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VOL. 4.
HIGH POINT, N. C., DECEMBER 8, 1924.
No. 9
THAl^vSGIVING PLAY
IS PRESENTED
Saying that he had nothing to be
thankful for, Grandfather Cole de
clared that he would have no Thanks
giving dinner, and holdjng this reso
lution until the apenarance of his
cousin, was the theme around which
the play ^iven in Chapel Wednesday
was built.
The program was begun with Elcit
Wood leading in the responsive read
ing of scripture, followed by Lor
raine Ellison, who read a Thanks
giving prayer.
The first scene opened with Fred
and Ada, the two grandchildren of
Grandfather Cole, begging to have
a Thanksgiving dinner.
Grandfather refuses because he
says he has nothmg to be tiiankful
for.
Later in the day, Fred gets a
letter from his cousin, Sallie Evans,
whom he has never seen and whom
he oes not know. She writes that
she is com.ing to spend Thanksgiv
ing with them. Fred and Ada hope
she is (heir age and go to Grand
father Cole and tell him about the
corc.ng visitors All the answer they
get is, “She will have to go without
a Thanksgiving dinner, just like
you.”
Then Fred makes a bargain with
his grandfather saying that if he
said, “I am thankful five times, they
would observe Thanksgiving in fine
The next scene opens with Farmer
Dix arriving at the home of Grand
father Cole and offering to sell a '
nice fourteen pound turkey for the ;
Thanksgiving f::''st. The children, the
butler and the housekeeper, Mjrs. I
Hale, all implore Grandfather Cole
to buy ihe turkey but “he is so set ,
in his ways,” .according to Mrs. Hale,
that his mind c'uld not be changed
and Parrner Dix goes away promis
ing to return soon.
The next per-on is Mr. Ames, who
comes to solicit funds for a Thanks- j
giving dinner for the poor. He is ;
turned down bv Grandfather Cole
saying that he was thankful he had
more s°nse than to spend his money
so foolishly.
Interest is at its highest at the |
heg'nning of the third scene. Grand
father Cole has already said, “I am
th-^nkful” four times and they can
not make him say it a fifth time. i
With the .arriyal of Sallie Evans,
Crindfaiher Cole changes his atti
tude. The children were dissaooint-
rd for the'r cousin was nearer Grand
father Cole's age than theirs.-
In the midst of a quiet conyersa-
ticn Farmer Dix arrives and when
Cousin Sallie mentions the fact that
she loves turkev for Thanksgiving
C’—ndfather C:le immediate
ly buys it.
■' Mr. Anies "Iso g^ts twentY-fiv"
dollars when Cousin Sallie savs it is
a good thing to give money for a
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ARE WE DOING OUR BEST?
Are you satisfied with your
work when you do “fairly
good,” “pretty good” and “good
enough?” No. You should not
be. Accept nothing short of your
best. Put such quality into your
work that anyone who comes
across anything you have ever
done v/ill see character in it,
individuality in it, your trade
mark of superiority upon it.
The people who is willing to ac
cept marks that will just get
him by will soon be willing to
accept the inferior in things
other than his school work. It
will also weaken his mental as
well as his moral character. It
is only through the spirit of co
operation that the best can be
achieved. It is cooperation that
enable® our team to win on the
athletic field. It is the same
■pirit of cooperation that will
Enable pupils and teachers to
w’n in the classroom... If we
win, we must cooperjhe... Let’s
cooperate!
—W. C. King.
I
LET’S CARRY ON
Every one seemed to enjoy
their Thanksgiving, but as
Thanksgiving has passed and
Christmas holidays are almost
here, every one should work
hard and obey all school rules
until December 30. Theii if you
want to have a good time, go
to it; but be ready to go back
to hard work and get ready for
your exams which will soon
come. So let all of us work
hard, obey rules, and then have
a good time.
—Robert Bain.
FIDDLER’S CONVENTION AT
' 'CLOVERDALE SCHOOL
On Friday, December 12th, fiddlers
from High Point, and the surround
ing locality, will tuck their fiddles
under their arms and journey to the
Cloverdale school where they will
play at the Fiddler’s conyention.
The conyention is being put on by
the Parent-Teachers’ association. A
great deal of time and effort has
been put into it, it .is thought that
it will be one of the best to be yet
held by any school in the city. It
is, without doubt the largest project
yet to be attempted by this school.
Many valuable prizes are to be of
fered rnd the proceeds are to go for
T P. A. OFFERS PRIZE FOR
ESSAY ON “HIGHWAY SAFETY”
The Travelers Protective Assosia-
tion has offered a prize of SlOO for
the best essay on “Safety on the
Public Highway.” The. rules of the
contest and pictures that may sug
gest ideas for a composition can be
found on the bulletin board at the
office. The essay miast not be over
2500 words and must be in not later
than January the first.
The prize would be a fine present
as Christmas is almost here.
Pupils are urged my Miss Baker,
who has charge of the contcA, to
wake up and get interested in their
contest. There is plenty of infor
mation in the library on this sub
ject handy on the librarian’s (Ask.
HI-Y MEETS
The Hi-Y Club met Wednesday
morning to register for the year
1924-25. Mr. Hartley, local Y M. C.
A. secretary, made a plea to boys
asking them to talk conference eyery-
where and say the good word in or
der to get homes for yisiting dele
gates to Older Boys’ Conference,
December 6, 6 and 7.
Following this short meeting Mr.
Hartley took the boys oyer to the
buying library books for the school.! new Y. M. C. A. to .sh,ow them the
Those who enjoy good old-time music
given in the good old-time way will
miss much if they fail to be pres
ent.
wonderful equipm.ent and other
things they would have access to
about January 1.
THE BOYS’ MEETING
Last Wednesday the boys met in
chapel at the request of Mr. John
ston. He made a talk on the right
wav to observe Christmas. He said
will put up in the local high school that every year there seemed to be
burldne Friday night. December 12.; f tendency on the part of the boys
It ,V-1I be C„™d o„ bv the .e„io,,, t”
CARNIVAL COMING!.
A carnival is coming to town. It,
^ Various side shows and booths will
be opened. Among the side shows
will be a “Nigger Minstrel,” a hall
of fame rnd others.
' The money taken in on this will
ffe u.^ed for the project which the
seniors will leave. As this will b ne-
Johnston added that he thought th’s
high school was on an equal basis
with any other in the state, rnd he
believed that the students did not
want the .standard of the school to
be lowered by a few forget'-il stu-
(lents.
, Supt. Andrews followed '- 'th a
fit the lower class men more than the .same subject. Mr. An-
the srn’ors. it is hoped that they will jrews saM he was in favor of ceD-
realize this and support it by buy-1 bratire’ Chri'icmas w'th fireworks at
ing t=^kets ,-nd bv letting the people 1 v-'o-ht time and right nlajC". He
out Side know that it is going to I c-pi/i if would bo a fine thing if the
take ylace. ' ''(■’id"nts Qb""nv"
tb’s iToan w’‘h pa disturb"nce in the
I school v/hatsoever.