The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21

of the opinion that from some view
| points the high school work was too
| heavy. He declared for more educa-
tional training and said that the high
school was as much a part of the school
system as the public schools them
selves.
Stout Grows Emphatic.
"I emphatically say that we are not
offering too many subjects" remarked
A. ]. Stout. of Topeka. The patrons
| demand the subjects and If they are
willing to pay the bill, certainly we
should be willing to furnish them" Prof.
Stout said he favored an elective sys-
! tenn with few safeguards. He would
require some manual training, especial
| ly in the city schools. Manual train
/ ing, he said, not only developed the
body, but it helped develop the head
and was a good thing.
Prof. c. H. Judd. of the University of
| Chicago, discussed THE Organization
of the High School Program" His
speech was one of the best delivered
since the convention opened.
| Il am in favor of a good many
changes in the high school work in
| order to obtain more work" said Prof.
| Judd. He discussed manual training
urged upon the teachers the necessity
of a good sound organization in school
work. He advocated putting a ban on
the long summer vacations, arguing
business world, such things as long va
cations would become unknown and
closer attention and mole consistent
school work would better fit the students
for the work they would do after they
left school
THE period has arrived in education,
as in other activities of life he said
| when we must conserve, and not
waste. We must be able to submit a
definite program. Until we do we must
expect parents and children to be in
doubt about the value of a high school
education"
Conducts a Model Glass
IF your teacher wanted a s36 dress
but it was too dear and she could af-
ford one which cost only one-third as
much, how much would that one cost ?''
| Teacher.
Twelve dollars."-Class.
i In this manner Miss Ella Zimmerman
conducted the model class in numbers
at the kindergarten primary depart
ment meeting of the state teachers
convention at the First Methodist
church Thursda.- afternoon.
Miss Zimmerman avoided the stereo-
!, typed way of propounding simple prob
lens in arithmetic and asked the
mathematical questions in a way that
would appeal to children.
Another interesting feature of the
afternoon was Miss Della Van Am
burgh's model recitation in reading
: she demonstrated IndC Dy telling q
| story of a child's experience, the pupils
; learn to read the names of the animals
and objects in the story. She used
rapid sketching as an aid to impress
the object and word names upon the
! yound minds.
Miss Amburgh is a Holton girl. She
has been in the Kansas City schools
for the last five years.
In her paper on Story Telling, It's
Use and Value in the School," Miss
f Mary L. Dughterty of Kansas City
: Kan. empha sized that the telling-noi
{ invaluable as a means of engaging Tho
2 interest of the pupils and establishing
I a friendly relation between them anf
: the teacher. She laid much stress or
s the idea that the teacher should pre-
= pare the excerpt of the story will
; much care and practice, telling it oral
= ly until she can put her own personal
[ ity into it. She illustrated this by tell
: ing the story of David and Goliah. Ant
she told this simple old Bible tale in
t way that even the grown ups appeared
e to listen as eagerly as children.
e Miss Maud Sproat, teacher of the pri
5 mary grade Of the Quincy school on tn
North side, gave an instructive demon
e stration showing how small pupils ma.
: be taught singing.
5 DR.. W. E. Chancellor also gave talk
: There was large attendance at TIL
/ First Presbyterian church where tn
: common ana graded SchOol department
= had their meeting. The following sub
n jects were discussed: vocational Edu
cation for Kansas" E. L. Holton, pro
/ fessor of rural education, K. S. A. C.
s 1.-THE Importance of the Right Start,
n Prof. William c. Bagley, University o
d Illinois; Rational Basis of Promotion.
: superintendent NJ. E. Pearson, Kansa
It City, Kan; How to Create a HigI
d School Ambition in the Gramma
h Grades" Superintendent F. B. Martin
50 FL Dorado. "Some of the Next Things
c. G. Pearse. superintendent of schools
10 Milwaukee. Wis.
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