The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-09
High School Happenings
Contributed Weekly The State Journal by the Journalism
Students Of t. H. S.

should lead in movement for the dis
armament of nations.
Resolved: that congress should en-
/ act legislation excluding all immigra-
ton to the United States of a period
! of five years.
| Resolved: that the law providing
/ for the federal income tax should be
! repealed.
| Resolved: that the United States
should cancel all war. obligations of
France and the United States.
The sixteen girls chosen out of the
I Glee club to go to Emporia for the
contest are practicing every day. The
practices are not long, but hard work
| is involved. Each girl is required to
| be present at these rehearsals under
penalty of losing her privilege of go
| ing to Emporia.
The girls who will go to Emporia
| took part in the Arbor dag services at
Gage park Friday afternoon at $3.50
! o'clock. Both before and after the
! trees were planted the girls sang
verses set to the tune of America.
''The Lion and the Mouse" a four
act play by Charles Klein. was sue
cessfully presented by the dramatic
club Friday evening, April 8, in the
| high school auditorium, This was by
/ far the heaviest play ever attempted
! by the dramatic club in Topeka high
school. 1t was a departHresfrom the
! usual role of humorous plays put on
/ by the club.
| The leading feminine role of Shirley
Rossmore was played by Jane Carey
and the part of John Ryder was taken
by John Dillon. Bernard Cutler
| played the part of the young hero, the
son of Ryder.
/ The cast in the order of their ap-
/ pearance was as follows:
Lorraine Reed
Rev Pontitex Deetle. -. Jewell Watt
Mrs Rossmore Lucille SNYDER
tx. Judge Stett. ....... Lawrence Bartlett
MISS Nesolt. ..-.. .Eulalfa McNeiley
f, XPTesslhah- '............... John DeMunn
3effsrso1 fder o lane GaEey
Hon, Fitzroy Bagley. ..... Russell Howard
senators Roberts Richard 'Tatth hea
Mrs. John Burkett Ryder. Ruth Witwer
John Burkett Ryder. ........... ohm Dillon
N nate Roberis Lorraine Reed
4; AT the exhibit of oil paintings from
I the American Federation of Fine Arts
the 7. H. 5. art department will ex-
hibit craft-work made since last fall.
Articles of Jesse and Batik, baskets,
| beads, book-ends, block printing, pas
tel and charcoal drawings will be ex-
hibited by the high school.
ments of the high school Annual have,
! been made. Members of the Annual
staff who were responsible for differ
ent departments were asked to have
! all their work handed in Friday, April
| s. Also, any senior who had not hand
| ed in personal Information to be used
in the Annual was asked to hand it
in at Room 306 not later than Thurs
! day evening.
/ 6n or dn110 Inc
| Wednesday afternoon the chairman of
! the social committees report showed
il, that nearly zoo people had attended
| the matinee dance Friday, April 1.
Nearly $50 was taken in at the door.
After all debts were paid there still
remained some in the treasury. The
council decided that there will be no
] dancing at the next entertainment
which will be given Friday. April %.
The admission will be 10 cents.
Topeka high school won the second
baseball game of the season from
! 0zawkie Friday, April I, by score
of Is to 6. Ozawkie is reputed to
! ty. The feature of the game was the
track-meet style in which the Topeka
boys finished the game. The game
was played at Ozawkie.
! At the regular meeting Thursday.
/ April Z, the Girls Booster club made
arrangeme for a hike. This hike is
to take place Thursday, April FL.
Every girl is to bring her own provf-
| sions, consisting of wienies and buns.
Miss Elmore and Miss Austin will be
! the chaperons.
1t was voted to give SIS to the base
ball team to help pay for their suits.
The girl also voted SIS to the fund for
/ sweaters for the basketball boys.
| physical training course for girls for
| the rest of this term. The board of
education decided at it's meeting Mon
day, April 4, that the girls might de-
! vote two days a week to swimming.
| The Y. W. c. A. consented to turn the
pool over to the girls on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Spring vacation of one day will be
given the students of Topeka high
school on April Is. The purpose of
the vacation is only to break the long
term.
| Midterm at Topeka high school
ended Friday. April 8. Grade cards
| will be given out to the students Mon
day.
In order that the Physics II classes
might understand their study of the
induction coil more thoroly, repre-
sentat1ves of the classes visited the
telephone offices Tuesday, April 5, to
find out all about the system of the
telephone. The reports of the visits
We're given in class on the following
Friday. The representatives of the
classes were Louise Magaw Marjorie
Mum, Mary Leeper and Evelyn
| Myers.
Officers were elected at the 7. W.
{. A. meeting which was held Tues
| day, April 5. The following are the
new officers for next year:
President. ..... Dorothy Rosebroush
vice president. Mary Neiswanger
secretary. Doris Gilmore
treasurer. ........ .Blynn Corwine
Margaret Seaton of washburn col
/ lege Y. W. C. A. talked to the girls