The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
GoIdle Wikstcn, Editor
Fifth-Hour Glass, Reporters.

students singing the French nauonai
anthem in its language. quartet
made UP of Genevieve Mum. DOna
Scott. Rosamond Nyman and Mildred
Bunker sang the ''Rosar.-" Margaret
Dickie played a piano solo. violin
solo was rendered by Dpna Scott. and
Rosamond Nyman gave two vocal Sc
lections in French
DR. Zampiere. dean of Washburn
college. gave an interesting talk on
the people of France He said that
many Of the worlds geniuses came
from France His closing words were
a plea for the French war orphans
The purpose of the assembly was TO
raise money to support an orphan;
Heretofore. the French club has raised
money by selling candy at the nlSh
school parties. but ss little oppor-
tunity for this has arisen this term,
the club has decided upon the as
sembiy. 1t closed by the singing OF
the Star Spangled Banner in French
by the French students. after which
the free will offering was taken
The program Of the annual garden
party given by the high school girls
for their mothers. Monday May -
al Central park is as follows:
The procession comes first with a
Lugler at the head and the flower
girls. queen and attendants, queen
mother and attendants. senior girls
and mothers. junior girls. sophomore
girls gIee club following
The queen. Frances Esterly. is then
to be crowned while the girls glee
club sings ITO You. Our Mothers"
Eliza beth Sargent as Service: Dor
othy Swan. as COmpaniOnship: Louise
Dawson as Respect; Ruth Thompson,
rs Loyalty. and Jeanette Schwartz as
outh. bring gifts 10 the Queen Moth
CT. Mrs. D. +. Esterly. while the girls
Elee club sings songs TO represent each
girl
After the browning of the mother,
the girls of the gymnasium classes,
under the direction of Miss Grace Ell
more viii give symbolic dances.
And Home Came Ted" the senior
play. is TO be presented at the high
school June 2. 1t promises to be one
OF the best and cleverest plays the
high school students have given
The plot has many 1aughable parts
in which Bert Stoves as ''Skeet'' viii
play the lead. "Skeet," the boy from
New York. is the new dude at the Rip /
Van Wrinkle inn. where all the scenes
are laid. Katherine Mullin, as Hen
rietta Darby. thinks she has lost her 1
husband. Mr.. Ryker, a part played |
by Ellsworth Jordan. Later the hus- |
band returns disguised as an old man, /
who is decidedly deaf
The cast OF characters is as follows: /
''SEcet' -.---..--...-.- Bert Steves |
Mollie Macklin- CASTOR Washburn 4
Jim Hyker. Ellsworth Jordan ]
Henrietta Darby -.--.... Katherine Mullin 4
Diana tiarwood ..-.-... Eleanor Campbell /
Miss Loganberry -Aileen Haverfield /
Ira Stone OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Richard Maroney /
Aunt Jubilee. .........-.Jeanette Schwartz |
MI Man ...-.-....-.......Eu Eugene Olander /
Ted NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Frank Monteith |
Elsie ..---..-.... Jessie Tobias
Senator McCOrkle. ...-...... Elmer Harritt |
FioSSie Observation-Disclosures. OctaVia o. Neil i
LON ------.------.---- Harold Spokesman 4
Topsy ---------.--------..- Helen jacobson !
The senior class met Wednesday /
morning to decide several important 1
matters It was voted by the class to 4
hold baccalaureate services in the eve
ming Don WeltOn. Richard Maroney /
and Elizabeth Tippin were elected as 4
a committee to arrange for the class I
memorial to the school.
The president. Gene Slower. selected /
q committee to plan for the senior 4
class day program The committee 4
consists of Helen jacobson, Virginia 1
Miller, Octavia O'Neil. Gene Slower /
and Fred Allen.
The English VII class began its
fourth and last series of debates /
Thursday The subjects deal with ma !
tioual civic and social problems
Miss Carmie Wolfe. the instructor. !
gave the class a number of helpful l
suggestions for their last debate. The
correct form of bfief construction. a /
polished and we'll organized delivery
and a worth while rebuttal will be |
emphasized.
-AtS- fNeIneLn HOODS Formerly Miss !
Ida Burkholder. substituted in Miss
Merle Fowler's classes last week. She
IS a former graduate of Topeka high
school.
c. W. Alexander. who is a teacher
in the commercial department of To-
peka high school, will not be a mem
Der OF the faculty next fall. Mr.. Alex
ander is going to Chicago. While a
teacher in Topeka high school, he has
taught penmanship, bookkeeping and
commercial arithmetic.
W. A Richards. for four wears
teacher Of mathematics and physics in
Topeka high school. will leave school
teaching and go into the insurance
business
The third of a series of vocational
lectures was given Wednesday. Nav
= by PROFESSOR c. S. Lopez of Wash
burn college and Mr.. Walter Bohen-
stengle. Santa Fe mechanical en-
gineer. More than forty senior bovs
heard the lecture.
Professor Lopez spoke on Sanitary
and Civil Engineering" using slides
to illustrate his talk He showed
slides of Philadelphia. Baltimore.
Pittsburgh and a German town sew
age system He also showed the
drain sprinklers and sifters and sew
eral different makes of each. that are
connected with large town seyys Sc 1
system. Some of the sewage mines
after being laid are inspected by the
engineers in automobiles. Two cars
can pass each other in these large
pipes.
Mr.. Bohenstengle spoke on me
chanical engineering and ways of pre-
venting rail failures Mr. Bohensten
said that some rail failures cannot
be helped. The rail will look safe and
can be put to the best and hardest
tests and yet they sometimes break.
crack or chip and cause a wreck.
Much money is being expended to find
4 way to prevent these rail failures,
but up to the present time il has not