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VOLUME XIX
High Point, N. C., Friday May 1, 1942
Number 10
Hicks Elected To Succeed Watkins As Council Prexy
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SENIOR PLAY OPENS TONIGHT new otficers
Senior Play Cast Ready
CAST MEMBERS — Arnold Koonce, Byron Grandjean, and Mar
guerite Murray go over their script in preparation for the opening of
the Senoir Play tonight.
Speaker Not Yet Obtained
For Graduation Exercises
As the last lap of the year ap
proaches, plans are being formu
lated for commencement exer
cises and other se.nior events. As
yet, however, no speaker has
been named to deliver the ser
mon on Sunday evening. May 31.
Music will be rendered by the
music department of the school as
in the past. On Monday night,
Jime 1, students will participate
in the program, after which will
be the delivery of diplomas and
medals.
The date for the senior picnic,
which is usually held during the
last week of school, will be de
cided upon in the next senior
class meeting .
The class poem, prophecy, his
tory, and last will and testament
will be written for the senior edi
tion of the Enterprise by mem
bers of the senior class recom
mended by senior Elnglish teach
ers.
Bob Gayle To
Give Recital
The Music Department of High
Point high school, Carl Cronstedt
director, cordially invites the stu
dents of music and music lovers to
attend the Senior Piano Recital of
Bob Gayle, talented high school
pianist, Tuesday, May 5, at 8:15.
Gayle has been studying under
Mark Hoffman, dean of music,
Greensboro College. Mr. Hoffman
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Orchestra Takes
Third Straight
First Rating
High Point high school’s sym
phony orchestra won top rating
for the third straight year at the
recent annual high school music
contest at Woman’s College in
Greensboro. The organization re
ceived a rating of one in the class
A competition.
Norval Church, head of the in
strumental music department of
Columbia University, judged the
contest and commented on the
difficulty of the High Point or
chestra’s selections. The orches
tra won the superior rating by
playing two movements of Mo-
zardt’s Jupiter, which are of pro
fessional difficulty.
In the night event, the hundred
piece all-state orchestra present
ed a concert. Twenty-one mem
bers of the high school orchestra
and six members of the junior
high orchestra were among those
in the group.
Those students from High
Point who were on the list of
first-place awards were: Jacque
line Price, viola; Jack DiUard,
violin; Coy Moose, stringbass;
Bruce Quigley, French horn; and
Homer Haworth, cornet.
Other high school students in
the orchestra were: Eddie Mc
Cormick and Carolyn Dillard,
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Watkins Reviews
Progress Made In
Year Now Past
By Lewis Watkins
Looking back over what the
student council has accomplished,
I find that the council has com
pleted a fairly successful year.
There were many things we
had planned to do, but on ac
count of interruptions of differ
ent types we were limited to a
small number of activities. But
in the long run we established
ourselves with the best of student
organizations in the state.
The council and I tried to weave
national defense in with our othe?
activtiies, finding ourselves suc
cessful in a round table discus
sion to bring to the students the
real facts of the present situa
tion.
A vital link of training in the
school was also sponsored by the
student council. That was the
sponsorship of fire drills. The
buildings were cleared in three
minutes which is better than the
average time for 1500 students to
leave a building.
Perhaps the least talked about,
but the most helpful activity
sponsored by the council was the
collection of paper and tin foil
for the Salvation Army. The local
council was very successful in
this venture and it is our deepest
hope that next year’s council
will follow the same routine.
Grandjean In Leading Role
of Annual Presen
tation
Tonight seventeen scared
students will tread the boards
of this high school’s stage
when they present the annual
Senior Class play, "Charm
School.” The play is well-
known to professional actors
and ran for an extended time
on Broadway. The story con
cerns a young automobile
salesman and his friends and
the results of the young man
inheriting a girl’s boardijc"
school from his aunt; whxi
follows proves to be both
amusing and interesting with
the heroine and hero failin'
inevitably in love with eac^
other.
For the past five weeks Miss
Maude Burrus has been working
in the auditorium nearly every
day with the cast and night re
hearsals have been held for the
tion like those in the past has been
past week. This year’s presenta-
a product of hard work on the
part of many students arid teach
ers alike, ana* the play itself was
selected only after a great deal of
consultation between General Di
rector Miss Bulwinkle and Miss
Burrus.
