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GRADUATION MONDAY, JUNE 7 THE POINTER SENIOR EXAMS BEGIN MAY 28 VOL. 32, No. 10 HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH POINT, N. C. Tuesday, May 18, 1954 Larkin Kirkman Chosen *5U-'55 Pointer Editor; Eagle^ Adams Will Occupy Other Top Positions Heading- the Pointer staff for the 1954-55 year are Larkin Kirk man, editor-in-chief; Anita Eagle, associate editor; and Betty Adams, business manager. Other key members of next year’s staff are Elnita Bray, fea ture editor; Jerry Willis, sports editor; and Jean Blankenship, chief headliner. Larkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. Arthur Kirkman, first served on the Pointer staff last year as a sports writer. This year he has been editor of the sports page. He is a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club, Masque and Gavel, Key Club, and Monogram Club. Larkin is also captain of the swimming team and a score- keeper at the basketball games. Anita, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Eagle, has been a member of the Pointer staff for only one year, serving as a reporter. She is a member of the National Hon or Society, the Beta Club, the Masque and Gavel, and the Future Teachers of America. She was a district winner in the World Speaking Contest and alternate on the debate team. Though this year has been Betty’s first year on the Pointer staff, she has served as assistant business manager. Betty, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Adams, is a member of the Na tional Honor Society, Beta Club, and the Masque and Gavel. Dur ing her Freshman year, Betty was secretary of her class and Fresh man attendant to the homecoming queen. This year she has been secretarv of the Junior Class and in the fall served as the Junior attendant to the queen. Linda Groome Wins Citizenship Award Linda Groome, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Groome, has been selected by the Junior girls and the fac ulty as winner of the Daugh ters of the American Re volution Good Citizenship A- ward for 1954. Linda was chosen from a list of Junior girls as the one who best exemplifies the following qualities: dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. As final choice for the High Point High Good Citizen, Linda will make a scrapbook showing that she possesses the above qual ities, and picturing the honors and activities that she has received in high school, through the church activities, and in the community. She will receive a pin and certifi cate of award for this honor. Linda’s activities include mem bership in the National Honor Society, Beta Club, and the Mas que and Gavel. This year she has been feature editor of the Pointer. Recently she was elected presi dent of the Student Council, and vice-president of the F. H. A. In Brief . . . The Hither and Thither of Danny Dither, which was present ed by the Music Department of High Point High School May 7-8 in the Senior High auditorium, cleared approximately $300 tow ard the purchase of an organ for the high school auditoriurn. The National Honor Society met for its final meeting of the year on May 5. Reports were made on the recent Honor Society conven tion by Linda Groome and Nancy Cridlebaugh. The Industrial Arts contest was held May 1 at Greensboro High School. High Point High School had ten entries in the contest and came up with one first place won by Nicky Strickland. Albert Gray and John Whaley each received a second place prize. Penny Hutchinson and Jimmie Tedder won medals in the Nation al Latin Exam with scores of 115 out of a possible 120. The school will receive a trophy of ivory and gold for permanent possessions. Seventeen other people received certificates for making 90 or above. ■'Ip Larkin Kirkman, editor; Anita Eagle, associate editor; ano Beftj Adams, business manager, (left to right) lined up for the photo grapher shortly after being informed of their appointments to chief positions on the Pointer staff for 1954-’55. Thomas Dale, David Pancoast Are Winners Of 4-Year Scholarships To Duke, Davidson Two High Point High School Seniors, Thomas Dale and David Pancoast, have been awarded scholarships this year. A Duke scholarship for ?350 per year for four years has been awarded to Thomas Dale. This scholarship is for good high school work, especially in the field of music. ^ ^ i Thomas is choir director and organist at Lindsay Memorial Metho dist Church. He has several pupils in piano and organ.