The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-02


given by Mrs. Whittemore- No notes
were taken from Mrs Whittemore's
talk.
A program was given Monday, No
vember q, in Miss Merle Fowler's ad-
visory group. This is the first of
series. the group hopes~to give. The
students are. divided into groups and
the plan is to have a program at least
once a week.
The football men who reported to
Miss Lindley's room for the first hour
4 during the football season are nov!
back in tie study hall. This change
makes the study hall crowded for the
first hour.
The last dress rehearsals for 1.-The
Gold Bug" were held Tuesday after
noon and night. November %. At
scented as if before an audience and
every detail worked out.
Room 400 is to have a new time
| piece. Several weeks ago j. Glenn
| McSparran, instructor, cut out pic
lures of four kinds of clocks and
hung them on the cage of the bank
of his room. The clocks We're num-
| bered. Under each clock was placed
two test tubes. In the test tubes stu
dents may deposit their extra nickles
and pennies. At the end of a certain
number of weeks the money is to- be
Il
greater number of nickels and pennies
will be purchased for the room.
The study of invalid cookery was
| begun by tho domestic science III
girls this week. Miss Katherine Tuck
er believes this course of study is
| needed by every girl and will also be
| a great benefit in caring for the sick.
In taking up this study. points. such
as the following are studied: the APP
petite of the patient, punctuality in
| feeding and cooking, the quantity and
| quality of foods, temperature of VIC
tuals, details il. feeding, time and po-
sition of feeding. The attractiveness
of trays and the three kinds of diets
are being especially studied.
The physiology students have fin
ished the physiology text and will
start Monday on sanitation.
william Barnett, instructor of gen.
eraI science and household physics,
was compelled to leave his fourth and
fifth hours classes in charge of their
class captains, November "a. in order
that he might act as official in the
second team football game at Burlin-
game.
The pupils taking Spanish " are
now learning some of the difficulties
of teaching, for each student is re-
Quired to teach the class one entire
period. Mrs Rachel Short, instruc-
Tor, acts as one OF the SLuQ6nIS ana
pretends to know no more than an
average pupil. The person who has
charge of the class has all the respon-
sibility of correcting mistakes, being
sure the right rule is given in its
proper place, and keeping the class in
order. After the recitation is entire
iy finished, Mrs. Short takes charge
of the class and assigns the lesson
for TIE next day and calls the atten-
ton of the class to any mistakes in
Station ~ VRrh f0rnnR that
have been overlooked by the tenn
porary teacher.
The attendance at interclass bas-
ketball took big jump last week on
account of the closing of the football
season. Ten boys were out for the
senior team and seventeen for the
Junior.
A surprise test was given the phys
les classes last Monday. 1t covered
two chapters in the text and some
laboratory experiments. Work has
been started on a new chapter now.
Several Latin classes have been CIV |
the last week. Wednesday, Novem- |
Der %, Mrs. Lutte Embleton's 3rd |
hour Latin III class gave a progra m |
in Latin. "A Latin play, written by |
was presented in an interesting man
ner. In addition to the play, Latin |
charades were given and songs were
sung in Latin.
ALI of the domestic science girls |
voted to have their test on the We'd |
nesday before Thanksgiving, Sd that |
on Thanksgiving day they could at /
least be thankful the test was over.
The domestic science III class
started its study of dietetics Monday, /
November 27. This work will include |
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aration of food and of trays.
Twelve dresses have been made for
the Provident association by the girls
taking domestic art III and ". Fiji
teen dollars was appropriated for this
use by a Sunday school class in To-
peka, and the material used in max
ing the dresses was obtained with this
money.
An unusual record has been made |
by Alva Gordon in the typewriting I
department of Topeka high school. |
AIva typed seventy words a. minute
for ten minutes and made only one
mistake.
The classes of the art studio Nre
giving oral reports on the paintings |
which were exhibited in the Memorial
hall.
Each pupil told his impression of
the paintings, explaining Just what |
he liked best in the portraits Gem
eral Pershing's portrait was the moA
favored.
Quotations from the 'IdylIs of the
King were, used one day last week
after the fashion of a spelling con-
test in Miss Nellie AnsePs English /
III class. Virginia Achembach
down" the class.
Representations of Burke deliver
ing his famous speech on concillia-
ton were given by members of Miss
English VI class. Each pupil