The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

''The Study of Industrial History"
Address, superintendent w. S. Robb
Eureka. ''The Use of Facts in the
| Teaching of History
Physics and Chemistry Round Table
Place. Manual Building Auditorium
Eighth and Harrison streets
Professor A. E. White, Kansas City
High School, chairman.
Address, DR.. Louis A. Kahlenberg
| Head of Chemistry Department, Uni
versity of Wisconsin. General discus
sion of the subject, 1.-THE Teaching OF
Science
Botany and zoology Round Table.
Place, Lecture Room, First Christian
Church, Topeka avenue, between Sixth
and Seventh.
Edith NJ Twiss. Washburn College.
chairman.
Address, DR.. John M. Coulter, Profess
sor of Botany. University Of Chicago.
THE Character of High School Bot
any"
Address, DR.. Charles E. Bessey. Pro-
fessor of Botany, Nebraska University.
Laboratory Equipment for Teaching
Botany in High Schools"
English Round Table.
Place. First Presbyterian Church,
Harrison street, between Eighth and
Ninth.
J. w. searson, Kansas State Agricul-
tural College, chairman.
SGl6ClGQ MuSlCs OTSO W. cLA
hurst, Topeka.
MISUNDERSTANDING and Life.
(Fifteen- minute addresses.) 1.-THE Love
of Literature Professor Dunlap, State
University. 1.-THE Power of EXPIRES
sion,'' Professor Brink, State Agricul-
Selected Music. Mrs. Geo. w. Park
hurst, Topeka.
English and Life Ideals" Dr. Will
liam P. Trent, Professor of English,
Columbia University.
Reading as a Basis of English
appointment of Commission on
English for Elementary Schools.
appointment of a Commission on
English for High Schools.
Election of officers.
Latin Round Table.
Place, United Presbyterian Church,
Eighth street and Topeka avenue.
Felix e. Held, College of Emporia,
chairman.
Address. DR.. Menjamin L. D'Ooge.
Michigan state Normal School.
Teaching of the Latin Language"
General discussion.
Question box.
Note-In the absence Of Dr. Held.
DR.. o. C. Markham, of Baker Univer-
sity, will preside.
German Round Table.
Place, Lecture Room, First Congre-
gationaI Church. Seventh and Harrison
T. W. Todd. washburn College.
chairman.
Report of the Committee of Five.
recommending a proposed standardiza-
ton of the German course in Kansas
high schools. to be discussed under the
following heads:
(a) Purpose and Aim of German In
struction in the High School.
OBJ Preparation of the Teacher of
German.
Co Scope of the Work in German.
Cd Special Consideration of the Va
rious Language Disciplines.
(e) Schoo1-room Aids.
Report presented by Prof. H. o.
Kruse, University of Kansas, chairman
of committee.
Address, M. BIakemore Evans. Pro-
fessor of Germanic Language and Lit
erature, State University, Columbus,
Ohio.
Questions and General Discussion.
Business Session.
Manual Training Round Table.
Place, High School Auditorium,
Eighth and Harrison streets.
H. H. Braucher, State Normal. EN-
poria, chairman.
Our Motto: more and Better Man
ual Training in the Schools of Kansas"
Address. c. J. Smith. Hays. Mech |
anical Drawing a Desirable High
school Elective
Discussion. John E. Gilbert. En-
poria. Text Books Available
A. NJ. Bumann. Pittsburg. Its Re-
Iation to Shop Work"
Address, Charles A. Bennett. Profess
sor Manual Arts, Bradley Polytechnic |
Institute. Peoria, III. Some of the |
Newer Problems of the Manual Train |
ing Teacher
Question Box, Doctor Bennett.
General Discussion.
Election of Officers.
Household Arts Round Table.
Place, Y. w. c. a Building, Seventh /
and Van Buren, streets
Ellen L MeIdrum, Kansas City High
School, chairman.
Address Miss Isabel Ely Lord, Pratt |
Institute. The Future of Household |
Arts in the Public School"
Address, Mrs. Mary Pierce Van Zile,
K s. A G. What Work in Domestic
Science and Agriculture Can Best be
Done in Our Smaller High Schools ?"
Discussion, Mrs. Beth Warner Null,
K s N s.
Address. Miss Gertrude Finn. K. S.