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THE POINTER
THE POINTER
Published every Wednesday for the
members of the city schools and the
people of High Point by the High
Point High School
Madge York Editor-in-Chief
Thomas Gold Assistant Editor
Departmental Editors
Literary Richard Salsbury
Humorous Fred Andrews
Athletic June Allred, Wm. Ragan
H. P. H. S Aline Jones
City School Ward Swain
Exchange Eloice Hutchens
Society Elizabeth Hayden
Emmett Pritchard Bus. Mgr.
Rufus Davis Asst. Bus. Mgr.
James Ellington Asst. Shop Mgr.
Harry Schwartz Adv. Mgr.
Charles Farriss Circulation Mgr.
H. G. Owens Faculty Adviser
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY .1, 192.3.
BURLINGTON QUINT
DE*FEAi'S LOCAL FIVE
IN CLOSE CONTEST
JOURNALISM CLASS ATTENDS
PRESS ASSOCIATION
THE ALUMNI
At last the high school has made
one great stride forward; an alumni
association, has been organized. This
organization should prove a great help
to both the former students who are
members of it, and the school. It will
raise the standard of our high school
considerably and it will cause the
students to take more pride in this
institution. Also the present students
will feel a keener interest in the stu
dents of past years and we believe
that its members will take more in
terest in our work, too. We are al
ways glad to have the alumni visit us
and manifest their interest in the
school. We hope that all the foi-mer
students will become members and
that this associatioK will grow from
year to year, until finally H. P. H. S.
will have an alumni association, which
will rival the colege organizations of
this kind. '
In a nip and tuck tussle the High
Point basketball team was defeated
by the strong Burlington five last
Friday night on the latter’s court by
the execedingly close score of 19-18.
The game was marked by good guarl-
ing, fast playing, and at times rough
Vork. Both teams seemed to be about
evenly matched, Burlington having the
edge in the first half while High Point
clearly outplayed her oppone.st in the
second half.
There were no individual stars for
High Point. Every member of the
team played as a unit and they fought
as they had never fought before. In
gram and Kearns led the team in scor
ing, with 7 and 6 p^oints, respectively.
Johnson, Ragan, and Hedrick demon
strated some fine guarding, while hu-
qua played a good floor gaine, be
ing especially good in getting the ball
oif the opponents’ backboard Perdue,
although he did not pay very long,
put up a good game while he was
in the tussle. From a Burlington
standpoint McIntyre was the stellar
player.
The line-up;
H P H S. Burlington
Kearns ' R. F. Montgomerv
Ingram « L. F. Fox
Fuqua C. McIntyre
Ragan R- G. Kernodle
Johnson L. G. Galloway
Summary: Scoring: Field goals,
Keaems 3, Ingram 3, Ragan Mc
Intyre 5, Fox 3, Gailow'ay 1. Foul
goals, Fuqua 2, Ingr.sm 1, Ragan 1,
McIntyre 1. Substitutions; Perdue for
Ragan, Ragan for Kearns, Hedrick
for Perdue, Kearns for. Ingram, In
gram for Ragan . Referfee, Andrews.
Time of halves, 20 minutes.
better basketb.vll
PROSPECTS
’Twas a real treat fot the members
of tne news writing ciass to mnigie in
the midst of scribes from all parts
of the state at the annual meeting of
me Norcii Carolina Press A.ssociation
Friday afternoon.
Tlie meeting was held in the Sher
aton ballroom at 3 p. m., which com
pleted the session here for the year.
The afternoon was taken up with a
general discussion. , Mr. H. G. Owens,
of the high schoo, was called upon for
a short talk in which he told about
the school paper and the object of the
news writing class and its work. The
president of the association seemed to
be impressed by the work the pupils
were doing by publishing the
“Pointer.”
Thanks to the courtesy of the As
sociation, the news writing class were
presented with programs, after which
tne work for the afternoon actually
began Mr. Sanford Martin and Mr.
It. E. Price, spoke on, "How Can the
i'ress of North Carolina Best Serve
the State?” Mr. G. G. Page spoke
on “Wnat is News?”, which seemed
to be a very interesting topic, and
alos Mr. J. A. Sharp and Mr. J. A.
Robinson gave a talk on “The Best
Way to Serve Local News.”
The program closed with a round
table discussion, after which the meet
ing adjourned.
YOUNG MEN’S BUSINESS CLUB
MEETS
OUR LOST AND FOUND
COMMITTEE
Recently a new system has been in
stalled in our high school which has
been needed for a long time. This is
our Lost and Found Committee. For
merly, if anything happened to be
lost, it either was found and kept by
the finder, or it was turned in to the
office to say there unclaimed. Now,
when anything is lost, the owner hears
the article read out in chapel, goes to
the office, describe his posses.sion and
gets it if it belongs to him. This is
a big imporvement over last year and
is more satisfactory to eyerybody.
Although the first games of ba.skeU
ball were not all in our favor, with
the reopening of school and the re
sumption of basketball, everything
points to growth and better team
work. The team is one hundred per
cent better than it was in the first
few weeks. There are enough boys
taking part to make it possible to
have four teams at practice each aft
ernoon.
Emphasis is now being placed on
passing, footwork, and goal shooting—
a light scrimmage at present.
The team is working hard and al
though not over-confident, has a fine
chance of winning the majority of the
games just ahead.
It is hoped that the student body
will back the team with strong support
at eyery game and niake this part of
the athletics a sure success.
Besides the following games to be
played the team is planning a few
. days’ trip before the close of the sea
son.
Schedule
January 5—Trinity at Trinity.
January 10—Thomasville at High
Point.
January 12—Burlington at Burling-
The Young Men’s Business Club met
last Thursday in the auditorium at
3:25 There were fifty-one present at
this meeting.
The election of officers was the
most important feature of the meet
ing. The following were elected:
Albert Edwards, president; Ward
Packer, vice-president; Glenn South
ern, secretary and treasurer. At the
next meeting the club hopes to have
at least one prominent speaker on its
program.
Mr. Johnston was present at thjs
meeting and helped the club in the
election of new officers.
WHAT FIVE MEN WISHED THEY
HAD KNOWN AT FIFTEEN
No. 1.—I wish I had known that my
parents knew the world and its way
better than I did.
No. 2—I wi.sh I had known that I
could be a leader of men if I tried.
No. 3—I wish I had known High
Point was to be a big citv and that
I had only to keep my father’s prop-
ertv to be a rich man.
No. 4—I wish I had stayed in school
as long as I had the chance.
No. 5—I wi.sh I had known that
indolence would ruin any man in the
world.
—Paul Hayes, 26.
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ton.
January 16—Buffalo H. S. at High
Point.
January 26—Buffalo H. S. at Buf
falo.
February 7—Guilford H. S. at High
Point.
February 16—Reid.syille at Reids-
ville. '