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VOLUME XIX
High Point, N. C., Friday, March 20, 1942
Number 8
Conrad Receives Honor Society Service Award
HIGH POINT DEBATERS
Senior Play Date
Set For May 1st
Pictured above is the current High Point high school debating team.
Reading from left to right, they are Leigh Rodenbough, Miss Eliza
beth Munroe, coach, Broadus Leonard, Phyllis Newton, Ellen Stire-
walt, Frances Coppridge, Mary Elizabeth Barton, Jim Whichard, and
Robert Willard.
DEBATERS TO COMPETE IN
TRIANGULAR MARCH 27
High Point’s crack debating
team captured eight wins out of
eight starts in a preliminary de
bate in Asheboro last Friday.
Participating were two nega
tive and two affirmative teams,
i the former composed o.^ Mary
Elizabeth Barton, Frances Copp
ridge, Robert Williard, and Phyl
lis Newton. The affirmative
teams - were composed of Leigh
Rodenbough, Braudis Leonard,
Ellen Stirewalt, and Jim Which
ard.
A slightly different feature of
the debating team this year was
the division of the whole team of
eight members into two groups of
four people each. The first group
will participate in the Triangular
Debates March 27 and the remain
ing four in the Wake Forest Tour
nament. Leigh Rodenbough and
Braudis Leonard will compose
the affirmative team which will
remain in High Point and Frances
Coppridge and .Mary ‘Elizabeth
Barton will travel to Winston-
Salem. The remaining members
of the team, Ellen Stirewalt. Jim
Whichard, Robert- Williard, and
Phyllis Newton will go to Wake
Forest.
“Resolved: “That a Union of
Western Hemisphere Nations
Should be Formed” was the
query debated by the teams. This
will also be the query debated in
the Triangular Debate and Wake
' Forest Tournament.
Friday night. May 1, will usher
in the senior class production,
“The Charm School,” by Alice
Duer and Robert Miller, for a
two night showing at the senior
high school.
Featured in this hilarious
three-act comedy will be Byron
Grand] ean as Sustin Bevans, an
automobile salesman with ideas;
David MacKenzie, a law student
played by Stuart Stone; Arnold
Koonce, an expert accountant,
will play the part of George Boyd;
Stan Saunders and Jack Jackson
will play the part of the Simp
son twins, Jim and Tim; Miss
Hayes, who is loved and feared
by all who know her is played by
Betty Miller; and Miss Curtis,
who is always trying to think well
of the senior class, is played by
Helen Craven.
Marguerite Murray plays the
part of Elsie Benedolti, president
of the Fairview school for girls.
Members of the senior class of
Fairmont are: Muriel Doughty
: played by Eleanor Younts; Re-
bekah Conrad as Ethel Spelvin;
Winifred Wall as Alix Mercer;
Betty Jean Culver as Lillian
Stafford; Margaret Short as
Madge Kent; and Paulett Hulin
, as Dotsie, a iunior^^who ismlways
in the way.
On the production staff will be
Miss Bulwinkle, general manag
er; Miss Burrus, coaching; and
Miss Lindsay, publicity and busi
ness. The tickets will, as usual,
be handled by the senior class.
Trophy Presented As Members
Are Inducted Into Honor Society
The National Honor Society Service Award was yes
terday morning awarded to Rebekah Conrad, voted by
members of the senior class as the senior who has given the
best and most unselfish service to this school.
Faculty Members
To Attend NCEA
PROM THIS YEAR RATED
AMONG BEST HELD HERE
Highlighting the social events
of the year, the annual Junior-
Senior Prom was held in the
gymnasium on March 6, with ap
proximately four himdred mem
bers of the combined classes in
attendance.
Heading the receiving line
greeting guests on arrival, were
Helen Craven, Bob Gayle, presi
dent of the senior class, with
Jane Ferree, and Wayne Davis,
president of the junior class, with
Shirley Redding. Receiving with
them were Mr. D. P. Whitley,
principal, with Mrs. Whitley and
Miss Anna Mendenhall, dean of
girls.
Music for dancing was furnisn-
ed by Freddy Johnson and his
band of the University of North
Carolina from eight-thirty to
twelve-thirty. An impromptu
program was presented during
intermission under the superb-
vision of Miss Lindsay, senior
class adviser, and Mrs. Kemp
Baldwin, junior class adviser.
The following numbers were
given on the program: tap
dances by Billie Frazier and
Shirley Baker; songs by hte In
gram Pharmacy Choir; piana
numbers by Dot Lewis, and im
personations by Margaret Perry.
Entertainment by the Lynne
Boyle Dancing Studio of Wm-
ston-Salem had been planned,
but because of unforeseen cir
cumstances, the engagement was
cancelled on the eve of the dance.
(Continued oh Page 6)
Senior Mascot
Three delegates from High
Point high school. Miss Nell Stall
ings, Miss Muriel Bulwinkle, and
Miss Marjorie Krummel, will be
present when the Fifty-eighth
Annual Convention of the North
Carolina Education Association
convenes on March 19-21, 1942,
at Raleigh, N. C.
High Point’s Teacher’s Chorus,
under the direction of Carl G. N.
Cronstedt, will present a program
on Friday evening, March 20.
