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INK ON
MY
HANDS
BY
MARILYN
ROBINETTE
FRAGILE . . . Handle With Care
New calendar, new faces, new
plans, old resolutions. But even
the resolutions were new 18 days
ago. New, and made with the
very best of intentions plus -grade
A determination. But, unfortun
ately, temptation often steps in,
and through the year a few reso
lutions will probably be dropped
and broken along the way—chat
tered in a million pieces. It only
takes a little of that cement of
determination, though, to piece
those few broken ones back like
new and to put them into use
again. . . .
But you have to be careful,
’cause New Year’s Resolutions are
delicate.
HOW’S THIS FOR SPICE? . . .
The telephone rang in the gen
eral office. Everybody busy, so I
answered.
“High Point High School.”
An operator’s voice: “This is
Asheville calling Coach Cinna
mon.”
Silence.
“Coach Who?”
“Asheville calling Coach Cinna
mon of High Point.”
Dead silence. . . Then the light
dawned.
“Oh. . . Call the athletic office,
8276.”
“Al-1-1 right. Thank you.”
I “ginger”ly hung up the re
ceiver.
“PEMICAN’S PROGRESS” . . .
It used to be “Pilgrim’s”, but
the Pemican staff’s changed all
that. With Editor Heywood eatin’,
sleepin’, and drinkin’ Pemican;
Miss Hollar applying “Thumte”
to preserve the last remnants of
her fingernails; and Dick working
overtime in the darkroom, the
staff is about to survive the final
deadline rush set by Engravers
Jahn and Ollier of Chicago. Come
February first, all Pemican ma
terial will be out of the hands of
the staff and into the laps of the
printens.
Then one bright spring morn
ing in May, Mr. Whitley will say,
“T h e Pemicans have arrived
and. . .”—and the ’48-’49 Pemican
staff will live happily ever after.
Robinette To
Represent H. P.
At D. A. R. Meet
Marilyn Robinette, Pointer ed
itor, will represent High Point
High School at the state pilgrim
age of the Daughters of the
American Revolution which con
venes in Asheville, March 1-3. She
recieved the H.P.H.S. Good Citi
zenship Award in September.
Ab is the custom, Marilyn has
submitted a scrapbook portraying
her four years in high school to
Mrs. R. S. Pettee, state citizen
ship chairman for judging. The
scrapbook contains pictures and
souvenirs of all the activities in
which she has participated during
the past four years. These activ
ities cover three phases of society
in which she has served: the
school, the community, the church.
Her associates in these fields
have written letters of recom
mendation to the D. A. R., which
are posted in the book.
Marilyn’s scrapbook will com
pete against those of other high
school seniors throughout the
state who received the D. A. R.
good citizenship award in their
respective schools. The candidates
were selected from the standpoint
of dependability, service, leader
ship, and patriotism.
The state winner will be an
nounced at the conference in
Asheville, and the winner will re
ceive a $100 savings bond.
J* T* M. Holds
Annual Contest
Arrangements have been made
for the all-student broadcast of
America’s 'Town Meeting of the
AiC’ wmch is to be held in New
York City, Tuesday evening,
March 22.
Students will remember that
Hi&h was well represented
on this program in 1947 by Caro
line Arden.
THE POINTER
New Year’s
Issue
VOL. 27 No. 4
HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH POINT, N. C.
JANUARY 18, 1949
Monogram
Elects New Officers
Projects Get Under Way;
28 New Members Tapped
Monday morning quarterbacks.
The team that calls the plays in sportsmanship in the athletic
world at H. P. H. S. — the Monogram Club.
Only recently re-organized for the year, veteran members of the
Monogram Club, which is composed of returning varsity lettermen,
have elected officers, set up two active projects, and voted into mem
bership twenty-eight athletes who have earned the coveted H. P. and
are considered worthy. It is the purpose of the Monogram Club to help
develop at High Point High School the highest athletic standards on
a foundation of true sportsmanship, and to create a closer bond of
friendship and loyalty between lettermen. There are eight prospective
sports and the offices of team manager in which H. P. H. S. boys may
be awarded letters.
The new executive leaders elected are President Kenneth (Charlie)
Bryant, Vice President Perry Jones, Secretary Clyde Baxter, and Treas
urer Jack Petty. Kenneth Yarborough will act as sergeant-at-arms.
Club adviser is Athletic Director A. J. Simeon.
