Page Four
THE POINTER
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1928
Just the other day, a passer-by
asked if this institution were a
college. Was the stranger judging
by the appearance of the building
or of the students?
Report for Pointer
“K shed is being built to ac
commodate the 77 students who
ride bicycles to school.”
Moral: If you don’t want to stay
in the shed, don’t ride bicycles.
A DAY IN HIGH POINT
HIGH SCHOOL
I
Wonder why I get here so early
every morning. . . . Hot dogl There
goes the bell. ... I don’t see why
everybody has to slam their lock
ers. It’s enough to deafen a body.
... I don’t see why I have to drag
around so many books. Why don t
they give us time between classes
so we can get to them? . . . Ouchl
It’s all right for a freshmari to be
in a hurry, but when one hits you
amidships and knocks the breath
out of you that is too much. . .^.
I don’t see why the teachers don’t
leave their doors unlocked when
they know they are going to be
late. There’s pot that much dis
honesty here. . . . At lasti Here
comes the teacher. . . . Oh, as
sembly! Tm sunk. I haven t got
my Latin!
II
I don’t see why they don’t give
us some other piece besides the
"Stars and Stripes” to march by.
. . . Shoot! Some dern old dry
speaker. I might have known it.
I don’t see why they don’t put on
some good programs here once in
a while. ... I don’t see why he
can’t stop talking some time. . . .
There goes the bell! Keep right on.
Mister. ... Oh gosh! He has to
quit now. Why can’t he keep right
on through that derned old Latin
period.
III
At last! I’m so hungry. I’m about
to starve. I could eat the whole
cafeteria—chairs, tables, and all.
... I don’t see why the old fossil
can’t wait ’til after school to keep
me in. . . . Two minutes gone al
ready. . . . Three. . . . I’ll never get
a place in that line. . . . You old
! ! ! . I wasn’t running. ... I might
have expected it—the end of the
line. . . . (Hours pass). . . . Here at
last! No trays. ... I wish she would
hurry up. . . . No salad or sand
wiches. . . . Three slices of bread.
. . . Tough steak.
No soup. . . . Spinach, ugh! . . .
Chocolate pie, phew! . . . No milk.
. . . Why don’t they have some
decent meals here sometimes. . . .
They feed you on better than this
in prison, and you don’t have to
pay for it. . . . All good candy sold
out. Don’t expect they had any
anyway. . . . Maybe I can play
some sock—that blankety-blank
bell!
IV
School’s out at last! What? Me
stay in? What for? Talking? I
wasn’t talking! Shoot! I might
have known it. . . . The whole
eighth period? Well, for crabs
sakes. . . . Study what? You won’t
let me go to my locker. . . . Who
wants to study your old book? Hot
dog! There goes the bell! Come
back? What for? I wasn’t running!
I wasn’t disputing your word? Due
down town long ago! What for?
The picture show, of course!
—A Pessimist
!HO KAY
LIBRARIANS PLAN TO MAKE
BOOK WEEK BIG EVENT HERE
(Continued from Page 1)
We agree with the editor when
she says "Give the grass a chance
to grow.” But don’t let any grass
grow under your feet during this
Booh Week.
How’s this? As scarce as brown
derbies in North Carolina.
BOOK WEEK
It seems that we no sooner get
through with politics before we are
confronted with another problem.
For several days rumbling sounds
signifying the approach of Book
Week have been “on the air,” so
to speak. And for once in a year or
more, neither All or Herb is
responsible.
I tried to appear disinterested,
but I couldn’t help nosing around
to see if I could find out what it’s
all about; and I have about come
to the conclusion that Miss Foster
is the lord high executioner in this
great occasion—I take it that it s
a great affair, since she said it was
national. That certainly speaks well
for Miss Foster, to start something
and make it the concern of the
nation. The Republicans are the
only other people to have been
successful in that line. But we
won’t mention that right now.
I can’t understand why there
would be a felt need for Booh Week
In school. It seems that books are
just about all you see and hear
about anyhow. Of course, lots of
times they’re more or less dis
associated with students. Maybe
that’s the idea back of it all—to
supply the missing link, so to
speak, between information where
it is and where it ought to be.
It seems to me, the country’s
getting sort of flooded with weeks.
Time was when folks was just con
cerned with years. Then the Ro
mans got smart and figured hap
penings on a basis of ten months.
The barbarians didn’t like that,
and stuck in two more months.
Now, we’re doing things up
proper and putting in all sorts of
weeks. Time’s coming when there s
going to be a week, like Grass
hopper Week for Mr. Sloan, or
Intelligence Week for the fresh
men, when there won’t be any
room or time. What’s going to
happen then?
Plans are now under way for the
forming of a monogram club. There
has been such a club in the school
before but it did not equal the club
that authorities hope to have this
year. Only students who have won
monograms will be eligible. Mr.
Johnston said that he thought that
the club could meet once a month
on the even Tuesdays.
Collins; Boy’s Booh of Experi
ments. Crump: Boy’s Book of Air
men. DeKruif: Microbe Hnuters.
Dashiell: Popular Guide to Radio.
Gask: All About Wild Animals.
Goss: Pirates’ Who’s Who. Harrow:
Eminent Chemists of Our Time.
Hatcher: Occupations for Women.
Hewins: A Traveler’s Letters to
Boys and Girls. Moore: Cross-
Roads to Childhood. Johnston:
Famous Scouts. Owen: A Year of
Recreation. Owen: Booh of Original
Parties. Olcott; International Plays
for Young People. Rittenhouse:
Third Book of Modern Verse.
Smith; Games and Recreational
Methods. Untermeyer: Forms of
Poetry. Untermeyer: Yesterday
and Today. Van Loon; History
With a Match. Vale: The Spirit of
St. Louis. Williams: How It Is
Made. Chalmere: Clothes Off and
On the Stage. Waldo: Rex. Locke:
Perella. Martin: Modern Chemistry
and Its Wonders. Betzner: Parties
and Stunts. Johnston: The Great
Valley. Mukerji: Gay-Neck. Hib
bard: The Lyric South. James:
Smoky. Carhart and McGhee:
Magic Casements. Manly: Drakes’
Radio Encyclopedia. Moyer and
Wastrell: Practical Radio Con
struction. LePage: The A.B.C. of
Flight. Allen: Model Airplanes.
Douglas and Others: Three Boy
Scouts in Africa.
Others will be added to this list
as they arrive. Misses Foster and
Graham hope that the students of
the school will take advantage of
the features which are offered
during Book Week, and will show
by their enthusiasm that their
efforts are appreciated.
SENIOR HISTORY CLASS
STUDIES COLONIAL LIFE
This week and last week. Miss
Nell Cllnard’s senior history class
made a detailed study of colonial
life. Much reference work in the
library was done. Such subjects as
furniture, food, light, religion, oc
cupations, and education of colon
ists were discussed.
Each day several pupils gave a
talk on their subject. Some stu
dents made booklets of their topic,
illustrating them with pictures and
cartoons. This study of the colon
ists’ life made the students realize
the conveniences they have today,
and the hardships of the first
settlers.
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