The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-04


Mrs. w. C. Garvey. Mrs. G. B. Reed, Mrs
James Sproat and Miss Mamie hophihs'
spent Saturday in Kansas C1ty.
canton in Boswell hall Friday night.
for the visiting members of the de-
batting team.
The annual reception for the hlgn
school seniors was given Frloay HISn' !
scbooI gymnasium. The guests were
received by the class offlcers: MISS
Roine Rahn Miss Dorothy Gross, MISS
Helen Leeper. Mr.. Henry Eiler; ana
the class advisers. Miss Allison SHAVER
and Mr.. L. l.. Partridge. The enter.
taiDment for the evening consisted of
a circus performance in the gymna-
SUM.
Maj C. w. Simmons of the Amer
lean Red Cross was the guest OF nonor
at a dinner party given at Pelletlers
Tea room Friday night by Mr.. s. e.
Cobb Those present were: Major
Simmons, Mr.. Horace Hall. Mr.. D. W.
Mulvane, Mr.. Fred w. Freeman, Mr.
Frank P. MacLennan. Mr.. ]. r. Bur
rison S. Morgan, Mr.. Marco Morrow,
Mr. E. H Crosby, Bishop James Wise
and Dean J. P. Deb. Kaye.
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MIR. JOhn IrOXell, the son OF the
Rev. and Mrs NJ. F. Troxell. of 623
Buchanan street, has enlisted in the
coast artillery and has gone to JEFF
ferson Barracks st. Louis, for train
ing. Mr.. Troxell, being only Is years
of age. is three years short of COM
pulsory military service.
He was .favorite among the stu
dents in Washburn college, where he
was a member of the sophomore class.
president of the school Y. NJ. c. A, a
member of the Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity and of the Dramatic club. for
which he played leading roles in the
last three theatrical performances. He
has also had a position with the Edi-
son company. Just before leaving for
camp he invested all his money in
government bonds in the third liberty
loan.
Vernon Kellogg. famous biologist.
and Belgian relief worker. will be in
Lawrence May IS, to deliver an ad-
dress under the auspices of the Phi
Beta kappas. Kellogg was formerly
ar instructor in the Kansas university,
and is known by many people thru
out the state. He is one of the most
eminent men that K. U. has turned
out. More recently he has been con-
nected with Leland Stanford univer-
sity.
In 1915 Mr.! Kellogg left Leland
Stanford university and went to Bel
GUM to assist Herbert Hoover in the
relief work in that devastated country.
He remained in Belgium for several
months and at one time had entire
charge of the distribution of supplies
in all Belgium. Later he returned to
the United States. but as soon as Mr..
Hoover was appointed food admins
traitor he again asked for Professor
kelloSg'S assistance and since then
Mr.. Kellogg has been in Washington
The lecture will be open to the public.
Readers of the Atlantic Magazine
Will recall a series of articles by Mr.
kellogg on Headquarters Nights"
which were among the most scholarly
and sane articles that have appeared
since the beginning of the war
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AS result of the visit of Mrs. Theo-
dore Saxon to the State university this
week, branch of the Woman's Land
Army of America is organized at the
school. The following notice is from
the University kansan:
Mrs. Theodore Saxon of Topeka,
state chairman for Kansas of the wo
mans Land Army. spoke of the exec.
utlVe committee of the university or
sanization yesterday afternoon. She
told OF the work which had already
been done in the eastern colleges Ia ST
do this year. ~
framing camps have been estab-
lished Tor the captains in New York
and Illinois," she said, and Rrvn
Mawr has raised enough money to run
model farm at which the women can
learn their work before ACTUALLY poinr
out as paid laborer"
MRS. Saxon said the most practical
appeal to the farmers is the help un
trained women can give the farmers
wi1e IN the house so she. can be re-
leased to the work that requires more
skill.
/ The women's land army is COON
Grating with the collegiate alumnae.
the State Suffrage association, and the
woman's council of defense.
DR.. Ida H. Hyde is conducting the
work here. Minnie Moody will sup
| ply any information to women inter
ested in this work.
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Master John Lovewell, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Lovewel, 1920 Null
vane street, celebrated his eighth
birthday anniversary today, with a
picnic party at Gage park. A large
birthday cake was a feature of the
dinner.
The Lakota club will meet with
Mrs. c. P. Adams Monday afternoon.
Mrs. L. S. Ferry and Mrs David Pal
mer will have charge of the program.
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The interest of the Woman's club
members for the rest of the month of
May will be centered on the work of
Baby Week. which begins May &c and
closes June /. Mrs. A. Marburg is
chairman of the committee in charge
of it, and Mrs. Frank Squires is her
secretary.
The registration of the babies will
begin next Monday at Pelletier's. The
aim of baby week is chiefly education
al, and literature will be prepared for
distribution to mothers After the ex-
aminations of the babies. the cards
will be given at once to the mothers
instead of being held and graded and