Governor J. Melville Broughton
will be the principal speaker at
this session. High school teach
ers participaoting are Miss Head,
Miss McCain, Miss Best, Mill Bal-
lentine. Miss Anna Mendenhall,
Mrs. Jackson, and Miss Krum
mel.
Some of the speakers on the
program are W. A. Dees, Senator
H. E. Stacy, Dr. Clyde A. Ervoin,
Governor BroughtOii, and Dr,
Enrique Delozoda. All general
sessions o fthe convention will be
held in the Raleigh Memorial Au-
dtorium, Raleigh, N. C.
Victory Book Campaign
Ending the first of this week,
the Victory Book campaign
netted a total of only around
100 books. It seems funny that
Greensboro could collect sev
eral thousand books and High
Point was able to get only a
few hundred. Books collect
ed are sent the men in service.
It was because of the lack of
interest on the part of the stu
dents that this campaign was
unsuccessful. Are we going to
let Greensboro beat us in ev
erything?
SCHOOL OUT EARLY TODAY
Because of the North Carolina
Education Association meeting at
Raleigh today, school this after
noon will be dismissed at approx
imately 2:10 o’clock.
The presentation of the loving
cup was made by Louis Watkins,
president of the student body.
Mary Anne Thomas, last year’s
recipient of the award, was to
have presented the cup to her
successor, but was unable to be
present.
This award climaxed a brilliant
record set up by Conrad during
her four year high school career.
She is at the present time Se
nior Representative and Secre
tary of the strident council, hav
ing served as Junior representa
tive to the upper house a year
ago.
She also won the D. A. R. Good
Citizenship Award last fall, is
president of the National Honor
Society, and has achived scholas
tic records of great honor, be
sides serving as cheer leader dur
ing her Junior year.
As a member of the A Capella
Choir, she has served as both
president and vice-president of
that orgaiiizatitm, - • "..od en! .* i -e d
the district music contest at Win
ston-Salem last week as soloist,
receiving a “II” rating.
Former winners of the award,
which has been made annually
for over ten years, include Mary
Anne Thomas, 1941 victor; Irene
Meekins, 1940; and Irene Parker,
1939.
(Continued on Page 6)
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
WILL SPONSOR COLLEGE DAY
After a second voting by the
senior class, Shelby Jean Grady,
pictured above, was elected mas
cot for the school year of 1942-43.
Barbara Anne Merchant, spon
sored by Beverly Merchant, won
in the first run-off, but did not
win by a majority, so the bal
lots had to be recast.
Shelby Jean Grady was spon
sored by Sarah Coggins and won
by a wide majority in the second
voting.
Pointer Staff
To Travel To
Chapel Hill
Members of the journalism
class will again make a trip to
Chapel Hill this spring to attend
the sixth annual North Carolina
Press Meet.
On May 8, the annual judging
of high school papers from aU
over the state will take place at
the University of North Carolina.
Papers are judged for appear
ance, balance, and other essen-
tiols that make a good paper.
A business session will be held
on Saturday for the purpose of
electing state officers for the
coming year and for transacting
any other necessary business. In
addition to the regular confer
ence sessions, several social
events have been planned for
the delegates.
Judging will take place on Fri
day and Saturday, the 8th and
9th of May. In the past years the
Pointer has received favorable
cotamenfs from the judges.
Smith Promoted
At Camp Croft
Sam Smith, former local facul
ty member, has been promoted
from the rank of private to that
of corporal in the Ninth Infantry,
Training Division, at Gamp Croft,
South Carolina.
Mr. Smith, in addition to his
duties as member of the English
faculty, served as soccer, tennis,
and debate coach, his debate
teams ranking among the finest
in the state.
He is the third of three former
faculty members in Uncle Sam’s
arpied forces, having followed
Jim Davis, former band direc
tor, and Gil Reid, former indus
trial arts instructor.
SIX PAGE POINTER
This issue, students, you have
a chance to see what the Pointer
really should be like. Through su
perhuman efforts on the part of
The Pointer staff and members of
the Journalism class enough ad
vertisement space was sold to
provide ■ for a six-page paper.
This year, despite the fact that a
contest was put on and prizes
were offered, only five hundred
and fifty subscriptions were sold.
If the students had subscribed
100 Per Cent we could have had
a paper Hke this every issue.
Cone on, students, let’s support
our school paper!
On March 24, the annual col
lege day will be held in the li
brary of High Point high school
with representatives from vari
ous colleges throughout North
Carolina, South Carolina, Vir
ginia, and other states. This event
is sponsored by the local chapter
of the National Honor Society.
Each representative from a col
lege will be given a desk in the
library where he may interview
any student in the high school,
beginning at 9:00 A. M. and con
tinuing throughout the day. Stu
dents from all classes of the Se
nior high school will have the op
portunity to see these represen
tatives at their regular library
periods. It is believed that soph
omores will find this interview
of greater value than will the se
niors, for they can plan their
work in high school to meet the
requirements for the college they
plan to enter after graduation.
Other high schools holding col
lege day the same week are Win
ston-Salem on March 23; Greens
boro. on March 25 and Burling
ton, on March 26.
Colleges that have been invit
ed to attend college day are Ap
palachian, Catawba, Davidson,
Duke, W. C., E. C. T. C., Flora
Macdonald, Furman, Greensboro
College, Guilford, High Point,
Hollins, Lees-McRae, Lenoir-
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