The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-29

| SJlDt. Z. y. RIS0OIl Oh the independence
City Schools, Who Is Being Pushed
for President of the State Teachers
Association.
here with a candidate for president of
| the association for the coming year and
they launched their boom as early as
| last night. c. s. ,Rfsdon, superinten-
dent of the public schools of 1ndepen-
dence, county seat of Montgomery, the
| second largest county in the state, is
the man pushed forward for the honor
| and a better man could not be found
for the place. Superintendent Risdon
| has been at the head of the Indepen-
dence schools for the past seven years
and to him should be given no small
part of the credit for the splendid
school system of that city. Superin-
tendent Risdon is a young man of the
progressive type with an old head on
his shoulders He stands very high in
his home county; is loved by the chill
dren and respected by the parents. His
personality and peculiar adaptability
for school work is marked, even among
a gathering of noted educators of the
state. He is the only man prominently
mentioned so far for the place and as
he has a large number of active friends
from every part of the state his cleo
ton seems assured. superintendent
Risdon did not come to Topeka seeking
the place, nor is he candidate in the
accepted term of the word, but he has
been placed in the field by his friends
An important matter to be decided at
the business sessions of the meeting is
the proposed change in the date of the
state gathering The plan is to ad-
vance the date from the holiday season
to a week early in the fall just before
the beginning of the school term. This
change in date will likely be made.
At tonight's meeting at Represen ta-
tive hall the music will be furnished by
the school children, of Shawnee county,
and J. w. Gleed will deliver the adj
dress of welcome. Response by ]. M.
Rhodes of Emporia. President ]. E.
Boyer will deliver his annual address
to the association. Many meetings are
scheduled for Wednesday as follows:
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 80. 900 A. M.
Representative Hall.
l. Address-"The Relation Between
the Public Library and the Public
school," DIR. Edward Bumgardner,
2. song-Miss Elsie L. Strong,
3. Report of Educational Commits
sion, Superintendent L. A. Lowther' |
Superintendent D. H. Holt, Columbus !
f. Some Plans for the Improvement |
of the State Teachers Association.
Superintendent Richard r. Price of |
intendent D. NJ. Bowen Fort Scott.
5. Meetings of Nominating Commit /
tees.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 80, 500 |
2. M.
High School Auditorium
short musical programme by the
Baker quartet Baker University, Bald
win.
''F'rancis Huntington Snow-An APP
probation" President Joseph H. Hill,
Emporia.
Address-'"The Patriotism of Peace"
Hon Frank ]. Hanly, Governor of In
diana.
Primary Department.
WEDNESDAYS, DEC. 80, to P. NJ.
Lecture Room. First Presbyterian
Church.
c. E st. John, first vice president,
chairman, Marion. Kan.
/ Primary Work in Rural Schools
Busy Work: What? How Much? How?
Miss Julia NJ. Stone. Hays.
g. Nature and Culture Work in Ru-
raj Schools. with Reference to Introduce
ing Agriculture-Supt. Jennie Davy,
Anthony.
8. Drawing, Work that Rural Schools
can Find Time to Do-Miss Emma Graf
ton, Cedar Rapids, Ia.
4. Helpful Suggestions. General dis
cussion.
High school and College Section.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 80, P. NJ.
of Manual Training Build
inG.
H H Gerardy, third vice president.
Norton county high school,
chairman.
L The High School-(a) Its Mission
and Relative Importance-Prof. H. NJ.
Cutter, state normal, Emporia. (b) Its
to the Colleg-W. S. Heusner.
city schools, Junction