Bible Classes To
Present Play On
Good Friday
An Easter play, “The Terrible
Meek,” by Charles Rann Kennedy
will be presented toy the Bible
Department on Friday, April 15th,
under the direction of Miss Laura
Mclnnes.
“The Terrible Meek” vividly
presents the emotions of some of
the people who witnessed the
crucifixion of Christ. The play
presents the scene at the foot of
the cross after the crucifixion,
thus revealing the gripping story
known to us all. Lewis Vuncannon
will portray the part of an Army
■captain; Nancy Haltom, a Peasant
woman; and Bob Carrigan, a
Soldier.
This play will also be presented
on Easter Sunday at Wesley
Memorial Methodist Church at
5:00 P. M. Miss Mclnnis stated,
■“We appreciate this opportunity
to give it for the community, as
it is impossible for many visitors
to come to it when it is given
here in the morning.”
The boys octet under the
direction of Mr. Carl Cronstedt
will furnish the musical back
ground for the play.
Band To Visit
G^boro April 22
High Point High School’s
eighty-five piece band will journey
to Greensboro April 22, to attend
and participate in the N. C. State
Music Contest.
Only nine bands with superior
ratings are eligible to attend this
annual state contest. The H. P. H.
'S. band will be responsible for
four new concert numbers; from
these, the judges will select the
one to be played in the contest.
Concert music is not the only
type the band has been playing
lately. On April 6 they marched
with the 82nd Air-Borne Division
in a gala Army Day Parade, and
on April 16 they will entertain
the Kiwanis Club at a luncheon
at the Sheraton Hotel. The band
will also render appropriate relig
ious music for the Easter sunrise
service which is held annually at
the Floral Garden Cemetery on
the Thomasville Road.
Physics Classes
Attend Exhibits
Mr. Henry T. Rhode’s physics
classes are now making prepara
tions to attend an Engineer’s Ex
hibition to be held at N. C. State
College in Raleigh on the week
end of April 29 and 30.
The group numbering around 50
will leave High Point on Friday
morning and attend the first ex
hibition later in the day. The
college will “bunk the boys” for
the night. On Saturday the class
will spend more time at the
exhibits and in the mathematics
department of the Engineering
school.
Climaxing the weekend, an in
formal dance will be held in
Ralei2:h on Saturday night to
honor the Exhibition guests.
Junior-Senior Prom
Plans Progressing
Plans for the long-awaited
Junior-Senior Prom set for Fri
day, the thirteenth of May, in the
gym are being guarded closely by
Decoration committee members
who have chosen a theme melody
and setting. The music of Wilkie
Hayes will be featured.
Price of tickets has been set
at sixty cents for both couples
and stags.
THE POINTER
EASTER
EDITION
VOL. 27. No. 9.
HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH POINT, N. C.
April 12,1949
Honor Society Inducts Twenty-Six
The above is a scene from “The Terrible Meek,” the title of the
Easter Play to be presented in assembly here Friday morning. Lewis
Vuncannon, a soldier; Nancy Haltom as Mary; and Bob Carrigan,
sentry, express their innermost feelings under the shadow of the
cross. Miss Laura Mclnnis’ Bible classes are sponsoring the program.
H.P.H.S.ToUse
Voting Machines
Oh, so you thought owning
a radio station and a W.P.A.
X-71 Ultraflash airliner the
very peak of modernism that
High Point High could attain:
Well, guess again—and this is
no April Fool!
According to information re
leased by student body presi
dent Jackie Meekins, Principal
D. P. Whitley, and a city elec
tion official. Attorney Robert
Martin, voting machines will
be used in the H.P.H.S. student
government elections scheduled
for Monday, May 2, 1949, at
the high school.
Before being put into city
wide use in the general election
to be held on Tuesday, May 3,
seven voting machines, newly
purchased property of the City
of High Point, will undergo
their initial operation at the
hands of all high school regis
tered voters. Following the
customary auditorium c a m-
paigning and speech-making,
students will precede to the
gym, where the machines will
be set up, each with an instruc
tor for use, and will vote by
homeroom groups.
Besides being available for
practical use, the voting ma
chines, their operation and ad
vantages, will be closely ob
served by civics and govern
ment classes.
Political Pot At
H.P.H.S, Boils
To quote the witches from a
certain play, “Double, double,
toil, and trouble.”
Anyhow, the political pot at
High Point High is rapidly
approaching the boiling point.
Eight candidates for Student
Government offices, as of this
writing, have thrown their hats
into the ring, and several more
will probably be, or have been,
put up by a petition bearing
the name of the candidate and
the signature of 150 students
who are willing to vote for
that person.
