The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-12
High School Happenings
Contributed Weekly The State Journal by the journalism
Students of T. II. S.


given cavalry men at Camp Sill, Okla.
The Bible study for the meeting. led
| by o. w. Hasca11, was upon Bible his
tory during Moses time r. N. Nc
Entire, who was TO speak, did not ar
rive. Final reports on the campaign
| showed that 1904 had been raised 70 :
the hut at Camp Wood. Election of
officers for the coming year will be
held at the next meeting. A commit
tee was appointed to make nominal
| tons.
! The sectional basketball tournament
started at o'clock Friday morning
in the Washburn gymnasium.
The boys schedule was as follows:
| Severance VS.. Hoyt, 900; Oakland
VS.. Washburn. 1855: Oskaloosa VS..
Topeka, 10:45: Ozawkie VS.. Mayetta,
| 11:2O; Seaman VS.. Perry, 2:05; Meri-
den VS.. Rock Creek, 2:40; Nortonville
VS.. Leavenworth, $3.50; Holton VS.. Sol
der, 4:25.
The winners of these games played
each other till only two teams were
left, undefeated. These two teams will
battle for honors in the washburn
gymnasium at o'clock tonight.
Only twelve girls teams are entered
in the tournament. The girls games
were played in the intervals between
the boys games.
| The girls schedule was as follows:
Holton drew bye; Ozawkie drew
= bye; Hoyt VS.. Seaman. 1910; Wash
burn VS.. Nortonville, 1870; Leaven-
| worth vs.. Meriden, ass; Perry VS..
Havensvilfe, $500; Oskaloosa drew a
bye; Oakland drew a bye.
The final girls game will be played
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Washburn
gymnasium.
Wednesday, March Q. at GAS O'Clock,
the Polytechnic Science club nesting
was called to order and the following
program was presented:
| Chlorine-Alfred Bauman.
i Planetary System-Taylor Herring
ton.
Is Electrocution Humane Augusta
Holt.
Radio-Joe Robb.
Alfred Bauman gave talk on chlor-
inc and illustrated it with experiments
which were unusual. The experiment
where antinony was dropped in chlor-
inc gave an effect similar to falling
stars. The talk on the planetary sys-
tenn given by Taylor Harrington con-
tanned interesting data on methods of
measuring planets; Augusta Holt
$ h wee that electrocution was
humane. and Joe Robb gave an in
lteresting talk on the elements of radio
itelegraphy.
The usual current topic discussion
closed the program OF the day.
Principal r. r. Cook has returned
from a convention for educators at
Atlantic City. On his return trip, to-
gether with a. j. Stout, superintendent
Of schools, he attended the inaugural
ceremonies at Washington.
The Sub-senior class haId a meeting
after school. Monday, March z. Sew
eral important business matters were
discussed. The pin of the class was
chosen, The class decided on a social
committee OF which Robert Meyers is
to conduct party soon.
The members of the Forensic club
have finished the first cries of de-
bates. Miss Wolfe, in ,ructor, ex-
pressed herself as being well pleased
with the work The work, tho crude,
was creditable for the first series.
Informal discussion added, interes,
to the T: H. S. Y. w. c.. A. meeting
day, March 8. The subject was 10y
atty VS.. Knocking" and Frances
Esteriy was the leader of the meeting.
Miss Sallie Glass, Y. W. c. A. girls
work secretary, talked to the girls and
led the discussion.
Five boys are contesting for the
battery positions for the baseball
team. The boys practice every after
noon after school. Mr.. Hays says the
only trouble is that they cannot find
a place to practice. He is going to
try to obtain the use of Western
League park.
The practice has been light to avoid
sore arms. Monday afternoon. how
ever, the boys will have a stiff work
out.
The boys who are trying out for
pitcher are jolly, French, Scott, Mar
tin and Denning. The catchers are
Orr. Gascoigne, Young Bright and Car
Richardson.
The five best students from each
| typewriting class had a speed contest
| Wednesday night March g. OF the
typewriting II, Alva Gordon was first;
Ruth Jackman, second; Gwendolyr
Flora, third: Madse Allison and Evelyn
Mills, fourth.
OF the typewriting III, leila Par
sons was first: Douglas McEachron
second; Grace Hypes, third: Oliver
Snediker, fourth: Eleanor Sutton, fifth
OF the typewriting ". Jessie Highly
| was first; Viola Wagner, second; Elva
Stamford, third.
Next week the typewr.ting students
| will have contest at Strickler's.
The boys glec club of T. H s. fur
nished several numbers in a program
at Berryton Friday night. A vocal
solo was given by JJhn d. Mum, and
a piano solo by Eleanor Allen, accom-
PIANIST for the glee club.
The girls of the Y. ". c. A. have
voted to have meeting each week
instead of every other week The
meetings are to be short and snappy
and are not to exceed thirty minutes
in length. There is to be more dis
cussion than heretofore. One of the
group has made a list of ideals which
the girls are to carry out.
Miss .Elmo-e's gym classes have be-
gun their dances for the spring fete
There is a possibility that the. fete this
4 will he in nra Of y, q