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Principal Receives P.H.D.
Dr. Lloyd Y. Thayer
Principal of High Point
■Junior High
Connie Newman
“Is there a doctor in the house?”
“Yes, Dr. Thayer.”
This notice greeted the teachers
from their bulletin board when
they came to school May 16. It
had been posted by a proud teacher
who had just learned that her
principal, Lloyd Y. Thayer, had,
the day before, received his P.H.D.
degree.
Dr. Thayer, principal of Junior
High, will receive his Doctor of
Education degree in a formal
ceremony on June 3. Governor
Luther Hodges will confer the
degree and present the hood,
which is the honorary attire.
In order to receive a P.H.D.
degree, one must write what is,
in reality, a book. It is called a
dissertation. Dr. Thayer’s disser
tation is entitled, “The Junior High
School Movement in North Caro
lina.” It is a thorough study of
junior highs in North Carolina and
a comparison of N. C. schools, with
junior highs in ten other states.
When the dissertation was checked
by the professors, they reported
that just one word needed
changing.
Dr. Thayer received his degree
from the University of North
Carolina where he also received
his M. A. degree. He fulfilled the
“continuous residence” require
ment for his doctorate in the fall
and winter of 1949-1950. The re
mainder of the three academic
years necessary was acquired
during summer sessions.
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Junior Pointer
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May 24, 1957
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Judy
Lyndia
Kathy
Judy Culp, Lyndia Williard, Kathy Jowett Chosen
New Student Council Officers For 1957-1958
Mrs. A. B. Frost, teacher in Junior High since it was organized in 1927.
Mrs. Frost, Business Adviser
To Junior Pointer, Retires
Sue Latimer
Mrs. A. B. Frost, of room 201, who has taught at Junior
High since it was organized, will retire at the end of the
school year. ... ,.1,
The teachers of Junior High gave a banquet at the
Sheraton Hotel in honor of Mrs. Frost, who has taught 32
years in High Point. Present at the banquet were members
of the faculty, their wives and husbands, and a number of
special guests, including Mrs. Regina Hendrix, Mrs. Frost’s
daughter. The banquet was held Wednesday, May 1.
Dr. Dean Pruette, superinten- first members of this faculty and
dent of city schools, served as
master of ceremonies and present
ed Mrs. Frost with a desk, a gift
of the Junior High teachers.
Mrs. Frost taught two years in
Indiana and two years in Florida
before coming to High Point. When
the Senior High Building was
completed in September, 1926, the
Junior High School was organized
in the S. Main Street buildmlg
vacated by Senior High students.
Mrs. Frost was one of the vei-y
Mary Garrett
Once again the students of High
Point Junior High School have ex
ercised their right to vote by
electing the new student govern
ment officers. They are as follows:
President, Judy Culp; Vice-Presi
dent, Lyndia Williard; Secretary-
Treasurer, Kathy Jowett.
Judy hails from homeroom 202.
She attends the First Presbyterian
Church and is an active member
in all church activities. Judy was
a cheerleader this year and she will
be the head cheerleader next year.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. G. Culp of 110 Westwood.
Lyndia is in homeroom 201. She
resides at 217 Edgedale Drive.
This cute little miss was a cheer
leader this year and she will also
be one next year. Her parents are
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Williard. She
is an active member of the First
Presbyterian Church.
Kathy’s homeroom is 102. She
claims Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Jowett
as her parents and 207 Parkway as
her home. Kathy will be a cheer
leader next year also. She is in
the eighth grade choir and a
member of Saint Mary’s Episcopal
Church.
The election was held on Mon
day, May 13. Only the present
seventh graders and the eighth
graders that will remain in Jun
ior High next year were permitted
to vote.
Sue Latimer, Connie Newman
To Co-Edit Junior Pointer
Sue Latimer and Connie New
man will be co-editors of the
JUNIOR POINTER for next year.
Both girls have worked on the
staff this year as eighth grade
writers. Appointment as editor to
the school paper comes from the
editorial adviser.
