Nasty Horror
Society Holds
Induction
Nine Lucky Members Are
Taken In Fold Of
Dishonor Club
The Nasty Horror Society, under
the direction of Madame Rogers,
held its annual induction ceremony
in the auditorium _ last_ Sunday
afternoon when nine inductees
were stuck by a straight pin and
dragged down the aisle in alpha
betical order.
As no one was to know the
identity of the new members,
everyone was blind-folded as he
entered the auditorium; and a St.
Bernard dog led the members of
each homeroom to their seats.
After Patsy Clodfelter, chairman
of the scrapbook committee, had
knocked-out all the lights, the
“Drinksters” rendered “Alexan
der’s Rag-Time Band”; and the
old members, equipped with flash
lights, skipped down the aisles in
pursuit of the chosen nine.
The honored students, stuck by
straight pins, were led to the
stage; and each was presented a
round trip ticket to Archdale and
a year’s supply of Mustard.
The requirements for member
ship into the local chapter of the
Nasty Horror Society are based
on the student’s ability to blow
bubblegum, to do a back-bend, and
to fence. All delinquency records
are carefully scrutinized, and only
members of the lower eighth of
the freshmen class are eligible for
membership.
Jr. Day Planned;
Bring Kid Bros.
Great plans, yes, stupendous
plans are in the offing. Receiving
a final affirmative nod from school
authorities, Bert and Roy Bragg,
co-chairmen of the staring com
mittee, announced today plans for
a gala “Junior Day” to be held
the second Monday of next week.
Here’s the set-up: Each student
is asked to bring his little brother
to school -with him that day. They
(the kids) are to have hair
combed, teeth brushed and are to
be clothed, so as to be distin
guished from seniors. (’Those un
fortunates who have not been be
stowed with kid brothers may con
tact any of the Martins, Neelys,
or Hesters. Arrangements can be
made with them.)
An afternoon program has been
scheduled for the little fellas. A
delightful ballet by B. Ellington,
K. Yarborough, and W. Miller as
well as an address by Ralph Wal
do Gibson will highlight the event.
At the end of the day’s festivities,
each kid brother will be awarded
two favors—a package of Luckies
and a firecracker.
Boyles Drotvns
Photoging Fish
One of the most tragic freak
accidents ever to occur in or
around the metropolis of Hawg
Hollow came to light last week
end at the discovery of the death
of Photographer Richard “Look-
Who-Took-This-Picture” Boyles,
who drowned Friday with his head
in a goldfish bowl.
Coroner I. M. Sorryaboutit, after
relating a few sketchy details,
deemed an inquest unnecessary.
Sorryaboutit, in his own inimitable
way, said, “As we understand it,
young Boyles was making a
pioneering effort to advance some
thing new in the photographic
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THE SETTER
APRIL FOOL
EDITION
VOL. 27. No. 8.
HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH POINT, N. C.
April, 1, 1949
Ferhevvensakes! School Buys Plane
w
, , . And here we have a view of the latest financial endeavor of the student council^ of High Point
High. Ii’s the newest in airships—a M9 model W. P. A. X-71, This mammoth airliner is ^super
charged, hydramaulic, and all that crap, besides being equipped with safety features it^ hasn t e\^
used yet. Exactly what the plane will be used for hasn’t yet been determined, but Principal D. P.
Whitley just smiled and said, “It’s something nice to have around. We must keep abreast of the times
you know. Now Pve been seriously thinking of the benefits that a railway line . . . , ox j*
Photo by Boyles Studio.
Midnight ^Phone Calh~Tug~Of~War*
Daring Intrigue Rampant At H.P.H.S.
Orange Growers Pick
Bucky Brown Most
Likely To Suck Seed
From the sunny shores of Cali
fornia comes word that the Sun-
kist Orange Growers have picked
Bucky Brown Most Likely to Suck
Seed.
Out of the total number of en
tries in the contest. Brown’s letter
was decidedly the best of the two.
A copy of his prize-winning essay
reads:
Gentlemen:
I like Sunkist oranges because.
With love,
Bucky Brown
When asked for a comment on
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Drapery Screamer’ latest pro
duction — “The Venetian
Blind” April 9
Come ’n‘ Sit Tea for Educator
Rohde (see page 4)
April..10
Five Hour Assembly
that’d be funny anyday
Boys octet will not practise....
April..l3
Final rites for Dick Boyles
April..31
(To be held in Darkroom)
Reheasals for Sophomore Play,
“I Forgot About Papa”
April..20
Spring Holidays for H.P.H.S.
