The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-08

Last Big Meeting ut Auditorium
Was Fine Ending.
THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED
Visitors Appreciated Entertain
ment of Topeka Citizens.
Miss Hazelrigg's Musical Pro-
gram Was q Feature.

- \ oAAA w ~ . = NesseAS
The fifty-first annual meeting OF the
Kansas State Teachers association
the largest in the history of the or
ganization-is a thing of the past me
main force of the suit case brigade
has departed, although several nun
dred Kansas teachers remained IN tne
capital city today to visit with friends
or to shop.
The teachers were pleased with the
entertainment provided by the citizens
they like Topeka and are always
glad to come here And they dlo not
hesitate to express themselves TO tnar
effect They, moreover, voted to &C
cept the invitation of Topeka to make
this city the permanent home OF the
organization.
This resolution the teachers passed
at the closing meeting in the audlto-
rum Friday night:
We wish to express our apprecla-
ton Of the kind reception given US by
citizens of Topeka and for courtesies
extended to the teachers of the state
through the Commercial club OF this
city. Their efforts to add to our COM
fort and the excellent entertainment
for our benefit have greatly contrib
uted to the pleasures of this meeting
DR.. E A Steiner Of Grinnell. Iowa,
who has spoken in Topeka on several
other occasions, gave the address OF
the evening on THE Challenge Of
the American spirit" Although the
hour was late when he began to speak
he held the close attention of the large
crowd that filled the auditorium The
musical program pleased Miss Mill
dred HazeIrigg. supervisor Of music
for the Topeka schools. gave a short
recital on the big pipe organ. The
Carlton Wood Ensemble which made
it's first public appearance IN Topeka
played several selections in approved
style. The members of the organiza-
Miss Esther Watts, violin. Mr.. Frank
Jehlik. viola; Mr.. Hubert Erwin,
cello. and Mrs. Gertrude Tracy Wilson,
piano
Resolutions for Rural Schools.
Resolutions recommending the reor-
ganization of the district school with
a view to greater attention being paid
to knowledge needed in rural COM
munities, a reorganization of the coun-
ty normal institute. to put 1t in more
harmony with modern needs; free high
school tuition for all boys and girls;
the operation of demonstration farm
and the employment of a farm demon
in resolutions adopted Friday night by
the members of the Kansas State
Teachers association
The enactment of law making the
county the unit of school organization
was urged Departments of agriculture
in every high school in the state were
also favored With a view to further
ing the Standardization of rural
schools, law was recommended. pro-
viding for an examiner of rural schools,
who should be an attache of the depart
ment of education. and devote his en-
tire time to the supervision and stand
ardization of rural schools, acting joint
ly with the county superintendent, ard
that all graduates of rural schools
thus accredited be admitted to any
high school in the state without ex-
animation
more attention to the physically weak
or defective child. and that teachers
be able to make simple physical ex-
aminations, were recommended
A more serious consideration of con-
solicitation of rural schools is urged
schools A concentration of the courses
of study in rural schools is also IA
vored
Educational Council.
The educational council Of the as
ISOLATION was endorsed
Resolutions holding that Uniform
ity of text books implies Uniform
ity of length of term. Uniform courses
of study, and uniform conditions I'M
der which study is done, and point
ing out that the needs of the high
schools of Kansas vary from the large
city high schools to the one-room
high school SO that under these
widely different conditions uniform
texts are not uniformly useful were
adopted 1t was recommended that
state uniformity of high school text
books be abandoned and that the
state text book commission be au-
thorized to adopt list of three text
books in each subject. thus enabling
the school boards of cities of the
first and second class, and the school
boards of all other districts main
tanning high schools to select from
the approved lists books adapted to
their particular needs
Text Books.
On the subject of text books the
resolution says further.
There is no reason why the state
should directly or indirectly lessen
the efficiency of its schools by pre-
venting the use OF supplementary
books in communities willing to sup
ply them There are conditions ne
culiar to each community. and some
times peculiar to classes in the same
school. that could be met by the use
of supplementary books.
Therefore, we recommend that the