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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-25

dent in voice of Mrs. George H. Allen.
who is at the head of the voice depart
ment of the school. She was assisted
in giving her program by Miss E. Mae
Leet. reader; Miss Dorotha Leeper,
violinist, and Mrs. Daniel Muller, ac-
companist. Miss Vancil has a pretty
voice, and her numbers were enthu-
siasticalIy received. She was a soror-
ity girl at Washburn.
The program was as follows:
From Songs of Cupid"-"Loves Spring
time. My Hearts Desire" Ec-
Make Me a Song" ;:.....-. Henry Hadley
"Daddy's Sweetheart" ........... Lehman
Miss Vancil.
Valse in flat ................C Chopin
Valse in ID flat ...................Ch Chopin
Miss Maybelle Griley
Violin obligato-"Ave Maria Bach Goun ID
Miss Vancil.
Ma: Moiselle" ..................M Miss Leet
ITO You" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .Spross
Love Ne ~ ;Sprosss
'She Is Nine $500. Mary Turner Salter
Miss Vancil.
X X X
The Collegiate Alumnae club will
give a tea Saturday, May IL, at the
home of Mrs. w. F. Bowen. The en-
tire proceeds will be used for the
tuberculosis hospital. The members
of the club are: Mrs. t. F. Doran,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-25

ger, Miss May Hull and Mrs. c. Lopez.
The program will be furnished by the
hostesses.
x X X
Miss Marie Vancil, who was one of
the popular high school and college
girls of Topeka. gave a recital Tues
day night at the Daniel Muller music
school audience room. She is a stu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-25
& JEFF

Mr.. DICK r. Reed, son OF DIR. ana
Mrs. c. b. Reed, who has for the
past few years been connected with
the engineers of tests of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad. and To-
Gated in New York city, has been COM
missioned a first lieutenant in the
United States army. ordnance depart
ment officers reserve corps. Sandy
Hook is his present headquarters.
4 X X
\ Announcement has been made of
Ahe engagement of Miss Lenore Mon
roe. the daughter of Judge and Mrs.
Lee Monroe, to Mr.. Clifton ]. STRAIT
ton, the son of Mrs. J. l.. Stratton of
Kansas City. The marriage is to take
place in the latter part of the sum-
mer.
Miss Monroe belongs to one of the
we'll known families of this state; her
father being prominent in his profess
sion, and her mother having for a good
many years been active in the club and
social life of this city and state. and
has received recognition for services
from national suffrage workers. The
entire family are devoted to intellec-
tual pursuits. Miss Monroe is a gr>s
uate of Washburn college and later
finished al Smith College, North
ampton, Mass. Last summer she took
some graduate work in journalism at
Columbia university, New York. Sew
eral years ago she took the position
of society reporter on the Topeka
Daily Capital. and later was assigned
to the work of conducting the club de-
partment She gave a part of her time
TO general news and feature stories for
the paper, and conducted the weekly
club page with marked success. In
addition to the wide acquaintance that
her family connection brought her,
she extended that acquaintance thru
her newspaper relations with the lead
ing women of this state during the
years she was engaged in newspaper
work
Mr.. Stratton was a State Agricul-
tural college man, and during his stu
dent days he became interested in
journalism and was recognized as a
writer of news stories. He is now po-
litical reporter for the Capital and
stands high with all the state house
family.
Miss Monroe and her sisters Miss
Day Monroe and Miss Cynthia Mon
roe, are all at home during the spring
season and are enjoying a deal of
party going and party giving. This
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-25

local chapter and the other half to the
national headquarters in Washington,
d. c.
Mrs. Palmer. chairman of the COM
mittee, aims to extend the campaign
into all parts of the city, partly thru
the channels of existing organizations,
so that men, women and children
everywhere in town will be reached.
She expects to enlist the help of the
following societies, besides the
churches: The Woman's club, the
Native Daughters, the w. c. T. L., the
Y. w. c. A, the Good Government
club, the Woman's Rota club, the D.
A. r., the U and I club, the Shawnee
County Political Science club, the Col
legiate Alumnae club, the various fra
ternal organizations, the G. A. r., the
w. r. c., the Elks, the Chamber of
Commerce. the Rotary club and the
high school.
Mrs. Palmer has as members of her
committee the following:
Mrs. Warrick Upde- Miss Maud Spalding
graft Miss Helen Brigham
Mrs Charles SkinnerMiss Grace Dana
Mrs George Staebler Miss Eva Kelley
Mrs. ID. L.. Carson Miss Kate King
Mrs Theodore Ham Miss Ella Caldwell
matt Miss Polly Movers
Mrs. F. H. Scholle Miss Joanna Gleed
Mrs. NJ. J. Drury Miss Vreda Birch
Mrs. NJ. Schlegel Miss Garguerite
koOntZ
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SANTA FEE NOTES

Notes and personals from Santa Fe
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street
Telephone between s and 10 a. m, 1880;
other hours, 4151 K-2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-25
Corns Peel Right
Off With "Gets.It !"

