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Page Two JUNIOR POINTER Friday, June 1, 1956 From bottom to “round-top Mary Krites Eleanor Wood Tim Binkley Rickey Greeson Book 1900, Chapter '55-56 Zttd al tUa GUofuen, Brenda Gray The story is ending sloiv but sure This chapter is running out. The year has beeyi and the year has gone. It has had hope and doubt. We’ve seen our felloio ivorkers clutch the gavel, shed sweat, We’ve seen them pin their badges on. We’ve been to the dances gay and light. We’ve seen our Sweetheart reign. They’ve made a change from the regular drill They’ve made work seem not all vain. We’ve done all the things that school children do. Play hookey, lay out, cut up. We’ve been to the teachers the meanest they’ve seen We’ve each been the lovesick pup. We’ve seen it all, both bad and good We’ve lived hanging on to each day. And now tve’re running to meet the new summer And Yet, there’s something ive need to say. We’ve really enjoyed the passing time. Though we hate to admit loe like learning We’ve loved the routine of just being normal And noiv the tvorn page is turning. Lights That Shine in the Ninth Grade Chosen by Popular Vote There are three degrees used in comparison: positive, which means good, comparative, which means better, and superlative, which means best. After three years of being together and studying each other’s qualifications, a poll was taken and the following selections were made by popular vote of the ninth grade. Salute your best ninth grade per sonalities! Best Looking—Don Brewer, Sandra Ridge. Best Dressed—Richard Hayes, Libby Greenberg. Best Personality—Keith Sedberry, Kay Kearns. Best All Around—Wayne Harrison, Brenda Gray. Cutest—Mickey Adams, Susan Carter. Friendliest—Butch Nifong, Nancy Boone. Wittiest—John Fletcher, Carol Spinett. Most Athletic—John Kirkman, Diane Wagner. Most Likely to Succeed—Harold Woodell, Ann Cook. “Much boss crinolines and flattops Stop punching me, I can see her coming a mile off Oh, you’re be hind ! They broke up Friday night .... Boy, he’s really got her snowed You told it, man way to function! You’d better believe it Can’t stand these pants, too loose Moonsheen turned mine in a day very good Oh, that chippy shirt He’s positively precious! .... His car’s got duals Look! I got his ring last night .... Blast off Wham!’’ Don Whitesell, James Caldwell and a display of plastics Don, James, Shop Geniuses, Work In Plastics and Wood Carole Simeon A messenger was sent to Mr. Eggers, the shop teacher to find two boys with special interest and ability in shop. Mr. Eggers gave the messenger two names, James Caldwell and Don Whitesell. In a very short time after wards one of the boys, Don Whitesell had won first place for his plastics in the North Carolina Industrial Arts Asso ciation, sponsored by the Ameri can Industrial Arts Association. This contest took place in Are Boy Presidents Out? ? ? Question: Why are girls presi dent of the student body so much more often than boys? Marjorie Locke:. At the present, boys don’t run for presidency be cause it is just accepted that this is a girl’s office because it has been this way for so long. Tom McConnell: Because girls have been president for so long, boys have developed a defeatist complex. They think it would do no good to run. John Kirkman: Get a good boy to run for president, and I think he would win. But boys, them selves, would rather vote for a pretty girl. Billy Vinson: Boys’ grades are not good enough to compete with the girls’. Gary Snipes: In the past there have been practically only girls in the office. This made boys coming up from lower grades think that it is a girl’s job. Then they get afraid that it would be “sissyish” to run. Glenda Williams: Boys are naturally shyer. They like to clown to cover up their shyness. If they were president they couldn’t clown. Wayne Harrison: It seems logi cal to have a boy or girl for presi dent and the opposite for vice-presi dent. I think the practice of hav ing all girl presidents has come about because the idea has grown up that a boy vice-president is a MUST. The vice-president’s main responsibility is to check monitors and I do think a boy’s authority in this respect is regarded more highly in this respect than a girl’s. Greensboro, N. C. for the 7th and 8th graders. Five pairs of plastic cuff links, a set of diamond like pins and a set of earbobs were the plastics entered in Don’s name. He received for his plastics a blue ribbon and a certificate showing his achievement. He was also awarded a solid gold metal for winning the highest award. His shop teacher, Mr. Eggers, received a certificate showing that Don won first place under his directions. The school also was awarded a certificate showing he received the top award. Don’s father, Mr. K. W. Whitesell, is the shop teacher at Senior High, his mother is also a teacher there. Don lives with his family at 101 Council Street. James Caldwell also of room 3 not only works on small projects in class but on large ones, houses. Working on houses during the summer is one way James earns money and spends his spare time. James helps his father, Mr. J. H. Caldwell, who is a carpenter. Dur ing class this year he made a stained magazine rack for his hospitalized grandmother. He also created a useful letter-rack and skillfully made a what-not-shelf, and a pair of well made and de signed earbobs. James lives with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Caldwell at 21.3 Irbywood. Seventh Graders by Interests Bring Variety To Students' Life Skipper Gates Going steady is a fad which is beginning to include younger and younger participants. At the pre sent stage a girl is ruined if she is not going steady by the time she is thirteen or fourteen. This, I am told, amuses teachers. These com ments were overheard by a teacher and given to my informant. “My friends say I’m too change able to go steady. But I think I can judge better than they. I’ve gone steady fourteen times.” “He wants me to go steady just with Him!” “No, of course I don’t like him, but I go steady with him so I can get to all the dances.” Miss Coley’s room threw quite a party so I heard, on Friday the 25th. It lasted two periods. Among other forms of entertainment they had bingo and records. Their re freshments consisted mainly of cake and ice cream, with perhaps a few packs of Fritos. Several of the luxury-loving students of homeroom 101 have asked Miss Kiger if they might move from the kitchen part of the home economics department, which is their present room, to the living room. Got to rest up for classes, y’know. An outstanding bulletin board had been made for Sixth Grade Day by homeroom 218. Another bulletin board was made by Miss Stanton’s room. On the suggestion of the bulletin board committee they made it to show the different areas which they have studied in geo graphy. It is very interesting. Hey, I just found out the reason they put an eagle on the back of a dollar. It symbolizes swift flight. If my dollars are any indication, they ought to put a jet back there- The Junior Pointer Published every six weeks by eighth and ninth grade students of Junior High School, Ferndale Drive, High Point, N. C. Principal Lloyd Y. Thayer Editors Kay Kearns, Brenda Gray News Editor Libby Greenberg Sports Editors Diane Schmidley, Jon Cox, Bill Davis Feature Editor Carolyn Tyson Personality Editor Carole Simeon Home Room Editor joy^e Groome Columnists Julie Drake, Brenda Haywood, Wayne Harrison Tom McConnell
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