STUDENTS of 205 have the jump on Student Council project to dis
tribute baskets to needy families at Christmas. They are already
preparing a variety of good things for the family they showered at
Thanksgiving. Helping around the table are Mary Frances Stanton,
Dana Gibson, Jimmy Davis and Billy Davis.
Council Sponsors Collection
Of Food For Needy Families
Bill Abernethy
This year, as in previous years,
-the Student Council will sponsor a
drive to collect gifts for needy
families of High Point. Members
of the student body are, asked to
bring non-perishable foods, fruits,
clothing, staples and other articles
along this line.
Mrs- Don Padgett, council ad-
-viser, stated that the drive will be
held the seventeenth and eigh
teenth of December. The contribu
tions will be collected by someone
irom the office by homerooms.
Distribution will be made from the
office.
Mrs. Padgett already has sev-
. oral f.imiliefc, hi mind who will rc-
■ceive the collections. Any surplus
articles will be donated to the Sal
vation Army.
This is one of three giving pro
jects in which students co-operate
each year. The other two are the
“Good Neighbor” contributions
and gifts for maids and janitors.
Mrs. J. E. Beamon’s room 205
collected baskets of food and gave
them to a particular family at
Thanksgiving. There are nine
children in this family who range
in ages from six to seventeen.
There is one set of twins in the
family because the mother is sick
and the father works hard all the
time.
Room 205 is taking this same
family for Christmas. They have
already collected three boxes of
good, usable clothing and are now
in the process of collecting toys.
For Science
Carr^ Gates Create 'Mr, Robot*
Guy Carr and Skipper Gates are
building a robot. Sound strange?
Well, it’s true. The robot, which
stands six feet, five inches, is a
project for Mr. George Nicholson,
■their science teacher.
Assorted cans, lumber and an
erector set motor went into the
making of the robot. Moreover
there is a bell, a buzzer and a
speaker. What’s more this crea
tion has “eyes” and a “heart’.
Guy and Skipper got the plans
from BOY’S LIFE, a national
magazine. They started building
in the Can's’ basement. The body
was built from two large pretzel
cans, one on top of the other. The
legs were a couple of two by fours.
His arms move up and down by
means of a crank arrangement.
The motor almost wasn’t strong
-enough to do the job so the boys
tried to counterbalance the arms
with a weight. A cut-out heart-
shaped place reveals a red light
bulb which is connected to the
same circuit a's the robot’s eyes.
The eyes are two seven watt
light bulbs.
For sound effects ,Skipper and
Guy rigged up a speaker which is
connected to a phonograph, a bell
and a buzzzer. Since the bell and
buzzer run on 16 volts and the
motor, heart and eyes run on 110
volts and the boys had to rig up a
transformer for the bell and buzz
er. All of these are on the same
circuit. After Mr. Robot was
wired, his creators gave him a coat
of aluminum paint. Then, with at
tention to a few more details, he
was ready to turn in.
About their project Skipper and
Guy -say “Anyone who wants
something to do that offers a chal
lenge should try making a robot.
There’s a lot of work involved, but
there’s loads of fun, too.
Junior Pointer
Vol. 29, No. 2
Junior High School, High Point, N. C.
December 17, 1956
'Meaning of Christmas’ To Be Theme
Of Public Program Here Tonight
Sue Lal'mer
“What Christmas Means” is the
theme of a Christmas program
being planned by Mrs. Don Pad
gett, student co'incil adviser,
and Mrs. Lena Hedrick, eighth
grade music teacaer. The pro
gram will be presented to the pub
lic Monday, Novem.ber 17, at 7:30
p.m. in the school auditorium and
to the school next Wednesday as a
chapel progfram.
Student Council members will
take part in this program along
with the eighth grade, ninth grade,
and boys’ dhoruses. The program
will take the form of pantomimes
and tableaux and will be opened
with a 16 minute concert by the
school orchestra under the direc
tion of Mr. Fritz Van der Steur.
The next part of the program is
divided into 9 sections, each one
representing a different meaning
of Ohrisitmas.
The first section is “Christmas
Means Christmas Cards.” Live
Christmas cards will be featured
in this part with background music
from the eighth grade chonis.
The second section is “Christ
mas means the twelve days of
Christmas. In this part the song
with this title will be pantomimed
with the eighth grade chorus pro
viding the music.
This room will also furnish fooid
for the Christmas dinner. Further,
more a Christmas tree will go
along with the other things and
each member of the homeroom is
bringing at least one ornament
for the tree.
BgtJsgtJsasagtjasSJsajaajsaBajsaissajag!
iirrry (ElirtBtmas
Mr. Thayer Attends
Meeting In Texas
Ellis Rouse
Mr. Lloyd Yates Thayer, princi
pal of Junior High represented
High Point in Dallas, Texas, De
cember 3, for the Southern Associ
ation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools annual meeting.
Junior High School principals,
superintendents, and college pro
fessors were attending. These men
came from Virginia south to Flori
da and west to Texas.
