Hearty Greetings Voiced by Cheerleaders, Nancy Boone, Carole Simeon, Tam Clary, Kay Kearns, Carolyn Tyson, Drema Woollard, Libby Greenberg, Linda V eisner, Joyce Groime.
Miss Minton’s Room
Adjudged the Best
In Bulletin Boards
Jon Cox
Miss Lucille Minton’s home
room 218 won the Christmas bul
letin board contest sponsored by
the Student Council. The eye
catching display consisted of three
Christmas scenes, each on a blue
background. The three main stu
dents working on the scenes were
Jimmie Hughey, Carol Hall and
Reita Walker.
2 - 109
Mrs. Mary Sue Brown’s room
109 won second place. Their bul
letin board had a variety of ideas
and portrayed the Christmas story
very well. The main students work
ing on it were Sharon Frazier,
Mary James and Alice Marie Ellis.
3 - 117
The boys and girls of Mrs. Ruth
Hornaday’s 117 won third place.
Their display was on the Christ
mas story and their characters
were represented very well. Shelby
C’dUon, Lin.’ii Evans and iv/Ta^-Uyv
Walters did most of the work on
the display.
4 - 208
Miss Virginia Calhoun’s 208 won
fourth place. Their theme was
“The Twelve Days of Christmas”.
Almost everyone in the room wor
ked on the home-made figures.
The three main ones working on
them were Judy Robbins, Nancy
Culler and Linda Culler.
5 - 114
Miss Shandy Leigh’s home room
114 won fifth place. Their three
■dimensional display was based on
the song, “White Christmas”.
Kathy Jowett, Kenneth Lackey
and Judy Culp did most of the
work.
Junior Pointer
FOL. 28, NO. 3
Junior High School, High Point, N. C.
December 15, 1955
Nancy Culler
Mrs. Rogers’ 108 English class
promoted a new idea in diagraming
sentences recently. They diagramed
the sentences in color so that the
elements could be identified and
learned more easily.
They did the nouns in blue,
pronouns in purple, and the verbs
in red. Adjectives were yellow
and adverbs were green. The
work of each student illustrated
a different point in grammar.
The bulletin board attractively
displayed the work of each stu
dent. To make the work more
colorful, ..each .diagram ..was
mounted on blue construction
paper.
Another project carried on re-
Cciifclj wan in ili'B. Eiizabbiii Bea
mon’s 102 reading class. Each stu
dent made a notebook on the unit,
“They Made America”. Students
had three weeks in which to finish
the notebooks. Contents included
special reports, summaries, pic
tures and vocabulary lists.
Bill Davis and Pat Pope wrote
original poems. Some of the
books with attractive covers
were made by Jerry Beck, and
Glenda Aiken. Glenda carried
out the red, white and blue idea
throughout. Danny Poteat used
a picture of the torch of liberty
and Josephine Dunbar had the
liberty bell. Other outstanding
books were turned in by Mary
Garrett, Elizabeth Harmon, Har
riet Austin and Nancy Clinard.
Jewish Festival of Chanukak
Celebrated Also at Christmas
Skipper Gates and
(Note: Skipper Gates, homeroom
reporter of room 101, is a member
of High Point Friends Meeting.
He wondered if students of other
religious faiths have observances
similar to Christmas. He didn’t
have to look far for an answer be
cause his classmate, Barry Hyman,
is a member of B’nai Isral Syna
gogue. Skipper and Barry thought
others might be interested.)
At the same time of the year
that the Christians are celebrating
Christmas, the Jews are celebrat
ing a joyous festival of Chanukak.
Many years ago, about 165 B. C.,
when Antiochus IV became ruler
■of Syria, the Jews were forced to
betray their religion and bow down
to idols but most of them suffered
-martyrdom and death rather than
forsake their faith.
Led by a brave Jew called Mat
thias and his five brave sons, the
Jews revolted and won back the
Barry Hyman
right to worship God in their own
temple.
This holiday is sometimes called
the Festival of Dedication, com
memorating the return to the
Temple of God. It is celebrated
for eight days. The Jews light
candles on the eight days of
Chanukak and it is sometimes
called the Festival of Lights.
When the Jews went back to the
Temple to light the Menorah, or
eight branch candelabra they only
had enough pure oil to last one
day, and it was supposed to last
for eight days, but by some miracle
the oil did last for eight days, just
long enough for them to prepare
more pure olive oil. In memory of
this miracle, they now light can
dles on the eight nights of Chan
ukah.
They also exchange gifts, play
special games, and sing special
songs.
Leon 'taper
Leon Rape^ Selected
New Concert Master
Libby Greenberg
Leonidas Raper was appointed
the new concert master of the
High Point Junior High orchestra.
Tryouts have been in progress to
select the student who would best
fill this important position. Mr.
Van der Steur, conductor, of the
orchestra, announced the 1 o n g-
awaited news on Friday, December
2.