Other eighth graders who have
worked on the staff this year and
will continue next year are: Becky
Fowler, Mary Muckenfuss, Scotty
Parker, Bill Abernethy, and Terry
Dickey.
Mr. Lloyd Thayer, principal, has
also announced the appointments
of the rest of the staff from the
present eighth grade. They are:
Melinda Causby, Reita Wallin,
Jimmie Lou Hart, Donna Ray
Clement, Jimmie Hughey, Sylvia
Saunders, Judy Cameron, Patricia
Kidd, Ray York, Linda Cabot, Da
rius Lewellyn and Louis Bissette.
Appointments to the JUNIOR
POINTER staff are made by the
principal on the basis of scholastic
records and recommendations of
eighth grade English teachers.
is the only teacher to have taught
continuously at Junior High since
it was organized. She has probab
ly taught two generations of a
number of families. iShe was also
one of those who marched from
the S. Main St. building to the
present one.
Her major interest has been the
JUNIOR POINTER, for which
she has served as business man
ager for 29 years.
Among her other special con
tributions to Junior High is the
organization of the Junior Store
which she managed for several
years. She will also be remember
ed for the popular Marionette
Club and the dramatic programs
which she directed.
Mrs. Frost now lives at 603
Fifth St. About her plans for after
her retirement she says, “I plan
to keep house and invite my friends
and relatives to come to visit me
more often than I have in the past.
I shall enjoy my grandchildren
and make short automobile trips
to the mountains.”
Two In One
The fifth and sixth issues of
the paper have been combined
into one special last issue.
New Junior High School, Modern As Tomorrow, to be Open in September, 1958
Judy Robins
When High Point’s new junior
high school. Northeast J u n i o r
High, opens in September of 1958,
the new students will discover a
school as modern as tomorrow.
On the outside of the school will
be brick with big glass windows.
There will be two circles of one
way traffic for unloading school
children. From the unloading zone
a covered sidewalk will go to the
main door. Parking will be on one
side for the faculty and the other
for general. There will be 22
classrooms for 600 students.
From the door one will be able
to see through to the lawns be
cause the immediate wall will be
made of glass. To the right will
be a student commons area with
benches and an orange juice
machine. Farther down the hall
will be the shop with drafting and
art rooms to the left.
To the right again will be the
modern cafeteria which will seat
360 people, will have a separate
dining room for teachers, and
two serving lines for quicker ser
vice. The kitchen will have modern
and large walk-in refrigerators.
At the front door again to the
left is the office area which will
have separate offices for the stu
dent council and private guidance.
The other school offices and public
telephones will be in this area
also. To the right is a wing of
modern classrooms on both floors.
Above the office area is the
library which will have smaller
tables and private listening booths
for records. Next to this will be
the science department. It will have
a large storage space, dark room
and gas and electrical outlet on
every table. Beyond this will be
the home economics room. It will
be one large room divided into
kitchens, serving lab, conference
area and social area.
The gymnasium will be a separ
ate building that will have covered
walks to it. It will have bleachers
and a rubber base tile floor that
can be walked on with shoes on.
The girls’ gym lockers and showers
will be on the same floor as the
gym and the boys’ will be below.
Behind the gym will be the band
room which will have one way
traffic to avoid confusion. The
new music room will have raisers
and be extra large to accomodate
two or three choral groups at a
time.
Under the music room there will
be a multi purpose stage where
teachers may take students to
give class skits or to practice
assembly programs.
Some added features of the
school will be a student store, a
gym laundry, service area outside
the cafeteria for delivery of foods,
ramp to the boiler room to re
move cinders, lockers against the
walls and some walls will be of
cinder block to lessen the noise.
After the school is built, an
auditorium seating 650 people and
a top floor to the right wing will
be added.
Bids for building contracts will
be opened at the last of June, and
construction should begin in the
last of July.
Some of the students who are
in the seventh grade at Junior
High now will be in the ninth
grade in the new school. Most of
the Northeast corner of the city
will attend. The boundaries will
probably be Montlieu Avenue and
North Main Street. The streets of
the corner on which the school will
be situated are McGuinn and Bragg.