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CaAolifn'i. Co^4ien. While snooping around corridors, peeping through keyholes, and try ing hard to have a “nose for news” for you, my dear reader, my green pencil jotted down a few incidents which are being . . . Missed: Bob Grady, Bucky Brown, Nancy Oglesby, and Har lan Burton, who graduated from the class of ’50 at last semester’s end. Noticed: The “spring fever” which has seemed to stir H.P.H.S. students already in February. Heard: That Juniors may expect class rings the last of February. Blooming: The friendship be tween Greensboro and High Point orchestra members who are “stringing along together” in an all out effort to combine the two ■orchestras for the All-State or chestra contest in Charlotte and St. Louis. Something old: Abe Lincoln’s birthday which is February 12, and Georgie Boy’s whose is the 22nd. Something new: A Valentine costume ball, February 11; music rendered by Robert Brady and his ■“Dreamsters.” Something borrowed: Mumps! Something blue: Senior cap and gowns which were recently meas ured. Ordered: Eight thousand grad uation invitations for hopeful sen iors. Expect them around the first ■cf March. Seen: Returning H.P.H.S. alumni roaming the hallowed halls of H.P.H.S. Proved: At last the girl’s bas ketball team won a game! The Bisonettes grabbed an early lead, and held it to outlast Greensboro 39-27. Whoopee! . . . Oops! my green pencil broke . . . Noted Violinist Here Tonight Paul Makovsky, a noted violin ist, will be featured tonight in the second of a series of High Point Community Concerts here in the Senior High auditorium. A native of Stockholm, Makov sky first made music at the age of three. He then began to study with his father. Later they moved to Paris where Ivan C a 1 a m i a n, internationally known violinist, was his teacher. At the age of eight he made his first public appearance in the Salle Gaveau, a famous Parisian concert hall. Makovosky then performed in France. England, Holland. Bel gium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Spain, and Portugal. He was called to the United States for his brilliant deibut in Town Hall in 1940. During the war he was in the service and his first post-service appearance was with the National Symphony Orchestra at Washing ton in June, 1946. THE POINTER VOL. 28. No. 5 HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH POINT, N. C. February 7, 1950 1950 PEMICAN GOES TO PRESS Relieved after so many months of hard work, the PEMICAN editorial staff smiles happily as they realize their job is almost completed. In the picture at left are: seated—Van Boyles and Pat Johnson; standing are Doris Craven and Tommie Strother. In the picture at right are: first row seated—left to right. Peppy Stamey, associate editor; Suzanne Slate, editor; Miss Dorothy Hollar, adviser; Peggy Clark, and Venetia Wilcox. Standing are, left to right—Tommie Lentz, Mary Lou Dillon, Albert Hale, Jack Willis, Ann Folger, and Jean Larcom. CAREER WEEKINEARLY FEBRUARY World Peace Study Organized The High School World Peace Study and Speaking Program which is being directed by the Ex tension Division of the University of North Carolina has again been introduced in High Point High School with Miss Ruth Goodman as faculty adviser. This year’s subject is “Building World Peace in the Atomic Age: What are the Responsibilities of the United States in the United Nations and in the Atlantic Pact?” Each school sponsors its own program, and the student in each school with the winning speech is awarded the “World Peace’’ gold key. The purpose of this program is to stimulate the idea of World Peace in the minds of all students. This program in each high school is sponsored by any organ ization or individual approved by the school officials. The sponsor pays a registration fee of five dollars. Coming Up February 7—Community .... Concert February 13-17—Career Week February 16—Liquid Air Pro gram Sponsored by Beta Club February 21—F. B. I. Speaker for Assembly February 24-25—Key Club Convention in Winston-Salem April 14—Jr.