The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-04
Ruth NayIor, Editor.
Third Hour Class, Reporters.


The girls of the Alpha Phi Kappa
| were victorious in the debate held at
| the high school auditorium on the
morning of Wednesday, February l.
I The subject was. Resolved, That To-
peka. high School should adopt the
| Kappa girls upheld the affirmative.
| Lois Wilson and Elizabeth Tippen
of the Beta Phi Kappa attempted
| to show that the school organizations
| would profit by the open hour which
would be given between class periods
for meeting of clubs. The girls had
/ taken a QUESTIONABLE all over the
school to see who would like TO join
more student activities. Their con-
struetive argument was well-orga nized
| and their delivery good.
| Retaliation of a high quality fea-
| tured the negative work of Edna
Peppmeyer and Mildred Manning.
Their enthusiastic delivery command
/ ed the attention of their audience.
and they displayed the ability of real
| debators.
The debate was. judged by Mrs. M.
W. Benning, Mrs. Charles Hall, Mrs.
| Edmund kulp and c. D. Skinner.
| Frances Esterly presided and Eliza
| beth Sargent acted as time keeper.
This was the last of series of three
debates between the two clubs.
William Barnett has been substitut-
|
instructor in physics. Mr.. Richards
was absent all week.
A girls. assembly Thursday morning
| advertised the Y. w. c. A. conference.
which is to be held in Topeka Febru-
dent, Dorothy Rosebrough, presided.
Alice Benning told something of the
responsibility of hospitality and of
meeting the girls with cars at the
| trains. She asked all girls who could
offer their ears to let her know soon
Anna Brewster spoke on making the
| girls welcome in the homes. Castor
Washburn led in singing hymn.
! Miss Sallie Glass, Y. w. c. A. secre-
| tary, talked on the privileges of having
! Myers, visiting secretary, told of the
| conference spirit. The 7. w. girls
who had been either to the Manhattan
conference last year or the Estes Park
/ conference last summer, sang a Y. w.
song.
Miss Ewing dismissed the meeting
with final plea for the girls to make
| the conference a success.
The orchestra had its first after
noon rehearsal of the new term We'd
| nesday. February 1, in the auditorium.
A large number of new students are
| enrolled for orchestra Tryouts have
| been held to test, the ability of the
| members IN OEQer 10 arrange d perHld-
nent seating for the term. The ma
| jority of those just entering play brass
instruments.
The class was so large last term
| that only a portion was able to play
at the different school entertainments.
With the addition of sixteen students
the difficulty will be greater. Miss
Grace Wilson, director, says that it
may become necessary to divide the
class into two division as there are
now fifty-six members.
The debate organization, which has
not been heard from since last year
because of the graduation of all of
the members, has reorganized under
the direction of Professor Mosser to
promote inter-school debating. Off
GERS were elected and plans laid for
the next meeting, which will be held
Wednesday. February 8. The officers
elected were: President, Theron
French; vice president, James Weaver;
secretary, Elizabeth Tippin; treasurer,
Lois Wilson.
B. I. Edworthy addressed the boys
of the school Thursday morning in
the. south assembly hall during the as
speaker was to show to the boys the
truth contained in the old saying, 81
am a part of all that I have met"
The everyday ACTS of our life mold ana
shape our character tho we are not
conscious Of the fact, and for this rea-
son we should watch every act or dee l.
Mr.. EdW0rthy told of the two roads
IN every BOYS life. One of these roads
is easy and leads to disgrace; the other
is a hard road but leads to success
full life. No one grows unless at the
end of each day new paths of duty can
be seen which were before hidden.
The last part of the period was used
to register the boys who wished TO
enroll in the Hi-Y conference to be
held here o. w. HascaH told the
boys of the good time that they would
have at the conference.
Twenty-four students met Thursday
afternoon with Miss Grace Wilson to
The following officers were elected:
Gerald Anderson, president; Leah
Affron, treasurer; John Allen, chair
man social committee.
The members of the band will meet
weekly for practice.
In assembly Wednesday morning
Mr.. Cook again reminded the students
not to leave lockers unlocked. He
said that a number of instances of this
During previous terms many students
have lost articles Of value that have
never been found. In order to avoid
this Mr.. Cook asked that all students
be careful to close their lockers
A boy is employed, thru Mr. Hoeh-
ner. one half hour before school and
half hour after school to open lock-
ers. Mr.. Hoehner should not be ask
ed to open lockers during school hours
as he has classes.
Various members of the class of
January '22 are taking post graduate
work this term. Included among their
numbers are, Robert ]. Myers, Mil
T.
Killiam, Harold Gill. William Rich
enbacher, Virginia Miller and Louis
B. Smith.
These students are in most cases
taking postgraduate work to obtain
advance standing in college.
More than 200 new members are en-
rolled in high school this term. Some