The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
MANY OLD BOYS In BLUE
March Into the Teachers Meeting
This forming
AND ENTERTAIN THE TEACHERS

Who Are Gathered Here From All
Over kansas to Attend she Annual
Meeting of the State Teachers Assoc
citation.
The school teachers of Kansas are in
possession of the state house, the high
school building and the hotels of Topeka
today.
The opening business session of the
twenty-third annual convention of the
state teachers association was held this
morning in Representative hall and was
presided over by Addison Ludlum OF
Salina, vice president of the association.
There were several papers and dis
cussions on general school topics this
morning, but the feature of the days ex-
erclses which interested the most people
was the "G. A. r. Hour"
At II O'clock this morning, Depart
ment Commander ]. p. Harris of the
q. A. R and about five hundred old sol
diers marched into the already crowded
hall aud assumed command. Com
mander Harris presided and Judge
John Guthrie made a speech about
school histories. He urged the teachers
to use their influence to have boards of
education and school officers purchase
books in which the ''war epoch" of the
United States is told in way which cor
rectly represents the Grand Army.
Other speeches on patriotism were
made by Judge J. V. Beekman and Rev.
Bernard Kelly.
This afternoon the college and high
school department is holding a session
in the assembly room of the high school
building which is presided over by Prof
| c. S. Parmenter of Baker university.
| The district and graded school de-
| partment is in session at Representative
hall, presided over by Prof D. F. Shirk,
of Abilene.
A special department of music in
charge of D. o. Jones, of Emporia, is in
session in room No. Z, in the high school
buildings and the county superintend-
ents' department, in charge of State Su-
perintendent Stanley, is holding its ses-
sions in the senate chamber
Tonight President John W. Cook of the
illinois state normal school, is to deliver
lecture before the teachers at the high
school building.
| The several departments will be in ses-
sion tomorrow in the same places they
! met today and tomorrow evening. Rev.
| Robert Mcintyre is to lecture at the high
school building on THE Model Teacher"
At the meeting tomorrow night flag
! will be presented to the county having
the most teachers enrolled, and library
| of fifty volumes to the county, whose
! teachers have travelled the largest aggre-
! gate number of miles to reach the con-
vention.
Representative hall was filed last
evening at the opening meeting of the
State Teachers association. The pro-
! gramme as announced was carried out,
the Modocs delighted the teachers with
their singing, Secretary of State Ed
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which was responded to by Miss Ida NJ.
Hodgdon of Junction City and the annual
address was delivered by President John
DIETRICH of Emporia.
The Modocs sang a new version OF
"Hold the Fort" applying it to the
prospective "War with England"
Mr.. Ed II, Smith, of the state auditors
Office. who sings every Sunday in a
fashionable Kansas City church, sang
a solo entitled "Sweet Days Gone By
and the meeting closed with more music
by the Modocs