of work
in the field, students have
cleard and prepared beds for
the planting of plants and small
shrubs.
Paths for the garden have
been laid off by superintendent
of school grounds W. S. Hasty,
and students have started clear
ing these paths asd making
them passible.
Mrs. R. H. Shaw, teacher in
charge of the project, stated yes
terday, “We are not attempting
to construct a park. Our pur
pose is to give the students a
I chance for practical applications
of the knowledge acquired in
science classes. We are urging
the students not to bring plants
if they leave ugly spots in the
place from which they dug the
plant.”
Planting is just getting un
der way. Cactus and ferns have
been plantd. With the clear
ing of the stream, water plants
will be planted along the creek
bed and sides.
The classes of Miss Madeline
McCain will label the miscelan-
eous trees and shrubs; the classes
of Mr. June Scott will label
the hickory and pine trees; the
classes of Miss Clara Whitehead,
the oaks; the classes of Mrs.
Shaw will take charge of plant
ing along the stream and the
small plant life on the hill-side.
The science department is mak
ing rapid progress in their work
on the project and are constant
ly planning new developments.
Work will soon be begun on
the construction of rustic benches
built to encircle the numerous
large trees found in the local
ity. The department is also
contemplating the building of
an artistic arched bridge to cross
the stream which runs through
the property. Fishes, tadpoles,
frogs and other wild-life will
be placed in the stream in order
to furnish a truly natural park.
These are just a few of the
many things planned to develop
this land into a botanical garden
which will tend to create greater
public interest in High Point
high school and also give the
science students a chance to ex
amine and study thoroughly ani
mal and plant life in its natural
state.
At a meeting of a superlative
committee, composed of two rep
resentatives from each senior
home rom, nominations for the
senior class superlatives were
made. The folowing nominees
were selected and will be voted on
by the seniors next week.
Most Popular; Bob Trusdale,
John Fowler, Eloise Rankin, Jose
phine Deal.
Best Sport: Alvin Boles, Bill
Wagner, Wanda Harville, Geneva
Crowder.
Most Musical: John Fowler,
Jack Sappenfield, Shirley Wel-
borne, Violet Glenn.
Whittiest: Henry Baker, Frank
Garrett, Caroline York, Sara
Sears.
Mos Gentleman like: Akers
Hutchens, Darrell Sechrest.
Most Lady-like: Josephine Deal,
Anna Lee Ellison.
Best all-around: Bob Tures-
dale, Charles Ivey, Serena Riser,
Katherine Allen.
Best Loking Boy: Charles
Pierce, Henry Baker.
Best Loking Girl: Randa Se-
bastin, Eloise Rankin.
Best Dressed Boy: Charles
Green, Charles Pierce.
Best Dressed Girl: Anna Lee
Ellison, Dorothy Dean Davis.
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