The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
TEACHERS MEET BOARD
Give Their Ideas About Educa
tiOnaI Exhibit.

The Kansas Worlds fair commission
IS in session. and meeting was held
Friday with the committee of Is from
the state teachers association which
was appointed to prepare an educational
exhibit for Kansas. to discuss the sub
ject of the educational exhibit
The committee presented its estimate
| that an appropriation of $4,000 would be
needed to make a creditable exhibit for
Kansas. The general idea is for the
commission to employ the superintend-
ent of the educational exhibit, and de-
eide upon the general features of the ex-
hibit, and the committee of Is will pre-
pare the exhibit in detail. or aid the sup
erintendent in doing so.
One of the features suggested for the
exhibit is to have a class in manual
training at work as part of the ex-
hibit 1t is argued that this will be
entirely different from the common ex-
hibit, it will attract a great deal of at
tention, and it will show exactly how
manual training is conducted, subject
upon which nearly all school patrons are
ignorant. If there is sufficient room in
the space allotted to Kansas this idea
will probably be adopted
superintendent Lyon, OF Lincoln cOun-
ty, also suggested series of relief maps
made by the school pupils, the first
showing the general topography OF the
state, the second showing the CHER
towns and railroads, the third showing
where the various agriculture products
are raised by having grains of wheat
scattered over the wheat belt, corn IN
the corn counties, and so on; and the
fourth showing the mineral products In
like manner.
A main feature of the exhibit will be
to show the advancement of education
in Kansas by photograph John Mac
Donald suggested that there should be
picture of the old sod school house and
by its side picture of the fine Struc-
lures of the county high school build
ings in Kansas, which are distinctive
ly in Kansas feature, as no other state
has the county high school system to
the extent that Kansas has; other pic
lures should show the interiors of nice
ly decorated school rooms. 1t is pro-
posed to employ one photographer to
make all these photographs so that they
will be uniform. In fact, all pictures
must be uniform, as no others will be
allowed on exhibition.
The exhibit in detail will be worked
out after the superintendent is elected
and it is decided on how much money
will be available for this exhibit. Mr.
Macdonald said that for the worlds
fair at Chicago the Kansas educators
had no appropriation at all, but $4,000
was raised among the school children
themselves. and fair exhibit was made.
Mr.. Macdonald condemned this method
of raising funds.
The members of the committee of fif-
teen from the state teachers associa-
tions are as follows: State Superintend-
ent 1. L. Dayhoff. President J. N. Will
kinson of the State Normal, President
Nichols of the State Agricultural col
lege, Chancellor Strong of the State Uni
versity, superintendent F. P. Smith of
Lawrence, Superintendent NJ. E. Pear
son of Kansas City, John Macdonald of
Topeka, Superintendent ]. F. Lyon of
Williamsburg; Miss Grace Norton, SUI
perintendent of Pawnee county; Miss
Helen N. Eacker, superintendent OF
Ottawa county; John e. Mathers, ex-su-
perintendent of Butler county; Superin-
tendent John W. Spindler of Winfield,
superintendent SC. Friend of Brown
county. Principal Homer Myers of the
Dickinson county high school. The
first nine of these were present at
meeting of the school committee held
Thursday night, and all of these ex-
eept President Wilkinson appeared be-
fore the worlds fair commission
Work will begin in the near future
on preparing the educational exhibit.
Superintendent Smith of Lawrence said
that the time is already getting short
in which to have creditable exhibit
prepared in the schools as it requires
a great deal of time and work.