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1948 Annual
Anniversary Issue
Result Of Eight
Months’ Work
It was a gala day for tlie Pemican
staff when an express truck rolled up
to the back entrance and deposited 18
big boxes filled with 1,200 brand new
yearbooks. These were innnediateb'
carted to Mr. Ralph \^ance’s room on
the first floor and there kept under
lock and ke\' while lists were being
checked and arrangements made for
the delirery of the books on last
Thursdav.
Pemican Distributed
The exciting day for the whole
school came on May 20, when distri
bution actnalh' began. At noon stu
dents formed in long lines to receixe
their annuals, and afterwards carried
them to the cafeteria during the lunch
periods. From then on until the bell
rang at 3:50, e\erv Pemican had a
pupil behind it, and the new publica
tion, for that day, topped the list of
best sellers. In addition, a bri.sk trade
in autographs sprang up, and e\er\'-
body seemed happx'.
Theme of Yearbook
“I’he Fiftieth Annixersarx' of Pub
lic Education in High Point” is the
theme for the 1948 Pemican. For
eight long months the staff members
and their adxiser have planned and
xvorked and read copy for this edition
of the annual, xxhich is beautifully
bound in xxhite and gold, xxell edited,
and so full of excellent photographs
and snapshots that some of the latter
haxe ex'en trickled oxer into the adxer-
tising section.
Summer School
Plans Being Made
Each year there are approximatelx'
98 students xxho, either because they
vxish to graduate xxithin a shorter time
than usual, or because they haxe failed
one or more subjects, sign up for sum
mer school.
This means attending five hours a
day for 30 dax'S if a nexv subject is
being taken, or three hours a day for
each subject repeated. Ninety-eight
students require about six teachers.
Usually some 23 diplomas are con
ferred upon seniors at the close of
the summer term.
The subjects most in demand are
English, mathematics, and historx'. A
fexv pupils ask for biologx’. I’he dailv
sessions begin at 8 o’clock in the
morning and close at 1 p. m. xxith a
fixe-minute recess betxveen each hour
period.
EXAM SCHEDULE
SENIORS
May 28—Periods I and II.
MaV 31—Periods III, IV, V.
June 1—Periods VI and VII.
UNDERGRADUATES
June 2—Periods I and II.
June 3—Periods III, IV, V.
June 4—Periods VI and VII.
All students, ineluding sen
iors, will attend all regular
periods to 3:30 p. ni. on Tues
day, June 1.
‘IFe Shall Not Pass This Way Again\ ..
Soon our last school bell xxill ring
and xve shall part — and there xxill be
nothing left of our high school daxs
but memory. ’Fhe laughter, the tears,
the heartaches xxill fade and mingle
xvith nexx’ raptures — but none so
young or so loxelx’ as those already
instilled xxithin our tender but foolish
hearts.
.\s xxe cross the threshold and enter
into the unknoxxn future, xxe leaxe
behind the happx' past. Our part in the
uncertain arena of life and its impor
tance depends upon the degree of cour
age and fortitude xxe haxe to xxith-
stand the forces xxhich xxill fight
against us. There are uncertaintx’, cxil,
and disappointment that xx ill oxercoine
both the xxeak and the unprepared.
There are glorx' and happiness for the
strong and the xvell-equipped. No one
I else can decide xx'hat xx e shall be—
the decision is ours alone. It is our
successful decision or our mistake.
M'hatexer elexates a plane of lixing
or xxhatexer creates high ideals must
come from xxithin. Adx’ancement xx'ill
be made onlx' bx' those possessing solid
character xxith truth, simplicitx', and
understanding. But as xxe build from
height to height, xxe must not forget
the little things such as a spring day,
a shy glance, the soft sparkle of a xxin-
ter s snoxv,
,\nd if xve haxe folloxxcd the call
from xxithin that demands a search for
the best in life, xxe shall perhaps be
together again, and clasp hands and
smile and hear our God's great “Well
done!” There are moments for dream
ing, for creating, for sharing — take
them, cherish them, for “xxe shall not
pass this xxav again.”
— “Hedrick.’’
Senior
Edition
THE POINTER
Senior
Edition
VOL. 26
HIGH POINT, N. C., JUNE 1,1948
No. 6
ALL GLORY, LAUD AND HONOR! The 47-48 graduating Pemican people above are taking a lo-o-o-ng
“breather" (after eight whole months, to be exact). With a sigh of relief and a pleasurable grin. Miss Dot Hollar,
faculty adviser. Miss Betty Jo Ring, Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Rodger Snyder. Business Manager, and Mr. Richard
Davenport. Associate Editor, carefully examine their completed “masterpiece".
