The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-03
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AT HOME NEWS.

The Topeka Ad club met this noon
at the National hotel Ways and
Means were discussed.
The board of education has asked
the clerk to ask the local banks to bid
for the keeping of the school board
funds
Miss Bessie G. Belts, a teacher in
the city schools, has been granted a
leave of absence for the remainder of
the school year.
Slips showing the standing of the
high school students in their studies
or December 20.
The students of the high school will
lie asked on Thursday to make out
cards indicating the studies they de-
sire to pursue the second term of
school.
A moving picture show will be given
"Wednesday evening in the Central Y
NJ. c. A. building for the members of
the boys department and their
friends.
The Blue team is ahead in the men,
bershlp campaign that is being waged
ever, real excitement in the race has
by the boys of the Y. NJ. C. A. How
not as yet developed.
/ The Parent-Teacher association of
the Central Park school will meet
The speakers will be DR.. S. E. Green
/ field and Mrs. Noble Prentis.
The board of education has appro-
| priated $50 to be applied the de-
| felt in the athletic fund of the high
school The fund provides for the
| support of football, basketball and
| debating.
DIR. A. E. Winship of Boston will
speak before the teachers of Topeka
and others interested Wednesday
evening in the assembly room of the
high school The address will be of
an educational nature.
The Topeka high school will in
dulge in an inter-city debate with the
| Salina high school December 10. One
team will go to Salina and one team
will remain in Topeka and confront
a team from Salina in a war of
words.
No electric lights will be placed in
the city schools for the benefit of
| parent-teacher associations. A de-
mand was made that lights be INSTALL
| ed, but as the estimates ranged from
| $3.50 to $500 per school the board de-
| cided that it could not afford to spend
| $500 to 500 in lighting just one
room in each school building.
The board of education has decided
! to place $4,000 in refunding bonds in
the hands of the Prudential Trust
company for sale; that is provided in
| the next few days the state does not
| ask to take the bonds. Demand has
already been made by Topekans for
more than the $4,000 in bonds, so it
is evident that they will go like hot
! cakes when the sale begins.
c.. c. Starr, superintendent of
| schools; G. H Wilmington, supervisor
| of school gardens, and several mem
| bers of the board of education have
| accepted the invitation of the Topeka
Real Estate Dealers association to
dine at the Commercial club Wednes-
day noon. The speaker of the occa-
sion will be DIR. A. E. WinShip, editor
of the School Journal of Boston. A
general discussion will take place con-
corning the school garden proposition
for Topeka next season.
Much interest is being taken among
the high school students in the foot
ball game that will be played Friday
afternoon on Washburn field between
teams representing the Forensic club
and the Topeka High School Walking
club. 1t has been limited that the
former will ltak the ball over the
goal line and the latter will walk it
over. The students are interested to
know if certain member of the fac
uHy, who would tip the scales at $50
pounds, will put on a suit and get into
the scrimmage.
The Topeka Traffic association has
asked the public utilities commission
to provide for a lower classification
and rating on road drags, which are
made in this city. The drags in
question are inexpensive and practi- !
ca11y indestructible, and in the opin- |
ion of the shippers and the office of
the traffic bureau, they should be rat
ed not higher than third class The !
trouble seems to be that the cIassifi- |
cation at present does not specifical- /
ly cover road drags and in the alb I;
sence of a specific application the |
railroads have been applying the same
rate as applies on other road making /
machinery, which is one and one-half !
times first class