The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-05

be setting a standard in dress that
people in moderate circumstances can
not meet and are, consequently, han
dicapping the education of the poor.
Really, 1 never saw a more sensibly
dressed set of girls, unless you except
Bethany college, where the students
wear simple uniform.
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Three Topekans are among the sew
enty students of the State Agricultural
collge who have applied for degrees
al the midwinter commencement of the
institution, which is to be held 'De
cember 20. The degrees of bachelor
of science will be conferred at that
time by DR.. H. ]. Waters, president of
the college Henderson S. Martin,
vice governor of the Philippine Is
lands, is to make the commencement
address on the subject, Choosing an
Occupation" AIRY Clay Berry, of To-
peka, is an applicant for a degree as
bachelor of agriculture. Donald Smith
Jordan also applies for an agricul-
tural degree, and Bagdasar Krekor
Baghdigian is applying for a degree
in journalism. The remaining men,
bers of the class of seventy are from
all parts of Kansas, and from Mis-
souri,, Texas and Arkansas.
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Mr.. Howard Benton, of Oberlin, who
is a student in Washburn college, gave
a dinner at the Phi Delt house Mon
day night for some of the older boys
who attended the conference from
Oberlin. The guests were William
Jones. John Weeks, Percy Smith, Ken
meth Kirkpatrick, Arthur Hyde and
Frank Durant After dinner they at
tended one of the, theaters.
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Miss Betty Burroughs. of Granville,
who attended the Topeka high school,
from which she was graduated last
year, was married to Mr.. Paul r.
Hurd, of Broken Arrow, Okla, by the
Rev. Edward Peterson, of Topeka,
after brief courtship- The story goes
that Mr.. Hurd went to Granville to
visit his grandfather, Mr.. A. C. Hurd,
and soon after his arrival the story
was spread that he was to marry Miss
Burroughs. He told her about what
he had heard, and asked her if the
rumor should be denied or accepted
and acted upon. She gave ready con-
sent, and the Hurd and Burroughs
families motored at once to Topeka
and the marriage service was read.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hurd have gone to
Broken Arrow, Okla. where Mr.. Hurd
is engaged in the banking business.
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You remember, how Alice blue and
then Helen pink were the colors in
vogue? They are now passe, but their
newest successor has a name that is
connected with the residents in the
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old colors were called after Alice
Roosevelt and Helen Taft. The very
latest color is Shadow Lawn green.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has given per-
mission to the makers of this new
tint of silk to use the name of the
Wilson summer home, Shadow Lawn.
The new color is one of the grass
tints and will be the most popular
shade for the winter and early spring
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The E1ks club will have dancing
party Wednesday night at their hall
The chairman of the entertainment
committee has been out of town. and
for that reason notices of the affair
have not been sent to the members.
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Mrs. B. L. de Garmo gave a party
for her daughter, Alvina Hults, cele-
affair was surprise to the guest of
honor The guests were twenty of her
school friends a Sumner, where she is
a student in the Junior high school.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin Davis and their
daughter Isabel, have returned to
Leavenworth, after a visit to Mrs.
Davis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A
Campbell.
Mrs. Alice Love expects to go to
California soon after Christmas to re-
main the rest of the winter.
DR.. and Mrs. George Port Ashton
have returned from Wichita, Kan.
where they visited Mr.. and Mrs. E. ].
dinner since Thanksgiving. Mr.. and
Mrs dinner and Doctor and Mrs
Ashton motored to Augusta to see the
oil fields.
Mr.. William Yates, who has been
visiting at the B. L. de Garmo home,
has returned to Kansas City.
Miss Bernice johnson of Atchison
is visiting Mrs. Frank Griggs, and she