The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
WITH THE TEACHERS.
This Is Busy Day for the Topeka
Visitors.

The state house is alive with the
visiting teachers this morning and af-
ternoon. The representative hall was
so full this morning that 1t was I'M
possible for all the delegates to gain
admittance and they spent their time
renewing acQuaintances in the lobbies
and visiting the different state othces
and exhibits. Some of the delegates
weather and such places of interest
as Washburn college, asylum. IRE de-
partment. etc, are being visited. the
post card houses report rush OF
business and many Topeka souvenir
will be tackled up on the walls to be
looked upon by Kansas school chill
dren. One teacher said this morning
that her school children had heard
and read about things about the KAN
sas capital city and they asked her to
returned. She is buying all the post
card scenes she can produce and Will
give a lantern lecture to her children
The school is out in western Kansas
The Old Kansas university grads
will have a. reunion at the Baptist
church this evening. An open re
ception will be held late In the after
noon followed by huge banquet.
Hundreds of the teachers are grad
yates of the state university and this
gives them a chance to meet and re-
view old times.
The first floor of the state house
represents a country fair or mid
winter exposition. Advertising firms
of all kinds have their wares on
exhibition and thousands of circulars
have been distributed which litter up
the floors of the state house until they
look disgrac The janitor and his
force are kept busy gathering up the
paper ads. Everything Is advertised
from stoves for sanitary heating to
rolling maps and new patent chalk.
The legislature will have to stand in
the background when it comes to
politics and old time lobbying. Three
young gentlemen school teachers
were standing just outside the repre-
some unknown candidate for some I'M
known position. Although the re-
porter was excluded from further
hearing after he was discovered he
caught the following:
'eWe'H settle his hash for him. He
is no man for the place and we will
have to make the newspapers think so
because the newspapers are going to
elect him You see if they don't.
He is a caution. 1 heard that he
furnished all his boys with clay pipes
and told them to smoke If they
wanted to. That isn't what teachers
what we will do. We will get Jim
and make up a fierce old story about
him and sneak it to the papers and if
we don't kill that boom l don't know
what will. We want our own men in
there and we have got to do some
thing to get him. Now I'll meet you
at
Just then they spied the reporter
who was trying vainly to get inter-
ested in something else but the fatal
wood co1ored pencil was sticking out
of one pocket and the copy paper out
of the other. The three men gave one
frightened look and with well meant
for Gods sake" they slipped out
of the corner and flew down the lobby
to the nearest exit.
The Kansas State Agricultural
college has big mechanical
entrance to the hall of the meet
ing and it is continually NOV
ing for the benefit of the interested
crowd which is gathered around it at
all times. There was almost a riot
this morning when one pretty school
teacher with a Merry Widow hat
stood in front of the machine COM
pletely hiding the pictures from view.
She stood there fully fifteen minutes
and took a careful note of every pic
ture that turned to view. She ism t
there now
This morning the following pro-
gramme was listened to by the big
crowd Inat nIleo the representative
hall:
l. Address-'The Relation Between
the Public Library and the Public
School, DR.. Edward Bumgardner.
Lawrence.
2. song-Miss Elsie L. Strong, Marys-
vile.
g. Report of Educational Commits
on-Superintendent L. A. Lowther.
secretary. Emporia. Discussion, led by
Superintendent D. H. Holt Columbus
A. Some Plans for the Improvement
of the State Teachers Association
Superintendent Richard r. Price.