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An active paper edited by an active school THE POINTER Trade With the Merchant# Who Appreciate Your Child Thru the POINTER SCORE WAS 26 TO 13 In the opening game of the 1923- 24 basketball season, the local highs Tuesday night at the Ray street school, trounced the Trinity team by a score of 26-13. The game was hot- ly contested from start to finish but tbe first half there was little doubt as to whom thd winners would be. The game opened with a rush, Bry ant, local forward, tossing in a field goal. Bryant then shot another field goal and Ingram succeeded in cag ing one. It looked as though the locals would have an easy time in defeating the Randolph count ylads. Hut at this_ juncture Trinity started a rally which for a time assumed threatening aspects. Parrish tossed in a goal from the 16-foot mark and McDowell, Andrews and Black caged beld goals in rapid success. The first half ended with the score 8-7 in favor of High Point. During the first five minutes of the last half it looked as though the game would develop into a nip-and- tuck affair. Trinity tied the score and It was apparent that she was showing a lot of fight. But they against the bovs P°»nt the Trin ity quint look like a bunch of mon- nno® li? quarter. With Fu qua, AlcCain and Bryant caging field goals in rapid succession the Point- i^ng l*i^ds^^^^ teamwork of the local quint notwithstanding the fact that this was the first game of the season. Bryant and McCain, who (Continued on pag^e 3), LITERARY SOCIETY ORGANIZES THANKSGIVING PROGRAM IS GIVEI^ A very interesting program was presMted to the high school students last Thursday. Alfred Myatt created an atmos phere of Thanksgiving for the pro gram which followed by reading a proclamation by the President, set ting aside November 29, as Thanks giving day, and also one by the Gov ernor to the same effect. A chorus of voices behind the cur- wn was then heard singing a Thanksgmng song. For the fiist Ingram read ^ poem, entRled, Our First Thanksgiving “TKo of boys and girls sang. Thanksgiving Song.” The members Jones, Elizabeth Johnson, Delia Capper Howard Bryant, and Robert Over- was then read by Prances White. ,,Tj- ® closing number was a play Pioneers’ Play Day.” The curtain ® peaceful home scene. A ruddy fire on the hearth suggested tL “ wintry day outside. Before pioneer (Alelvin wifn Fl’;/u'^hile his riif ',^*‘fabeth Johnson) busied her self about the room. The theme of the play was a com with that of several years ago The attention to that the pioneers are going to travel for their Thanksgiving reunion in new Fords over smooth, asphalt roads, to the -ame place to which they went years rTk^t^alir' " LARGE NUMBER BOYS TO REPRESENT HIGH POINT The sixteen delegates who will rep resent High Point high school in Greensboro at the Older Boys Con ference Friday, aie very enthusiasti- cally sajnng that there is a big time ahead. These boys expect to enjoy the splendid progiam whinch is after- ed and to make the most of Greens boro’s hospitality. Those of the student body who have attended such a conference know that there is a real treat in store for those who will go to the meetings held in the Gate City. They will probably never have a chance to meet such men as Mr. Cotton, of „®w York City, and Mr. Hinnaut, of Wilmington, who are slated to brine messages from boys of other coun tries, since they have both just re- T'^^tirned from a conference at which boys represnted 60 leading countries of the world. ® . “Ofi to Greensboro” conimif^** bovs a^rTrl ‘’‘^h School wm hnvo factories ,ilil ® names in the list of ed wfth^^th 's well pleas- ed with the number and hopes that meeting of the conferenw wiH be held in High Point. 1 he high sehol boys who will go ^ Greenosbro Friday are Edwin Hedrick, Frank Wood-, John Marsh Wood pTirp’ Ward Packer, Elliot Hofi McpI Charles Brooks, Holt McPher.son, Emmett McLartv t^laik. Jack Crowson, Norman Pet- afternoon, November ■^2, the Didactic Literary Society held a special meeting in which the society was reorganized and new members taken in. On the preceding Tuesday Mr. Turrentine gave the student body mteresting talk on what the lit- tho^ society had done for him, and the great need in H. P. H. S. for a tlTstlnd^^h' “rged the students give movement and give it their hearty support. This year’s society is planning to do real speakers and debaters. Officers ^ the society state that they will hi glad to add to its roll any malel stu- Thp* ® interested in this work Swles ^'^-President, J^naries Salsbury; secretary ^and treasurer. Jack Crowson; ser^ant- at-arms. Bill Ragan. '>®rgeant- “CHARM SCHOOL” heroine is charming • believe in love at fir-'t would you brave the scorn of a stern school principal be- sXoP^ FI® Chiming school, Ehse Benedotti, the charm- Lela Woo" ^ ® f^en some. Do you girls have the nerve to stand up Ld tell a man, who is almost unknown to you, that you love him terribly and can t live without him ? Do you bovs have the heart to stand up and tell'a beautiful girl, whom you really love, no, when she asks you this? The climax of this play comes when Elise, the heroine, runs away and the prin cipal goes after him. Have they elo^d? Come and see this heart thrilling quejition answered. FIDDLERS’ CONVENTION here th .^“rent-Teacher Association of ^ ‘Fiddlers’ Convention” her- nfi December. Fiddlers from the present and SCHOOL CHILDREN BRING GII rs hoT? J "'ere remem bered Tuesday bv the children of the Ray street schod who brought gifts of foodstuffs, clothing and other Smif ®ef'ool- These gifts will be distributed to the poor fami lies who need t'''"p through the wel fare workers and the Salvation army. She “Mandy did you sweep under this carpet?” Mandy: “Yes, Missus Jones, I sweeps everything under that ’ere carfiet.”
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