The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-09
Park Ca5n, Editor.
Fifth Hour Glass, Reporters.


at MoscaIero, New Mexico, are being
donated by the Girl Reserves this
year. A large card has been posted
on the bulletin board on which the
girls give their names and the age
of the child they prefer to receive
the gift There are forty children, ten
young men, ten young women and
twenty babies to be provided for. Al
most any gin is acceptable. All the
donations viii b brought to the T.
w. C. A. building Tuesday, December
II. The list of gifts is quite long
even now.
Material for the operetta, ''Bul
Bull" has arrived and tryouts will be
held Immediately. Miss Wilson stated
that everyone in her music classes will
! be given a tryout before anyone is
chosen.
The solo parts will be handled be-
fore judges, and those wishing to try
out viii be given chance In the near
future. The students will be given a
chance to volunteer for tryouts on solo
parts. If a sufficient number do not
respond, Miss Wilson may find it nee
essary TO make the tryouts compuI-
sorry.
Miss Effie Hand, teacher of mathe-
mates, who has been Ill for the past
three weeks, will not return 70 school
until next fall w A. Richards. who
has been substituting for her viii take
her classes for the remainder of the
term. MISS Nina AGL1kcneyp a IOT-
mer Topeka high school graduate, has
been secured to teach her classes next
term
A petition has been circulated thru
T. H. s. requesting that the board of
education close school December 10
| instead of December 20 for tho Christ
mas holidays, in order to insure stu
dents a fair chance of obtaining em-
ployment curing the holidays. Many
1nn1< fOTvvaT6 to aTlrf0Vncnt
during the Christmas holidays, as a
means whereby they can help meet
expenses. The petition has a large
number Of signeFs and will be pre-
sented to the board of education.
The list of names of all seniors ell
gible for graduation in January has
been completed. They are as fol-
lows:
Robert Akers, Elizabeth Anderson,
Harold Anderson, Carol Andrews, Ar
lene Baker, Ed Benton, Henry Bergen,
Mildred Bjorkman, Nina Bliss, George
Bond, Edith Boyd, John Brinker, Mil
dred Bunker, Evelyn Carlson, Harold
Carr, Anna Louise easier, Lola Con-
roy, Eldon Covert. Agnes Davis, Mar
guerite Drake, Gwen Flora, Ed Gard
| bons, Robert Gill, Lois Gish, Agnes
Gordon. Maurine Grant, Raymond
Hoffsommer. Wesley johnson. Mar
garet Keller, Robert kenf1ey, Lisa
Kristenson. Dorothy Luxton, Eulal1a
McNeiIey, Harry Old, Laura Pierson,
| Waiter PIath. Leila RichaEds, Carf
Richardson. Gladys Richardson, Vel
ma Rickenbacheru Thelma Rohwitz,
Lillian Sa1yer. Howard Smith Wen
dell Taylor Helen. Thorpe, Julia
Vigneron and Goe1et Watson.
The third series of devotional
assemblies will be held Monday, De-
cember II. The spirit of Christmas
will pervade the program. Rev. John
A. McAfee will be the speaker. Christ
mas carols will be sung by the Sigma
Alpha Iota girls of Washburn college.
Ralph Martin, vice president of the
EFi-Y will preside, and Mary Stitt, vice
president of the Y. w. C. A, will
read the scripture.
'If YOU can do the thing you set
out to do in life a little better than
other people are doing it, big rewards,
big opportunities and big satisfactions
will be yours" according to DR.. w.
B. Fleming. president of Baker uni
versity, in his address to the high
school assembly, Thursday, December
DR.. Fleming stated that the two
ways to gain margin are to culti-
eate the habi- of absolute mastery of
a subject, and to continue preparation
long enough to insure success.
Before DR.. Fleming's talk Paul
Isawless gave two>vocaI solos. Jack
Shakeshaft of Washburn college an
nounced that the athletic banquet to
I open also to high school students.
Bernard Peterson made some an
nouncenents concerning the an-school
party.
Agnes Gilchrist is a new conner in
T. H S. Agnes has been attending
| the Marion high school, Marion, Kan
I sas. She is enrolled in Miss Will
frd oIa nd &c
classified as sub-freshman.
The majority of Miss McMiI1en's
second period sewing III class have
Finished the semester's requirements
and are now spending the time ON out
| side problems. The remaining two
weeks of this semester, after the
Christmas vacation, will be devoted
entirely to recitation
Each student in Miss~Austfn's Eng
Iish class responds to roll call with
quotation taken from the "Mer-
fnot leave the work entirely to her
class but when her time comes also
responds with a quotation taken from
some other Shakespearfan play.
A new ruling has been made IN
the woodwork department. Whenever
| student leaves his key out. fails to
put away his tools. return anything
10 the IOOl room WHICH ne mas CneCkeO
out, or fails to dust off his bench or
lathe. ne is subject to work at ode
| jobs the next day. Besides he is re-
quired TO return on the following
Thursday to make up the time.
The Polytechnic Science club meet
| ing was held wednesday. December 6,
1 in the physics rc -. An interesting
display Of coIored lights was put on
by the use of gussler tubes This
was followed by four pyrotechnic ex-
| periments which created considerable
excitement among the members pres
ent-
Miss Minnie Stewart spent her
| Thanksgiving sacEtion with friends in
Abilene. Miss Stewart taught in the
high school at Abilene before coming