-Sr. Prom Talent Show Cast Named; Script Near Completion Knocking knees and chattering teeth indicated the feeling of fright which appeared among the 35 students who auditioned for the Talent Show recently. Jack Petty and Anne Welch, co-chairmen of the talent committee, conducted try-outs three days in the bandroom. Any student talented in any field of music was invited to participate in the try-outs. The group of judges for the auditioning was composed of both students and faculty members. While the judges have been considering possible talent, the script committee has been meeting after school and on week-ends. Buddy Nance and Jerry Paschal, who are co-chairmen of the committee, have announced that the script is near completion. Thie program is in the form of a modern musical play and titled, “The Pearls of Pauline.” According to the custom of previous years, the plot will not .be revealed until the opening night. The musical is expected to be in production about the middle of March. The play will have two evening perform ances in the high school auditorium. The results of the auditions placed the following students in the cast: Dreamsters, Perry McDowell, Nancy Lewis, Harvey Tilles, Joan Brown, Joyce MilliS, Bill Garner, Dot Lewis, Iris Scearce, Betty Floyd. Tommy Potts, Buddy Bullock, Jack Kay, Bill Craig, Thurman McKen- sie, Charlie Bryant, Jerry Paschal, Ken Yarborough, Bill Gamer, All contestants are still being considered and other members of the cast will be notified at a later time. All other committee chairmen have been appointed and notified of their duties. The following appointments have been made: Property, Arlen Pons, and Chad Rogers; Make-up, Mary “Lib” Casey; Music, Robert Brady; Tickets and Publicity, Janet Blair, Jo Auman, and Carolyn Andrews; Costume, Becky Dunn and Anne Hall. Miss Louise Hunter and Mr. Paul Walter are faculty advisers for the production. Sp Rev. Kenneth Goodson To Open Activities On Monday The Student Council is com pleting plans for the Social Stand ards Conference, now titled Eval uation Week, which will be opened in assembly on Monday, February 13, by Rev. Kenneth Goodson from the First Methodist Church. This conference, an annual pro ject of the Upper House, is pur posed to awake students to exist ing conditions in the career world. Also this year each student will attend an assembly discussion on social relations. The quotation “Tomorrow Be longs to Those Who Prepare To day” has been adopted by the council as the main theme of the conference. This was also the theme of the N. C. State Student Council Convention which met in Goldsboro in October. Extending the program over a week’s period is a break-away from the traditional one-day con ference hold in former years. An hour assembly or panel discussion is scheduled for each day of “Eval uation Week.” Students will at tend regular classes during the remainder of the day. The Upper House, with the help of Mrs. Clara (Continued on Page Four) POINTERStSf onsors Contest The POINTER staff wishes to announce that it will sponsor again this year the “most typical H.P.H.S. girl and boy” contest. Recently names were submitted by the staff members and the fol lowing candidates from each class were selected to run for the “most typical” title: Senior class: Joanne Rothrock and Glenn Hudson, Jun ior class: Ann Wright and Jimmy Johnson, 'Sophomore class: Helen Ridge and Sonny Sorrell, Fresh man class: Peggy Smithdeal and Donnie Boone. From this list of candidates the student body will be asked to vote and select the boy and girl who best qualify for this title. Voting will take place in homerooms next week, and final results of the con test will appear in the coming issue of the POINTER. Students Pass NROTC Exam Bob Fountain, Bert Bragg, and C. L. Corn have passed the mental exam given by the NROTC. If these boys pass the physical exam., they may enroll in any of the colleges having the Naval College Training Program. Successful candidates are appointed midship men in the U. S. Naval Reserve. The _ scholarships cover the major portions of the expenses for the four year courses. Upon gradua tion, ensigns must serve eighteen months active duty. The purpose of this program is to train boys for Naval careers. Photo Contest Offers Awards “To encourage in the student a livelier appreciation of the Amer ican way of living, of the Ameri can scene, and of his relation to the community and his world,” —this is the purpose of the Na tional High School Photographic awards contest to be held January 12 through April 14 of this year. All students interested are asked to submit photographs of the following four classes: school life, which includes all sorts of school activities, except athletics; fine arts, for pictures made with artistic intent — any subject; all activities—in school or out—in doors or out— summer or winter; every day life, that is pictures of the way we live outside school hours. More than $3,600 is being of