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JUNIOR POINTER
GLEE CLUB BROADCASTS
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Friday, January 29, 1937
The 6th and 7th Junior High Glee
Clubs gave a musical program
Wednesday afternoon over station
WMFR, at 4:30 o’clock. Mr. Davis,
who is manager of the station, has
asked the 7th grade glee club to put
on a program every week.
He liked Geraldine Mock’s voice
very much and asked her to take part
in the children’s contest every Friday
afternoon at four o’clock over this
station.
A double quartet also sang two
numbers for the Gleaner’s Class at
the First Presbyterian Church Sun
day, January 24th. Those taking part
were Margaret Price, Bobby Gayle,
James Dancey, Melvin Gentry, Ger
aldine Mock, Earldine Patterson, and
Jimmie Corrigan.
Mr. Tom Gold, Jr., the teacher, said
they were happy to have them sing
for the class.
Thirty-Five Years Ago
(Vera Russell)
High Point had no paved streets
and but few sidewalks, no electric
lights or gas. Eggs were eight
cents a dozen, butter was ten cents a
pound, milk was five cents a quart.
Women did not powder and paint,
vote or play bridge, or get perman
ents.
Men shaved only once a week, wore
boots, and chewed tobacco. They
worked ten hours a day for sixty
I cents. No one was ever operated on
j for appendicitis, and the people didn’t
j know there was any such thing as a
j radio. They rode to church in bug-
j gies, and the women had a special
I dress for Sunday. If you had a
kerosene hanging lamp in your parlor
you were the stuff.
All this happened just thirty-five
years ago. How times do change!
TELL AFTER WHOM THEY
WOULD PATTERN LIVES
Apollo
Charleston, South Carolina
First In Many Things
(Mary Ann Coe)
In our Junior High School library
there is a statue of Apollo.
He was the most widely worship
ed, of all the twelve great gods of
Greece. He was the god of youth and
of light and manly beauty.
One of the earliest deeds of the
young god, beautiful as the morn
ing and the enemy of the ugly or
evil, came down from Olympus with
shining bow in his hand and a quiv
er upon his back. Twang! sang the
bowstring and away sped a golden
arrow. Soon the writhing hateful
monster had ceased to send forth his
poisonous breath. In memory of this
conquest Apollo instituted the Py-
thion games, held every four years in
Ancient Greece in which the victor in
feats of strength, swiftness of foot,
or the chariot race, was crowned with
a wreath of laurel leaves.
Apollo was the son of Zeus and
twin brother of Artemis; he was
born on the Island of Delos. His
mother was the goddess Leto.
Miss Bowen: “Bill, how can you
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Bill Bowles: “Put down a per cent
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Charleston, South Carolina, was
founded in 1670, and is America’s
most historic city. The first Indepen
dent Government established in Amer
ica was set up in Charleston in July,
1774.
Fifty-tWo battles have been fought
in the immediate vicinity of Charles
ton. The first time a British flag was
hauled down and replaced by an
^ American flag was in Charleston in
, 1775.
Fort Moultrie had the honor of the
first decisive victory of the American
Revolution in 1776, and the first shot
of the War Between the States was
fired in the Charleston Harbor.
The first submarine to be used in
warfare was “Huntey’s Boat” em
ployed by the Confederates in 1863-65,
in Charleston Harbor. February 23,
1735, “The Orphan” was performed
in the New Theater, the first legiti
mate theater in the United States.
Within twelve miles of Charleston
are three of the finest beach resorts
on the Atlantic Coast. Near Charles
ton are the famous gardens: Magnolia,
Middleton, and Cypress.
In America, the first attempt at
fireproof construction, the first apart
ment house, the first fire insurance
company, the first City Chamber of
Commerce, the first Museum Society,
the first steam locomotive train to
operate with passengers and freight,
and the first cotton exported to Eng
land were Charleston’s.
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river ? ”
J. C. McAllister: “In Europe.”
Miss Titman: “Where is Europe?”
J. C.: “In Asia.”
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The person I would prefer being
like is Florence Nightingale. She
was a famous woman of her time and
will always be remembered for the
things she did. Florence Nightingale
was a woman born to do service for
mankind and she did service if any
one ever did. She was a nurse. One
hears her name mentioned very often.
She saved many lives in war that
would probably have been lost.
I have always wanted to be a nurse
and my greatest desire is to be just
like Florence and be just as service
able although I don’t think anyone
can be as good a nurse as she was.
—Anna Lee Hicks
Of my many idols there is one I
admire and respect more than any
one else. His name is Daniel Boone,
frontiersman and gentleman, the man
who led his family into the fertile
soil of North Carolina. Many times
his alertness and speed with his rifle
(they had no pistols in those days)
saved him from the fierce Indians.
He was both a great friend and foe
of the savages, and once while hunt
ing he was captured by Indians after
a long race, and was adopted into the
tribe from which he finally escaped
after almost a year of Indian life.
