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Concert Pianist Chats Amiably With Students By Scotty Cook With his coat thrown over the chair and his sleeves rolled up, the young concert pianist, William Masselos, sat down to practice for his performance which he gave here on February 24, the third in a series of community concerts. His small fingers glided across the keys just as they had done at Carnegie Hall in November,' 1947. j The friendly pianist, with his humorous wit and touch of Amer ican slang, began to talk of his work, after a bit of persuasion from your reporter. When only five, he started taking piano les sons, fnd was soon giving concerts himself, which he feels was a mistake at such an early age. Masselos entered Juilliard School of Music in New York at the age of ten, where he later gradu ated with high honors. Masselos is a great admirer of Rubenstein, whom he has talked to personally. He only wishes that he I'ked to perform as much as Rubenstein does. Although Mas selos is rather shy he is very ambitious in his work, and is even inclined to work too hard. When duty calls he will practise from eigh to nine hours a day; but if possible, he likes to take his work in smaller doses. When there is time to rest, Masselos takes srreat pleasure in playing with his electric train, and being “handy man’’ around the house. His great ambition is someday to eat oysters along with champagne, just as the Dutch do! The young artist is now work ing on a composition of early rag-time music by the American composer, Charles Ives. He is also very much interested in con temporary music. Masselos says he has nothing against jazz but feels that bands should not trv to convert fine pieces of composition into popular music. Masselos will give another per formance in Carnegie Hall in March. Weather Report 1 €leod weather preTailinr Dnrham way next week end expected to pro* dvee three iiichtt of hot basketball. VOL. 27 No. 6. HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH POINT, N. C. MARCH 1, 1949 Senior Play Tryouts To End Today Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Town Meeting next week! It’s the Junior Town Meeting ,forim which on Thursday night of next week will hold discussion over station WMFR on the topic “How to Build a Better Community Spirit.” Left to right are Bill McGuinn, Carolyn Andrews, Miss Ruth Good man, Doris Craven, Cyrus Brooks, and Ruth Ellen Monroe. Just Running Wild! All was normally quiet last Monday— normal and quiet, that is, till the middle of 6th period arrived. Then, there in the hall in front of >Ir. Vance’s homeroom and the boy’s first- floor lockers, girls were shriek ing and quickly disappearing, passing teachers were backing away, and some nearby boys were laughing nervously. The object of all this confu sion? Oh, just a slight, green, slithery snake, which was slip ping quietly up the hall! At first, two .girls walked by, completely oblivious to the po tential panic-maker. 'Then a group of boys passed and no ticed the tongue-flicking in truder, but it wasn’t until quite a stir had been aroused that some brave fellow calmly walk ed up behind the thing and picked it up. The last we saw, it was safe (it was?) in the boy’s hand and on its way up to the biology lab—and fate. | Junior Town Meeting Club Broadcast Set For March 10 Library Club Elects Officers At a monthly meeting of the newly organized Library Club, of- N. H. S. Members Selling Stationery Individual boxes of beautifully personalized stationery produced by the Williams Co. are being sold now by all members of the Na tional Honor Society. Orders for the stationery, which has been on sale since Wednesday of last week, are being received from H.P.H.S. students, as well as townspeople, by N.H.S. mem bers. Prices are set at $1.00 and $1.76, depending upon the number of printed sheets desired. Lgter in the spring, the Honor Society plans to offer, also, indi vidual calling cards. Seniors, es pecially, will b e interested i n selecting cards from the three types to be offered then, for en closure in graduation announce ments. Personal mailing cards, social- size stationery, small informals, dub and average-size stationery— all personally printed with vari ous choices of printer’s type or: ° . , . • r— monograms—are included in the | fjeers were samples currently being shown by | the remainder of the year. the N.H.S. The stationery is most | Iris Lee Scearce was chosen attractive in quality, as well as i president; Elzene Boyles, vice- price, and all persons interested i president; Betsy