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Hankerings ♦ ♦ ♦
by 3.1416
Library Personalities Industrial Arts Furnish Brain
Beg for Understanding Brawn for Frills and Thrills
I’ve been hankering for you to hurry up and get to this column.
I want to tell you something. It’s a deep, dark secret, but if
you promise not to tell a single soul (cross your heart hope
to die), I’ll whisper to you.
Goblins In February
What! Goblins in February in
stead of at Hallowe’en ? What
mysterious looking creatures are
they anway? Those horrible look
ing ghosts were surely created by
persons with soaring imaginations.
Those creatures were actually
used by Miss Berry as a decora
tion for her home room!
Animals from all parts of the un
known world were gathered on the
bulletin board in 212. Warning
signs read; “Leave umbrellas and
overshoes outside, they frighten
the animals,” and “Don’t feed the
animals, they’re not that hungry.”
We were really puzzled, did Miss
Berry have that kind of artistic
mind or was she trying to scare
the students? We finally ap
proached the curator of this
strange zoo and asked for an ex
planation.
It seems that a certain home
room was asked in English class
one day to describe and name an
imaginary animal. The next thing
the students knew, Miss Berry had
those descriptions and was re
questing drawings of the animals.
We were relieved to know that all
those horrible things did not come
from the brain of one math
teacher! George Davis
The other day I wrote the most
magnificent thing and put it in the
most gorgeous contraption and ad
dressed it to you. What do you
mean what am I talking about ? I’m
trying to tell you as fast as I can.
I wrote a billay dooz (that’s his
fainting rootin’t tooting’ French
for L-O-V-E letter) (Shush! I
spelled that so teacher wouldn’t
hear). She’s always telling us that
there is a time and place for every
thing and that includes love. Huh!
She’s taking her own sweet time
about finding out; why her time’s
going to run out before she gets
around to it.
But to get back to my billay
dooz—it was something like a
V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E. (Shush!
Don’t let teacher hear me mention
Valentine’s Day). She thinks that’s
silly too. She needn’t think that
she can get rid of St. Valentine,
for there’s always going to be a
St. Valentine’s Day until some-
'Ijody persuades Father Time to
leave February 14th off the calen
dar. And I just don’t believe
Father Time -will do it, even for
teacher, for February is short
enough without skipping another
day.
I thought about buying a Valen
tine, but the Valentines have such
silly jingles on them. You know!
“Roses are red
Violets are blue;
Sugar is sweet.
And scarce too.”
or
"If you looked for a Valentine from
me,
Just relax, baby, for here it be.”
Not me, I never would send one
of those. I made yours. It was
beautiful and so different from the
most Valentines. It was made out
of paper, red paper shaped just
like a heart; not just one heart
but two, all hitched together with
an arrow from Cupid’s own bow.
One of those hearts (mine, it was)
was dripping thru drops of blood.
No, not real blood, for I couldn’t
stand to prick myself with a pin.
I just used mercurochrome. In one
corner I stuck a real four leaf
clover that I found out in the yard
last summer. In the other three
corners, I pasted flowers that I
cut out of the 1946 spring seed cat-
alogpie. I know papa will be mad
for I cut up the page next to the
spring onions and string beans, but
I just had to have a purple pansy
(for remembrance), a lily (for
purity), and a nasturtium. For the
life of me, I cannot think what
the nasturtium stood for, but it
. was so romantic.
Don’t you agree that the Val
entine was super? And the verse,
I just slaved for hours and hours
to think of just the right words to
show the endlessness of my love
for you. Finally I decided on:
“Two souls with but a single
thought.
Two hearts that beat as one.”
I still can’t figure out whether I
made that up or borrowed it from
Shakespeare. Anyhow, I know
Shakespeare wouldn’t mind, be
cause he made Romeo say lovely
things to Cleopatra in “Summer’s
Midnight Mare.”
Then I signed it with XX and
S W A K (sealed with a kiss) and
Guess who? Then I put my ini
tials, 3.1416.
It was a lovely Valentine. I’m
sure that you never have seen a
prettier one. Look out, teacher’s
looking this way. Why of course
I know who was born on Febru
ary 14. It was Abraham Lincoln,
who was the first president of the
Confederate States of America.
So long, till next time.
Lovingly,
3.1416.
Have you ever felt lonely, left
out of things, out of place, un
noticed ?
I speak for two specimens in our
own library that find all of these
adjectives inadequate to express
the predicament in which they find
themselves.
One is a lovely young lady, and
the other a handsome young man,
(though I’ll have to admit he isn’t
all there.)
No, I don’t refer to Mrs. Farley,
the teacher, nor the pages. They
are just a little bit too stationary
to be one of these. One watches
over you from her post at the 212
entrance to the library, while the
other seems to preside over the
encyclopedias.
You Junior High students would
do well to make the acquaintance
of these noble characters espe
cially since the lady is Athena, the
goddess of wisdom, and the
gentleman is Apollo, the god of
light, youth, of manly beauty and
of music.
Ask Mrs. Farley for Greek
mythology books that will help you
to become better acquainted with
these pieces of art that you have
let go unnoticed.
VENETIA WILCOX,
Room 114.
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There once was a young hick
named Nick,
His home was in Crick-a-da-Brick.
He ate in a can,
And spat in a pan,
And beat his old wife with a stick,
TOMMY CHARPING—213.
Standing—EDWIN TAYLOR, BOBBY HOOVER and
DOUGLAS LOWRY; squatting—DALE McDOWELL,
LOUIS DANIEL, and HAROLD SCHWAB.
Department Serves the SchooV^
Says Mr. Roger B.
