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VOL. 27. NO. 7.
HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH POINT, N. C.
MARCH 15, 1949
April 22nd Is
Date Set For
Senior Day
SENIORS BECOME KING
FOR A DAY
plans for Senior Day have be-
o-un. The date is set for Friday,
April 22. No committees have
been set up as yet, but the follow
ing- Senior Day plan has been
presented to Superintendent
Charles F. Carroll and accepted
by Hm:
“We, the Senior C'ass of ’^9,
reeu“st your permission for the
following privileges on a certain
day to give special recognition
to seniors:
1. To wear clothes to disting
uish seniors from under-classmen.
2. To ask under-classmen to do
small favors for them. Some of
these would be carrving lunch
travs, carrying books, letting
seniors in lunch line. etc.
3. To have an hour assembly
during ttio day at which time the
senior Will and Prophecy will be
read, and other matters presented
pertaining to this day.
4. To have a banquet in tho
cafeteria followed by an informal
dance in the gym. To have the
privilege of inviting a guest of
tho senior’s own choice.”
The Senior Dav Steering com
mittee — composed of Margaret
Little, chairman. Doris Glenn.
Barbara Mabrey, Rudy Upton, and
Kent Jackson—^will call a class
meeting at an early date to decide
on definite plans.
Senior Play
Cast Chosen
Miss Ruth Goodman, director of
the senior play, “I Remember
Mama.” announced last week, that
the leading roles will be portraved
hr Evelyn Nance and Ruth Ellen
Monroe.
After final trv-outs on Tuesday.
March 8, the full cast was selected
and scheduled rehearsals drawn up.
Members of the cast are: Evelyn
Nance as Mama; Ruth Ellen
Monroe. Katrin: Nolan 'Brewer,
Papa; Barbara Bartsch, Dagmar;
Nancy Jo Smith, Christine: Jerry
Hester, Mr. Hyde; and Bobby
Baird as Nels.
The three aunts will be played
by Jean Short, Elon Nixon, and
Barbara Mabrey. Uncle Chris will
be portrayed by Harry Samet;
Mr. Thorkelson by Bobby Ald
ridge; and Dr. Johnson by Kent
.Jackson. Joann White will play
the part of a woman; Davia Lee
Teague and Nancy Earle, the two
nurses; John Perry, the soda
clerk; Scotty Cook, Madeline;
Barbara Lee, Dorothy Schiller,
and Mazie Strickland, Florence
Moorehead.
The part of Arne and the ex
tras, which include a scrubwoman,
nurses, doctors, and hotel guest,
have not yet been chosen.
The play, “I Remember Mama,”
is a two-act comedy by John Van
Druten. It will be presented by
the senior class on April 29 and
30.
Career Day To Be
Sponsored By Council
In the near future, the student
council will sponsor a Career Day
instead of the usual Social Stand-
ard’.s Conference held here every
spring.
Career Day will be a climax to
a series of assemblies which will
be held to arouse student interest
on the subject. Its purpose is to
make the students aware of their
needs and the needs of the com
munity and nation. Also it will
serve to make the public con
scious of the part which the high
school is playing in the affairs
of the community.
Emphasis will be placed on
qualifications for the individual
student’s choice of occupation or
profession according to his per-
sonality and ability. Thd; panels
will be divided into groups of
occupations and p rofessions.
Speakers who are authorities m
their fields will lead the discus
sion panels.
Here is a message from the stu-
aent council: “Are you qualified
to enter your chosen career?
you started planning for a
career. if ^ot. Career Day will
be a benefit to you.”
Talent Extravaganza Due April 1
Ra-ta-ta-ta! It’s the High Point High School Band in action! That “breathless” duet at upper left
features Robert Brady and Ann Shipwash. The talented fingers of Bobby Hopkins at upper right plus
the ivory keys of a Steinway make for good listenin’. That lower shot includes just about everybody.
