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Page Four THE POINTER March 12, 1948 Girls^ Gym Classes Revive Old Art of Square Dancing CLUBLICITY “How can the United Nations be strengthened?” is to be the topic of the high school world peace speaking contest now being undertaken by the Masque and Gavel Society. 'File High Point bar association is sponsoring the local contest and will award a medal to the winner. Competing for speaking berths are lackie Meekins, lane Beam, [oe Aaron, hlorence Fine, Betsy Baker, Evelyn Nance, Dolly Moser, and Nancy Snyder. Another club project will be the presentation of a skit at the talent show. This same skit will later be given before a local civic club. March Is Convention Time Although this is not April, now is the time in America when “folk do long on pilgrim-ways to start.” In keeping with the quotation, three of the local high school clubs will, this month, attend conclaves in nearby cities. 'I'oday, both the Key Club and the Honor Society leave fligh Point in order to further their respective interclub activities. The former will be joined at the convention in Charlotte l)v Key Clubbers from North Carolina and South Carolina. Several members of the local chapter of the Honor Society today will attend the statewide convention in Goldsboro. Several members of the Beta Club are also formulating plans to attend their district convention in Raleigh on Klarch 26 and 27. Students To Give Easter Program “The Crucifixion,” a narrative poem l)y lames Weldon Johnson, will be dramatized before the student body at an assembly just before Easter. A back ground of negro spirituals by choral groups from Mr. Cronstedt's classes will feature in the program. Miss Laura Mclnnis, Bible teacher and director of the Easter presentation, .says, “It is hoped that through this program tire Bible students can pass on to the members of the student body something of the real meaning of the Pemican Staff (Continued from Page 1) copy editors; Shirley Kirkman and Mazie Strickland, printing editors; Bobby Padgett and Doris Craven, engraving editors; Max I’hurman, sports editor; Clyde Baxter, feature edi tor; Tom Garst, art editor; and Evelyn Nance, typist; The new business staff will include Helen Lyon, Clyde Connor, Rebecca Dickens, Jane Beam, Barbara Mabrey, Pat Hackney, Bill McGuinn, Charlene Thomas, Carolyn Andrews, Sara Bar rier, Hubert McCain, Margaret Little, Clyde Garrison, and Mary Lee Church. Deserving of Special Mention Of the staff members listed, special mention .should be made of Alton Emblcr and 'I'om Carst, photograph and art editors, re.spectivelv, of this year’s animal, and also of Max ’Plnir- nian, a present junior staff member. ASIA We Cater to Parties, Social Affairs, Banquets, and Orders Prepared to Take Out PHONE 2115 LESTER’S JEWELRY Elgin Watches Wood Art-Carved Diamonds Keepsake Diamonds 224 N. Main St. Boys Watch Eagerly For Opportunity To Take Part “Swing your partner” and “do- si-do” are familiar calls that resound from the gym these days as the girls’ physical education classes are learning the almost forgotten art of square dancing. From the simple “prome nade” to the more varied figures of “dine for the oyster” the girls are find ing in this old type of dancing a new kind of fun. Everyone dances with everyone else. ITe bovs, by the way, are watching eagerb’ for a chance to fill in as the “gents” — a chance that they will soon have, as the physical education classes are, in a short time, to be combined. The dancers hope to get all other students so much interested that it will be possible before long for boys and girls to get together and have an old- fashioned frolic. Just for the sake of color and the real square dance atmos phere, the boys are planning to don gay checked shirts, and the girls will swish to and fro in gathered skirts and peasant blouses. Music for the dances is of the string band varjety, furnished by recordings of well-known square dance musicians. Two of the favorite tunes are “Little Brown Jug” and “Darlin Nellie Gray.’’ Just for a warmer-up, all join in a large circle and go through several fig ures before dividing into sets of eight. After that they go into figures such as “Sw'ing that corner lady on the garden gate- then your partner, if it’s not too late.” To wind irp, each “gent” “prom enades with his lady anyvvhere, then leads her to an easy chair.” Driving Classes Have Successful Results “Come with me, Sarge Shields, in my merry Oldsmobile.” (Well, F’ord, anyway.) High Point High’s driver train ing class, now one year old, is still rolling along with the result that already 75 pupils who have taken the course this year have passed the re quired tests, obtained driver’s licenses, and are now full-fledged drivers. Sergeant Shields, member of the city police force, whose full time is required for teaching the course, has recently been assigned a driver train ing room located in tow-er three, sec ond floor. According to the sergeant, the new office space provides an “excellent place for classroom