The boys in the picture above are making the big heart
for the Student Council Valentine tea dance: This is a
typical scene in the industrial arts department, as the
boys are always making something decorative or some
thing useful for the school.
3iddk ’n
By Scotty Cook
The Junior High school orchestra is looking forward to March 20th,
when they will go to hear the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA. It will be at
Woman’s College in Greensboro. The conductor for the student concerts
is RUDOLPH RINGWALL, and the regular conductor is ER^H LEINS-
DORF.
On March 29, the High Point Teachers choir, led by Mr. Carl Cron-
stedt, will sing at the State Teachers Convention. I have heard that
our teachers really have vocal talent!
The ninth grade glee club is entering a music contest sometime in
April. It will be held in Winston-Salem. “To Music”, by Schubert: and
“As Torrents in Summer”, by Elgar, are two eongs which are to be sung
during the contest. The glee club is busy learning the songs now.
WILLIAM PENN CHOIR
Every year during one of the assembly programs, we have the
pleasure of hearing the boys’ choir of William Penn High School. On.
January 9, the student body was entertained by the choir, under the
sponsorship of room 202. Professor Berford directed the choir in the
singing of a few Negro spirituals, which were enthusiastically received.
The soloists with the choir, were: Soprano, INEZ WHITESIDE;
baritone, EDWARD JONES; bass, A. GREENWOOD. The sextet was
made up of Clifton Henson, Edward Jones, Tovell Scalton, J. C. Hanell,
Bennett Phifer and William Little.
BOYS' CHOIR
Mr. Serposs has just recently organized a glee club for the boys
of Jr. High School. It is made up of fifty boys and they meet once a
week. Mr. Serposs reports that the club will not be ready to perform
for the school anytime soon, as it has just been organized. He also
stated that they were handicapped from lack of space.
Music as They See It ♦ * ♦ ♦
“This department would like to
function as a service organization
for this building,” says Mr. Roger
B. Morris, the shop instructor.
Elaborating upon this idea further
he continued: “We do not wish to
work by contract or organization,
but as a service to the general
morale and well-being of our
school.
“Already this year the boys have
made valuable contributions with
their handiwork and mechanical
knowledge. When students’ stub
born locks have refused to respond
to their manipulations, they have
gone scurrying to the shop for
help. Problems in the designing
and construction of sets for the
Christmas pageant and operettas
are worked out by the boys in the
industrial arts department. Repair
jobs, too numerous to be men
tioned, are always being done by
them.
Does the Shop Lend Tools?
“Yes,” says Mr. Morris, “we lend
tools, at $1.75 per hour, and fur
nish a mechanic free.”
Art Honor Roll—First Semester
Roy Teague
Faye Meadows
Ramona Shipwash
Patricia Elkins
Barbara Heelas
Betty Osborne
Libby Trotter
Patsy Whitt
Betty Floyd
James Slaydon
Edward Williams
Rebecca McGhee
DeVera Rogers
Anne Bain
Laura Baxley
Ann Garst
Jeanette Hankins
Reba Ledbetter
Connie McGhee
Nancy Samual
Jack Vaughn
Herman Perkins
Nancy Holloway
Gloria Hunsucker
Carl Stone
Frances Moore
Jimmy Gray
Leroy Sellers
Ronnie Whitson
Doris Booker
Margret Dennis
Parma Lee Duraham
Wilma Ann Kearns
Sue Taylor
Susan Schwabenton
Monty Ann Wilson
Richard Reavls
Billy Ruth Kanoy
Roland Burgess
Joyce Albright
Janet Blair
Martha Jean Burton
Joan Danielson
Franda Dobson
Wanda Mae Kindley
Jean Larcum
Patsy McManas
Cac Crldlebaugh
Donald Garrison
Frances Mull
Jimmy L,ovelace
Ben Asberry
Peggy Royals
Jimmy Brown
Robert Latta
Bobby McLeod
Edna Jean Frick
Gladys Hall
Bobble Kinney
Virginia Rhodes
Johnny Bell
Keith Clark
Jack Kay
Jack Peacock
Andy Plcklns
Norman Thomas
Lester Zimmerman
Vernon Zimmerman
Ann Allred
Nancy Dlckins
Jo Anne Graham
Nancy Halton
Darlene Jenkins
Carolyn Lowder
Helen Martin
Joan Reid
DANCiNe HrcE
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PRACTICINO
J ^ BAUET
CONFUSION
Jean Swinger
Bill Reece
Mr
Sally Trepke
iwr. Serposs played the POLKA from AGE OF GOLD by Shostakoyitch. The students
recorded their impressions in the form of pictures. Here are three pictures showing what
the students saw when listening to the music. Said Betty Solomon in a word picture: “The
POLKA from AGE OF GOLD makes me think of Truman and Atlee hurrying along the
sidewalk side by side. Truman is tossing an atomic bomb up and catching it. They meet
many people. Molotov is walking behind them, very angry.”
Teasa Bloom Wins
Jr» Scholastic Award
Dark-eyed Teasa Bloom, a stu
dent in Miss Winfield’s room, re
ceived national recognition recent
ly in an issue of “Junior Scholas
tic”. She entered a contest entitled
“Word Trees”, sponsored by the
magazine, and was awarded a cer
tificate and a Junior Scholastic
Word Wizard Button.
“While I was glancing through a
Junior Scholastic in 114 one after
noon,” Teasa said, “I read about
the contest. It sounded like fun, so
I tried it. But,’’ she added quickly,
“I didn’t dream I’d win a prize.”
Girl Scouting and piano practis
ing take up part of Teasa’s spare
time. She thinks Gene Kelly and
a Sunday dinner of fried chicken
are tops! Teasa also likes the
good grades which she makes fre
quently.