THE POINTER
VOL. 28. No. 2
HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH POINT, N. C.
November 22, 1949
‘‘Voice Of Democracy^
Contest Won By Mull
Wm. Penn Student
Places Second
Frances Mull from High Point
High School, was chosen local win
ner in the national “Voice of Dem
ocracy” contest by a group of
[prominent townspeople last
Wednesday, November 16, during
a scheduled broadcast over WHPS.
Frances was selected out of a
group of participants from High
Point, Hasty, Jamestown, William
Penn, and Allen Jay high Schools.
Each of the students who entered
this contest were required to write
a. speech suitable for five minutes
of broadcast time on the subject,
“I Speak for Democracy”.
The local winner, Frances Mull,
and Floyd Conrad of William Penn
High School, who placed second,
have each received table model
radios. The students of High Point
High School who entered the con
test are Prances Mull, Ramelle
Hylton, Thomasine Strother, El-
zene Boyles, Norma Jean Ansel,
Nancy Jean Monroe and Doris
Brooks.
The first three listed above
placed first, second, and third,
respectively, in the high school
contest. Frances then entered into
the next phase of the contest in
which she was picked winner of
this High Point area.
That winning speech will be
entered in the state contest from
W'hich four national winners will
be chosen. Sometime toward the
end of January, these four win
ners will be announced.
Each of these four national win
ners will be awarded a $600 schol
arship, a wrist watch, and an
expense-paid trip to Washington,
D. C.
“The Voice of Democracy” con
test stresses the importance of de
mocracy in connection with world
affair.s. and ■ gives each student ^
chance to express his appreciation
of the American way of life.
♦
Jr, Red Cross
Pleads For Help
Somewhere on the other side
of the Atlantic Ocean a hungry,
shoeless waif will receive a gift
from America. He will open the
box and out will tumble a score
of things, and the kid’s face will
light up because someibody thought
of him.
Many such scenes will take
place again this year because
American boys and girls are send
ing Junior Red Cross boxes to
children of war-ravaged countries.
As in years past they will be
filled with non-breakable personal,
educational and health articles
^hich are considered necessary
for a growing child.
Last year the students of High
Point High School sent approx
imately fifty-four boxes filled
pencils, paper, balls, tooth
orushes, soap, needles and thread.
This year High Point High has
oy-passed last year’s amount and
"Pledged to fill approximately
^xty boxes. The number of boxes
was determined by requests from
^ 4,J"«vidual homerooms.
are supposed to be
filled by Christmas. The deadline
in ”®ar the holiday season
® hope that all students will
of the same Christmas
friena “^ard their unknown
their r n’^hich they share with
rneir felJotv Americans.
Seniors Name
Superlatives
Cheers to the sixteen senior
superlatives who were recently
selected by the class of ’50. After
homeroom discussions and the
drawing up of a slate of candid
ates by the executive board, a
final vote named the following
seniors to their honorable goal.
So, here they are!
Buddy Nance and Joan Crowder
came up victorious for the title
of friendliest. Bubbling over with
that stuff called personality are
Perry McDowell and Becky John
son.
In case you ever need a laugh.
Jack Petty and Frances Allen will
be right on hand, ’cause they’re
the wittiest. Bill McGuinn and
Suzanne Slate coped the seniors’
vote as most-likely-to-succeed.
Best-all-around are (“natch”)
Fred Farmer, senior-class presi
dent, and Doris Craven, president
of the student body. Just leave
the good looks to versatile Ken
Yarborough and brunette Mary
Lou Dillon.
When it comes to sports, Bobbie
Joe Mickey and Anne Shipwash
win the cup for being the most
athletic. Strickly from Esquire
and Vogue are blonde Ralph Brown
and Carolyn Andrews, who fill the
rcie of best-dressed.
Cast your countenance on page
two for further information con
cerning superlatives.
Skating Party
Held For Pupils
Do you like to skate? Soon the
students of High-P.oiiit jtIigK-S«bool-|
will be given a chance to skate all
they wish, when a skating party is
given for them at the Unity Skat
ing Rink in Thomasville.
The idea for this social was first
presented by the P.-T. A. in order
to give High Point High School
students pleasant and wholesome
recreation. Besides offering stu
dents entertainment, this project
will make money for the P.-T.
A., which they will use for the
benefit of the school. This way
students will be having a good
time, as well as helping the P.-T. A.
The skating party is to be jointly
sponsored by the social committee
of the P.-T. A., the social commit
tee of the faculty, and the student
council. The P.-T. A. and the
high school faculty will provide the
chaperones.
Tickets will go on sale several
days before the party, and will be
sold only at the high school. This
will be done to limit the rink to
high school students.
If there seems to be enthusiasm
from students about the party,
such a demand will mean several
more during the year.
Coming Up
Nov. 22—Thanksgiving holidays
begin.
Dec. 2—“Messiah” given for
students.
Dec. 2—Optimist Bowl.
Dec. 3—Shrine Bowl.
Dec. 3—“Messiah” given for
public.
Dec. 4—Second performance of
“Messiah” for public.
Dec. 9—High School Band Con.
cert.
