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THE POINTER VOL. 25 HIGH POINT, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1946 No. 3 ‘‘At The Inn” To Be Given By Students Miss Eleanor Young To Direct Drama — Choir Wi\l Furnish Music “At the Inn,” the play selected for this year’s annual Christmas program, will be presented in the auditorium on the morning of De cember 20 by a group of high school students. Costumes and lighting will add to, the effective ness of the production. Nativity Scenes Enacted Opening with a scene in the courtyard of an inn between the money-loving inkeeper and his ten der-hearted wife on the night of the Nativity, the story as it un folds brings in the visits of both the shepherds and the wise men, and reaches its climax as the play ers kneel in adoration about the manger. The musical background for the entire play will be furnished by the a capella choir, directed by Mr. Carl Cronstedt. Ralph Tilden will serve as piano accompanist. Miss Eleanor Young of the Eng lish department will direct the play, and Miss Muriel Bulwinkle will be in charge of the stage set ting. Members of the Cast The cast is composed of the fol lowing high school students: Joel —Herman Coble; Rachel—Betty Jo Ring; Mary—Barbara Lowe; Jo seph — Claude McKinney; Shep herds—Bill Alexander, Joe Dale, Leon CoUina, and -BoW>y - Slcalf; Magi—Bob Renfrew, Rodney Bo- rum, and Ralston Welch; prompt er—Betsy Baker. Heywood Washburn will serve as chairman of the stage committee, and Audrey Smith will have charge of publicity and makeup. Night Classes Above Average According to Mr. Carr, instruc tor in blue print reading, the adult night students realizing the neces sity for learning their subjects, study more diligently than do the high school boys, although the lat ter generally have a better back ground than the men have. Members of the industrial arts department, headed by Mr. W. K. Whitesell, are now conducting classes each Tuesday and Thurs day evening in vocational subjects. Daring the four hours spent in the classrooms every week, the men learn to read blueprints, make me chanical drawings, and do other things which are of help in their vocations. Subjects are being given for carpenters, electricians, and other skilled workmen. The courses will extend over a period of ten weeks. Shown above is the two hundred voice Senior High School chorus which presented Handel’s “Mes siah.” This choir is the only school group in this section which so far has presented this composition. FORTY WORDS MINUTE TOPS Down in the commercial end of the school building some of the students are making records in their work-, according to MisS Weyl, head of the department. This inpludes both first and second year pupils in typing and also the class in stenography. Miss Weyl calls attention to the beginning typists, the “typing whizzes,” who have made over 40 words a minute on a ten-minute timed teat with five, or fewer er rors. This group includes Jane Hoke, Dorothy Black, and Eloise Garner. Another group which has a speed of 30 words a minute on the same kind of test is made up ■of Bill Almond, Patsy Clodfelter, Clifford Simpson, Colleen Allen, Grace Saunders, Bill Sullivan, Jim Anderson, and Charlie Oakes. Some of the second year pupils, states the instructor, “are really burning up those typewriters.” En gaged in this warm occupation are Joann Comer, Geraldine CarroN, Paula Jean Buie, Vernon Melton, and Joann Hethcox. Then among the stenographers, there are tops too. Mary Faye Al exander, Eleanor Beeson, Elizabeth Beeson, Elizabeth Blakely, Maxine Clotrane, Barbara Collier, Dorothy Daniels, Delores Foster, Betty Pat terson, and Betty Jo Whitt—all these have passed their 100-word take for five minutes with at least 97 per cent accuracy. “These girls are really tops,” so says Miss Weyl. In the early days of America, the Puritans forbade the singing of Christmas carols, but they were unable to prevent the people from remembering and teaching these much loved songs to their children. JACKIE MEEKINS TAKES FIRST PLACE IN DISTRICT CONTEST Jackie Meekins, county winner in the North Carolina Health Ora torical Contest, was declared win ner in the district contest held at Salem College, Winston-Salem, on December 6. The local high school was repre sented by Jackie Meekins, sopoho- more, and Rodney Borum, senior. These two had been declared win ners in a county elimination contest held in the high school library on November 26 against representa tives from Greensboro and Allen Jay high schools. On this occasion the successful competitors were awarded wrist watches. Five counties, including Forsyth, Davie, Stokes, Yadkin, and Giul- ford, participated in the district contest held at Salem College. Jackie will next compete in the third round, which will be held at Woman’s College, Greensboro, on December 13. Striving to make the people of the state conscious of the deplora ble health situation now existing, the North Carolina Good Health Association is sponsoring this se ries of oratorical contests. The two winners, boy and girl, in the final round will each be awarded five hundred dollar scholarships to any college within the state. COMBINED CHOIRS PRESENT HANDEL’S FAMOUS ORATORIO Coming ven Friday, December 20—Annual Christmas Program No .more school until 1947 Tuesday, December 24 — Christmas Eve Wednesday, .December Christmas Day 25 Tuesday, December 31—“Sev- enteen’s Short Story contest closes at midnight Wednesday, Year’s Day January 1—New Friday, January 10—Christo pher Lynch, tenor, will sing in Community Contest. Thursday, January mester ends. 23 — Se- SCHOOL SHOP RATED HIGH State department inspectors re cently gave the local high school shop the highest rating possible for a shop of this kind. Equipment here is excellent, but unfortunate ly a shortage of instructors has lim ited the scope of work that might otherwise be undertaken. Machines and equipment in both the metal and the wood working departments, according to Mr. W. K. Whitesell, head