The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-26
LOOK FOR 5000
Problem of Entertainment Of
Visiting Teachers Taken Up
At Meeting Held in the Conn
merciaI Club Rooms.
BIGGEST OCCASION
In the History Of the State AS
BIGGEST
In the History Of the State AS
ISOLATION LIS Anticipated.
Merchants Are Urged to Deco
rate their Business Houses.

Il wouldn't be surprised to see 5000
teachers in Topeka Thursday and Fri
day, Novembe 8 and 10, for the meet
ing OF the state Teachers association,
SAID superintendent z. T. Falrchild in
speaking before a number of local
educators and members of the Com
mercial club at a meeting held this
noon. In my opinion II viii be the
brig htest, the best and the most eiaD-
orate occasion in the history OF the
| assOcIauon.
AS in the past there Will be gen
eral and departmental and round table
meetings. A list OF twenty OF the most
prominent educators OF the country
| has been published and 1 believe that
/ it will be the richest program ever
given in connection with any state as
SOciatlOn meeting.
At the same time will be held a
| meeting of members of boards of edu-
| cation of Kansas and this will be pre-
sided over by H. S. Martin of Marion.
4 1t is estimated that there will be three
or four hundred of the board mem bers
| here to discuss important questions.
DR.. Bion Whelan, the principal
speaker of the Thursday afternoon
| program was for a number of years
! president of the state school board
association of Michigan. He has been
a member of the Hillsdale board of
i education for years. He is now chair
man OF the executive committee of the
state school board association. He is
an able speaker and an enthusiast in
| educational work. He has a live mes
sage for the school board members of
Kansas.
Entertainment of Visitors.
''The people who come here at IL,
| u and l o'clock at night can't go 10
private houses. said Superintendent
/ Fairchild, in speaking of the arrange
| ments which must be made to enter
tain the visitors. I'VE must have one
place to which the men can go and an
/ other place where the women can spend
the remainder of night in comfort. The
used in the past. I'd like to ask that
| cots be provided for these late arriy-
ais. If we don't do that we will have
| rather bitter criticisms.
| 'eThere should be people appointed
who will meet all the trains and who
viii feel a genuine interest in seeing
/ that everyone is taken care of. hope
that no one will come here and have to
sit in chairs a good part OF the night
/ as has been the case on occasions in
the past. The hotels are nearly full UP
already.
s.Roon1s in the high school building,
manual building, and certain churches
| have been engaged for meetings.
AT the Auditorium We should have
ushers who will have the authority OF
! policemen, and who will hold the doors
| shut at certain times. There has been
much trouble in the past in regard to
| persons leaving the room While speak
ing was in progress
Here is a question worrying nc
more than anything else. The meal at
the noon and the supper hours repre-
sents a serious problem. Our restau-
rants simply can't feed the crowd un-
| til ) o'clock.
| taken up with the churches and that
they be asked to serve meals. Such q
| move on the part of the church peo-
pie would be gratefully received by
/ the teachers. I'd suggest that COM
mittee be appointed to take up the
matter.
I'D suggest also, that a committee
Of Commercial club men be appointed
to care for tie men who attend the
school board meeting, and that the
members OF the board Of education
act in the capacity of a committee to
sort of act as hosts
s'If they are pleased with the meet
ing. the &C inference may become fix
ture. If they are satisfied as to their
entertainment they will go back
/ boomers and boosters for the state
4 association meeting.
/ Merchants Should Decorate.
/ IF stores would recognize the con-
vention by decorating it would be ap-
preciated.
sFor the last two years teachers op-
! ened IN rooms for receptions at manual
training building. but it prevented
! teachers from attending meetings 1t
| would be even more gracious if some
i of the ladies' clubs would look after
this phase of the entertainment
s.Then there should be cloak rooms
presided over by trustworthy boys or
~Over ct the state association II
Missouri last year a delightful feature
was the utilization of the boys scouts
as pages If this could be put into
effect in Topeka it would be a mighty
pleasing and effective courtesy
Many persons who have good homes
in Topeka have already signified their
intention of entertaining teachers, and
Z it is desired that others do this Espe-
cialiy are the near in accommoda-
tions appreciated by the visitors
E. Z. Stanley has charge of the plans
for the accommodations for the teach
ers and he asks all persons who are in
a position to entertain teachers to
send him a postcard or to call him up,
} Independent phone No. 25S6 Blue.
} Citizens are asked to invite their
, friends who are teaching in Kansas
towns to be their guests.
The following We're present at the
- Superintendent SlI,eT E. T. Fairchnd. L
S. Ferry E. F. Stanley, W. W. Whit
ney. - Connors. E. H. Crosby. Frank
P. MacLennan. L. D. Whittemore. c.
G. Starr J. VIII Kelley, o. V. Hender-
SON DR.. r. s Magee.
The following is an interesting
statement made by NJ. z. Pearson
superintendent of the public schools
of Kansas City. Kan, who is president
Or the Kansas State Teachers asso-
Thursday and Friday, November
Mr.. Pearson says:
ss1The executive committee OF the KAN
sas State Teachers, association has beer
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