Leon Raper, who is a homeroom
student of 102, has studied the
violin for four years. He has taken
private lessons from his sister-in-
law, Mrs. William Raper, Jr., for
the past three years. Leon is now
a member of the High Point sym
phony orchestra.
Mr. Van der Steur said “Leon
has an outstanding ability for
music and works well with the
orchestra. He is an all-around,
well-liked boy.”
Josephine Dunbar, John Kirk-
man and Phyllis Krieger are three
other members of the orchestra
who were seriously considered for
the appointment. These three stu
dents earned the next three im
portant seats.
Tryouts are still being held to
select the student who will occupy
the first chair in the other sections
of the group. These pupils will be
announced soon.
From Mrs. Eisenhower
Glenda Aiken of 102 sent a “get
well” card to the President. She
received the following reply:
The President and I am deeply
grateful for your expression of
good wishes and prayerful con
cern in his illness. I assure you
your message has been helpful
to him.
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
Glenda says that this card will
always be one of her most treas
ured possessions. She brought it
to school for her classmates to
see.
Q^i4ietide Qioitu^
Betty Snyder
Some of the Yuletide projects
around the school this year are
the filling of Junior Red Cross
boxes, collecting clothes and other
articles for needy families, and
the filling of baskets for maids
and janitors.
The filling of Junior Red Cross
boxes is a project carried on in
the schools each year. This year
under the leadership of Mrs. Sue
Brown, seventh grade teacher,
students filled 62 boxes. These
boxes are sent overseas to less
fortunate countries. Such items as
toothbrushes, combs, school sup
plies and small toys are included.
Clothes, food and other articles
were collected by the Student
Co”nc'' foi' ■’leedv families, 'f'hese
articles were given to needy child
ren in the city schools. What was
left went to the Salvation Army
for further distribution.
Baskets for the maids and jan
itors were, as usual, filled by all
homerooms. Mr. Robert McGowan,
eighth grade science teacher, was
chairman of this activity. Some
rooms sent specific gifts for par
ticular members of the custodial
staff.. Others just sent contri
butions to the general pool in 206,
Mr. McGowan’s home room.
The janitor is Mr. Fred Ingram.
He is assisted by Mr. Wallace
Beauchamp. The maids are Mrs.
Ethel Jackson, Mrs. Edith Sher
rill and Mrs. Sophia Simmons.
It has always been the custom
at Junior High to do a little
something special at Christmas
for those who serve the school.
Shop Teacher
To Arrive
January 2
Richard Hayes
Come January 2 and eighth
graders will have a regular indus
trial arts teacher. He is Mr. Weeks
Delaney Eggers who gradutes from
East Tennessee State College at
the end of this semester. Mr.
Weeks formerly lived in Bristol,
Virginia.
Mr. Fred Mills, seventh grade
science teacher, has been filling
this post since the resignation of
Mr. Neil Russell early in Septem
ber. Mrs. Dorothy Johnson has
been substituting for Mr. Mills in
room 118. After Christmas Mr.
Mills will go back to his regular
work in that room.
Work on Display
A visitor in the industrial arts
department would see a lot to show
for the work that has been going
on down there. Shelves display
Christmas gifts and regular pro
jects fashioned by eighth and ninth
Gifts for Family
Eighth graders have made a
variety of gifts for members of
their families. Boys making gifts
for their mothers include Kenneth
Shean, Charles Mendenhall, and
Billy Linville. These gifts, made
of wood, include pot holders, book-
ends and lamps.
Especially for Sister
Jon Cox has spent his shop
period making what-not shelves
and wall shelves for his sister at
W. C. because of her need for ex
tra space. Jerry Newton fashioned
for his sister a cradle that rocks.
Other boys have made knife racks
for their mothers.
David Tucker has made labels
to mark the different areas of
ninth grade shop activity. The
areas include woodwork, Keene
cement craft.
School Monitors Appointed
For Better Order On Buses
Tony DeMarvo
There are two types of buses.
The first is the state bus in which
the school has supervision over the
driver. The second is the public
bus in which the bus company
has supervision.
There have been some boys and
girls on some of these buses who
push and shove one another into
the buses. The school has been try
ing to prevent this by seeing that
the students get on the bus in an
orderly fashion and act like young
ladies and gentlemen.
Monitors have also been nom
inated by the students who ride
the buses and selected by the fac
ulty. The monitor selected are
regular monitors. They ride the
bus every day or at least three
days a week. The duties of these
monitors is to, first of all, be a
good citizen, They report any mis
conduct or behavior that is not
in the interest of their well-being.
Monitors of the different buses
are given below.
Bus 61—Linda Weisner, Dickie
Springer
Bus 153—Linda Turner, Dale
Thompson
Bus 63—Judy Byrd, Percil Shep
hard
Highland Mill—Carolyn Gibson,
Roger Jones
W. Green and Prospect— Ken
neth Frazier, Gerry Hutchison
E. Green—Diane Chappell, La
mar Head
Johnson Transit—Elaine Freeze,
Jimmy Kennedy