The Upper House has form
ally submitted the following
slate to run for president and
vice-president of the Student
Council for the year 1949-50.
They are for President: Doris
Craven, Jo Auman, Van Boyles,
and Don McNeil; for Vice-
President: Becky Johnson, Jean
Armfield, Bob Fountain, and
Jerry Paschal.
May 2 has been slated on
Miss Mendenhall’s calendar as
Skit and Speech day, after
which election will be held.
Registration, which is neces
sary before anyone is eligible
to v'ote, will be conducted dur
ing lunch periods on April 20,
21, and 22.
Senior Greasepaint Artists
Set For ‘I Rememher Mama’
■ — ... . .— .
Council Delegates
Meet b Winston
Dr. Henry Grady Owens, Former
Principal, Makes Brief Visit Here
BY MARILYN ROBINETTE
Mrs. Poston casually glanced out the window, squealed a 'squeal
of delight, dropped her book on the nearest table, and went flying
down the steps! . . . Mrs. Harrison quietly tiptoed from her class
to hurry downstairs for a few brief words! . . . Mr. Hunt entered the
office with a broad s'mile and an outstretched hand . . . Mr. Whitley,
gracious host that he is, was making the proper introductions.
The object of this excitement? Dr. Henry Grady Owens, whose
name was synonymous with that of High Point High for 18 years had
returned a visit. Who'* he? Right now. Dr. Owens is Director of
Summer School at Furman University, Greenville, S. C. Your mom
and pop ■will remember. He probably taught them. He even taught
some of the teachers.
In the brief 16 minutes that this reporter spent talking to Dr.
Owens and his equally gracious wife, we sped back over almost 20
years of High Point High School history. The old building on South
Main . . . naming the Pointer and setting up its press . . . the job of
moving to the new building late in 1927 . . . our first inter-city foot-
ball game. Then, “Oh, I hear you folks are getting a radio station.
That s progress for you.” He remembered his years as head of the
English department, as basketball coach, as Pointer adviser, as princi
pal. 1 was even the unofficial post (Continued on Page 4)
Three-Act Play Is To Be
Presented Here On
April 29-30
It is the sweet and loving char
acter, Mama, as portrayed by
Evelyn Nance, that will soften
the hearts of all who meet her.
On April 29 and 30 the senior
class of 1949 will present' the
widely acclaimed three-act play,
“I Remember Mama.” by John
Van Druten. It is the story told
by Katrin, the eldest daughter
of the Norse Hanson family,
played by Ruth Ellen Monroe.
Mama, a Norwegian immigrant,
does not always speak English
just as we do: but her love and
understanding of people makes
her one of the best loved char
acters on the stage. Katrin, is
very much like Mama; and to
gether with Papa, Nolan Brewer;
Nels, Bobby Baird; Dagmar, Bar
bara Bartsch, and Christine, Nancy
Jo Smith, they blend their joy and
tears into a life of successful,
democratic living.
The role of Uncle Chris, a g;ruff
Norse relative, portrayed by
Harry Samet, is both sympathetic
and amusing. Because of the wo
man in his life, he is rather a
disgrace to his family; but under
neath he is a generous, lovable
character. Mama’s three sisters,
who manage to stick their noses
into just anybody’s business,
ca.use quite a bit of excitement
with their choice bits of gossip.
Tickets for the forthcoming
play may be obtained soon from
members of the ticket committee
— Helen Jacobs, chairman — who
will sell them in each home room.
Costumes have been ordered for
cast members and stage commit
tees have met in preparation for
staging the play.
Greer, Meekins Debate
At W. C. This Week
Dewey Greer and Jackie Mee-
kms, the negative duet of the H.
P. H. B. debating team, having
won their initial debate, will par
ticipate in the district debates to
be held April 13 at Women’s Col
lege in Greensboro. If they should
be victorious, they will go to
Chapel Hill for the finals on April
29 and 30.
Greer and Meekins won the
right to enter the District Contest
by defeating the Winston-Salem
affirmative team on April 1.
Student council delegates repre
sented High Point High School in
the central district meeting of the
N. C. Student Council Congress in
Winston-Salem on Friday, April 8.
Jackie Meekins, president of the
local student council, conducted
the mock council, while Gladys
Hall served as extension chair
man for the central district meet
ing. Other delegates attending the
meeting were Suzanne Slate, Bar
bara Mabrey, Barbara Dillon, Ella
Jean Ball, Shirley Ray Gallimore,
and Boonie Davis.