White, secrete^ in buying some should contact any! and treasurer; and Jean ArmfieW, Honor Society member. | recorder. The Nationdl Debt... Its Origin And Growth The national debt started when Washington threw a dollar across the Potomac. It was too dark to go over and look for it, and by the time searching parties started, Washington had forgotten where he threw it. This was why he crossed the Delaware. Here he wa? looking for’that dollar on the other side of the Delaware when he should have been on the other side of the Potomac. And so the thir teen colonies went into debt. , , , .. Rumor has it that winter came and Washington still hadn t found the dollar, he made a deal with Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton is supposed to have loaned Washington the buck to balance the national budget, in exchange for putting Hamilton’s picture on the ten-dollar bill. , . Why, I ask you, weren’t we informed of theis secret agreement! How do’we know what kind of a deal Washington made with Jefferson in exchange for naming one high school in every city for However, legend hath it that Washington’s dollar was found later by an obscure Indian maiden named Riboflavin. She says she turned it over to the sergeant in charge of the Lost and Found Department, but the sergeant claims to have given it to his com manding officer, Lt. Ipswich. Lt. Ipswich claims he gave it to his superior officer. Captain Chitlin’ Switch. And so on, through Major ‘How Can Youth Work For Better Community Spirit?’ Topic For Discussion “How Can Youth Work for Bet ter Community Spirit?” will be the the topic of discussion by the T’lnior Town Meeting Club on Tuesday evening, March 10, from s.-’o—9:00 over local radio station WMFR. Ruth Ellen Monroe, Doris Cra ven, ViHar Miller, Cyrus Brooks, •'ud.' Bill McGuinn. 'High Point High S"hool members of the Junior Town Meeting, will discuss the above ouestion in the third of a series of broadcasts present°d '>y the J.T.M. The club has. al ternately wi*h Junior High School, presented these forum-tvpe pro- '-’•ams on Thursday nights since Febuuray 10 and will continue to do so until sometime ’u An”il. “Should North Ca-o'ina Have a T.io'mr Referendum I’” v'^s the eub’ect lest Thursdav n’^ht when O. H. Rierson, PetHr Jo ^nider. nv,,rth'> =!*ono. P'-h Fouotpin, and Moua MpR were discussion leaders, j A Junior Town Meeting nro- ursm is presentod each Thursday night PS o public service feature over WMFR. HPHS Latin Clnb Wins Acclaim “The January issue of the Clas sical Journal devotes seven pages to ‘High Lights of Latin Week 1948’, featuring the celebration as the leading annual event in the T p.tin field. The High Point Senior High School is listed among the schools submitting outstanding reports on Latin Week Activities.” The above paragraph was a part of a letter received last Fri day by Mrs. Vera Walden, Latin teacher of High Point High School, from a language execu tive of Woman’s College of U. N. C. The Classical Association of the South and Midwest has recognized the talents of local Latin students in this way. Seniors Present Plans To Carroll A special committee, comnosed of three representatives of the senior class, met yesterday after noon in the office of School Sup erintendent Charles F. Carroll to nuosent and discuss with him tent ative plans for a Senior Day, a senior banquet, and senior dance. Margaret 1 ittle, ch-irman of the Senior Day committee; Joann White, an executive committee representative; and Charlie John son, president, of the senior class, were selected to meet with Mr. Carroll and to talk over with him the possibilities of making the above proposals a reality. Senior Day would be designated as the one day of the year that the class of ’49 would be recog nized as “high and mighty,” by exercising more privileges that day. An assembly program that afternoon, featuring senior shen anigans, would conclude the school day. A banquet in the cafeteria that evening, followed by a dance Betas Assemble Reference Aids As an added project for the new year, the Beta Club members have been assembling selected material from old National Geo graphic Magazines to be used in connection with the various school departments. This material will be bound by. the library staff in separate booklets, each containing helpful information regarding science, French, history, etc., and will be presented soon to the re spective departments for reference work. ‘I Remember Mama’ To Be Presented April 29 and 30 Final casting and try-outs are being completed this afternoon, clearing away