The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-25

will be averaged and each pupil will
! be rated according to his score. In
/ the first test given Tuesday, Novem-
Der 81. the second hour class had the
highest score
The study hall is -oon to have a
bulletin board. which Will contain no.
/ tees Of school happenings and a state
ment the proper use of the 81 hool Ii
brary. The car. .enters hav- taken the
measurements and are now preparing
| the board.
The assignment in the fourth hour
English VII class for Monday, No
vember - dealt with conversation.
-Four members of the class. Helen Pat
tfson, Catharine Peterson, Jean Daven-
port and Raymond Hoffsommer,
served as hostesses and host The
members of the class were guests.
Questions of interest were discussed
for the purpose of improving the stu
dents conversational ability
The Delta Phi held the first meet
ing since the mid-term election. Fri
day. Gretchen Metzke, new president.
was in charge. BY laws were dis
OF programs desired. The class VIII
have a program Wednesday, Novem-
Der %. The committee in charge con-
sists of Beatrice Swords, chairman;
Lawrence Patterson, willard Garhart
The class time this week was spent
on talks about famous orators and
well known people OF today. Orators
among the group were: Miriam. De-
mothenes, Cicero. William Pitt, Mar
tin Luther, Henry Clay and Ben Lind
say. The prominent persons repre-
scented included Babe" Ruth, Thomas
A. Edisons Booth Harrington. CALI
Curci, Schumann-Heink. w. G. Nc
Adoo, Lloyd George, George AIDE and
william Allen White
a letter from Miss Carrnie Wolfe,
head of the English department OF To-
peka high school. is now at Hotel
Gloria in Rio De Janiero- She trav-
eled by boat from New York to Rio De
Janiero, which is an eleven-day trip
With her father, Miss Wolfe plans to
tour Brazil, then go to the west coast
of South America From there she
will return by boat thru the Panama
canal.
The two third-hour English classes
under Miss Grace Bixler and Miss
Berenice Fuller held a joint meeting
Monday, November 20, in the as
sembly. A program was given by Miss
FuIler's class as the losers in a spelling
contest. The following, program was
given: Piano solo, Naomi Weaver;
reading, Roy Taylor: musical tragedy.
Henrietta Stanley. Earl Lewis. James
Going, Adelaide 'Shubert, Ursula Mer-
illat; Combat (from Lady of Lake,
Arthur Criterion; song, mixed quar-
tet.
Miss Kerr's faculty group had the !
largest bank deposit last Tuesday
with $40.
Wilma seybold had the best set of
letters handed in from the first hour !
shorthand class. OF wilma's five let !
tiers, only one contained any mistakes.
The sewing II girls have finished
their skirts and are now working on
dresses, blouses or plain soft hats The
dresses and b1ouses are mads only in |
cotton. Girls who have not decided
what their next project viii be are
the Orphans Home.
The domestic science classes are
making pumpkin pies in preparation |
for Thanksgiving.
The botany classes planted slips |
of getaniums and other plants a few
weeks ago. The classes are studying |
the structure of stems from micro |
scopic drawings and from living |
stems.
Students in gymnasium classes are
studying the fundamentals of army |
drilling. Each class constitutes
squad which is trained by Victor Hurt, |
instructor. AS an incentive to per- |
feet attention any student making an
error in drill will be required to take |
a floor dip" three times as a PEN |
atty. Perfect attention and alertness
will be insured by the use Of the PEN |
atty, Mr.. Hurt says.
The senior and sub-senior classes !
combined to give a party, Friday
night, November "a. An original pro- |
gram was presented in the audi |
torium, and then games and dancing |
featured in the gymnasium until II
o'clock. Refreshments of punch and
waters were served The party was in
Cboroa 1P a cou7r1iftee headed bv /
Kenneth Worsley-
In Topeka high school alone, 1899
tickets were sold for the Little Sym |
phony concert series. The money TAX |
en- in from the sale was $611.65-
A giant football festival will be
held Tuesday, November %, under the
auspices of the Hi-Y. A banquet in /,
the gymnasium and a program in the
auditorium will be features of the af-
the event expects an attendance of
$50. If the festival is successful. II
i will be a paIS OF the football season |
in future years.
Some Of the students in Miss Ora
McMillen's second hour sewing III
class are making hats. Promising
milIiners are being developed. accord |
ing TO Miss McMillen.
Paper for typewriting purposes is |
sold only on certain days Miss Boyle's
typewritfng students buy their paper |
Tuesday, and Miss McCauley's pupils |
purchase theirs Wednesday.
The senior and sub-senior classes |
had joint party Friday night. No |
vember "a. The party was a get-ac-
J quainted affair for the members of
these two classes. It was one of the |
biggest events of the season, and q |
large number of students attended.
Work on the batik problem has