The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-13


/ complishments.
/ Nearly $500 has been raised toward
! the $500 budget campaign which the
E1i-Y and Y. w. has been carrying on
this week. Topeka high school is the
I first school in the state to try this
| budget system. The money raised will
| be used in the meeting of expenses of
the work in the Hi-Y and Y. w.
| Pledges are payable at present. next
| fall part payment now and the
| rest next fall
1t is hoped that the school board
| will give 5000 towards the orchestra s
| fund for new instruments. If this IS
done it will enable the orchestra to
| buy two new French horns and bas-
soon. 1t is Miss Grace v. Wilson 8
ambition to have a symphony orches-
| ira; and it is owing to the great sue
| cess which the musical organizations
/ had at Emporia that the school board
| thought of giving the money
The printing classes have started
| the work of putting out the Scr1D-
| bier the magazine published by the
/ English VIII classes once a year. This
| is one of the most important pieces
of work put out by the boys of the
| department under Mr.. Hays direction
Thirty or forty minutes of daily
| study is not sufficient study for for
eign language said Miss Merle Fow-
Ter after she had kept a record for
! three weeks OF the time the students
| in her classes spend daily on their
Latin and Spanish lessons Miss Fow-
| Ter found that the average amount OF
| time that the students put daily upon
I their study ranges from forty minutes
! in one class to thirty-one minutes in
| another class Two-thirds of the pu-
pills who were doing unsatisfactory
| work were in the group that was
spending the shortest amount of time
| on their lessons.
The Latin teachers of Topeka high
| school attended a meeting Of the Lat
I in teachers of eastern Kansas and
western Missouri at Lawrence. recent
ly.
DR.. Carr, formerly of Chicago uni
versity, was the chief speaker at the
| meeting DIR. Carr with two men to
| assist him has been appointed to con-
duct a Latin survey in $50 schools in
the United States Topeka high
| school is one of these $50 schools. The
| purpose is to determine the value of
Latin to the students. The pupils who
| are studying Latin 1 and II are given
six tests during the year and the re-
suits of these tests are sent to DR..
/ Carr.
1t is thought that later all the aca-
/ demic subjects in the high school
/ course will be included in survey
similar to that conducted by DR.. Carr.
|
! these Investigations.
| The economic and sociology classes
| of Mr.. ]. f. KahO are checking up on
their notebooks each at the beginning
| of the hour. If the note books are
not up to date with the days assign
ment and the Babson letters, the work
of that student is not passing.
The track team from T H s placed
! sixth in the interscholastic meet at
Lawrence Friday. The team made
| eleven points. Wood Topeka cap
1 taking third in the high hurdles, and
Mats third in the discus throw. The
relay team took third.
Several numbers were sung by the
boys quartet last Wednesday after
noon, for the benefit of the Provi-
dent association.
The high school handbook is being
compiled now by the members Of the
faculty.
Mrs. SHORTS Spanish II classes are
being drilled on verb forms, and pro-
nouns and adjectives. The stories they
are translating are in Hainson's Span
ish Reader. The classes expect to fin
| ish the book. next week. The rest of
the term will be spent studying from
the Spanish grammar. Note books
made by students of the Spanish
classes are due May 20. The note
hooks contain clippings and pictures
of Spanish news. cities and buildings.
| The manual training classes are
working on gate for the study hall.
AS the pupils are not allowed to be in
the section with the books the gate is
| to be locked to keep students from
going in that section.
Topeka high school scored two sue
cessive victories and clinched the
baseball championship of the Shaw
nee County league. May 4 and 5.
The game on May was 10 to 1
victory over the Seaman nine Jolly.
on the mound for Topeka, allowed but
one hit. Seaman made six errors and
allowed the Topeka runs to pile up.
| Oakland high school was defeated 8
to in ten innings on May 5. The
| score at the end OF the ninth inning
| was to z. In the first of the tenth
inning Oakland was unable TO score.
With two Topeka players on the bases
| in the last of tenth, Beier right field
err. knocked a deep single to center
and scored both base runners.
All the girls of the Junior and sub
senior classes met during the report
ing period on Friday, May 5. with the
advisers, Miss Minnie Stewart. Mrs.
Embleton Miss McMillen and Miss
Kerr. This meeting was to decide
whether the daisy chain, in the grad
uation exercises should wear paper
dresses or organdy and also to decide
on the hats. Finally the girls decided
to wear organdy dresses and large
orgahdy hats of the pastel shades
The musical organizations of To-
peka high school were invited TO fur
niSh the music for the reception held
by the Masonic lodge at the state
house Wednesday evening, May 10.
The program starting at 8 O'Clock
was given by the orchestra, the girls
and boys glee clubs, the mixed chorus
and the quartet. Starting with a Sc
lection The Pride of the Regimen
by the orchestra the different depart
ments gave their numbers in turn.
The orchestra rendered besides the