The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
Visitors Nov. 6 and z VIII BE
Well Entertained.
THE PROGRAM IS PUBLISHED
Men of National Reputation
VIII Serve as Speakers.
Demand for Rooms Is Heavy
Big Crowd Expected.

in Topeka to provide entertainment
and adequate accommodations for the
| five thousand teachers of Kansas who
| will be here Nov. 6 and to attend the
| ffty-f1rst annual meeting of the Kan
| sas State Teachers association. The
! Commercial club, the state education
al officials and H. B. Wilson, superin-
| tendent of the city schools, together
with the entire teaching force. have
combined to handle the entertainment
| end of the big meeting.
Members of a reception committee
will meet all trains to direct the
teachers to the state house or Audi
| torium, and it will be seen that there
are street cars or automobiles on hand
at the trains both day and night.
Local Arrangements.
| Registration headquarters will be at
I the state house. Here checking stands
will be provided and there will be tele-
phone service for the benefit of the
visitors. Autos will be on hand at the
state house to convey the teachers to
| their respective rooms. Rooms will be
assigned those teachers who have not
previously made provisions for the
same. E. F. Stanley, principal of the
Quincy school, will have a list of
thousands of available rooms.
| The 240 Topeka school teachers will
constitute one great reception commit
! tee for the purpose of seeing to it that
the wants of the visitors are looked
after open house will be observed
at the manual training building.
The Commercial club expects to
make arrangements to have a small
| army of fifty Topeka Boy Scouts on
duty each day of the meeting to act
as guides and make themselves gener-
ally useful.
Profram of Meeting.
The tentative program for the meet
ing has been published. Some of the
best known educators of the country
Will serve as speakers.
The meeting will open in the Audi
forum Thursday morning. Nov. 6, at
ten o'clock, with a pipe organ recital
by Miss Mildred Hazelrigg, supervisor
of music for the Topeka schools. DIR.
Frank L. Loveland will pronounce the
inVocat ton. The first address will be
given by Dean ]. E. Russell of the
! Teachers college, Columbia univer-
sity. The subject, Developing Initia-
tive Through School Work. DIR. Lotus
D. Coffmann of the University of IL
linOiS will speak on The Three Fold
Function of the Public Schools"
| Departmental and round tables will
be held on Thursday and Friday after
moons. They will be held in the high
school buildings and churches.
Music for the Teachers.
Thursday night, Nov. 6, a high class
musical entertainment will be given as
compliment to the teachers by the
citizens of Topeka through the Com
mercial club. Charles w. Clark. BARI
tone, and Francis MacMillen, violinist,
both well known artists, have been
booked for the occasion.
A Columbus, O., paper in it's issue of
Oct. II tells this story about Mr.. Mac
Millen:
prisoners of the Ohio penitentiary
strove in vain to control their emo
tons while they listened to the play
ing of Francis MacMillen, the violin
list, during the chapel exercises today.
After completing number of classical
selections the entertainer asked per-
mission to play something lively This
was granted and he closed his pro-
gram with a Spanish dance and
tango.
There is a touch of sentiment be-
hind the violinist's going to the peni-
Tertiary today: MacMillen was born
and reared at Marietta, o. One of his
former playmates is now an inmate
of the big prison. Desiring to give
this fellow a bit of cheer, MacMillen
asked to be permitted to play before
all the prisoners. Warden Thomas
/ Immediately made arrangements for
today's concert"
The First Session.
Miss Hazelrigg will open the ses-
sion on Friday morning with an organ
concert. DR.. James Alton James. head
of the department of history, North
western university, will deliver an adj
dress on THE Teacher of the Social
! Sciences" DIR. c. Alphonso Smith of
the University of Virginia, will speak
on English and Scotch Ballads in
America" w. B. Ross, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, will give
an address entitled, 1.-THE Present Stat
US of Education in Kansas" Reports
of committees will be the last thing
in order at this session
The speaker for the closing session
/ of the meeting has not as yet been an
| nounced. The meeting will open with
a pipe organ concert at 7:45 o'clock.
Dr. S. s. Estey will give the invoca-
i ton.
A large number of reservations have
already been made by teachers who
will be here for the meeting. There
are no more available rooms at the
| leading hotels of the city for Novem-
! Der 6 and Z. Principal Stanley, who
Will assign rooms to the teachers is of
| the opinion that there will be no diff
fculty in making provisions for all
| the visiting teachers.
Officers of the Association.
| Following are the officers of the
Kansas State Teachers association:
| w S. Heusner, Salina. president; Lillian
| Scott, Baldwin, first vice president; Anna
! E Arnold, Cottonwood Falls, second vice
president: Guy Warren, Smith Center,
! Topeka, secretary; g. NJ. Nees, Independ-
| ence treasurer.
Following the chairmen of depart
| ment meetings:
| College Dean o. G. Markham, Baldwin !;
| high school, Superintendent Guy Warren,
Smith Center; graded school, Superintend-
ent C. c. Brown, lola: rural school, Super
| intendent Anna E. Arnold, Cottonwood
Falls: primary, Prof. Lillian Scott, Bald
l win.
| Here are the chairmen of the round
tables
| kindergarten, Prof. Louise Alder, En-
poria: city superintendent, Superintend-
| ent D. c. Porter. Concordia; high school
principals, A. NJ. Thoroman, Topeka;
ward principals, Mrs O. G. Eckstein,
Wichita: history, Prof. Frank H Holder
! Lawrence; physics and chemistry, Prof