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PROFUSCIUS SAY- At Girls’ State also crowned May Queen. Last year Mie was an enthusi astic football and basketball fan. L 117HAT does this building mean to you? Nothing at all impor- tant, unless its foundation, laid deep in living rock and solid concrete, suggests that Truth is the only foundation on which you can build an enduring life. What does this building mean to you ? Nothing at all im portant, unless its superstructure, over-arched and under-girded with steel, teaches you that Character, and Character alone, will hold your life together and enable you to stand “four-square to all the winds that blow.” What does this building mean to you? Nothing at all im portant, unless its interior, beautiful and immaculate as it is, persuades you to keep free from all stain the white-walled corri dors of your own heart. What does this building mean to you ? Nothing at all im portant, unless its symmertical whole, revealing the clear purpose of those who conceived and built it, reminds you that a noble purpose, nobly executed, and this alone, will make your life both beautiful and useful. If I could rise above “the smoke and stir of this dim-spot that men call earth,”, and drop you a message from above the clouds as you leave this auditorium to inspect the building, it would be this: “Except the Lord of Truth, and Beauty, and Righteousness build the house, they labor in vain that build it.” —T. Wingate Andrews’ Dedication speech in 1927. supporting the High Point Bison. Different from most of us, Sara Coe likes spinach as one of her favorite vegetables. As a result of this, we expect her to be an Ama zon of H. P. H. S. , She has attained both scholastic and athletic honors. She enjoys a great variety of spirts, excelling in tennis, swimming, and archery. Besides being an excellent sports woman, she is a good dancer and piano accompanist. She is a girl with many interests and with a lovable personality. YOUR NEW POINTER For the past sixteen years, students of High Point high school have had delivered to them periodically a school news paper, the POINTER. Within the pages of this sheet can be found news of interest to the students because it is about the studens themselves. Within the pages is represented the work, planning, and foresight of the students delegated to edit and bring forth your POINTER. Last year, under the direction of Grady Lee Morgan, the POINTER began a new era, designed to impress the students with what a fine institution High Point high school really is. The purpose of the paper last year was more than accomplished in that interest throughout the school mounted to a never-before-reached height. To those of us who have had the POINTER entrusted to our hands this year comes a trust which we must not take lightly, a trust which we must realize is serious and a trust which we must try to fulfill to the best of our abilities. The aim of the POINTER this year will be- to promote harmony between the faculty and the student body at large, increase understanding between various clubs and organiza tions within our school, and generally promote the advance ment of every member of the student body. It is hoped that within the pages of this newspaper will be found the spirit that will unite the school into one body, indivisible, standing for higher scholarship, cleaner athletics, and a love of fair play. It is the student’s own publication, and the entire staff from the editor-in-chief to the most bewildered cub reporter wishes every student to take a lively interest in his paper. We earnestly hop that you, individually and in a mass, will aid us in making the POINTER better this year htan ever before. High school journalism is on an upward trend, and the POINTER, in order to keep the pace set by progressive schools throughout the state, has increased its size by two columns, so that now you will receive a newspaper of a size that many colleges are proud to produce. A newspaper of quality that does justice to many groups much further ad vanced in journalistic abilit ythan we are. Students, we give you your POINTER—YOUR paper, to be judged by you. It is the sincere hope of the staff that you will favor the change in size, and that you will support the POINTER as you have always done in the past. You may rest well assured that your support will not be in vain, but that it will be an incentive to those in charge to continue to try to better the POINTER as time moves on. The POINTER will be the official organ of the student body through the student council, and from time to time the words of your president will appear within these pages on various matters which vitally concern each student of High Point high school. Allow us to present the first edition of your new enlarged POINTER. It is yours to wield as you see fit as a student body. We hope it will meet with your approval, and we trust that htrough your letters and comments you will aid