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VoL. XIII, No. 29
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Art Exhibition Will Be Held
May 22, 23 and 24; Eive-Dollar
Gold Piece Will Be Given
Each Winner.
An art contest for the city
schools is being conducted by the
W'oman’s Club of the city. The
contest began Thursday, April
25, and will close May 22. A five-
dollar gold piece will be given the
winner from each of the city
schools. Mrs. Baylor is in charge
of the high school contest.
At the close of the contest there
will be an exhibition of the contest
ing drawings. The place of the ex
hibition has not yet been decided,
but Mrs. Baylor states that it
would probably be in a vacant
store on Main Street.
All the work must be original.
Paintings, drawings, works in clay,
and carved figures are acceptable.
The name and address of the con
testant must be printed clearly on
the work. The contest will be
judged by three artists. They have
not been chosen yet. Mrs. Baylor
announced that they would not
however, be connected with the
city schools.
IDNIOBS mS HEW
High Point, N. C., Wednesday, May 1, 1929
Five Cents a Copy
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Officers of Third-Year Class
Extremely Busy in Prepara
tions for Yearly Social Event
of School.
“Shell out, worthy juniors!” has
been the motto of the junior class’s
treasurer, Joseph Vaughn, for the
last three weeks. The reason? On
the evening of May 3, 1929, there
will be “pulled off” the outstanding
social event of the school year, the
junior-senior reception. For_ this
reason chairmen of all committees
and their cohorts are bending every
nerve and muscle m the endeavor
to make it a memorable night for
all concerned.
Home room treasurers move
around with clinking pockets. Per
ceiving Joseph Vaughn, they corner
him and force handfuls of “dough”
upon him, muttering names of
certain ;umors. The Hon. Joe has
a worried, responsible look, re
minding one of the man who
caught a bear by the tail and could
not decide on his next move. By
these portents, observant seniors
may draw their own conclusions
as to what is in store for them.
DISPUVED IN UBRAIIV
Keynote of Spring Is Seen In
All Pictures and Articles Now
Displayed; Bird Pictures Also
Shown.
II
IL PLAY
The reports are that work on
“Oh, Kay,” the annual senior
which will be presented Alay 10,
is progressing rapidly. Practices
are held every day under the di
rection of Air. L. L. Stookey.
Some unusually good acting is
expected from the cast as the play
is one that affords unlimited op
portunities for good amateur char
acterizations, and practically all
of the leading members of the cast
have in school productions before
this year and have had consider
able experience in that line.
The cast is as follows: Gramp,
Woodrow Brooks; Jim Hayes, Rob
ert Hubbard; Evelyn Whitman,
Mary Elizabeth Harllee; Edith
Whitman, Virginia Diffee; Kay,
Dot Rankin; Gram, Marion Ship-
man; Art, Robert Davis; George,
Ralto Farlowe; Fred, Carl Gibson;
The Captain, David Parsons; Alice
Bordon, Grace Walser.
Tickets will be sold by the mem
bers of the senior class and the
proceeds of the play will go to
wards the gift from the class to the
school. Further announcements will
be made next week.
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CHOSEN FOR NEXT YEAR
Jane Hess Weaver and Walton
McNairy Will Be Junior Re
presentatives for 1929-30.
Jane Hess Weaver and Walton
McNairy have been elected by the
sophomore class to act as represen
tatives from the junior class on
the student council for next year.
The election was held at the
monthly meeting of the class, Wed
nesday morning, m the auditorium.
Those who were nominated by the
nominating committee were as
follows: Jane Hess Weaver, Emma
Carr Bivins, Walton McNairy, and
Frank Sizemore. The following
were nominated from the floor: for
the boys, Gatewood Shipman, Paul
Burkhart, Albert Pruitt, Elbert
Culler. For the girls: Dorothy
Fritz, Kate Workman, Frances
Einstein and Ruth Gross. A dis
cussion was held before the votes
were taken.
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BESUIIS OF THE FEIIG
CONIESF HW)E PUBEIC
Second Elimination Will Be
Held In Week of May 8.
School Winners to Receive
Medals.
PROFESSOR JOHN PAUL WEAVER
U.N.C.EIFEEi;FiFO
GIVE CONCEBTIVUV 4
Appearance to be Under Aus
pices of High School Music
Department and the Musical
Art Club.
