BOOSTERS
NOT
USETERS
THE
PATRONIZE ,
OUR
ADVERTISERS
VOL. 4.
HI&H POINT, N. C., NOVEMBER 24, 1924.
No. 8
POINTER ADVOCATES
DEBATING
Offers Prizes
The Pointer, feelinpr the need of
a good debating club, will lend its
support to get one organized, and
will offer medals to those puppls
who are successful in the elimina
tion try-outs for places on the jun
ior-senior, junior-sophomore, and
sophomore-freshman debates.
A good debating club will be a
great factor in helping High Fbint
high school secure favorable public
ity and praiseworthy comment. :
W. C. King, director of debating
in the high school, says that debat
ing is as good training as algebra
ro other studies. He wishes to get
four debating teams, Freshmai\
Sophomore, Junior and Senior, or
ganized so that the different class
debaters may contest for places in
the triangular debates with "Win
ston-Salem and Greensboro.
The four teams to be organized
will debate one another. The debates
are scheduled as follows: Junior-
Senior debates, Freshman-Sopho
more debates and Sophomore-Junior
debates.
All who are interested are urged
to see Mr. King and talk over with
him the prospects.
THE DOMESTIC SCIENCE COURSE
The domestic science class is do-
jng fine work this year. This class
is under the direction of Miss Mc-
Iver. Approximately 90 girls are
taking this course.
In the cooking class the girls are
taught simple methods of cooking
in their first year.
During the second year they are
taught to make menues. The girls
do their own marketing and are
"taught to estimate the cost of the
meals they cook.
In the sewing class the pupils
make simple dresses, and later _ to
make costumes and better wearing
apparel.
This science course is very bene
ficial. We ought to appreciate the
fact that this school has such a
course. These girls are studying to
fill worthy places in life. We hope
this class' will grow larger from
year to year.
FRESHMEN ELECT OFFICERS
The freshman, class met in the
chapel hall Friday morning for the
purpose of electing class officers.
The following were elected to lead
the cless through this year: John
Clinard, president; Wilson Southern,
vice-president; Louise Salsbury, sec
retary and Elford York, treasurer.
The Railroaders are always known
ns the Spencerites. Everytime our
boys get the ball, they pointerite
for a touchdown, don’t they? Point-
erites. ’Sail right the way they’re
pointin’ now. Look out, state cham-
pi( nship!
AMBITION
“Every man has at times in
his mind, the ideal of what he
should be but is not.” What is
your ambition? Are you satis
fied with yourself as a high
scTiobl student? Every normal
student desires to stand high
in scholarship and in the es
teem of his fellow-students.
The poorer student often looks
with awe upon the “A” student
and wishes he too posses,3ed
brain cells of a similar pattern.
But minds grow strong with
use, and success iii school, as
in other things, is not only a
malter of brain material. The
Student who says, “I can’t” us
ually does not. The one who re
solves to siicce^ usually does.
“Be always displeased of what
thou art if thou desire to ob
tain to what thou art not; for
where thou hast pleased thy
self, there thou abidest.”
—Edith Barker.
HI Y MEETS
Mr. Johnston, principal of local
High, gave some helpful ideas to the
Hi-Y club at its weekly meeting in
the library of the high school Wed
nesday morning.
The meeting opened with the de
votional by Ward Packer follow;ed
by minutes of last meeting. Mr. JTohn-
ston suggested to the club a rating
system by. which each student, if
carried, out; would reach' a higher
level of living.
“Come Clean Week,” to be observ
ed during the middle . of December
was discussed. At that time the
Hi-Y club will put on a program for
Clean Speech, Clean Athletics, and
Clean Sportsmanship. Mr. Hartley,
local Y secretary, chairman, Harold
Welborn, John Wood and Henry
Veach for the “Come Celan Week”
committee to work toward that end.
MISS MACKINLEY ADDRESSES
THE STUDENT BODY
Miss Margaret MacKinley, ..who
has been a Y. W.. C. A. secretary
in Shanghai, China, for five _ years,
and now visiting the associations of
the South in the intent of the for
eign work of the Y. W. C. A., spoke
to the high school students'in chapel
Wednesday morning. She told very
interestingly of the customs "in China
and a few of her experiences while
there. She spoke' of the extreme
courtesy of the Chinese. She said
that when she returned from her
work the little children would romp
and play along with • her until she
reached the compound; Fearing that
the foreign families would object to
the children entering she would fold ^
her hands i^id bow three times,
which is the Chinese way of saying
good morning. Then the children
would scamper away. -She' also stat
ed that in the big cities the women
had stopped binding their feet and
that the people no longer wore their
hair in a pig tail, but in the coun
try it was hard to change the cus
toms, that have been for centuries,
within a few years.
Her headquarters are in Now York
City, where she will study after the
first of the year. She will return to
China next summer.
SUPT. ANDREWS’ TESTS
T. Wingate Andrews, superinten
dent of schools, is conducting a series
of 'tests in the graded and high
schools. These tests consist of men
tal examinations in spelling, arith
metic, reading, etc. _ At present only
spelling has been given in the high
school.
The purpose of these tests is to
find the average intelligence and at
tainments of the pupils in the pub
lic schools of High Point. These
tests will be given at intervals all
during the year. The tests are given
from the third grade through high
school. In this way Supt. Andrews
expects to keep in touch with the
mental ability of every student in
school. Let us give him a good rec
ord from the high school.
A "man that can beat a foot ball
team by himself, certainly must be
an all star man.
SECOND TEAM
The High Point high school re
serves failing to keep up the Bl^k
Bison’s pace, lost to the Baptist Or
phanage at Thomasville, November
1, by a score of 19-6.
Thomasville did its scoring m the
first two periods with long-end runs
that swept the Pointers off their
feet.
But during the last half of the
contest the Black Bison grit and
courage found a' place among the
team which enabled them to hold the
Thomasville lads scoreless.
The small herd of BIsons are, ex
pected to play the Orphanage again
and according to their new coach,
Joe Gleason, the second contest \yill
be more interesting for Thomasville
as he expects a larger numbe’- of
reserves to pick from. Last Sat
urday ihere was only twelve men
from which to select a team.
LIBRARY CLASS FORMED
A new class has been formed for
the student body in which Mr. Owens
teaches how to use the library to a
better advantage. The fifth periM
has been taken for this purpose. 1^3
tells the students what they may ex
pect to find in Encyclopedias, and
other reference books to which no
calls special attention are the En
cyclopedias for general informaHon,
Bible dictionary, dictionary. Biro
books, outlines of Literature, outline'
of Art, statistical books, books cf
past and contemporary bmgranhy,
almanacs, books for research Yor'.
and books that relate specifically to
1 North Carolina and the Son/h.