Page Four
THE POINTER
February 28, 1950
Twenty High Point Orchestra Members Bound For St. Louis
Anne Ship wash To
Play On First Stand
Several of Miss Frank’s orches
tra members should be acclaimed
for taking' the first seats in the
All-State Orchestra -when try-outs
were held in Charlotte on Febru
ary 3.
High Point’s girl trumpet player,
Anne Shipwash, is sharing the
first stand with Mason Field from
Charlotte’s Central High School.
At the concert, which was given
by the all-state gi’oup on Febru
ary 4, Anne and Mason were fea
tured in the solo parts.
During try-outs Donnie Silver
and Ruth Ann Phillips took third
and fourth seats in the first vio
lin section. The other students
who represented H. P. H. S. at
Charlotte were: Violins — Betty
Anne Sain, Rachel Leonard, Elle-
nor Reed Terry, Darene Calhoun,
Gayle Walden, Jane Chamelin,
(alternate) Jerry Anderson; cello
—'Pepper Tice, Nancy Hill; viola—
Ann Hicks; string bass—Budd
Montgomery, Max Shoaf; flute—
Barbara Tery; bassoon—Heywood
Rogers; clarinet (alternate) Ron
nie Current; horn—^Gene Surratt;
percussion — Morty Ershler, Bill
Lewis.
Each of these students is eligi
ble to travel to St. Louis with the
North Carolina All-State Orches
tra the week of March 20. Chaper
oning the group will be Miss Vir
ginia Prank and Mr. Julian Helms,
orchestra and band directors re
spectively.
G-Man Speaks At
Special Assembly
Whether it be a gang of anned
racketeers robbing a bank, a killer
like Dillinger, a gun-moll like Bon
nie Parker, or just a big-shot teen
ager with a “Gat,” the F. B. I.
agent always gets his man. This
all goes to prove that “crime does
not pay.” So said Mr. Charles W.
Brown, head of the Charlotte F. B.
I. office, in his speech in the high
school auditorium last week.
Mr. Brown said that in the
United iStates a major crime is
committed every 18 seconds, and
that the crime rate is now stead
ily increasing just as it did after
World War I. Many of the crim
inals are surprisingly young—
many ranging from 12 to 17 years
of age.
Mr. Brown’s appearance here
was sponsored by the Exchange
Club.
Class Rings Arrive
Junior and senior class rings
have arrived! Yes, the long awaited
rings, which were ordered the last
of October, were distributed last
Tuesday and Wednesday to the
upperclassmen.
For the first time in several
years, the ring designs were made
a little differently. The students
seem to like the change.
There was a choice of two types
of rings, the ones with a red stone,
and the plain ones with the High
Point High School seal on them.
Tw'o hundred and fifty-four stu
dents received stone rings, and sev
enty-four received plain ones.
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Above are the orchestra students who will be journeying soon to St. Louis. From left to right
are, front row: Rachel Leonard, Barbara Terry, Jane Chamelin, Darene Calhoun, Pepper Tice, and
Ellenor Terry; second row: Max Shoaf, Ruth Ann Phillips, Betty Ann Sain, and Budd Montgom
ery; third row: Charles Stout, Gayle Walden, Morty Ershler, Gene Surrett, Bill Lewis, and Bill Rogers.
Teachers Attend Cooke’s Inauguration
Masque And Gavel
To Present Plays
Miss Ruth Goodman, Masque and
Gavel adviser, has recently an
nounced two plays to be presented
by this organization. These plays,
one-act comedies, are being re
hearsed for production on March 7
for the student body.
The first play, “Pink for Pro
posals,’’ gets very amusing as the
proposals pile up, proving that pink
is synonymous with romance. The
cast includes Marty Burton, Vene-
tia Wilcox, Bill Culler, Teasa
Bloom, Johnny Bell, Elzene Boyles,
and Jim Lovelace.
“A Girl in Every Port” is the
title of the second comedy, which
is a sort of follow-up in the pro
posal pattern. This could lead the
one man, portrayed by Max Wil
liams, into being a triple bigamist.
Tommie Strother, Nancy Samuel,
Kent Hubbard, Ramelle Hylton,
Frances Mull, Janet Blair, and
Norma Jean Ansell make up the
rest of the cast.
Mr. Helms Conducts
North Wilkesboro Band
Mr. Julian Helms, band director
of H. P. H. S. was asked by Miss
Eva Bingham of North Wilkesboro
High School, to conduct a rehear
sal of her 60-piece band.
This rehearsal was held in prac
tice for the state contest which
will be held in Greensboro this
spring. North Wilkesboro High
School will enter into competition
with Class 4 bands throughout the
state.