April..1-15
B jangles Whps Up Nu~Fngled
Systm To Acclrte Modrn Redng
The othr day, as I ws brwsing thrgh my wll-thumb cpy of “Litertr
nd Life in Nglnd,” it ocerd to me tha mdrn litertr hasnt kpt abrst of
mdrn Ivng.
Evrythng we do nwdayr- hs bn acclrld. We drve in hlf an hr the
dstnee it tk'Grndpa nd Old Dbbn a dy to cvr. We go to lunch, wlf
dwn a hunk of pi nd mlk nd tss in a cple of vtamn plls. We cn’t blnce
our diet any bettr thn y.e cn our bdgt,bt it’s fst. Tdy, we eat, sip, drnk,
thnk, and liv at tp spd.
In ivrythng, tht is, expt redng. W’re stll redng at the sme snl’s
pace they wre whn “Prde nd Prjudee” ws the “Frevr Ambr” of its dy.
Ths isn’t rght. In the 20th entry we hve rangd to jzz up our exstnee
to a 16-clnder, supr chgd hgh-octne brrl-hse dwn the rd to insty—so
I’ve chngd the finl hldout, splnlg, to a strm-linng whch is grnteed
to gve the redr almst ffty prent mre spd—whn he gts usd to it. Mst
of us hve a tgh time undrstndng wht’s wrttn for us nw, nd my systm
will mke it absltly impssble, bt wht’s the dffrnce: W’ll b redng fstr—
tht’s wht ents.
Now jst the othr dy, I ws tlkng to Mss Gdman, hed of the Enghh
clas nd tld her of my systm, nd she thnks my systm the bst thrj?
snee Brts stabd Caser n the bak. N fac, she tld me she thoght DP
Whtly wold go hogwld ovr it. I agrd wth her, and said “Prhps yu’ll
gt a rse in pay fr such a brlnt idea.” She said, “I betr.”
I almst have a gd mnd to hnd in my trm papr to her ths way . . .
wldn’t tht be a gd way to gt in the Hnr Sciety, the Bta Club, and the
Msq & Gavel ? Srly, they wold bstow me wth hnrs of sme kind . . .
—iBjngles.
Dark, Mysterious Actions
Arouse Sinister
Suspicions
The telephone lang in the dead
of night—a piercing ring. I sat
up in the darkness, frozen for
an instant. Then, suddenly vvide-
av.'ake, I grabbed the receiver.
I only heard a hoarse whisper.
“Come to High Point High School!
At once!” Then “click!”— and
cold, black darkness.
Within 15 minutes I had ap
proached the building on Jones
Street. As I slowed to jump
from the car and lower the en
trance chain, a voice yelled
through the night, “Wait!” The
chain lowered. It was Mrs. Jack-
son, who moved as if in a trance.
Stupified, I neared the front steps.
There unfolded the most baf
fling. terrifying scene of my life.
Through the darkness I could see
Miss Meinnis, Bill Craig, Joe
Roberson, Mr. Carroll, and 31r.
Carr all pulling mightily on a
chain that seemed to be fastened
somewhere within the building.
I switched off the ignition. Sud
denly Sheriff Snipes and Carolyn
Murray appeared from nowhere
beside the door and glared as I
alighted.
That silence then was deafening
and suddenly unbearable.
“Who called,’’ I yelled frantic-
ly, unable to fight the ominous
foreboding any longer, “Who
phoned in the middle of the
night to get. . . ” My voice broke.
Beads of sweat suddenly damp
ened my forehead. There was
a piercing scream. Then dead
silence, as we all looked upward
at the roof to stare terrified at
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Student Council
Does Something
Emerging from the moth balls.
Student Bum President, Jackie
Meekins has announced the fol
lowing changes in legislation
which were recently overwhelm
ingly approved by the faculty and
especially D. P. Having been de
fective in securing other magnan
imous appropriations for her
admiring constituents, Meekins led
the Council into several wise de
cisions.
One of the first reforms enacted
by this body has been the instal
lation of Tru-Ade into all the
fountains previously used for
water. (This last statement is
questionable because you couldn’t
ever get water out of them, any
way.)
Another plan inaugurated for
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Hey Ed
Better Read This
This, the eighth issue
In the 1948-’49 volume
Of yours truly,
THE POINTER (again!)
