The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-02
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became evident to me at once that
this was relating himself to children
IN homes and in the various churches
In way that could not but be OBJ
1ect1onable to the parents and to
church officers concerned.
The membere of the teacheras
! committee and have tliscsissed this
matter more than once and have felt
no little concern that the names of the
children should have been secured
House to go to the schools.
personally. I have received no OBJ
Jectionable treatment either from Mr..
House or from any published matter,
SO far as I know, until January, 1914,
issue of the Junior Herald began to
,, be circulated. Greatly to my surprise,
found my half-tone. with my name
under 1t and with my official position
indicated. following which was a little
abbreviated sketch covering my train
ing and experience. I found published
on page six of this issue a copy of the
letter to principals which 1 had given
Mr.. House, with the letter head of the
board of education reproduced, thus
giving this communication its full
official force.
mo one thing which I have ever
encountered in my experience has been
more offensive to me than the thing
which was done on the part of the
Junior Herald in publishing my photo
graph and also the aforesaid letter.
. Not only was my consent to use them
not obtained. but I had no knowledge
that he contemplated doing such 4
thing. In the same little paper ap-
peared an article which had written
by his request: I have no regrets
Whatever in reference to that. but that
he should use the other materials from
me In the way he has and by that
seem to imply my full endorsement of
him and his plan, was wholly unwar-
ranted and amounts to a misrepresen-
tation. The fact is that he secured
my photograph by seeing it mounted
in photographers display case and
then going in and buying a reproduc-
ton of it without ever speaking to me-
the published letter shows that it was
to be used in taking up his plan and
purpose in the schools. He never did
speak to me of using it in any other
, way
! Il shall be glad to have the infor-
! mation this letter contains given as
wide publicity as possible, for while
I an, in no way cOndemning wholesale
] or finally either Mr.. House or the
J Junior Herald, it is manifest1y unjust
/ that people seeing it should be allowed
! to infer that the publication of my
photograph and of this letter carries
with it my personal endorsement OF
the Herald or the Junior Association
or of those back Of them
l. Mr.. House. who was present at the
meeting, was asked TO make some eX-
plantations. But these explanations
did not change the attitude of the min
listers. DR.. F. L. Loveland made the
statement that the ministers and Sun.
day school officials Of Topeka are per.
fectly capable of handling their affair.
without having an outsider step in
The field of the Junior association
work is said to be nation wide, al.
though the organization is a com.
paratively new one.
At the meeting this morning Mr.
House admitted that he had made
mistakes. He asserted that his inten
tions were good, however. and that hi
would discontinue the literature urg
ing children to attend other Sunda,
schools when cards were not signed.