Above is Mr. Carl G. N.
Cronstedt, who will again this
year direct the Christmas pres
entation of the “Messiah”
^Messiah^ Near
Completion
Mr. Carl G. N. Cronstedt is com
pleting plans for the production
of Handel’s Messiah which will
have two public performances,
Saturday, December 3, and Sun
day, December 4, in the high school
auditorium.
The curtain will rise at 8:00 p.
m. both evenings, ’fhere will be
no admission charge. Free tickets
will be distributed by students and
local business establishments.
This year will be the fifth con
secutive year that this presenta
tion has been given for High Point
citizens. Mr. Cronstedt will serve
his fifth year as program director.
He has made this an annual event
for the community, and it has be
come one of the most looked-
forward-to happenings of the sea
son.
Imrticipatihg^ln ~ the Messiah
production will be a thirty-piece
orchestra, two pianists, four solo
ists, and a two-hundred-twenty-
five voice chorus. Miss Mae Kirk-
man and Dot Lewis will serve at
the pianos. The soloists will be
Miss Mildred Crowder, soprano;
Mrs. Mary Lou Moran, contralto;
Dr. C. L. Gray, tenor; and Mr.
Emile Serposs, bass. The chorus
will be composed of students from
the first, second, and fifth period
choir classes and graduates who
have sung in the program in pre
vious years.
It has been the custom of the
group to add a new chorus each
year. “Lift Up Your Heads, 0 Ye
Gates” is the ’49 addition. This
will increase the number of chor
uses to ten.
building Of A City^ Continues
High^Poil.f" citizens! The information which many
free to all ® have been collecting over a long period of time is now
out Novel.of a City” will be on the air through-
WHPE Listening time on Sunday is 6:30 p. m. over Station
is tuned qo° heard each Tuesday night if the radio
u lo VVMFR at 9:30 p.m.
to the'^Pf? 'ifamatic radio shows about old High Point are entirely due
acted bv ^ They are produced, directed, and
to make^iasic and sound effects are also helping
Programs as typicM of old Hi^h Point as is possible,
ing’ to hi^h school students can fill up a dateless night by listen-
wouldn'F ^4. 1 ? T have a lot of fun. For instance,
^ven to interesting to hear how High Point got its name; or
teryeav one^s -self walking down the Old Plank road of yes-
have aly/^ leading stores oi the time might be fun. Many people
of that ^ listened eagerly to the tale of “Crossroads,” the story
• througV, ;?f®ful day when it was decided that a railroad should run
the town.
from W® . i’^feresting facts which may be learned
“Buildni Why not listen and learn about the
of a City’^?
Beta^s Induct
New Members
The scholars of High Point High
School were recognized this morn
ing in the auditorium during the
Beta Club induction.
Thirty-one upper classmen, fif
teen seniors and sixteen juniors,
were admitted into the Beta Club.
The purpose of the organization
is to acknowledge those students
who have made outstanding schol
astic achievements. (Senior mem
bers are required to have an aver
age of 90 for their three previous
high school years. A 92 average
is necessary for a junior inductee.
The Rev. Tom Smythe, rector
of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church,
was guest speaker for the occa
sion. Bob Fountain, club presi
dent, presided over the program.
Other officers are Tommie Lentz,
vice-president; Nancy Monroe,
secretary; and Peggy Clark, treas
urer. Miss Geneva Highfill was
recently appointed adviser for the
group. Those inducted were:
Seniors— Barbara Short, Doris
Brooks, Ann Shipwash, Gordie
Maxwell, Jean Armfield, Mary
Jean Newell. Patricia Massey, Pat
Johnson, Lisi Snyder, Barbara
Whitson, Ann Folger, Jack Kay,
Janice Murphy, Nancy Atkins, and
David Brewer; Juniors— Frances
Mull, Vivian Miller, Rachel Leon
ard, Jo Ann Graham, Martha
Burton, Teasa Bloom, Janet Blair,
Jeanette Hankins, Anita Byrum
Nancy Holloway, Colleen Ward,
Anne Garst, Tommy York, Nancy
Samuel, and Ruth Ann Phillips.
The practice of inducting sopho
mores with a 96 average was
abandoned this year.
National Honor Society
Taps ^49-^50 Members
Shrine Yells Led
By Cheerleaders
James Buck and his faithful
helpers are leaving us! They are
making plans to travel down Char
lotte way. Their destination is the
Shrine Bowl game.
Yes, the honor of leading the
yells at the Shrine Bowl game on
Saturday, December 3, belongs to
High Point High School’s own
cheer leaders. This opportunity
comes from the fact that Coach
Simeon is to be head coach of
the game. He had the privilege of
choosing the cheer leaders for the
game because of this. The band
and the letter girls are also mak
ing the trip to Charlotte.
Our cheer leaders are now quite
busy. They are trying hard to
work up an extra amount of pep
and energy for the big occasion.
Two new yells are being prac
ticed now, and all the old yells
are being changed to fit the game.
The band, letter girls, cheer
leaders, and even Coach Simeon
will have to buy tickets for this
game. The reason for this is that
the Shrine Bowl game is played
for the purpose of raising money
for charity.
