The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08


City Federation. holds a four-year
fund for Washburn college. This is
now being used by former Topeka
high school girl. An educational COM
mittee has charge of the scholarship.
The State Federation has a fund in
the form of a scholarship loan. with
liberal conditions for payment after
graduation.
The Collegiate illuminate also have
provisions for ambitious students.
A Washburn scholarship fund is
given to an "a1l-round'' boy gradual
ing from Topeka high school by the
Amos Bird company of Shanghai,
China, in memory of Warren Crum-
bine. This scholarship probably will
be open to some properly qualified
member of the June '22 class.
Football boys ofthe first team were
photographed Thursday afternoon,
January 6, on the steps of the south
building.
John Drinkwater's Abraham Lin
coln," as interpreted by Miss Hortense
Nielsen at the high school Wednesday
evening. January 5, furnished an hour
of unusual pleasure.
Miss Nielsen brought out the char
acter of Lincoln with simple sincerity.
Each familiar scene in Lincoln's life
brought the audience closer in inagi-
nation to the reality. The climax was
impressive.
At meeting of the Story Telling
club, Thursday, January 6, the works
| of Mary Roberts Rinehart were dis
cussed. "Twenty-three and a Half
! Hours Leave" and selections from
"Bab" were read.
The January '21 class includes fifty
nine seniors. OF this number thirty
nine are girls and twenty-five boys.
| Friday, January 20 is the last day
| of the first term. The second term
| opens the following Monday, January
81, and closes on Friday, June 10.
| Four girls, members of the first and
| fifth hour Forensic clubs, will debate
| in assembly, Friday, January IA. The
question is: Resolved, that member
| ship in at least one school activity
| should be required in Topeka high
| school.
The affirmative speakers will be
Lois Fergus and Pearl Jensen. The
negative Speakers will be Marjorie
Mum and Mary Anderson.
| At the first regular meeting of the
Radio club the following officers were
elected: President. Truman Hazen;
vice president, Middleton Perry; sec
| retary-treasurer, Milfred Rogers; SER
geant-at-arms, Orlin Kenyon.
Fifteen amateurs were present. Joe
| Robb presented an interesting paper
| entitled THE Development of Vacuum
Tubes During the War Robb was
appointed chairman of the engineer
ing committee. The officers were au-
| thorized to draw up a constitution
which will be submitted at the next
| meeting.
Plans are being made for code prac-
TO hk
| The Topeka high school basket ball
| team will play its first game this eve
ming with Argentine high at the high
school auditorium.
The eight men on the first squad
are; Captain, Everett Blankenbecker,
| the only letter man back this year;
Clarence Breithaupt, who substituted
on the first team last year; Jame::
kearney. last years captain of the
second. team; Theodore Blank, new
out promising man; Gable Wilson. a
player from Oakland high; Winford
Young, from Washburn rural high
school; Kenneth Hawkinson. who
played on the second team last year
and prson Mclaughlin. a substitute
on last years second team.
Inc game tonight will be preceded
by a game between the high school
second team and Oakland high.
i L. H. S. is proud of its propertv
ROOM -Four years ago the high school
possessed little scenery and few proper
ties Tor stage decoration. What arti-
c!es the school had were stored in the
attlc where anyone could get them IF
returned at all, they usually came hack
IN bad condition. At every entertain
ment' the committee had to buy new
scenery
Thru the efforts of Miss Hall, Miss
!,
} clpal, Superintendent Wilson and Mr..
Hoehner, the property room was in
stalled. now the high school has a
property room conveniently situated
near the high school auditorium. In
1t are stored and at the service of the
students or any class, material worth
sSOO. The apparatus is not borrowed
property but the property of the
school.
Much of the material has been con-
structed in the school by committees
of boys who worked on it after school
hours directed and advised by Mr..
= Hoehner.
| The Topeka high school band will
play at the basketball game between
Argentine and Topeka this evening in
/ the high school gymnasium. The band
has fifteen pieces and is the first that
/ I. II. s. ever had.
The Faculty Book club of Topeka
high school has twenty-nine members
. The only man belonging is Mr.. Kaho
When the club organized each teach
er handed in the names of two books
. she wished to read that term. A COM
mittee condensed the list to twenty
/. nine books. The selected books were
l ordered and each member of the club
2 deposited two dollars in the treasury
to pay for the books.
Each member will be allowed to
l take one hook ont for two weeks al
the end of which time it is exchanged
for another.
Each week the Colored Hi-Y of To-
peka high school holds its meetings a
the Colored Y. NJ. c. A. headquarter:
at 119 West Fifth street. The club was
organized for the first time last Octo-
Der. 1t is one of the Christian organi.