The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-04

state law. and the rulings Of the board,
1.-THE girls are just as bad as the
boys she said. for number of them
belong to sororities.'
S. A Swendson was of the opinion
that if the boys would provide suff1-
Gent assurances that thsy Would nave
nothing more to do with fraternltles IN
the future they should be reinstated by
the beginning of the second term
Josiah Jordan considered that
thorough investigation should be maze
and if necessary that so or 100 stud
ents be suspended. and pending that
meeting he thought that action in re-
spect to the four boys should be held
over until the next meeting.
C. F. Hardy believed that an offense
that was a serious one was the utter
disregard which the boys mad of the
pledge which they signed when enter
ing school in the fall
q can't help but believe that the
judgment should be tempered Win
mercy said Geo. H. Smith. THE par
ents are the ones to break up the So
cieties in our schools I don't believe
that we should punish the boys Tor
something for which the parents are
also to blame. don't believe that Iour
should suffer for the rest.
Both Mr.. Cuthbert and Mr.. Anderson
were of the opinion that if the meas
| ures adopted We're not sufncient 70
stamp out the fraternities in the high
nifty should be suspended from scnool.
High School '.Frats'' and Sororities.
The Kappa Alpha Pi fraternity is a
comparatively new organization IN the
high school, but among the boys thefS
| is also Delta Omicron Omicron ana
| Phi Lambda Epsilon, two organlza-
lions of many years standing In the
! school, the former, for example, nav
! ing existed for thirteen years. All
| three of the fraternities might De
called national organizations: Kappa
| Alpha Pi has about Twenty-Five chap-
| ters being represented in Chicago ana
other large cities.
| In order to evade the rulings against
| high school "frats," Delta Omlcron
Omicron, among other fraternlties,
now has the stipulation in it's bylaws
that the membership is not confined
| to school members. It is known
| fact, however that neither in Topeka
nor Lawrence have any boys who are
not connected with the high schools
| in either city been taken into the
| frat"
The Owls, which originated about
twelve years ago in Lawrence, and the
Lamba Alpha lambda are tne lWo
prominent sororities of the Topeka
! high school. There may be other ira
ternities and sororities in the school,
| but these are the organizations that
| are best known.
| If the board of education pushes it's
war against the ''frats'' with great en-
ergy it is possible that they will do
wholesale suspending of pupils. but
| even Superintendent Whittemore ad-
mits that there are serious complica-
lions which are likely to be con-
| fronted.
| one of the members of the board
| stated that it is not now question
of the right or wrong of high school
/ fraternities, as matters have passed
that stage, but the seriousness of the
problem at the present time IS the
| fact that the state law and board rul-
| ing have been broken, and pledges alb
solutely disregarded.
The teachers committee recon-
\ mended that three more teachers be
added to the list of substitute teach
ers and by the vote of the board the
| following teachers were approved:
! Miss Edith Ingham, a graduate OF
Washburn; Miss Grace Collins, grad
uate of the State university, and MISS
Amelia Cohen, a graduate of the State
normal For the manual training
school Miss Elizabeth Meade of To-
peka and Miss Rachel Kendrick of
the Pittsburg Manual Training school
were added as substitute teachers.
Miss Katherine Quinche, for the
| in the city schools, and recently of
the Central Park school, whose
health has broken down so that it
was necessary for her to go to Okla
| nOIna, at least LOT The llIIlS De1LS, WcS
granted her full pay for the year in
Consideration of the circumstances and
her faithful attention to her duties for
so many years.
| w. G. Holloway. engineer to the
school board, was granted an increase
in salary amounting to 500 q year,
which now makes his pay $1,500.
| The building committee was given
power to act in respect to ordering
| carload of slate for black board use
in the various schools of the city.
| The superintendent wasA authorized
| to enter into three-year contract
with the Topeka Edison company for
the furnishing of heat and lighting for
the high school and manual training
school buildings and lighting for the
| other school buildings.
| Forty dollars was allowed to pay
the expenses of the graduating ex-
ercises which will be held in the Au-
ditorium on January %. DR. Frank
K Sanders of Washburn has been
asked to give the address.
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