The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-27
PROVE IT'S WORTH
High School Girls Get Up Ban
Quet for ROtarians.
Turkey and All Trimmings for
Thirty Cents a Plate.
LIVELY MEETING LAST NIGHT
The School Board Members OF
Club Prove Good Hosts.
Entertaining Features for Ro-
tarianS and Ladies.

When the Topeka Rotary club
me m bers and THEN wives sat down to
dinner last night at the high school
they were given a demonstration of
economy in cooking. Thirty-two girls
of the domestic science department of
the school had been figuring for a
week on the dinner and as it was
served it cost just % cents and 1 mill
a plate. This was the net cost of the
food alone.
Sixteen girls cooked the meal and
sixteen served the guests. Here's the
menu for this thirty cent banquet
and it was a banquet for every one
who ate said that the meal was a sue
cess:
Fruit Cocktail
Stuffed Fillet of Fish
Hollandaise Sauce
Roast Young Turkey
Mashed Potatoes Dressing
Cranberry Ice
Buttered Rolls Coffee
Celery Curl Chrysantheum Salad
Cheese Straws Apricot Ice
Ferry Sticks Candied Orange
Black Coffee
No greater demonstration of the
work being done by the departments
in the high school was needed after
the dinner. Miss Caroline Morton,
head of the department of domestic
science, supervised the cooking and
serving of the banquet. Yellow, the
color of the Rotary club, predominated
in the table decorations
Inspected the ''Inners'
Before the dinner the guests were
taken through the kitchen and shown
now the meal was prepared by the
girls This is a custom that is not
usually practiced in well regulated
cafes, but the domestic science depart
ment was on dress parade and the
school members OF the Rotary clu4
were proud of the department. The
critical eyes of the women were salts
fled with the kitchen and the men
vouched for the meal after they had
eaten.
Two Chairmen.
Robert Stone was chairman of one !
other There was great deal of |
rivalry between the tables but those |
who had friends in both parties were |
able to go from one to another without |
fine.
After the banquet the members went
to the assembly room in the academic |
building of the school where the pro-
gram of talks was given.
Dr. G. b. Van Horn, a member of |
the school board, who was the first |
speaker was assigned to speak on the
heaIth OF the children but at the last
minutes his speech was changed 10
Where Your Money Goes"
The children are all too healthy to
say anything on that subject" said |
DR.. Van Horn, land L. NJ. Jones knows
more about where your money goes
DR.. Van Horn explained in a few
words about the work of the school
board and declared that the schools
We're Topeka's greatest asset. Then
l.. NJ. Jones, another member of the
school board, explained to the men
and women that the expense of run
ming the schools in Topeka was lower
than in other cities of a similar size
Mr.. Jones pointed out that a greater
amount of work was being done this
year than a few years ago and that
teaching force was much smaller
Superintendent H. B. Wilson spoke
on the CompleXity of the Problems of
Modern Education" He told the Ro-
tarlans that the earlier aims of educa-
ton We're inadequate and explained
The modern aims and what results /
people look for in the efficient per- /
knowledge, ideals ana Il
standard.
Real Musical Treat
The real treat of the evening was II
the musical program given by Miss Lii
llan stone, Miss Enid Stricken, Miss n
Lidia Emery and Miss Lille Jordan. II
Miss Stone gave a fascinating musical
reading followed by a clever encore II
recitation. She was accompanied by
Miss Lidia Emery. Miss Enid Strick- II
er entertained the crowd with a whist
ling stunt. Miss Stricken has gained
a wide reputation with her original
feature. She was accompanied by Miss
Lille Jordan Miss Jordan also played
! we'll received instrumental solo
After the regular program George
Hart staged a tabloid of foolishness
hat enlivened the meeting and served
20 send every one home in a happy
frame of mind. The meeting was one
If the most successful the club has
held in some time.