(Photo by Alton)
Pointer Loses Staff Members
But Retains Present Editor
What Happened On
The Trip To Badin
Margaret Little
To Head Betas
Margaret Little has recentlx' been
elected president of the Beta Club for
next year. Rebecca Dickens, as xicc-
president, and Jean Short, as secre-
taiy and treasurer, xx ill serve xxith her.
Miss Emma Milling, facultx adxiser
of the club, at this last meeting stated
that “This year’s Beta Club has been
one of the most successful clubs xet.
It is responsible for the undertaking of
a real school actixitv — for the insti
tution of the monthly Beta Club
dances. These, 1 hope, xxill be con
tinued next year.”
Officers for the past year xxere Paul
Friedman, president; Bill Stutts. xice-
president; and Joxce Kearns, secretair
and treasurer.
HPHS TO CONTIISIE
COURSES BIBLE
That courses in Bible xxill aeain be
taught at senior high during the com
ing year is noxx. according to Nir.
Charles F. Carroll, superintendent of
the city .schools, an assured fact.
.Mready 158 students haxe registered
for courses in Bible I and 11. xxhich
xxill again be taught by Miss Laura
Mclnnis of Charleston. ?. C.
Driver Training Classes Are
Successful At Senior High
Four hundred gallons of gas and six thousand miles plus one efficient and
tactful instructor equal one hundred and fifty safe drivers, lliat, in a nutshell,
is a summary of Sergeant Shields’ drixer training classes, xxhich haxe been an
asset to senior high this year.
Behind this course, one of the most popular exer offeicd here — so popu
lar in fact that several faculty members are noxv taking it — lies a lot of care
ful planning and hard work. Of course, there arc the innumerable laughs that
are bound to come when a student, for the first time, sits in the drixer’s seat.
In spite of the laughs, hoxvexer, the members of the driving classes haxe spot-
free records so far as student-caused accidents go.
One reason for this is the ioexv equipment noxx being used in the course.
Tweixo different devices, includirfg a color xision test, eye dominance tests, field
of xision, glare acuity, and reaction time tests, together xvith a jerk recorder and
steadiness test, have all recently been put into use.
The course has also revealed several eye xxcaknesses xxhich students xxere
unaxxare of having.
In regard to his job. Sergeant Shields savs simply. “It is hard xvork. but
xvhen I feel that I am doing something for someone, it makes it worthxxhile.”
With the graduation of the class of
'48, the Pointer staff xvill lose many
of its present membefs, Mariivn Kobi-
I nette, xxho is noxx' a rising senior, xxill
: hoxvex er continue as editor-in-chief of
. the publication, and Mazie Strickland
and Carolxn .\ndrexvs. present feature
editors, xvill also remain.
Gladys Linthicum xxill continue as
business manager, and xxill retain as
her assistants Max Shoaf and Bob
Ladehoff.
Plans are noxx- under xxax' for the
formation of an incomplete or “skele
ton” staff to take up the xxork earlx-
next fall, xxhen additional staff mem
bers may be chosen and assignments
made after a brief but intensixe course
in journalistic xx riting.
Students interested in this form of
extra-curricular actixitx- should at once
submit their names either to the busi
ness or the editorial adxisers. .\11 staff
members xxill be carefiillx- selected on
recommendation bv both their teach
ers and the staff for cooperatixeness
and dependability, alertness and inter
est in sehool affairs, and for abilitx in
expressing themselx es in xx riting.
Hobby Collection
Is Now On Display
Prixate collections submitted bv stu
dents of Miss Louisa Hatch’s second
period cixics class arc noxx on displax-
in the librarx-.
These interesting collections, xxhich
cany out the project of recreation, con
sist of perfume bottles brought bx-
Susan Schxvabcnton, after-dinner coffee
spoons bx- Ann Bain, old circus adver
tisements, collected bx’ Cam Criddle-
baugh. Jr., and cap pistols by Bobbx
Bundx.
M'orld War II display of medals
and insignia xxas brought h\- Bobbx
McLeod, xxhile junk from xxrecked
automobiles indicates ,\rch McMullan’s
hobby. Baseballs, nainelx- “Detroit
Tigers, ” collected bv John Ilavxvorth;
movie star photographs, by Connie
McGhee; and a xxishbone collection
by Mary Lib Casey complete the dis-
piax.
To Use White Tassels
The class of 1948 xvill be the first
in the historx of the high school to
xxear xxhite tassels instead of blue ones
on the traditional mortar board caps.
In addition to adding xarietx-, the tas
sels xxill help to carrx' out Hie school
colors — blue and xxhite.
