The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11

Edna, who has been visiting relatives the
past month, will return home with her.
surprise party was given Miss Nellie
Dustin Monday evening.
department of public nursing in Tope-
ka, and has been of great value as
speaker and advisor at the baby
clinics.
They say that the fraternities and
sororities at Baker University and at
the State University impose upon their
members a fine of five dollars if they
are not on hand by the Friday proceed
ing the opening of school to look
after the newcomers and get every
thing in readiness for the Srand rush
of desirable new students.
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Mr.. Elmer Herlirg of Falls City.
Nebraska, will arrive Wednesday, and
will be presented in concert Wednes-
day evening by Miss Carolyn Lovewell,
who was his instructor in voice.
Mr. Herlin is young singer, whose
voice has been considered remarkable
from his early boyEood After Miss
Lovewell opened her studio in Fall
City, he studied with her and was her
pupil about six months. He has had
no other instruction. He has been
awarded a scholarship in the music
department of the University at Lin
coin, Nebraska. He was one of a
large number of students competing
for the scholarship and having heard
him sing one song, 'Invictus," the
judges at once awarded him the schol-
arship.
The recital will be given at $3.50
o'clock Wednesday night at Central
Congregational church. Admission will
be by tickets which can be obtained
without charge either at the music
stores or at the Daniel Muller School
of Music
Mr. Herring will be assisted by Miss
Esther Payne, pianist, and by Miss
Lovewell, who will sing a few num-
pers. Miss Lovewell, after her return
from Nebraska, entered the Muller
School of Music as instructor in voice.
X X X
The rushing affairs at Washburn
college are beginning today among
the fraternities. The Kappa Sigma
mouse will be the scene of dinner at
six this afternoon and a smoker at
eight for some of the new men at the
college. Some of the local and out-of-
town alumni will attend, including Mr..
Leland Johnson, of Ellis; Mr. Stewart
Drumm, of Topeka; Mr. Girard. of
Mr.. Earl Trobert, of Joplin, Mo. The
men of the fraternity will keep open
house nearly all of the week.
The Phil Delta Theta men will
have a dinner and smoker tonight at
the chapter house. Among the
alumni members who will attend are:
Justice Henry F. Mason, Mr. Robert
Stone, DIR. NJ. F. Troxell, DIR. A. B.
Jeffrey, Mr.. Donald Heath, Mr.. David
Neiswanger. Mr.. Herbert Heym, of
Kansas City; Mr.. Donah Welty, of
Downs; Mr.. Adolph Winter, of South
Dakota; Mr.. A. J. Carruth, Jr., and
Mr.. Wistar Williams
The Alpha Delta fraternity at
Washburn has just moved into its new
of nj,
streets, the former Kappa Alpha
Theta house. The rooms have been
redecorated and newly papered. The
house will be occupied by ten of the
men of the chapter. The rushing
parties at the house will begin after
the work of moving and settling
DOWN is accomplished.
X * X
Miss Helen Coe, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. o. Coe, has gone to
Belleplaine, where she will teach this
year. She will be instructor in Ger
man in the high school, and will also
be supervisor of public school music
She has been elected officer of the
junior class. Miss Coe graduated in
piano music from Washburn college,
and afterwards shared with Miss
Carolyn Lovewell a music studio at
Hiawatha, Kan.
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The following paragraph is from
Kansas city weekly paper:
Helen Yoder, who is going to live
in Topeka this winter, would leave a
group of head set swain desolate were
they not confident that Helen will
spend a good part of her time here.
She is a girl who is liked by maids
as well as men, and as Topeka is
really only a suberb, it will be a new
and joyful place for visits back and
FORTH
Topeka a suberb of Kansas City,
and a new place to visit Can you
beat it?
A young married couple returned
yesterday from a three weeks vaca-
ton trip to the Great Lakes. The
cheerful sight that greeted them on
their arrival at the house was the cleo
trio fan on the bureau, running mer-
rily, just as it had been doing every
minute of every hour, day and night.
of the three weeks of their absence.
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Miss Helen Todd of California, who
missed an opportunity to talk to To-
peka women because of muddled train
| connections, is inclined to criticize
President Wilson's attitude toward
| suffrage In fact, Miss Todd rather
intimated in Topeka that she did not
regard the president as sincere in his
Atlantic City speech.
I'VE know perfectly we'll where he
stands Miss Todd declared. land il
isn't with the sun, moon, stars and