The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-02


year, which is close at hand, is of spe-
cial interest to students and students
kin. Mrs. Alice Worswick, who has
been away during the summer, has
returned to Topeka to resume her Of
lice of principal of the College of the
Sisters of Bethany. There are to be
a number of changes in the college
faculty, which will include the en-
ployment of new head for the piano
department. Miss Katherine WOOD,
who was with the college number or
years, and was popular among the
musicians Of the town. has gone TO
Faribaulr, Mimi, which is her nome
and will teach in St Marys college.
She will be succeeded in Bethany by
Miss Gertrude Mutton. Miss Mutton
has been teaching for some time. she
studied in Berlin, Germany, for sever
al years, and she has done good
deal of concert work. She is also
graduate pupil of VelnCn spencer
She will come % Topeka from Omaha
Neb., in a few days.
Miss Gladys Cav will teach violin
at the college again this year, and Mr..
Paul Lawless of Kansas City, will have
charge of the voice department. he
came to Bethany last year, and has
been enga ged for another season AS
sisting in the voice department will be
Miss Sara Quisenberry, who received
instructions from one of the ltallan
masters and who will teach the TIA
liam method. She has & lyric soprano
attrac tive young women
Bethany will open on the fifteenth
of September. Some improvements
have been made at the college, includ-
ing a handsome new stone porch at
Burr hall, corresponding with the
porch built last year at Wolfe hall
The dining room has been remodeled
with oak beam ceiling ard handsome
round tables.
The department of French and Ger
man will be under the direction of
Miss Wilhe1mina Harris, who has
lived abroad all her life. Her father
is in the diplomatic service, and the
family has made it's home in the
cities of continental Europe for many
years. Miss Harris has but recently
come to this country. and took a
teaching course N Wisconsin uniVer-
sity.
Another of the new teachers will be
in charge Of the department of eX-
preston. Miss Grade Lund, who is a
graduate of the Columbia school OF
expression of Chicago, will arrive to
have charge of that department.
The department of mathematics will
be taught by Miss Helen Yule Mccoy,
of Omaha who is a graduate of Welles-
lev college. Miss Leila Mercer will
return to have charge of the interIne-
date school She is a graduate OF the
Denver university. Miss Mabel Bar
thoIomew will come back to the school
to have charge of the kindergarten,
the head of the Latin course last year,
will resume her work at the school
this fall
Miss Mary Rodgers entertained
few of her girl friends at an all-day
party at the Country club today Her
guests were: Miss Marguerite Stewart,
Miss Dorothy Hetheringtcn, Miss EliZ-
abeth Anderson, Miss Margaret Stubs
of Lawrence. Miss Frances Hammatt,
Miss lane Bone and Miss Eliza beth
Bonebreak-
Mrs. Charles S. Briggs has as her
house guests, Mrs A. J. IIemstreet, of
Ardmore, Okla, and Mrs. w. S Null
Inns and her daughter, Miss Helen
Mullins, of Kansas City MIR. and Mrs.
Briggs will have a corn bake tonight
at Gage park for their visitors. Tne
company will include: Mrs Hemstreet,
Mrs. Mullins, Miss Mullins, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. D. Luther, Mr. and Mrs W. b.
Whitton, Miss Mary Wilton, Mr.. and
Mrs Oscar Wolf, Mr.. and Mrs. F. j.
Thomas and their family; Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Grow and their family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs
Miss Bessie Lagerstrom, whose mar
riage to Mr. Frank scott will take
place September Z, will be the guest
of honor at an afternoon at bridge
Friday, at which Mrs. w. A. Dickin-
son and her daughter, Mrs. John Ko-
brock, of ST Joseph, Mo-, will be host
esses, at Mrs. Dick.nson's home in
West Sixth avenue.
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Mr.. and Mrs w. E. Davis and their
son, Billy, returned Wednesday from
Alexandria, Minnesota. Mr.. Davis has
been in the north a few weeks, and
Mrs. Davis and her son have been
away nearly all summer. Mrs. Clar-
ence Wetherton and her mother, Mrs.
Strait, and also Miss Marjorie Gilyeat
who were in Alexandria in the Topeka
colony, have returned to Topeka.
Mrs. Charles Sessions and her son.
Charles, jr., are still in Minnesota.
They will return from Alexandria
about the first of next week. The new