The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-28

Friday evening, November 8, before
the Emporia game The entire stu
dent body and faculty will meet on
the south steps of the state house at
1880 o'clock, November 8. A snake
dance will be put on by the students
headed by the =. H S. band. and viii
proceed down Kansas avenue. To-
peka high school cheer leaders are in
charge of the affair. B. r. Cook, C.
H. Hepworth and Coach Victor Hurt
have given their consent and prom
Used their support for the affair.
On account of the large number
of students in the combined sopho-
more and sub-sophomore classes the
class was permitted to have five rep
resentatives in the student council
Those chosen were: Fred Walker,
Dick StraWn, Dick Peyton, Virginia
Alspach and John Schwartz.
French club officers for the term
have been elected. They are: Lynn
Bradford, president; Gretchen
Metzke, vice president; Charlotte Sal
lee. secretary; Frank Lyngar, treas
urer; Ruth Cardwell, World reporter;
Merrill Davis, chairman of program
committee.
The first meeting of the year was
held Friday. These meetings are held
during class period but are not pure
ly entertaining. Talks were given on
the government and business in
France. After the meeting games
were played until the end Of the hour
A French newspaper telling OF
French politics and American affairs
has been subscribed for. AS in other
years. this club is supporting a
French orphan.
The Teachers Guild Of the Topeka
high school had it's first meeting of
the year last week. The officers are;
Miss Grace Gilmore, president; Miss
Alma Calvert. vice president; Miss
Evelyn McCauley. secretary; G. f.
Iindell. treasurer. The purpose of
the organization is to no! l social en-
tertainments during the school year
and to consider matters pertaining to
the welfare of the school.
The senior class had a Halloween
party last evening in the high school
gymnasium. Prizes were awarded to
those wearing the most unique cos
tunes. Refreshments, appropriate to
the season, followed an enjoyable eve
ming of games and dancing,
Bell Telephone company represen-
tatives will give special demonstra-
ton before the stud It's of the To-
peka high schoo, next Wednesday to
show the correct method of placing
call in using the company's new dial
system. In order to educate the pu-
pills in the use of the new machine
switching telephones demonstration
board. showing how to place a call by
dialing and how the call is completed,
will be used. 1t is the aim of the
telephone company to explain, by
public and private demonstration, the
use of the machine switching tele-
phone to everyone in Topeka
Dr. Frank L. Loveland, who has
just returned from an extensive trip |
TO Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, /
and the Samoa and Figii islands de- |
livered a talk during the regular as
sembly period, Friday, on the social
conditions of the country and his ex-
periences while there. Dr. Loveland
was formerly pastor of the First
Methodist church and is a member of
the Redpath Lecture Bureau.
The Junior Dramatic club has COM
pleted the tryouts with the result that
the club now has eight new boy mem |
beEs: Cecil. Neylie. Lewis Lilly, |
Thomas Hoibrook. Roy Taylor, STAN
ley French, John STREET, Frank Chat |
fer and Peter Couture. There were
only twelve members from last years |
club left this year. |
The other members of the club are: |
Doris Flanagan, Vera Kanode, Louise |
Kittel. Phyllis Newman, Freda Nixon, |
Ruth O'Donovan, Jean st. John, Hazel
Weeks. Dorothy Hax, Preston Brandt, |
Florence williams, William Peterson, |
Belva Webster, Dorothy Rollman, |
Hazii Hepworth, Esther Mullin, Mar |
tina Nicholson, Charlotte Sallee, |
Evelyn O'Donovan, Mildred Whita- |
ker, Dorothy Rollman, Vernita Nc
Clelland Gladys Bacon, Dorothy |
Bishop, Martha DuMars, Lester Stef- |
fins. Harriet Bryant, Maurine Frisby |
and Lucia Floersch.
Miss Ethel Frizen is adviser of the |
club.
A number of new books have been |
, received in the high school library. |
\ The books are as follows:
Bryce American Commonwealth |
Ross .....-.-... Social Psychology |
Ashton Social
Life in the Reign of queen Anne
Fernald ..........-.... English Syn |
noyms, AntOnyms and Propositions |
harris ...... uncle Remus
Theodore Roosevelt The citizen
Hamilton. Outline of Music History /.
Elson .......... Musical Dictionary |
Victor ....-.........B Book of Opuas
Well .......... Outline of History |
Pedio Lemo ......... .Coppyied Arts
Day .A1phabets old and New
Skenner ....-.'-:- -, Myths
Miller ........... True Bear Stories
George Palmer ..................
..... Life of Alice Freeman Palmer
Hagerdon -.......
Boys Life O. Theodore Roosevelt
van Dyke Ruung Passlon
Bronte '.-'...''''.. Jane Eyre
Page ...........I In Ole Virginia |
Hugo ...............Le Les MiSera bleS |
Guebeis 49,. Legends of the Rhine
Seton Trail of the Sand-hill Stag
OOTnSIOCk
How to Know the Butterflies
Cornstock 49,. Manual of Insects
Some interesting botanical speci-
mems were displayed in Miss Grace
Woilcott's room the past few days.
among which we're an interesting col
lection of fungi of various types.
There were also some beautiful and
unusual forms of lichens. some of
which were growing upon quartz
rock. one of the hardest of all mineral
substances.
DE. GreIder's classes in physiology