BOOST
THE
BASE
BALL
POINTER
GO OUT
AND
YELL!
VOL.
HIGH POINT, N. C., APRIL 3, 1925
No. 12
SOPHOMORES WIN
OVER FRESHMEN
Minnie Herman and Robert Over-
affirmative side
ot the Sophomore debaters querv
Reso ved that the Government
should own and operate the rail-
T°u ®^ith Millikan and
freshman debaters in
the freshman-Sophomore debate an
chapel April 8.
Minnie Herman started the debate
Tor the affirmative. She agreed that
government ownership was practical
ana that it had been successful in
other countries. She brought up
many instances showed the manv
evils exisitng under the present
pirvate ownership.
She further stated that the gov
ernment could acquire the railroads
by e.xchanging the railroad stock
bends for government bonds. Miss
H^man spoke clearly and distinctly.
Ihe second speaker was Edith
Millikan. She stated that railroad
outies of the government were al-
ready too many. She showed that
lost about one mil*
A”roadsA ^ by operating the
The third speaker . Robert Over
man showed that government own
ership would be efficient and that it
that the government lost money dur-
ing the war on railroads because of
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NOTICE!
To the Junior and Senior
boys: Boys, if your partner
does not suit you—why go on
—bo a good sport and take her
anyway. If the girl won’t go
—why that’s different. But
something must be done be
cause the committee is in quite
a quandary mood as to whom
some of the boys will take,
why? Because you say that if
you can’t get the one you want
you won’t take any. Now
think this over and have a
little consideration for the com
mittee. Take the girl with
whom you are put.
THE COMMITTEE.
CHOOSING TEN
BEST BOOKS
ATHLETIC BANNERS WON
HI-Y MEETS
The weeklv meeting of the Hi Y
granAwe^^***.!^^^®*^ chapel pro-
’n- 1 morning, April 8,
White presiding,
thing to come up be-
xXn was the time
hMd Af next banquet was to be
new. At the banquet the new Jun-
through the in-
itiation sendees.
. . Johnston suggested that the
initiation be held at the Father ahd
>on banquet during Boys’ week.
This would give those that attended
a .splendid opportunitv to learn “to
cervr;’ the miblic and community,
since the initiation was not secret.
Mr. Hartley read a letter extend-
a special in'd-tation to the Hi
Y boys to attend the Young Peo
ples’ Service held bv’. Rev. W. K
rolHns. r-in’‘ster of the Ea.st Green
B."ptist Church, who had been cep-
ducting Evangelistic Services in the
Hio'h School -A.uditcrium.
The presiding officer apuo’n'-ed a
committee of three to see Mr. J'hn-
ston and select' a date anprouriate
foy the next b'neuet. On this com-
nittee a^'e V’nrd Pecker, choirinan'
George Bidgc a: d .Samuel Hvme.n.’
For the second time in the his
tory of the athletic association
room 30 has been defeated for first
banner. Just after the recent con
test for members of thq baseball
season the banners w«re carried to
the rooms and the different figures
were given out by the president of
the Athletic Association.
The first pennant, which has been
on Mr. Owen’s room walls for sev-
eral seasons, is for the second time
I on walls of Miss Mendenhall’s room.
I This room subscribed to the associa
tion with 95 percent of the students.
For the second banner the bead of
the English department was again
defeated. This banner went to a
sophomore room which. subscribed to
the extent of 88 percent Room 17
has the honor of possessing Banner
No. 2.
Banner No. 3 is not in the poss
ession of Room 30 either. This ban
ner went to Room 22 after 76 per
cent of the students joined the as-
sqciation.
As for Banner 4, this is on the
walls of Room 30. Only 60 percent
of the students in this room joined
the association. This in the ■fi'rst
time in the history of athletics in
High Point High School that room
30 has had its walls adorned with a
banner .so low as this.
The remaining banners were dis
tributed in the following way: No.
5 to Room t5 with 27 percent; No.
b to Room 29 with Z6 percent; No.
7 to Room 28 with 25 percent; No.
8 Room 27 with 22 percent; No. 9 to
Room 25 with 21 percent; No. 10 to
Room 24 with 10 percent.
A very delightful porgram was
given Thursday morning at chapel
when Miss Benson’s room drama
tized ten well known books in a
very pleasing manner.
“Treasure Island’’ the first book
was roughly sketched by three bold
pirates who looked fierce enough
when they sang their pirate song.
The next, “David Copperfield’’ was
very beautifully pictured by Eliza
beth Adams in a very quaint dress
of the Colonial days.
“The Promised Land” was illu.'"-
trated by a girl who had reached
America and who tried to find hap
piness in this great country.
The next was a very gnjloyabl ^
one and was excellenty acted, this
was Bird’s Christmas Carol. Miss
Helen Swain indeed deserves credit
for her acting in this number.
“Everday Manners,” w^s pictured
by Betsy Durland and Louise Salsbury
who related an experience in which
manners of a certain person was the
subject.
A poem taken from “Songs of
Friendship was read by Grace Bulla.
A sketch from “64-40 or Fight”
was given by Robert English,. Flor
ence Nightinggale was pictured bv
Ethel Fletcher who gave the life of
this wonderful person who sacrificed
her body and .soul for others.
The last but not least, “The Bible.’'
the greatest book of all times, was
given by Ruth Eleanor Idol who read
a chapter from this book.
This program was out of the or
dinary and Miss Benson deserves
much credit for presenting such a
well worth while program.
REV. SYKES SPEAKS
Declaring that the present day
was no worse than the previous gen
eration but it was confronted by a
multitude of trivial things which
had to be overcome before one
could succeed in the bigger thino's
of life. Rev. 'Thomas A. Sykes de
livered a very inspiring talk to the
student body at the assembly per
iod Wednesday morning.
Mr. Sykes used an Easter lily
an example of purity. He aho
pointed out the fact that the high'-r
things arise from common things
the lily had sprung from an old
brown bulb which before had been
placed in the muck in the flower
pot.
■The need of spiritual and mento'
training was emphasized by Rev
Sykes. He said that if a
was well ground in them he would
be willing to trust to his future life.