The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-04

| circles as he has been for some time
in the electrical engineering work in
the mountains OF California.
A cleanup day was observed by the
/ penmanship class lately. G. E. Lindeli.
/ instructor. furnished the necessary
and each pupil washed all the ink
off of his or her desk.
The high school janitors last Mon
/ day morning raked the leaves off the
ground IN front of the south building
/ and then burned them in the street.
/ The smoke was thick in some of the
/ class rooms next to the street for
/ cleared as well as the trees.
Having finished the study of The
/ Lady OF the Lake" Miss Nellie An
| sells English III class Will dramatize
/ the poem. Pupils will act as inter
pretors and discuss the poem to GER
\ tain point; then another takes the
story up at this point and so thruout
the story.
The students in Miss AnseTs Eng
liSh V class have finished their series
| Of programs. Tuesday. October 81,
the class studied Shakespeare, and
Wednesday. November l, the study of
Macbeth was begun.
Self-analysis and personal efficiency
tests were given to students of Mr..
J. Glenn McSparran's salesmanship
class to be handed in not later than
November 2. There were one hundred
questions to be-answered, being divided
into fifteen groups, the number of
questions in each group varying from
five to ten. The charts were graded
by students. some one knowing them
Well, and a member of their family.
The students are expected to find
SINE of their weak points and try to
overcome them by suggestions from
the chart.
The social committee of the sub
Junior class is planning a big, snappy
party for Saturday, November IL.
There will be a program in the as
sembly hall and dancing in the gym
nasium afterwards. The members of
Barber, Mitchell Foster, Phil Wahle,
trginia Macdonald and Nadine Buck.
Monogramed pins and rings haveV
been chosen by the sub-junior class
from a firm in Indiana. The students
will not receive the pins and rings,
however, until about Christmas. The
rings are $5.75 and the pins are $2.50
and with the guard, $500.
The third debate held November III
was: Resolved That All World War
Loans Should Be Cancelled The af-
firmative was upheld by Willis Aston
and Milford Rogers; the negative by |
Harold Reed and Albert Davis. Hazel
Henderson, Theodore Duke and Harry |
DaWdy. as judges. Lorraine Bates andt
Ray Weese were timekeepers. The de- |
cision was cast in favor of the af-
firmative. A debate will be held every
day for the rest of the week.
Topeka high will play Wichita high !
at Wichita. November IL. The To-
peka team has succeeded in winning |
from the Wichita team three years
straight This year the Wichita team
is greatly strengthened and has lost |
but one game.
The nominating committee for the |
annual, which the sub-seniors and |
juniors put out this year, met We'd |
nesday to nominate students for edi- |
tors and business managers of the |
1928 Sunflower. George Weaver is |
chairman of the committee and Vir-
ginia Alspach, secretary. Other mem |
bers are as follows: sub-seniors, Mil
ton Smith, Donald Meyers. Lois Zim- |
norman and Ralph Fisher; Junior.
Alice Benning, Virginia Alspach,
nest Stanley. Miss Nellie Ansel and
Lloyd H Mosser advisers, met with
the committee.
Members of the Topeka high school
Art Guild club held their regular
meeting Thursday. October 26. in room
80 of the south building. The main
discussion was upon the pin the CLUB
decision in regard TO the pin The
club, also discussed the making of
Christmas presents
Resolved. That immigration to the
United States Be Prohibited for a
Period of Five Years" was the sub
1ect debated upon in English VII class
Wednesday, November 1. The affirma-
tive was upheld by Sylvia Godfrey.
Beatrice Swords and Betty Kellett and
the negative by Kathryn Peterson.
The decision was cast in favor of the
affirmative. Milburn Deevers, Law
renee Patterson and Milton Smith
were Judges.
The new tardy rule is not only caus- L
ing comment in Topeka high school
but various schools all over the state.
The fact that the pupils must report
early In the morning instead of stay
ing in the evening has caused Salina
high school to say. This should be a
sure cure for hardness
a Fathers and Sons banquet" will
be held at the First Congregational
church on Thursday, November Q, I'M
der the auspices of the Hi-Y. All the
fathers of the boys OF Topeka high
school are invited to come and enjoy
themselves with their sons. This Gus
tomary event which comes every year
is looked forward to as one of the
greatest happenings OF each year.
There has been considerable trou-
Bile with the heating and ventilating
system, due to pupils meddling with
the thermostats. The teachers were
asked to caution the pupils in regard
to results of sticking pins, paper or
matches in the thermostats.
a Colored Girls Reserve club COM
posed OF thjrty-five colored girls of
Topeka high school has been organ
ICED. with the aid of Miss Laura Ewing
and Miss Helen Fair. girls secretary
of the Y. w. c. A. The following
were elected: Clara Mae Green. presi-
dent; Venola Ridley, vice president:
Lureta Wrigley, secretary; Caroline
Allen freasnrer Thursday afternoon |