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Well-Known Speakers
Take Part In Program
Teachers of High Point High
School invited to attend the inaug
uration of Dr. Dennis H. Cooke as
president of High Point College
on Thursday, February 23, were
Mrs. Vera Walden, Mrs. Clara
Harrison, Miss Dorothy Hollar,
and Miss Ruth Goodman.
These teachers attended the
morning services and the luncheon
as well as the formal inaugural
service, at which time they
marched in the academic proces
sion. Each teacher attended as a
representative of her respective
college, Mrs. Walden representing
Hood College in Frederick, Mary
land; Mrs. Harrison, Flora Mc
Donald, Red Springs, N. C.; Miss
Hollar, East Carolina Teacher’s
College, Greenville, N. C.; Miss
Goodman, Berea College, Berea,
Kentucky.
The morning session was held
in Harrison gymnasium at 10
o’clock. Three nationally known
speakers that appeared on this
program were Dr. John O. Gross,
executive secretary of the Metho
dist Board of Education; Dr. A.
Hollis Edens, president of Duke
University; and J. Benjamin
Schmoker, general secretary of the
committee of friendly relations
among foreign students. New
York. These speakers discussed the
topic, “The Responsibility of the
Church in Higher Education.” Dr.
Gross discussed it as a churchman.
Dr. Edens from the viewpoint of
the educator, and Mr. Schmoker
as a layman.
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The Dreamsters, under the direc
tion of Robert Brady, will be fea
tured at the Greensboro Youth
Center on Saturday night, March
4. This gala affair is sponsored
by the Girls’ Club of Greensboro.
Dancing will begin at 8:30, and
at 10:30 there will be an inteimiis-
sion at which time refreshments
will be served to those present.
Members performing in the
dance band will be Robert Brady,
Tom Beaver, Ronnie Current, and
Albert Sawyer—saxaphones; Anne
Shipwash and Bob Bundy—trum
pets; Barry Ruth—trombone; Bill
Lewis—drums; Max Shoaf—pian
ist; Budd Montgomery—^bass; Per
ry McDowell—vocalist.
Well-Known Composer
To Direct N. C. Group
The twenty students from H.P.
H.S. who are members of the
North Carolina All-State Orches
tra will board a west-bound train
for St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday,
March 19.
The orchestra will journey to St.
Louis to accept an invitation to
perform for the closing session of
the Music Educators’ National
Conference on March 23. Featured
at this Thursday performance will
be North Carolina’s Pulitzer
Prize winner, “Crippled Creek,’’ by
Lamar Stringfield. Attending this
program will be over 5,000 music
educators from universities, col
leges, and high schools scattered
over the United States. The M. E.
N. C. convenes biennially in a
major U.iS. city. This is the first
time any Tar Heel group has been
invited to present a program for
the national association.
Mr. Leroy Anderson, nationally
known composer and guest conduc
tor of the Boston “Pops” Orches
tra, will direct the North Carolina
group. Among his better-known
compositions are “Jazz Pizzicato,”
“J a z z Legato,” “Promenade,”
“Syncopated Clock,” and “Sleigh
Ride.”
Mr. Anderson also directed the
music clinic held in Charlotte on
February 4. It was at this clinic
that the group to perform in St.
Louis was selected. At that time
the world premiere performance of
his latest work, “'Trumpeteers
Lullaby,’’ was given by the all-
state orchestra.
“Buddy, is it correct to say this
ere and that ’air?”
“Of course not, Bill.”
“Well, I don’t care whether it is
correct or not, but I feel cold in
this ear from that air.”
—The Tornado.
Elliott: “A woman died and left
$50,000 tied up in her bustle.”
Arch: “She sure did leave a lot
of money behind!”
—The Full Moon.
Betas To Attend
Meeting In Raleigh
The annual Beta Club conven
tion is again being held this year
in I^leigh on March 17 and 18.
Fifteen members of the high
school Beta Club have made plans
to go. They are Frances Mull,
Thomasine Strother, Norma Jean
Ansell, Ramelle Hylton, Nancy
Samuel, Jack Marion, Billy Ray
Tucker, Becky Dunn, Becky Dow
dy, Ann Allred, Vivian Miller, Ann
Folger, Peggy Clark, Patricia
Massey, and Tommie Lentz.
The convention will begin on Fri
day at noon, when all delegates
will register. That evening, a tal
ent contest will be held, with skits
being presented by those individ
ual clubs who wish to take part.
On Saturday morning, officers -will
be elected for the coming year,
and all other business will be con
ducted. Saturday night, a banquet
will be held, followed by a dance.
This will formally close the con
vention, and all delegates will re
turn home Sunday.
Our high school chapter has
nominated Frances Mull to run
for state secretary.
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