The University of North Caro
lina Glee Club will appear at High
Point high school in a concert
Saturday night. May 4, at 8
o’clock. The music department of
the high school, and the musical
art club of the city are sponsors for
the concert. The admission for
school students will be 50 cents.
“This is one of the most out
standing musical events of the
year,” stated L. L. Stockey, head
of the music department here, “and
I am very desirous of having a
large and appreciative audience.”
Professor John Paul Weaver is
director of the Glee Club. Prof.
Weaver joined the university
faculty nine years ago as head of
the department of music. He took
over the direction of the glee club
five years later and immediately
set about to organize a program
consisting entirely of the highest
type of choral music. None of his
predecessors had ever dared to
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* PROGRAM FOR
* BOYS’ WEEK
*
Spring. Spring is certainly m the
air, especially in the library. Every
bit of exhibit, every article on the
bulletin boards, and every picture
has as its keynote the beginning of
spring. _ _ _
In the main exhibit case in the
center of the library, Donald Wood
has lent an exhibit of pictures of
birds. There are fifteen of these
pictures, all beautifully colored,
and of a large convenient size. The
birds illustrated in the show case
are the woodcock, quail, green-
winged teal, ruffed grouse part
ridge, Alallard duck, spruce grouse,
greater yellow legs, male wood-
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314 Has Spelling Match Wed
nesday Morning; Mr. An
drews Talks on Debating.
Many different types of pro
grams were given in the home
rooms last week. One unusual pro
gram presented in room 314 con
sisted of a spelling match. The
words has been collected from the
textbooks the previous week, and
were posted on the bulletin board
two days before the match was
held.
In several rooms programs were
given dealing with famous paint
ings. Miss Smith’s gave her room a
talk on pictures. She also explained
the correct method of hanging
pictures.
Several rooms have enjoyed un
usual radio programs.
In room 311 Mr. Andrews told
the students many Interesting facts
about debating. He stressed the Im
portance of debating as a method of
bringing onels thoughts together
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Live and learn.
WiiH GATE CITY TEAM
Six High Point Speakers Finish
Work on Arguments; Query
Concerns War Debts; To Be
Given Before Students.
* Alonday, April 29—Minist- *
* ers speak in various schools at *
* assembly period. *
* Tuesday, April 30—Boys’ *
* and Girls’ Day in athletics. At *
* 3:30 p.m. the high school fresh- *
* men and junior high school *
* will engage in their annual *
* track and field classics on the *
* high school athletic field. The *
* girls of the two schools will *
* have a volley ball game. *
* Wednesday, May 1—Win- *
* ners of the northern and south- *
* ern districts will play baseball *
* to settle championship. Elm *
* Street school will compete with *
* the winner of Emma Blair- *
* Grimes Street winner on Jones *
* Street diamond.
* Thursday, May 2—Prof. L. *
* R. Johnston appointed several *
* members of his senior class to *
* act as city officials on Thurs- *
* day. *
Friday, Alay 3—Open house *
* meeting at the Y. M. C. A. on *
* Friday night at 8:00. Fathers *
* and sons are invited. *
* Saturday, May 4—Fathers *
* and sons will visit Camp Uw- *
* hariie on Saturday afternoon. *
* An Interesting program has *
* been planned: a volley ball *
* game, a baseball game between *
* sons and fathers, picnic lunch, *
* and a closing vesper service. *
* Sunday, May 5—Members *
* of the Junior HI-Y of the high *
* school have been asked to *
* speak at the various churches. *
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Travelers’ Club Picnics
According to an announcement
made this week by Miss Elizabeth
Lindsay, who is In charge of the
local division of the national flag
contest, the following have been
chosen to compete in the elimina
tion contest to be held: Frances
Douglas, Anna Gertrude Douglas,
Rose Askew, Burgess Leonard and
Buster Moffitt. This decision was
reached by the judges after they
had examined the papers, including
essays and questions, of all the
entrants.
The above named winners are to
memorize their essays and deliver
them here some time during the
week beginning May 8. The two
winners, one a boy and one a girl
will each be awarded a medal.
They will also compete in the
regional contest to be held at a
later date.
Each of the papers that were
submitted to the judges averaged
above 95. The judges were: for the
girls: Misses Bulwinkle, Morton
and Meador; for the boys: Mr.
