The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12

quintet will come to the high school
for q return engagement.
Students who bought season tickets
to the basketball tournament at Wash
burn were excused from all classes
Friday. Only those students who were
making passing grades in all subjects
were excused.
The students of Chemistry II classes
In I. II. s are studying sulphur. Sew
eral interesting experiments have been
made, two of which were the prepara-
ton of carbon disulphide and sulphur
dioxide.
The T. H. S. Debating club held
meeting Thursday evening, March 3,
in room 800.
The members of the club voted to
have the name of the club changed
from T. H. S. Debating club to Athen-
ian society.
Tom Thomas was scheduled to give
a talk, but due to lack of time after
the business meeting it was postponed
until the next meeting.
In the last week Mr.. Hepworth has
been obtaining. entertainment for
members of the IL girls and 16 boys
basketball teams who are playing in
the tournament at Washburn. More
IMAM 1VV girls anu 1@o DOyS are IN tnS
city. T. H. s. students have in this
way helped Washburn in preparing
for the players.
Hot discussion and spirited orations
on the question of I'D. o. t." and I'D.
A. S. H" pictures for the annual filled
every minute of time at the senior
class meeting in room $40 Monday.
Some wanted separate group pictures.
Others wanted one large picture to
Include all members of the class. A
few voted for none at all. A motion
other plan will probably be used un-
less thought impracticable later.
In the tryout Friday. March 4, Gar
rett Porter and Claude Holman (col-
Iored) were chosen as the Topeka high
school team for the debate with Okla
homa City high school, April Z. The
debate will be on the question Re
solved. that the federal government
should enact legislation providing for
compulsory judicial settlement of in
dustrial disputes in public service in
dustries. constitutionaliy conceded"
The Topeka team will have the af-
firmative side of the question. The
debate will be given under the
auspices of the Forensic club, from
which the team was chosen. A COM
mittee has been appointed to make
arrangements for the entertainment of
the visitors. Paul Bascom was ap-
pointed as. chairman. Lawrence Bart
lett and Wilbur Naylor are committee
members.
The annual staff held meeting
Tuesday, March 8. Tom Thomas, the
editor. announced that all material
for the different departments must be
in on March Is. The staff also dis
cussed the assembly program which
will be put on when the campaign for
subscriptions is launched. The parts
for the play to be given at that time
were assigned.
The first team of Topeka high de-
feated the Manhattan five by a score
of 3S-18, at Manhattan, Saturday
March 5: The Topeka boys who went
We're: B1ankenbeker, Wilson. Blank,
Edminston, Brithaupt, Mclaughlin.
Kearney and Brewster.
The sophomore class is making
plans for a party to be held Friday
evening. March IS. in the high school
gymnasium. The social committee has
decided to make it a kid party" and
the evening will be spent in playing
games which everyone enjoys Park
Cain is chairman of the committee.
A meeting of the sub-seniors was
called Monday afternoon at 2:45 for
the purpose of selecting class pins.
The social committee was also ap-
pointed.
In one of the series of debates be-
ing held by the Forensic club of t.
H. S., the subject was, Resolved. that
pool halls should be abolished in To-
peka.' The affirmative won the de-
cision of the club. A committee of
one was appointed to post a bulletin
in the north building, stating that the
Forensic club of the T. H. S. is in
favor of the exclusion of all high
school students from pool halls.
Tom Thomas entertained the Athen-
ian society, Thursday afternoon,
March 10, with a talk, MY Sailors
Life" He gave a most interesting ac-
count of his trip to England last sum-
mer. Tom and three other boys made
the voyage, working on a freighter.
They visited London, Glasgow, and
| Bristol. Tom will enter the United
| States naval academy this summer