The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-12

funds will be taken up" said w J.
Stage, clerk of the school board. My
determination as long as 1 hold my
position, is to have the finances in such
condition that the board will not
have to pay interest on warrants"
The teachers of the city schools are
taking kindly to the suggestion by
Superintendent L. D. Whittemore that
they spend more time with the chill
| dren of the schools in their play. Many
| of the teachers are actually getting out
/ at the recess hour and playing with
! the youngsters.
Great credit is due to Mrs. c. j.
! Evans and Miss Mildred Shaw, her as
sistant, who have been managing the
MONDAY luncheons at the White Ele-
| plant campaign quarters, and also to
the ladies of the First Congregational
! church, the First Presbyterian church,
, the Westminster Presbyterian church.
the First Baptist church and the First
NJ. E. church, who have assisted.
There was a band in the crowd of
| Topeka high school rooterS which went
| to Lawrence this morning. An en-
thusiaSm meeting was held at the high
school at which time $2.85 was quickly
collected in order to rent two drums.
If the local thighs win, the band will
head nightshirt parade in Lawrence
after the game. Otherwise 1t will be a
| longfaced crowd that returns to To-
peka this evening.
The Topeka high school football team
| and a. train1oad of rooters left over the
| Union Pacific this morning for Law
| renee where they expect to capture the
! Missouri valley high school Champion
ship. When Washburn isn't able to
| obtain the college Missouri valley
| championship, the Topeka high school
carries off the honors.
The Brotherhood of the First Bap-
| fist church. which makes it a feature
of the organization to discuss civic af-
! fairs. will this winter take definite
steps towards effecting improvements
! in the sewer system of Topeka. DR..
/ A. E. Billings has been chosen presi-
| dent of the Brotherhood: r. w. Eaton,
vice president; Jesse Moneypenny,
treasurer, and A. H. Lands, secretary.
| The proposed new addition to the
| First Methodist church, which will
| cost at least $4,000, will probably ma
! teriaIize in the very near future. Archf-
tects are now at work on the plans
when this addition, which will be
used for Sunday school and social pur-
| poses is completed" said DR.. T. L.
/ Loveland, I'VE will have one of the fin
est plants of which the Methodist
church of this country can boast"
DR.. Frank Loveland is preparing a
| series of sermons on The Fundamen-
tails of Success which will be the fea-
ture of the Sunday night services for
| several weeks The first of the series
was given last Sunday. and the sec
| ond discourse. entitled THE Golden
Bowl. or Mans Determination" will
be heard tomorrow night. The remain
| ing two sermons will be called ''The
Crystal Pitcher, or Mans Endeavor, .
and 1.-The Crimson Wheel, or Mans In
centive."
Not only will the White Elephant
campaign workers be thankful when
| the full $4,000 has been raised and
the beast wiped out of existence, but
the citizens likewise, as they are get
! ting tired of hearing about the cam
paign. Hundreds of citize IS have sub
scribed their hard earned money to-
wards the fund, and now it should be
up to some of the moneyed fellows to
dig down. who dislike to give money
| to aid any cause.
This evening the dignifed 90 mem
bers Of the school board will indulge
| in scathing personalities, and red hot
| arguments. At least several of the
| board members predict that such viii
be the case. If there is sufficient time
| left after the squabble, perhaps some
Of the business which was left over