He succeeded in getting to a fort
which he had heard the Indians were
going to attack and had it made
stronger before the enraged savages
could attack it.
—Byron Grandjean
My favorite hero is John Smith. He
had courage to come over to a new
land. Once he was tied down to the
ground to be killed. An Indian maid
en saved him by falling on his body.
I would like to be like him because
most people do not have the courage
he had. Just think, to come to a new
land where not many people had been,
where Indians roamed. Would you
have the courage he did ?
—Billie Buie
Paul Revere showed how patriotic
he was by his midnight ride, warning
people of the approach of British
soldiers. If we all loved our country
as much as Revere, we too,' would be
considered patriotic. I would like to
be like him in that respect. He was
loyal to the colonists during the war
and he risked his life on that me-
moriable ride.
—Margie Morgan
David Livingstone is one of my
favorite heroes. I would like to be
like him because of his nerver ending
desire to carry on the work of Christ.
Since I want to be an explorer when
I am grown, I think I will try to be
like him. He had a hard life but one
well spent. His parents were very
poor and he worked fourteen hours a
day in a mill. He had little educa
tion. He studied to be a missionary
in China but after hearing another
talk of Africa, he decided to go there.
He opened Africa from east to west;
in fact, he opened the heart of this
great continent to the world. His
body was carried, after his death to
the coast, by his faithful black ser
vants, and it was carried to England
where it was buried in Westminster
Abbey, but his heart was left in
Africa where it belonged.
—Flora Ann Lee
Joan of Arc is my favorite heroine,
because of her courage and willing
ness to fight and win battles for her
country.
—Ruby Skeen
I would like to be like Molly Pitcher
very much. I would like to have her
steady nerve and her courage.
—Adle Sheffield
Do You Know About Them—
Minerva and Apollo?
(Gloria Ilderton)
If you are not familiar with the
statues in the library read these ar
ticles and observe the statues when
you are in the library again.
The statue of Minerva, a Greek
goddess, is in the Junior High Li
brary. It is called Athene by the
Greeks. She was the goddess of wis
dom, science, and the arts. She is rep
resented in Mythology as the daugh
ter of Jupiter and Metis. Shortly
before her birth, her father swallow
ed her mother, and it came to pass
that Minerva sprang full-grown
from the head of Jupiter, clad in
shining arnfor and singing a trum-
phant song of victory. As patroness
of the arts and industries, she su
pervised the building of the Wooden
Horse which caused the fall of Troy.
She presided over agriculture and
navigation, spinning, weaving, and
needlework, and though a warlike
divinity, bestowed her favor only on
those who practiced defensive war
fare. Ulysses was her favorite war
rior. It is told that Minerva invented
the flute, and that she cast it aside
because Cupid laughed at her puffed
cheeks as she was playing.
She is sometime represented wear
ing a gilt helmet and carrying a ma
gic shield which terroized everyone to
whom she made it visible, and some
times she is clad! in the garb of a
Grecian matron. She was the only
one of the gods or goddesses to whom
Jupiter ever entrusted his wonderful
shield, the aegis, which bore in its
center the head of Medusa.
HISTORY OF FURNITURE
MAKING IS INTERESTING
GIRLS IN 209 WORKING
HARD TO WIN CONTEST
(Mabel Wood)
Room 209 is having a contest be
tween the girls and boys in attend
ance. The absences and the. tardies
are counted. If the boys win then
the girls will give them a party, and
if the girls win the boys will give
them a party. The girls are trying
very hard to win the contest and get
the party this time. The boys won
before.
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which cuts a piece of wood into dif
ferent lengths; the rip saw, which
cuts the wood into its proper shape;
and the sander, a large machine which
smooths off the surfaces.
The pieces are now ready for the
case fitter, who puts them together,
and finally they go to the finisher
who stains and varnishes and polishes
them. And so a beautiful piece of
furniture is ready for the market.
If you go into a furniture factory
you will see many kinds of rooms.
There are machine rooms where the
machine work is done, an assembl
ing room where the furniture is put
together, a finishing room where it
is painted, a drying room, store
rooms, and a packing room.
The temperature of the drying
room is kept the same at all times, so
that the furniture will not get too
hot or dry unevenly. It is interest
ing to know that paint and varnish
are sprayed on from a hose instead
of being applied with brushes.
Furniture nowadays is not like it
I was long ago. In the time of Louis
XVI it was very elaborate and carv
ed with flowers and people. The top
rail was often like a cupid’s bow.
Later especially beautiful designs
were made by Chippendale and Hep-
pelwhite.
Today furniture is plainer, and
much of it is like Japanese or Chin-,
ese designs.
Most of the furniture-making in
dustry is in New York, Chicago,
Grand Rapids, Mich., Philadelphia,
St. Louis, and Boston.
America has produced many types
of furniture, including rocking chairs,
chiffoniers, folding beds, and couches.
Some furniture is still made by
hand with reeds, willows, and cane
fibers.
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