The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-09

takes are recorded. It is really a race
between the girls and boys. The girls
are ahead, not having fewer than
half as many mistakes against them
as the boys.
! Preston Brant, Nellie Allen. Jean
Davenport and Earl Colburn have the
honor of being the best penman in
the penmansfip class this term.
The sales talks in salesmanship are
now being given EVELYN Carlson
gave talk on baking powder, Rob
Covert talked on the. Fordson tractor.
and Mildred Fjorkman sold Royal
, typewriter.
The first of the third series of de-
bates of the Delta Phi Kappa was
/ given Thursday, December z. The
question was: Resolved, That the
| Woman's Suffrage Amendment Should
Be Abolished. The affirmative was
upheld by Bill Suit, Katherine Peter
son and James Howard. The negative
| side was composed of Ralph Fisher,
Betty Kellett and Arthur Burton. The
Inegative side won by two to one
vote.
The physics classes have had labora
torytory work all week to enable the
pupils to complete the laboratory
work for the term
The Delta Phi Kappa had as its
second debate the question, Resolved,
That the Protective Tariff Should Be
Abolished. The affirmative was up
held by Wilma SeyboId and Truman
| Orr. The negative was upheld by
Milburn Deevers. Lawrence Patterson
and Jean Davenport
! Pupils in 1diss McEiroy's botany I
| classes are studying stem structure OF
the living plants as well as micro
scopic drawings.
| Both Miss Fowler and Miss Robert
| son are permitting the students of
| their groups to give an entertainment
| the last day before the Christmas
The mechanical drawing classes are
making castings, shafts and plans for
houses The work and plans are being
/ carved thru on the shafts and castings.
According to A. IN. winters, ma
| terial for $50 baseball bats for the
arrived. The material is white ash.
Work upon them will start immedi-
\ ateiy, according to the latest plans of
Mr.. Winters.
I National Education Week" fur
nished the material used for class
discussion in Phi Kappa, the first
| three days of the week. The men,
4 DCTS OL ID6 CLASS QlSCuSS6Q QuGSIlOHS
pertaining to school, government and
| civic matters.
A1tho a third series of geometric
| figures were not required, several
| members of Miss Anne Montieth's s
geometry III class made them volun-
tarily. Those receiving the extra
credit for this work are: Maurine
Grant, David Swearingen, Rachel
Rolfe and Howard Browning. The
| figures are of cardboard and wood and
are excellently constructed.
The washburn College Athletic as
/ sociation invited all of Topeka high
| schools football letter men. both first
! and second teams. to its annual foot
| ball dinner. Thursday night at Pelle-
tiers tea room. Thirty-eight boys
| were given tickets.
Reports on the older. boys confer
| ence were given at the Hi-Y meet
ing Monday, December 4. Those MAX
| ing reports were: Jack Brewster.
Ralph Martin, John Carter. Edwin
Parker. Balfour Jeffrey and Donald
Myers
Three hundred and thirty tickets
were sold and thirty-eight compli-
mentary tickets were given out for the
Football Festival held under the aus
2s.
Monday morni-.g by members of Mrs
Lutte Embleton's advisory group. Mrs
Embleton appoints certain members
for this work. On Monday, Decem-
Der II, Evelyn Culvertson, Robert
| Clary and Ray Weese were appointed
ITO give the talks. If any member
fails to have the current events on
time, he is required to give two the
| next day.
The Delta and Epsilon Phi Kappa's,
| fourth and fifth hour debating
classes, Lid discussion last Monday
on the treatment of cheaters in school
work. All agreed that cheating was
one of the Apparently insurmountabIe
difficulties. The fact was brought up
| that in colleges a student found copy
ing in a final forfeited the whole
| term credit in that subject. This was
considered too harsh for high school
students; the class decided that an
offender should be given a severe
reprimand and be required to take the
test again.
Notebooks were due Wednesday in
Miss Maude Bishops first hour his
tory " class. Miss Bishop said that
anyone who did not have his notebook
failing work and would receive a
pink card.
A short business meeting of the
sub-freshman and freshman classes
was held Thursday, December z, in
the high school auditorium The pur-
pose to determine the plans for
stunt to be presented by this class a
the all-schooI party December 15.
The Eastern Star lodge will be en-
tertained this evening by an illustrated
lecture on Travels in Europe" By
Miss Ethel NJ. AIdrich, history teacher
in Topeka high school. Miss Aldrich
has Travelled to Europe many times
and spent last summer visiting the
Holy Land and southern Europe.
Miss Aldrich has collected many
pictures in her tr-vels, and has had
series of lantern slides reproduced
from these