The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-15

ternoon. All members of the Y. w.
| will be present, and an orchestra will
furnish the musical entertainment for
the entire evening. Stunts will be
girls have club room all of their
| own, having recently purchased new
furniture. They will be very proud to
| show Stheir friends the high school
girls club room" The room is fur
nished with wicker furniture, daven-
port, wicker lamps, chintz curtains,
and all other things that go to make
a room comfortable and attractive.
All friends of the Y. W. c. A. are in
vited.
The History X classes of Miss Maude
Hulse are going to debate on the sub
ject, who Had Claim to the New
t World-France, England or Spain?''
The judges are students who have
! taken History previously.
Changes in faculty advisers were
made Wednesday, October -. This
arrangement is permanent, the stu
dents retaining these advisers turnout
their high school course.
Sewing is a great help to many girls,
and most of the girls of the advanced
| sewing classes make clothes for them
| selves that they would not otherwise
Rave. In the advanced classes wool
and silk dresses are made. A1tho
| school has been open oily five weeks,
many of these girls have completed
dresses that were difficult to make.
The sewing instructors are Miss Ella
| True and Miss Ora Mcmillan. Miss
! True has the beginning classes, and
| Miss Mcmillan the advanced classes.
| The students of Mr.. Kaho's Soci-
! ology class are making an investiba-
ton of the local show houses. Each
student who attends a show is ex-
| pected to take notes on the play, and
report as to whether it was good,
medium, or bad
| Glass captains are being elected
now. All classes in high school will
! have their individual captain, secre-
| tary, treasurer and other officers.
They are elected by popular vote, and
All outside clubs of the school such
as the Hi-Y, J. c. of c.. Y. w. c. A.
and others all have their captains or
presidents. There are over one hun
dred different classes and clubs which
{ have their officers.
The polytechnic Science club met
/ Wednesday, October IL, for a short
business meeting for election of off
GERS for this term. The following
were elected:
President-Orhan Coblentz.
Vice President-Joe Robb.
/ Secretary-Louise Magaw.
/ Treasurer-Frank Lerrigo.
Sergeant at-arms-Harold Carr
c. H. Hays. instructor of printing
in Topeka high school, printed the
questions which he gave to his stu
dents of commercial law. Mr.. Hays
fuses the room of another teacher for
this class. and with the printed ques-
tons saved much time writing on tht
blackboard.
A new grading system will be In
stalled in T. H. S. The old system
caused confusion.
Instead of e" "vG,' C. "F'' and
. "P,' - the numerals 1, ., 8, 4 and will
be used They will stand for the same
! thing. excellent, good, medium, fail
and failure.
Doctor Greider's physiology classes
are making ration tables. The meals
of one day for a person is also made
A table is made of the Requirement.
of fats. carbohydrates and proteins in
the body.
Before the usual assembly program
Thursday, October 20, the Dramatic
club is scheduled to put on a short
snappy one-aet play, entitled "Gettin
Acquainted" 1t is play of New
England county life, the characters OF
which are two Vermont spinsters and
a wooer for fifteen years. Those tax
ing part in the play will include
Eulalia McNeily, Robert Akers and
Jessie Tobias.