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JUNIOR POINTER
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HIGH
I'OINT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
High Point, North Carolina
Devoted to the Interests and activities of Hig
h Point Junior High
School Students
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STAFF
GLORIA ILDERl'ON
Editor-in-Chief
JO INGRAM
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. . . Assistants
ARTHUR KAPLAN
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Sl’ECIAL EDITORS
NANCY COX
. . . Student Council
MARY JO WILSON
Library
KATHRYN CROSS
. .... Seventh Grade Glee Club ;
BILLY FRAZIER
Sixth Grade Glee Club 1
BUSINESS STAFF
MRS. FROST
Advertising Manager
J. c. McAllister
Circulation Manager
HO.ME ROOM REPORTERS
Billy Curry
Sloan Gibson
Jimmy Carrigan
Carolyn Jones
.Joseph Hayworth
Loretta Culver ;
Marguerite Murray Mimi Wagger
Marie Goodwin
Arline Calloway
Melvin Gentry
Margaret Causby
Donna P'aye Watson Helen Craven
Elsie Mollette
Jacquelyn Price
Billy Frazier
Winifred Wall
Dorothy I’egram
Horace Hawor-th
Elaine Welborn
Dina Taylor
Donald Dunkleberg-er
Ruth Williard
Garnett Hinshaw
Margaret Foust
William Hall
MISS CARTER
.. ... Faculty Adviser
ASSISTANT FACULTY ADVISERS
Miss Munroe
Miss Brown
Mrs. Coe
Mrs. Beaman
Miss Connell
Mrs. Ross
Mis.s
Idol Miss Hanff
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 193
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MAKE NEW SCHOOL
YEAR RESOLUTIONS
Following avo some of the new
school year resolutions made by the
pupils in Miss Hanff’s English class:
I resolve to do everything I can
to make Junior High a better school.
1 resolve to always be honest in my
work.
I resolve to be a good sport in
all school games and to do my part
in all home room and other programs.
I resolve to be present and on time
at school every day that is possible.
I resolve not to chew gum in school.
I resolve not to complain or grum
ble about my home work.
I resolve to have my home work in
on time every clay.
I resolve not to run, push, or shout
in the halls.
I resolve to take good care of my
books.
T resolve to come to school looking
clean and neat.
I resolve to do my part in keeping
the school grounds clean and beauti
ful.
I resolve to be courteous to my
teachers and class mates and loyal to
them both in school and out.
FROM ROOM 3
(Kathryn Cross)
Miss Poole’s home room has start
ed this year with a fine school spirit.
This is justified by the fact that this
seventh grade class has so far re
ceived 24 subscriptions for the
Junior Pointer. The pupils are work
ing very hard in order for their room
to go one-hunded per cent. Room 3
has also had nine days of perfect at
tendance.
Each day, Miss Poole appoints one
student to have charge of the home
room program for the following morn
ing. The person in charge may con
duct his program as he wishes. This
schedule will be followed throughout
the year, unless something interferes.
VISIT TO THE NATIONAL
BROADCASTING STUDIOS
(Garnett Hinshaw)
While my family and I were in
New York during the last week in
August, we visited the R. C. A. build
ing and the National Broadcasting-
Studios. Wo were conducted from
studio to studio. The guide showed
us how the sounds of horses’ hoofs
on the road were made by using two
simple suction cups and hitting them
on his sides and legs. The sound of
rain falling on a roof was made by
moving a scrub brush on a piece of
tin. If it were supposed to be raining
hard, the guide would press down on
the brush and move it faster.
Those who have listened to the
“Show Boat’’ programs will probably
be interested in learning how the
“Show Boat’’ sounds are made. They
are made by the turning of a hand
wheel in a tub of water and the blow
ing of a box whistle for the “Show
Boat’’ whistle. The guide said spon
sors of the program frequently re
ceived cards and letters from people
wanting to know when the Show Boat
was coming to their city.
