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JUNIOR POINTER
Friday, October 7, 1955
0i4.idaan> Giuio4ft
Kay Kearns
Mrs. Don Padgett, Student Council adviser, inaugurated
a new custom with this year's installation of officers. She
had the service outside so everyone could be together—a rare
occurence since our auditorium will not accommodate the
whole student body. High moments of this service will live
with most .students a long time in spite of certain distractions
to the program.
It was impressive to see home room groups march out
in dignity and sit in silence. It was thrilling to watch the flag
go up as 1.304 voices were saying “I pledge allegiance” ... It
was heartening to hear the monitors chorusing a promise to
carry out their sometimes dull duties during the cold winter
months.
It was hi.story-making when our president, Sandra Ridge
made one of the finest speeches that has ever been heard at
Junior High. As .she read her speech, there was a stirring
silence followed with the feeling that we, altogether, could
look forward to “The Challenge of the New Year.”
Yes, it was a fine experience and students hope there will
be many more. Rut the sugge.stion has been made that next
time, it might be a good thing to get an animal trainer to
keep a few .students in the building. These would be puppy
dogs that cha.se each other on all fours, the cows that pull
grass, the apes that climb trees and the cunning little goats
that frolic around as if they think 1304 students marched out
to .see them .show off.
^eadlif Qa^ete/Ua HoMiine
Carolyn Ty.son
It all began like this:
I was sitting quietly with my classmates waiting for the
lunch bell to ring. Then it rang.
Cherub-faced students around me turned into a scream
ing, fiery-eyed track team as they swung open the door and
gallo?)ed down the hall leaving the teacher in a state of diz
ziness. Their shouts could be heard for miles. Food! Food!
Then, after my vision cleared, I found myself wedged
tightly in the cafeteria line. I saw one of my friends approach
me with a pleading look in her eye. She said, in the sweetest
voice Fd ever heard her use, “Could I ju.st have a teeny-weeny
little break?” She daintily stepped in front of me, raised her
arm and signaled an army of twenty or thirty.
After being pushed and shoved, I found myself at the
foot of the line. One shoe was missing; my shirt was torn.
After a solid fifteen minutes of waiting I was again at
the head of the line. Then a rather desperate looking teacher
limped up and .said, “Excuse me, dear.” I immediately moved
out of the way. After all, she couldn’t compete with Butch
Nifong in getting to the line.
1 .Mood there thinking about the .saying, “One eats to
live,” and wondered if one’s chances for survival are not
lessened bv the daily cafeteria routine.
Manners are the happy nays of doing thing.s If they are
superfieiat .so are tlie dew drops which give such depth to the morning
meadow
—Emerson
Trouble. . .
with Parents
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This column
tions regardi.
points. Howev'
Teacher Can’t Tell Them ApartBoth Good Students
Bring Breath of Oth er Lands
Brenda Hayworth
ler carries a col-
■ndle children and
las several arti-
vrong with teen-
oe best of inten-
young, of course.
It this, but some-
iler about things,
i deal with ques-
pareiital view-
•, an.swers do not
necessarily re Itfect the vi; wpoint
of the student I own parents.
Question foil the first issue is
this: How are parents sometimes
unfair about your grades ?
Grace Felts: They think of the
“good old days” when they made
good grades. But they don’t ever
have report cards to back up the
claims of those days.
Mary Womack: They don’t under
stand how the teacher grades. A
C for one teacher could mean the
same as an A for another.
Donna Low'e: .Sometimes you have
an older brother or sister who has
made better grades than you and
your parents think you should do
as well as they did.
Donna Ray Clement: I think par
ents should encourage you instead
of punish you about bad grades.
Gaynelle Chromer: Parents think
you shoud be as good on one sub
ject as another.
Prank Roberts: Sometimes the.y
ignore the good grades and em
phasize the bad ones.
‘Home of Hercules’
Most Popular Book
Miss Margaret iMcIntyre, librari
an, says thatothe new book, “The
Flame of Hercules,” is getting a
good deal of attention these days.
