The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-28
They Will Be Here in Force To-
morrow.
Several Hundred Expected to At
tend State Association.
GLEED TO WELCOME.
Topeka Lawyer Will Deliver
"Glad Hand" Address.
Miss BrOwnlee's Address Thurs
day Will Be a Feature.

The forty-sixth annual meeting of
the Kansas State Teachers association
will convene in Topeka at representa-
tive hall in the capitol building tomor-
row evening at 7:30. The sessions will
continue until Thursday night There
are about 500 members of the state as
sociation and a record brea king at
tendance is expected at this week IS
meeting. The programme prepared
- covers every range of school work and
noted educators from every section of
the country will deliver addresses.
The National hotel will be the head
quarters of the teachers, but rates have
been secured from every hotel and
boarding house in the city. J. E. Boyer
of Kingman is president of the associa-
ton and Henrietta V. Race of Winfield
Is secretary. H. w. Jones of Topeka is
on the committee on entertainment.
Tomorrow Nights Session.
The following is the programme for
Tuesday nights general session:
Music-Shawnee county schools, John
r. Carter, superintendent; Miss Eva
Millard, musical director.
Prayer-Rev. Clarence z. Holcombe,
Lownan Hill NJ. E. chapel, Topeka.
5 Music-Shawnee county schools, John
r Carter. superintendent; Miss Eva
Millard. musical director.
Address of Welcome-J. W. Gleed.
Topeka.
Response-Prof. ]. M Rhodes, EN-
poria.
Presidents superintendent
J. E. Boyer. Kingman.
Announcement of Committees.
Miss BrOwnIee's Address.
One of the most interesting features
of the meeting will be the address on
the moral training of the child by Miss
Jane Brownlee of New York city at
the Thursday morning session. Miss
Brownlee. during a recent lecture tour
of the west won golden praise and
opinions from all the noted educators
OF Colorado, California. Washington
and Oregon. She is a talented young
woman and has made the training of
the child life study. Prof. Wilcox of
the Iowa State university will also
speak at the Thursday morning ses-
sion.
The general meetings, of interest to
the public as we'll as the teachers will
be held at representative hall, but there
will be committee and round table and
school and history and mathematic
meetings in the auditoriums of the
high school and manual training school
during the week.
One of the most interesting exhibits
which has been put on display at
state teachers meeting in years win be
open to the public tomorrow morning.
The work of the pupils of the common
schools of this city viii be shown a
the Harrison school building. the work
Of each grade being arranged for eX-
hibition in the different grade rooms.
At the high school building a display
of the work done by the pupils during
the past term will be on exhibition for
the benefit of the public and the visit
ing teachers.
Prizes.
The silk prize flag for best attend
ance will be competed for again this
year. 1t Will be given to the county
having the greatest enrolled member
ship in proportion to the number of
teachers employed in the county. It is
not necessary that the teachers be in
attendance that they be counted in the
flag contest.
Also. two prize Libraries will be Civ
en- for the best records made in at
tendance at the state association by
the county and city of the first or sec
ond class. The library for the county
will consist of at least sixty choice vol
umes, and the library for the city of
at least forty volumes. The rules of
the contest are as follows:
I. The county or city of the first
or second class having the largest per
cent of its teachers enrolled will be
given credit of one.
?. A credit of one will be given for
the largest mileage Travelled by the
teachers of the county Or city in at
tending the association.
3. A credit of one will be given for
the largest per cent of teachers in at
tendance from any county or city of
first or second class.
4. In case no county or city has two
or more credits, making the contest
result in a tie. the tie shall be broken
by deciding the contest by rule No.
2 alone.
Announcements.
There will be meeting of high
schools principals in the office of the
state superintendent at a. m. Thurs
day morning.
Rooms have been reserved at the
National hotel as state normal school
headquarters for the accommodation
Of the friends of the normal school
during the association, and the normal
reunion will be held on the afternoon
Of Thursday, December 31st, in the
lecture room of the First Baptist
church. from 4:3O to O'Clock
Baker university will hold its re-
union and supper in the Mills tea
room, p. m. Wednesday, December
S0th.
School EXhibitS.-Members of the
association are cordially invited to in
spect an exhibit of the work of the To-
peka schools. which will be open dur
Ing the days of the session. The ex-
hibit of the elementary schools. in
Guiding manual training and drawing
and the ordinary school branches. will