The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
BIG MEN COMING.
State Teachers Programme
Filled With Talent.
Officers Plan Two Days Feast
Of Reason.
EXPECT ABOUT 1000
Superintendent FairchiId En-
thusiastic Over Prospects.
City Will Entertain Teachers
as H0nored Guests.

The official program of the forty
seventh annual session of the Kansas
State Teachers association has been
issued from the office of State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction E. T.
F'airchild and is being sent over the
state of Kansas today.
The program this year is far more
elaborate and valuable than for any
other session and Superintendent Rair-
cnlld is more than pleased with the
success of the officers in getting to-
gether such a noted list of speakers and
States.
The first day of the program, Thurs
gay, November 4, and the last day,
Friday, November 5, are of special
their instruction to all visitors. The
program as whole covers about
ten pages.
The meetings this year will be held
IN the Auditorium. the First Methodist
church, the high school, the manual
church. the First congregational
church, the representative hall and
5ne senate chamber in the state
house. Last year the big meetings
were held in the representative hall but
on account of the big program and
the promises for a crowd of at least
1000 people it is necessary to hold the
meetings in the Auditorium.
Among the prominent speakers on the
program will be DR.. E. A Ross of
the University of wisconsin; Dr. A. S.
Draper. commissioner of education of
New York city; DIR. Edward A. Steiner
Grinnell, Iowa; President John W.
Cook, DeKalb. Illinois; and Henry
Turner Bailey of Massachusetts. All of
these men are known all over the
United States as educators Of the first
rank and their presence in the pro
gram assures the success of the meet
ing.
The program has been divided into
a number of instruction departments,
including the General Sessions, Kinder
garten and Primary. Common and
Graded School, College and High
School, City superintendent round table,
English round table, Music, History
Science round table; German round
table, Foreign Languages round table.
Manual Arts, Kansas Association OF
Mathematics Teachers and the Kansas
Local talent will be employed in the
departmental work of the sessions and
in the general sessions all of the out
side speakers will hold forth; The pro-
gram for the general sessions is as fol-
lows:
Thursday. November 40 a. m.
( Presidents address, '"The EdEca-
tional Outlook" superintendent c.. S.
Risdon, Independence, Kan.
American Society,"" Dr. E. A. Ross.
University of Wisconsin.
Announcement of committees
Election of nominating COM
mittees.
Thursday, November 4H7:45 p. m.
Lecture. "Public Education and
Public Morals" DR.. A. S. Draper,
commissioner of education New
York.
Lecture, Latter Day Sinners and
Saints DR.. E. A. Ross. University of
Wisconsin.
Friday, November SO a. m.
Lecture. "The Teacher as al
Prophet" DR.. Edward A. Steiner.
Grinnell, Ia
Lecture, ''The Tendencies of Mod
ern Education President John w.
Cook, DeKalb, Ill.
Business session.
Reports of committees. election of
officers, etc.
Friday, November 5-7:45 p. m.
Lecture, President w. o. Thomp-
SON. Ohio State university.
Lecture 1.-The Whole Boy in a
Whole school," Henry Turner Bailey,
Massachusetts,.
Officers.
c. S. Risdon. Independence. presi-
dent.
Elsie Maddux. Emporia. first vice
president.
R. G. Mueller, Seneca, second vice
president.
]. E. Stokesberry, Fort Scott, third
vice president
Margaret Moore, Salfna, secretary.
w. C. Lansdon. Lawrence. treas
Executive committee-C. s. Ris-
don. chairman; E. T. F'airchild, secre-
tary; Elsie Maddux R. G. Mueller, J.
E. Stokesberry.
Auditing committee-E. B. ALL
baugh. r, r. Price, NJ. T. Barn ett.
Committee on entertainment-H
w. Jones.