Patrick and Mr. Owens.
MISS MATSON
TO GIRLS AT
HERE LAST MONDAY
‘‘Springtime” Is Subject of
Bi-Monthly Assembly Pro
gram; Dot Franklin Sings.
At the girls’ meeting on Alonday
morning, April 23, Aliss Vivian
Alatson, the local Y. W. C. A.
secretary, spoke to the girls on
“Girlhood and Springtime.” She
compared the youth of girls to the
budding of flowers and trees.
“Springtime is like girls who are
happy in their hearts,” said Miss
Alatson. She brought out the point
that spring Is not only a time of
beauty but of power, also; that
youth possessed power. In closing,
the speaker quoted this poem:
Glad that I live and
That the sky Is blue.
Glad for the country land
And the fall of dew;
After the sun the rain.
After the rain the sun.
This is the way of life.
Till our work be done.
The subject of the entire pro
gram was “Springtime.” The de
votional was led by Nancy Myatt.
Mr. Stookey led the girls In a
group of spring songs. A talk “A
Girl’s Appreciation of Spring” was
made by Annie Laurie Patterson.
Then Dorothy Franklin rendered a
vocal solo, “Down In the Front,”
by Ronald. Just before the visitor
of the morning spoke, Velva Hay
den gave a dance, “The Spirit of
Spring.” She was dressed to repre
sent the spirit of the dance.
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TOP
BY
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BRAINY” STUDENTS
All Is in readiness for the dual
debate to be held Friday morning
at the chapel period between
Greensboro and High Point. The
six speakers representing the rival
schools will argue the question of
whether or not the United States
should cancel the war debts owed
to her by the allies. The local
affirmative side will be represented
by Eloise Best, Mabel Koontz, and
Alargaret Andrews. They will speak
here while the negative debaters,
Mayna Allen, Frances Douglas and
Ralto Farlowe, will journey to
Greensboro to meet the Gate City
affirmative there.
Due to the limited amount of
time, the speeches will be as fol
lows: twenty-four minutes for each
team, six each for the mam
speeches and six for the rebuttal.
There will be only one speaker on
each side’s rebuttal.
The dual debate is at this time
being initiated into the debate
calendar of the school, and it will
probably rank in importance
second only to the regular triangle
debates, according to the schools’
debating officials.
Juniors, Sophomores and Fresh
men Run Neck and Neck in
Number Who Attain Honor
Roll.
Report day has came and went,
but it has not been did by accident}
A statistic-hound, ordinarily a
harmless staff reporter, pounced
with avidity on the chance to dis
tinguish himself by analyzing the
honor roll, strewing with a liberal
hand percent marks, decimals, and
columns of figures. Being generous,
he decided that his results were too
Interesting to keep to himself, and
that his fellow students would ap
preciate them. Impelled by this
motive, he shoved his article into
the pile. When the faculty adviser
wasn’t looking. This happens to
be it.
Of the entire student body,
slightly over 10 per cent made the
honor roll. To be exact, 115 out of
a possible 1,085 achieved this dis
tinction. Nineteen were seniors;
32 were juniors; 31 sophs, and 34
freshmen. In percentage, the third
group topped the list with 15J^
per cent.
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The Travelers’ Club had an en
joyable picnic out at the Medical
Lake Park on the Winston road
Thursday afternoon after school.
Although the ground was damp
and heavy clouds threatened rain,
the members said they enjoyed the
outing none the less. Misses Lind
say and Clinard, assisted by Mrs.
George T. Stephens, prepared the
lunches brought by the club mem
bers. “Weenies” were roasted and
served with slaw, mustard and
pickles. In addition the menu pro
vided sandwiches, cake, bananas,
deviled eggs, fruit and punch. After
as well as preceding the lunch,
several members of the party
waded in the stream. Each member
of the club was asked to Invite
one guest for the occasion.
Music Winners May
Appear at Sanford
Girls’ Quartet and Flute Solo
Requested to Join With Others
In Concert There.
That the local winners in the
music contest recently held In
Greensboro will again appear is-
probable according to Lewis L.
Stookey, who has received a re
quest to that effect from the super
visor of music at Sanford. The
Sanford Instructor has asked that
the girls’ quartet and the flute solo
appear with other musicians In a
concert to be held there on May 6.
It has not yet been decided
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