M'ith a combination of rattlesnakes,
bm.sting boiler pipes, flat tiles, and
mountains, the recent trip to Badin,
N. C., proxed both interesting and
exciting to our xvould-bc high school
scientists.
First of all, the rattler, discovered
on the side of the mountain, near
xxhere xxe xxere eating lunch, xx-as the
cause of some fast climbing and cour
ageous remarks, such as, “If it bites
me. I’m gonna bite it back.”
Next, that afternoon just after one
of the guides at the aluminum plant
had said that the companx- rarely had
any boiler trouble, one indignant boiler
decided that it xxas high time to bloxv
up. It did, and so did exenone else
(that is, “bloxv”). “Seemore” xvas
xoted the most outstanding sprinter,
though it xxas a closely contested race.
'1 hen came the flat tire. If it hadn’t
been for this, xxe might nexer haxe
become acquainted xx ith Denton —
and probably haxe been far better
off physically. Take it from me —
High Point pickles and Denton ice
cream just don’t mix. In fact, thex’re
likely to react xiolentlx-.
But, all in all, the trip xxas lots
of fun!
City Lake Opened
Officially May 29
Under the management of Coach
Tony Simeon, head of the phxsical edu
cation department of senior high, the
city lake has been opened to the public
on Saturdax', May 29. During the fol-
loxxing school xxeek, it xxill be open
at 3:50 each afternoon. The price of
admission xx ill be the same as formcrlv.
Special exents, such as sxxinnning
exhibitions, xxill be presented exerx' txxo
xxeeks. There xxill be stunts, rhxthinic
sxxinnning, and pageants.
Lessons in sxxinnning and life saxing
xxill be taught by a crexx headed by
Miss Betty Deane Knox, and co spon
sored by the city recreation department
and by the American Red Cross.
Sxxinnning teams for bovs and girls
xxill be coached respectively by Dick
Meiskey and Coach Simeon. .Anyone
is eligible for these teams, and intcr-
citx- meets xxill be held.
Senior High
To Hold Finals
On June 6, 7
Dr. Luther L. Gobbel
To Deliver Address
Plans for commencement exercises,
xxhich xxill be held on the evenings of
June 6 and 7, haxe noxv been com
pleted. On Sunday night the Rev. Paul
Hardin, Jr., pastor of M’esley Memo
rial Church, xvill deliver the com
mencement sermon. Both the invoca
tion and the benediction xvill be given
bx' the Rev. Cecil E. Haxvorth of the
Friends church.
Music for this serxice xvill consist
of selections by the .A Cappella choir
under the direction of Mr. Carl Cron-
stedt. Mr. D. P. M'hitley, principal
of senior high, xxill preside at this
time. Both friends and relatives of the
graduates are inxited to attend.
Graduation Exercises
The program on Monday night xx'ill
be in charge of Mr. Char!c*s I’. Car
roll, superintendent of the city schools.
Dr. F. L. Conrad, pastor of Emman
uel Lutheran church, xvill give the
inx’ocation and the benediction. Mr.
Cronstedt xvill again direct the music.
Dr. Luther L. Gobbel, president of
the Greensboro College for Women,
has been inxited to deliver the
connnencement address. After the
announcements of axxards and honors
bx- Mr. Whitley, Mr. Charles L. Amos,
chairman of the school board, will
present the diplomas to the graduates.
Seats To Be Reserved
On Monday night, as the seats will
be resened for relatixes of the sen
iors, admission to the graduating exer
cises will be bv tickets only.
BACKSTOP MADE
BY SHOP BOYS
Students in the metal xxork classes
haxe been putting their acquired skills
into practice by making portable base
ball backstops, xvhich xvill be given to
the school for use on the diamond.
One of these has already been com
pleted, and another xvill be finished
next fall by the boys taking metal
work at that time.
The backstops, xxhich consist of a
framexvork of scrap piping covered xvith
chicken xvire, are mounted on three
wheels for portable use. By making the
first backstop instead of buying it, the
school has been saxed an estimated
$200.
During the year, the boys have also
made aluminum lamps of art metal,
mailboxes and lamp shades of sheet
metal, garden tools of ornamental
xvrought iron, and book-ends of cast
iron. In their machine shop practice,
they have been doing lathe xvork, and
some of the more advanced have made
actual parts for the lathe.
As the metal work classes are not
considered vocational, no job training
is given. TTiey are merely a part of
the general curriculum, as in the case
of math or English. The scliool, how
ever. hopes in the future to be able
to secure more teachers, and thus set
up a vocational class xvhich xvill per
mit many additional students to take
adxantage of the excellent facilities at
senior high.