9 Drops, and the Corn is "Goner"
When you've got to walk on the sides
of your shoe to get away from those awful
corn pains. there's only one common
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16
COLFAX SCHOOL
Leland Miller and Helen White.
Editors.
GENERAL NEWS.

Friday. Sept. I, there were 1856
pupils enrolled; 16S of these were
boys and les girls.
There were more surnames be-
ginning with the letter III" than
any other letters OF the alphabet.
The SIS were next in line. There
were IS names beginning with II"
and 80 beginning with "S." We
found but one beginning with o.
We held our annual flower show
but last Monday. The first prize
was awarded TO room five, the sec
ond TO room two. and the third TO
room four.
One of the interesting exhibits at
flower show was a basket containing
eight large potatoes. Fastened to
the basket was the following no
tice:
while cleaning the cellar in the
spring. We found one little old pota-
to. which we planted. All summer
watered the plant and kept the
bugs off. the result is this basket of
potatoes"
ROOM TEN.
Those who have received head
marks i'm spelling for the past week
are George Keller. Frances Bashara.
Mildred Hickman, Lucy Wedell,
Irma Achle, Henry Neehardt. Mil
dred Fielder. Phebe Morse. Gerald
sesline. Anna Edstrom and Wilbur
Hunt
Monday afternoon the boys OF our
class had their first manual train
ing lesson. There are only seven
seven-B boys The girls had their
first domestic science lesson at the
Muessel school.
ROOM NINE.
Emerson Ballard entered our
room from Martinsville. III. Mil
dred EeIls entered from Cairo. Ill.
ROOM SEVEN.
LedOlis Ellis entered our room
from Bremen and DOmer Knight
from Goshen.
ROOM SIN.
Edna Hunwich was transferred to
the MuesseI school
ROOM THREE.
Al the hover snow harriet HaZ-
enski had best bouquets: Willard
Wolf the second grade and Esther
Bashsra the third best. One-A told
stories
ROOM TWO.
our taE'e received second prize al
the flower show. Esther GeblardS
had the best bouquet; Mildred Haz-
af4ov bod caropd hest and N~ara Nor
man third best
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16
"Om South BendSoldiers,
Is Subject For Essays
| Neus From
| The
| Grades

The subject for this weeks essays will he Our South Benz
Soldiers Last week big brothers, and some OF them
big their journey the camp Louisville
KY where they will be made into strong determined fighters
ready 10 protect with their lives.
Little minds wonder the WickedneSS OF it all and long tor
the peace And too many of the little boys and
girls their elders shame because of their superior know
edge of Therefore the school editor will expect some
excellent week and hopes there will he large
number of them turned in.
The Games OF the prize winners and the essays taking the first
three prizes the first vacation subject as follows
First Prize sl.OO Casn--Edward Kubak, Perley school
Second Prize so Cents CaSh-Hda Raby, COqulard school,
Third Prize, Two Tickets to the Orpheum-VemOn Archam.
beault, COquillaTd school
Fourth Prize Tickets the Lasale-HdroIi. Miller St
PatrickS school,
Fifth Prize Tickets the Acknowledgment Weis-
berger Perley school
wills Della C1eghom Charles Ryan, Lawrence GeSSe, Max
Yae Julia Plape Annabele Barr Yae John DOrSchner
Louis Munchow Bertha Kelley Leo Smith, Mildred erzig, Eta
Ose LeOa Baker Alice Kbia Perey school Francis Anderson
Serge Rvard Frederick Gane Marvin Bill ST. PackS school,
Chsman, Eva ESep, Wilson Elliot Helen Brubake Carl
Wardow Marguerite Hankej Louise H. HequiS Eudice Gross
Henry McNabb Marian Bachelor James Grener Neva Brad
ley Coquilard school.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16
SECOND PRIZE.
HiIda Raby, COquiIlard school.

