The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-11
Veima BIakeIy, Editor.
Fifth Hour Class, Reporters

VIII ne presented Ln6 SChOOA
auditorium November II, by the Cof-
fer-MilIer Players. The plays, &C
cording to Miss Ethelyn Lindley. dra-
matte art instructor. are OF high class
in literary value The costumes are
elaborate and beautiful, and the plays
contain a great deal of humor- High
school Students should not miss the
opportunity OF seeing either OF the
plays, according to Miss Lindley. who
has seen Them. The English stud Tents
attending the plays will be given cred
IL which Svill count as two conatera4
readings In assembly Wednesday
morning Miss Lindley gave short
synopsis OF both plays
In kansas, according to Miss Bessie
Boughton. the law in relation TO fire
drills in the schools. provides that the
order Of exit shall be: first, the boys;
second, the girls, and the teachers
last +.
This order las been arranged, not
that boys are more valuable than
girls, ror that the teachers are placed
at a lower level of valuation. but H.
is the opinion of the fire board that
the boys leave with a greater rapidly
than the girls II is the duty OF the
teacher to see that all of the pupils
are out of the room beforesshe leaves
Sarah Louise Arnold. the principal
of a girls school in Boston, is send
ing to all English teachers in the
United States q QUESTIONABLE asking
for-the words most commonly mis-
spelled in their classes me ques-
fionnaire asked whether a course OF
spelling were offered in the school
five letters a week are required
10 be typewriter by Miss Evelyn Nc
CauIeyss short hand class These let
ters are typed in the fourth hour
typewritfng class and are handed IN
every Friday. Last week ten letters
were assigned as a test to be handed
In at the first attempt
The CAMPAIGNS of the Civil war are
being followed with interest by the
second hour students OF american
history in room 302. On THURSDAY
the capturing of Forts Henry ana
Donnelson. the capture of New Or
leans, and the transfer OF the com
rnand- of the Union forces from NC
CTelfen to HaIleck were discussed An
fietan1, the turning point and one OF
the bloodiest battle of the Civil war,
was verbally refought and GRANTS
succession In command OF tne Gnt esa
armies were topics of interest Lees
surrender will take place in Mondays
discussion
After spending the last I've or six
weeks on formulas Cor sine, cosine,
tangents and cotangents, the second
hour trigonometry class mas gone
back TO work on the right triangles
and Iogarithms-
topeka boulevard is being used as
4 running track by the physical train
ing classes There is no indoor track
5a the gymnasium of the high school.
but the smooth hard surface OF the
asphalt makes a fairly good time pos
sible. Three runs, the fitty-yard
dash. the hundred-yard dash ana the
txvo-hundred- and-twenty-yard dash
entered BY all the boys Points are
figured on a percentage basis to help
the instructor In computing the
grades
Miss AnseTs English VI class has
started its work on Burkes speech OF
Consultation. Many students who are
beginning work on Burke,s speech
have already begun the outhhe-
Approximately two hours and TWEEN
tv-five minutes are used each school
da~ by Topeka high school students
Tor outside study. In summing up the
hours of study it was found that they
totaled $4,000 for the entire week.
This includes the studying done at
borne and in school. The foregoing
i,,formation was the results OF a study
report that was filled out by each
pupil in school and covered one week
IN its extent.
A .frip TO the Memorial building was
taken by Miss Bishops American Mss
tory class of the second hour. on
Tuesday morning, to view the exhibit
lions Of portraits of men prominent in
n There are twenty-four portraits,
Epainted in oils by members of the Ma
tfonal association in this collection
Nineteen of these pictures are now on
exhibiffou in the Memorial building.
two are il transit, and three remain
toshe painted.
These portraits are beiEg sold to
various cities in the United States who
fharra n the govern Unanf.
After an exhibition tour of the United
States these paintings will be hung in
the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington, d. c.
Latin notebooks containing English
words derived from the Latin. and adj
Vertising connected with Latin Illus
trations are being made by Miss Mere
FowIei~s students The ones having
the best notebooks are Winifred Mil
Ter. Virginia Short, and Lois thinner
man.
A fast snappy wichita eleven will
line up against the Topeka football
team at Wichita this afternoon.
Reynolds, back field man, and Powers.
center. are expected to play a good
game for wichita Captain Tom Boyd,
fullback. will be the keystone of the
Topeka offense against Wichita.
Boyd's educated toe viii be a constant
threat to the Wichita team. Grote-
wahl will pilot the Topeka squad
against wichita johnson. star end,
is the Topeka hope of breaking up
many of the Wichita plays, The game
is doped to be a hard battle thruout
the entire sixty minutes Of play.
Reviews of Chapters V, VI. VII, VII
IN &he textbook. occupied the econom-
leg classes on Monday and Tuesday.
A test. the second of this semester,
was given Wednesday.
Brief outlines of material gathered
Tor the terms themes are due on We'd
ne@day of next week.
The entire student body and faculty
were photographed MondRF. Novem-
ben 6. The photographs were taken
on the south steps of the capitol and