The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19
By THIRD HOUR CLASS.
In the Spring.

In the Spring.
In the spring a young mans fancy
turns to-coal. according to the adver-
tisemenf at the Orpheum theater; but
according to many students in I. III. s.,
the spring fancy turns to baseball.
tennis, track. fishing. and picnics- A
young lady's fancy. while not so siren
uous. points just as directly to parties.
new clothes, autoniobiiing and vaca-
ton. A teachers fancy turns to the
calendar, and one by one she counts
off the days until she shall set out
for Colorado, California, New York,
or possibly Europe. Such are the mus
ings that come with spring.
The Clinic.
On Thursdays. especially at about
the hour Of twelve, the main hall of
the north building of the Topeka high
school is crowded with very small
children between the ages OF six and
twelve. They are not sub-freshmen-
no, indeed. They wait and wait in the
hall, not knowing to which room to go.
They peep in at Miss Calvert's door,
causing slight excitement in the geom-
etry class. They next try the door to
Miss Bunker's drawing room, Finding
only an empty room Next door to
Miss Ewing's room they see the statue
of Minerva and a class of boys and
familiar fashion. All except one brave
youngster walked back into the main
hall. This young lad of perhaps seven
years had listened carefully to his
teachers directions He slowly pushed
open one more door and before MIN
was a room with stools around the
side, a dentists chair near the window
and a medicine case in the center of
the room He knew it to be the room
of the clinic and called to his friends.
He ran into the room and climbed into
the dentist chair: Miss Ewings class
heard a voice saying. John, got here
first You can't have your tooth
pulled till I get done
A Mascot.
A mascot is an object generally sup
posed to bring good luck to its owners.
1t is usually high in favor and subject
to few duties. Well, then. the journal
ism department possesses such an OBJ
ject This mascot is apparently of
such ancient origin that its four I'M
steady legs seem inadequate to sup
port its decrepit body. Its back is
anything but strong, and the slightest
pressure causes it to sway unsteadily.
Every student OF journalism is ac-
quainted with this chair, some to their
sorrow, others to their embarrassment;
but all show marked Difference to the
happens to be located at the part of
the, work table to which they are as
signed, it is courteousIy relieved from
duty and left for a student who is late
in arriving in class The aspiring
journalist has a hearty respect for the
old chair with its whims; and unless
his weight is decidedly below the aver
age, he gives the old mascot wide
birth.
Mercy.
1.-The quality of mercy is not
strained" Yes, everyone has heard
that speech echoing around the halls,
it is on the lips of everyone in the
Public Speaking II class In fact
many students who do not indulge in
public speaking have that mercy
speech better memorized than the
members themselves. We certainly
hope that they viii have it memorized
soon; otherwise everyone in the school
will know it.
New Traffic Laws.
The halls of the high school are
no longer the scenes of mad races 10
get to the cafeteria before the sand
witches are all gone. Alas, the stu
dents are forced to walk sedately, re-
gardless of the fact that their somachs
are urging haste as relentlessly as ever.
The teachers who act as guards laugh
when they have TO stop a student who
rushes pel1-me11 down the stairs, but
they stop him just the same. The
students laugh. too, and walk on re-
signedly. leaving it to fate to keep the
sandwiches safe.