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The Pointer
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VoL. XIII, No. 33
High Point, N. C., Wednesday, May 29, 1929
Five Cents a Copy
NUMBER OF AIHLETEB Anna G. Douglas Wins BANQUET IS GIVEN FOR 'BIG SISTERS HAVE BEEN
Regional Flag Contest DEBATERS ON THURSDAY GHOSEN FOR NEXT YEAR
AT FRIDAY ASSEMBLY
All Branches of High School’s
“Strong-Arm System” Have
Devotees Rewarded.
Athletes’ award day came around
on Friday, May 24, at which time
the assembly faced an array of
certificate earners sufficiently for
midable to daunt the bravest stu
dent body. All of the girls who had
qualified for local and state mono
grams received their awards, and
all of the boys who had made the
varsity squad in tennis, track and
baseball were given their certi
ficates for letters. _ ^
Miss Louise Shipman, girls
athletic adviser, presented her
battalion of chasers of the elusive
point, which she had subdivided
into groups which represented the
major activity of the girls, as
hiking, track, baseball, etc.
Twenty-five girls received their
letters;
Hazel Sebastian, Olivia Kirby,
Pauline Haynes, Dorothy For
ward, Lee Forward, Irene Hoover,
Bessie Hedrick, Helen Marshall,
Hazel Scoggins, Marjorie Sprye,
Audrey Wood, Annie Laurie Fox-
worth, Johnsie Surratt, Lois Stout,
Dorothy Fritz, Dot Srnith, Anna
Gertrude Douglas, Virginia Hunt,
Rae Smith, Eloise Ingram, Mary
Wicks, Dorothy Cummings, Gladys
Farlowe, Rose Askew, Elizabeth
Ragan.
The tennis team next received its
reward. Lucas Abels, Byron Abels,
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Decoration by President Hoover
and Trip to Northern States
Are Among Prizes Awarded.
H IPELEIIS' CLUB
Local Lawyer Gives Interesting
Account of Travels Through
Europe at Tuesday Meeting
A visit to an English village
which is almost totally different
from all other towns on the isle
was the subject of a talk by Mr.
A. O. Kirkman, a lawyer of this
city, to the members of the Trav
elers’ club at their meeting Tues
day morning. May 21. Air. Kirk
man has only recently returned
from an extended trip abroad, and
the experiences of his travels made
an unusual and entertaining pro
gram for the club.
The small city mentioned above,
which Mr. Kirkman took great
care in describing, is called Chlp-
plng-Carnpden, and is situated
near Stratford-on-the-Avon. About
nine hundred inhabitants form the
population, and it is nestled down
in the valley where tourists seldom
go, according to the speaker. Un
like the other villages of its size,
Chipping-Carnpden has no fences
or hedgerows, but in their place,
stone walls.
Along the main street, the houses
have roofs of stone, and the gardens
that contain flowers of all kinds,
are found in the rear, Mr. Kirkman
said. He also mentioned the stone
walls that surround the yards, the
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Anna Gertrude Douglas, local
senior, has been notified that she
received one of the first places
awarded in the regional part of the
flag contest, sponsored by the
Hearst Newspapers, Inc. Anna Gert
rude, upon receiving this award,will
now enter in competition for the
national award, which is a trip
around the world, with all ex
penses paid, including complete
wardrobe, and $200 spending mo-
. ....
As prize for winning m the
regional contest, Anna Gertrude
will go on a trip to Washington,
and surrounding points of interest,
the New England States, New
York City, Philadelphia, and vi
cinity; (2) a $200 scholarship to
any college she wishes to attend,
or to use toward any educational
purpose; and (3) she will receive a
decoration by President Hoover or
some other nationally known per
son, in the White House or in
some other suitable place.
The requirements for entrance
or participation in the flag contest
were writing a theme entitled “Old
Glory’s Greatest Glory,” and
answering seventy-five questions
relating to the flag of the United
States and to the Constitution.
Officials in each unit took care of
the grading of those papers sub
mitted. Papers submitted by local
students included ones by Eloise
Best, Mary Elizabeth Harllee, Rose
Askew and Frances Douglas, in
addition to the winner. The boys
who entered were Buster Moffitt
and Burgess Leonard, Burgess be
ing the boy winner in the local unit.
Miss Elizabeth Lindsey had
charge of the girls’ part of the local
contest while the other judges of
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Hl-Y BOYS PLAN TRIP
TO CUBA THIS YEAR
Many Local Students Attend
the Delightful Affair Given in
Greensboro, May 23.
Cities In Florida Will Be Visi
ted; Sail for Havana, Cuba;
Ten Days for Trip.