fered, these prizes (being sponsored by the Eastman-Kodak company. ■Students desiring to enter may see Miss Dorothy Hollar in 316 for entry blanks and further de tails. Radio Schedule February 7—Story Time February 13—Talent Time February 14—Program by Ele- mentary School February 15—Program by Miss Goodman’s oldsSOS February 16—Recorded Pro gram February 20—Talent Time February 22—Program by Miss Franklin’s classes Editors And Adviser Journey To Raleigh Well, what’s this? A bald-head ed PEMICAN staff? It’s no won der with all the hair pulling that’s been going on in that staff room for the past month or two. You could never guess, unless you hap pened to be one of the shiny-top staff members, what bedlam has been going on. For instance, as sociate-editor Peppy Stamey was typing copy of the “Saturday Eve ning Ghost,” when all of a sudden it just disappeared. As a reward for all their frantic searching, “Detective Hollar” finally found the mysterious copy. You might also be interested in knowing that the maids were informed not to empty the trash cans until Feb ruary 1st (which was the actual date the annual went to press) because the staff was afraid they might accidentally throw away the wrong thing! Then, as February 1st ap proached, the PEMICAN staff heaved a sigh of relief, for the majority of work on the 1949-50 yearbook was done. On that day, Suzanne Slate, editor; Betty Jo Snider, business manager; and Miss Dorothy Hollar, adviser, jour neyed to Raleigh to carry their copy to Edwards and Broughton, who will print the annual. There are three main secrets concerning this year’s annual which will not be known until the year book comes out in the spring. They are the theme, the color, and the dedication. Liquid Air Is Demonstrated Liquid air demonstrations will be presented by Mr. John Sloan on February 16 in the high school auditorium. The Beta Club will sponsor the appearance of Mr. Sloan, a former science teacher, who specializes in liquid air. He has made more than five thousand demonstrations, which have been presented in forty-two states, many of them being return engagements. “Liquid air is one of the strang est substances ever produced.” It weighs almost as much as water and has a temperature of 312 de grees below Farenheit. A piece of iron when submerged in it may be broken at a touch of a hand. A 'banana which has been treated with liquid air may be used to drive nails. Liquid air is formed by expos ing the air to a very high tem perature and then a very low one. A price for each homeroom has been set for this performance. This price will ibe divided among the members of the homeroom. University Of North Carolina Offers Several Scholarships A bulletin which concerns scholarships, part-time jobs, and loans available to entering students has been sent to H.P.H.S. from U.N.C. There are several scholarships available for prospective U.N.C. students. One of these is the Andrew Bershak Scholarship, which by members of Carolina social fraternities in memory of Andy Bershak of the Class of 1938. This scholarship is valued at dollars a year, for four years. It is awarded to a North Carolina boy on the basis of high scholarship, character, and definite financial need. > “ The Mark R. Braswell scholarships are valued at two hundred dollars each for one year. Four of these scholarships have been made ayailab^ by a fund established in memory of Doctor Mark R. Braswell of Rocky Mount, N. C. These scholarships are given to students whose records indicate outstanding scholarship, character and citizenship, especially those who need financial aid. ’ Another is the Kay Kyser Scholarship in dramatic art and music. K.ay Kyser donates enough money so that each year scholarships are given to two students, one in dramatic art and one in mPsic. Each scholarship is awarded on the basis of scholarship, talent, and promise of future distinction in each respective field of study, and covers tuition fees, books, and room and board expenses for one year. There is another scholarship mentioned in the bulletin called the Marvin B. Smith, Junior, Memorial Scholarship. This was established by Mr. Smith’s family and is worth three hundred and fifty dollars a year for four years. This is available for any boy with character, financial need, and high scholarship, who plans to major in business education. Information may be obtained from Mrs. Leila Rogers, in 311 or by writing the Student Aid Office, Box 1330, Chapel Hill, N. C.
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