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Page Four THE pointer Tuesday, March 23, 1954 Coo/r, Brewer^ Brown^ Lain On WFMY- TV Teen-age Program Four High Point Hiph School students appeared on “Youth Gives Its Views” on WFMY-TV Friday, March 5. The four students who appeared on the panel were Becky Brown, Ronnie Brewer, Jimmy Lain, and Barbara Cook. These students were asked questions sent in by teen-ape viewers, and the panelists pave their views on the subjects. Amonp the questions broupht up on the propram were ones about recreation facilities in Hiph I'oint, Dutch dates (whether the pirls should share date expenses), and the value of social clubs to the school and to the students. All the panel members apreed that in Iliph Point there is a preat need for a recreation center. As for the pirls’ sharinp expenses on dates, most of the panelists thought Seniors To Receive Arion M usic Award The national Arion Foundation Music Award will be piven to three IIITIS Seniors this Sprinp. While only five years old, this award is considered by many the nation’s top rankinp and the most coveted of all scholastic prizes in music. The Band Boosters Club will pre sent the award to the three out- standinp Seniors in band, orches tra, and choir. The award will be presented to the student showinp the following (jualifications: 1) Better than average scholastic standing, 2) general musicianship, 3) ambition, 4) attendance, 5) diligence, 6) in spiration to others. that girls might bear their part of the expenses by providing at- home dates occasionally. The Allied Youth Club was cited by all the panel members as a club which provides excellent social functions for all its mem bers. They pointed out that it has the largest membership of any Hiph Point High School club. Elaine Clay Enters Oratorical Contest Elaine Clay represented Hiph Point Hiph School in the North Carolina Bankers’ Association county oratorical contest held on March 10. This state-wide contest is en titled “The Big Change.” Each oration discusses fifty years of progress in North Carolina and is designed to awaken new inter est in this state’s past, present, and future development by point ing out how the local community has contributed, and will contrib ute in the future, to this advance ment. Elaine’s speech dealt with High Point’s advancement in par ticular. Ten school winners participated in the county tournament held at Guilford County Courthouse. The winner, Barbara Massey of Greens boro, received $50. Winning con testants will compete in district and state contests. The state win ner will receive over $1,500. Elaine efforts netted her $25. Elaine was named school win ner in the local eliminations held March 2. Watts Childress was runner-up. Both girls are Juniors. A Cappella Choir From Shenandoah College Performs In Concert At Student Assembly The A Cappella Choir of the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music from Shenandoah College at Day- ton, Virginia, presented a concert at Hiph Point High School on Wednesday, March 12. Under the direction of Mr. R. H. McCluer, the Shenandoah Con servatory of Music’s A Cappella Choir presented a concert at a student assembly last Wednesday. The choir from the music conser vatory, which is a part of Shen andoah College at Dayton, Vir ginia, started on their full-week’s tour with 35 members. Their first j)erformance was at Norfolk, Vir ginia, on Monday night; and on Tuesday night before their Hiph Point concert on Wednesday, they performed in Kernersville, North Carolina. Wednesday evening the choir sang at the First Baptist Church. After leaving High Point, they went to Charlotte, North Car olina, for a concert on Thursday. First on their program were four 16th Century madrigals, “I Know a Young Maiden,” “Though 1 May Be Very Mean,” “Oh Cruel, Harsh, and Relentless Death,” and “April Is In My Mistress’s Face.” Numbers which were accompanied by piano were an anthem, “Send Forth Thy Spirit,” an aria for baritone and soprano from Don Giovanni, and two songs from the Broadway musical. Carousel: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and “A Real Nice Clambake.’’ English Class Mak es Survey Of Movies A survey of the movies shown in High Point at the Center and Paramount theaters in 1953 has been undertaken as a project by Miss Louisa Hatch’s sixth period English class. The purpose of this project is to develop citizenship through action, as they study and rate the movies and inform the general public of their findings. During 1953, 100 movies were shown at the Center and 111 at the Paramount. The group looked up reviews of these movies in current magazines; and with the help of the reviews and the opinion of the students who had seen the movies, they rated them according to their educational, entertainment, and artistic value. The project, which is not yet completed, will also in clude rating the movies superior, good, fair, and poor. As part of the project, the stu dents chose the movies they con sidered best. The top ten chosen from the Center were: Little Boy Lost; So Big; Roman Holiday; Shane: Stalag 17; Young Bess; Dili; Ivanhoe; Come Back, Little Sheba; and The President’s Lady. The top five from the Paramount were From Here To Eternity, Moulin Rouge, The Moon Is Blue, Salome, and Hans Christian An dersen. David Pancoast Wins $1^000 Scholarship David Pancoast, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Pancoast, 802 Rotary Drive, has been announced as the winner of a $1,000 four-year schol arship. The scholarship, one of 20 given in the U. S., is sponsored by the Presbyterian Church and may be used in any one of a dozen Pres byterian colleges in the South. David won the award on the basis of his high school scholastic record, honors, and activities; two competitive examinations; his church work; and two pieces of writing: an essay on “Does a Good College Education for This Modern World Need a Christian Basis,” and an autobiography of over 1,000 words. HPHS Music Students^’Periorm Solos^ Ensembles At Durham Students representing High Point Senior High School per formed at Duke University the week end of February 28 in the state solo and ensemble contest. Miss Nancy Staley, Thane Mc Donald, and Dick Ebert were the judges at this annual contest. The students who participated in this contest were the Boys’ Octet, the Girls’ Quartet, Charles Vaughn, Marilyn Pruette, Jean Harris, and L. G. Wilson. Members of the Boys’ Octet are T. R. Alexander, Will Byrd, Bruce Clodfelter, Jimmy Lain, Bobby White, and Sam Garrard. The Girls’ Quartet in cludes Sarah Johnson, Barbara Kemp, Shirley Miller, and Joyce Chapman. The musical numbers performed Glover Bedford Tells Of Job As Frogman Mr. Glover Bedford, one of Uncle Sam’s 500 specially trained frogmen, spoke to Mrs. Clara Harrison’s seventh period English class on Tuesday. Marcli 9. A division of the Navy, these underwater “Mermen” are called the Underwater Demolition Team (U. D. T.). This group was started during the last war in our in vasion of Normandy. Its purpose is to detect and remove all under water obstacles. Leaving his base in California, Officer Bedford came home for a visit after a year in U. D. T. were “My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose” by the Girls’ Quartet; “Sec ond Movement Third Concerto in E flat,” Mozart, by L. G. Wilson; “The Star” by Jean Harris; “Thanks Be to God,” by Marilyn Pruette; Psalm 91, bv Charles Vaughn; “Let There Be Music,” by the Boys’ Octet. The performers were judged on such things as tone quality and technique. Each group received a rating ranging from 1, superior, to 4, good. 'The ratings received were as follows: Charles Vaughn—1, Marilyn Pruette—3, Jean Harris —3, L. G. Wilson, playing the French horn—1, Boys’ Octet—1, Girls’ Quartet—2. Meryle Pope and Mae Van Zett were also in a contest the week following this. Meryle, playing the clarinet, received a 2, while Mae Van, playing the ’cello, also re ceived 2. Jane Adams Shop FEMININE APPAREL 118 South Main St. Jimmy Mitchell VENEERS 701 Prospect Street ROSE Furniture 243 S. Main St. High Point, N. C. VOGUE CLEANERS 751 North Main St. Bargain Furn. Co. QUALITY FURNITURE AT BARGAIN PRICES 1526 English Street Meet Your Friends At KEPLEY^S BAR-B-Q BELL RECORD 114 West Washington St. PHONOGRAPH RECORDS Lizzie Gooch Shop EXCLUSIVE READY-TO-WEAR AND MILLINERY Arcade Building DENNY A N PANEL C 270 Perry Street ROLL D OMPANY High Point, N. C. High Point’s Only Soft Water Laundry 210 Pine Street Phone 3393 Starts Sunday MARCH 28th UNemaS^P£ Khijhts o£ iKe Bound Table STARRING ROBERT AVA MEL TAYLOR-GARDNER-FERRER Ingram’s Pharmacy 1301 North Main St. PHONE 3313 High Point Steam Laundry 228 North Wrenn St. ART-CARVED DIAMONDS L E S T E R’ S 144-46 N. Main St. DIFFENDAL’S (Incorporated) FLOOR COVERINGS Sales and Installations 743 North Main Street PHONE 3066 GET AN EDUCATION -IN- THRIFT -AT- BELK-BECK HIGH POINT’S LARGEST AND LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE 120 North Main Street TELEPHONE 4511 HIGH POINT, N. C. HIGH POINT, THOMASVILLE & HENTON HAILROAD “NOTHING BUT SERVICE TO SELL”
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