The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-15
Teachers Get Their Assign
ments to Various Buildings.
FIXING FIRE ESCAPES.
Contracts for That Work Were
Let Too Late.
Number of designations From
Teaching Force Filed.


back at their books and preparing to
master the knotty problems contained
| between the covers of their text books.
While the vacation period ended this
month at o'clock when all of the pu-
| pills met at their school buildings for
| this years assignments study will not
| in reality commence until Wednesday
| morning.
| A meeting of the principals of the
various schools of the city was held
! at the high school auditorium Monday
| morning at 10 o'clock when the details
| incident to the opening day of the
| schools were disposed of. At this meet
ing the question of text books was thor
oughly discussed as we'll as the method
of enrolling the pupils at the various
schools. Professor Whittemore deliver
ed his annual address to the assembled
| teachers, taking for his text, 1.-THE
Work and The Worker and The Re-
| ward"
| There will be more or less noise and
din about the schools for a few days
! following the opening and this will
| grow worse in a number of instances
| as the work of installing fire escapes
will be commenced within a short time
OF course the high school as well as the
manual training building and the Lin
| coin school buildings could have been
| fitted with fire ladders during the va
cation period had the contracts been
awarded following the dismissal of the
| schools for the midsummer vacation.
Following disasters in the east which
| occurred nearly a year ago the school
| board decided to place fire escapes on
all of the Topeka school buildings
| which exceeded two stories in height
and Fire Marshal Wilmarth insisted
/ that the work be commenced immedi-
ately. For some reason the letting of
the contracts was delayed until the
| meeting last week and the high school,
manual training building and the Lin
coin school buildings will be crowded
| with pupils for months although there
| are no fire escapes on the buildings.
The 1908 school census of the city
| indicates that there are 11.424 children
| of school age within the limits of To-
peka and the territory which is attach
| ed to the city for school purposes. This
| figure indicates an increase of eleven
1 pupils over the census of last term so
| that the schools will be practically the
same size that they were last year.
The following teachers who had
| places in the city schools last year have
| rendered their designations to the school
board and other teachers have been Sc
| lected to fill their places:
| Frances Brown of the Van Buren,
| school, who goes to the State Agricul-
tural college for study; Bertha Britton
| of Lafayette, who will teach in a west
ern state; Mary Axtel of Quinton
| Heights, who is said to be arranging
| to take up another vocation; Georgia
| Baird of Lincoln. who resigns on &C
count of illness and death in her home
at Highland; Mary Cochran of Quincy
school, who has taught In the First
| grade for the past Is years, resigns on
| account of the illness of her mother;
Alice Gentry, who taught half of her
| time at Harrison school and the other
| half at Clay, resigns to accept posi-
| ton in the high school at Abilene;
Maude Van Houten resigned to accept
| a position in the city school of st. JOS
| eph.
Two additional designations were
| rendered the board since its meeting
/ last week. Miss Susie Schnemayer,
teacher of manual training at Grant
| school and Miss Villa G.. Merri-
weather, teacher of manual training
| at Monroe school. These teachers
were employed at the last meeting of
the school board and their resigna-
tions were not expected. No reason
| is assigned for the resignation of
! Miss Schnemayer.
| Miss Merriweather who has been
| employed as teacher of manual
| training at Monroe school Is young
| colored woman and her work IN the
| past has been of such nature that
| the board saw fit to re-employ her
| over the protests of a number of her
race. jealousy on the part of
colored patrons of the school is
|
| other case of gossip. Her enemies
have made charges and have been
| either unable or unwilling to at
! tempt to prove them but have made
conditions SO uncomfortaole Tor her
| that she voluntarily resigned after the
school board had re-employed her for
| this years work.
Assignment of Teachers.
The following is the assignment of
teachers for the current year:
High school-H. l.. Miller, prin-
Viola A Troutman- Effie Graham.
Laura L. Ewing Mary w. Barley, |
| Alice B. Patterson. Bessie Boughton, |
Lou Nash, Eva Schley. Anne Mon
tieth, Edith Moore, Winifred Evering-
Greider, r. w. Coppedge, E. L.
| Cowdrick, Maude Bishop, Clara
Plummer, Helen Schultz, Rose r.
Morgan, Albert H. Winter, Ethel Est
Donald. John H. Hoehner, JOY G.
Bechtel. Grace Mcknight, Mary K.
Gernon, Gertrude Lundborg, Ger
| trude Lewis, Nellie NJ Ansel. w. H.
Livers, Belle Stagg. Abigail McElroy.
]. F. Kaho, Mary Harrison, Ward
Green.
Branner-H. w. Jones. principal;
Lima e. Bresette. Sarah Voolfolk.
| Mabel F. Smith Matte Westenhaver,
Lydia Barnes. Mrs. J. L. Campbell,
Edith Staten. Jessie E. Howard,
Laura Mcclure, Cora Viets, Minnie
| McMurtrie (manual training).
Buchanan-C. F. ClinkscaIe, prin-
cipal; Mrs. Sarah Mclean, E1e
| Burge, Belle Forte, Gertrude Dick
| (manual training).
Clay-O. p. NJ McClintock, prin-
cipal; Blanche Stewart one-h half
| time; Mrs. Helen T. Butterfield, Mary
| Monteith, Anna NJ. Hagar, Gertrude
| E. Morton, Jennie Muth, Edna Guy,
Mrs. Gertrude Knowles, Dorothy
Chrisman, Lolita Schley (manual
training).
principal; Leila B. Ford
| Euclid-Madge E. Moore, prin-