Is hereby entitled
“April Fool Issue”
And cannot be
Regarded seriously
By students, teachers, or
outsiders
As a shining example
Of the gospel truth
For the simple reason
'That there’s
Not a single thing
In this fantastic farce
■rhat’s anywhere near
the truth
’Cept
This.
Couldn’t Think Of Anything
Else Drastic H. P. H. S.
Lacked
By Special Communiane
From Correspondent BoJansles
EUREKA! Our bodacious
student council has cast aside
all concerted caterwauling
about money matters, slaugh-
tGrsd tliG st3.nd8.ruj
crushed all criticism; and in
their moment of dire and
frightful need have, lo and
behold, purchased an air-
a’special statement made by
Jackie (You Count ’Em) Meekins,
It was revealed that “ . • -smee
we (the high school) have bought
radios, radio stations,
football players, and .large
amounts of confusion pills for
Carr’s classes, we decided to buy
3omething we really needed, and
'^^Vhen asked to give a few
more details about the plane so
the student body could know lUst
what they bought. President
Meekins submitted a very detailed
specification detail sheet, which is
reprinted here in detail (for you,
now. lust for you): a
“T h e Ultraflash W P A
(World’s Poorest Airplane) H20
Strapoliner, 44-seat Flying Trol-
l#aycar, Air Conditioned. Shock-
Proof. Flies U nderwater,
Streamflo Model.
“It Takes Y'ou Up, And It
Always Lets You Down.
Check these exclusive W. P. A.
safety features:
1. 24 hidden motors! eliminate
motor failure! instantly re
versible to avoid collision
with mountains!
2. Retractable giant bore-y-for
shoring through .jQouatalBS.
3. Concealed helicopter r^r
prevents crash if wings fall
off (it’s possible).
4. Sky hook permits fastening
to passing plane or cloud.
5. Kingsize parachute lowers
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Bida Cluh Holds
Rat Race With
Match & Gamble
The Senior High School base
ment was the scene of a hot card
game last night between the
National Bida Club and the Match
and Gamble.
Led by honest Margaret Little
the Bida Club provided the deck
of cards for the first game of
, Beer Rummy. After the Bida Club
Word was received here today I won decisively with five aces show-
Wins Blue Horse
In Paper Cover Contest
to the effect that Miss Minnie May
Meador, noted history teacher and
overseer of the school store, has
received a five-gaited blue Ten
nessee Walking Horse. The deliv
ery of the Blue Horse early today
climaxed twenty years of toil and
tears in saving eight zillion Blue
Horse Notebook Paper covers.
Miss Meador’s only statement to
reporters was, “Now that my goal
has been attained, I no longer
walk to school. Life is so-o-o
wonderful!” she sighed.
mg , certain members of the Match
and Gamble requested a new deck
of cards. Scotty Cook, talented
crap shooter and president of the
March and Gamble, provided same,
and play was resumed.
Those faculty members who
made up the small audience were
Miss Anna Mendenhall, who was
cheering for the Bida Club; Mr.
Niles F. Hunt, one hundred per
cent Match and Gamble; and Mr.
Cuthbert Ishee, who was mistaken
twice for a white poker chip.
Booth Boys Get Large Charge;
Darkroom Boys Now Seeing Stars
Shouts of terror and vengeance echoed from the walls of the audi
torium last Thursday when the Darkroom “Bullies” engaged in a
battle royal with Wayne’s booth boys over just who’s boss of the audi
torium.
Flash bulbs popped (they weren’t taking pictures), chairs flew
across the stage, and even fists were utilized as Wayne’s men charged
up the stairs toward the ramparts of Boyle’s brigade. Leading the
charge was Cam “Knock-em-down” Criddlebaugh. Urging the more
timid ones on (from behind) was “Dareless” Darrell Vuncannon. “Fear
less” Mashburn was directing the battle from the booth in the balcony
by means of the loud-speaker system.
Meanwhile behind their invincible barricade Commander Boyles
was calmly yelling orders to his determined force.
“Don’t faint until you see the whites of their eyes!”
“Stand by to abandon ship!”
Those were only a few of the orders heard over the general con
fusion.
However, there was in their midst one person who was afraid of
nothing (except Charleston girls). This man, Albert “Heartless”
Hale, immediately came to the rescue of his comrades. Charging down
the stairs. Hale completely routed the enemy with his famous body
block.
It will probably never be known whether Hale fell down the stairs
or was pushed by Harold Gibhardt, because at this moment a new
character appeared. This person, Mr. N. F. Hunt, immediately de
clared a cessation of hostilities and everyone retired to his office for
a discussion on the merits of arbitration.