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THE
POINTE
VOL. 4.
high point, N. C., FEB. 22, 1924
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HIGH POINT
DEFEATS GRAHAM
SCORE OF 18-4
In the first championship game
among the high schools o*f North
Carolina, the High Point highs de
feated the Graham team, 18 to 4, on
the Ray street school court here Mon
day night.
The game opened with Hedrick
dropping in a nice field goal from the
center of the court. Hedrick played
one of the best games of the season,
while Ingram was the star of the
game. He scored 10 of High Point’s
18 points. Fuqua played an all-round
good game throughout the periods.
Wood, substituting for Johnson,
and entering the line-up for the first
time since early in the season, when
he sustained a broken arm, played in
his usual form. During the third
quarter most of High Point's second
string men were on the floor.
_ Graham played a very good defen
sive game, but was unable to place
the ball through the basket. Wilson,
left for Graham, scored the visitors’
only field goal, and one foul, while
the other foul was credited to Phil
lips.
Line-up and summary:
Graham (4) High Point (18)
Layton Ragan
Right Forward
Phillips (1) Ingram (10)
Left Forward •
Long Fuqua (6)
Center ;
Hich Hedrick (2)
Right Guard
Wilson (3) Johnson
Left Guard
Simstittues: High Point—Bryant
for Ragan, Kearns for Ingram, Wood
for Johnson, Foust for Hedrick, In
gram for Kearns. Graham—Harding
for Rich. Referee, Johnston of the
Greensboro faculty.
MR. SYKES SPEAKS
TO STUDENTS
Rev. Mr. Tom Sykes spoke to the
high school students Thursday as the
third of the series of religious talks
to be given by the ministers. His sub-
.I'ect was ‘True Business of Life.” Mr.
Sykes said that the first objective of
every boy and girl was and should be
manhood and womanhood. He slated
further that there were many ideals
to be striven for, and that the exam
ple and life of Christ was the great
est of all ideals. He urged the stu
dents to choose Him as their ideal.
qukk^’*’~**^^’
Max—■“Well, every man ought to
have one and not borrow his neigh
bor s.
LINCOLN’S POLITICAL
RELIGION
Let reverence for law be
breathed by every mother to
her lisping babe; teach it in col
leges; write it in primers, spell
ing books, and almanacs; preach
it in pulpits; proclaim it in leg
islative halls; enforce it in the
courts of justice. Let it be
come the political religion of
the nation and let men and wo
men of all tongues and colors
sacrifice increasingly upon its
altars.
EMORY ALUMNI TO
GIVE ESSAY PRIZE
Why Go to College” is the subject
of an essay contest that is being pro
moted by the alumni council of Em
ory university. All seniors in south
ern accredited high schools and sec
ondary schools are eligible to com
pete.
For the best essay written by a
gprl, a scholarship covering one
year’s tuition at Wesleyan College
will bo given and a year’s tuition at
Emory university is offered to the
boy submitting the best essay. Gold
medals will be awarded to the winner
of each state contest.
The purpose of the contest is to
stimulate interest in college life
among the high school students and
to encourage good writing. Essays
must be in the hands of the state
chairman by March 1.
Dr. Howard W. Odum, Chapel
Hill, N. C., is state chairman and
will select the winning essays to rep
resent this state in the all-southern
contest. The committee which will de
cide on the winners is composed of
Hon. Clifford Walker, governor state
of Georgia: Mrs. Alonzo Richard
son, president, Atlanta Woman’s club,
and Dr. J. R. McCain, president of
Agnes Scott college.
MR. STEPHEN’S TALK
IS ENJOYED
Mr. Stephen, of London, who is
making a five-year world tour in the
interest of homeless boys, spoke to
the high school in chapel Monday
morning. He told of the work being
done by the Barnardo homes in Eng
land.
_ Mr. Stephens’ talk was one which
interested every student, a mixture of
fun and seriousness. He related some
thing of the life of Dr. Barnardo,
the founder of the homes who gave
his life trying to help the homeless,
and asked for the interest and the
prayers of the people of High Point.
Some folks look for nothing only
clouds, and fail to see the beautiful
sun set.
HIGH POINT GIRLS
TIE WITH WINSTON
SCORE OF 12-12
In what was the roughest and most
exciting girls’ game ever seen on the
local court, the High Point team Sat
urday night played the Winston-
Salem lassies to a 12-12 deadlock.
Miss Smith, the visiting ocach, refus-
Ge off, maintaining
that the 1924 rules state that tie
games shall not be played off, but
that another game be played at a
future date.
The contest opened with both teams
playing a fast and fufious game. For
"'T Piinutes both sextettes battled up
and down the court like Trojans with
neither one being able to locate the
basket. Finally Miss Weatherman,
Iwin City forward, broke the ice by
tossing in two pretty field goals. Far-
low and W Gordon shot a foul goal
apiece and the count stod 4-2 in favor '
of the visitors at the end of the ini
tial quarter.
■ “Red Devils” came back
into the game in the second quarter
and put up a much better fight with
the result that the end of the first
half showed them to be on the big
end of a 7-6 score.
The two teams played on even
terms in the third period, scoring
four points each. The quarter ended
With the Pointers on top of an 11-10
score.
In the final quarter both team-,
played as they had never played be
fore. 'They were fighting for victory
uble to attain
scored two points
while the best High Point could do
was to secure a foul goal. When ’ > ;
referee’s whistle announced the close
of the game, the score was deadlocked
at 12-12. Thus ended the roughost
•hard,est fought, and most exciting
girls game ever witnessed in High
Point.
Miss Weatherman was the scorina-
ace of the game, caging four field
goals for a total of S of her team's
points.
The defensive playing of both
teams was the outstanding feature of
the contest. None of the forwards
were able to shoot with any consist
ency, due to the excellent guarding,
the three High Point guards, Mc-
Ewen, Marsh and N. Gordon, probably
played the be.st game of their lives.
They broke up pass .after pass and
shot after shot of the Winston-Salem
forwards. But special credit must be
given to Miss Nita Gordon, the flashy
j S'uardng. passing,
dribbling and general floor work has
seldom been surpassed by any girl
player on the local court. Time after
time an opposing player would have
an open shot under the basket only to
have the little guard rush in and
break it up.
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