We were all waiting for vacation
TO come. II came at last. I spent
the Fourth OF July home and was
waiting 10 go TO my grau5mother's.
In about two weeks time my fam
lis and d went 10 M grandfather $.
1 stayed t1ree or four days at my
aunts and then went 10 WolcOtville,
TO miles from where my aunt lived.
We motored over and was anxious
60 go out in the country.
The next afternoon we set out for
the country my brother and l.
Grandmother was worried for il
looked as though a large thunder
the back way and in less time than
- or 20 minutes We were a mile
and a half out in the country.
The sky turned suddenly very
black and IL began 20 lightning arsi
thunder quite hard There were
many hills 20 climb and we would
walk up them and run down. Al
every peal OF thunder we would run
faster until my side hurt 80 and 1
ENA lAlfu w rtNNlfN' tltiAAAt~ ~
hard and walked slow. 10 seemed
10 be six feet instead OF four.
At last we arrived safely at my
Cousins without getting wet.
stayed there three or four days.
then came back and stayed at my
grandmOther's for a week and then
we decided To come home as we
were all getting homesick
After We arrived at home We
heard that dog and pony show
was 10 be on the coming Monday.
We vent 20 that did not enjoy
10 as much as my brother did
Three or four weeks after another
circus came It was Barnum and
Bailey's / went 20 that and enjoy
ed that more than I did the dog and
pony show.
At last vacation was over and
had a very good time and ENJOYED
it very much But I was anxious
for school TO start.
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hope to see more mothers visit our
room.
Nearly all the pupils from the NTH
grade attended the fair on Tues
day.
Miss Carothers visited friends in
Mishawaka Wednesday evening.
The sixth grade won third prize
at the flower show in the kinder
garten.
Genevieve Treesh, who came from
the Elder school, is now in the 6-B.
The A-class got 100 in spelling
Wednesday.
Frank Doddridge's mother visited
our rooms Thursday morning.
We had a written lesson in phys
iolOgy Wednesday
Five girls from the sixth grade
went for picnic TO the Mishawaka
hills Saturday afternoon.
Jeanette Eichler went to Plym-
Outh Sunday.
Several children in our room act
ed out a story in our reader called
Moses Goes TO the Fair"
ROOM EIGHT
The IBIS and AS are reviewing
in arithmetic
In reading we are reading the
King of the Golden River"
We have two new pupils in our
room. They are Wayne Stoler from
Topeka. Ind. and Annabelle Hickey
from Goshen. Ind.
Arthur Clemants Frederick Reas
or and Dorothy Johnson were the
only people absent this week.
In history we are drawing maps
and as we study about Columbus,
Drake. Magellan. Cabots and Yes
pucius, We put their journeys on
the map.
On Wednesday afternoon the IA
girls went TO domestic science and
the boys went TO manual training.
4 Nearly all Of the pupils in our
room attended the fair.
Herman Watson started in school
+ Monday
We have been reviewing in gram
mar about the different kinds of
Last week the first two days Miss
Phiscator taught US. Mrs. Deller
taught the rest of the week. our
4 regular teacher is Mrs. Blanche Ro-
mine We will have her the rest
of the term.
sentences.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16
MUESSEL SCHOOL
Mildred Metzger and Fla Jergensen.
Editors.
GENERAL NEMS


The enrolment Of Muessel school
is SAC.
The Muessel school received sec
ond prize az the fair for the best
bouquet OF flowers
In our own flower show Miss
BENEFITS room received first prize
for the best room display The
three-B received second prize and
the three-A received third prize.
Anita Nehrling received first prize
for the best bouquet or flowers
Mary Harris received second prize
and Fannie Jrithamer received third
prize.
Doris AntisdeI received drst prize
for the best basket OF vegetables
Alice Van Wynsberger received sec
ond prize and Forest Chidester.
third prize
] The judges for the dover show
were Mrs. F.. IT. Potter Mrs. C.
J. Ash and Mrs. Charles Bosenbary
The teachers Of Muessel school
gave a luncheon at the Robertson
tea room Friday i'm honor OF Miss
Bennett. who leaves next Monday 90
attend the Indiana university. a
beautiful leather purse was pre-
scented TO Miss Bennett
The school closed Tuesday so the
children could go 10 the fair
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
iheFe are % children enrolled in
the kindergarten.
Hiss Clemmins OF the training
N'il''i - WIN us TOT rev weeks
ONE-B.
Miss Edna Baird is a new e-B
teacbe, This ,ear
ONT
iU' " i'''A '''taN
- '','o eu
ne Sl'ilul red re hahlhS color
'''" ''N
we VIII start To read from o-f
JIG" '0'Ns OH nloIl'aN-
INo-A-
MISS I'M - 'eachlnk the --6 ar"
"A Jul Ili lsic' Whieh Miss Wood i-
teachlhs the --B and Pa in draw
ing.
HN 20 children We're promoted
~ a li'lS yeaI
i'i'i''i--h'
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money.
ROOM SENE\.