Arrangements for the annual
Hi-Y trip are fast on the road to
completion, according to David
Parsons, president of the senior
Hl-Y club and head of the com
mittee to plan the itinerary. This
year sometime during July, the
boys will go to Cuba, and on the
way will visit several cities in
Florida. Ten days are allowed for
the entire tour.
In has not definitely been de
cided whether the party will sail
for Havana, come back by way of
Florida, or whether they will go
down the one coast of the southern
most state, go over to the Cuban
city from Key West, and then come
back by way of the other coast.
If the latter plan is adopted, those
who go will leave High Point and
go directly to Jacksonville, and
on down the coast to St. Augustine
where two days will be spent in
seeing the historic spots of the old
city. Other towns and resorts in
the state will also be visited.
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The banquet and dance given
for the oratio clubs, debaters of
the Triangular, and Dual teams,
and their guests of Greensboro,
Winston-Salem, and High Point
was held at the New Masonic hall
in Greensboro on Thursday eve
ning, May 23.
The toastmaster for the delight
ful occasion was Arlindo S. Cates,
one of the dual debaters, from
Greensboro, and an excellent
spaker. Among those who were
called for speeches, or extempora
neous remarks were the coaches of
Greensboro, Winston, and High
Point, Messrs. Farthing, Chap
man and Earl Andrews, respectiv
ely. Others who spoke were Mr.
L. R. Johnston, Mr. Phillips,
principal of the Greensboro high
school, Louis Brooks and Elizabeth
Boyst of Greensboro, and Margaret
Andrews of High Point.
Following the dinner which was
served by ladies of O. E. S., the
guests danced until nine o’clock
when it was necessary to stop
since examinations were “on the
wing.”
It is planned to have the 1930
banquet and entertainment at
Winston-Salem, and to have this
affair made an annual one.
Many members of the local
oratio club, the debaters and their
guests were present for the de-
lle-htful entertainment.
Committee Appointed by Miss
Albrigbt Selects Girls; Must
Meet Certain Qualifications.
The Big Sisters for next year
have been chosen. Those girls, now
sophomores, next year’s juniors,
who will be the Big Sisters'for the
incoming freshmen girls are:
Eleanor Stephens, Margaret
Hedrick, Emma Carr Bivens, Do
rothy Bowers, Nancy Myatt, Eli
zabeth Alitchell, Mildred Yates,
Annita Laura Patterson, Helen
Marshall, Dora Samett, Bryte Ran-
son, Frances Einstein, Helen Ra-
per. Fair Antonakos, Mary Drew
Dalton, Mildred Lotts, Miriam
Sloan, Charlena Brown, Dorothy
Cook, Hazel Farrington, Thelma
Lotts, Gladys Tysinger, Sarah
Everhardt, Lee Forward, Katherine
Hampton, Virginia Seward, Kate
Workman, Mary Eve, Annie Laura
Foxworth, Ruth Gross, Marie
Payne, Hazel Scoggins, Johnsie
Surratt, Bertha Allred, Bertha
Davis, Dorothy Forward, Muriel
Gomo, Pearley Walker, Hessie
White, Shirley Furr, Margaret
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Track Team Completes
A Successful Season
Senior Invitations
Received Last Week
Cafeteria Force Will
Go to Hendersonville
Servants Enjoy Work Very
Much; All Plan to Return to
High Point High School Next
Fall.
FEW SENIORS DROP OUT
DURING THE YEAR ’28-’29
During the entire school year of
1928 and 1929, only twelve pupils
were dropped from the senior
class. Miss Harris’s class and Mr.
Marshall’s home room made the
excellent record of having no
pupils dropped. Miss Lindsay s
room has lost two from the num
ber with which they started out.
Miss Barker has had three dropped
and Mr. Patrick, seven.
“We all ’re jest too busy in here
fo’ fun,” replied Ben Cooper, chief
of the cafeteria force, in answer to a
question asked by The Pointer
reporter.
“Yeah,” laughed Anna Bladwin,
the “salad and sandwich girl,” as
she lifted steaming glasses from the
rinser, “’cept when we break dishes.
That ’sho is funny.”
Martha Chambers, who makes
desserts, didn’t have much to say
on the subject, but the “Bus boys”
or waiters, Willis Hart and Melvin
Cotton did.
“The only funny thing I re
member is what happened t’other
day. I was walkin’ down between
the tables pretty fast and I didn’t
notice somebody spilt soup all
over the floor. I stepped on a to
mato, and did I slide?”
“But did you fall down?”
“I sat right down in the middle
of that puddle of soup.”
Sam Allison, who runs the dish
washer, didn’t have a word to say.
He was eating.