^ At High Point High School Thomas has been a member of the Twilighters, the A Cappella Choir, and the orchestra. He attended the All-State Orches tra in Durham. Outstanding in the field of music in the community, Thomas is a member of the High Point Civic Symphony Orchestra. Also, he plays his own Hammond organ at weddings, dinners, and meetings. At Duke University Thomas will major in music with th» aim of becorhing a professor of music. David Pancoast is the recipient of a §1,000 scholarship awarded annually by the Educational Board of the Presbyterian Church. This scholarship, along with several others, is awarded each year to a few students over the nation and based on the results of a special test. David will use his scholar ship at Davidson College. While at High Point High School, David has been a member of the National Honor Society, Who’s Who, Beta Club, Masque and Gavel, and Student Council. He has served as vice-president of the student body, president of the Key Club, and last year was treas urer of the Junior Class. David was a commencement marshal and the recipient of the W'. O. W. History Award. This year the stu dents elected him Most Likely To Succeed. Local Band Pupils Give Concert Here Last Saturday night at 8:30, representatives from five neigh boring high school and junior high bands combined for a concert in the Senior High School Auditor ium. Under the direction of Dr. Frank Prindl, professor of music at the University of Kentucky, selected band members from Thomasville, Jamestown, Allen Jay, and High Point junior and senior high schools presented a concert of band music. Included on the program were “National Emblem March,’’ “In strumentalist on Parade,” “Our Director,” “If Thou Be Near’’ by Johann Sebastian Bach, “Mountain Majesty,” and the well-known “Holiday for Strings.” The band members rehearsed Friday morning and afternoon and also Saturday morning and after noon in the Junior High School Auditorium. The participants in the Band Festival were selected by their respective high school directors. There were 109 members par ticipating with 38 from High Point. Reverend Cecil E. Haworth Will Deliver Commencement Sermon June 6; Seniors To Participate In Final Exercises June 7 The 1954 commencement exercises will be marked by the commence ment sermon delivered by the Reverend Cecil E. Haworth on Sunday, June 6, at 8:00 p. m., and by a student participation program at 8:00 p. m., Monday, June 7, at which time diplomas will be delivered. The Rev. Mr. Haworth, pastor of Central Friends Church, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn College in Iowa in 1926. He earned his Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1929 from the Biblical Seminary in New York, and his Master of Sacred Theology from Boston University in 1936. He has held his present position here since 1937. Principal D. P. Whitley will pre side Sunday evening. The invoca tion and benediction will be given by the Reverend R. G. Tuttle. The A Cappella Choir, under the direc tion of Dr. Charles Taylor, will furnish music for the program. The theme “Faith, Light of Our Future” will prevail at the com bination song and speech program Monday night. Members of the graduating class will write and deliver short speeches illustrating the influence of such qualities as Co-operation, Respect, Courage, Justice, Peace, Truth, and Faith on their past life and activities. Those to participate are Jimmie Casey, David Pancoast, Dean Mac Pruette, Margaret Locke, Peggy Ingram, Jerry Sowers, Wanna Mc- Anally, and Betsy Lewis. Again, Dr. Taylor and the A Cappella Choir will have a major part in the program as they music ally depict these virtues. This is the first time in several years this type of program has been used at graduation. Miss Eleanor Young, Senior English teacher, is in charge of the speeches. The Senior Class sponsor, Mr. Harry Hendrick, will supervise over-all commencement plans. Presiding will be Superintendent of City Schools Dean B. Pruette. Mr. Whitley will announce and present special awards while Mr. William A. Tomlinson, chairman of the school board, will award diplomas to the graduating Sen iors. Various Clubs Elect / 954-'55 Officers New officers are now being elected by High Point High School clubs. The following is a list of officers chosen in recent elections. In the National Honorary Beta Club: Sally Gluyas has been elect ed president; Arlen Yokely, vice- president; Nancy McNeill, secre tary; Martha Wood, treasurer; in the National Honor Society: Rich ard Hallman, president; Betty Adams, vice-president; Peggy Kepley, secretary; Joe Huff, treasurer; in the Senior Hi-Y: Bobby Culler, president: Byron Starnes, secretary; Kirk Rich, vice-president; George Cook, treas urer; Future Homemakers of America: Jo Anne Sowers, presi dent; Linda Groome, vice-presi dent; Doris Boone, secretary; Linda Morrison, treasurer; Key Club: Richard Hallman, president; Woody Weisner, vice-nresident; George Cook, secretary; Joe Jones, treasurer. Marshals Selected; Sam Guy Is Chief Based on their scholastic rec ords, commencement marshals have been selected. Those boys serving as