of the indus trial arts department, are worth between $30,000 and $40,000. A machine which has aroused the curiosity of many students was installed last year at a cost of $2,000. Its purpose is the sucking of waste materials from both the other machines and the floor. Part of this machine can be seen on the Chestnut Street end of the build ing. Mr. Whitesell states that the metal and the woodworking shops are sufficiently well equipped to do almost anything possible with metal or with wood. A project of especial interest to the vocational wood working class has been the making of thirty cedar chests. Extra chests are to be sold to pay for the 'materials used by members of the class in the twenty-two chests which have been turned out in assembly line fashion for themselves. Singers Are Directed By Mr. Carl Cronstedt and Mr. Emile Serposs Over two hundred singers, se lected from the three senior high choirs and from alumni and teach ers, presented George Frederick, Handel’s “Messiah” on December 6 and 8, before the large and ap preciative audiences gathered in the high school auditorium. Uoth • pertfoTTnanctss ■werw^'^coTW'• ducted by Mr. Carl. G. N. Cron stedt, head of the music depart ment of the city schools. The ac companiments were played by the orchestra, assisted by Miss Mae Kirkman, pianist, and Mr. Emile H. Serposs, organist. The soloists were Dorothy Hoskins—soprano; Mary Lou Rainey—contralto; Dr. C. L. Gray—tenor; and Carl Cronstedt—^bass. On Thursday afternoon preced ing the two main performances, a matinee for the benefit of junior and senior high students was giv en during the sixth period. As the time was limited, a shortened per formance was necessary. Owing to the fact that the seating capacity of the auditorium is limited to about 1300, tickets for the night performances were issued to the mentbers of the choir for distribu tion among their relatives or friends. Since the complete score of the oratorio calls for a three-hour per formance, the “Messiah” is .seldom gliven in its entirety. The high school chorus of this city is the, only school group in this section which so far has presented this composition, and this has been done without dependence upon the written score during the public presentations. And It Doesn^t Cost A Cent! What with all the snow, (well, cold weather anyway) mistletoe, an’ nuts and fruits an’ candies, who wouldn’t have a “large” Christ mas? Yet, there is one fact which most of us overlook—^that not all of us will be having a truly merry Christmas. But what can we do about it ? Golly, you can’t give ev erybody a present to make him happy! There is something though, that if sincerely given, can mean more than the usual material things— the curving up of the ends of your mouth—in other words, a sincerely happy smile. Sometimes it is a remarkable thing what influence can do—we don’t mean that Tracy character— and how just one smile can in fluence another, until eve^body is wearing one of those contagious expressions which give us a happy feeling of fellowship with all those we meet. And from the “grinningest” gang you ever saw, we sincerely wish for you one of the happiest, merriest Christmases you have ever had. THE STAFF. Awards Open To H.P.HJS. Students For the fourth consecutive year high school students will be offered the opportunity to take part in the nation-wide competition for five scholarships in science at the Uni versity of Rochester, offered by the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company and valued at $1,500 each. High school students enrolled in the more than 4,500 high and pre paratory schools of the nation who are eligible for the annual Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award are also eligible to compete for these ' ^^olsrshijMu- Tim awartl- -is presented each year to the gradu ating senior with the highest standing in scientific subjects. The winner of the medal last year at High Point was Martha Harris MacKenzie. Only winners of the annual award are eligible to compete for the science scholarships at the University of Rochester. Next spring the scholarship winners will be chosen by a university commit tee. At present there are about fourteen holders of these scholar ships who are engaged in studying physics, chemistry, biology, or other of the sciences at the Uni versity of Rochester. Book Covers Are Made By Students An interesting project of Miss Young’s English classes has been the making of book covers. In all, 150 were made and from these 60 were selected as good and put on the bulletin board. The three top ones are “Ramona” by Betty Lee Dickens, first place, “Historic Ships” by Claud Hicks, and “Let the Hurricane Roar” by Thad Lev- iner, holding second and third places. MATH MENTOR WAS RED CROSS WORKER DURING WAR PERIOD A petite figure sometimes clad in various types of khaki apparel has by this time become a familiar sight in the halls of H. P. H. S. Second-year algebra students know her as a mathematical whiz, and the business staff of the Pointer look to her as their guiding light. She is Miss Madeline Brooks, and her army clothes are relics of her days in service as a Red Cross worker during the war. Miss Brooks worked on the rec reation end of the Red Cross. Her job was to see that B-17 crews on rest leave didn’t have to depend on “poker games and glorious drunks” for amusement. Service in England A year of her service was spent at the Phyllis Court Club, formerly an exclusive boat club in which the Prince of W’ales held member ship. It had been converted into a rest home for air corps men who were entitled to a week of relax ation after completing half of their required 35 missions. The club, lo cated at Henley-on-Thames in England, was a millionaires’ para dise, complete with tennis courts, a gymnasium, boats, horses, and all kinds of sport paraphernalia. Apparently nothing was too good for these fighting airmen, as they (Continued on Page Six)
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