The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
High School happenings
Contributed Weekly in The State Journal by the Journalism
Students Of T. H. S.

I that the class is under competent
| leadership and does not worry over
| the conduct of the students. When
the captain is in charge he has the
same authority as the teacher.
| Among the improvements being
made in the school is the installation
of new window shades. These are to
be put in eight of the rooms in the
north building. They are needed badly
and will add much to the looks and
Lcomfort of the rooms.
| On Monday. February IA, all indi-
vidual and many group photographs
for the annual were sent to the en-
gravers. For the past few weeks the
members of the annual staff have been
working to get these pictures to the
cngravers before February Is, as all
work in before that date receives a
| discount.
In order that each students Of T. H.
S. may be fully informed as to the
time for class meetings, annual pic
lures, and other items of interest in
the high school sphere, bulletin
announcing all school activities for the
day is read each morning in second
hour class. The bulletin system gives
convenient and regular method for
announcing the days schedule to all
teachers and students.
About fifteen students of last term
French " class have organized into
LIE Cercle .d'Etude Francois" a
French study club.
The purpose of this club is to aid
the members to keep their French in
use. as no French v is offered this
term. The officers are~ Elizabeth
Skinner, president; Fern Rethmeyer,
vice president; Emily Ericsson, secre-
tary and treasurer; Thelma Rowitz,
chairman of the social committee. The
meetings are held every Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons.
The Student Council is planning to
give a matinee dance soon. The pur-
pose of the dance is to raise enough
money to cover the expense of the
group photograph in the annual.
New assembly seats have been as
signed for this semester On Wednes-
day, February 16, the first time the
plan was used, there was some con-
fusion. Several teachers who had not
heard of the new assignment took
their pupils to their former seats, only
to find them occupied by another class.
A nrogram. in the form of a mock
banquet, was given by several mem
bers of the English VIII class to their
fellow Scribblers on Monday, Febru-
airy IA. during the third hour. Eacn
member of the class represented some
celebrity in, the >short-story world.
John Russell De Nun was POSTMASTER.
and called upon Fannie Hurst, Joel
Chandler Harris, Kate Douglas Wig
gin, and others for after dinner
speeches. The banquet was the first
of a series of programs to be given in
the English VIII class.
An announcement was made We'd
nesday concerning the use of books
in the school library. Books may be
checked out only over night, except
coIlaterals for English. These may be
kept for one week but may not be
taken out twice in succession. If the
books are checked out in the morning,
they must be returned in the evening
after the fifth hour. Students may
checks out only one book at time,
with the exception of English collat-
erals.
A check is kept on all books that
are taken out; if they are not returned
on time, for second offense the STU
dent is denied the use of the library
for the rest of the term.
Topeka high school defeated the
Atchison high school basket ball team
at Atchison. Friday evening, Febru-
airy II. with a &c to IS score. The
score at the end of the first quarter
was 10 to for Topeka. The game
was clean thruout.
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