The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-05
High School Happenings
Contributed Weekly in The State Journal by the journalism
Students Of 7. II. S.

| school and community. high ideals of
| Christian living.
A special advertising committee
was elected to get a larger member
ship and attendance at meetings. The
| members of the committee are:
Robert Myers, Clarence Gossard and
| Robert Colville.
Mr.. E. L. Hendrix, teacher in the
| Topeka high school, attended the
| American Legion convention in Kan
| sas City, Tuesday, November l. Mr..
| the world war. A substitute was pro-
vided for his first four classes, but the
fifth hour class was dismissed.
The members of the fifth hour sales
n1anship class, under. the leadership
| of Mr.. E. L Hendrix. has divided into
| two groups under the names of odds
and "evens." The captain of the
| odds" is Emery Sinner, while the
| captain of the ''evens'' is Fern RetF-
meyer. All of the class will write
| editorials to appear in the World. The
side that gets the most editorials in
the World is winner over the other
side.
A junior dramatic club, under the
| direction of Miss Grace Bixler, has
been formed in T. H S. The purpose
of the club is to give the underclass-
school, In response to the first an
nouncement, about fifty students
turned out. A committee from the
senior dramatic club has been APP
pointed to assist the younger club.
! One play each semester is the plan
of the organization. Try outs will be
held on Monday, November Z. Miss
Bixler says that the boys of the fresh
man and sophomore classes are urged
to try out in order to equalize the
number of girls and bows
L The senior-sub-senior Halloween
party, given Wednesday evening, No
vember 2, was a great success The
Song Shop orchestra furnished the
i music A large number of students
4 were present. All of the teachers and
officers of the high school were in
vited. The gymnasium was approprI--
ately decorated and the party was well
planned.
i An announcement in assembly
Wednesday, November 2, regarding
the attendance at class meetings, was
made by Mr.. Cook. When meetings
are held in the morning during the
faculty period, students attending
must notify their faculty adviser OF
their presence at the meeting. By do
ing so. unnecessary confusion in alb
sence reports will be prevented in the
office.
No class can hold morning sessions
which mecessitate absence from advis-
DRY period without permission from
the office.
The Topeka high school orchestra
and boys and girls glee clubs dis
| played the results of many weeks of
practice when they played at the
teachers music round table Friday
. | afternoon. November 4, at the Topeka
: high school.
The following program was rem
Lights out' Mccoy
. Piano solo, "Impromptp". .Reinbold
Ruth Naylor
Chorus, Shutdown sea''.......,...S teckel
, Girls Glee Club.
: String choir, Intermezzo; Cayaleria
Robert Service, David Thomas, Margaret
Morris, Elizabeth Anderson, Clayton Pain
l lotte Affron, Kenneth Worsley, George
Chorus, Gypsy Trail" Galloway
) Soldiers Chorus from Faust. .Gounod
Boys Glee Club.
! Violin solo, ''Slavonic Dance. ..........:
B Bvorak REESE REESE
:. Co a. Robert Service, ,,ornov
Inv 80 = Gifts Giee club.
Mixed chorus. '-carmena". $1,000 Websol
- Girls Glee Club.
Ivah Lewis, during the absence OF
e the journalism instructor. on Thurs
a day, October 81, made and gave ou
al of the assignments for the Higf
: School Happenings, published ever
q Saturday by the Journalism students
| Ivah is the first editor who has hat
: to work out the assignments withou
i the aid of the instructor.
For some time, the T. H S. World
Il has been striving to obtain complies
o files of the old T. H. S. Worlds ant
g ANIMALS. This movement was given {
= helpful boost recently by donations
IS from Miss Ruth Raster. Among th'
: collection are Worlds which date bacl
Y. as far as 1908. The collection also in
II cludes the Forty Years of History . i;
i record of the happenings in T. H. S
d Copies of this book are rare. The gif
= is greatly appreciated, as the old is
s. sues are difficult to obtain.
l. The T. H. S. second team player
IS Oskaloosa, october 81, at Oskaloosa
j. and the result was that they came GU
second best with a score of IS to Z
| Decker and Evans starred for Oska
d 1oosa, and their brilliant end run
y practically won the game for them
3 Darrow and Pitsenberger starred 70
II Topeka Darrow caught two passe
# for large gains.
4 Amy Lee Kearney, 1920 graduate
!. visited school October 3. Amy Lea i
k ldh4us tAe pAe-JouIlldilSAh course a
s Missouri university this year. She i
20 the only student who has made tn
Press club who has not enrolled in tn
journalism department. Amy LIE
q was assistant editor of the 1920 An
- nual.
A meeting of the dramatic club wa
= held Monday, October 81. New plan
d for. the terms work were discussed
. The club was divided into two group
= to make the work more interesting
= The play, THE Black Devil" was post
: poned and was given in assembly
& Wednesday. November 2.
; Under the supervision of Miss Viii
Il son the musical organizations of T. II
S. presented an enjoyable progra n
during the assembly. Tuesday, No
: vember 1. The program consisted o
: the numbers played for the teachers
L rneetinsg.