The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-16
High School Happenings
Contributed Weekly The State Journal by the journalism
Students of T. II. s.

party. the big sister takes her little
sister to this party, introduces her to
her friends, anG asks her to join the
Y W. C. A. The plan is proving of
great help to the younger girls.
Spanish students are learning to
greet one another with -.Buenos Dias."
Regular class work has begun in all
classes.
The 'Hi-Y and Y. W. plan to CO.
operate in running a lost and found
department in the high school. This
will relieve the office of that duty.
The two clubs also intend to have
charge of an assembly of a devotional
nature. once a month. Attendance at
these assemblies will not be compul-
sorry. They will be led by the mem
bers of both the clubs.
The printing department has more
work to do than ever before. This
| department has taken the task of
printing the Topeka High School
World. A new press was purchased
for this purpose. In addition. the de-
| partment is given work by every de-
partment in the school. 1t prints all
cards and blanks used by the office
and teachers. It also prints posters
for the football games and the dra-
matte club plays.
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school is filled to overlooking during
every period. To relieve this con-
gested situation about twenty-five or
| more girls are sent into the assembly
room from the fourth study hour. The
study room has seating capacity Of
about seventy-five.
Miss Calvert's geometry class was
| engaged in drawing railroads with
protractors and rulers. The students
enjoyed this practice of angles and
curves.
| Permanent faculty advisers will be
! chosen by the new students at the
close of the fourth week of school,
/ The new students were given tenn
at the first. For permanent advisers
they will be given three choices. If
| there Is not room in the advisory
group of teacher who is first choice,
they will be assigned to the second or
| third choice. Selection of the perma-
| nent advisers is not made until new
students have had opportunity to be-
come acquainted with the various in
structors.
Ernest Stanley, January "a, has
been appointed auditor of the Topeka
\ High School World for the present
term. 1t is the duty of the auditor to
take charge of the circulation ane
bookkeeping. He works in close con-
nection with the business manager,
Albert Davis. and the assistant man
| ager. George Weaver. This office was
held last year by Joy Bulls.
The high school library has been
| kept open each afternoon by Miss
Bessie Boughton, librarian. Students
who have been unable to obtain books
from the library during the halliday
session have thus been given oppor-
| tunity to draw them between the
hours of 1880 and 8.
| Collaterals are in great demand at
both the school and city libraries be-
cause all students taking English are
required to do outside reading. Each
student is provided with a "Sug-
gested Reading List" which contains
a list of the books that are recon-
| mended.
English I and II pupils read vari-
ously from mythology, fiction. biog-
| raphy, and animal sstories. English
I III pupils read narrative poetry; Eng
lish V plays; and English VI essays.
School savings accounts are to start
in Topeka high school next Tuesday
Every reporting group will elect an
/ offlcer to act as cashier, and this
cashier will turn in the deposit slips
to the office to be sent to the bank.
The water fountain on the third
floor of the north building of the To-
peka high school was taken out last
week and has not yet been replaced
Because of defective plumbing there
has been no drinking water in the
north building since the opening OF
school.
1.-THE Topeka High School World" is
the heading to be used for the school
paper this year. The full name has
been adopted because 1t is more def
mite than the former title, EFT H g.
World" The plain lettering in the
new heading makes the front page
look more like that of citytdaily.
Miss Nellie Ansel is again teaching
a full course OF English. At the be-
i ginning of school she gave UP an Eng
lish class to, teach Latin I. Miss Jean
Robertson. who had two small Latin
" classes, combined them and re-
lieved Miss Ansel of the beginning
Latin. Miss Ansel Is now teaching
an English III class at that hour The
class is comprised of the overflow
from other classes.
The forty new Royal typewriter.
ordered for the typewriting depart
ment have not arrived. They are de.
layed somewhere between Chicago ar
Topeka by the railroad strike. The
typewritfng classes at present ars
learning the location of the keys or
the keyboard.
There must be no lettering in the
halls, according to a ruling recently
announced. Pupils having the las
hour vacant and desiring to wal
around the building to meet teacher,
or friends at the close of school mus
go to the study hall. Pupils violating
this rule will be enrolled regularly II
the study hall.
The enrollment in the higher Latir
classes is large this term. The Latir
VII class (Virgil) has an enroIlmen
of twenty-eight. which according Il
Miss Laura Ewing. Il a large enroll