Hutchinson gazette., 1901-12-05
Met al MCPHERSON thursday Friday and
Saturday Of Last Woek-A Blg
Meeting.
HUTCHINSON GETS MEETING.
Thu Next Annual Meeting Of III AssOola'
ilon WIN Be Hald In
This City.

The Central Kansas Teachers ASso-
citation held their annual meeting In
Mcpherson ON Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Of last week and report the
most successful meeting ever held In
the history of their organization.
The association, Of which there are
six in the State, is the largest of Its
kind, having an enrolment of l,OOO.
A great amount Of work was covered
ut the meeting and the entertainment
furnished by the Mcpherson citizens
was a feature worthy Of special men
ton.
The convention was opened at the
opera house on Thursday evening at
8 O'Clock with the address of welcome
by Hon. j. T.. Grafton and was re-
sponded TO by W, W, Austin, Supt
of Chase county, after which came
the presidents address, by Principal
ID. r. Krehbll Of Newton. This ended
the speaking for the evening and was
followed by the rendition Of the dra-
matte ,Cantata "Joseph" by the Nc
Pherson choral Union, under the d.
reCtion Of Prof. N. A. Krantz. The
music lasted for over two hours and
is said by those present to nave been
the finest of its kind ever heard, 1t
is undertood that arrangements viii
try to be made to bring the Union
here some time in the near future and
it is to be hoped that this Is true.
Friday morning the convention
opened at the Baptist church with
an address by State Superintendent
Nelson ON "Educational Results -
This was followed by what was termed
Il /"Shot Gun Program, In which
three minute topics were assigned
from the platform and responded to
by the following. Prln. o. d. Parker
of Mound Ridge; Gladdys NJ. Hunt
of Lyons; Prin. L. G, Mitchell of
Hillsboro; Prin, w. II. Mott, Of Lost
Springs. Pres. G. A. Swcnson of the
Lindsburg college then treated the
audience with an excellent address
and the meeting adjourned until af-
ternoOn.
j. NJ. Wilkinson opened the after
noon meeting, at the Baptist church
and was followed by three minute
topics from Prin. Caldwell, Lyons;
Prin. HELEN NJ. willard, Hutchinson;
Supt. A. Ludncn, Sallna; Supt l., n.
Knowles; Marion; Pres j. n, Clark
of the Great Bend Normal; Supt. w,
w. Austin, Chase county This ended
the first part Of the afternoon pro-
gram and the Ground Table was
then taken up. The first department,
"rhe District and Graded schools
was held in the Baptist church, \
conspicuous feature Of This meeting
was that Il number Of those on the
program were absent; the program,
however, as given below was COM
plete success and brought forth many
interesting points: Pres c. Il. Arnold
of the Mcpherson college GLOW may
the Motive to Secure Il Diploma BE
Modified into Motive to Learn?"
Supt. |. l.. Dayhoil. Of Reno county,
What Physical Exercise Is needed in
Country Schools Pof. llamley of
the Mcpherson College, "Rcal Ma
ture Study" Prof. lIamley made a
strong plea against the practice of
killing beautiful birds for plumage
and millinery purposes and had the
hearty approval .ssof his listeners in
every thing he said.
The department Of high schools and
c0lgcS met at the Methodist church.
Here also, many on the program
were absent, but good crowd was
in attendance and the meeting en-
joyed by all. Prof Il. n. Spencer of
the Cooper Memorial college spoke on
"The Fruits of Latin and Greek
Studies' and Prof. j, d. WeIin Of
Bethany college addressed the teach
er1 on "What Constitutes good Lab
Ttory for the Physical. Scioncos;"
Supt. G. w. Conway of Sterling dis
cussed the question "Should we have
state High School Inspector
The "School supervisory. depart
, ment" was held in the county com
missioners' roomat the court hosuc.
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