us to better it throughout the year. —B. C. High Point high school is for tunate this year in having Miss Elizabeth Munroe at Senior High. She was born in Japan, her mo ther and fathe rhoth being mis sionaries there. When she was ready for college, she came to America and entered Flora McDon ald. Here she received her Bachelor of Arts degree and this summer worked towards her Master of Arts degree at the University of North Carolnia. Miss Munroe has an unusual per sonality in that she enjoys a great variety of sports as well as being musical and highly intellectual. She rides and swims and is a splen did tennis player as well as a love ly singer and excellent speaker. During the summer of 1939 she, with Miss Lucille Brown and Miss Helen Dickson, bicycled over Eng land. Traveling this way she was able to see the rural life of Eng land, and the people as they live day by day as well as historic points. Fried scallops is one of her fav orite dishes. During her meal, she takes no coffee, tea^ or milk. The members of her English class will not only enjoy her viva cious personality, but willl gain much because of her ability to pre- Abie Short, perfect masculine specimen, promises to be one of the leading athletes ni High Point high school this year. He now holds the posi tions of co-cap- tain of both foot ball and basket ball teams. Since the way to a man’s heart through his stomach, take note of this, brun- etes (Abie’s preference). His fav orite dishes are banana pudding and strawberry shortcake. This ambitious senior not only has an interesting present, but gives promise of having a brilliant future. He wishes someday to be coach of a football team, prefer ably at the University of North Carolina. Naturally, this lad’s hobbies would be sports. Outside of an ex cellent football and basketball ca reer^ he also pursues swimming and tennis. One of Abie’s outstanding fea tures is that come-hither smile which can be seen a mile'away. He uses it often in display^ing his pleasing personality-plus. Our hats are off to you, Abie!! Coy Moose, junior, member of the junior dlass, is ^flitting the highlights of high school life. Last spring he was elected as junior r e p r esentative to the Student Council. At pres ent he plays the bass violin with our school or chestra. His am bition is a very prevalent one-—namely, to play with a swing band! Not only does he play the bass violin, but he’s excellent on the piano keys. Next to music, his favorite hob by is debating. The S. 0. S. Club and the Forum will have him on their membership lists this year. All in all, Coy promises to be a great asset to the school. Beatin’ It Our — With Bennett WE FORTUNATE SENIORS Students, welcome back to High Point high school! Have you ever paused to think how fortunate we are to have the opportunity to receive a high school education? Only in America are all people given an equal privilege to re ceive an education. Therefore, we should accept this oppor tunity as an opening to new worlds of enjoyment and useful ness. Here in our country, we receive true facts instead of censored statements and propaganda. A fortune more precious than material wealth is within our reach. This fortune is knowledge. It depends entirely upon the student whether or not he will be wise enough to gain thsi fortune. If he is foolish enough to turn from the opportunity, he may never again get such a chance. A student must take pride in his school. Few students who lacked school spirit have succeeded in the classroom, and we know that loyalty to our school and loyalty to ur subjects inseparable. are Well - here we are back in school after three months of loaf ing, but it doesn’t look as if the song writers and orchestra lead ers were loafing, noting all the swell songs we had during the sum mer. For instance, there was Ruth Lowe’s “I’ll Never Smile Again” which was written while she was still an amateur. She entered it in Tommy Dorsey’s “Amateur Song writing Contest” and Saturday he dedicated his program to her and introduced her latest song “My Next Romance,” which he predicted will be as popular as “I’ll Never Smile Again.” The winner of Sat urday’s contest was the “Pied Piper of Harlem,” sung by the “Pied Pi pers,” and it was plenty good. Another swell song which came out in the summer and one which someone told me to be sure to say something about is “Only Forever. This is from Bing Crosby’s latest, “Rhythm on the River.” The Andrews Sisters’ recording of ‘‘Rumboogie”' would) ' prob^ibly please all you Jitterbugs. * * * Heard Bobbie Burns, “this year’s young man of music,” play “The High ffime,” which is a pretty nifty swingeroo but the lyrics ruin ******* Another song of the summer which seemed to appeal to everyone is “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano.” Harry James’ trumpet solo in the “Flight of the Bumble Bee” is mighty fine. For those patriotic-minded folks, there’s that song, “I Am an American,” which has swell lyrics. I like Johnny Green’s version of “School Days,” which is appropriate for these times, don’t you think? Everyone is playing “Practice Makes Perfect” these days. We mustn’t forget “All This and Heaven, Too,” which is on the sweet side. Then there is “Six Lessons Prom Madam La- zonga,” “Devil’s Holiday,” “Believ ing,” “A Million Dreams Ago,” “Meet Miss 8 Beat,” “Charming Little Faker,” “Maybe,” “Imagina tion,” “The Nearness of You,” “The Breeze and I,” and so many more swell ones that we can’t name. ....