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VOLUME 2.
HIGH POINT, N. C., JAN. 17, 1923.
No. 13
FACULTY FROWNS ON DANCING
AT HIGH SCHOOL PARTIES
ALL SCHOOL SOCIALS MUST CONFORM WITH THE RULES
MRS,
CUNNINGETAM
VISITS SCHOOL
“No more dancing will be pennitted
at any party or social masquerading
under the name of a high school
function or chaperoned by high school
teachers,” was the startling announce
ment made by Mr. L. K. Johnston,
principal of the local high school, at
the regular chapel exercise Thursday,
January 11. Mr. Johnston stated that
it had been decided that the only
lemocratic way to conduct a school
party was for that party to conform
to the following rules which were
unanimously adopted by the members
of the high school faculty:
1. That permission must be grant
ed by Miss Willie Choate to a student
or .students before a social function
being given in the name of the high
school will be authorized. .
2. At least two chaperones se
lected from the school faculty must
attend the function. More will be ap
pointed to attend if it is deemed nec
essary. .
3. With the exception of the an
nual junior senior affair all parties
must end at 10:30 p. m. Parents may
expect their children home shortly af
ter tliis time.
4. There shall be no dancing at so
cial functions given in the name ofx
the school.
B. Suitable games and other simi
lar activities to engage the attention
of students attending parties must be
prepared before hand and submitted
to Miss Choate for her approval.
Mr. Johnston said that these rules
will apply to all parties and social
affairs that are given in the name of
the high school whether they are
' given in the school building or in pri
vate homes.
He said it was necessary to enforce
these rules because heretofore there
had seemed, to be something of a
rowdy spirit which prevailed at par
ties given by the various high school
classes. Som.etimes not more than one
or two games had been planned and
the greater part of the time was
spent in a “regular rough house.” He
also said that the majority of the peo
ple in High Point disapprove of danc
ing and that it was not democratic
, for a few to spend the evening in
dancing while most of the guests had
iiothing to do.
SWARTHMORE GIVES
SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARHIPSS ARE OPEN
TO BOYS OF H. P. H. S.
Recently the opportunity of receiv
ing a scholarship in the Open Schol
arships of Swarthmore College, of
Pennsylvania, was given to the boys
of our local high school. These schol
arships are given to men of any
school, locality, subject of study or re
ligious denomination They are based
on the general plan of the Rhodes
Scholarships and are given to the five
young men who show greatest prom
ise in:
(1) Qualities of manhood, force of
character, and leadership.
(2) Literary and scholastic ability
and attainments. ^
(3) Physical vigor, as shown by
interest in outdoor sports, or in other-
ways.
The regulations under which these
scholarships .will be awarded in 1923
are as follows:
The value of a Swarthmore College
Onen Scholarship will be $500.00.
Each scholarship is good for four
consecutive years. A candidate to be
eligible must;
(a) Be between the ages of 16 and
21 on September 1 of the year for
wh'ch he is elected.
(b) Be qualified to enter Swarth
more College on certificate with fifteen
units of credit.
(c) Not have attended another col
lege or university.
Each candidate must secure the en
dorsement of the principal of his high
school, and not more than two candi
dates may be selected to represent a
particular school for any one year.
This is an excellent opportunity for
some of the deserving boys of High
Point high school! to receive a college
education through- the scholarship
plan.
Mrs. Cunningham, Safety League
organizer, addressed the assembly of
the high school upon “Safety Educa
tion,” at the regular chapel exercise
Thursday morning, December 4.
When Mrs. Cunningham came upon
the stage, she was immediately recog
nized and greeted by the hearty ap
plause of the students.
-That in North Carolina two people
are killed in accidents daily was de
clared by the speaker. She said that
she was spending all her time and
giving her life trying to teach people
how to avoid accidents and reduce the
death rate.
She stated that the only \vay to
carry out safety programs in the
high' school is to have a definite pe
riod for such work. She said that in
the grammar school it was not diffi
cult to have programs without any
certain time set aside, but in the hip:h
school the pupils, are constantly
changing rooms, and'the only success
ful way to reach these people i.s to
appoint a period for that purpose.
DIADACTIC LITERARY
SOCIETY PROGRESSES
One of our teachers remarked that
it would be unfair to your roommate
to make a noise after bedtime.^ It
might also be said that it is unfair to
Bill Gray to make a noise on class.
It seems that the High School has
become a regular Monte Carlo.
JUNIORS RECEIVE RINGS
Members of the junior class of the
local high school after waiting for
about three months, received their
class rings and pins January 2.
A total of 84 rings and 13 pins were
order from The Balfour Company, of
Massachusetts, and are declared to
be the prettiest that have ever been
in the high school in sevo.-al veav,?
The juniors had several beautiful
samnles to select from, hut after
looking them all over the class decid
ed on this design.
The Diadactic'Literary Society, in
the thjrd meeting of the year, held
January 5, got w'ell under way the
work intended for the year. ,
Through the elforts of some of the
students of the high school the so
ciety has been started, although no
time has been given during the school
hours for this purpose.
It is shown by the willingness of a
few students to stay after .school that
they are interested in a literary so
ciety, and not only in this way is the
spirit of hard work been shown, but
the members have entered into the
work with a vim and almost incredible
results have been accomplished in
, three meetings.
The society has endorsed all liter
ary .activities for the year, and the
greater part of last meeting was tak
en up with a discussion of the trian
gular debate which is probably the
nearest literary event.
Several of the members of the so
ciety will try out for the triangular,
debate and the society has not only
agreed to finance these if they win out
in preliminary but also to help _ by
getting as much material as possible
for debate.
Miss Baker, successor to Mrs. Ran-
son, was present at the last meeting,
ns a visitor, and offered many valua
ble suggestions to the society. Her re
marks concerning the debate were
especially interesting and it is hoped
that she will be present at the next
regular meeting on January 12.