With Monday as meeting day, the club has already taken action
on several projects. Complimentary basketball programs giving team
rosters and previous records are being distributed at home games. A
possible club project now being considered is the selling of attractive
basketball novelty pins. During baeeball and track season a concession
stand will be set up, and throughout the year other projects for the
betterment of the athletic system and for the increased comfort and en
joyment of the fans will be begun.
Invitations by letter were sent the following new Monogram Club
members; Dan Smith, Charlie Martin, Bill Craig, James Slaydon, Perry
McDowell, Donald Levina, Darrell Winslow, Donald Tolliver, Glenn
Hudson, Goldston Harris, Bob Padgett, Clyde Baxter, Max Thurman,
Bobby I^e, Frank Haesell, Donald Rogers, Harold Gihbart, Donald
Brown, Bill Ring, Jerry Paschal, Bucky Brown, Buddy Nance, Law-
rence Kimball, Bob Grady, Billy Voncannon, Bill Allen, Jack Powell
and Ralph Brown.
Looks like “kiddies’ day” on the H. P. H. S. campus. Above
are six smiling finalists in the senior class mascot contest—all in
miniature. The three little gals looking so happy about it are
Becky Edwards, Kathryn Ingram, and Sara Coleman. Lois Harris
on Henry Shavitz’s shoulder and prize-fighter Joe Slate on Bob
Younts’s weren’t quite sure what was going on. Senior class
prexy Charlie Johnson’s slightly forced smile is due to the fact
that little Jerry Armstrong on top is holding a fistful of Charlie’s
hair. Jerry is the senior class mascot.
Orators Give
Second Play
The Masque and Gavel will pre
sent their second one-act play,
entitled The Passing of Mr. Peal,
on January 21 in the Senior High
School auditorium.
Thus one-act comedy, written
by Edna B. Lon^ecker, revolves
around the relatives of the late
Mr. Peal, who have come to his
home to plan for his funeral.
There is, as always, the impor
tant matter of distributing the
deceased’s wealth. That task in
terests the family greatly.
Several Masque and Gavel
members will make their debuts
in this performance. Barbara Ma-
brey will appear in the role of
Susan, Mr. Peal’s housekeeper.
Peg, the youngest niece of Mr.
(Peal, will be portrayed by Scotty
Cook. Acting as the wife of Mr.
Peal’s nephew will be Barbara
Lee. Evelyn Nance will play the
part of Fan, the oldest niece. The
masculine touch will be added to
the play by Robert Giles and
Fred Farmer. (Bertie, Fan’s hus
band, will be portrayed by Robert
Giles. Presenting Steve, the
youngest nephew, will be Fred
Parmer.
Announcing..
The meet typical guy and
gsl at H. P. H. S. ? That’s what
everybody wants to know!
And by the time the next issue
of the Pointer appears, our
“wants” won’t hurt us, ’cause
the Pointer plans to sponsor
again its “Most Typical” con
test to select Mr. and Miss H.
P. H. S.—the two most typical
teen-agers in the school.
The system of selection will
be the same as last year. Mem
bers of the student body are
asked to place the names of
potential candidates in the
Pointer box in the general
office any time before next
Tuesday, a week from today.
. . .
Jan. 18—Burlington at High
Point (Basketball).
Jan. 18—Greensboro at Greens
boro (Wrestling).
Jan. 27—Curtain Callers’ Play
Jan. 28—Greensboro at High
Point (Basketball).
Jan. 24,25,26—Mid-term Exams
Feb. 2—First of 2nd Semester
Report Cards.
Ground Hog Day.
‘Drum Major’ Armstrong To
Lead Class Oi ’49 As Mascot
Curtain Callers
To Give Plays
Three one-act plays will be pre
sented by the Curtain Callers on
the night of January 27 in the
high school auditorium. Follow
ing the performances, an Open
House will be held by the mem
bers of the club for their parents.
“Escape by Moonlight,” a mys
tery, will be the first play in the
series of three. Taking the leads
in this drama will be Tommie
Strother, ^Ivis Ennis, Betty Sol
omon, and Max Shoaf. Acting as
student director will be Ramelle
Hylton. This performance prom
ises to keep the audience on the
edge of their seats.
Second on the bill of produc
tions, is a farce entitled “Mamma
Goes to the Convention’’. Star
ring in this play will be Nancy
Haltom, Bobby Baird, Myrtle
Hughes, Arch McMullan, Betty
Clarke Dillon, and Ruth Neigh
bors. Delores Lain and Janie
Bartlett will direct this play.
The last performance of the
evening will be “The Bird on
Nellie’s Hat.” This comedy will
be .made up of an all-girl cast.
