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1 Page Four WRITES ABOUT VISIT TO LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (Betty Brockmann) During my recent stay in Wash ington, I went to the Congressional Library. I ate my luncheon in a cafeteria in the basement of the beau tiful, white, marble Supreme Court building. Then my mother, grandmother, brother and I went to the Library of Congress. It is a large building, built for the people who are interested in everything, because there is at least one of every book of any import ance in the world in it. It is also a building used for various exhibitions. The inside of the building is mar velously built. All around a great dome above our heads, there were pictures of gods and goddesses to rep resent months of the year. Every picture was made of hundreds of lit tle blocks of marble in different colors. The whole building was of mar ble, but it was not all little blocks. To the east of the building there was a great mosaic, about eighteen feet high, made of the little marble blocks. The picture represented eith er government or democracy. To the west of the mosaic, there was a shrine built in marble. In this there were the Declaration of Inde pendence and the United States Con stitution. They are both in cases with some chemically treated glass over them, to protect them from harmful light rays. There were also some displays of the first music, the signatures of Mark TwE^in, George Washington, and other great characters, the smallest booklet in the world, the smallest book in the world, and let ters written by different great men. After seeing these things we looked in the library. There were thou sands and thousands of books. Every where we looked there were books after books. Everything, in spite of the many people within, was very quiet. JUNIOR POINTER Thursday, March 25, 1937 Pupils In 105 White On Their Favorite Subjects (Ruth Williard) A few of the pupils in room 105 are mentioning their favorite subjects in the paragraphs below. I find history the most interesting subject I have. I like to study about our ancestors, their eostumes, and ways of living. I also like to study about what is happening in the world at the present time. —Joyce Sugg. My favorite subject is shop. Every day when we go to shop we work on the project we are building. Th first projects were the broom holder and the tie holder. The project we are now working on is a plant stand. Our work in shop is interesting and I like it very much. —Bill Causey. Spelling is one of my favorite stud ies. I like spelling because it is easy to learn. I have missed only seven words since school started. Spelling has never been hard for me, so I guess that is why I like it so well. ^—Laura Hobbs. Shop is the period that I like best. I like shop because we don’t have very much written work. I also like it because I like to work with wood. We make very interesting things down in shop. —Charles Harper. My Trip To Washington Not long ago, I went to Washing ton. I visited many interesting places, but I could only go into the capitol. When you enter the capitol you are in the room right under the dome. In this room there were a few statues and a miniature building of the Su preme Court and one of the capitol. The next room I entered was the old Supreme Court room. This room was chained off, but I could see quite a bit of it. All around the room were breast statues of famous men. It is not very large and will seat but a few people. There are windows in it and cushioned chairs in every cor ner. The Chief Justice’s seat is not very long, but there is a bench-like table in front of the cushioned seats, where the associate justices sit. Thera is a room full of statues in one of the wings. The wings of the building are eighty-one years younger than the dome. In this room the statues were complete and on the bottom of each was the name of the state that had given it to the capital. Unfortunately, most of the other rooms were blocked and I was unable to enter them. Among the other buildings I vis ited were the Lincoln Memorial, De partment of War, Department of Agriculture, the Shakespearian Li brary, and others. MUSIC APPRECIATION i CONTEST HELD MAR. 28 John Noun’s Family Tree (Jo Ingram) The State Music Appreciation Con test will be held Friday, March 26, in the music building of the Woman’s College in Greensboro, North Caro lina; the directors will be Miss Grace Van Dyke Moore of the col lege, and Mrs. Hattie Parrot from Raleigh. Pupils from many schools enter this contest. They must be acquaint ed with many records and their composers, time, and mood. They must also know several composers and for what kind of music they were famous. Only one person entered from our sixth grade and one other from the seventh grade. The people from our school were James Dancy, from Miss Brown’s seventh grade, and Bobby Gayle, from Miss Fleming’s sixth grade. Girls Practicing For Game With Senior High MY PET DOG Math, is my favorite subject be cause I have a good teacher. Miss Bowen. Math, is very easy for me. I have a very nice time that period. ^—Robert Hedrick. SIGNS OF SPRING SEEN AROUND JUNIOR HIGH (Marguerite Murray) If there is any doubt in your minds about the arrival of spring, just visit Junior High. There are signs all around the school that tell us spring is here. The boys are play