The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-15
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Topeka Riddles VIII Start to
Work Tomorrow.
Teachers Organize Today for
Opening of School.
.ONGER PERIOD FOR LUNCH
LfternOOn Sessions VIII Not
Start Until 1850.
Wednesday Lessons viii Be As
signed to Pupils.

Officially today was the opening day
for the Topeka city schools. The
Youngsters escaped the clutches of the
educators for another day. however,
while the teachers organized.
z Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, the
students Of the grade schools will put
in their appearance at the various
schools to which they belong. Bright
and early in the morning thruout the
entire city OF Topeka there will take
place an orgy of face washing. Young
sters whose faces have been neglected
except at time when they were cap
Cured by their mothers and scrubbed,
will wash up of their own accord, TO
make a good impression on Teacher
There will be new clothes. Shoes that
have gone unpublished most of the
GUNNER, viii receive e brilliant, ra-
diant polish. All OF this will not last
long, tho. The services tomorrow Will
not require the whole day. The stu
dents will be enrolled and win assem-
bly, in the class rooms in which they
belong. They will be instructed as 10
what texts to purchase and turned
loose to accomplish this preliminary
Start Lessons Wednesday.
30 II they hurry and get It over
with. they will be able to slip in part
OF another day Of vacation. But at
o'clock on Wednesday morning. the
wheels Of the mill Of education viii
begin to grind and there will be moth
Ing to look forward to but Saturdays.
Practically the same rountine will
be true In the case of high school
students. except that these older stu
dents must get up earlier in tn morn
Ing In order to be at school at $3.50
o'clock. After enrolment there will
follow the schedule of visiting the
III
BEEN assigned. They will be In
structed az to texts and preliminary
study. After these brief moments of
first instruction they will be turned
loose to go up town and mingle with
the grade school students in an en-
deayor to acquire all the books that
win prove to be the bane OF their ex-
istence until next summer.
In their cases, the real work will
begin Mt $3.50 o'clock on Wednesday
morning.
Teachers Not Assigned.
At a late hour this afternoon supt.
A, ]. Stout was unable to announce the
assignment OF teachers for this year.
Some difficulty has been experienced
this year in obtaining teachers and all
OF the positions have not been filled.
Late this afternoon or evening he ex-
poets 10 have completed the schedule.
Twenty-Five principals and assist
ants lAlEN TINS H'bIulHE 1T the nlEn
school to discuss problems Of the cur
rent term and to establish various
policies that will be adhered 10. BY a
unanimou vote 1t was decided to con-
tinue the thrift stamp work. Aside
from being a valuable work II is re-
garded as beneficial to the students
IN teaching them to save money.
t. Longer Lunch Period.
II was decided to make the hour for
school TO take up in the afternoon,
1880 o'clock instead of 1915 o'clock, as
II has been heretofore. The change
Is male for the reason that It has been
found that the shorter period did not
allow time for many children to get
home to lunch and back to school on
time. The first and second grade will
be dismissed at 3:45 o'clock in the
afternoon instead Of at $3.50. The
other classes will he dismissed at 4