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VOL. 28. No. 4
HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH POINT, N. C.
January 17, 1950
It’s not news but . . .
The old year of the forty-niners
rang out with the stroke of mid
night; and the accompaniment of
shrill whistles, honking horns, and
the joyous, relieved countenances
of surrounding crowds marked the
turning of the half century. Holi
days are over and a new year head
lights our way. Why not throw
away the soiled pages of the pre
ceding year and start anew with
no signs of a hew year hangover.
Resolve to make this year one
w;hich can be looked back on with
pride—0. K?
Just a Slip . . .
Mr. Hunt, at his usual routine
of checking absentee excuses,
happened to blink twice one
morning when the following ex
cuse was brought to him. “Please
execute for he was sick yester
day.” Relunctantly Mr. Hunt
arose from his desk as if to “put
the heat on,” smiled and calmly
pronounced sentence — excused!
Just a slip of the pen . . .
Andy Get Your Flashbulb . . .
It seems as if editor Slate and
her co-workers are really in a spin
these days with the PEMICAN
deadline set for February 1. Re
cently covers for the ’50 annual
were selected. By the way, the
-misleading color is “purple.”
Business manager Snider, and
her staff members have topped all
previous records in the sale of ad
vertisements, which total $3,000.
Bouquets to Miss Holar, “Peppy,”
and Andy, who greet their tasks
with a smile . . .
Sophomore Scare . . .
Before I heard my teacher tell
the dangers of a kiss, I had con
sidered kissing you the nearest
thing to bliss; but now I know
biology. I sit and sigh and moan,
six-million bacteria, and I
thought we were alone.—Green
Lights
Y-Teens To Learn
Baby-Sitting
Members of the Y-Teen clubs
will learn the professional manner
of child care in the annual Baby
Sitting Course which will be held
in the local Y.W.C.A. for one hour
a week starting the middle of Jan
uary and lasting until the middle
of February.
This baby-sitting course has
been taught each year by public
health nurses. Teen-age girls will
receive training in the correct
way to dress, feed, bathe, and hold
a baby. At the end of a month
of lectures and demonstrations
those girls who have been present
at three out of four meetings and
who have qualified by passing a
series of tests will receive certifi
cates. These certificates will en
title the Y-Teens who have earned
them, to have their names recorded
on a child care aid registry. This
registry will serve as a reference
for mothers who wish to hire baby
sitters. For the convenience of
mothers the registry will be kept
in the office of the Y.W.C.A.,
where they may refer to it to find
the names of girls who live near
them and can conveniently serve
as baby sitters.
Orchestra Group
To Make Trip
Miss Virginia Frank has an
nounced that twenty members of
the high school orchestra will
journey to iSt. Louis, Missouri,
where they will play for the bi
annual Music Educators’ Confer
ence, which will be held on March
18.
A combined orchestra of one
hundred members from North
Carolina will represent the state
at the conference. Those selected
from High Point are members of
the N. C. all-state orchestra. At
least five thousand music edu
cators from all over*;the United
States will be present for this
meeting. Orchestra members will
make the trip to St. Louis by
train, and three special coaches
will be reserved for them.
Members of the high school
orchestra will try to raise at
least $500 in order to make the
trip. This will be done by present
ing a series of three dances in the
Junior High gym.
The above scene was snapped during play rehearsal for “The
Saturday Evening Ghost.” Characters are, left to right: Janet
Blair, Arch McMullan, Max Williams, Betty Clarke Dillon. Albert
Hale, Ramelle Hylton, Jim Lovelace, and Betzl Morris.
‘Saturday Evening Ghost’ Given;
Capacity Audience Attends
Whew! A sigh of relief goes up from the junior play cast and
Miss Amy Franklin, now that The Saturday Evening Ghost has had
two successful public appearances.
The weeks of persistent practice and memorizing of scripts by
the cast members were well rewarded Friday and Saturday nights
by the approving applause and chuckles heard from the capacity
audiences.
This three-act comedy by Tom Taggart was based on Oscar
Wilde’s story, “The Canterville Ghost.” The setting was an ancient
English castle in. the present day. Hiram Otis, played by Max
Williams, rented a castle from Lord Canterville. Rich Mr. Otis
abandoned his Chicago home to insure the safety of his children from
threatening kidnappers. Instead of finding peace and quiet, he found
that the castle was haunted.
Betty Clarke Dillon, as Mrs. Otis, the cautious and domineering
mother of three, hoped to find a distinguished husband for her oldest
daughter. A1 Hale played the part of a man with a “split personality.’’
