PATBCNliZE
POINTER
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ADVEBTISEES
n VOL. 5.
HIGH POINT, N. C.. FEBRUARY 16, 1925
No. 4
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PRELIMINARIES ARE
[ELD IN H. S.
THREE SENIORS IN
TRIANGULAR DEBATE
HARMONICA CONTEST
IS SUCCESS
The prelinrinaries for the trianjfu-
lar debate vv-tre held Friday after
noon, February 13, in Room 22 at
the hiph school, there beinp seven
contestants,
_ Three contestants took the nega
tive and three the affirmative side
of the question, “Resolved that- the
people of N. C. should ratify the
port terminals , and water transpor-
t'..tJon act.” Each speaker was allow
ed eight minutes in which to speak.
The speeches which were delivered
before five judges, showed that the
centestants had put much thought'
and study on the subject of ports I
ami tciminals. These five judges]
were, Prm., L. R. Johnston, Mr. H. |
G. Owen.s, Miss Anna Mendenhall,
Mr. M. L. Patrick, and Miss Mary
lloliid-y:
The question as stated above is the
one which will be used in the ^i-
angqlar debate to be held sometime
in I'Jarch. Thi.s year High Point is
ill the triangle with Winston-Salem
and Greensboro.-
From the six contestants the fol-
lowir" were chosen by the judges:
Negative—Joe Smoak, Seminie
Herman.
Alternate—Garland McPherson.
Affirmative—Ilerry Gurley, Claire
D urtns. Alternate—Tate Andrews.
In 1024 High Point high school 'did
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LINCOLN PROGRAM
RENDERED
A “Lincoln” p^^gram under .the
cbrcction of M:'--, I,elia Baker, was
.j-^ven at the assembly period in
chapel last Tliur.sday morning bv
rcem 31. '
The rregram was begun by Ern-
o.‘?tine Hayos who rsaa the scripture,
'i'his was follow-'’d by a song, “Lin-
” rend.'rc-d bv Lawrence White,
Eruestme Hayes, Louise Welch, Kath-
cHre Whitencr, Dorothy Holt and
Jack Crowson.
fiamiml Hyman gave a selection
.iihout Linco-n. In this he stated that'
Lmc'^ln y-.s the greatent man bf the
r.inel oteni h century'.
A story. “Counselor’s Tide,” was
14d hv Mery .'limmons. In this
Ctn--y Lincoln defended a boy who
bed killed a man. His conviction
cei-t-.in, but Lincoln in his speech.,
.-hewed how this family had befriend- i
r-d g-iped h’s-freedom. !
A -'cv,, a'hoiit tha composition of;
the “Poffjp Hymn of the Republic”
VOS *: >'■' bv ■ Kaihoryn Whitener.
’-'’•orr'-vi .ves doled by singing
Ihc song its.iif.
Last Friday night in the local high
school auditorium a large number of
people enjoyed the Ilannonica con
test, sponsored’by L. L. Stookey,
musical supervisor of the local high
school.
There were four group.s of music
ians. The adults, those 10 and under,
those between 10 and 13, and those
14 and over.
There were many prizes awarded
each group. The winners were:
Adult group, first prize $3, M. L.
Foust; second prize $3, Lonnie Ra
gan. The following won $1 each:
Ruth Schuyler, Rufus Davis and
Dewey Kennedy. Ten years and un
der, first prize |5, Wilson Irvin; .sec
ond prize f3, Adelaide Williamson.
The lollowing recaved §1 each: Lon
nie Epps, L^verettAVood, Bert Asbury
and Thomas Baylor. E. C. Barker,
Jr., won a harmonica donated by
Moore’s Book store
From 10 to 13: First prize $.5, Carl
Shelton; second prize 5.3, Carl Shoe.
The following received $1 each: El-
v.'ood Cox, -'Reltzsl Gattis, Clyde
Woodall, and Lawrence Mickey; Law
rence Jenes received a harmonica
f;om Mooro’s Book store. Those over
13, lir.st prize S5, Everett Witcher;
second prize S,3, James Asbury;
Ralph Shuler, Jordan Spencer, James
Whitley, and Clayt.on Foglemdn won
?1 each; Cleveland Byerly won ti
hrrmonica presented by Moore’s Book:
.store. I
Clcverdale school won a volley ball j
donated by Beeson Hardware Com-
nany for winning the greatest num-i
bar ,of points.
The contest was interspersed by
.'our one reel comedies. j
It is the plan of Mr. Stookey un
der whom this contest was staged
to make this .an annual event. He
also .atat.ad that to keep tlie program
from being so long, lie would hold
eliminations in the various schools
thereh.v, selecting the best players to
perfoim before the convention.
The proceeds from this entertain
ment will go to the high school baVid.
MISS CARNES TALES
Tuesday morning Miss Carnes, ,a
Temperance worker, of the W. C. T.
U., gave a most interesting talk ;i
wine and strong drink.
She claimed that the majority ■ i
the people in the United States f._A
convinced that strong drink has no
place in our lives, but that there a'o
many who are not. She asked if
light wines and beers would retur i.
Referring back to history .she to 1
us that Noah drank wine, that wire
was drunk in Egypt, and that the
rich in Gaul drank it. Going still
'farther back, to 1129 B. C„ we fin 1
that in China the Chinc.se Empero;,
in a vain effort to stop the drinking
of wine, punished by decapitation,
those who drank it in >any form.
Charlemagne made a law that those
found drunk should be excommuni
cated from the church. When the
people found that they could not stop
the drinking of wine by puni.shment,
they tried to cure the taste f ir it.
When this failed the last thing left
was to get rid of it. They thought
that probably the drink and not the
people were to blame. Several in
stances were-given to .show tin- im
pairment of ability by the u.sag'e of
light wine and beer. The worst cases
of drunkness are caused by beer.
Miss Carnes ended her talk with
'the plea to “be uu to date,” to fight
for strong bodies and strong minds,
and to be glad “Just to be alive in
such an age.”
JOINT HI-Y B-ANQUET
BLUE TRIANGLE
LUNCHEON
The three Hi-Y clubs of High
Point, Lexington and Thoma.sville at
tended a joint - banquet given in the
y. V.L C. A. Wednesday night. It
was a delightful meeting and a good
spirit of fellowship was manifested
by all those who were present.
The meeting was opened with sev
eral enthusiastic yells k>d by J. Ward
Packer followed by a song “America
the Beautiful.”
A speech of welcome was made by
’ocal Hi-V pres-'dept, Harold
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The cabinet members of the Blue
’^ri-ngulnr club were pre.^ent at a
delightfully served luncheon at the'
Y, W. C. A. Wednesday, February
llth. A repqrt of the mid-winter
Oi l RescrYas’ conference, which v.'as
held in Raleigh the first of this
rn'T’-li. was splendidly given by the!
president. Ruth Clinard,' .and Ruth]
nussell, the eh.airmpu of the
s-iTvie- e'-mmi'tee. The other chair
men gave reports .also.-
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W^hite. After this a delicious dinner
was ser-^ed.
The first speaker was Saunders
Dallas, who spoke on “What our Hi-Y
has done this year.” He told many
ways by which it helped the school
during the year and cf the tr-'mend-
ous influence it is exerting in the
school. ' '
William Lewis next pointed out
what the club has meant to him and
told in a brief manner how it has
helped morally as well as' h-luin-^
h’v to snarl: befo’-e an audie-nce.
Ward Packer told • how a better
spirit of fcdlowship may had
among the boys of the s’ufrounding
cities, ,
Mr. Allen, nv-neirnr of Lex-
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