The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-02

will be sure to show the visiting teach
erS every possible courtesy. NV teach
erS are delighted with the program
| and L have seldom seen a more pro-
| fitable program for the teachers of all
| the schools
peka says; "It will be a pleasure for
the Topeka teachers to extend to the
visitors every possible courtesy. We
are looking forward to the meeting
with the most pleasant anticipation.
Every one of my teachers will be there
! to work for the good of the visiting
| teachers"
Parsons will send her entire corps
of 81 teachers to Topeka on Novem-
Der It'll and 8th to attend the state
teachers meeting" writes T. A. Cor
dry. IF. L. Pinet, of the city schools
Is planning to secure a special train
to care for the Parson teachers and
the teachers of Oswego, AItamont,
Erie and other neighboring towns"
THE semi-centennial of the organ
ization of the Kansas State Teachers
association, November 7th and Sth,
will excel all other meetings of the
teachers in numbers and the variety
and character of good things for the
teachers in the schools writes Su-
perintendent J. E. Edgerton of Man
haitian. THE teachers of the Manhat-
tan city schools, "a in number, will at
tend the entire session. The board of
education has not only encouraged
their attendance, but has urged all
teachers to be present"
'FWhat to See in Topeka"
What to see in Topeka" was the bur
den of an address delivered by Superin-
tendnt Aldrich before the Russell County
Teachers association at Russell. He said
in part: You will have a chance to see
Washburn college, one of the largest de
nominational schools in the state. You
can visit the observatory and see tie
ia y1yaE Of iT0TNi nd
east of California You can visit the
Daily Capital and State Journal. see the
of these great enterprises. The Santa Fe
railroad shops, the largest in the world,
are located in Topeka. You can visit them
ana see every step in the process of MAX
ing the cars, engines and other railroad
equipment If it is your first visit, from
the dome of the state house you can sec
the city which resembles a grove more.
than our usual conception of a CONNER
cial center While in the building you can
lections of the Historical society. visit
the agricultural department, the state il
brary and the legislative halls. Nearby
is the city library, which contains one
of the best collections of painting in the
United States and models of some of the
statuary- While in Topeka you should
take the cars to North Topeka and visit
the BOYS Industrial school. SupeIintend-
ent Iarles will be glad to show you
around and explain many of the problems
that the school must meet, the symptoms
of which are present in many of your
schools
Round Table Program.
A round table program that is particu-
larry strong is that which has been ar
ranged by Miss Kathleen McNutt of To-
peka, president of the Art round table,
and which will be held in the Sunday
school room of the First Presbyterian
church.
The program will include:
Address, William H. Vogel, supervisor
of art, Cincinnati, Ohio, The Practical
Side of Public School Art.
Illustrated talk, Lydia Bolmar, Topeka
high school, Design as Applied to High
School Sewing.
Address, Prof. VIM. A. Griffith. director
fine arts department, Kansas University,
The Requirements of a Successful Art
Teacher.
Informal talk, Mrs. Lenore Doster
school,, Kansas City. Mo-, The Progress
of Art in the Schools of the Far West.
Free discussions of all addresses led by
Miss Ella Weeks, art instructor Manhat- |
tan Agricultural college.
The main object of this program is to |
emphasize the utilitarian side OF art; its |
relations to home and commercial activ- |
tiles; its value and standing in the educa- |
tional world. Mr.. Vogel ranks as one of |
natl is well known for the high quality |
of its art work and Mr.. Vogel will have |
teachers. Miss Bolmar has been working |
for two years on a course of design for the |
sewing classes which would teach funda- |
mental art principles applied to dress. |
This is practically a new thing and has |
proved to be very successful and is ex- |
tremely interesting. Prof. Griffith, as
head of the art work in Kansas univer- |
sity, is we'll known and his subject is |
certainly of great interest to US all. Mrs. |
Cooke has spent the past year travelling |
through the west, and has visited schools |
in various cities. Her art training and |
practical experience in teaching make her /
opinion and observations of great value |
to teachers who are awake to modern |
tendencies in art
Special Attractions
Probably nc other one attraction at tho !
coming meeting of the State Teachers
association will prove so popular as the |
addresses by Reuben Post HaIieck of |
Louisville KY. The teachers of the state |
remember the Halleck Hteratures and |
psychologists, and the educational leaders
of the state are all familiar with the fact
that Professor HalIack is one Of the most |
leaders in national education |
today. He has done more than any other
one educator to revise high school courses
in order to make them practical ana az
tractive to growing boys and girls.
Mrs. Goodwin Thorne-Thornpson, who is |
on the program, is a primary teacher with
a message. She is at present supervisor
dren's Training school Of the University
of Chicago. She has worked in county
teachers institutes in practically every
state in the Union and has been called
into the highest councils of the educators
" no have dealt with the problems of pri-
mary work
TIE Smith Ari1hmetics recently ADOPTED
by The state text book commission for a /
term If five years were written by Dr.
David eugene Smith Of Columbia unfver- |
sity, WHO has recently accepted an invita-
ton to address the teachers of Kansas at