marshals are Sam Guy, chief; Billy Peters; Larkin Kirkman; Dudley Clinard; Marlin Evans; Stan Newnam; Joe Jones; Jerry Willis, Gordon Steele; and George Setzer. Girls who are marshals are Nancy McNeill, assistant chief; Linda Groome; Alma Yip; Abigail Lanier; Phyllis Conrad: Ann Bon ner; Betty Jean Phillips; Watts Childress; Sally Gluyas; and Vir ginia Cox. Bulletin Peggy Kepley, a member of the rising Senior Class, has been se lected to represent High Point High School in the Fifteenth An nual Tar Heel Girls’ State, which will be held at Woman’s College, June 6-11. Each unit of the American Le gion Auxiliary in North Carolina may send two girls who are anxi ous to learn good citizenship prac tices and to share them with their classmates. Linda Groome was elected earlier as the other rep resentative. Loui Cox, Virginia Cox, Arlen Yokley To Serve As Big Wheels On Pemican Staff For ’53-^54 Miss Louise Tapp, Pemican ad viser, has announced the names of those students who will hold top positions in the editing of the 1954-56 Pemican. Loui Cox, Vir ginia Cox, and Arlen Yokley will hold the positions of editor-in- chief, associate editor, and busi ness manager, respectively. With two years’ previous ex perience on the staff, Loui is well qualified for this high position. She has served this year as assis tant art editor; and when she was in the ninth grade, was edi tor of the Junior Pointer. Her ac tivities include the National Honor Society, Masque and Gavel, Junior Classical League, Prom Commit tee, Y-Teens, Allied Youth, and a part in the Junior play. Loui is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Elwood Cox. Virginia has also had two years of experience as a Pemican staff member and was previously on the Junior Pointer staff. Besides work ing in the Dean’s office, she has taken an active part in ths Nation al Honor Society, Beta Club, Jun ior Classical League, Prom Com mittee, the Allied Youth, and has recently been chosen as a com mencement marshal. Virginia, who (in case you are wondering) is Loui’s cousin, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cox. Arlen, although he has spent only one year on the Pemican busi ness staff, has well proved his worth. A member of the Beta Club, Key Club, DeMolay, and Allied Youth, he has been newly elected vice-president of the Beta Club. Arlen is th eson of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Yokley. Other members of the present staff who will continue to serve next year are as follows: Jerry Meeks, Irene Whitley, Frances Blair, Judy Rockett, Pat Tyson, Norman Samet, Sandy Mendenhall, and Bobby Kirkman. The recently selected staff heads for the 1954-’55 Pemican are pictured above. 'They are (left to right) Associate Editor Virginia Cox, Editor Loui Cox, and Business Manager Arlen Yokely. Banquet To Be Held Monday At YMCA _ Included among Senior activi ties thus far is Senior Day, and coming up is the Senior banquet, which will take place on May 24. The banquet is to take place at the Y. M. C. A.; and according to Senior Class President Jimmie Casey, the speaker will be the Reverend Mr. Robert Tuttle, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Quite a few underclassmen were probably shocked and some were disgruntled when, on May 13, some Senior approached them saying, “Here, carry these books to 313!” The unfortunate underclassman was compelled to do so, for back to High Point High had come Senior Day. Having their books carried was just one of the things which the privileged Seniors took advantage of. Parents were prob ably scandalized when their sons and daughters left the house on this particular morning arrayed as they were. Blue jeans, suspend ers, bow ties, and hair ribbons are but a few of the adornments worn by Senior boys and girls. Upper classmen also had preference in the lunch line and were permitted to take “gaps.” The day was high lighted by a “sock hop” in the gym during the lunch hour. M usic M onograms Given At Assembly Members of the band and or chestra, along with members of the girls’ and boys’ glee clubs, and the A Cappella Choir, were award ed the National Arion Foundation awards and monogram certificates in the annual music recognition assembly on May 7. Rachel Richardson, orchestra; Joyce Chapman, band; and Mar garet Slate, choir received the Arion Award in recognition of their scholarship, citizenship, mus icianship, ambition, and service during their school career. This award is sponsored by the Band Boosters’ Club to encourage stu dents and inspire them to greater scholastic effort. One Senior member of the band, orchestra, and choir is eligible for the Arion Award. The award is presented each year to the mem ber who has contributed the most to his organization during his school career.
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