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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1950
Page
4
The city marks a new era for High Point College with the inauguration of Dr. Dennis H. Cooke. The institution, founded a quarter century ago, has endured hard years and now looks to growth and expanded service under its young leader. The community offers its best wishes for God speed and success.
The piece urges Americans to foster genuine brotherhood and warm friendship across faiths and groups. It stresses judging each person as an individual, not by denomination, and calls for courtesy as the path to decent human relations in a shared national life.
A religious reflection connects Solomon’s dedication prayer with modern prayers for divine guidance. It cites First Kings and Isaiah, urges humility over force, and invokes Emmanuel and the Star of David as symbols. It contrasts spiritual strength with worldly power in facing tyranny and darkness.
A town scene shows a family listening to a news broadcast on hydrogen bombs and cold war tensions. Sue questions college plans while her mother urges perseverance, reflecting fears echoed in past generations.
The piece argues that modern youths face uncertainty about the future and warns against a gloom filled worldview. It urges educators, parents, business leaders, and journalists to instill hope and a proactive mindset, resisting a pervasive doom-and-gloom philosophy.
A columnist denounces pity for Ingrid Bergman as condoning adultery and public scandal. The piece argues morality requires repentance and condemns public approval of private sins, warning against undermining civilization. It also critiques local housing enforcement and calls for stronger governance and federal aid.
A lively survey of 18th and 20th century horse racing culture in New York and beyond. It covers the Jockey Club’s bloodline rules, monumental fortunes at Belmont Park, famed horses like Man o War and Stymie, owners such as Mrs Evelyn Hopkins, and legends of betting including Pari Mutuel, Rothstein, and notable jockeys like Earl Sande and Isaac Murphy.
In New Orleans Harry J. Batt, head of the National Association of Amusement Parks, Pools and Beaches, condemns an excise tax on rides and beaches as an outrage. The piece contrasts his heated rhetoric with the public policy issue and includes a lighter note on a Virginia Texas blackeyed peas rivalry in Congress.
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