There was a panel 'which ans
wered questions asked by the rep
resentatives- Making up this panel
were: Dean, School of Education,
University of North Carolina,
Dean, School of Education, Uni
versity of Alabama, Professor-,
School of Education, University
of Florida, Junior High School
Principal, Meridan, Mississippi,
Junior High School Principal, Mi
ami, Florida, and Mr. Thayer.
Room 10^ Best Bulletin Board
In Annual Christmas Contest
Students of Miss Helen
Betts’ room iO created the
winning Christmas bulletin
board in this year’s Student
Council sponsored contest.
Other top bulletin boards in
the order in which they were
rated by the judges were:
Mrs. Beamon’s 205, Miss
Austin’s 113, ”'[rs. Briggs’
210 and Mrs. M Ite’s 108.
Busitling activity in front of
Santa’s castle brings a realistic
picture down in room 10. Mrs.
iSanta with a towel on her arm is
seeing Santa off on his annual
journey. The sleigh is packed but
cleverly drawn little helpers are
scurrying around putting the last
minute packages on.
“It was the students’ own idea”,
said Miss Betts. “And they put
whatever they wanted to in the
scene.” So many of them worked
on it that it was hard for Miss
Betts to give the credit to anyone
person. However these students
were especially busy when the
board was created: Lynnette Rice,
Mary Dover, Malcom Weathers,
Ranell Oagle, Jane Jackson,
George Sherman, Janice Lewis,
Gene Kester, Dan West, Bill
Howard, Larry Williamson, Jim
my Nelson and Dayton Briggs.
Other winning bulletin boards
featured the following ideas. Room
206 ihad nine posters picturing
kittens peeping out of a holly
bordered red boat, fireside and
woodland scenes. 113 had a draw
ing of the Nativity scene done in
pastel green on a white back
ground above w'hich “Unto Us a
Child is bom” stood out in raised
letters. In 210 one is g'reeted by a
typical snowy scene Christmas
card. Room 108 used stencils to
spray Christmas symbols against
a blue background. Symbols in
cluded bells, boots, candles, angels,
walking canes and sleds.
Judges were Miss Patsy Harrel-
son and Mrs. Kathrine Ring, art
teachers, Mrs. Lena Hedrick,
music teacher and Mrs. Barbara
Gordon, school secretary.
Judges said it was certainly a
hard job to put down five winners.
If you don’t believe it go down to
Mrs. Hogue’s room and see Mar
garet Jarrell’s drawing or go to
Mrs. Cheek’s room and see 'the
Santas proudly displaying stud
ents’ papers.
In the third section, “Christmas
Means the Majesty of the Man
ger,” the manager scene will be
pictured with the eighth grade
chorus singing “Lullaby of the
Christ Child.”
The next section is “Christmas
Means the Sound of Bells.” The
ninth grade chorus will sing
“Carol of the Bells” in this part
and the eig'*hth grade chorus will
sing “Jingle Bells.” Both of these
numbers will be accompanied by
the sound of bells.
The fifth section of the program
is “Christmas Means Snow.” In
this part there will be a scene pic
turing snow with the eigtihi grade
chorus singing “Winter Wonder
land,” and the ninth grade chorus
singing “White Christmas.”
The sixth section of the pro
gram is “Christmas Means Rud
olph the Red Nose Reindeer.”
In the seventh section, “Christ
mas Means Singing Carols,” the
boys’ chorus will provide the music
with a group of Christmas carols.
The eighth section is “Christmas
means ’Twas the Night Before
Christmas.” In this part the poem
with this title will be pantomimed.
The finale of the program is,
above all, “Christmas Means
Christ.” This part will be an altar \
scene with the eighth grade chorus
singing “The Christmas song.”
WUo-
Barbara Duncan
Who made the stars ? Who made
the sea ? Who made the clouds
that w© can see? Why, God Al
mighty, who made creation. He
miade them for every nation.
Who makes us laugh ? Who
makes us cry ? Who makes the
birds we see as they fly by? Why,
God Almighty who made creation.
He made them for every nation.
Who died for us and bore the
cposs that we might not in sin
be lost ?‘ That we may follow His
footsteps every day, in hope that
we may istaj^ that way. Why, God
Almighty, wtho made creation. He
did these things for every nation.
Marty Holbrook Designs Winning Yule Card
starlet Carter.
Marty Holbrook was the first
prize winner of the Christmas card
contest held in the art depart
ment here at Junior High School.
Marty said she could hardly be
lieve it when the judges chose her
card as being the best one out of
about 100 entered. She is a seventh
grader and in the homeroom of
118. Her card consisted of trees
with touches of sparkles and a
sleigh and house done in oil paint.
Sharon Loflin of room 211 came
in second place, Sharon Frazier
of room 217 came in third place,
and Sally Drake came in fourth
place. These cards were judged
mainly on the originality of the
card and the neatness.
There is a gift wrapping contest
also for Miss Harrelson’s classes.
Her students have been making
their own original wrapping paper
and also have been working on
the Christmas Dance.
Sally Drake achieved first place
in gift wraping contest and Dan
West received second place.
Christmas card designed in the art department by Marty Holbrook