The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-28
The TEACHERS.
Programme of Sessions and
Locations of Meetings.

Thursday. December 20. 9 o'clock a.
m, in Representative Hall-9:00: Paper
The Duties of a Member of a School
Board and the Scope and Function of
the State Organization of School
Boards, Capt E A. Rcsser. Coffeyville-
Discussion. John P. Curran, Pittsburg.
e;45: Address. The Country School
Teacher. Hon Henderson Martin, Mar
Ion 1890: Address, Americas Great
est Educator" G. Stanley Hall. 1880:
Reports of committees.
Thursday. December 20, 1880 o'clock
p. m. in High school auditorium
Music, a thirty minute musical pro-
gramme, given by the department of
music of Baker university. Lecture,
Shakespeare Tragedy of Greatness,
Rev. w. A. QuayIe, D. D., pastor Grand
Avenue NJ. Z. church, Kansas City,
Mo.
College and High School Department.
Thursday. Decemger %, , o'clock
p m. in Room No. 8. fourth floor
State house.-Warren Baker, second
vice president. Great Bend, chairman.
i A Course Of Study for the High
schools of Kansas, w n. Johnson,
high school visitor, Kansas university.
Discussion, B. F. Dunkin, principal of
high school, Wichita; L. H. Wishard,
principal of high school, lola. 2.
English Pronunciation of Latin in
High Schools, Supt- William NJ. Sin
clair, Coffeyville. Discussion, H. L.
Miller, principal of high school, To-
schools, Syracuse. 3. Manual Train
ing in the High Schools, A NJ. Bu-
mann, instructor in manual training
Normal school. Pittsburg. Discussion
u. B. Smith, principal of Reno County
High school Nickerson; Miss Frances
Cole. Instructor manual training High
school, Fort Scott.
Common and Graded School Depart
ment.
Thursday, December %, 2 o'clock p.
m, in High School Auditorium.-W. B.
Hall, first vice president superintendenf
city schools. Abilene, chairman. Paper-
Some Phases of the Reading Problem
Superintendent E. D. Gorge. PaoIa. Dis
SuSsion, Lizzie E Wooster. author. To-
peka; Principal c. NJ. Ware. Clyde. Pa |
per, Fads and Fundamentals. Supt ].
T. Edgerton, Manhattan Discussion. |
Prof. w H. Greider, high school. Tone,
Junction City. Kan Address. The MYTH |
Hunters of Quivera, John Madden, En-
poria-
Primary Department.
Thursday, December g. 2 o'clock D. |
m, in Representative hall. A Combi- |
nation OF Methods of Reading, Miss
khadijah VI. Grant, Hutchinson. Dis /
cussion, Miss Iva Tatam, Kansas CITY: |
Miss T. May Dow. Salina- General dis /
cussion. ?. The Imagination a Factor in !
Number Work, Miss Kitty NJ. Peck 1
Council Grove. Discussion Mrs. Maria |
Stevenson, Paola; Miss Laura Rankin. |
burlington General discussion 8. Pri- |
mary Writing: Material Miss Maude |
Young, Emporia; Which is More I'm |
portant = Movement. or Form? Miss |
orpha Martin, Abilene; Can a Little
Child be Taught Movement Better in /
Slant Writing than in Vertical Writ |
ing2 Miss Mae WOODBURY. Hoisington.
Which is Better for the F,ves-SIant |
Writing, or Vertical Writing? Miss
Minnie Young, Beloit- General discus |
sion.
DpnarfDnent Of CO,,,,t,- c.,.,,.-.
Thursday, December %. 2 O'Clock n
m, in Senate chamber L. Dayboff /
state superintendent of public instruc- |
ton. chairman 900: How Best to I
secure PROMPT and Accurate Reports 1
from District School Officers? 2:2O: |
Discussion 2:40: How Best to Pro-
mote Reading Circle Work in Your
County. 800: Discussion. 500: The
authority of the County Superintend-
ent.
Music Department..
Thursday. December 90. . to 4
o'clock p MI Music in the Lower
Grades. Miss Achsah Harris. Emporia.
state Normal school. General discus
chorus directed by Miss Mildred Ha-
zeIrigg, supervisor of music Topeka
puolic schools 9 The High School
N usic Course Discussion, (a) Mrs.
Lotue +: Montrose. supervisor of mu-
sic public schools. Junction City; OBJ
MISS Mildred Hazelrigg, Topeka. Cen
eral discussion.
Round-TabIe of Mathematics.
Thursday, December %. o'clock
D. m-- in room 6, fourth floor state
house-1. Reviews of significant new
BOOKS: 0a) -'s Arithmetic: OBJ
Smiths Grammar School Algebra. Cc1
Bakers Elementary Geometry. 2.
why do so many Pupils dislike Mathe-
mates? Is there a Remedy? 3. The
chicago Idea: What it stands for. 4.
a business meeting of the Kansas AS