The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-07
MEN OF NOTE
As SPEAKERS

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east, Miss Kate Devereux Blake, pres
ident of the Women Principals of New
York city, will speak on The Duty Of
the Teacher Toward Peace" On FRI
day afternoon Miss Blake will adj
dress the ward principals round table
on What Books Do Your Children
speak on The Spirit Of Play in
School" These three addresses will
give Miss Blake range that is essential
to her great grasp Of school questions
As a speaker she Is in demand in every
part Of the UniOn-and particularly 50
make the issue of the hour.
DR.. Woods Hutchinson will ask the
question of his audience on Friday eve-
ming Which Is Mans Life. His Work
or His Piay?''
The Rural School.
The man who has the love of the
rural school in his heart, whether from
associations or convictions. will find
in DR.. NJ. v. O'Shea, author of many
books on education, and professor Of
education at the University of Wiscon-
sin, where a man has to be bright and
master OF his work to hold place. His
voice Is fine. and he speaks English
that Is perfect. DR.. O'Shea will speak
twice His first lecture will be what
Is OF Greatest Worth in Educatio %
and his second address will be Every
Day Traits of Human Nature
Two prominent speakers are Flora ].
Cooke, principal Of the Francis Parker
school OF Chicago and Martha Fleming
OF the School of Education, University
Of Chicago. Both Of these women have
reached the highest rank as educators
Miss Cooke will lecture twice. The
subjects are. Social Motive in Educa-
tom and The Kindergarten-Its Re-
lation to the Primary
Poetry for Children
Miss Fleming has a national repu-
tation as interpreter of the printed
page. and for her mastery of the
science of dramatic expression. Be-
fore the primary section she will
try for Children" Her second lecture
will be before the kindergartners,
The Dramatic in Education"
If the teachers of mathematics do
not get benefit from DR.. r. d. Car
michaefs lecture on Mathematics
and Life-the vitalizing OF Secondary
Mathematical it will be a surprise to
those who have asked him to come.
His reputation is such that in casting
about for the right man to give this
subject that which escapes so many
teachers OF the subject. DR.. Carmich-
ael was an unanimous choice. He
comes from Indiana university and is
an alumnus of Princeton.
Sex Education.
The question Of sex education has
given every association in the coun-
try acrimonious discussions to put it
mildly. The trouble has been that
men who had little scientific training
along these lines attempted to speak
authoritatively. And yet the teach
ers. feeling that there Is a duty. ow-
ing to neglect in the homes, too often,
have refused to taboo the subject as
| many wished to do They procured
DIR. 7. w. Galloway Of The James
Millikin university. Decatur. Ill, and
he will speak on the subject of Sex
Education before the round table OF
| the city superintendents. He will also
speak to the biology division on
Some Needed Additions to Our
Teaching Of Biology" DR.. Gallo
way Is recognized as one OF the most
sane thinkers on these problems
| Prof. Fred d. Barber Of Illinois
State Normal university will speak on
THE Present Status and Real Mean
| ing OF General Science" One of the
things that he will discuss will be the
fact that for twenty years there has
been a decline in the number Of stu
dents studying science in the public
schools.
| The progress that manual training
| has made in education has been one
| Of the remarkable school changes OF
recent years. Emery Filbey OF the
School OF Education. University OF
Chicago will speak to the manual
training round table on The Reor-
ganization Of Manual Arts Courses
and Their Relations to Industrial Ed
ucation.' L. C. Rusmisel IL the man
who has made such . big success OF
the High School OF Commerce In
Omaha His subject win be Recent
/ IN
Course OF Study" and he win attempt
to show that the so-caIled English
course in the usual high school is an
Abomfnation