Delegates from High Point were
asked to attend the meeting be
cause High Point High School
operates under a committee type
student council. The delegates
who are committee heads reported
on the various committees in
order to give the other delegates
an idea of our organization. Rey
nolds High School presented the
honor system, which is their type
of student council government.
Frosh-Soph Prom
Proves Success
Friday night, April 8, found the
high school gym turned tempor
arily into a “Painted Desert” un
der a “Blue Moon” for the Fresh
man-Sophomore Prom.
The dance began promptly at
eight o’clock, with the high
school’s own Dreamsters, who
were inclosed in a corral, furnish
ing the music. Refreshments were
served later in the evening at a
large oasis located in one end of
the gym.
An intermission was held from
10:15 until 10:45, during which
time a number of high school
students entertained the group.
After intermission, the second
half of the dance opened with a
lead out by the host and hostess
committee. The prom continued
until 12 midnight, when every
body, weary, but happy, headed
homeward.
Our greatest glory is not in
never failing, but in rising every
time we fall. —Confucius
Society Service Award Pre
sented Following Lovely
Candlelight Ritual
In its traditionally beautiful
ceremony, the National Honor
Society of High Point High School
conducted this morning its second
1949 induction. Bits of candlelight
shone throughout the darkened
auditorium as the old members
quietly tapped twenty-six juniors
and seniors who have proven them
selves superior in the qualities of
scholarship, character, leadership,
and service during the four years
at High Point High.
Climaxing the induction ritual,
the National Honor Society Ser
vice Award, one of the highest
honors bestowed by the school, was
presented to the senior, who, by
vote of the faculty and senior
class has rendered the most un
selfish service to the school dur
ing his high school career. Betty
Jo Ring, a Wake Forest freshman
and last year’s winner, made the
presentation. Strict secrecy pre
vented the release of the winner’s
name before this morning.
Society members who led the
ceremonies were Carolyn Murray,
Margaret Little, Evelyn Nance,
Ruth Ellen Monroe, Charles Shu-
felt, Hey wood Washburn, and
Sara Barrier.
The newly inducted seniors are
Jean Short, Bill Foster, Ann Ship-
wash, Goldston Harris, Clyde Gar
rison, Bobby Padget, Jean Kearns,
Betsy White, Darrell 'Vuncannon,
Virginia Saunders, Elon Nixon,
Jeryl Hughes, and Charlene Thom
as.
Juniors inducted are Suzanne
Slate, Doris Craven, Bob Ladehoff,
Tommie Lentz, Margaret Stamey,
Bob Fountain, Betty Jo Snider,
Gordie Maxwell, Bill McGuinn,
Mary Lou Dillon, Don MicNeill,
Nancy Oglesby, and Hal Da-vis.
1950 PEMICAN
UNDERWAY
Under the leadership of Miss
Dorothy Hollar, advisor, the 1950
Pemican staff has been chosen
and has begun work on the theme
for the 1960 volumes.
Suzanne Slate, a member of the
’49 staff, having had the experi
ence of working with this year’s
aggregation, has been selected to
succeed Heywood Washburn as
editor-in-chief of the publication.
Betty Jo Snider, another vet
eran of the ’49 Pemican staff,
has been chosen to fill the shoes
of business manager, occupied
this year by Dewey Greer.
Other newly selected members
of the editorial staff are: associ
ate editor, Margaret Stamey: copy
editors, Tommie Lentz and Mary
Lou Dillon; printing editors, Ven-
etia Wilcox and Ann Folger; en-
gra-ving editors, Doris Craven, Van
Boyles, and Pat Johnson; art
editor, Jean Larcom; typist, Peggy
Clark; and photographer, Andy
Pickens.
These people have been selected
to serve on the 1950 business
staff; Pat Hackney, Anne Hall,
Jim Woollen, Becky Johnson, Rosie
Beam, Betsy Chemault, Johnny
Bell, Anne Bain, Mary Lib Casey,
Max Williams, Robert Giles, Sam
Gibson, Gordie Maxwell, Barbara
iSteele, and Billy Hatley.
Library Delegates
To Visit Durham
Two members of the local high
school library staff will be dele
gated to attend the State Conven
tion of Library Associations in
Durham, on April 29-30.
The two delegates, -who will be
chosen at the next staff meeting,
will represent this high school li
brary association and will have
the power of voting on matters
brought before the assembly.
They will have the pri-vilege of
attending a joint banquet which
■will be held in the Washington
Duke Hotel. After the banquet a
dance will be held in the hotel
ballroom.
At present the library staff is
working on a constitution for
their newly organized club. After
the organization of the club has
been completed, the whole staff
will engage in a campaign to im
prove library practices.