The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15


high school.
The teams were closely matched in
their arguments, each side bringing
out its points with enthusiasm, and
logical reasoning. The judges weIA
Prof z. D. Schoenberger of Wash
hurn college: Prof. Shfnn of Univer5
sity of Kansas, and Prof. Martin of
Baker university.
The outside music reports were due
Monday. April 10. There are approx
mately $50 working for outside music
credit.
The second part of the translation
of 1.-THE Moore and Christians" by
Aiarcon, was handed in Monday, April
10. by Miss Crawford's Spanish ~
division. Miss Crawford has divided
the story. which consist Of thirty-one
pages, into four sections. The last
translation is due May g.
The story of The Moors and Chris
tians," is laid in Spain and Africa.
Its many plots make necessary the
most careful translation.
The banking class is conducting a
practice bank in order that the stu
dents may better understand the
work. Each day new set of bank Of
ficers are assigned. The offices being
used in the practice bank are: receiv-
ing teller, paying teller, exchange
teller, loans and discount teller. de-
positor's bookkeeper, general book
keeper, and the president. The mem
bers of the class who are not officers
for the day are the customers of the
bank. They are given notes, checks,
drafts and various other papers to do
business with.
The students of ]. G. McSparran's
commercial law class have to be able
to write out all negotiable instruments
by the end of this week and have them
correct in every particular.
The commercial law class has di-
vided up into two groups of even
numbers. The purpose is to give
questions to the other group. One
other group on the chapter that is be-
ing studied; the next week they re-
verse.
books have to be completed before
the regular course in banking is taken
up. According to several members of
the class, this work is difficult.
The Topeka high school track men
were given their first opportunity to
show what they could do in an ac-
tua1 meet last Monday afternoon at
the inter-class track meet. The meet
was won by the seniors who scored
IS points. The juniors finished sec
ond with So, sophomores third with
81 and the freshman last with II.
The high point man for the meet was
Davis, a senior, who scored g points.
An invitation from the K. U. Ath-
letic association to attend a relay car
nival at Lawrence was accepted by the
Topeka High School Athletic associa-
ton. This meet is to be held Satur-
day. April %.
Harold Bartholomew. the city plan
ming director from st. Louis, ad
dressed the assembly, Monday, April
/
en- in planning a city. First was the
street system. Second in Importance
was the transportation. Third was
transit lines. Recreation was the
the grouping of the residential, in
dustrial and commercial districts. Mr..
Bartholomew advocated a coming plan
for Topeka.
Last Tuesday evening the faculty
held a meeting. The subject dis
cussed was the method OF grading.
The Topeka high school baseball
squad defeated the Auburn high.
school nine, IL to 3, in the opening
game Of the season, April IL.
Mrs. Terrilps French classes are
now learning songs and games in the
French language for the purpose of
increasing vocabularies. Some of the
songs learned are the latest popular
stand and play.
Graph notebooks were handed in |
Thursday by the members of Miss |
members of the class made graphs Of |
rivers, prices of common foods, tenn |
peratures of the different classrooms. |
and the weights of the boys and girls !
in the class.
Lee Bruce, a Topeka high school |
graduate, visited Mrs. TerrilPs psy- |
chology classes Thursday, April 13: |
Lee is a student in Washburn col
lege. He was one of the best ath- |
letes in T. H. S. last year and is now |
showing up well in track.
Lois Wilson. a senior, taught Mrs. |
Latin I fifth hour class |
on Tuesday and Thursday of this |
week.
Instead of having the boys enrolled |
in printing set special jobs of their /
own, C. A. Hays, instructor, is using a 1
new plan the last half of the term. /
Each boy is required to set up two |
paper to see If his ideas are in ac-
cord with the newspaper.
An old loom. used for weaving
towels has been set up in Miss Nc
Millen's room. This loom comes from |
Hull House in Chicago. 1t is hand 1
In the Chicago schools, weaving
and operating loom has been made a
subject for girls. E. J.
supervisor of domestic art
in the Topeka schools. is trying to
have this course placed in the T. H.
5. curriculum.
The printing department has been
unusually busy this week. In addition |
to setting ads. the classes printed
programs for the debate club enter
.ainment at Pelletier's Tea room. They
have also printed tickets for the cafe
terra, and introduction and survey
cards for the vocational department
IF T. H. S. besides other smaller jobs.