The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-07

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I'm addition to the larger unit We
should have among other things:
Free tuition in high schools for
all our boys and girls.
"a reorganized system of normal in
"The Standardization OF rural
schools and the accredtting OF high
schools under authority OF the state
board Of education.
THE removal of educational insti-
tutions and positions from politics.
and the appointment OF educators to
educational positions.
"a reorganization OF the state de-
partment Of public instruction in such
a manner as to give it the standing,
the expert help and the money neces-
educational agency-fn truth as in
name the head Of the public school
system Of the state as the constitution
says 1t shall be-
DIR. James's Address.
The first address in connection with
meeting was on THE Teacher OF the
Social Sciences" delivered by DR..
James Alton James, head of the de-
partment Of history of Northwestern
university. The following is taken
from his address:
The qualities that make the sue
cessful teacher are very like those
possessed by the best writer's of his
tory. To have visited the site where
on some historical event took place.
easy task. The ability of Herodotus
to captivate his readers is due in large
measure to the fact that he went in
person to the chief countries and
places OF which he wrote. How the
wilderness again becomes inhabited
with the dusky form Of the willy saw
age, the pleasure loving Frenchman.
and the calculating Englishman as we
follow the wonderful descriptions Of
Francis Parkman, who, not content
tourneyed from village to village until
he had visited the tribes Of nearly all
the northern Indians.
The Man on Horseback.
The man on horseback has always
been made the central figure Of our
textbooks. Our attention has been
called at great length to the influence
OF the maneuver and battle. While
the effects of Marathon, of Tours, OF
yorktown, OF Port Arthur and of 9TH
er world contests ought to be given
place and the names of Frederick
the Great, of Napoleon, Of Washing
ton. of Grant and of Lee will always
cause our hearts to beat a little more
rapidly, teachers Of history should
recognize more and more and exalt
the work Of other men who. as diplo-
mats, as councillors or as plain men,
gave themselves just as truly and ac-
cOinplished results quite as undyine
in the development of nations.
The history OF today demands that
We shall know China and Japan. We
cannot. if we would, get away from
our European background and ouI
Asiatic foreground, so long as immi-
grafton and colonial possessions are
words to cOn5ure with. Nor ought we
to get away from them. if history
civil government and economics, the
social sciences in other words, are to
be taught as a means of enlighten-
ment. as means OF development
And If properly taught these subjects
will furnish something more thar
the foundation for the philosophy OF
living"
Miss Bolmar on Dress.
IL The averaee Ugh school girl embraces
! according to Miss Lydia Bolmar of To-
peka. VINO read an interesting paper this
xrsa n Tae IN o the the
church. This round table has at its head
DR.: Edna Day of the State university.
Miss Bolmar said in part:
"a glance over the, average group OF
high school girls wit their freal<ish and
extravagant mode of dressing viii con
great to compensate for the trouble.
AT this age the average girl is taking
ject Of dress and, lacking a sound and sane
| basis of judgment, is constantly offend
ing the eyes by her blind endeavor to be
stylish. She takes neither herself nor heI
surroundings into consideration. but EN-
braces the latest fads and fancies with
open arms. She has yet to learn that. a
bad taste But what is good taste? 4
sna ssye H Instinct ddod tsss On
whether conscious or unconscious, a sub
mission to the rules and principles of de
bine two colors or two lines without Great
ing design. the result being good or bat
according. to the knowledge or instinc
| which guides the hand of the worker
from blindly following the erratic fash
ions Of the day, we must develop IN then al
mo ' place viii be found more suitable
f ,eT tme department for there not only tn
theory may be given, but abundant ma
terial is at hand for concrete application
course to fuifin these requirements must.
FIRST. include the fundamental princi
pies of theoretic design .,u,+v =. .rr,,
/ them to the problem at hand.
"All work may be arranged under tn
mentSwhich will be found sufficient.
| strong pegs upon which to hang on
necessary paraphernalia.
"Square Men,"
Il The meeting Of the drawing roun'
table under Alice 8. Porter Of For
Scott proved to be Of unusual inter
est. Albert T. Reid gave an illus
trated talk on Cartoons and Car
toonists" that held the attention o
those present. and H. B. Wilson. su
perintendent Of city schools at Topeka
gave a strong address on ''Th
Schools Responsibility for Enablin
Children to Discover Themselves Vo
cationally."
In the development Of this topic
Superintendent Wilson drew attentio
to the fact that many people a
about us are both unhappy and un
; profitable because square men," 6
! to speak, are attempting to work
emf shape. Two by four men al
attempting to swing eight by ten
Jobs. Not only is their effort unproi
. table, but 1t results in unhappines
/, both to the laborer and those serves