The guide took us to a room where
you could see the electric current that
his voice made. If he spoke loud and
fast, the current would move fast
and in large waves.
We also visited the largest studios
in the world, where Major Bowes for
merly gave his programs. This stu
dio can seat comfortably about four
teen hundred persons and it has, too,
a large stage for giving programs.
.JUNIOR POINTER
SEEN AND HEARD AT
JUNIOR HIGH
It was told the other day that Miss
Deans visited one of her pupils,
George Brown. Instead of the knock-
knock coming from Miss Deans,
George answered the door with a
knock-knock.
“Who’s there?’’ asked Miss Deans.
“Alma.”
“Alma who?”
“Alma going to have trouble with
you ? ”
“Joseph,” said Mrs. Freeman, “have
you ever seen a sort of scum on the
water when you get out of the bath
tub?”
“Yes,” said Joseph.
“What is it?” asked Mrs. Freeman.
“Dirt,” said Joseph.
James Drakos: “Do we have to use
an art pencil in here for art?”
Pupil; “Mrs. Farley, where can I
get one cf them time tickets that let
you out of this place?” (Referring
to library slips.)
Pupil to one of the librarians:
“Where can I find an Annie goat?”
(Anecdote.)
Believe it or not, but an eighth
grade boy owns a fine cow, which he
says is a thoroughbred “whole steam”
cow.
Mrs. Beamai); “Today w'e turn from
prose to poetry.”
Carl Hinson: “Ain’t poetry a chick
en farm ?”
Miss Washburn: “How many inch
es are there in a foot?”
Boy in eighth grade: “It depends
on how big the foot is.”
Mary Caroline Simmons: “Miss T'it-
man, I’d like to be in the Glee Club,
but I have such a down voice.”
Miss Titman: “What do you mean
by down voice ? ”
Mary Caroline; “Oh, my voice i.l
just down like Bill’s—way down yon
der.”
Seen strolling through the halls—
Dwight Harris wearing a golden
rod.
D. A. Yarber to home work teacher
“I’ll see you this afternoon.”
Carthell Spain—picking himself up
after measuring- something over five
feet of floor space with his body.
Reply To Welcome From
Seventli Grade
My Visit To The “Queen
Mary”
(George Stallings)
This summer I went on the Queen
Mary. A line of people six blocks long
was waiting- to go sight-seeing- on
the ship. :
The Queen Mary is a Cunard White
Star Liner. |
It would take “sixty five” pullman
sleepers to move the passengers that
the Queen Mary can carry at one
time.
Each of the four propellers weighs
thirty-five tons and all are so deli
cately balanced that they may be
turned by a touch of the hand.
Passengers in the Queen Mary can
readily communicate with any part
of the civilized world. The world’s
best shops and stores have their coun
terparts in the Queen Mary’s shopping
center.
The swimming pool is filled with a
beautiful, green water which looks
very inviting.
The dining saloon is very beautiful,
also. It has about seventy-eight types
of wood panelled in the walls.
The ship has in it about ninety-
eight types of wood from different
countries.
The Queen Mary impressed me as
being- very huge and beautiful.
The first Cunard liner with Colum
bus’ fleet could be placed in the main
foyer and restaurant of the Queen
Mary.
Friday, October 9, 1936
Give Reasons For Liking
Junior High
One day v/hile I was talking with
some fj-iends I happened to bring up
the subject of “Why I like to come
to Junior High.” Here are some of
their opinions. —Mimi Wagger.
SAFETY FIRST
LET’S CO-OPERATE
New shrubbery and grass were
planted last spring on the grounds
of our Junior High School. Septem
ber 7th was the beginning of a new
school year, and we are very proud of
the order in which the new students
are acting in regards to taking care
of the grass and shrubbery. We all
want to co-operate in keeping the
grounds neat and clean and continue
to avoid damaging our school prop
erty. —Nancy Cox.