He portrayed Lord Canterville and the ghost. Sir Simon. Simon had
haunted the castle over three hundred years.
Virginia, Ramelle Hylton, characterized the oldest Otis off
spring; aiid Ut:vttuse ot her romantic inclination, b.—...ne an admirer
of Sir Simon. ,
The impish Otis twins, Sonny-Boy and Pet, endlessly plotted
traps for the ghost. Arch McMullan and Janet Blair, as the twins,
stole the hearts of the audience.
Lord Archibald Archibald, alias Jimmy Lovelace, portrayed the
role of a distinguished English nobleman whom Mrs. Otis wanted for
a son-in-law. Betzi Morris in the role of the housekeeper, Mrs. Umney,
completed the eight-member cast.
Miss Amy Franklin received two dozen red roses and a compact
from the play cast in appreciation of her work. Mary “Lib’’ Casey,
student director, Norma Jean Ansell and Delores Lain, who were
nrompters, attended all rehearsals. Also helping to make the produc-
tion a success were Jean Larcom, Johnny Bell, Faye Meadows, com-
mittee chairmen, and their committee members. ^
The Pearls Of Pauline’ To Be
Theme For ’50 Talent Show
Council} Plans
CareerlWeek
The Social Standards Confer
ence, an annual project sponsored
by the Upper House, has been
scheduled for February 6. The pur
pose of this project is to acquaint
students with various vocational
fields and the necessity of suffi
cient preparation before entering
a vocation.
The conference will continue
from Fedruary 6-10 and be refer
red to as “Evaluation Week.” -Pre
sent plans are to spend one hour
each day in an assembly or -panel
discussion and the remainder of
the day in regular classes. In form
er years only one day was used
for the conference. The purpose for
extending the program over a
week’s period is to stimulate more
enthusiasm among students.
This year upper and lower class-
men will be separated in panel
discussions. Freshmen and sopho
mores will attend panels together,
and the juniors and seniors.
Since November, Upper House
representatives with the help of
Mr. Nile Hunt, Mrs. Clara Harri
son, and Mr. Paul Walter have been
making plans for the conference.
Invitations to the speakers were
issued last week. Also a techni
color motion picture has been
ordered for the occasion. This film
will be shown free of charge to
the entire student body.
Class Mascot
To Be Chosen
Tryouts Will Be Held
After Semester Ends
Lights! Camera! Action! Curtain
going up on the talent show of
1950. Yes, work has begun on the
presentation of “The Pearls of
Pauline,” which is the title of this
year’s talent show.
Three weeks before Christmas,
a script committee was organized
and -began writing the show. This
conimittee is being advised by fa
culty member, Mr. Paul B. Waiter.'
Jerry Paschal, vice-president of
the student council, is committee
chairman. The other members are
as follows: Bill Craig, Shirley Ray
Gallimore, Jack “Butterball” Petty,
Anne Welch, Buddy Nance* Caro
lyn Andrews, Bill McGuinn, and
Marty Burton.
Students knowing of any person
in the high school with some spe
cial talent that should be displayed
in this program should contact one
of the members of the script com
mittee. The talent used in the show
will definitely be confined to that
of H. P. H. S. students..
After completion of the script,
tryouts and auditioning will be
held for those students who have
expressed a desire to take part in
the program. The script commit
tee, with the aid of faculty mem
bers, will also act as the audition
ing committee.
'The student council, which is
sponsoring the show, is the steer
ing committee for the whole pro
gram.
No definite date has been set
for the show, but it will probably
be held in the early spring.
Radio orkshop
To Start Soon
Attention! Here is news for all
students interested in radio w'ork.
A plan is underway for a radio
workshop for interested students,
to be held in the area below the
stage in the auditorium each
Wednesday, beginning in the near
future.
This workshop will be open to
students from study halls, or other
areas in the school, who are work
ing on programs for the radio.
The workshop will be under the
supervision of a different teacher
each period. It is the plan of the
radio council that the teachers in
charge will receive instruction
from local radio people and will
pass this on to interested students.
Books and other radio aids are
being ordered by the libraiTr and
will be at the disposal of the stu
dents.
Ensemble To Play
Over WHPS Soon
The Hungry Five are being
presented over WHPS on January
31. Now don’t back away. They
won’t eat you. . . they aren’t that
hungry!
The radio program will be the
second engagement of this musical
quintet. Their first appearance
was for the Fall Festival at the
First Methodist Church. Making
up this group are Jerry Anderson,
iPeggy Tobias, clarinets; Buddy
Bullock, bass; Budd Montgomery,
cornet: and Barry Ruth, trombone.
