Library Growth At High Point High School 1923
Senior class and school leaders raised funds to establish a high school library in 1923. The room now holds 4514 volumes with 1225 added that year and a March circulation of 4230 volumes. Over 500 students use it daily, with 42 magazines and a broad range of notable titles supporting student interests.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
Umes
Atlantic Monthly
Boys’ Life
Boys’ World
Country Life
Current History
Delineator
Forecast
General Science Quarterly
Harper's High School Journal
Historical Outlook
House and Garden
House Beautiful
Hygeia
Industrial Arts
Ladies Home Journal
Literary Digest
Mentor
Musical America
National Geographic
Nature Magazine
Outlook
Pictorial Review
Popular Science Monthly
Popular Mechanics
Radio News
Review of Reviews
School Review
Scientific American
Scribner's
Time
Vogue
World’s Work
Youths’ Companion
Independent
Good Housekeeping
Science and Invention
Nation’s School
North Carolina
Manufacturers Record
Letaoin Etaoin Taoin Taoin Nn
High Point Dramatic Club Welcomes Work at High School
Wilson Goebel notes the High Point high school junior dramatic club formed in 1927 with Miss Meek Beard as sponsor. Freshmen and sophomores could join and learned impersonations and tone drills, presenting two plays to classes. Members included Edgar Allen and Eva Chappelear among many others.
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Wilson Goebel
High Point High School Junior Dramatic Club
Miss Meek Beard
Edgar Allen
Eva Chappelear
Margaret York
Eleanor Stevens
Gilbert Clinard
Margaret Spencer
Rose Askew
Ernest Allman
Harry Coble
Ruth Coffield
Earl Craver
M. D. Dalton
Frances Einstein
Juanita Evans
Harriet Folwell
Eugene Hauser
Margaret Hedrick
Marjorie Spry
Lois Stout
Johnnie Surratt
Mildred von Drehle
Burton Wagger
Adelaide Williamson
Harry Williamson
Aubrey Wood
Ruth Young
Ted Thomas
Miss Johnson
Eleanor Idol
Gilbert Bernard
Julia Marsh
Iris Welborn
Margaret Allen
Margaret Andrews
Grace Bulla
Iris Caudle
John Clinard
Edith Millikan
Alford Moffitt
Sherrod Morrow
Minnie Moran
Ina McAdams
Margaret Neese
Helen Osborne
Stewart Payne
David Parson
Elizabeth Ragan
Dot Rankin
Ammie Robbins
Elizabeth Reitzel
Louise Salisbury
Ollie Shelton
Reid Shelton
Hazel Shipman
Mariam Shipman
Grace Walser
Mary Wall
Clyde Wood
Jennie L. Welborn
Nancy P. Welborn
Jimmie Whitner
High Point High School Names Student Council Leaders
The High Point High School student council operates under a constitution setting a president and vice president from the incoming senior class with gender parity. Current officers are President John Easter, Vice President Emma Fritz, and Secretary Eleanor Idol, with future leaders Wilbur Hutchins and Wilma Welborn slated for next year.
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High Point High School
John Easter
Emma Fritz
Eleanor Idol
Wilbur Hutchins
Wilma Welborn
Landlady and student argue over rent in mock Berlin scene
In Der Wahre Jakob a landlady accuses her tenant of three months unpaid rent while the student protests a homey arrangement, replying that at home he never paid any rent. The exchange showcases a humorous moment in a Berlin setting.
Little Jackets Define The Season In Feminine Style
The season features distinctly feminine little jackets pairing with plain frocks and vice versa. Designers emphasize jackets as the defining accessory, shaping daytime and evening silhouettes with delicate decoration and versatile reach.
Dentist Darrell Pitts Joins Local Profession
Darrell Pitts, a 1910 graduate of H. P. H. 8, has become a dentist. His offices are located over Matton's Drug Store.
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Darrell Pitts
Matton’s
The Big Worry Tit Bits Quote About Wife Elopement
A Tit Bits snippet records a joke about a husband fearing his wife has left with another man in his car. The punchline jokes whether the car is the new one or not, reflecting playful gossip.
Wedding Gown Paris Sponsors Novelty in Bridal Attire
A bridal gown from the Paris label features novelty styling with a gold lame bodice appliqued with gold lilies and trimmed by tiny gold paillettes, showcasing ornate metallic decoration.
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Paris
Edison Science Club Presents Varied Special Programs
The Edison Science club led by Miss Mable Tucker and President Peyton Moffitt has about 40 members. The group uses a point system for pins, offers demonstrations and lectures, and celebrates events like Burbank's birthday and Forestry Week. Members display planes and boats, write original plays, and pursue activities such as constructing apparatus, reporting on science articles, and maintaining science scrapbooks. The club plans higher achievements next year.
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Edison Science Club
Mable Tucker
Peyton Moffitt
Burbank
J Elwood Cox Manufacturer Joins Class of 1909 Graduates
Joseph D. Cox of the J Elwood Cox Manufacturing company is listed among 14 graduates in the H P H S class of 1909.
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Joseph D. Cox
J. Elwood Cox Manufacturing Company
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Hamilton Florist
Oxford Square
Strap
Knife and Chain
North Main
Dramatic Club
Jon Easter
Science Club
The
High Point Chamber of Commerce
W. B. McEwen
A. S. Caldwell
C. M. Waynick
F. J. Sizemore
Carter Dalton
D. A. Stanton
W. E. Snow
W. C. Idol
A. & Tate
Fred N. Tate
J. Elwood Cox
C. C. Garrett
R. K. Stewart
J. T. Barras
R. O. Lindsay
C. W. Perry
T. Wingate Andrews
C. FE. Diffendal
Dr. C. $. Grayson
W. B. Hall
A. E. Taplin
J.,t. Ryan
Horace Haworth
Officers and Directors Chamber OF
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