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VOL. I.
HIGH POINT, fT. C., NOV. 21, 1921
No. 6.
Boost The New High School
Campaign on For
City High School
CITIZENS MEET TO CONSIDER
A NEW CITY HIGH SCHOOL
ELM STREEl' SCHOOL
THIRD WARD SCHOOL
Naturally
Prof. Waters Accords
With Honor System
Mr. Waters Will Permit Honor in H.
P. H. S. if School Wants It
Deciding that a campaign for a
new city high school mu.st be launched
in the immediate future, a group of
High Poeit citizens convened at the
Commercial Club last Friday. This
decision was reached after the assem
bly had heard a presentation of the
deplorable status of the High Point
schools by Mr. Tomlin.son, chairman
of the school board.
Much discussion was given to the
city school problem, after which a
motion was made to the effect that
the school board formulate plm:
the construction of a new city Higl:
iicliooI,- ahd -■•■•’.sent them at arothe’-
meeting of the citizens as soon as pos-
fible. Some consideration was given
lo a central high school. However
the vote was almost unanimous
against such a project.
Two of the interesting facts that
were disclosed to the gathering Friday
night were that a new grammar
school by next fall will be necessary
to accommodate High Point children,
. and that by the time a new high
school can be erected all available
school space will be taken.
In addressing the High School stu
dents in the auditorium last Thursday
morning, Prof. Waters affirmed that
he is whole-heartedly in accord with
the movement to e.stablish the Honor
Syste.m in the local High School. He
inferred that no effort would be made
to thrust this regime upon the' stu
dents, but that if the system is' prac
tically unanimously received by the
school body, the faculty will give its
co-operatiai.
Mr. Waters asserted that the Honor
Syste.m is a fair and honest plan, and
that it would banish a huge cancer,
whicli is eal;ug mto ine’iife oi the lo
cal school as well as other institu
tions, if it were adopted. It is gener
ally admitted that cheating is an un-
dcsir.rble element in lives of students
everywhere, and that the greatest dif
ficulty encoutnered in trying to eradi
cate it is the matter-of-fact manner in
which the pupil population regards
dishone.sty.
CELEBRATE ARMISTICE DAY
The prize offeerd by Mrs. Frazier
for the best English poster was
awarded to Newel Craven. The sec
ond prize, a beautiful box of candy
was presented to Mary Frances
Kearns.
They are busy ino ur school. Many
children have been arrested for not
conforming to our “Better Speech”
laws.
One grade in our school has been
using THE POINTER for reading les
sons. We have enjoyed it very much.
Our .school will observe Arbor Day.
We have planted oak, poplar, dogwood
and .Tudas trees. We shall name the
oak tree “.-ViTnistice Oak.”
—Hazel Hicks.
MISS THOMPSON’S CLASS LEADS
IN -ATTENDANCE
Margaret Guriev: “It’s easier to go
through school if you don’t study.”
Leona Wagner: “Yes. and it’s
cheaper to live if you don’t eat.”
Teachers Spend Nearly
$11,500 in High Point
Not less than $11,500 is paid every
month to the teachers of High Point.
Statistics show that the greater part
of this money is spent in High Point.
Teachers pay from forty to fifty-
five dollars per month for board.
When they come here at the begin
ning of school it is too early for them
to have bought their fall and winter
clothes, and again when school closes
they have purchased a large part of
their summer outfit. In this way they
buy most of their wardrobe for ^Re
year from the merchants of High
Point.
Think of $103,500, and about $75,000
spent in High Point in the course of
the school year.
This goefe to show partially what’
the High Poimt merchants owe to the
school teachers. When they are re
ceiving the greater part of teachers’
$11,500 each month, can they afford
to disregard them. Can they conceive
of letting their names be absent from
THE POINTER ad columns ?
—Aline Jones.
.MAIN STREET PARENT-
TEACHERS MEET
-Ai-mistice Day was celebrated beau
tifully and fittingly by all the city
schools. At the Emma Blair School
two appropriate programs were ren
dered by all the clas.ses of the school,
and an exhibit of World War souvenirs
was featured by Miss Bird’s grade.
-At the Elm Street School an ad
dress was delievred by Colonel Milton
in the morning, and exercises under
the leadership of Miss -Allene Mosely,
were given in all grades in the after
noon.
On Tuesday evening, November 16,
the Parent-Teachers’ Association of
South Main .street held its second
meeting in the Presbyterian Hut. A
large crowd was present and the meet
ing was a very enthusia.stic one.
During the course of the meeting
many plans were made and discussed
for the betterment of the school.
It is hoped that every parent in the
city will see the need of cooperation
with the "id school officials.
and if they-,ha\fe not already joined
will join thi.^^s.sociation at once.
Last month room 26 of the high
school made an exceptionally good
showing bv having only one absent
and no t."rdies. Rooms 17 and 29, also
of the high school made a very poor
.showing bv having 23 absences and
eleven tardies respectively.
Tn the grammar grades room 24
broke all of the second month’s records
bv havipg 42 absences and four tai'-
dies. Rooms 9 and 11 tied for the
honor of having the lowest number of
ahsences. Room 3 gets credit for hav-
irinr tiie largest number of tardies
which were six.
MISS ADA BLAIR USES POINTER
AS READING TEXT
In speaking with a POINTER rep
resentative last week. Miss Ada Blair,
principal of the Grimes street school,
stated that she was so pleased with
the school paper that each week when
it reaches her .she carries it to her
sixth grade and uses it as a reading
to'-t for the children.
This should be a great incentive for
the editorial staff to put forth Its
best efforts in writing news: to be
clear, concise, and simple in phra.sipc
its sentences, and by all means spell
correctly.