The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-05
ARE MADE
Teachers and Farmers to Be
Enlisted for Exposition.
John Macdonald Will Look
After the Educators.
FATRCHTLD WILL HELP
State Agricultural College Pro-
fessors Will Explain Plans.
Jan. % Definitely Selected for
Date of Convention.
FAIRCHILD Will HELP

The teachers and the farmers Of
Kansas will be the first to give the
emi-Centennial Exposition for 1911
publicity. They will commence their
work at once.
John Macdonald, ont of the noted
educators of the west and the editor
and proprietor of the Western School
Journal was yesterday delegated by
Chairman John E. Frost of the COM
nittee of seventeen to have the matter
of the exposition presented to every
teachers meeting in the state between
now and January IS. on which date
delegates from all over the state VIII
hold a mass meeting in Topeka
These teachers are to disseminate m
formation concerning the big event to
the school children and to all OF the
patrons of the school whenever and
wherever possible.
The Kansas state teachers meeting
takes place in Topeka during the holi-
days. At that time the matter viii be
very fully presented to them. The
school teachers come here from all
over Kansas and they are expected to
carry back with them enthusiasm over
the exposition.
The work of getting the subject before
the farmers has been delegated to the
secretary of the Commercial club, Z. J.
Anderson, who in turn has secured the
services of President E. r. Fairchild OF
the state agricultural college.
A great many farmers meetings viii
be held from now on until Jan. %. Pro
fessors and instructors from the agri-
cultural college attend all of these meet
ings for the purpose of making ad-
dresses, giving demonstrations and tell
ing about farming experiments. These
professors and instructors will take &C
casiOn at each meeting to give a talk
on the subject of the semi-centennial
exposition. In this way it is believed
that farmers will best become acQuaint-
ed with it.
Within a week or ten days the semi
centennial committee will issue an ad-
dress to the state. This is now being
prepared by Secretary Anderson of the
Topeka Commercial club in cOnjunc-
ton with the publicity committee, which
consists of William Allen White of
Emporia, J. M. Conneu Of Topeka,
Thomas Potter of Peabody. and ]. E.
Junkin oe Sterling. This address WSl
embody all of the salient features of the
proposed exposition and VIII delineate IN
full the plans so Gar as made
Chairman Frost yesterday announced
that January % had been definitely set
tied upon as the date for the big mass
meeting to be held in Topeka At that
time q delegate from every. county in the
state viii be here. Every city which has
a MAYOR and a council viii send a dele
gate. Cities viii send one delegate for
every 5000 of population.
The work of the exposition will now be
actively pushed. During the next two
months the committee plans to have the
/ state thoroughly saturated with exposi-
ton talk. The farmers and teachers
4 are expected to carry the news to every
I part of Kansas. Thousands Of the cir
4 culars wiz be sent out. The mails vii
| be flooded with them shortly. They vii
/ go net only to people in Kansas alone
but al over the country.
There are two things for the mass meet
/ iug to decide in Topeka. One is whether
an exposition is to be held. and the other
where it is to be held. The location has
not been decided upon. The whole state
viii have a voice in the matter for it is
/ state affair.