The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-21
High School Happenings
Contributed Weekly in The State Journal by the journalism
Students of 7. H. S.

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The senior officers are: Albert T.
DyaI, president; Willard Killian, vice
president; Orhan Coblentz, secretary;
| Emma Eaton, treasurer.
| The officers for the sub-seniors:
Don Welton. president; Herbert ABB
meyer, vice president; Thelma Wood,
secretary; Grace Hess, treasurer.
Orhan r. Cobientz is chairman of
the joint social committee.
Two hundred and nine students are
enrolled IN outside music and Bible
study this term. In both subjects
there is nearly an equal proportion of
boys and girls. 'Eighty-seven girls
and sixteen boys are taking outside
Bible study. In outside music eighty
nine girls and seventeen boys are en-
rolled.
The sophomore class of Topeka high
! school gave a successful party in the
south building Saturday night, Janu-
airy IA. There were forty-five students
! present. Chaperons for the party were
Mrs. Benning,. Mrs. Rankin and Mrs.
Snyder.
The class president is Bernard
| Peterson. The social committee for
| the party included Virginia Alspach,
Charles Casson. Blynn Corwine, Esther
Mary Snyder and Ernest Stanley.
The Topeka high school basketball
team will play Rosedale on the home
floor Saturday, January 81. The To-
| peka team has defeated the RoSedale
! team once this season. The score was
| % to 10. A close game is expected.
The Topeka high school basketball
team defeated Leavenworth by a score
of Al to "a. The game was played in
the high school gymnasium Friday,
January IS.
The Latin " classes went to Wash
burn Thursday night, Jan. 8. to study
the consultations. Since the stars
have Latin names, the classes have
/ been studying them in NEUROLOGICAL
stories. They were planning a second
trip last Tuesday, but because of the
cloudy weather postponed going until
some time next week.
Jane Adams, of Hull House, Chi
cago, spoke in assembly January 13.
Since Miss Adams has returned re-
Gently from Europe, she talked on
| the conditions of Russia. She described
the conditions of the famine. Altho
Uncle Sam has given twenty million
dollars to aid Russia, Miss Adams
! urged that all use their influence to
induce congressman to give more for
the relief work.
The senior girls were entertained
at the Y. w. CA. by d party given by
the other girls of high school Tuesday,
January IS. There was program in
the clubroom after which the girls
danced. Refreshments of ice cream
| sandwiches were served.
The old walnut desk which has been
in room 302 has been moved to Miss
Ansels room for the use of the annual
editor. For many years this desk has
been the property of each annual staff.
Insurance of all kinds is the subject
of study in the commercial law class
: taught by Mr. Hays. The eight girls
in this class find the subject of in
surance as interesting as do the boys.
Mr.. Hendrix has been receiving help
from some of the more advanced
pupils in his penmanship class. While
| he gives copies to the pupils at his
desk certain members of the class go
around from desk to desk aiding the
less advanced students. Mr.. Hendrix
says that these student-teachers can
see mistakes quickly, because they
have just passed thru them. Those
who have been assisting are Stella
Hedges, Raymond Hoffsommer and
Emma Semple.
The old custom of holding grades
until notebook or other backwork
is brought up to date will not be
carried out at the close of this term.
except in case of backwork lost thru
illness, the grades will stand as they
are on the last day of the term, Jan
uary 81.
The staff for the 1922 Sunflower has
been completed and work is well under
way to make this years annual the
best that has ever been put out. The
1aI
able to see the Chamber of Commerce
to get the regulations which must be
followed in carrying on the enterprise.
A number of the individual and the
group photographs have already been
taken and the arrangements are being
made to get the remainder out of the
way as soon as possible.
The staff is composed of the follow
ing: Herbert Abmeyer, editor; Will
lard Gabriel, Norma Cline, assistant
editors; Edgar Gardner. associate
editor; Gene Slower, business man
Theron French, lithographing man
ager; Albert Davis, auditor. Sub
associate editors are: Genevieve
Mum. literary; Howard Smith, other
classes; Ruth Naylor. music; Maurice
Montgomery. civics; Dorothy Rose
brough. religious; CASTOR Washburn,
dramatic; Evere TT Blankenbeker,
athletics RICHARD Maroney ana Dofo-
thy Luxton, humor; Dorothy Stark,
Thelma Wood, Lois Gish, Ivah Lewis,
class sketches; Katherine Mullin. art.
Miss Nellie Ansel, of the English de-
partment, editorial adviser and E. L.
Hendrix. of the commercial depart
ment, business adviser.
Spring hats are in the process of
construction in the domestic art
classes. About sixty Topeka high
school girls are making their own
spring hats. The girls show excep-
tional ability, and are fashioning many
lovely hats.
No books can be checked out of the
library after January "a. The reason
for this close is because it is the end
of the term and Miss Boughton wants
to check up all books. Several new
rules have haen formed which will he