The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-28

conference will close Sunday after
noon.
There will be no classes Monday,
January 80. At $3.50, students will go
to the rooms of their faculty advisers
where they will receive their grads
cards and new programs. This en-
rollment period will last about an
hour School will then be dismissed
for the remainder of the day. The
new students will be assigned to spe :
| cial teachers where they will be given
their programs.
A large bulletin board is being
erected in the printing room for no
tees and other news that concerns the
department. The board will be used
mostly as a sample display board. and
those who desire work done in the
printing department can choose from
these samples his type, paper and de-
signs.
Clay modelling has been completed
by the second hour art classes. The
students have enjoyed working with
the clay. Many graduate this term;
but those who enroll for art next term
hope to be able to continue the clay
modelling.
I Miss Effie Hand, former mathe-
matte teacher in the high school, paid
a visit Thursday morning. Miss Hand
has been absent since last spring,
when she was injured in a fall. She
expects to be able TO resume her work
about the second half of the coming
spring term. Miss Addie T. Gieger, in
! the meantime, is teaching Miss Hand
classes.
All members of the January '22,
class who had taken botany or biology
during their. school course, were asked
to call for their notebooks in room
313 before the close of the term. Miss
Abigail McEiroy, Instructor of these
subjects, keeps the notebooks until
students graduate so that they may
have them when they enter college.
Treasures of all class organizations
have been asked to turn in a report
of the business of their orga mutations
for the term ending January %.
Many of the photographs for the
1922 annual have been taken. The
journalism classes, forensic clubs,
science club and dramatic club, as well
as most of the individual sub-seniors,
have alredy had photographs made.
The senior and sub-senior classes
have selected their invitation for
graduation. The voting was carried
on by ballot for a period of two days
in Room 30 There were eight sam
pie, most of which were submitted, by
Topeka firms.
Debates on topics relating to school.
local and national problems are being
given in English VI classes, following
the study of Burke. The questions
concern dancing in T. H. s., motion
pictures in churches on Sunday, capt.
tai punishment, the government of
the Philippines, the bonus bill and the
discrimination against the japanese.
The Hemand for the open shop in
industry is justifiable, according to the
decision of the debate which, was held
last Wednesday,. Glare Van Orman
and Fred Allen upheld the affirmative
and Robert J. Myers and Maurice
Montgomery the negative. The judges
for the debate were Doctor Kulp, Rev
erend Rahill, and Noel Kittell, gradu-
ate of Topeka high school and a for
mer student of English VII. This is
the second of a series of three debates
to be given by the rival debating
classes taught by Miss Carmie Wolfe
The last Of the debates will be held
February 1.
A new union station IS considered
by the students of Topeka high school
to be the most needed Improvement
for Topeka. A printing press, on which
the school paper may be printed was
decided upon as the greatest lack in
the high school.
In an effort to find out the student
sentiment on civic and school i'm
provements, the Junior c. of c. sent
out missionaries to all students in
the high school. Six improvements
were suggested for the city and six for
the school. The Improvements sug-
gested were:
1. New hotel
2. Union depot.
3 New city library building.
4. Modern first class theater
5. New auditorium.
6. Development of boulevard sys-
tenn.
School
1. Community house.
2. Inter-schoo1 viaduct.
3. Automatic time system for each
4. Inter communicating telephone
system.
5. School dance orchestra
g. School printing press for printing
the T. H. S. World.
Students were asked to check three
in each group.
The success of the Memory Music
contest will be largely due to Miss
Grace Wilson, instructor of music in
the Topeka high school Miss Wilson
has worked hard on this contest. She
has been given records from the music
dealers in Topeka. The churches have
consented to have their organists play
the selections Sundays. Miss Wilson
is to be congratulated upon the wide
interest shown in the contest.
Helen Stoddard, Mary Neiswanger,
Elizabeth Anderson, Marjorie johnson
and Lois Gish were the five girls
| elected Wednesday, January rs, to
oversee the dancing in the high school
gymnasium by the girls during the
noon hour. With these girls as over
seers good dancing is assured.
Kansas Day was observed in the
history and civics classes taught
by Miss Maude Bishop, with a pro-
gram review of the history of the
state. The history class took the his
torical development and the civies
class kept on the constitutional side
of development in its program. The
history of Kansas from the coming of
Ouiyera to the present dav was re-