The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-22
Harry Old, Editor.
Third Hour Class, Reporters.

| The high school students have three
! essay contests open at this time in
/ which they may enter
One contest is for the best essay on
How Good Roads Are Developing My
/ Community" This contest is open to
all fourth year students. The prize is
a four-year scholarship in any coli
/ lege or university
The second is the essay contest on
city planning This IS open to al
students. The prizes will be $25
worth of athletic supplies, and will be
given to the school sending the best
assortment of essays.
The National Society of Colonial
| Daughters is offering the third con-
test The subjects for this contest
lare: First Advantages of Trade
with Our South American Neigh
bors''; second, The Arms Conference
and Its Significance; third. Our Ag-
ricultural Colleges and How They
Help the Farmer" and similar topics.
The reward for this contest is
bronze medal. This is given in all
high schools which enter the contest
Orhan Coblentz won the medal last
year.
The work on the Annual is prog
ressing rapidly. All Of the written
material is in except a few of the
class sketches The greater part of this
! has gone to the printer and the type
for this is being set up The pic
lures have been sent to the engraver
and most of these have been returned.
| A few of the panels have not come
back, but as a whole, everything is
progressing nicely.
The high school band held its week
Iy practice in the auditorium last
Friday morning at o'clock.
E. w. Scott of the Capper Publica-
tions spoke to the fifth hour journal
several years Mr.. Scott was a member
of the Chicago Tribune staff. He
told the class many interesting facts
about the organization of staff,
tition with other papers. He also re-
lated some of his personal expert
ences.
Mr. Scott has spoken before to the
speak before the third hour class
soon.
The Junior dramatic club had a
meeting Thursday, April 20. Three
readings were given by Hazel Weeks,
Volta Low, and Jean ST. John.
A short sketch, "Rosalie,' was
given. The characters were Alexan-
der Harvey, Dorothy Hax and Ruth
O'Donovan.
The second hour typewriting class
is kept busy with doing lessons AMI
copy work for the World, copy work
for the Annual, copy work for differ
ent teachers and writing letters for
the commercial department of the
school.
The third hour Journalism class
have had their clipping notes books
handed back corrected. The clipping
books are kept up and handed in fire.
quently. Different kinds OF news
items are put in the books. feature
stories, editorials and various news
stories.
The salesmanship students have
) bad many experiences in working
Edown town. Each student has to re-
port one incident that happens at
work, Some of the student statesmen
have found out that it is much easier
to study the subject than to put the
knowledge into practice.
New machines have been secured
for the pupils who are practising
speed in typeWrfting so they will be
able to go to Lawrence to enter the
typewriting contest
The art department has started
work on the making of articles from
ivory Combs and other ornaments for
the hair are being made. Miss Peers.
instructor, says it really is work of
art to fashion comb into proper
shape. Few of the combs in the de-
!. partment stores, with the exception
of the more expensive kinds, are made
at all artistically, she stated.
Mrs. Nellie TerriH's first hour psy-
chology class is making a notebook
The students bring all the interesting
articles which they find in the news
papers and magazines on the subject
of psychology and these are put in
the notebook.
A team from Miss Marie Crawford
fifth hour Spanish class defeated a
team from her second hour class in
! | a verb contest last week. The teams
| were composed of the stuG ents of the
] oil bn ha at
! this work. The second hour class was
championed by Virginia Alspaugh,
, ! (captain), Mary Esther Snyder, Doro-
! thy Akers, Nelma Blakely, Fred Baker,
T and Harold Zook. The fifth hour
team was made up of Margaret Sallee
(captain). George Litsinger, and
Charles Werth.
An unusually high grade of work is
being turned out this term by the wood
| working department, according to A.
: H. Minter, instructor of woodworking.
, | The grade of work not only is high,
but also the number of pieces. In
both respects the records of classes
: this term far exceed those made by
; classes for many terms past. The in
creased interest in the subject is
shown by the fact that every class is
filled.
The woodworking department, in
addition to the routine assignments,
does work for the school. Many
articles of school furniture are re-
paired;
The Science club meeting which
was to have been held Wednesday
was postponed until April %.
The chemistry II classes were ana
| lying the different brands of baking
powder. Each person was required to
! analyze two. The unknown baking
: powder was handed out and tested for
, tartrate, phosphate, ammonia, cal
cium and aluminium radical After
the pupil had determined what sub
, stances We're in the baking powder,