The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-09
BY FIFTH HOUR CLASS.
Editor-Garrett Porter,
That Kid Sister.


There's a sub-scrub in our school
who has vacant fifth hour and per-
Slsts, much to our disgust, in attend
ing study hall at this time when not
required to do so.
To be explicit, we will explain that
We are a senior and the previously
mentioned sub-scrub is our kid sister.
we who have attended high school for
TOUR long years, never have had the
good fortune to possess a vacant fifth
hour. Consequently it is annoying to
see one we have often looked down
upon and belittled obtain the coveted
prize of second lunch hour and az
unoccupied fifth.
We are threatened with apoplexy
when We hear her say, "Oh, goody, L
am going to get to go to fifth hour
study hall again today" The next
thing we expect to hear is, ''Shoot, we
are going to have vacation Friday"
Now, as we have stated. we never
had the opportunity our kid sister has,
but we venture to say that if We had
had the chance to get away fire. m
school one hour early we should know
how to appreciate the blessing and
never be found guilty of misusing the
time in any old school building.
Where We Meet.
The halls of Topeka high school
were originally for the purpose of pro-
viding an avenue thru which students
might pass from one class room to
another. Alas for such an idea, The
halls are not for passage, but for con-
gregation. -
Groups are here and groups are
there-right in the thick of things.
Everyone talks to his friends and in
PRODUCES strangers to his crowd. One
meets his friends at designated doors
and corners in the halls as he might
on some street corner Lockers border
iv,or 1aa hoI a ford q Cplnndid
Water fountains, pencil sharpeners
waste baskets and bulletin boards are
all highly patronized. Stair-raillngs
make particularly convenient leaning
places; but even the slim iron pillar
in the lower hall has it's particular
school, at noon, the avenues of T. H.
S. represent a convenient rendezvous
Indeed, they represent a combina-
ton of what the corner drug store is
to the boys, and what the vestibule or
mezzanine floor of a large store is to
the girls.
A Young Mans Fancy.
The s o'clock whistle blew. A boy
opened his front door and started up
the street. Next door another boy
came out, but only to get the morn
ing paper
AS he turned to go into the house.
he saw his friend, and whistled. His
whistle had rather a double meaning.
Besides being a friendly greeting, it
was given in much the anne way as an
exclamation-it seemed SO ridiculous
to go to school at o'clock. A full
half hour for mere four blocks.
He shook his head in something
akin to bewilderment over his friends
actions. He gulped his breakfast and
a few minutes later appeared at
school, 1t lacked only few minutes
until the last bell At one point in
the hall he stopped. His friend was
talking earnestly and confidently with
a young lady.
He misunderstanding about-''In
the spring a young mans fancy. =
War Is-Married Life.
Rudyard Kipling's "Howling CameT'
didn't have anything on the English
VIII class. The whole class howled
literally howled = when Richard
Swallow gave his oral report on Short
Stories and the World War"
Now Richard took debating last
term. You could tell that easily be-
cause he gave a main point after his
introduction. He also used inference
which is used in English VIII. HIS
main point, and he saw to it that every
one got it, was, That war is composed
of battles" Then, said he. married
life is composed of battles Here
Comes an algebra axiom. War is mar
rfed life or vice versa, Things equal
to the same thing are equal to each
other By inference, he concluded
that love stories are war stories