The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
H. S. WORLD HAS
ROUGH SAILING
Paper Has Encountered Rocks
and Tempestuous Seas.
The First Issue in 1898 Was
Called the Budget.
SURVIVED BUT EIGHT MONTHS
Again as the World
Two Years Later.
Collapsed Last Year But Is
About to Be Revived.

The long, checkered, nangIed and
uncertain career of the High School
World is not ended Despite the fact
that no issue of the paper has ap-
peared so far this term, announce
ment has been made that a temporary
staff has called for copy and the first
number of the twenty-sixth volume of
the sheet soon will be on the press
The World. the paper of the high
school students. has had a varied his
tory Since the first issue appeared
in 1898 it has struggled hard to
breathe regularly-and often failed to
do So Always it has cruised near the
rocks and frequently struck them
Three times ie sunk to the bottom of
the briny sea
Budget" was started in 1898 At
that time it was ten by twelve, four
page, sen1i-monthly publication devot-
ing part of its space to the work of
pupils in the grade schools Eight
numbers were published from October,
1893, to February, 1894 Then the
craft hit a rock and sank 1t was
never raised
After lapse of two years, the sec
ond effort TO run a paper was made
September Is, 1895, Volume 1, No 1.
of the High School World, made its
appearance 1t was a twelve by eight
H.
marked resemblance to country
newspa per 1t was edited by staff
chosen from members of the classes
and published by the Topeka High
School News company TIE paper
SHE'D clear of the maleyolent rocks
for two years; then one got next to
it and effort No. 2 gurgled. squirmed
and went down
In Magazine Form
The third, and to date, the most
<rrT ~ TOr1REa
school Il paper was made in 1883
When the paper appeared this time II
was in magazine form This form
mad been adopted shortly before the
sheet suspended publication in 1898.
when an SPACE publication was is
sued When the first issue of the
World appeared in 1899, II contained
fourteen, eight by ten, pages rec
ord at that time.
From 1899 until 1914 there was a
steady deveIopm eut in the paper and
in the last few years. publication
ranking well with any Of a similar
kind in the country was put out Late
in 1914, however, the bark struck a
mine and blew up with loud crash /
No issue appeared the following term
The latter part of last year, the sheet
was revived. Apparently. however, no
stable foundation was laid. for the paper
now finds itself without an editorial
staff
The literary development of the pa
per was steady During the first year
of the Worlds" existence, when it 4
was wholly a newspaper the third 4
page was edited in the interest of the 4
teachers by Prof Davidson. at that /
time superintendent of schools in To- /
Deka- When the publication was +
changed to magazine form. Mr. David +
sons page was discontinued
Becomes g Newspaper.
The first serious effort to make the 4
World in anV manner a news medium
IS well as a literary product was
English department held out themes
Tor publication Gradually various
regular departments were created and
he standard of material published +
-aised-
The first marked Improvement in /
he paper was made in 1912 during
he administration of Leon Holman
Is editOr-iu-chief- After that adj
-ancement was made rapidly Dur
ng Holman's term. the staff con-
listed OF the edftor-in-chfef. assistant
.ditor, two business managers, an as
ociate editor from each of the four
upper classes, editor OF column of
paragraphs athletic editor, exchange
ditor and a local editor in charge of
he reporters of which each class has
wo- There were also five staff ar
lists
Further marked improvements in
he publication were made during the
administration of Edwin Menninger as
and James Hess, bust