Y-Teen Clubs
Sponsor Paper
At the November meeting of the
Inter-Club Council, plans were
made for a newspaper to be spon
sored by all local Y-Teen Clubs
for the year ’49-’50.
The newly-«rganiBed—paper-TriH-
be published bi-monthly under the
editorship of Billy Ruth Pilcher,
a tenth grade Y-Teen. Assisting
Billy Ruth in the editing of this
paper will be Amenceis Whitley,
who is a member of the ninth
grade group. Composing the edit
orial staff will be reporters elected
from each club. Since the paper
has no title as yet, a contest will
be held in order to select a suitable
name for it.
The tenth grade Y-Teen club will
play hostess to a Teen-Age Bene
fit Square Dance to be held on Sat
urday night, November 26, from 8
’til 11 in the Y. M. C. A. gym.
Featured on the program for the
night will be square dancing under
the direction of a well known call
er. Hill-billy music will be fur
nished by a band which will also
play for round dancing.
Ceremony Led By
Tommy Lentz
Against a background of flick
ering candle-light in the darkened
high school auditorium, twelve
new members from the senior
class were inducted into the
National Honor Society of High
(Point High School Friday morn
ing.
Tommie Lentz, president of the
society, presided over the induc
tion. After the devotions had been
given by Bill McGuinn, four Honor
Society members representing
Character, Scholarship, Leader
ship, and Service, came forth and
interpreted each of these qualities
for which the National Honor
Society stands. The new members
v.mre chosen to be inducted be
cause of having proved themselves
superior in these four qualities.
Light, which is the symbol of the
society and is indicated upon its
emblem as a torch, was personi
fied by another member.
As the strains of the tradition
ally-used music, “Largo,” were
heard, the old members of the
society quietly went about the
auditorium tapping the new mem
bers. Solemly marching down the
aisles of the auditorium, holding
lighted candles, the new members
reached the stage where they re
ceived their membership cards and
the red and gold colors of the
Honor Society, distributed b y
Suzanne Slate, secretary of the
society.
The newly inducted members
are: Dorothy Lewis, Fred Farmer,
Carolyn Andrews, Jean Armfield,
Joan Crowder, Nancy Monroe, Jjm
Woollen, Jack Marion, Barbara
Short, Jack Willis, David Brewer
and Van Boyles.
Parents of _ the new . members
were not notified of the induction
until immediately before the cere
mony Friday morning, so that the
inductees would have no indication
of their becoming members of
the Honor Society.
Radio Schedule
Nov. 22—Program by Biology
Department.
Nov. 23—Social Security Pro
gram (No. 2).
Nov. 28—Program by Library
Departmnt.
Nov. 30—Social Security Pro
gram (No. 3).
Dec. 2—“Messiah.”
Dec. 5—Program by Library
Department.
Dec. 7—Social Security Pro
gram (No. 4).
Dec. 12—Program by Library
Department.
Dec. 14—Social Security Pro
gram (No. 5).
Band To Give
Formal Concert
The High School Band will pre
sent its first formal concert De
cember 9 at 8:00 p.m. in the high
school auditorium.
Featured at this Christmas con
cert will be the trumpet trio com
posed of Anne Shipwash, Bob
Bundy, and Budd Montgomery,
who will render “The Three
Trumpeteers.” Also on the pro
gram the spirit of the Yuletide
season will be brought out in
selections such as “The Christmas
Rhapsody,” White Christmas,” and
“Jesu Bambino.’’ To add variety
to the program a medley of “Victor
Herbert’s Favorites” and the
“Martha Overture” will be played.
This concert, as in the past, will
be open to parents and the public.
Majorettes will serve as marshals.
The band has accepted an invit
ation to march for the Carolina-
Virginia game, which is to Ee
played in Chapel Hill, November
26. December 2 will find the band
participating in the Optimist Bowl
activities. Again this year the
band will be journeying to Char
lotte for the annual Shrine Bowl
game, December 3.
Shop Boys To Play Santa
Pretty soon Old Saint Nick may be seen working his whiskers off
in the woodworki.ng department. Wooden toys, instead of the usual
array of furniture, will be flying off the assembly line.
Don’t be alarmed if you see a team of reindeer and a sleigh parked
in Mr. Gibson’s parking place. (He asks that you please not tease the
reindeer.) Also don’t let it be a surprise if you see the shop boys run
ning around in the duds of old Santa himself.
Along the line of toys to be made will be wooden horses, pull toys,
and wagons. Some of the toys will even feature seats to make the
ride more enjoyable. Leave it to the advanced woodworking students
to make those little red v/agons which are constructed entirely of
wood.
Many students will be making presents for their parents this
Christmas. Among these will be footstools, ash trays, candleholders,
and other gifts.
The toys made by the classes will be given to less fortunate chil
dren, in the hope that they will help to brighten their Christmas
holidays.
After the Christmas se.nson other projects will be made by the
class. These will include cabinets, book ends, and various other house
hold articles. Rings, ash trays, picture frames, etc., will be made
out of plastic. Mr. Gibson also hopes to instruct his classes in the
making of electrical equipment.