ing marbles and that’s one sure sign of spring. There are the robins that recently appeared, flowers blooming, the grass is turning green, the air is warmer, and the sun is seen often- er. We expect to see the girls jump ing rope any day. These are all sure signs of spring. It makes us feel better to see the signs of spring. FROM 201 (William Hall) Roy McMasters succeeded in get ting his mixed periods back. He has been taking English during gym. and library periods. Bobby Floyd said he made eighty- two, three and one eleventh on a math. test. Room 201 is having another spell ing and attendance contest. The girls are far ahead of the hoys. During the Easter holidays Bris- towe Pitts is planning to go to New York to see his mother. The pupils in room 112 in their science class are planning to have a movie slide to help them in their studies. Different children have brought supplies toward having this. Among them are Carl Turnage, Mary Caroline Simmons, Meredith Clark Slane and Nancy Bennett. 55c Up 55c Up CITY SHOE SHOP West Commerce St. PHONE 2090 We Call For and Deliver Opposite Security National Bank DR. MilX RONES O p t o m e t r i s t ,Eyes Examined Without Drugs HIGH POINT. N. C. (Tommy Stanton) My pet is a little thoroughbred brown and white fox terrier. He has won several prizes and two ribbons in the dog shows. His name is Bliss. Bliss can’t do many tricks, but he can go and get the paper for Daddy every morning. He will go out on the front porch and sniff and look around. When he finds the paper, he gets it in his mouth and carries it upstairs to Daddy. At night when we are - eating, mother will tell him to quarrel a lit tle for his food. After he gets it by quarreling, he thinks he can get more by running around the house bark ing, but sometimes, much to his dis appointment, when he returns, there is no food, but most of the time there is. Bliss is a little house dog and he has his own little bed to sleep in. It is really a little dog bed. He goes to bed when I do. When Daddy comes to dinner or when we come in from somewhere he will bark and run around to try to get out and greet us. When guests come he is always so glad to see them that he over wel comes them so we have to put him off to himself. Sometimes when we come in some of our neighbors will tell us that he just cried like a baby because he was so lonely. But lots of times he will just howl and it sounds like a wolf is approaching us. It gives me a weird feeling. He is so sweet and I enjoy play ing with him a lot. One time I made up a little poem about him. (Margaret Causby) The girls’ eighth grade basket-ball team is expecting to play the eighth grades of Senior High School very soon. The girls have the gymnasium on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and they are staying to practice as often as they can. They are getting ready for the Senior High School girls and are hoping to win from them. (James Terry) At the head of the great English family there is John Noun who can name every person, place, or thing around the house. Then comes Mary Pronoun who helps John Noun out if he doesn’t know every person, place, or thing. Next in line is Will Verb who helps John out by putting some action, or being, into the sentence which John introduces. Sally Adjective goes with John, telling about him and describ ing him. And if Sallie Adjective doesn’t tell it all Susie Adverb comes in and tells how she does things. Jimmie Preposition comes before John to show the relationship of him and some other part of the family. Andy Conjunction joins in some times and helps continue the sen tence; and when John gets excited, Jimmy Interjection takes his place in the sentence. This completes John’s family tree. I APOLOGIZE Make Good Record The following students haven’t missed a day or been tardy during the entire year: Helen Pierce, Betty Johnson, Mae Nell Melton, Hazel Smyre, Wanda Walton, Richard Pugh, John Hicks, Wade Hampton, Mary Caroline Simmons, Billy Lof- lin, Carl T'urnage, Reid Marsh, Ar chie Peace, Jacqueline Leonard, Ray mond Wise, Irene Moose, Lois King, Roy Aired, Carter Allen, Howard Mc Dowell, Harry Rothrock, Billy Hed rick, and Helen Craven. These pu pils hope to keep up their good rec ord for the whole year. (Byron Grandjean) I guess when I said we were due for a rainy winter and no snow what ever, I was slightly wrong. Because, since that article we have had two snows. The first was about seven inches deep. This was good packing snow, and all day Sunday and Mon day the boys were taking advantage of it. I also heard Jimmy Millis was over on the golf course Sunday, al most breaking his neck on a pair of skis. The second snow came Mon day, March 16 during second period, and lasted until about 4:30 o’clock. The only people that regretted it were the girls. MR. LOMAN PROMISES PARTY TO ROOM 1 (Bill Currie) Room 1 is having an attendance contest and it seems to be working wonders. Mr. Loman has promised to give the room a big party if the attendance is perfect for three weeks. The contest started last week, and so far it looks as though room 1 will have a party. Our patrons continue to recognize in us an agency of dependable and satisfactory transportation. High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Company “Nothing But Service To Sell” YOU’RE OUT! 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