The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-23

psychology class. The affirmative was
upheld by Prank Quail and the mega
/ tive by Dorothy Luxton. After a
heated discussion the judges. Emo
gene Bevitt. Mildred Bollinger and
/ James Bowen, rendered their unani-
nous decision in favor of the negative.
A play written by Eleanor Poppe, a
membSe of the class. was given in
{ Miss Edna Austin's fifth hour Eng
hsh class Wednesday, December 20.
! Miss Edna Austin recently gave her
algebra II classes 4 test in which
everyone made a passing grade. Miss
Austin states that her algebra classes
are doing exceptionally good work
this semester.
Miss Merle Fowler<has created a
lost and found department in her
room. Among the articles lost are a
girls DORM, six powder puffs and a
pair of earrings. Miss Fowler says
the department is great success
Miss Fowler gave everyone smile
and no lessons for the Christmas va
cation.
A Christmas party was held by the
Girl Reserves club Tuesday afternoon,
December 10, at the association build
ing. Games and square dancing in
the beautifully decorated lobby fur
nished the entertainment. Refresh
ments of ice cream and cake were
served
, Typewriting students We're busy this
week doing outside work for the vari-
Gus departments of the school,
A Christmas program was given in
Miss Ella True's history class Wed
nesday- The First Christmas Tree"
by Van Dyke was read
Many of the girls in the sewing
classes made their own gifts for
Christmas.
Miss Maud Hulse. who has been
in charge OF the tardy room the past
week. says that fifteen students re-
ported to make up time the past week
and that several students are booked
TO make up time until the fifteenth
of next month.
classes in Miss Nellie AnseFs room will
he posted Immediately after the
Christmas vacation
Clever entertainments have been
put on by Miss nellie AnseFs Eng
Iish VII students as they were i'm
personating writer's of the eighteenth
century. Much interest was taken
and each student tried his best to
make the author he was impersonat-
ing seem real to the rest of the class. |
None of the Spanish and Latin
classes recited lessons Wednesday. De
cember 20 Both classes entertained. |
There was an attendance OF more
than SIX hundred students, teachers
and outsiders at the cafeteria We'd |
nesday, December 20.
Mr.. Kaho states that more than
twenty students have obtained en-
ployment for the Christmas vacation
Seven willing boys helped John
n F7ruw wfrcr av,e~4
tor, to do the hard task of decorating
the north building in preparation for
the all-school party. They worked
until six that evening. and the day
in the morning to help take down the
decoration The boys were: Mitchell
Foster, Leonard PfttZenberger. Dan
Forbes. Newell Nay. Henry Boyer,
Wendell Taylor and Ray Beeson-
a Kaw Valley Debating league. of
which T. H s. is a member, has been
established among six towns Law
renee. Topeka and Manhattan form
one Of the triangles. and LeaVenworth.I
Atchison and Kansas City, Kan, form
the other. The winners from each tri-
angle Will meet to debate for the
meet until February 1. it will be
March before the championship is de-
cided- The question that has been
adopted is ''Resolved, That the Coal
by the Federal Government"
At the Hi-Y meeting held last Mon
day night, December IS, plans were
discussed for the Older Boys Confer
ence which is to be held some time
in February. Also a sum of money
was voted to a poor family living on
the outskirts rof the city.
{ The art II classes have spent the
last few days in making Christmas
presents Many shoe-trees, candle
sticks. vases and other articles were
painted
The new Royal typewriter was sent
dentally knocked over by the janitor
last Wednesday.
Tests were held in the sociology
classes FRIDAY, December 10.
Members OF the e~coIored Hi-Y met
last Thursday. December Il at their
headquarters, 43O Kansas avenue r.
Il. Cook. principal of Topeka high
school, gave talk on True Amer
ieanism.'' DR.. T. P. Martin also gave
a talk. AT the usual business meeting
Theodore Duke, Willie Allston, Doyle
Moten. and Arthur Burton were
elected as delegates to attend the In
terstate Literary society which will
meet December 22, IS. 20 of this
month other business concerned
plans for an inter-school debate with
Kansas City, Kansas.
Unusually good results were OBJ
tanned from the big test given by Miss
Nellie Ansel to her English VI classes !
Thursday. December IA, over Burke's
Speech on Cancellation In the two
classes there were nine A grades and !
eighteen grades.
A Christmas program was given in !
Miss Margaret Tillotson.s reporting
group Wednesday. December 20. Miss
Tillotson and Lawrence Patterson.
class captain, had charge OF the pro-
gram. Each member or the group re-
ceived a gift distributed by Lawrence