The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-28
SEVEN HUNDRED
IN ATTENDANCE
Plymouth Congregations.
Church Filled to Overflow.
BY VISITING TEACHERS
Largest Meeting Ever Held by
the Association.

The largest meeting in the history O
the Southern Kansas Teachers assoaa
ton opened yesterday with an attend
snce of about 500 persons, at the Plymouth
Congregational church President Wake
field of Wellington said that the attend
ance at the meeting numbered 200 more
than at any meeting yet held by the as
sociation.
The visiting teachers are well SATISFIED
with the treatment and attention shown
them by the local corps and have only
words of cemmendation and praise fol
the arrangements made by the loca
teachers for their entertainment. II
seems TO be the disposition Of those pres
ent to make Wichita the permanent place
Of holding these meetings
G. c. Wakefield, in speaking Of the
meeting, said it was the largest and most
enthusiastic meeting yet held and the
fact that it was held in this city was the
chief contributing cause of the large at
tendance.
Wichita being the largest city in the
school district, and having the best rail
road facilities is, in the opinion of the
president Of the association, the best
place to hold the conventions
The enrolment yesterday was 81 teach
ers This is the largest enrolment the
association ever had and the officers were
very much elated over the success of
The convention both numerically and
financially
This school district is composed of the
following counties, the schools Of which
are alI represented at the meeting:
Sedgwick. Sumner Cowley, Harper, Bar
Der. Butler, Greenwood and Chautauqua.
The officers of the association are: G..
C Wakefield. Wellington. president; r.
win Stiramel Howard, vice president; Mrs.
Nora Brumbsck, FL Dorado, secretary;
2 y. Heck. Attica. treasurer; executive
committee. r. I. Knight, Wichita, chair
man: B. Z. Lewis, Eureka; Z. S. Lake,
Medicine Lodge; ". NJ. Fisher. Arkansas
City; c. o. Smith, Belle Plaine.
One of the interesting features of these
meetings is the awarding Of prizes TO the
echools that make the best record in the
matter of attendance. Last year the eX-
ecutive committee decided to award a
pennant to the schools of the second
class, excluding Wichita, which had the
largest per cent of attendance at these
meetings.
The school winning this pennant at
one meeting was to have possession of 1t
until the next, when a new award is
made This arouses much competition and
ig a great help in bringing up the at
tendance. The Wellington schools won
the pennant last year and will probably
get il again this year. as 100 per cent
OF their teachers are present. A prize
OF IS worth of books is also awarded to
the school of the third class having the
best attendance, which is figured on the
mileage they have to travel.
Counties also compete under the same
conditions for another prize of S.
The meeting convened yesterday morn
ing at Il o'clock. The High School Boys
Glee club opened it with musical selec-
ton entitled ''Nursey Rymes Suit This
was followed by prayer by DR.. c. s. Sar-
gent. Rodolph Hatfield, president of the
Wichita board of education, made the ad-
dress of welcome. which was responded
70 by G. c. Wakefield of Wellington.
The afternoon session began at 1:S0
o'clock with music by the mandolin club
OF the city high school. President Wake
field then announced the appointment of
the following committees:
Nominating Committee-E. Kelly, We'll
lington; B. F. Dunkin. Wichita; W. H.
Ehler Ell Dorado: r. c. Lake. Medicine
Lodge: P. y. Heck. Anthony.
Auditing Committee-C NJ. Liefer, Che
ney; II. NJ. Cunningham, El Dorado, and
Jennie Davey of Anthony.
Location Committee-Etta Race, Win
field: Claude Aldrich. Pratt; A. D. Taylor,
Wichita
Resolution Committed. c. Conklin,
Mulvane; ]. c. Hahn, Medicine Lodge
". NJ. Lusher, Arkansas City.
Awards Committee-E. Stanley. wich-
tia; c. J. Smith, Wichita; j. J. Coop.
Caldwell.
7. c. PETER of Greenwood was to have
made an address on the truancy law, but
was unable to attend the meeting on ac-
count of sickness in his family.
Supt. Wy NJ Massey read a paper on
gratis which was well received.
Supt W. NJ. Davidson of Topeka spoke
on the "Deftcts / Have Known" also
Educational Exhibit at the World S
Fair
This concluded the afternoon program.
Yesterday evening at o'clock In the