The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-08

| Those who believe that cooking and
sewing cannot be taught successfully
| in a college would have been shocked
to have heard the discussions of the
| Household Arts Round Table. Miss
| Isabel Bevier, president of the Ma
tiCnaI Home Economics association,
gave an inspiring address on the op-
portunities and obligations of Home
Economics. Theories alone will not
SUFFICE" she said, but our teaching must
reach the homes and must better home
conditions" She then gave a number
of practical suggestions by which the
teaching of Home Economics may re-
suit in lettering the conditions in the
home. The same line of thought was
followed out by DR.. Edna Day of the
University of Kansas, who insisted that
the teaching of Home Economies in the
high school must be made more prac-
teal and must be related directly to
life In the home. Miss Frances Brown
Of the State Agricultural college dis
cussed the social life side of Home
Economics and showed the necessity for
teaching this branch in order to better
community life generally.
Botany and Zoology Round Table.
Something worth while was given by
Prof. Maurice A. Bigelow of the Coz
lumbia University Teachers college on
1.-THE Teaching of Plant and Animal
Life in the High School," Prof. Bigelow
teaching of the life history of plants
and animals, young people catch the
story of their own life history. He in
sisted with constant emphasis upon the
matter of relating the story of plant
and animal life to the story of human
life Prof Herbert F. Roberts of the
Kansas State Agricultural college gave
the report of the special committee on
the teaching of plant and animal life in
the high school. This committee rec
commended that longer time be given to
the teaching of these subjects and that
greater emphasis be given to relating
the story of plant and animal life to
the story of human life
English Round Table.
Every phase of English teaching
work from the first grade through the
nigh school and into the college was
emphasized in the discussions of the
English Round Table presided over by
DR.. Edwin NJ. Hopkins of the Univer-
slty of Kansas. DR.. Percival Chubb of
the College of Ethical Culture of St
Louis, gave the principal address be-
fore the section. He emphasized the
constant need to correlate the grade
high school and college English. In
a very fascinating manner he empha-
sized some fundamental points in the
general teaching of the subject. He
believes in teaching the English that
may be used in every day life and
teaching it effectively. Superintendent
A. K. LOOMS of Peabody discussed
High School Criticism of Grade En-
glish' and superintendent J. w. Rob
erts of Sedan insisted that the high
schools could help the teaching of
English in the grades by setting high
er standards themselves and by pro-
viding the grade teachers with direc-
tons for following these definite
higher standards. The grade teaching
or language and grammar was set
forth by a series of five minute dis
cusstons by representative grades
teachers of the state followed by an
address by Professor Hopkins.
Music Round Table.
At the close of a rich and varied
program of excellent classical music
Miss Mildred Hazelrigg treated the
members of the Musical Round Table
70 rare banquet of canned" music.
The educational and cultured value of
Illustrated by means of a Victor Vic
trola in the very way in which teach
ers could use this same way of must
cal instruction in the schools. Miss
Alice Inskeep, supervisor of music,
Cedar Rapids, Ia, insisted that the
more artistic the music taught in the
public schools the more practical it is
Professor H. w. Jones eff the Branner
school discussed the problem of the
grade teacher III music and County
superintendent Eta Joe Mccoy of OF
tawa read an excellent paper on music
Ntn the rural school. The various dis
cusstons were illustrated by the Victor
Victrola, and by means of chfIdren's
orchestra and choruses
Drawing Teacher.
At the Drawing Round Table stress
was laid upon the purposeful cnSrac-
ter of the fine arts, this being brought
our effectively in the opening address