----Be seeing you next issue and hope to have information that is more up-to-date and inter esting. Dear Profucius: Two and one-half weeks ago I was a very attractive young lady— a beautiful blonde, in fact. (I am going to be quite frank, you see, and anyway, I never did go for false modesty.) And, although I still am good to look at, I have simply been pining away since that time until I am only a shadow of my former self. No. Profucius, I haven’t been studying too hard. It’s like this: The very first day of school, while I was walking down the hall, I saw my “one and only”—it was a bad case of love at first sight. I didn’t know who he was, so I began inquiring around^ very discreetly, of course, trying to find someone who knew him and could introduce us. Well, I found that plenty of my friends knew him, and they all told the same story about him. They said se had some crazy quirk about him that made him like red-headed girls only. They assured me he had never been, known to take a second glance at a girl who didn’t happen to have red hair. However, this didn’t daunt me, for during my career as “oomph” girl, I had made boys change their minds about a lot of things. So I said, “Lead him to me,” and they did. And then I got the surprise of my young life. He did just as they had said. After his ‘how-do you do?” he shut up like a clam. And he hasn’t spoken to me since! Don’t think it’s my fault. I’ve done all any girl could do—^but my hair is blonde, so ' I don’t click. So you see, Profucius, you simp ly must tell me what to do, or I shall pine away completely. I want some good advice, and please make it snappy. ' However, there are a few “don’ts” I want to mention: Don’t tell me to cheer up and forget him, because I can’t, and don’t tell m* to dye my hair, because red hair, with my complexion, would look terrible. j Yours broken-heartedly, “Snookums” My dear “Snookums”: You indeed do have a serious problem confronting you. I see from your letter that your prob lem, like that of so many, is not over-modesty, causing you to be timid. You are, in your own opin ion, quite the “stuff.” I feel that you do not really love the “Gimme- a-read-head”; your feelings ate just hurt and your pride offended by the fact that you have met a male who can resist you. As I think more deeply into your prob lem I feel that if you could “get” him you would not want him, for you, like all girls, are guilty of the huntress spirit when a hard conquest arises in the form of a disinterested male. ,, I definitely would not advise dying your hair for so trivial a (Continued on page 4) Thursday, September 26, 1940 (Continued from page 1) week has not been spent in vain. On Wednesday they took up or ganization of the legislature, with election of members to the house and senate. They hod as their speaker that day Dr. E. E. Pfaff, whose subject was “State Legis lature.” Thursday they took up relation of the state and federal govern ment, and state courts. Each step in the procedure wasi being led by a member of Woman’s College faculty, the group consisting of Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Pfaff, both of the history department of the political science department; Miss Josephine Hege, history depart ment; and C. E. Teague, assis tant controller. The girls were greatly disap pointed because of the absence of Miss Harriett Elliott, member of the President’s Defense Commit tee, who was scheduled to speak to the girls, but was called to Washington before Girls’ State convened. The Girls’ State came to an end Friday noon, with an address by Dr. W. C. Jackson, dean of ad ministration of the coUege, and the presentation of certificates of attendance after a week of both interesting and educational work. Members of the Girls’ State committee present for the week were: Miss Challie Hall, Newton, Mrs. R. M. Buie, Greensboro; Mrs. Walter Craven, of Char lotte. but it was through his influence that the many fine speakers were secured. On the entertainment side at Boys’ State were three quartets. Of course, the usual run of corny songs was forthcomnig, but two of the groups had real talent and the remainder of the dfelegafes howled their approval. Another novelty which the young men at Chapel Hill had never seen before and may never see again, came in the person of J. Franklin Jones. No tobacco auctioneer that ever lived could talk as fast as this young man. He could recite the states and their capitals in about 20 