The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-28
QUEER, ISN'T IT.
Kansas Wants Thoroughly
Trained Teachers" of Course
And Then Has the Nerve to Ex-
pect Them For
JUST $S2 A MONTH.
Cheap Politicians Brag in Voice
in HOgshead Tones
About the Magnificent School
System Of Kansas
OF WHICH THEY KNOW
Nothing, While 1t Needs Lots
More Money Spent on It.
Some of the Things You Will
Hear at the Meetings
OF the State Teachers AssOcia.
ton Now in Topeka.
OF WHICH THEY KNOW
Nothing, While 1t Needs Lots
More Money Spent on It.
Some of the Things You Will
Hear at the Meetings
Of the State Teachers AssOcia.
tiOn Now in Topeka.

Two thousand voices in the patriotic
words Of the national anthem,
America" opened the thirty sixth an
nual convention of the Kansas State
Teachers association in the High School
Auditorium last night.
The two Thousand people who owned
the two thousand voices, stood as they
sang, and formed a compact mass of
humanity on the floor and in the bal
cony around the three walls of the
room. 1t was probably the largest at
tendance that any opening session of
the association has seen in the IS years
of it's history.
The blending of the hundreds Of
patriotic voices was the formal opening
OF the convention. There was an in
formal opening before it. and the big
audience took it as a joke and laughed
loud and long at the circumstance.
It was a mistake on the part of the
retiring president, Mr.. J. E. PEARS. As
he rose from his seat beside his sue
cessOr, Mr.. John Macdonald, to call the
meeting to order, the latter said:
ASK everybody to rise in singing
Mr.. PEARS glanced at the programme
he held in his hand and saw that the
first line was the announcement,
"Music-'America-' He cleared his
viii the audience please stand up" he
said, as a silence fell over the room.
Almost instantly the 1000 people were
on their feet.
mo, no, no" shouted President Mac
Donald, grasping the situation and
making his way to his predecessors
side THE MOdOcs have to sing first
and the audience joins in and he wav-
ed his arms wildly at the hundreds of
people before him
The audience saw Mr.. MacDonald's
gestures, but failing to understand them
remained standing. ASK them to sit
down again. he said excitedly to Mr..
PEARS.
The retiring president cleared his
throat again and looked from one side
to the other of the big hall as though
at loss just what to do. Then he said
meekly, will the audience please sit
down"
The audience sat down, but the
rustling of skirts and shifting of feet as
the change from q, standing to a sitting
posture was made, was not the only
noise in the room. 1t was accompanied
by laughter, which caused Mr.. PEARS
to bite his lips and look confused.
The Modocs came on as the laughter
subsidized and sang a verse of America
Forever" Changing from that they
took up the words of America" and
with waving baton Director Holman
called, Every body stand up" Every
body stood up for the second time, and
Joining in the words, sent up a great
volume of patriotic song which echoed
through the halls Of the building and
became audible on the streets below.
The MOdocs came on several times
during the evening, and their appearance
was each time the signal for continued
applause. In responding to an encore
after Dudley Bucks "Bugle Song" they
brought back with them Miss Carrie
Mize, a young Topeka miss who is sue
ceeding we'll as an amateur entertainer,
and she sang THE DarktOwn Rag-rna-
Ia the club joining in the chorus. This
caused a second encore. and Miss AIize
responded with Look on Your Coon, o
Babe" the club singing in on the chorus
as before.
After the singing of america, prayer
was offered by Prof. Frederick w. Ellis
of Washburn college. Mrs. Margaret
Hill McCarter was then introduced and
delivered the address of welcome.
1t was responded to on the part of the
visiting teachers by Miss Edna Carpen-