The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-28
.PICKEN AT HEAD.
Hays City Man President of
State Teachers Association.
Mrs. KittIaus of LeaEenworth,
First Vice President.
WILL WHITE SPEAKS.
Hang Lawyers, Drown Editors
But Save Teachers" Says He.
Prof. W. A. McKeever's Ex-
perience With Cigarette Boy.


President-W. S. Picken, Hays City.
First vice president-Mrs. f. Kilt
laus. Leavenworth
Second vice president-Geo. Crissman,
Salina.
Third vice PRESIDENT s. Carson,
Wichita.
The nominating committee of the
State Teachers association. in their re-
port at noon today, gave the above list
as the officers chosen by the commit
tee for the coming year. The action IF
the committee was ratified by a vote
by the teachers assembled, which prac-
tcally amounts to an election.
President Picken IS superinte lent of
the Hays City normal school, and an
educator of wide repute.
Mrs. E. Kittlaus first vice presi-
dent, is superintendent of the Leaven-
worth city schools.
George Crissman, second vice presi-
dent, is superintendent of the SaliHa
city schools, and J. S. Carson. third
vice president, holds the same position
over the Wichita city schools.
The program today included an ad-
dress by William Allen White, author
and editor, of Enporia. Mr. White did
not prepare a speech for the occasion,
but read the script OF one of his recent
ly published articles on the growth and
this paper he chased the human from
his probable origin in the one-ceu
worm which is generally believed to be
the origin of all animal life. down
through the ages through the monkey
stage and UP to the millionaire of the
present day. The article was published
in the October number Of the Ameri-f
can Magazine.
The only reference to teachers Mr
White made was in his introduction,
when he said: You represent the most
important profession in the state. Hang
the lawyers, drown the editors. but save
the teachers. and the country is still
saved"
one of the most interesting lectures
of the session was by Mrs Jessie Cay
nor of st. Joseph. Mo, who spoke on
the educational value of music Mrs
Gaynor advocates more sensible plan
of teaching music than by the Old
memory strain Of ~fearnirg notes first.
What IS the use az a symbol without
a thought behfnds 1t ~ she said 1T ts
like teaching a chiRd TO write before
it can read If we cannot think sound.
as to pitch and rythrn, we cannot sing
music. We must get hold of the thought
itself MY system is to teach children
first to listen accurately After that
the rest is easy"
save the Cigarette Boy.
Prof. William McKeever. of the
Kansas Agricultural college at Man
haitian. who is the most noted cigar
ette investigator in the state, address
ed the associat ton on the subject of
the deadly coffin tack, its uses and the
results therefrom-
Prof. McKeever said in part:
Il have been studying cigarette
bows for the past six years. not as
philanthropist. but because it is a sub
iect for interesting study. The Gig
arctic boy il truly an interesting
specimen. I have studied him IN schooI
and out, and in jail and out.
1.-TWO years ago 1 sent out 200 let
ters on the subject to various superin-
tendents of schools. and received 100
REPLIES to the questions [ asked. They |
100 of them-3.256 Gig |
arctic smoking boys under their su-
peryision. In one school, 100 such |
bows were found by the superinten- |
dent
AT our college I have found an av-
erage OF 100 cigarette smokers per
term. These are boys between the ages
Of Is and 90 years. I have made these
boys my confidants for the purpose OF
their cases. and seeking q
solution to the cigarette problem
but l have also made study OF
the cigar man. There are perhaps a +
million able bodied men in this nation
who smoke cigars. They are found IN
all professions=eve among the /
teachers and the ministry. Although,
myself a non-smoker 1 say that these
men get good out of their smokes. But +
the net result is against them. The
chief value they find in the burning of
tobacco
changes their line of thought. and is
a sOlace which brings on a better feel /
ing toward all humanity They are
more social. and better to their wives
and children after a good smoke be-
cause their systems need this stimu-
liant by reason of incubation. Some
men do their best work while smok
ing But | say to them that this same
necessary stimulus might be found in
other ways Proper exercise would
bring about the same restful, compla-
cent sensations.
s-To revert to the cigarette boys:
Who are they2 Last year picked out
so cigarette boys from the college,
and compared them with SO boys of
equal standing who did not smoke. At
the end of the term took the two lists
to the records The non smokers
made an average of so per cent
against the 621z per cent of the
smokers The cigarette boys made 81
per cent of the failures. I also made
Inquiries concerning the physical con-
dition OF the smokers. I found that
over 80 per cent Of them mad a decid
ed tendency toward throat trouble. %
per cent of them being troubled with
distinct alterations of the throat. The
sallow. thin ones made up 70 per cent.
Short wind, was the verdict against all
he inhalers.' Heart failure threaten
I'd "a per cent of them.
Il have found that the college boys
who smoke cigarettes begin at an av-
srage age Of IA The boy who begins
at or g. seldom reaches college.
1T is quite customary among school
teachers to be harsh. with the cigar
atte smokers. and give them to under
.tand that thew are black sheep as
soon as their failing becomes known
This is not the right way to handle the
situation. Do not give the boy the i'm
preston tht he is absolutely worth
ess because he smokes cigarettes. He
nav halieve and then he viii be. 7