Topeka High School - Sunflower Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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Row 1: Barbara King, Mabel Harris, Martha Jane Lepper. Jeannette Bowen. Row 2: Annabel Putney, Mary I-Iogeboom, Jean Swan, Harryette Nightingale, Elizabeth Abrahams. GIRL RESERVE LITTLE CABINET Book Exchange Busy Pity the embarassed sophomore who turns up at the Hi-Y Book EX- change asking for a locker! He soon finds out that the mob of people around the exchange are after books, not locks. The Hi-Y Club, sponsored by Carl P. Snyder, operates the Hi-Y Book Exchange. This department proves invaluable to students at the beginning of the year, when last year's books may be traded in, plus a little extra inimost cases. Upon careful examination, many discover that their newly acquired book once belonged to older brothers or sisters when they were in high school three or four terms ago. Little Sisters Lucky Under the capable leadership of its president, John Murrow, Qyes, of course,-one of the Murrowslj the Hi-Y Club maintains a digni- fied reputation for service. These boys have only one worry-they can't let the Girl Reserves beat them, you know. So these two clubs start the year with many plans for parties, service, and pro- grams. But they both demand some joint meetings so that they can keep tab on one another. The Girl Reserves prove them- selves helpful big sisters . They adopt new sophomores as little sis- ters and help them get around. Many a proud junior or senior generously introduces little Mary Jones fwho was very popular at Crane or Boswellj to her teachers and girl friends. She doesn't risk introducing little Mary to her boy friends, for these sub-scrubs get better looking each year! Supper Boosts Roll The club starts with the Little Sister party as its first social event. Girls . . girls . . . girls . . . . Girls dancing together .... girls talking .... girls eating ice cream cones. With two little sisters for each big sister and one piano play- ing faintly over in a corner of the music room, the girls try to dance. Half of the time they don't know whom they're dancing with and when they do, neither girl can lead! But it's all in fun and one way of making the sophomores feel a little more at home. Later in the year, the Girl Re- serves and the Hi-Y combine in holding a good old-fashioned box- social. There are so many Girl Re- serves that only the Big Cabinet can be invited to go with the entire Hi-Y Club. fEven then, several boys join at 6 o'clock that evening and are welcomed to the partyj Dressed in ginghams and hair-rib- bons and in overalls, the kiddies have a lovely time. Of course, the boys aren't rich enough to really pay money for the boxes, so- they are provided with beans. Anyway, it is more flattering to the girls to have their boxes sold for, say forty beans, than six cents. Grandma Hosmer is there, acting as chaperon while the kiddies dance the Vir- ginia Reel. - Thus, mixing the gay with the serious, these clubs provide a worth-while year for many. The Girl Reserves, under the fine leader- ship of Miss Berenice Fuller and Miss Florence H. Warner, Girl Re- serve secretary, perform many ser- vices during the year. They have served at teas and entertained at a children's Christmas party, given at the Y. W. C. A. Mr. Snyder and Leo Gessell, boys' work secretary, sponsor of the Hi-Y, also provide similar work for their organiza- tion. CHI-Y LITTLE CABINET Row 1: Charles Manspeaker, John Murrow, Robert Griee, Roger Patterson. Row 2: Arthur Wolf, Richard Brown, Mr. Snyder, sponsor: Barton Phelps. I Page Fifteen

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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

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SENIOR CLASS Harlan Schlicher, president Dorothy Jane Willcuts, vice-president John Davis, secretary-treasurer Jane Dice, chairman social committee JUNIOR CLASS Rudy Petereck, president Jean Swan, vice-president Julia Ann Duff, secretary-treasurer Billye June Abernathy, chair. social committee SOPHOMORE CLASS Tom King, president Betty Bucher, vice-president. James McClure, secretary-treasurer Jean Bucher, chairman social committee The General Elections NDER the able but harassed direction of Helen Bushacher as election commissioner and Hil- degard Breihan as her assistant, the 1933 student election got off to a fine start on Sep- tember 26, when t h e registration b o o k s w e r e opened. The stu- dents rose nobly to the occasion and turned out en masse to register, A - - - inscribing a total Helen Bushacher O f more t h 3 n 1600 names in the books for their respective classes. A cursory glance at the election books proved that there were several hundred students who were a bit hazy as to whether they were sophomores, juniors, or seniors: but with a large expendi- ture of time and effort, the names were duly tabulated and the elec- tion board was ready for the pre- liminary fray, i . e., the primaries. A noble deed was done for the school when the office practice class de- ciphered the names of the register- ites and bound them in book form for future reference. In former elections there have been several offices that were un- Plze Sixteen Young Topekans Try Voting With Petitions, Primaries, Polls Students Elect Cflicers for Year contested, but such was not the case this year. A total of eighty students ran for office, and seeing that misery loves company, the 59 defeated candidates could not pos- sibly have been lonesome. The elections ran close in several offices. giving a decidedly political air to the affair. Another unusual aspect of the election was that in two out of every three cases, the candidate won whose name appeared first on the ballot. Proving something or other... . . . Eight Have Tray Meals As has been the custom for the last two years, an election board of eight members was chosen from the constitution classes upon recom- mendation of the teachers, Those serving this year were Harriet Black, Eugene Anderson, Frances Replogle, Wayne Carlson, Meade Harris, Peggy Paine, Helen Cmriffee, and Hobart Johnson. The only thing they got out of it was two meals served to them on trays and a legitimate excuse for not having their lessons for the two days. That may sound pretty good, but the catch is that they had to make up their back assignments. The final election garnered a to- tal of 1301 votes. Only nine of the 21 successful candidates were boys, while 39 of the 60 candi- dates in the primaries were boys, showing that they only stand 279 chances in 819 of winning, believe it or not. Phyllis 'McPherson Barbara Mansfield by Betty Lou Ufford Ladies Second in This Election All the class presidents were boys and all the vice-presidents girls. The girls further asserted their rights by pocketing all the social committee offices. The Student Council in each case had one boy and one girl. The students were fortunate in their choice of officers, because most of them, excepting, of course, the sophomores, had served in an official capacity be- fore. Bill Brownlee, president of the Student Council, was an alter- nate last year, as well as president of his class. Vernon Murrow, run- ner-up for the Student Council presidency, won the position of Chairman of the Proctor System. Vernon was experienced in this work, having been a proctor chair- man in his junior year, as well as co-captain with Bill until the time of the election, when both ran for president of the Council, As further evidence that the stu- dent body knew their business when they nominated officers, Rudy Petereck as president and Charles Bray as a member of the Student Council had previously served in the offices of president of the sophomore class and vice-presi- dent respectively. The vice-presi- dent of the junior class, Jean Swan, was secretary of her class in her sophomore year, and Julia Ann Duff, a Council member, was the chairman of the social committee. No novices for these juniors! Har- ryette Nightingale, senior Student Council member, and Dorothy Jane Willcuts, senior vice-presi- dent, were Student Council mem- bers in their junior year. The elec- tion of previous office-holders shows students' appreciation of the services given by their leaders. Sophomores Use Sleuth Tactics The voting places this year were the Classical room, the Visual