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PErJ'ORM •THE TALK SCHOOL FOR POINTER POINTER BOND ELECTION VOL. 5. / HIGH POIN.T, N. C., MAY 11, 1925. BOYS RUN CITY | mr. owens edits forum With the 'meeting: called to order i The EnRlish Forum came out on by the President of the Chamber of i the first of May with an ^^^ticle on Commerce Tuesday morning, business' “Oral composition thru debating, as usual was discussed and disposed ■ by M. L. Patrick. Mr. Patrick made of by the directors. i a talk on this subject at the annual The first business to come up be- i council of teachers at Duke Univer- fore the board of directors was the' «ity a shprt time ago. buying of space in the Philadelphia | Mr. Owens is the editor of this North American. It met the approval I publication. He has successfully of the board and was passed favor-1 edited it for two years. This issue ably. 1 contains the readings of the council The question of propaganda brought i meeting of the teachers at Duke about by Eastern papers on Child University. This publication contains Labor was heartily discussed by the ! many viewpoints on English They finally decided on investigat-! composition ing child labor conditions in the fac-1 ouMimjCl eFT FfT PROTECT tories and mills of our city and mak-i bEJNlUKb bPiEECl 1 ing a report to be published in thej papers where the propaganda is be- j -pjm seniors will leave as their gift ing circulated. ; the high school the sum of $500 The question of school bonds was | tie placed in the bank un brought up and favorably passed on ; new high school has been built The board favored the yotii^. of | decided on in the class $750,000 by the people of High Point , seniors held lost and discussed tlie matter of having; morning. It will be de- the people of the ^ty thoroughly ; j before graduation iiist how this understand the city bonds and coun-; ciQca oeio „ . ty-wide school plan. Theq question of raising $750.00 by the local Chamber of Commerce in helping to pay for the United States Chamber of Commerce’s now building in Washington, D. C., wa,s quickly disposed of when by a unanimous vote the board agreed to raise the j required amount. The board expressed themselves entirely favorable in the establish ment of playgrounds and parks with in the city, and help create a favor able interest among the people of the citv. The board decided to have a “Build ing and Loan drive made among the schools of the city system. The Building and Loan is valuable and profitable to the people of the city and the board thought it wise to encourage saving among the younger people of High Point. A motion was made and carried bv the board to create a "Junior Chamber of Commerce. The members of ■ this organization will be chosen from the schools. Perhaps no other business was dis cussed as fully and thoroughlv as the comins> school bond elections VThe people of our city must under- i stand the value of having the city; bonds of $750,000 voted on, and ^ adopting the county wide school' I'laii,” vyere the words of Samue' '’vman, president of the Chamber of Commerce. :'ty will aid greatly by hav- monev will be used. The seniors are planning to_ get out a senior issue of the Pointer which will contain the history of the class, the prophecy, the statistics and other interesting facts concerning the class of 1925. FRESHMAN CLASS STATISTICS The fre.shman class has elected the following statistics for their class: • Girls Best student. Aline Wrenn._ Most conceited Helen Swam. Best athlete, Emma Fritz. Most polite, Ruth Eleanor Idol. Baby, Elizabeth Adams. Best Sport. Edith Millil^in. i Prettiest girl, Grace White. Best all aroun.d, Emma Fritz. ! Boys i Best student, John Clinard. I Atost conceited. John Clinard. Best athlete, Allen Crowson. Most polite, John Clinard. Baby, Frank Robbins. Best sport, Robert Cmld. Most handsome boy, E. W. Freeze Best all around, Robert Gold. No. IG GLEE CLUBS TAKE SECOND PLACE The High Point high school glee singers took second honors in the state-wide music contest for high school students in North Carolina at Greensboro , Friday, April 24. Winston-Salem won first place and received a silver loving cup in both instrumental and vocal contests. The Twin-Gity made a total of 30 points. The local high school entered only in the vocal department and made a total of 2G points. This was the- largest number of points made by any school in the vocal contest. Winston-Salem won first place in the mixed chorus. High Point tool: second place. Dorothy Hoskins and Saunders Dallas entered as soloists in Friday morning’s contest. Dorothy Hoskins won second place, with Marguerite Sigmon, of Hickory, taking first Sanders Dallas did not get first or second place. .The High Point girl’s quartette won first place, their number was “Sing Me To Sleep.” The quartette was composed of Dorothy Hoskin.-: Elizabeth Welch, Helen Reich and Margaret Guidey. High Point won second place in the boy’s Glee Club More than a thousand contestants enrolled in the sixth annual music contest and was held by the Nort.o Carolina College for Womep. It was the most successful ever held. LETTERS ARE AWARDED SOPHOMORES HOLD PRELIMINARIES Baseball letters have been awarded by Coach Boylin to the members ot the baseball team. Coach Boylin in awarding th-r-' letters stated that it was raiher un usual for only five players to ro- ceivd letters but he thought rtjiat only these members of the team de served letters. Good work was doP«' with the substitutes though thSy did not earn letters. Those receiving letters are: Irvin Ingram, letter and two star.s. Fr d Perdue, letter and one star. R'Inh Foust, letter and one star. Roli'i-t Myers, letter. John Wood, manager letter. These from the sophomore class The . -... - lug the county-wide school Plan . , , jj, the Declamation Con- If the countv plan dees imt pa-s atternoen m the part of the .$750,000 will have to be ■ from th-? eophomore class 1,ook parr snent on schools already built and. Thu judges selected the two best to cthov TiPcos?nrv .‘schools . r''nrc.^cnt tlu’ sophomov^ clnss. I n'' oiilv Dl'ont ^dOO.OOO fc*r a, hiuli Trlius TImti’oR, ■■ (Go'iithuic.l on P.-ge 31 .s. u '.u.id Mi.-.s Mnuleiihall. Mia bison was in charge of the prcl '"i- naries. Those taking part in the cm test were Emmett McLarty. Rob vt Overmath, Minnie Herman, A’ie Caldwell, Relwcca Jonkens, N ’ Jones, Mary Agnes Ransom an-i Louise Fcrher. „. Emmett McLarty and Robm-t O.,- — Harrell, M'sa B''ii- luan wore chogen from the so^hui.m.c Har- elns.s.
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