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Keep Behind Those Teams—They are Going Strong The Pointer PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY THE HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL Start Over Again This Semester. You Have Another Chance VoL. XIIT No. 16 High Point, N. C., Wednesday, January 30, 1929 Five Cents a Copy The Pointer Enters All-American Contest Preparation and Serving of Meals Studied; Scarfs and Dresses Made By Students Many interesting things have been done in the home economics department this semester. The cooking department, with Mrs. Reese in charge, first learned how to prepare the right kind of break fast, then luncheon, and then dinner. The girls have learned how to serve three meals and to select the proper silverware and china for them. They have cleaned silver ware by electrolysis. The unit kitchen in which the meals were prepared and served created much Interest. Next semester the younger brothers and sisters will be guests at one of these dinners. Besides the art of preparing an appetizing meal, the girls have also studied another phase of being a hostess —that of table manners. The second year girls have pre pared home room programs on table manners. They will also make plans for programs on correct etiquette for travel, correspond ence, and visiting. From the study (Continued on Page 3) scuooilliERy Four Copies of This Paper Are In Hands of Judges—Results Will Be Announced in May Score Books Will Criticize In order to obtain accurate criticism of the paper, and at the same time to try for a place in the contest the editors of The Pointer have recently mailed four copies of that paper to the National Scholastic Press Association, Min neapolis, Minn., for the All-Amer ican contest. The deadline for the entries was placed at January 24th. By this time the copies of the local paper are in the hands of the judges. The purpose of the All-American contest is not only to select the best newspapers submitted by high schools of the country, but also to act as critic of the paper. In this way it proves a help to the scholas tic editors and staffs. The contest is announced in The Scholastic Editor for December, 1928. There are four classes in which the papers are allowed to enroll: the one for the universities and colleges, one for normal schools and junior col leges, the one for senior high (Continued on Page 3) * ARE YOU GUILTY? * * High school students take * * their schools for granted and * * think nothing of the cost. At * * a conference of school super- * * intendents held in High Point * * this week it was found that the * * total cost of schools in the ten * * largest cities in North Caro- * * lina is around $10,000,000 a * * year. * * The cost in High Point is not * * as high as in many other cities * * of the state, but the total cost * * of schools this year will be * * over $400,000. The cost of high * * school education is around * * $75.00 a year for each pupil. * * Every dead beat in high school * * is wasting $75.00 of the city’s * * money each year. * * I often wonder how many * * pupils are wasting this amount * * each year. * * T. Wingate Andrews * ;Jc*;jc:ic******** * * * * HAVE CHAPTER RE HI IL WIEl BE SOLD HERE WIN INITIATE THE HEW /s ib- / Little Store Will Have Charge of Sale of Paper—24 Sheets and 24 Envelopes in Dollar Box The students of High Point high school will soon have a chance to buy stationery here which will have the seal and name of High Point high school engraved on it. This stationery, which will be sold at the ‘Little Store, was ordered last week, and is expected within two weeks. It is being made by the Starr En graving Company of San Antonio, Texas, the firm which has furnished both the rings of the junior class and the senior class’s invitations. All the stationery will be white with the engraving done in blue. The seal of the standard school ring will be in the upper left hand corner with “High Point’’ in capitals to the right of the seal. Each box of the stationery will contain twenty-four sheets of paper and twenty-four envelopes. The initiation of the new mem bers for the society was the sub ject of the discussion held at the regular meeting of the National Honor Society, Monday morning. The committee which looked up the grades for the senior class made a report. They gave the names of the pupils of the senior class who qualify so far as scholarship is concerned. The council which elects the new members will meet soon and the result will be announced at an early date, possibly in chapel. The president appointed a com mittee to consider the initiation for the new members. The com mittee is composed of Robert Mor row, chairman, Robert Davis, and Gladys Culler. Robert Davis read the devotional ah j and twenty-four envelopes. | for the morning. 2^ ^ Miss Morgan Tells Girls 3 Ways to Acquire Beauty l0-> UJ^ w 7- Health, Proper Dress, and Good Grooming H. E. Teacher Con siders Essential ,tr ■-> d ■'J-x There are only three things that fv^luld make one beautiful. Miss Penelope Morgan, teacher of home economics, told the girls at the i ' meeting on Monday morning, J\gnuary 21. These are health, moper dress, and good grooming. , ,, beginning of her talk. Miss ^ Morgan asked her audience, “How would you like to be goodlooking?’’ She then told them that they could "'4? be. ‘You can; any girl can. There ^ . .are just two things necessary; to - C( believe you can, and to know how to go about it. I am not saying that / n ‘ every girl can be as beautiful as Cleopatra or Greta Garbo, but .that every girl can be distinctive in appearance. For some of us it is a job. It takes much thought and more hard work, but it is worth it. ^ “The girl who is the best looking L is apt to be the girl who has the i greatest capacity for taking pains, d (Continued on Page 3) r Daguerreotypes Are On Display in Library Now Pictures Are Valuable Property of Mrs. W. G. Shipman of This City Early photography is now a sub ject for a great deal of interest here, as the library contains a collection of rare old daguerreotypes in the exhibit case. The collection is the property of Mrs. W. G. Shipman, who has lent it to the library that the students may get an idea of the unusual work done in this line years ago. The photographs are some of men, some of women, and others of family groups. All of them are encased on hard leather, and the majority of the cases are lined with red plush brocaded in some hind of flower. The name “daguerreotype’’ is taken from the inventor, Daguerre, a Frenchman of the eighteenth century. Membership in National Jour nalistic Society Must Be Won By Work Adjudged By Secre tary - T reasurer. OCTETS. ORGANISED BV 1 From Two Octets Will Come Groups Who Will Sing In State Contest—Opera Cast Will Be Selected Octets, composed of eight sing ers from the glee clubs of the school, have been organized by Mr. Stook- ey, head of the music department. The members of the octet come from both the boys’ and the girls’ glee clubs. These octets have been rehearsing several numbers. They will probably give a program at assembly and at various luncheons in the near future. The dates will be announced later. From the two octets will come the mixed quartet, the girls’ quar tet, and the boys’ quartet which will represent High Point high school at the state music contest in Greensboro in April. Try-outs and selections for the cast of the annual opera given each each by the glee clubs will be held during the next two weeks, accord ing to an announcement made by Mr. Stookey, Saturday. The opera to be given this year is “The Captain of Plymouth.’’ IN EIBRARV EOR USE Contains Names of Authors and Books Arranged Alphabetically Also Gives Parallel Reading Points Adviser Asks for Chapter Prospects for the organization of a chapter of Quill and Scroll, the national honorary society of high school journalists, are considered good at present, and Miss Helen Derrick, faculty adviser of The Pointer, Is writing this week for a charter, the first step in the estab lishment of a chapter. Membership in the society is gained only after acceptance by the national society. The following requirements which are placed on membership by the society, must be met by all ap plicants : 1. They must be of at least junior year standing. 2. They must be in the upper third of their class in general scholastic standing. 3. They must have done superior work in some phase of journalistic achievement. 4. They must be recommended by the supervisor, or by the com mittee governing publications. 5. They must be approved by the national secretary-treasurer. Provision (2) is interpreted to means in the upper third of the class for the year in which the election takes place. This makes it possible for the student to reach the required standard without be ing penalized too severely for a poor record at the beginning of his high school course. Provision (3) means that the (Continued on Page 4) MR. JOHNSTON WILL CONTRIBUTE CHAPTER TO EDUCATIONAL BOOK A feature that will prove mighty useful to all the students of the school is the English drawer in the library. Many of the students do not know about this drawer or they do not realize how much time and effort using it will save them. This English drawer is located in the catalog table to the right of the main door to the library. It is plainly marked “English’’ for the benefit of those using it. Inside the drawers are arranged alphabetically according to the names of the authors all the books in the library which count for English. On the card is first the author’s name, and below it the title of the book. On the lower right of the card are typed the name of the class for which it counts and the number of points. In the lower left hand corner is the type of literature. If it is essay, biography, poetry or (Continued on Page 3) ART CONTEST TO BE SPONSOREB AT H.P.H.S. A $5 Prize Offered for Best Piece of Work; Only Original Draw ings Can Be Entered The Woman’s Art Club of High Point is sponsoring an original art contest among the schools of the city according to information. To the person doing the best piece of original work in the high school a prize of five dollars will be given. A similar prize is to be given in the grammai; grades. All work handed in for this con test must be original; no copied work will be accepted. Contestants may receive suggestions, but they must do the actual drawing. This work may be done at home, or at school, and may be on any kind of material. The decision of the judges will be final. The various pieces of work will be collected and exhibited next spring. Then the judges will decide the winners. The art club hopes by this con test to stimulate more interest in art in the schools. The art club of the high school will be in charge of the work handed in by high school pupils. THREE OKT^EATS miBEPRESENIOBT Admission Will Be By Invita tion—Try Outs Will Be Held This Week The senior dramatic club will present three one-act plays on March 15th. Admission to the plays will be by invitation from the club members. The presentation this year will be the second one of the local club, as they gave three plays last year of this same type. This year one will be a musical fantasy, one a tragedy, and the other a comedy. The fantasy will be “Aria D’ Amour,’’ the tragedy, “The Vali ant,’’ and the comedy, “The Man In the Bowler Hat.” The last is by A. A. Milne. Try-outs for the plays will be held this week. The next issue of The Pointer will carry the names of the members of the casts. The Editor Sends Copies of Pointer to New York This Month's Absences Are Unusually Great Prevalence of ‘Flu’ Epidemic Brings Total over 900—Girls Absent More Than Boys Fifth Annual Press Convention and Contest To Be Held at Columbia University, N. Y., March 8, 9 Dr. Cox, Head of Secondary Education, N. Y. University, Suggested Mr. Johnston Write Chapter Mr. L. R. Johnston has accepted the invitation which was made to him recently to write a chapter m a book on secondary education. The chapter will be on office layout and equipment. Dr. P. W. S. Cox, head of the department of secondary educa tion, New York University, sug gested that Mr. Johnston be invited to contribute a chapter to the book. The fourth month of school closed on January 18th with the number of absences far outdistanc ing that of previous months, due to the prevalence of the “flu” epidemic. The total number of absences for last month was 958, the girls having 166 more than the boys. The freshman classes led the other classes with a total number of 307 absent. The sophomores were second with 295 absent. The junior ran a close third with 228, and the seniors brought up the rear with 128 absenc es. One thing is forever good; That one thing is success. —Emerson The Pointer has been entered in the Columbia Scholastic Press Contest, the last three January issues being sent to Columbia Uni versity, New York, to compete with representative high school papers from all over the United States. Ribbons will be awarded to the ranking papers in each group; blue ribbons, first place; red rib bons, second place; white ribbons, third place. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association will meet March 8, 9, 1929, at Columbia University, New York City. The convention and contest will be the fifth ever to be held. Schools that edit papers or magazines may send as many dele gates as they wish to the conven tion. They may also enter their (Continued on Page 4)