The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-22
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS.
The January 1913 "Grads', Hold Esx.
erciseS.

There was a merry din" in the as
sen1biy room Of the high school this
morning. Class .'yells'' were the order
of things. 1t was the occasion of the
class day exercises of the graduating
class of January '13."
Inc program was opened with music
py the High school orchestra Then
came The Last Nix Meeting" The girls
OF 1s TINS organization held spread on
the platform. Each girl read a brief
poem supposed to have been written on
the spur of the moment and pertaining
TO memb of the teaching staff of the
institution. Ihe efforts in poetry caus-
ed prolonged laughter
The seniors gave IAN illustrated lee
ture" with the assistance of r. q
Hickey, one of the instructors in the
school. 1t was a combination affair:
that is numerous members of the grad
uatlng class participated. 1t was a
take-of on the various subjects Taught
in the high school
Making graduate, with apologies
TO Shakespeare wasanother feature
VI lne exercises. into chalron were
ehroWn essays, debates, ETC.. and out of
the conglomeration appeared a sweet
girl graduate CARRIED in white. Mil
dred Frager took this part The pro-
gram was closed with more music by
the orchestra.
class annual was distributed. IT is
called THE Besbok," and is one of the
most attractive publications of the
KIND ever put out by local high school
white.
The typographical work is excellent,
and the drawings by the staff artist.
Hampton Shirer, are clever There is
an usually large amount of advertis-
ing matter in the pages
The staff: Edwin A. Menninger
edltor in chief; Laura Ramsey, assist
ant editor; Robert Drum, business
manager; Charles G. Blakely, assist
ant manager, associate editors Helen
Harmon. Glen Glass, Doris stark.
James w. Hesse. Rosie Partridge;
staff artist, Hampton Shirer.
The annual is didicated to Miss
Carmie Wolfe and Charles H. Withing-
Tor. instructors in the institution.
The class of January 13" is COM
posed of f1fty-six members, thirty-two
girls and twenty-four boys 1t is not
large one, compared to mid-season
classes of the last few years The
dramatic talent.
Class officers-Donald Wilson president.
Helen Harmon, vice president: Edgar r
Miller, secretary; Helen Davis, treasurer;
Joseph slaughter sergeant-at-arms: Miss
Carmie Wolfe class advisor The class
colors are blue and white and the class
flower the white rose ~
Graduation exercises will l,a bo,5 ~,
ruary Z. Rev Charles A. Finch will sneak
IN, me class membership follows: Rose
IodheT, OOFOtny EtlelVn Rarhar
Katherine Barker, Charles Grabar, P aiiJeI'
~ r., Helena Lillian ChincholI, Hortense
2, LARK Helen Amelia Davis, Isla Mary
oooiey, Harmon E. Drum Robert
Drum. Harrison Leslie Euler. Edelia d.
ernstrom' anna Mildred Frager, Edwin
a. Fritz Walter r. Fritz, Lena Olive
Gall Helen Ruth Garner. Glen r. Class
GeclIe III. GODDARD, Alma Gordon. Helen
r. Harmon, Mildred Here. lanes w
Hesse, Frank Hetherton, Rose Hfte. Ethel
Alberta letters, Edwin H. Kinney. Froi
Mcconnell, Ruth Irene McDoroId pII
reward Mckfbben Corinne McSpadden.
Edwin A: Menninger Elmer Edgar Miller
II, Marie Geraldine Miller, lanes
Mooney, Martin ]. Nystrom, Walter n
OMEN, Rosie Ella Partridge. Laura Narv
ramsey, Clarence Allen Redmond CSrace
Ellen Roebuck, Lorraine EIizabetb Sewan
Gwendoien M Shakeshaft, Hampton
Francis Shirer, Lydia May Sbortbi1i
Maud Ernestine Sjolander Josenh n
Slaughter, Doris Stark, John Fred Sta;,
rauf, William Edward Stickel VeITna Irara
Swearington, Margaret Troutman. Donaid
Dewitt Wilson. Lawrence Alden yVood
worth, Marguerite Wright, Ernest E.6rsr
Young.