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30 THE WINDMILL THE WINDMILL. A Semi-Monthly Hijrh School Paper Published at the Lawrence High School During the School Year by Roll in Perkins and Albert Learned, STAFF. ROLLIN PERKINS Editcr-ln-Chlef ALBERT LEARNED, Business Manager. REPORTERS. Wilfred McClain Athletics Earl Keilman Athletic Winifred Fisher Society Florence Payne, House Representative RoyBabb Local Uannah Mllchell Local Robert Fisher, Excnangre Editor SUBSCRIPTION.

Per term, nine issues 25 cents Single Copies 5 cents days vacation in honor of this occasion (i. e. Washington's Birthday not the program). WASHINGTON'S It seems as if a BIRTHDAY sort of a custom PROGRAM, has started in Lawrence High School of giving a special program ever)' year, in honor of Washington's birthday. We consider it a very good idea and hope that it will continue indefinitely, for certainly there are few days dur ing the school months that deserve being remembered in this way, more than the birthday of the Father of our Country.

This year the program was given, not on the 22nd but on the day alter, and some people wonder how that happened. While we have had no definite information on the subject, we might suggest that it is possible that the House of Representatives of Lawrence High School, who had the matter in charge, (un-like our national House) considered Washington's Birthday enough of a holiday to be respected by adjourn-ment on that day. In this connection we would like to extend our thanks to "Head, pnarters" for their wise and patriotic action in jiving us two THE EASTM We would never CASE. have supposed that such a little thing as a mock trial could stir up so much excitement as has been aroused over the Eastman Case. There has been so much talk about this of late, that we suppose everyone must know all aooutit.

It started when a Topeka boy named WalterEastman stole 500 pennies out of a missionary box in a church of that city; and since one of our students bears that name also, he was accused of the crime. Two of the poys then set about to prosecute him for it and he applied to Keilman and Perkins to defend him, which they willingly agreed to do. Thecase was just beginning to get it had to be postponed on account of the debates, Which took all the lawyers' time. It was the intention at the time of the post-ponement to let the matter drop, but the students of.