The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-25
The State Teachers Association
Promises to Be Interesting.
General Meetings to Be in Rep
resentatiye Hall.
PROMINENT EDUCATORS
They Will Be Here to Give In
formation.
Prof. George E. Vincent of Chi
cagO to Lecture.


The completed programme of the Kan
sas State Teachers association for the
annual holiday meeting has just been
issued. 1t is a tremendous task to make
up such programme in way that
S*ery feature will be interesting and in
structive and so that variety of sub
jects shall be covered.
Heretofore a few prominent state
educators have appeared on the pro
gramme of each meeting a number of
times. This does not happend this year.
There is a greater diversity of educa-
tors on the programme than ever be-
fore.
The central idea of the general pro-
gramme is the elevation and improve
ment of the rural school 1t is thor
oughly practical and should attract
great many of the country school teach
ers to the meeting this year.
The association will open on Monday
evening, December 90. The general
meetings will be held in representative
hall and the high school auditorium.
At the opening session Governor Stanley
will deliver the address of welcome, to
which President Riggs of Ottawa uni
versity will respond. and Prof. Joseph
H. Hill of the State Normal, president
of the association, will deliver his annual
address. There will be number OF
pieces of music.
Tuesday mornings session will also
be held in representative hall. There
viii be an address on The Rural School
Curriculum by ex-State Superintend-
ent Henry Sabin of Des Moines, Iowa;
papers on different phases of public
school work by President Nichols of the
Sfuf A er-io
of the State university. and Mary E
McCreary, superintendent of Lyon
county.
Tuesday evening the school of music
of Bethany college, Lindsborg, will give
concert for the teachers in the high
school auditorium.
Wednesday morning in representative
hall President Murlin of Baker univer-
sity will read a paper on The Country
School House-a Literary Club House,"
Gertrude Shawhan of the State Normal
Will read one on THE Library Move
ment and the Common School," Super
intendent D. E. Mcclure OF Michigan,
will speak on the rural school as a social
culture center. and there will be adj
dresses by Chancellor Strong of the
State university. State Superintendent
Frank Nelson, and State Superintend-
ent-elect I. L. Dayhoff.
Wednesday evening in the high school
auditorium Prof George E. Vincent of
the University of Chicago will lecture
The afternoons will be given over to
the departmental programmes as usual.
The college and high school department,
with Superintendent Murray of King
man in charge, will meet in room 8 on
the fourth floor of the state house The
common and graded school department,
with Superintendent Fisher of Arkansas
/ City in charge, will meet in representa-
tive hall. The primary department, in
charge of Prof ]. w. Wilson of the
Atchison county high school, will meet
/ in the supreme court room The county
superintendent apartment, in charge
i of State Superintendent Nelson will
convene in the senate chamber
The Copeland hotel will be the asso-
citation Headquarters. With the crowd
of politicians who will be in Topeka just
prior to the converting of the legisla ture.
the Copeland will probably be pretty
lively about that time.
There will be a runion of the Kansas
! State Normal school students and
alumni in the senate chamber, Tuesday
evening. December 30, after the close of
the concert.
The silk flag now held by Franklin coun-
ty will be competed for again this wear
It will be given to the county having the
number of teachers employed in the coun-
ty It is not necessary that the teachers
| be in attendance that they may be count
ed in the flag contest.
| makes the following offer: To the county
which has the greatest enrolment and IT
! tendance At the ASSOCIATION IN proportion
to the number of teachers employed in
the county, not counting teachers from
cities of the first class or of the secoad
class, this house will give a politico-relef
MAP of the United States. valued at $50.
This prize to be placed in the office of the
superintendent of the winning county. Tor
the use of the teachers. Last year Lyon
county won the politico-relief map.
To the city of the first class which mas
the largest number enrolled and in at
tendance in proportion to the number of
| teachers employed in the city, the firm of
Scott, Foresman & Co. Chicago, will give
/ a valuable collection of books for the city
teachers library. Kansas City won this
prize last year
To the city of the second class which
has the greatest enrolment and attend
i ance in proportion to the number of teach
| ers employed in the city, the firm of
Crane & Co. of Topeka offers a quarter
sawed Subsection Wernicke bookcase. val
ued at S25. This case is to be used for the
achers library in the city winning the
same. Ell Dorado won the Crane & Co.
In case there is a tie between any two
counties or cities the award will be made
/ b. lot.
4 The county of Shawnee and city of To-
peka are excluded from all competitions.
The headquarters of the State Normal
school will be at the left and rear of the
speakers desk. as usual The headquar-
tiers of the State University will be in the
/ committee room at the north end of the
west gallery The head e!,I Of Beth
| and rear of the speakers desk. Baker
university headquarters will be in the
postoffice room, a the left of the On
trance to Representative hall. The head
| quarters of WaShburn cole Topeka, will
be in the committee room at the south end
| of the west gallery.
100 Houses Destroyed by Hurricane.
Buenos Ayres. Nov PA hurricane
has swept over Sanurbano. province of
Santa Fee A hundred houses were de-
Stroyed five persons were killed, a