According to Mrs. Baylor, the
servants are always “cracking
wise,” but they didn’t seem to
want to be put in headlines very
much.
Mrs. Baylor is taking the cafe
teria force with her to Henderson
ville this summer where she is
going to run a summer resort.
However, they will be back again
next fall to resume their duties in
the High Point high school cafe
teria.
Program Composed of Marches,
Overtures and Serenades;
Piccolo Duet Featured.
’Tis seldom that Mr. Fred P.
Hale favors the student body with
an “earful” to indicate what pro
gress is being made by his pupils,
but when he finally does, the said
student body appears to be satis
fied with the presentation.
On Monday, May 20, the band
thus enabled over a thousand boys
and girls to pass enjoyably fifty-
five minutes which might otherwise
have been without so much benefit
to them. The program “panned
out” after this manner: a march,
“Ivercargill,” by Lithgow; a seren
ade, “Evening Shadows,” by King;
an overture, “Lutspeil,” by Kela-
Bela; a picoolo duet, “Birds in the
Forest,” played by Susan Sharp
and Miriam Sloan; an operatic
selection, “The Bohemian Girl,”
by Balfe, and a march, “Colonel
Miner,” by Rosecrans.
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2,840 Invitations Ordered by
Class; H. R. 106 Gets 767;
Committee Chooses Them.
* EXAMINATION SCHEDULE *
* *
* June 4th *
* 9:00 A.M.—First Period *
* 1:00 P.M.—Second Period. *
* June 5th *
* 9:00 A.M.—Third Period. *
* 1:00 P.M.—Fourth and Fifth *
* Periods. *
* June 6th *
* 9:00 A.M.—Sixth Period. *
* 1:00 P.M.—Seventh Period. *
REV. ROY I. FARMER TO
BE SUNDAY SPEAKER
Senior invitations have arrived
and have been very much m evi
dence here for the last week. Home
room 106 ordered more invitations
than any other one home room.
The number for his room was 767.
Home room 208 came next with
675, home room 201 received 509;
home room 105, 401; and home
room 101, 398. This makes a total
of 2,840 invitations m all.
The invitations are of special
white della robla with deckle edge.
At the top is the seal of the school
and below it the invitation reads:
“The Faculty and Senior Class of
the High Point High School re
quest the honor of your presence
at their commencement exercises
Friday evening, June the seventh,
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
High School Auditorium, High
Point, North Carolina.”
The committee that selected the
invitations for this year met last
fall to pick them out. The com
mittee was composed of Virginia
Hunt, Margaret Andrews, and
Robert Morrow.
Rev. Roy I. Farmer of the First
Methodist Protestant church of
this city will preach the Bacca
laureate sermon to the senior class
Sunday evening. It was at first
thought that some out-of-town
speaker would be secured, but those
in charge have announced that Mr.
Farmer will fill the place. The
sermon will begin at 8 o’clock and
will be preached in the school
auditorium.
SILVER SPRINGS
Oh, beautiful lake of God’s handi
work.
How silvery bright you shine be
neath the tropical sun.
Thy surface is as a magic mirror
Revealing to man God’s hidden
beauties.
Beneath your glassy waters lie
Gleaming stones beset with wond
rous gems.
And sweeping fields of green sea
weed mingled
With the sweet blossoms of the
bridal-wreath.
Oh, beautiful lake of God’s handi
work.
How silvery bright you he beneath
the tropical sun.
—Margaret Hamlin
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All’s well that ends well
Coach Spencer’s track team com
pleted a very successful run for the
1929 season. They have won two
dual meets, from Spencer and
Winston-Salem and a triangular
meet from Salisbury and Denton.
They have also tied with Greens
boro for first place in the Guilford
meet, won second place m the
Civitan, took fourth place In the
Davidson, and fifth in the Caro
lina. This team has scored a total
of 313 points besides placing in the
mile in every meet this year.
Gurley is high scorer for the
season with a total of 89 points.
He has ten first places and nine
seconds to his credit. Steed broke
the Civitan record by one second
In the 300-yard run.
Local High Golfers
Defeats Salisbury
The local golfing team defeated
the Salisbury for the second
time this season in a return match
played on the Salisbury links
Tuesday afternoon. Skinner stood
out for Salisbury while Moffitt
starred for High Point. His score
of 91 for the 18 holes was the
lowest of the afternoon. He made
a birdie in the eighth hole, a dis
tance of 340 yards.
Only two foursomes were played
and the Pointers won both of
these. Snow and Wood won their
match from Rouzer and Skinner in
an easy fashion, nine up and six
to go. In the second foursome
Murray and Moffitt defeated Bus
by and Peeler six up and four to go.
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