Of the ten new additions, this one
has been requested the most times.
There are two copies of it in the
library.
Written by Richard Llewelyn,
this book is a thrilling story of a
young prince who was chained to
the oars of a ship for three long
years. He escaped to find himself
a main member of a daring plot
to kidnap Caesar’s friend, the most
beautiful girl in all Rome.
Genessa, a daughter of a wealthy
Roman and a stepdaughter of the
Goddess Diana is captured only to
arouse the emotions of the prince.
He finds himself in the lion’s den
all over the love of this young girl.
The book is full of the daring
and romantic adventures of the
young galley slave.
Rolf^ from England Donna, from Japan
By Wayne Harrison
Imagine John Kirkman, Butch
Nifong or Jimmy Crews sipping
five o’clock tea. That may seem
strange to the American school
boy. But, if he went to school in
England, like Rolf Nijhuis, that’s
just what he’d do every day.
Going to school in England can
be quite different from going to
school in the United States. For
instance, Rolf began studying
French when he was only nine
years old. He was studying Latin
at ten. After school he would play
cricket, soccer or rugby. At five
o’clock all the students in this all
boy school would have tea.
You see Rolf, who is now a stu
dent in eighth grade 202, attended
a boarding school in Farnham
Common, England through what
corresponds to the sixth grade in
American public schools. A year
ago, his father, Mr. R.Nijhuis, a
salesman for the National Starch
Products Company, was transfer
red from England to South Bend,
Indiana and then on to High Point.
At present the family is living on
.Sherwood Avenue.
By Tom McConnell
Donna Grant, 12 year old seventh
grader of room 103, is spending
her first and last year in American
public schools.
Donna has lived in Japan since
she "was in the second grade. Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Grant,
are missionaries there. Every five
years they have a furlough. They
are spending the present furlough
in High Point because Donna’s
grand-parents live here.
Donna lived in Tokyo for two
and one half years. There she at
tended a school maintained by the
U. S. for children of the Army
personel. The latter could go free
but Donna had to pay tutition.
Donna speaks Japanese as well
as English and has traditional
costumes. She and her two younger
sisters can dance several of the
classical Japanese dances.
She has travelled through many
foreign countries including Hol
land, Switzerland, England and
France. Although Donna will spend
only one year here, she will prob
ably get everything the school has
to offer, judging from the poise
she’s already developed in 12 years.
Jimmv Furr
Bill Petree
Twins? They’re not even bro
thers and have never known each
other before this year. But Jimmy
Furr and Bill Petree are definitely
look-alikes. Their personalities
even match.
Jimmy’s parents are Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Purr while Bills par
ents are Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Petree.
Jimmy is in Mr. Wininger’s room
and Bill is in Miss Copelend’s
room.
Their resemblance was first
noticed when Mr. Wininger asked
Bill what he was doing out of the
room when he should be inside.
Jimmy, of course, was inside all
the time.
Both make good grades, nothing
below a B. In the fifth grade Jim
my had nothing but A’s on his re
port card. Bill frequently makes
all A’s on a particular subject.
Both have brown eyes, black hair
and quiet nxanners. They even
smile in the same soft way.
Mary Womack
A^utumn’s a day ivith a bright blue sky,
And a morning crisp and cool.
Autumn’s a small hoy’s wistfid sigh
As he drags his feet toicard school.
Autumn’s the brown and withered vhies
That climbed the garden wall.
Autumn is Fall.
Autumn’s an omimal’s busy day,
Making secure his nest.
While children stop to rim and play.
He prepares for his winter rest.
Autumn’s the time ivhen leaves owe red
And grass has kept it’s green.
Autumn’s not Summer or Winter or Spring,
Autumn’s just in between.
The JuniorPointer
The Paper Pictures the School
All-American — N. S. P. A. — 1954, 1955
Medalist — C. S. P. A. — 1955
Published every six weeks by ninth grade students of Junior High
School, Ferndale Drive, High Point, N. C.
Principal Lloyd Y. Thayer
Editors Kay Kearns, Brenda Gray