Appearing in the cast will be
the following students: Austin
Bevans, played by Byron Grand
jean; David MacKenzie, by Stew
art Stone; George Boyd, by Ar
nold Koonce; Tim Simpkins, by
Jack Jackson; Jim Simpkins, by
Stan Saunders; and Homer Johns,
by Bill Payne.
Girls in the cast will be Mar
guerite Murray, as Elise Bene-
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Hiatt To Serve As
Vice-President In
New Council
OFFICERS—In the top photo
above is Bob Hicks, newly elect
ed student council president, and
in the boitom picture is Arta
Pearl Hiatt, vice-president.
Many Students
Participate In
Math Contest
On April 24th the annual state
mathematics test was given by
the heads of mathematics depart
ments all over the state in their
respective high schools, to those
students interested in entering
the state mathematics contest.
Approximately 45 students of
High Point high school’s math
classes took the test, which was
given in the library here at
High Point high school.
The best papers from each high
school will be sent to Chapel Hill
to be judged by E. R. Rankin,
secretary of the state contest. The
papers will be judged on thorough
knowledge of arithmetic, algebra
and geometry.
As yet the scores for the local
tests have not been tabulated,
and the local winner will not be
annoxmced until later.
In statements from many of
the students who had the oppor
tunity to take the test, it was
definitely brought out that the
test was very difficult.
Registration For
Sugar Rationing
To Be Held Here
On May 4-7, individuals will
register at the elementary schools
for sugar rationing according to
word received from Mr. C. F.
Carroll, superintendent of city
schools.
Individuals will register at the
elementary school in their district
from 3:00 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. and
from 7:00 p. m. until 9:00 p. m.
on the above dates.
On May 12, 13, and 14, regis
tration for gasoline will be held
in much the same manner as su
gar rationing registrations.
Plans should be made now to
fit in with these dates.
Hicks Wins In Re-Vote Over
Willard; Hiatt Victor
Over Two Others
Bob Hicks was this week
elected as successor of Lewis
"Monk” Watkins in the of
fice of president of the High
Point high school student
council, and Arta Pearl Hiatt
was chosen by the student
body to succeed Helen Cra
ven as vice-president.
The election of Hicks be
came. a certainty only after a
close first vote had forced
him into a run-off balloting
with Ray Willard, now Jun
ior Representative to the
council’s Upper House.
After the first vote had left
Hicks without a majority, al
though well ahead of Willard, his
nearest rival, council constitu
tion rules provided the run-off
election between the two boys,
while Hiatt, third in first voting,
was forced into a run-off with
Jane Ferree and Mary Elizabeth
Barton for vice-prexy.
In the second election, how
ever, the supremacy at the polls
of both Hicks and Hiatt brought
itself to light, and the two had
little trouble in the repeat bal
loting.
HICKS ACTIVE
While holding the position of
representative to the Lower
House this year, Hicks was ac
tive in coimcil circles, and, along
with Willard, made an excellent
mark for this school while at
tending various student govern
ment conferences held through
the South.
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Seniors Select
“Bests” After
Quiet Session
In a comparatively quiet meet
ing of the senior class the mem
bers of the class under Bob
Gayle selected superlatives from
the graduating class. The voting
took place in the respective sen
ior home rooms.
Most popular, Lewis Watkins
and Tommye Stanton; best sport,
Robert Russell and Beverly Mer
chant; most musical. Bob Gayle
and Barbara Brassington; wit
tiest, Ross Hedrick and Beverly
Merchant; most gentlemanly and
lady-like, Lewis Watkins and
Diana Taylor; best looking and
prettiest. Bill Carroll and Re-
bekah Conrad; best dressed, Nor
man Silver and Ernestine Han
cock; cutest, Jarrell Twins and
Betty Jean Culver; best leader.
Bob Gayle and Rebekah Conrad;
most dependable, Alex Ferree
and Martha Jane Britt; most am
bitious, Coy Moose and Mary
Edith Ferree; best personality,
John Haworth and Violet Yokely;
most athletic. Garland Pugh and
Paulette Hulin; most original,
Mezonia Watson and Thelma
Weekly; friendlist. Bill Gupton
and Barbara Brasington.... best
dancer. Bill Bencini and Dot Pe-
gram; best all-round. Bill Car-
roll and Tommye Stanton.