Just about. Missed Director Julian Helms along tho way somewhere. —Photo by Dick Boyles.
High Point High Schoc^l Band To Present
Spring Concert At Jhmior High March 18
^c6ed. 0^ MmcU
Ah, yes, today, (pause here
for a long, useless sigh) March
15, marks a fateful one in the
history of this old world. Right
smack dab in the middle of the
month—it never fails—old Mr.
March Wind ushers in that
dreaded date. Ah, fate.
The very earliest March 15
tragedy recorded in the annals
of time (all Latin students
question the word “tragedy”)
was the death of that much-
heralded statesman and war
rior, Julius Ceasar, who met
his doom in the Roman Senate
chamber at the hands of those
slothful fiends, Brutus and
Cassius, exactly 1,993 years ago
this morning.
But this morning, March 15,
1949, in the United States
Senate chamber up in Wash
ington, senators are gloating
and rubbing their hands in ut
most glee. For ’tis the final
hour for collection of taxes—
income taxes from the people
of every nook and cranny of
this great nation. Oh, Woe!
There’s no way round iL You
can’t win, ’cause March 15,
the Ides of March, comes
around every year, sure as
death ’n’ taxes.
Personality Plus
Topic Of Series
During the middle of March
a series of ten lectures, entitled
Personality Plus, will be presented
on six consecutive Thursday after
noons at the local Y. W. C. A.
for the benefit of all Junior and
Senior High .School Y-Teens.
The first session of this pro
gram will emphasize the whole
picture of personality develop
ment, \yith a study of the needs
of the individual.
In the second and third weeks
of this series good grooming
habits necessary for an attractive
appearance will be discussed.
These habits will deaf with make
up^ hair, and clothes.
Show Will Feature Music,
Dancing and Fun For
Everybody
Band fanfare! Event: Band
Concert . . . Place: Junior High
School Auditorium. . . .Time:
eight o’clock p. m. . . .Date:
March 18.
The spring concert to be given
'by High Point High School’s
eighty-five piece band on March
18, will feature rhythmic moods
from Sousa to Gershwin. Bobby
Hopkins, talented pianist, will
feature with the band “Concerto
in Jazz.” The trumpet trio, which
consists of Ann Shipwash, Budd
Montgomery, and Bob Bundy, will
give their rendition of “The Three
Jacks.”
Three concerts given by the
band on Mai-ch 4 were well re
ceived by senior high students
at a morning performance and
in two brief afternoon perfor-
given at junior high
“It takes a fool
to fool a fool”
And as the ladies of
Sit ’n’ Chatter Sewing Circle,
Which meets each Monday
At two, would say,
“How true. How true!”
Now, this isn’t a pyramid
Or one of those
Crazy puzzles like
You see in magazines
But just a zany way
Of saying that the
Next issue of
Yours Truly,
The “Pointer” (natch!)
Will not contain
One ounce of Truth
‘Cause it’ll be
April Fool.
Poetic, don’t you think?
Everything From Chopin To
Bea-Bop Will Be Heard
On Program
Backdrops and lawnmowers:
boogie-woogie in a producer’s of
fice; real harmony—and confu
sion; a boardwalk complete with
pretty girls; soft lights and sweet
music—a combination of all these
and more will mingle to produce
the musical extravaganza of 1949
right here at High Point High.
And, when the finished product
comes up for presentation on the
evening of April 1, there you’ll
have the “Talent Show of 1949,”
written and produced by the stu
dents of Senior High.
While show committees are hard
at work on ticket arrangements
and stage props, the personnel of
the production are busy hitting
the rough spots in the script and
acts, working toward that final
“opening night” perfection, which
is only two weeks away. Music
by the Dreamsters, under the di
rection of Bob Hayworth, will be
a feature of the evening. Jon
Barnes, the diminutive M. C. who,
along with Dewey Greer and Mr.
