News For
Students
THE POINTER
News By
Students
Vol. XVII, No. 8
High Point, N. C., Thursday, April 6, 1939
Price—Five Cents
DEBATERS TO CHAPEL HILL APRIL 20
Superlatives
Elected After
Senior Meeting
Students Chosen After Close
Ballot
Senior Play Cast
Senior class superlatives were
elected on March 29 after a Sen
ior class meeting.
The nominations were made by
a committee consisting of two
representatives from each senior
homeroom. This committee met
on March 22.
The following people were elect
ed as the superlatives after a
very close ballot:
Most Popular:
Bob Truesdell and Eloise Ran
kin.
Best Sport:
Bill Wagner and Geneva Crow
der.
Most Musical:
John Fowler and Shirley Wel-
borne.
Wittiest:
Henry Baker and Sara Sears.
Most Gentlemanly and Lady-like:
Akers Hutchens and Josephine
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SIUDENTS m
EVENT£[. C. I. C
Several seniors from the high
school will represent High Point
High School at the High School
Day which is being sponsored
by the faculty and the students
of Eastern Carolina Teacher’s
College on April 11.
Those students will be guests
at a barbecue luncheon which will
be given on the campus. Miss
Mary H. Greene, who is chair
man of the Committee on Invi
tations, said that the students
would be given tickets to attend
this luncheon at the registration
desk in the Wright Building.
SOCIOLOGY DEBATES
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Scene Of Next
Debate Battle
Represent High Point First
Time In Six
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The High Point High School
debating team will represent High
Point at Chapel Hill for the first
time in six years due to their
twin victories over Greensboro
High and Richard J. Reynolds
High of Winston-Salem in the
triangular debates.
The High Point negative team
composed of Darrell Sechrest and
Bill Currie, Jr., won their debate
over the affirmative team of
Greensboro High in Greensboro,
by the virtue of a three to noth
ing vote.
While the negative team was
orating in Greensboro, the affirm
ative team was defending its
laurels at home. The affirmative,
George Humphries and Kermit Al
bertson, won their point over
the R. J. Reynolds High of Win-
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Above you see pictured those seniors who will take part in the annual Senior play. They are:
top row, left to right, Josephine Deal, Caroline York, June Parker, Eli:abeth Welbourne; second row,
Roger Taylor, Kathryn Allen, Eloise Rankin, Hugh Strickland; bottom row, James Wilson, Carlton
Foster, Hoyt Hilton, and George Shelhorse. (Photo by Smith’s Studio)
Senior Class To Present Pulitzer
Prize Play “Icebound” May 5 and 6
Debating is the chief activity
in the social science classes at
the present time.
The sociology students, under
the leadership of Miss May Mea
dor are holding a series of clas-
room debates. Subjects for the
latter are being chosen by Miss
Meador.
The American History division
is reading a special book, “Man
and the Motor Car,” a new in
troduction to the course.
GLORIA PACKER ELECTED
JUNIOR HIGH MAY QUEEN
Gloria Packer, of the eighth
grade, was elected May Queen of
High Point Junior high school
after the second 'rote was taken.
Two primaries were held with
registrars, judges, and booths.
The attendants to the queen
will be Jane Fennee and Betty
Meredith from the seventh grade;
Colleen Teague and Helen White
from the eighth grade.
Miss Thelma Connell is the
faculty advisor for the May Day
Festival, which is to be held dur
ing the first week in May.
Cast of Characters
Already Selected
The senior class will feature
as its annual drama, the Puliti-
zer prize play, “Icebound,” on
Friday and Saturday nights. May
5th and 6th.
This is a three-act drama,
written by Owen Davis. Rehear
sals will be resumed after the
Easter Program which was given
this morning.
The cast of characters for this
drama is composed of:Henry Jor
dan, played by Hugh Strickland;
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NEW COURSES
MAY RE OFFERED
General Business Classes
Conduct Character Survey
FRENCHMAN TALKS
Monsieur Sorbin, a chemical en
gineer, whose office is in Paris,
France, Spoke to the seventh
period French class on Friday
afternoon, March 24.
The Frenchman said he had
been in the United States off
and on for 18 years. However,
he is not an American citizen—
he said he would not give up
America for France since he likes
the American ideals so much bet
ter.
Monsier Sorbin read several of
La Fontaine’s Fables. The stu
dents enjoyed his visit very much.
ANDREWS MEMORIAL
The High Point City Schools
are contemplating the introduc
tion of various new courses deal
ing with vocational guidance.
Superintendent Charles F. Car-
roll, Jr. stated in an interview,
“A study is being made of courses
offered in the school system with
the view of determining whether
or not the schools are serving
the needs of the students.”
Announcement with regard to
new courses will be made at a
later date.
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SEVERAJJOtllMIS
Miss Virginia Prank stated to
day, “We are undertaking by far
the largest and most ambitious
plans since the orchestra was re
established last year.”
On April 19th in the statewide
music contest in Greensboro, the
orchestra will compete against
some of the largest schools in
North Carolina including Ashe
ville, Charlotte, Raleigh, and
Durham. Over 5,000 students
will participate in the contest
festival which lasts three days.
Miss Frank said “I cannot tell
how our orchestra will rate, but
it will probably be one of the
best we have ever entered in the
contest.”
The orchestra will play in the
auditorium for the Life Adjust
ment Conference which will be
held on April 14.
During Music Week the or
chestra will present a program
for us.
On March 31st the orchestra
played for an Easter program
broadcast over the local broad
casting station.
Featured among the activities
of the Business I students, a
character survey was conducted
recently by Miss Ernestine Mel
ton.
The survey was made, not for
the purpose of records for school
reference, but in order to give the
pupils an opportunity to check up
on themselves, and for them to
see just where they stand in re
gard to character, socialability,
and personality.
Three questionnaires were giv
en—one entitled, “A Dozen De
sirable Traits of Character”; an
other, “How Well Do You Get
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The contract for the T. Win
gate Andrew’s Memorial to be
erected at the Senior High School,
was given to the Central Stone
Works of this city, Tuesday.
The memorial, made of Geor
gia silver gray marble, is to be
placed between the driveway and
the high school building, half
way between the gymnasium and
the auditorium. The monument
will consist of two seats and a
main marker with flag stones
leading away from the seats. A
bronze plate, donated by the High
Point Rotary Club, placed on the
marker, will give a part of Mr.
Andrew’s speech at the opening of
the nevi^ high school building.
The memorial will be erected in
approximately three weeks.
Girl Reserves To Have
Song Festival This Month
The Girl Reserve Advisory
Committee met last week in or
der to make tentative plans for
the spring activities of all of the
Girl Reserve Clubs in the city.
Included in the plans, the most
outstanding event is to be a song
festival which will be held some
time this month. All the Girl
Reserves will participate in this
program. In producing this song
festival, each club is to repre
sent some country by presenting
native songs, dances, and short
plays which are to depict the
life in that country.
Among the other events which
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QUESTIONAIRE HELD
In a questionaire given last
Thursday, March 30, it was found
that 20% of the total enrollment
of the high school does some kind
of paid work outside the school.
It was revealed that 126 stu
dents do some kind of saleswork
which includes clerks in stores,
curb-boys, and magazine salesmen.
Newspaper boys numbered 65.
This includes carrying and selling
of papers.
It was found that there are
some students who, besides com
ing to school each day, do 8 hour
shifts in hosiery mills.