~ &c AlANltFe
ROOM SEVEN.
The IBIS have started 10 study
from their new readers and histo-
ries
Miss Malone has arranged a fine
border OF our flower show posters.
We have 40 pupils in the seventh
grade
ROOM NINE.
We have an enrolment Of a pu-
! pills in our grade this term.
Several or the pupils are new to
/ Coquillard school.
Most of us have all our books
now. so we have gotten nicely
started in our work.
We are studying about COlumb bus
in our history.
ROOM TEN.
Our class has only a few additions
10 it. otherwise there are the same
as made up the class of 5-B's.
We are expecting TO have some
hanging baskets and plants TO make
our room look less bare.
GENERAL NEWS.
Coquillard held its annual flower
show Monday. The bouquets were
unusually attractive. The first went
10 the fourth grade taught by Miss
Sites. second prize went to Miss Ma
I lone's room OF seventh grade, and
the third went TO third grade, taught
! by Miss Pierce.
! The ribbon for the best bouquet
went TO Ralph BrittOn Of third
grade and the next best 20 Genevieve
Blodgett Of the seventh grade. Irma
Anderson displayed Is different
/ kinds of vegetables from her gar
den. John Johnson had a fine dis
play OF Strawberries. The Judges
were Mrs. r. w. Morse, Mrs. w. X.
Lamport and Mrs. Frank Hager.
Miss Thomas. school nurse, gave
a talk To COquillard pupils after
school Thursday.
Miss Montgomery and Miss Nc
Coy We're the special teachers this
week. Miss Montgomery teaches
sewing at Coquillard each Thursday
morning and Miss Mccoy comes tC
give the art work Wednesday aft
ernoon and all day Thursday.
Our enrolment for the first two
weeks is the largest IL has been
for a number Of years.
The teachers will take up the
study of Browning in their reading
circle work this year.
Miss Christensen Of the high
school art department visited Miss
McCOy's art classes Thursday aft
ernOOn.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16
LAFAYETTE SCHOOL
Joseph Calvert,
Editor.

Mr.. koenig gave the lessons in our
building Wednesday
SIXTH GRADE.
We are having our regular lessons
now and all the seats are filed.
FIFTH GRADE.
The fifth grade has nearly every
seat taken. The Lafayette children
saw the soldiers parade Monday.
We are proud Of sending one OF our
pupils to the front. Peter Daniels.
who was in the fifth grade last year.
enlisted in the headquarters COM
pany.
FOURTH GRADE.
The fourth grade had its first
drawing lesson on Monday. The
class studied and drew sedges.
THIRD GRADE.
The SAs made their color charts
Wednesday morning. The BIS have
an enrolment Of 80 children.
SECOND GRADE.
The obs are gathering grasses
leaves. weeds and corn husks for the
construction Of autumn dolls.
FIRST GRADE.
The las have an attendance roll
of 80.
The 1Bs begin with an enrolment
Of a. children.
We have begun our study of In
dian life.
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N do our best"
liver GRADE.


Marjorie Munsee entered school
Monday. She had been visiting al
Winimac.
A number Of the children attended
the fair on Tuesday afternoon,
The class in geography is stsdying
the Hawaiian islands
FIVE-B GRADE.
The "a class is learning 20 play
bat ball under Miss Krause's direc
ton.
The history class is studying the
Revolution with a new understand
ing Of what war really means. Both
the glory and horror Of it are seen
in new light
We arc collecting war pictures
Many excellent ones are TO be found
in the current magazines.
THREE-A AND THREE-B
GRADES.
Mary Ellen Anderson and Ken
meth Rowe entered 3B grade this
week and Ruth Maurer entered "a
class.
Annaben Ball has been absent all
week because OF sickness.
TWO-A AND TWO-B GRADES.
Three new boys entered Monday:
Melvyn Alison from Remington, Ind.
and Joseph Fadler from Aurora
Ind.
ONE-A GRADE.
While playing with some OF his
playmates last Tuesday Vernon Beal'
had his arm broken.
ONE-B GRADE.
The children have been much IN
terested in learning patriotic songs
and the proper way 70 salute the
Flag.
We have two new scholars thi:
week: Charles Perannio and Mar.
garet Nickel.
KINDERGARTEN.
We have an enrolment OF 40.
There are two pairs Of twins Will
us this year.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16

or school. They had an excellent
subject we'll worked out. THE Flag"
The flower show was good. Fine
quality: not so many flowers as some
other years. but the quality was ex-
cellent. The best table was BIS
prize. 81: best bouquet in exhibit
Kathryn Hahn, prize, 81; second
best. Ralph Bowman, prize so cents
Ice cream was sold on Friday, Sept
:. 10 meet the expenses Of the dover
show. Miss May Barrett Mrs r. A
Higgins and Mrs. F. a. Clark were
our judges for the flower exhibit.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16
ELDER SCHOOL
Evans FeIten and Alton EmmOns,
Editors.

