. THE 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 (Continued on page 3) 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 (Continued cn page .3) 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.

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