The program roster includes
four selections: “Finale to William
Tell Overture,” “Hi-Lee, Hi-Low,”
“Come on with the Beer,” and
“They’re Off.” Bruce Bailey and
James Ilayes will take charge
between numbers as co-masters-
of-ceremony.
Exam. Schedule
January 17—English
Science
D. O.
January 18—Mathematics
Foreign Language:
Commercial Arts
January 19—Social Studies
Home Economics
Industrial Arts
Music
January 25—Report Cards
Legion To Hold
Speaking Contest
Opportunity knocks for all high
school students interested in public
speaking; the American Legion is
again sponsoring its annual ora
torical contest.
The contests have been held
since 1938, when eleven states
participated, and have rapidly in
creased in popularity, forty-four
states having participated last
year with 300,000 students.
Each school participating holds
a contest, and the winner repre
sents his school in the county elim
ination contest. The representative
winning is eligible for district
competition, and the winners of
the district contests are eligible
for the state finals, which will be
held March 17.
The contestant winning first
prize in state competition receives
a $500 bond; runner up, a $100
bond.
The state representative then
enters national competition. The
person winning the National con
test receives a $4,000 scholarship;
the second, a $2,000 scholarship.
The subject to be used for the
oration must be some phase of the
Constitution of the United States.
All orations must be the original
efforts of the contestants.
The school contest must be held
on or before February 20.
On January 23 the high school
auditorium may rpsemblp a kinder
garten, when the senior class
meets for the purpose of selecting
a boy or girl for class mascot.
Any member of the senior class
is eligible to sponsor a candidate,
if he has given his name to Miss
Ruth Goodman, senior class ad
viser.
Mascot candidates should be
between the ages of three and
six. It is suggested that the child
ren be well-behaved and not at
all timid. Also they should have
pleasing personalities and some
particular talent, because each
candidate will be expected to
present some form of entertain
ment, such as singing, dancing,
or any other original act.
Last year, four-year-old Jerry
Armstrong was the class mascot-
Student Council
Buys New Flag
Soon a new set of stars and
stripes will be flying over High
Point High School.
After seeing the tattered and
torn flag being raised each morn
ing, the student council decided to
buy a new one.
On January 5, Mr. D. P. 'Whitley
placed an order for a new flag,
which will be 8x12 in size and
of better quality than the last
one.
Caps And Gowns
To Be Ordered
Measurements for senior caps
and gowns will be taken Friday,
February 3, by Mr. C. T. Chiles
of McCarty and Simon, located in
New York City.
For the past seven years Mc
Carty and Simon has furnished
seniors of H.P.H.S. with caps and
gowns. As usual, the color of the
gowns will be royal blue, and
adorning the caps will be white
tassels. Only those seniors who
have made definite plans to grad
uate will be measured.
Students will be measured
either during English class period
or during study halls. Mr. Chiles
states that he can measure about
thirty students in five minutes.
This is possible, as only the head
size,and length of the gown will
be taken.
Each senior who is measured
will pay a rental fee of two
dollars. Caps and gowns will be
shipped from New York City to
High Point several weeks before
school closes in order for seniors
to have their pictures made in
them.
When school closes, graduating
students will wear their caps and
gowns for both the commencement
sermon and the graduating exer
cises.
^Pointer^ Reporter Boards
Choo-Choo To Cotton Bowl
By TOM BEAVER
At two o’clock on the morning of December 28, two lonely figures
boarded the streamliner choo-choo (Train, not Justice). This pair
was Albert -Sawyer and Yours Truly, -bound for the Cotton Bowl via New
Orleans. We arrived there about 9:00 p. m., immediately blundered our
way into a taxicab and zoomed off to our gilt-edged hotel. We then
checked our bags at this establishment and ambled out into Canal Street,
which has the distinction of being the widest avenue in the United
States, although a person with 20-20 vision can see across on a
clear day. Making the trek across this boulevard without food and
water is quite a feat in itself; but being strong and healthy, we
emerged alive and entered the famous French Quarter, where prac
tically anything and everything can happen, and usually does. Here
we saw many of the “educational” and “historic” sights of New
Orleans.
W’hen we walked into the lobby of our hotel on Thursday, we
were confronted by a sight that took us somewhat aback, for we ,
saw two rather well-known personages of the movie world. This
pair was Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas. We immediately
squared our shoulders and approached them for their autographs,
expecting to be -given cold stares. However, Douglas was most cordial.
Widmark was Widmark.
During our stay, we enjoyed much of the well-known French
Cuisine, eating at Antoines, The Court of Two Sisters, and other
well-known hash houses.
We reluctantly left that interesting town on Friday, December
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