The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
Club Women Give 1t Their En-
dorsement at Salina.
Subject Received Much Atten-
ton From the Members.
PROF. S. r. RUSS TALK.
Explains System as Used in
Pittsburg Schools.
The Educational Interests Re-
ceive Much Attention.

The delegation of Topeka club women
to the State Federation meeting at Sa-
lima has returned.
A favorable sign of the practical val
ue of the work Of the Kansas Social
Science Federation is the interest which
the members are taking in the cause OF
manual training and domestic science in
the public schools. The new eduea-
ton of the heart, the hand, the brain
of which Ebert Hubbard is one of the
most noted advocates received especial
attention at the meeting of the state
federation in Salina this week the may
be said to have been made the para
mount issue in the campaign which Wo-
mans clubdom is eternaly waging for
the best interests of mankind. No one
feature of the Salina meeting received
the attention which was accorded to the
exhibit made by the board of education
of the Pittsburg, Kan, public schools
where manual training has been adopt
ed as regular part Of the curriculum,
and which was in charge OF Prof 5 r.
Russ, the superintendent OF the PITTS
burg schools. who gave a very interest
ing and inspiring talk before the feder-
alton on the results of the experiment
in that town.
Educational interests IN general were
given generous consideration at the
meeting. Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter
of Topeka was the chairman of that
committee, and her address on the value
of literature was among the best heard
at the convention Mrs. T. f. Carver 5
paper on the bible in TIE Public
Schools" also came in this department.
Mrs. Belle Burkett of Kingfnan who
spoke on Books for Boys was listened
to with much respect inasmuch as aside
from the excellent quality of her paper,
it is known that she is no idle theorist
but the mother of a family of boys.
AN ART EXHIBIT
Probably the most notable exhibit OF
the work of Kansas artists which has
ever been made was the one held in the
Presbyterian church at Salina TINS
week. It was collected and arranged
under the special supervision of Mrs
Alice WorsWick of OskaloOsa, herself a
painter Of attainment, whose portrait OF
Mrs. c. c. Goddard of LeaVenWorth was
one Of the most admired pieces in the
exhibition The Topeka exhibit was one
Of the largest and best, and the success
Of this detail is due principally to the
efforts Of Miss Belle SWearingen of the
! local art committee, who collected it and
arranged for its transportation to and
/ from SaIina, and Miss Marie WitWer,
who had the magnificent exhibition of
/ the Ceramic art club in charge. The
artistic efforts OF Kansas club women
/ and of all the prominent artists, pro-
/ fesslonai and amateur, in the state We're
! shown. Three rarely beautiful pieces o.
! tapestry, the work of Mrs. NJ. J. Bald
1 ing of Topeka were greatly admired, and
I Mrs. NJ. L. Chamberlain'S lace and en-
broidery work attracted marked atten-
ton.
One Of the most mastery addresses
! before the convention was that Of Mrs
/ Annie l. Digs, who on the subject OF
/ The Three-fold Aspects of Civics,
! spoke Of WOman's duties in municipal
4 state and national politics.
Mrs. H. Q. Garvey of Topeka, dele
gate from the Second district to the
( biennial at Los Angeles gave an &C
count of the Festival of Flowers at Los
! Angeles as her contribution to the BIZ
ennial delegates reports.
Prof. Griffith of the school of fine
arts of the University of Kansas made
| a plea for the lesser arts which is
! spoken Of by the Topeka club women as
one Of the best addresses Of the meet
ing.
Mrs. J. ". Going of the Ladies' Music
cluD played piano solo at the Tuesday
! night meeting which received an enthusf-
asst ecncore. The musical part of the
/ programme was of uncommon merit.
many OF the most noted musicians OF
| Kansas contributed to it. At the receD-
temple. which is the finest in the state,
MONDAY night, there was a large Orches-
| ira and pipe organ programme was
| one or the features of the event The
/ reception was a beautiful The dec
| OraLlOnS OF the nan, the gOWnlng of the
| women the beauty of the young girls
who assisted combined to make the Occa-
| sion exceptional from a spectacular stand
| point, and the company included the most
| distinguished women of the state.
The Topeka federation was Represented
| Dy ~ or the III delegates who attended
! the convention.
Wichita gets the next meeting, in May
1903.