instruction.” New devices, which measure such things as alertness and speed judgment, have been transferred to the room, whose walls are lined with attracti\-c safety posters. WE SERVE WITH CARE at the Redwine Hardware Co. The **High SchooVs Favorite*' is INGRAM’S PHARMACY SCHOOL jfioiciRy W EXQUISITELY ^ MADE ATTRACTIVELY PRICED PEBKLNSON’S Jewelers High Point, N. C. Gibson Feels Arctic Cold Because of the manner in which members of the Beta Chilr carried out their initial dance, students may now- look forward to having anotlier each month. When Uncle Sam decided this win ter to conduct experiments to speed up acclimatization, he went to the U. S. Army airborne infantry at McDill Field, Florida, and asked for volun teers. One of the men volunteering was Bill Gibson, of the class of 1946. Bill’s outfit left Florida (tempera ture 55 degrees) on Tuesday, January 20, and began the experiment at Camp Shilo, Canada (56 degrees bclow- zero) on Friday, January 23. The men were divided into three diet groups: 1000 calories, 3000 calories, and 5500 calories. Bill was fortunate enough to enjoy the 5500 calories. For twelve days the men bivouacked in unsheltered areas some miles distant from Camp Shilo, living in small te-nts and well supplied with Arctic survival clothing and equipment. Because of the danger to w-oods in the neighbor hood, there could be no open fires, and gas stoves supplied necessary heat. Cards, checkers, magazines, skiis, and snowshoes were tire recreational facili ties witli which the men amused them selves in the day time, but when dark ness came, they zipped and buckled themselves into their two-layer, down- filled sleeping bags, whose only opening was a six-inch circle over the face. At the end of the twelve days it was found that the 1000-calorie group had lost considerable weight, but the others had suffered no ill effects’ other than frost-bitten ears and toes. F’ollowing the experiment, the men had a recovery- period of six days, then were allowed four days on pass. “It was a good experience,” said Bill, “for it shows what a fellow can take. Knowledge of this kind would really be handy if men ever crashed in the Arctic regions. As for the Canadians,” he continued, “they are very much like our own people and were very hos pitable to the men in our outfit.” School Bus Drivers Attend Meeting ,\ representative from the Highway Safety Division was in Jamestown on Marcb 10 for the purpose of instruct ing and testing drivers of school buses. Raymond Meredith, Jack W'renn, and Houston Sloan, drivers from senior high, attended the meeting. Enter Senior School ■^rwo of the latest arrivals at senior high arc Joyce Loflin, junior, who returns to H. P. H. S. from Atlanta, Georgia; and Fred Phipps, also a jun ior, who comes from Needham Brough ton High in Raleigh, N. C. J. W. Sechrest & Son Since 1897 AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 3349 Want a perfect knot like this? Then get some colorful ARROW TIES- the tie with the special resilient lining. We hove the long-lasting Arrow ties in patterns to please. See 'em today. To Be Ready In May Although the 1947-48 Pemican has now gone to press, it is announced by thc adviser. Miss Dorothy Hollar, that distribution will not come until the third week in May. All students, hovy- ever, are requested to pay for their copies as soon as possible. Moose Sponsor Third Dance The third dance sponsored by the local chapter of the Moose Club will be given in honor of the members of the varsity basket ball team at the old Rankin home on Church Street on Friday, March 19, from 8 to 11 o’clock. The first dance, in honor of the senior executive board was held on the night of January 30. Mem bers of the Pemican staff were entertained several weeks later. Because of the limited space the number of couples attending each event is necessarily limited. Var ious organizations however, -will have the opportunity of attending the remaining dances. *1.00 up HlngLULiille P Itts Go to Beeson Hardware Co. For All Sporting Goods BECKER TAILORING 104 W. Washington Former Editors Honored 'I’wo former editors-in-cliief of the POINTER, Caroline Arden and John Briggs, have distinguished themselves recently in their respective fields. Miss Arden, a freshman at W’oman’s College in Greensboro, was taken into the campus dramatic club, the “Play- likers”, the first freshman ever to re ceive this honor. Mr. Briggs, now a music- critic of the New York Post, recently rated an interesting article by a well-known New York columnist, Earl Wilson. The column appeared in the W'inston- Salem Sentinel on January- 27. Diamonds Watches HYMAH’S JEWELRY 116 S. Main High Point, N. C. GOOD SANDWICHES and DRINKS StewaH’s Snack Shack 118 W. Lexington Ave. BETTER FOODS AT YOUHT’S GROCERY 790 N. Main EFIRD’S DEPARTMENT STORE Sets the Pace for the Younger Set 142 South Main HIGH POINT COLLEGE The Favorite College of High Point High School Graduates FOR INFORMATION APPLY TO REGISTRAR High Point, North Carolina
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