“Ig” Heniford, has done the major
portion of drafting the script, has
woven the talent into a light plot
concerning the production of —
you guessed it!—a talent show.
A brief review of the partici
pants in this musical should also
include barbershop harmony b y
the Boys’ Octet, Tommy Potts at
the piano, Evelyn Solomon and
Doris Glenn vocalizing, and Joan
Brown in a ballet. Ray Hollings
worth, Max Thurman, Nolan
IBrewer, Dot Kendall, Evelyn
Nance, Bobby Lee, and Barbara
Lee are among cast members.
A second performance of the
amateur show will probably be
given on Saturday night, April 2;
and, as yet, it is not known
whether a matinee presentation
before the student body will be
scheduled. The whole production is
under the sponsorship of the stu
dent council, toward which the
proceeds will be directed.
Anyway, from all the activity
and interest incited by this stu
dent amateur show, it’s pretty
evident that they’re out to dis
prove that little rhyme that says:
“They can dance
And they can sing.
But talent isn’t
Everything.”
Gc4fUi^ Vp . . .
March 17 Duke Glee Club
March 18 Band Concert in
Junior High Auditorium
March 22-26 Carolina Dram
atic Festival at Chapel
Hill
March 24 District Music Con
test (Orchestra and Band)
March 25-26 Jaycee Jollies
March 31 Community Concert
April 1 Triangular Debates
Talent Show.
mances
school.
A small band has recently been
organized from the regular band,
and they recently entertained the
Rotary and Cooperative Clubs.
The band has been practicing
also for the District Music Con
test, which will 'be held March 23 |
in Winston-Salem, and the organ-1
ization has already gained state-
wide commendation for its sup
erlative music.
Men's Glee Club Of Duke
To Appear In High Point
The Men’s Glee Club of Duke
University, under the direction of
J. Foster Barnes, will present a
concert in the Senior High Audi
torium on Thursday evening,
March 17, at 8:00.
The program, which promises
“a lull evening of music from
Bach to Berlin,” will consist of
numbers by soloists, a triple
quartet, and two pianists, as well
as ’oy the entire glee club.
The club, now in its 22nd year,
has, since 1937, sung annually
During the fourth meeting such over the nationwide facilities of
items as formal and informal either the NBC or the OBS net-
etiquette, telephone technique, works and has recently received
poise, charm, and other desirable the acclaim of critics in the lead-
(Continued on Page 4) ing cities of the state.
Bojangles Enumerates
Gold Standard Is Found Handy
I By Jon Barnes
j What Is The Gold Standard?
; Let us take this question one at a time. It may be broken down
into three broad subquesticns:
i 1. What is “gold” ?
2. What is a “standard”?
3. What is “what”?
Now—the first medium of exchange was fish, but this had to
be abandoned because you can’t get very many fish into a wallet.
Next, the Indians introduced Wampum, which consisted of different
colored beads strung together and woven into many designs. How
ever, this was impractical because everyone spent all of his time
making Wampum and nobody was making any money.
This brings us up to gold. We went on the gold standard
because it’s so available. Indeed, we have the greatest source of
gold the world has ever known—teeth. But when we started losing
our teeth, wc naturally had to go off the gold standard.
However, don’t let anyone tell you that paper money is more
practical than gold. I number a lot of dentist among my personal
friends, and I have yet to hear of one of them filling a cavity with
dollar bills.
Now, explanation of the gold standard was explanatory, and
merely in keeping with the theme of my previous articles, which
have dealt with the national debt. So, read on. . .
It is interesting to note that the national debt is exactly 60
billion dollars at sea level. Therefore it follows that if we raise the
sea level, it will lower the national debt. If Congress would immedi
ately enact legislation placing the sea level at 3,000 feet above sea
level, it would automatically wipe out the debt—all except some
$28.75—It adds prestige among the other nations if we are in debt
just a little. After '>11, you can’t stand around like a fool and spend
nothin’.
So there. . . .