seconds. Another thing about Jones. He is an authority on base ball and no question was too tough. When asked who hit the most doubles in 1898, he immedi ately gave the answer and had the book to prove it if anyone cared to doubt him. Boys’ State made young Ameri cans appreciate their state and country and the principles for which they stand. The POINTER wishes to commend the American Legion for such worthwhile work with American Youth. Boys^ State JUST BROWSING (Continued from page 1) the House of Representatives read in effect that it would be unlawful for any state patrolman to shine a light into a parked car without first giving ample warning of his approach. Other bills of a little more serious nature were offered. Albert Coates, professor of law at the University of North Caro lina, was the general head of Boys' State. Not that he had anything to do with the houses of law makers, W . Compliments of SHERATON Barber Shop “Service That Satisfies” Belt’s Drug Co. 109 North Main Street Phone 3301 Prescriptions Filled FREE DELIVERY Compliments of McLELLAN’S Five & Ten Stores ROYAL’S Curb Market 310 East Washington Street Phone 6291 DIXIE Hot Shoppe Good Eats—That’s All 779 North Main Street FARM & GENE BEAUTY SHOP 1532 English Street PHONE 3160 Helen Curtis Creme Wave - $3.00 OBS ’N F Ah, yes! “Dear ole golden rule days” are here again. I only hope as the new writer of this column that I can keep up the good work done by Abel and Kennedy last year. Have you seen those unusual belts, necklaces, and bracelets to match? They are of leather, cut in shapes of shoe heels. There are about eight heels on the necklace and bracelet. The belt fastens in such a way that it gives the effect of a shoe sole. The war in Europe is changing the styles of the American wom an’s clothes. Many suites, dresses, and jackets are copied from the soldiers’, marines’, and sailor’s clothes. Even costume jewelry (“junk jewelry” to most of us) has taken to the American way. You can see the American eagle, capital building. Stars and Stripes^ and many other types of pins, necklaces, and bracelets. Speaking of jewelry, how do you like those wooden charm bracelets ? They are the “stuff.” How well they do go with that new khaki green cordu roy dress!!! Getting back to Amer ican jewelry, girls, let’s show our patriotism by wearing more of the national colors, red, white, ajid blue. Oh, of course, for the collarless two-piece suit is the shark skin “Dicky.” In other words^ a shirt without any sleeves, and under arm seams: just the back, front, and collar are present. They are nice to wear under the new slip-on sweaters, too. Instead of wearing a whole blouse under such just for the collar, try a “Dicky.” For the football games don one of the many calots, which are just a skull cap with a dignified name. You can get them made of colored suede, or bunny wool in the “yum- miest” shades. You can also get them with a bill. These are called baseball caps. Most of these come in brown, green, and red cordu roy. THE VIRGINIAN The Virginian, a romantic novel of the west, written by Owen Wiser, portrays Wyoming during the latter part of the nineteenth century in such a manner that af ter reading the first chapter no one could say that historical ed- venturesl are dull. The straight -shooting western er from whom the novel acquired its name, is typical of the cow hand of that period. He worked hard, was content with his sad dle and chaps and mischievous pranks, and asked nothing except fair play from any man. That was true until he met the new “school marm” at Bear Creek; then his easy going life became a little more complicated. His de termination to “make her love him” came very near causing de feat. 0. HENRY To surprise the reader seems to be the purpose of the climax in O’Henry’s stories. His wit and his ability to see the humor and mystery in everyday life will ap peal to readers of all ages. Most of his works are short stories about the ordinary person. Each of his stories will leave you with something that you will re member long after you have for gotten he plot. “Gifts of the Magi” is a story of unselfish love which proves that it is beter to give than to re ceive. “The Furnished Room” shows us how near we may be to happi ness or tragedy and be unaware of it. Since O’Henry is a native of North Carolina we should be even more interested in his writings. The Four Million, Cabbages and Kings, and The Gentle Grafter are among his better known works. Compliments of BLOOM FURNITURE COMPANY C_ ANDERSON’S West End Drug Store Cut Rate Drugs NYAL DRUG SERVICE 1550 English St. - Phone 2376 WE FILL ANY DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CO, 203 South Mani Street PERSONAL LOANS AUTO LOANS K O O N C E FNERAL HOME, INC. AMBULANCE Phone 4545 Compliments of PRINCESS CAFE Here Y’Are, Fellas! Leather Front SPORT SWEATERS $2-98 The front is of real cape leather in rich shades! 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