The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-20
HERE IN FORCE.

Il am sorry indeed that Governor
| w. r. Stubs was unable to be here
, this morning on account of illness to
speak to us as he has been good
friend of the teachers OF Kansas"
| This afternoon was devoted to de-
partmental sessions. At 5 o'clock the
members of the K. U. Alumni associa- |
| ton will get together for a reunion, at
the First Baptist church and at 6
o'clock will enjoy a banquet, DR..
Frank Strong presiding.
The Program.
Following is the program for tonight
and Friday:
| THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2O-8 P. M.
Place, the Auditorium.
Address, THE New Attitude Toward
| Drill'-Wm. c. Bagley. ''Is the Work
Growing Better ?''-Dr. William E.
| Chancellor.
Third General Session.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21-9 A. NJ.
Place, Grand Opera house, Jackson
street, between Sixth and Seventh.
KANSAS PROGRAM.
General theme: "An Educational
| Platform for Kansas"
Addresses to be limited to fifteen
minutes each:
Chancellor Frank Strong presid ent'S
address.
Pres. Henry ]. Waters, 1.-THE Mean
ing of Technical Education"
Pres. Joseph Hill, standards and
|
Prin. H. L. Miller, Teachers Sal
aries and Pensions"
Miss Mary Montieth, Diversity of
Gifts. but Unity of Spirit"
Supt Lawrence w. Mayberry, The
Elimination of Waste in the Elemen-
tary school,
State Supt. Edward T. Fairchild,
"Some Kansas Public School Prob
IemS.'
| Business session
| Of committees election of
| officers, etc.
Round Table Meetings.
| FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21-2 P. M.
| l. City superintendents' round table.
Place, high school auditorium. Super
| intendent A. F. Senter, Great Bend,
| chairman.
| II. Physics and chemistry round ia
BILE. Place, auditorium manual training
| building Principal r. w. COppedSe.
Topeka, chairman. General theme:
| Elimination of Wastes in the Physical
Sciences.
II. Botany and zoology round table
Place, room F, high school building.
DIR. C. E. McClung, University of Kan
sas, chairman. General theme: Stand
| ardization of Work in the Biological
| Sciences.
". Music round table. Place, lee
ture room, First Baptist church, Ninth
and Jackson streets. Dean c.. S. Skill
ton, Lawrence, chairman. General
| theme: Making the Teaching of Music
| Efficient in the high school.
V English round table. Place, First
Presbyterian church, Harrison street,
between Eighth and Ninth. Leila f.
Douthart, Kansas City, Kan, high
school, chairman. General theme: Can
the Teaching of English Be at the
same Time Idealistic and Unitarian?
| vi. Latin round table. Place, lecture
room. First Presbyterian church. Mar
tina S. Whitney, Wellington, chairman.
General theme: Are We Wasting Time
on nonessentials?
VII. German round table. Place, au-
dience room, First, Congregational
church. Harrison and Seventh streets.
T. w. Todd, Washburn college, chair
man. General theme: The Standard
ization of German in the High School
VIII. History and Sociology round
table. Place, Y. NJ. c. A. building,
Ninth and Quincy streets. Miss Bertha
Hamilton, Emporia, chairman
TX. Pedagogy round table. Place,
Unitarian church, Topeka avenue, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets. DIR. ].
r. Jewell Emporia, chairman.
x Ward principals round table.
Place, representative hall. Principal
o. P McCHntock, Clay grammar school,
Topeka, chairman. General theme:
Elimination of Waste.
XI. Manual arts round table. Place
auditorium, First Methodist church
Harrison and Sixth streets. Mr.. Lyle
Brewer, Pittsburg, chairman. General
theme: How to Increase the Value Of
Art and Manual Arts Teaching in the
Public Schools.
XII. Kansas Association of Mathe-
| MATES Teachers. Place. audience room,
First Baptist church, Ninth and Jack
son streets. Miss Emma Hyde, secre-
tary-treasurer. Empcria high school
General theme: Emphasis on the In
; portant in Mathematics.
XIII. Kansas College Presidents as
ISOLATION. Place, board of education
room, basement of high school build
ing. President T. D. Critics, HoIton,
secretary.
Fourth General Session.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER Els P M
Place, the Auditorium.
Address: Education for the Larger
: Life, Prof. P. P. Claxton, University Of
Tennessee.
Address: The Newest Problem in Ed
ucation; The Child, Sub-normal Nor
NAL and super-normal, DR.. Henry A
' Goddard, director of department of
: psychological Research, New Jersey
Training school.
: Convention Notes.
Registration headquarters are at the
state house. All delegates are urged
, to register.
: Those teachers who were enrolled
0 last year are required to pay the an
nual fee of fifty cents. All others will
+ be charged one dollar.
Admission to the general sessions
O at the auditorium is by registration
card and coupon only.
= The National hotel is the association
p | headquarters for officers.
: The usual rate of so cents a night
q is being charged the teachers by those
$ who have opened their homes to the
visitors, and 25 to SO cents is the fee
for meals.
The teachers of the Topeka schools
:, are keeping open house at the Manual
3 Training building each day of the
teachers meeting from noon to
O'Clock in the evening.
The male visitors are asked to visit
the Central Y. NJ. c. A. and take ad-
. vantage of the privileges of the in