all initial obstacles before practice sessions begin rolling of the annual senior play to be presented by the class of 1949 on April 29 and 30. Miss Ruth Goodman, faculty director, stated that although try-outs were held on Thursday of last week, final casting will not be completed until today in the auditorium; and announcement of the results will be made later, possibly by Friday. “I Remember Mama”, a play in two acts by John van Druten is the script selected for the pro duction. It is a nationally ac claimed play, being first produced by Rodgers and Hammerstein as a Broadway stage hit in 1944, where it had a run of several years. Definitely leaning away from the many current romantic themes, “I Remember Mama” is the amusing, realistic story of a Norwegian family living in San Francisco. The characters are strong and forceful, the revealing plot is fast moving, and the story delves deep into human nature for its message. A successful film version has been made by a lead ing Hollywood company, in which Irene Dunn and Barbara Bel Geddes took the leads. Miss Dunn, as a result of her per formance in this play has been nominated for an “Oscar”, Hol lywood’s most coveted award. Greer ^ Hale Take Honors Two members of the High Point Key Club, Dewey Greer and Al bert Hale, won high honors at the Carolinas District Key Club Con vention held in Charleston, S. C., February 18-19. Dewey won the district ora torical contest for the second year in succession. The theme of his speech was “It’s Fun to Live in America.” He will receive a free trip to the International Key Club Convention at Washington, D. C. late in March, where he will rep resent the Carolinas in the inter national oratorical contest. Repre sentatives from the United States and Canada will attend at Wash ington. Albert Hale was elected lieu tenant-governor of the Carolinas District for the coming year. His job will be to help organize new Key Clubs, succeeding another High Pointer, Bill McGuinn. McGuinn, present lieutenant- governor, and Bob Younts, Inter national trustee, were also pro gram speakers at the convention. The highlight of the convention was the Trustee Ball which was held at Charleston’s Francis Marion Hotel on Saturday night. HPHS BAND CONCERT SCHEDULED THURSDAY The senior high school band un der the baton of director Julian Helms will present its winter con cert in assembly before the student body Thursday morning March 3. Mandible, Col. Marshmellow and up to General Washington, who, . , swears he threw it across the Potomac (this was the origin of the ■ that night in the gym, would wind favorite American habit, “passing the buck”). ' “P the day’s activity. It is my firm opinion that if the Government sells the beef I Seniors and juniors have accom- everybody puts up about taxes at current prices, the profits will be enough not only to do away with the National Debt and taxes but also enable the government to pay taxes to the individual. plished much toward prom plans and work on various other class committees is in full swing. Meet The Boy From South Of The Border Exactly sixteen years a^o, in the small Soi^h of Porta Alegra, Brazil, a tiny boy came into ^e world as the son of Dr. and Mrs. David M. Driver. This lad, who now is a student at High Point Senior High School, was David Dnver Jr Ori^nal from the town of Birmingham, Alabama, Davids father, now a teacher at High Point College, went to Porta Alegra to teach Eng lish, Latin, and French in the Episcopalian school there. Some years before this time, on a previous visit to South Amer ica, David’s mother and father were married by the Bishop ^ Rio Grande Do Sul. The Bishop has remained a friend of the Driver family since that time, and last year while he was on a visit to North Carolina they saw him again. . „ When the Drivers went to Porta Alegra, the main sport was foot-soccer, played only by the boys. Then Dr. driver introdu^d and coached the first basketball game ever to be played in that toiro. David was bom after his family had been in Porta Alegra for three years; and he was three, they returned to live in America. He va^ely remembers celebrating his third birthday on the boat. Even though David was small at the time, he rememb^s South America as a country where orchids grow wild, where gauchos wear small leather slippers, and where ’possums run gayly over the roofs of the houses. And even though he’d like very much to return some day to the land of his birth, David’s too much American to want to stay there.
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