ONE A.
The las have an enrolment OF
80 pupils.
We visited No. 10 hose house
Wednesday morning.
TWO Il.
The 2B now have an enrolment
of A.
We are memorizing the poem
Our Flag"
TWO 4.
We have an enrolment OF So
THREE Il.
We have an enrolment OF a..
THREE \
We have an enrolment Of So.
Dorothy Annis and John Harring
both received 1000 in arithmetic
the first week Of school!
FOUR u.
We have an enrolment Of 46.
Dorothy Born and Clifford Born
have moved 10 Argos.
Berkey Arnold has entered Alb
from Franklin school.
FIVE II.
The 5B gives an assembly on
Friday. Sept Il. We also won the
81 for the best table of flowers,
Sept. :.
Kathryn Hymn won the individual
prize of 81 in the flower show.
The 5As are reading tom and
Maggie"
SIX b.
n d
Sand a Man Needs" by Leo Tolstoy
The 6As are reading The Lady
of Shalott'' by Alfred TennysOn
and are studying some Of the stories
OF King Arthur in connection with
it.
SEVEN u.
Dale Born has moved TO Argos
Ind
There are 40 pupils enrolled; IS
boys and IS girls
The lbs have the marching ban
ner. They have been studying the
life of John Ruskin in reading.
SEVEN \.
The AS gave a program Friday
= Sept. :. Gail Granger gave the
History OF Our Flag; Evans FELTON,
gavs "Our Flag at Sea: Anna Ab-
shire gave "Our Flag on Land :
Evah Ostrander gave Growth OF
Our Flag. and Brenda Hast gave
The Life OF Betsy Ross" William
Armour made drawings OF the early
Colonial fasS and then told about
each. The whole Class sang Amer
lea j.. American Hymn :The Star
Spangled Banner" and gave the fiag
salute.
The a class has one quotation
which il seems TO like Do YOU?
smile a smile. and while YOU
smile another smiles and soon
there's miles and miles Of smiles
ana Hfe's worth while If YOU but
smile"
Ralph Bowman won the second
prize on his flowers Monday. We
saw him at the fair so We know
he appreciated his prize.
Ne are working for the marching
banner Are you2
We are also studying the life OF
Washington Irving in reading.
GENERAL NEWS.
All enjoyed the day at the fair.
We expect 10 form a marching
club after We find those who car
march
The AS gave a fine program OF
the seventh. Friday. OF the first week
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16
C0QUILiARD SCHOOL
KINDERGARTEN.
Henry McNabb,
Editor.

M y tn.
The kindergarten has moved into
the new portable.
We have 40 children.
Miss Dorothy Reason is substitute
ing in Miss May Paurs place as as
sistant. Miss Paul not being wen
enough 10 begin when school open
ed. Miss Garvin OF Mishawaka is
our senior cadet.
ROOM THREE.
Tuesday morning found most OF us
back after spending delightful va
cations.
There are Is pupils enrolled in
our "A and IS in our 2B. making
Al pupils in our room.
We are learning My Shadow as
our frst poem this fall.
ROOM FIVE.
We are reading The King and
His Wonderful Castle" in physiology
Our present work in nature study
is the extensive study OF maple
leaves. and trees. Later We are GO
ing 90 make leaf charts.
ROOM SIN.
We have started the term with an
enrolment OF - our room was
given frst prize i'm the flower show.
We expect 10 buy readers With the
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FIRST PRIZE.
Edward Kubiak. Perley school.

Ny vacation was spent on my
grandfathers farm. / thought /
would help Uncle Sam with the 1917
crops so he could feed his vast army
and navy.
did very many things out on the
farm. / cultivated com. helped har-
vest wheat, rye and oats. dug
very many bushels Of potatoes and
helped feed the hogs We hauled
about % loads Of hay
When they thrashed wheat they
got 500 bushels OF wheat. 500 bu-
shells OF rye and 400 bushels Of
oats
ny vacation was a little short so
j could not help harvest the corn.
hope Uncle Sam viii appre-
ciate my work because 1 worked very
hard TO help him win the great war.