Topeka High School - Sunflower Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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F. A. McCoy Sol D. Dice E. L. Fink John E. Lund Evelyn McCauley Ethel Frizell Maude M. Bishop Charles F. Hadley J. F. Kallo Maud Hulse J. Edmond Mayer Mildred E. 0'Meara Annabel Pringle Rolaena Pringle Amy A. Swenson Katherine A. Tucker Ora Mae McMillan Jessie Bell Woodworth Albert H. Winter P. W. Chamness Claude A. Hays John H. Huebner Fred R. Powers David T. Lawson Evelyn Fulton Laura A. Hanley Milicent Hosmer Grace Editha Reed W. J. Barnett E. B. Weaver Bessie Boughtcn Emma Sage Ella P. True Marie Crawford Evelyn Elliott Helen Green Janet D. McMurtrie Carolyn Edson Bertha Senft E. Fredrlcka Beal Plea Thirteen

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Fine Arts Department Mr. Lawson, chairman Miss Hanley Miss Fulton By presenting the opera Faust in February the music department did its share to make this year's school life memorable. During the year public concerts were given by the band and the orchestra, and the various ensembles made many ap- pearances at private and civic gath- erings. The latter part of the year has been spent in preparation for the state and national music con- tests. The art department won first place in the state at the Kansas Free Fair, and individual students have won prizes for posters. The depart- ment is called upon to further in- numerable school activities. Physical Education Department Miss R'eed Mr. Barnett Miss I-Iosmer Mr. Weaver Opportunity for participation in athletic events is afforded the entire school by the physical education department. For the boys there have been intramural football, bas- ketball, tennis, baseball, and track. For the girls were offered volley ball, basketball, and tennis. A spe- cial course in horseback riding was started this winter, with both girls and women members of the faculty enrolled. Work for the Girls' Ath- letic Association and participation in the pep clubs has been fostered among girls of all three classes. The Study Halls and Library Miss Boughton Mrs. Fudge Miss True Miss Crawford, librarian Miss Elliott Miss Sage Miss Green Miss Weisser Two study hall directors were added during the year - Miss Emma Sage and Miss Esther Weis- ser. This was necessary because of the increased enrollment in the spring term. The library staff also was increased by another assistant, when Miss Helen Green changed at mid-term from study hall duty to the library. Many students aid in the work of the library. Page Twelve Belle R. Snyder The C Miss Snyder, director With a staff Josephine Lindsley afeterla Miss Lindsley, cashier of 28 men and women helpers and 38 student workers, Miss Belle R. Snyder and Miss Josephine Lindsley, assisted by Mrs. Mabel Dunham, are hostesses each noon to the majority of Topeka High School's enroll- ment. In addition they serve many groups connected with the school at luncheons and banquets. Approximately 450 to 500 stu- dents are served in each of the three thirty-five minute periods. The last ten minutes students are priv- ileged to leave the cafeteria and go into the corridors and out-of- doors. The School Nurse Miss Beal Attending to the ills of several dozen of the 2,000 students daily, Miss E. Fredericka Beal maintains an office noted for its friendly'min- istrations. The famous pepper- mint water remedy, however, has cured many a student who pre- ferred being ill for an hour to tak- ing a test. A corps of special proc- tors receive valuable training in the office. The Office Force Miss Edson Miss McMurtrie Miss Senft Q Though the office force was de- creased this year from four to three, the secretaries have kept school routine unchanged. While the three share many duties, Miss Carolyn Edson has charge of the attendance and the telephone ex- change: Miss Janet McMurtrie of the desk and school finances: and Miss Bertha Senft of records and transcripts. Miss Leonette Breihan, whose picture does not appear, is night school secretary. Matrons and Custociians Mrs. Zane, matron Mrs. Heleker, matron Howard Fichtner, head custodian Richard Harvey Forrest Rice Marvin Gardner George Challacombe Gilman Brotherton Victor I. Wiel J. A. Taylor Lloyd Streeter, night engineer Garter Mann, engineer To care for the general welfare of the girls of the school is the task of Mrs. Zane and Mrs. Heleker, Mrs. Elizabeth Zane Mrs. H. L. Heleker matrons. Mrs. Zane has the care of the offices and rest rooms. Mrs. Heleker has a full-time occupation in the girls' gymnasium, Where al- most a thousand girls come daily. It takes the steady efforts of nine men to keep Topeka high school clean, sanitary, warm, ventilated, and safe: and this number is in- creased by student helpers required for Saturday and after school work. Students and teachers receive from the custodians accommodating ser- vices of every kind. Visitors com- ment upon the pride these men who act as their guides take in all that pertains to the welfare of the school. CUSTODIANS First Row: Brotherton, Challacombe, Rice-, Weil, Streeter. Second Row: Mann, Fitchtner Chead custodianl, Taylor, Gardiner. fRichard Harvey was not in the picture because of ill- ness: see page 106.1