The actresses in this play include
Jean Weekly, Helen Dallas,
Frances Mull, Jean Short, Jean
Smith, Rosie Beam, and Shirley
Kirkman. The student director of
ti^is production will be Barbara
Short.
PLAN ANOTHER VISIT
Miss Laura MeInnes’s second
period Bible class is planning a
second visit to the polio hospital
in Greensboro, N. C. Their pre-
Christmas vksit was so cordially
received that they have decided to
make the trip a monthly event.
Various forms of entertainment
are being planned.
Old Father Time Ticks Back
BY JON BARNES
1948? You are now a back number on the pages of Time! “Ah, well—that’s life!” as the fellow
who didn’t care what he said, said.
1948! You were great while you lasted. You were the year in which things reached the Berlin
pernt. The world crisis reached the state of truce or consequences:—the little nations received a deal
from Russia from the bottom of the pact.
Russia—that was the place where everything was tied up in red, white, and blue tape; and where
last August they held a Miss America contest. Xbe returning consuls explained why they missed
America. Russia—that was the place where, despite the Communist Party’s lyin’, they would gladly
share the lack of wealthy with everybody. Not, of course, that everybody’s smart about Russia. If the
Russians were smart they wouldn’t stay there. Nor were all Americans smart in 1948. Dopey Deli
lah thought, for Instance, the Kremlin was the place they made that hair tonic.
1948! You were a time of spy scares and elections. Back in October, J. Parnell Thomas called a
waiter in a Washington restaurant, and cried: “There’s a spy in my soup!” Alae, rents went up as
apartments got smaller. Some have groi«^ so small that all they do when you die is put handles on
them and bury you in them. i
As for the elections, Henry Wallace got more yolks than yokels; and television proved conventions
looked as bad as they sounded. The Dixiecrats tried to win the election and turn the ship of state into
a Y’awl, and were voted the Most-Likely-to-Secede. Dewey’s mustache enabled him to kiss Democratic
babies and give them the brush at the same time.
However, Democracy proved itself the best political system. It allowed us, on November 2, to decide
which guy we preferr^ to mess things up for us. 1949, at any rate, ehould bring a bumper crop on
the farms. There was a terrific amount of fertilizer broadcast by all politicians.
A rip-roaring prize fighter, a
tap dancer, a miniature concert
pianist, two little vocalists and a
mischievious 2%’ drum major all
displayed their youthful talents
at a meeting of the senior class
last Thursday in competition for
the title of mascot for the class
of ’49.
A special ' board ' eliminated
many contestants Wednesday; and
of the top six who performed on
Thursday, Jerry Armstrong won
the seniors’ hearts and votes to
become winner. Sponsored by Lo-
rene Kivett, Jerry is the son of
Rev. and Mrs. Neil J. Armstrong
of 111, Hillcrest Drive. He was
quite elated at the news and ex
pressed the opinion that “What
I rilly wanted to be was a foot
ball player, but I guess this is all
you got.”
Other candidates and sponsors
were Sara Coleman, Ruth Ellen
Monroe; Kathryn Ingram, Sara
Barrier; Lois Harris, Henry Sha-
vitz; Becky Edwards, Mary Alice
Edwards: Joe Slate, Bob Younts.
Music Makers
Play In Greensboro
Seventeen members of the
High Point senior high school or
chestra were chosen to play in
the All-State orchestra, which
performed in Greensboro on Jan
uary 14 and 15.
'Ihe following students took
part in the program: Donnie
Silver, Annie Sue Alverson, Clara
Yarborough, and Rachel Leonard
—violins: Anne Shipwash—comet;
Robert Brady—clarinet; Charlene
Thomas—horn; Doris Ray Glenn
—oboe; John Leslie Andrews—
bassoon: Betsy White—trombone;
Shirley Kirkman, Jean Short, and
Norman Sohnehen— violas; Jean
Weekly, Geraldine Brawley, and
Betty Cusworth—cellos; and Budd
Montgomery—string bass.
Those musicians chosen to
play in Greensboro, will go to
Asheville t o play i n another
statewide program in April.
Prom Committee
Picked By Classes
The steering committee for the
Junior-Senior Prom has been an
nounced by the classes’ executive
committees.
This group will lay plans for
the forthcoming social event. Five
students from each class, along
with both class presidents com
pose this committee.
Members of this gp-oup are
“Wink” Allen, Ralph Brown, Jo
anne White, Chet Allen. Jon
Barnes, Charles Johnson, Mary
Lou Dillon, Bill Craig, Albert
Sawyer, Carolyn Andrews, Rebec
ca Johnson, and Bill McGuinn.