The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-02
TEACHERS PENSIONS.
Topeka VIII Try the Plan Outlined in
New Law.

Teachers of the Topeka public schools
will take advantage of the new law
which make possible the payment of d
pension aggregating $500 per annum
for those teachers who comply with the
requirements of the law and are re-
tired after seeing thirty years of SER
vice.
The teachers committee of the board
of education was instructed at the
regular May meeting of the board, held
Monday night, to make plans for put
ting the system into operation. 1t was
stated by Mrs. c. J. Evans, chairman
os the committee, that out of 231
teachers canvassed, 1872 expressed the
desire to receive the benefit of the new
state law. The teachers expressed
themselves as being extremely en-
thusiastic over this law which will as
sure them comfort at the completion
of a long term of service.
Friday afternoon, May 10. was de-
clared a half holiday SO that the school
children will have the opportunity to
participate in a field day event on the
WaShburn grounds under the auspices
of the athletic association of the
schools, which was recently organized.
w. L. Driver, physical director at
Washburn, will have direct charge of
the meet and will give the school chill
dren such instruction as they require
The "Swat-the-fly" crusade is to be
taken up by the school children of To-
peka. The weapons, however, which
will be used will be of a literary nature
and will consist of essays on the fly
which will set forth the disease pro-
sect.
The American Civic league. through
Edward Hatch, ir., chairman of the fly
fighting committee, is Offering the pu-
pills of the schools s25 in prizes for the
best essays on The House Fly as
Carrier of Disease will
be divided as follows: A first prize of
$40 and a second prize of IS for essays
written by children between the ages
or II and 10 years; a first prize of s.
second prize of So and third prize
OF 81 for essays written by children be-
tween the ages of and II years. The
Kansas Anti-Tuberculosis society will
also give SO for the best essay written
by high school student on the sub
1ect. The Best Way for Preventing
tuberculosis.
1t was announced by Superintendent
L. D. Whittemore that the state board
or agriculture has agreed to pay $500
ana $zOO per annum respectively to-
wards the maintenance of a normal
and an agricultural course in the high
school. 1t was decided by the board of
education at its last meeting to include
these courses next fall in the curri-
culum, and the applications in the last
two weeks have been coming in rapidly
from those who wish to take adVant-
age of these courses.
On account of the fact that a large
number of persons are expected to take
The normal training course who are not
residents of Topeka, and in view of the
fact that the state board of education
agrees to pay $500 towards the main
tenance of the course, no fees will be
paid by nonresidents. The same ap-
plies in the case of outsiders takine. the
agricultural course
An exhibition of the work done by the
students of the high school in the
manual training and domestic science
departments will be made at the high
school buildinp May 24-26. Topekans
viii be invited to inspect the display so
tnat they may get an idea of what is
oelng accomplished by the students os
the high school in these departments.
The board decided to install dry closet
systems in the Branner and Lafayette
schools. and the clerk was instructed
to advertise for bids on the work to be
received not later than May Is Re
pairs at the Parkdale school were au-
thorized which will cost $500. The old
building will be painted and new
shingle roof put on
A report of the finance committee
showed that in the period from July ].
1910, to May 1. 1911, the amount of
money paid into the general fund was
$245. Al and the amount disbursed
$252, ,404.57, leaving a deficit of S6941 IS.
The receipts in the building fund in
that period were $35, ,7S6.26. while the ex-
penditureS amounted to $44, 1856. .3S Ieay-
ing deficit of $S.600.57
In the sinking fund the receipts were
$5,130.SS greater than the expenditures