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VOL. 5.
HIGH POINT, N. C., MARCH 2, 1925.
No. (i
FEW FAILURES
RECORDED
ONLY 8% MAKE FAILING
GRADES
FRED INGRAM
ORATIO CLUB BANQUET.;
Only eight percent of the students
made failure grades during the first
.'eme.ster. ■ As ggain.st this eight per
cent, 14 per cent of the students made
the highest mark given. About 23
per cent made “B’s” which are con
sidered above the average.
Eight per cent of failures is be
lieved to _ be the lowest figure ever
recorded in local high school history.
Three years ago. when Mr. Johnston
took over the principalship here,
failures amounted to 14 per cent.
The English department expressed
fewer failures than any other depart
ment. The language and science de
partment reported 10 per cent of fail
ures, the highest, in the school.
A total of 2,067 sfeiester marks
were given. Of these 2,459 were suc
cessful and 208 “F's,” or unsucce.ss-
ful. . -
Here is the tabulation:
Mark No. Made Pet.
A 380 .14!
H 612 .23'
C 75tJ .28
n 358 .IJ
E 3.5.3 .13
E 208 .08
Mr. John.ston points cut that stand
ards have not been lowered in order
to decrease failures. On the other
hand, (hey have been elevated.
The establishment of an eight pe
riod has done more than anything
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H. P. LICKS MADISON
SCORE 40-19
Although small in stature, Fred
Ingram’s ability and stick-tp-itiveness
has brought him to the'stage where
he can he called the first boy in the
city to have atta,ined the rank of
Eagle scout. The Honor Council
awarded Fred this honor Saturday
night, February 7. 1925.
High Point high school is proud
of Fred Ingram who i.s a member of
the freshman class. Besides hi.s work
as>a .scout, Fred has undertaken foot
ball. AKhough. he did" not play in
any of the games, he waited, pa
tiently at the side lines, always ready
to pitch in and do his part. Fred
is small in statute, but no doubt with
the coming football season, he, with
his stiek-to-itiveness, shall become
one of High Point’s stars.
The greatest thing pf all is the
ability to stick-to-it, which Fped has
displayed. He realized that his small
ness v/as a great handicap, butr that
m£uls no diffei'ence whatsoever, ft
even inspired him to work all the
harder until he had obtained the goal
that he had sought.
That is the spirit that is needed
today. That is what is going to
bring the country to the higher
standard of ideaLs .according to those |
who are interested in the work of I
the boy scouts.
The Oratio club met at the Friend
ly Cafeteria Friday, Feb., 20 and en
joyed a banquet. There were 14
members present with Mr. HartL v,
secretary pf the Y. M. C. A.
The banquet started with the sir:
ing of the school song, after Mr.
Hartley had said the blessing.
Mr. Hartley was the principal
speaker. He told the history of the
Young Men’s Christian Associatic ,1.
The speaker stated that the first a
.'c elation started, with a handful of
members and that they had no buil 1-
ings to meet in as-the people har-r
now. The physioal program of th 1
Y. M. C. A. developed later, he said.
Mr. Hartley stressed the three-fold
purpose of the Y. M. C. A., as that
of developing the mental, physical
and spiritual body.
Henry Gurley made his inaugural
speech at the banquet. He stated that
he was very much interested in lit
erary work. He said that his ambi
tion had been realized in the organi
zation of th'e Oratio club. The speak
er said that he would never give up
his literary work and would do all ,
he could for the club.
Garland McPherson and James As-
bury followed with statements for
the betterment of the club.
FIFTH MONTH HONOR ROLL
The Madison batjket ball sextet'
met red over for a basket ball game'
Monday night, February 24. They
entered the “Y” court in good spirit
hut after a long struggle with the.
Irll and a def.'at, 40-19, they left
the court in a more solmn manner,
thoue-h taking the defeat in a good
nvir'i. !
Goed rlaying was done on both
sides but the Madispn sextet could |
not keep up “with the quick passing j
rnd accurate goal .shooting of Hutchi-j
lElen Rogers, former High Point i
T-P-h fchoeV student gave Hutchison!
a hard_ tussle many times, but Hutchi- |
s sn with her quick and alert plunge '
.swrpf past her riv;,l and caged the;
hnP for two noints. At the end of!
tlm first quart-'r the score w.^s 10-4-!
"Tn the second quarter the Madi.son '
sextr'- only secured two points while
th" Ti. p, H. 8. giHs secured 1-3
pom'.s which made the score 23-6 at
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181 students make the honor roll
for the month of January. This is
-".bout one third of the student body.
In comparison with fir.st month of
school year this shows a gain of over
100 per cent. The fact that students
were studying for examinations bore
fruit toward the fifth month’s grade
and honor roll.
The honor roll of the sophomore
clas.s shows a slight gain in number
of name.s while that of the freshman!
clas.s loses two names. Both the lov/er;
classes are tied for highest honors
With a total of 55 names on the hon-j
or !i"t._ .‘leniors come next with 42,;
one third of'their enrollment. Jun-!
■;crs brmg up the rear with only 20. i
■'?’'i'l this is the .smallest cla^s enroll-!
ed ip the high school. |
^ 'There is much interest being shown'
■’n ''"udips this year. j
If thus interest is kept througho’''t |
i'ho, yr,"r Mr. Johnston say.s it will
bo a banner' year for High Point Hi.
RUTH CLINARD IS STATE
CLUB PRESIDENT
Ruth piinard, president of the Blue
Triangle Club, has been appointed
president over all the presidents of
the high school clubs in North Caro
lina. Ail of the presidents of the.se
clubs v/ere organized into a council.
The purpose of this is to unite the
different clubs and to plan hotter
work for them as community citizens,
which the club was asked to study in
preparation for tho conference that
will include delegates from seven
.states.
This is a great honor as this is an
entirety new thing. No one could
be better suited for the job than
Ruth, and the school is proud to know
lhat she has been appointed. Ruth
has attended five state conferences.
BASEBALL MANAGER
IS CHOSEN
A c.apable fellow, in the person of
“Skinny” White, has been chosen by
the Athletic Council as ba.so ba’l
manager for the coming season. La',t
year he "was a.ssistant to the man
ager and in this position he worked
hard. Everyone could sec he was in
terested in his work, arid that he
filled his position well.
“Skinny” has a shuffling gait- but
when it comes to managing a ba^e
baP. team he can go .straight throuo'h
without-hesitating. He is a woll-
liked chap at school and hi.s many
.f^ponds are glad to hear hc 'hi.s hoen
elected.