The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-29

els has been brought from Hull House,
Chicago. and is in Miss Ora McAiHen's
room now
The students of Miss Bishops his
tory V class are making chronological
tables for their notebooks.
The assembly which was to be given
by the gymnasium classes this week,
was. postponed on account OF the two
other assemblies which had been
planned. The assembly viii be given
some. time next week.
The girls gymnasium classes will
resume their swimming at the Y w
c. A. during class hours, each Mon
day and Tuesday.
Miss Aldrich's history " classes
of the third and fifth hours are hay
ing competitive tests. These are given
in form of Shotgun" tests
Miss Austin's second and fifth hour
geometry II classes this year are a
week ahead of the point where geom-
etry II classes We're last year at this
time.
Mr. Kaho's third and fourth hour
sociology classes went to the Kansas
Industrial and Educational Institute
Tuesday, April rs, after school. The
The pupils went thru all the buildings.
The Spanish II classes are now re-
Stunning the study of short stories in
Harrison's Spanish Reader.
The Latin VII class. under the di-
rection of Miss Laura Ewing, has fin
ished Book " of the "Aeneid." which
closes with the death of Dido. the
Carthagian queen.
n hlr "a 1f al in
the story and pictured himself as that
person just after Dido killed. herself
These persons then wrote letters to
their rela tives or friends telling of the
great grief into which their city. Car
thage, had been plunged.
The class has also finished a drama
tization of Didos love affair with the
Trojan, Aeneas. Some of the songs
which are in the play were type-writ-
ten, and the class went into the audi
torium and sang them
Term themes in economics are due
May 5. The minimum number of
words is 500. The maximum 1000.
The test taken Wednesday. April
&c. in economics s. owed as a whole
a decided Improvement over any pre-
viouS one.
Miss Maude Bishop has devised
dents learn the geographical cations
of the places about which they study.
She gives them blank maps upon
which they mark the different places.
Miss Maud HuIse's fifth hour his
tory VI class is soon to have a, debate
upon the purchase of Alaska. The class
has been divided into two parts.
Mr.. Kaho's sociology classes will
take a test Monday or Tuesday over
several chapters of t'American Social
Problems the sociology text.
The students in the art III and w
classes have started batique work.
This is the first work of the kind
they have done. The art I students
have been binding books The stu
dents chose their own color schemes
for the books and are now ma king de-
signs for the covers. The books are
artistic.
Miss Austin's English I classes have
been dramatizing 1.-The Merchant of
Venice" at different times. Each time
new cast is selected.
The last time Harriet Luck took
the part of Portia and Dillon Winslow
the part of the Prince of Morocco
The classes also had stage and prop
erty managers. Frank Thomas and
Warren Olander were the manage
All pupils who had ordered an an
nual but had not paid for it were
given a chance to do so last Thursday
The sale of the annual this year has
been large and there are only a few
subscriptions that have not been paid.
The English VII class purchased a
number of books for use in prepara-
ton of the debate with the Oklahoma
City high school. The books have
been turned over to the library in or
dor H.k
may use them in their research work
E. W. Scott, of the Capper Pub
locations, who spoke to the fifth hour
will speak to the third hour Journal
ism class next week.
Both classes are planning to go to
the capital Tuesdr~ evening, May 2,
to watch the paper in the process of
publication.
Topeka will be well represented at
the the typewriting contest at Lawrence.
me exact number of entrants has not
yet been determined. Only pupils
capable of writing at least forty words
per minute are practicing.
The captains of the third hour
classes were called to room 212 Thurs
day, for a special meeting The pur-
pose was not made public.
Tryouts for the senior play. when
Home Came Teddy" were held Thurs |
day, April 81 and Friday, April rs. |
Those desiring to tfyout-were able to |
secure copies of the play in Mrs |
Nellie Terrill's room.
The household physics II classes |
are taking up the study of light Dur |
ing this study several class. demonstra- |
tons will be given.
Miss Robertson's fourth hour Latin |
w class is studying the third book
Of Caesar. Miss Robertson has di- /
vided the. book into four parts. She I