(Arthur Kaplan)
Being careful in how we cross the
streets is very important in our daily
schedule. Before you cross the street
always follow the simple little rule.
Stop, lock, and listen before you cross
the street, use your ears, use your
eyes, and then use your feet. We
must also be careful in our play. In
your homes don’t play with matches.
Be careful, make it your business to
always practice safety first.
ROOM 210 MAKES PERFECT
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Not one single absence nor one tardy
did room 210 have during the first
month of school. This is indeed a
wonderful record and what is still
as wonderful is that the pupils in
that room hope to make the same
record the second month.
(Jacquelyn Price)
In reply to the cordial welcome ex
tended to us by the older students of
Junior High School, we, the new com
ers, would like to express our ap
preciation of this welcome and say
it makes us feel less like strangers
and more a part of the school.
We like Junior High School and
we want to help keep up its high
standards.
There are many reasons why we
like Junior High. Everyone likes to
change classes and teachers, and we
like only one subject every night for
home work. There are other reasons
why individuals like the school. For
instance, Howard Medlin likes the
tunnel and cafeteria. Dina Taylor en
joys the food, and J. C. Starbuck says
he gets plenty of exercise going-
through the halls. Jack Davis likes
it because he does not have to wait
for the truck to bring him to school.
Louise Summey likes sewing, and H.
D. Johnson says the time seems to
pass faster than it did at his other
school. Wilma Warren likes home
room period because she can talk,
sing, read, and do other things. Har
old Hayworth is fascinated by the
phone and clock in each room. Helen
Francis Allread likes the opportunity
to take music lessons. Geneva Brown,
Arthur Lyon, Wray Crawford, B. C.
Angel and many others say they
too like the gymnasium. Otis York
likes the shop because they make so
many different things.
As C. L. Bayne says, “You can’t
help from learning a little, anyhow,
in Junior High School.”
¥/ky They Siifescrilse
(Peggy Teague)
There are many different reasons
for wanting to subscribe to the Jun
ior Pointer. I think that almost every
student of the school is going to sub
scribe.
Clark Wilson wants to fake the
Junior Pointer because it tells what
the boys and girls are doing in their
rooms.
Anna Lou Doctor is going to sub
scribe because she wants to know
what is going on all over the school.
The jokes and riddles, and nonsense
in the paper are what Arline Callo
way likes to read.
The reason Hazel Boggs is going
to take the Junior Pointer is because
it will help her in her studies.
Carroll Henderson wants the Jun
ior Pointer because it tells about the
ball games and track meets.
The reason Doris Loflin is going
to subscribe is because she wants to
read about the other students.
I have been in school in Nashville,
Burlington, and Greenlaine, Pa. I can
proudljf say that I enjoy coming to
this Junior High School much better
than any other school I have attend
ed. Mrs. Ranson is so nice and makes
everyone like to come here. Another
reason I like Junior High is because
it is so pretty. —Nancy Cox.
I like Junior High because you
meet a lot of new friends. The
teachers are so nice and have so
much patience with their students.
Another reason why I like this school
is because it has such a fine gymna
sium. —Annie Ruth Belle.
I like to come to this Junior High
because I feel that I get more out of
my studies than in elementary
s-hools. I like the boys and girls be
cause they are very friendly and are
always willing to help in any way
they can.
—Frances Carmichael.
MESSAGE FROM STUDENT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
(Vernon Kennedy)
The Student Council of the Junior
High School for this year is going to
try to help every one in the school in
every way possible. We are going to
try to keep the school safe for every
one in it, and try to keep the build
ing and grounds as clean as we can.
Ihis organization is planning to work
together and to help all to obey all
rules. We want to make our school
safe in every way.
I appreciate the honor of being the
president of the council, and I hope
to co-operate with teachers and pu
pils in every way I can to make this a
fine year for the Junior High School.
Jtarllee'3
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