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CZQQITH old friends meeting again, sophomores getting lost, teachers smiling benignly, and enrollment proceeding full speed ahead, the new year begins at To- peka High School, September ll. 1933. There is excitement everywhere . . . . laughter, small talk, and con- fusion in the halls and classrooms. The vortex of work and commo- tion is found in the office of Miss Laura L. Ewing, dean of girls. Taking almost full charge of en- rollment this year, Miss Ewing and her assistants work early and late, tirelessly answering questions, changing schedules, filing cards, and: all in all, being responsible for things they should be responsi- ble for and taking the blame for other things they cannot help. Ser- vice Club members prove errand boys and invaluable helpers. Remarkable efficiency, coupled with a sweetness and friendliness of Miss Ewing at Work disposition, characterize Miss Ewing, our dean, whom we are proud to call our own. With each succeeding year, her position be- comes one of increased responsi- bility. Her understanding is limit- less, or she could not put up with us. Seniors Blase: Juniors Jubilant After their three-month period of silence and rest, the spacious halls of Topeka High School again echo Pulte Fourteen And Another Year Begins infectious Gayety Enlivens Halls As 2100 Troop in For Opening Days to the excited, youthful voices of the swarming, hungry multitude of two thousand odd. Through great doors they come-the confident seniors to go through the ordeal of enrollment for the last time Cthey hopej ..... the carefree juniors who have so many plans for the year Calmost every girl counting on the lead in the Junior play, and every boy seeing a chance to make the first team of something-or- otherj ..... the sophomores fthe dearsj about to explore, discover, demand, and absorb their first breath of the atmosphere that is soon to become a part of their everyday life for three years. That So-and-so didn't go to Florida fgot that tan at Gage'sj . . . . . that there are only nine months of this ahead of us ..... that it's swell to see you again . . . just typical first day remarks, heard in the group meetings-not mean- ing classes! Sad World for Sophomores Sometimes it's a pretty sad world for the new sophie. Why do those upperclassmen look so funny when asked a few simple questions? they wonder. How do you get to be an editor of The World, or a Trojan- ette? Why don't all the kids get to use the elevator? How do you know which lunch line to choose? Do seniors cultivate stiff necks or poor memories-or both? and so on. But they learn-ah, yes, they learn all too soon, and then the seniors' fun is over! And at this time of the year, hopes and expectations run high. Many are making resolutions .... this year is going to be different, that's all ..... Mr. Van Slyck ex- pects a better-than-ever student body this year, one that won't by Annabel Putney cough in assemblies, one that won't cut classes or eat lunch at the Gem, one that will go out into the world to set high standards and ideals Cprobably live in Topeka and work for the Santa Fej ...... Sophomores expect a good angel to pick them up and make them popu- lar overnight, and Topeka High to be even better than dear old Roose- velt or Holliday, etc ...... Mr. Mayer expects at least fifty to en- roll in the Art of Debate . . . . . Mr. Lawson expects an orchestra playing like little Beethovens or Kreislers in at least eleven public performances ..... . . and Miss Wheeler has a plan in the back of her mind to produce Hamlet with Bill Brownlee in the lead! Summer Memories Help In view of the fact that approxi- mately seventy pupils visited the World's Fair this summer, these seventy are hopeful for plenty of inspiration for themes during the year. Many others caught glimpses of Colorado, California, and Law- rence, Kansas, before returning to take up the daily routine of sleep- ing, eating, studying at dear old Topeka High. Some of them en- roll in too much chemistry, math, and history, and have to drop something after the first two weeks. There is really only one thing a good many six-year seniors are sure of-that is seventh hour at Edelblute's! Everyone is eagerly awaiting the Sunlights, the election, the Masque and Wig play, and other events to take place in the near future. Yes, the new year has begun. No one knows the outcome. But, in the words of one assembly speaker, with this beautiful building, this splendid student body, etc. - well, surely we'1l live up to it all. Q 1