The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-02
BETTER THAN Ever
School Plant Equipped t
Handle Army Of Children.
There Will Be Many InnOva.
tions in Topeka System.
CHANGES N The HIGH SCHOOL
The Long Hour Session Plan
VIII Be in Vogue.

Will Be in Vogue.
Local Schools VIII Open Mon
day, September II.
With the Introduction o: education
al methods new to Topeka, and the
physical improvement Of the school
plant, this city will be better equipped
than ever when the schools open Sep
TENDER IA to instruct her young. The
capital city is noted for its educational
advantages. and the present manage
ment has made every effort to put the
schools in a class by themselves in this
state.
Junior high schools. comprising the
seventh and eighth grades, will be
established in both the Sumner and
| ''ungraded rooms"-one at Harrison
and one at Grant school. These are
for the children who will make better
progress, because OF the personal at
tention that they will be given by the
teachers in charge. The number of
pupils to room will be limited to
fifteen or sixteen. Unusual stress will
be put upon physical education, and
with this in view, w. p. Mclean OF
North Dakota has been employed as
general supervisor. Manual training
and Industrial education will also be
given special attention in the grade
schools. as well as the high school.
Phillip s. Hasty will be the super
visor. In the high school long ses-
siOns will be in vogue. the hours being
from o'clock in this morning to
o'clock in the afternoon. These are
vations.
High School to Be Ready (?)
While there is still large amount
of work to be done before the remod-
cling of the high school building Is
completed, Lungren and Carlson, the
contractors, assure HI. B. Wilson, SUI
perintendent Of city schools. that all
will be in readiness for the school
session September II. The addition to
the high school, Immediately adjoin-
ing the present building on the west,
is not expected to be in readiness Tor
occupation before the first Of the year.
and in all probability the rooms will
not be opened for use before the be-
ginning of the second semester.
Grant school, on the north side, Is
in the course of remodeling, but the
work is rapidly nearing completion.
The building has been modernized and
equipped with assembly facilities
William Conry. engineer for the
schools, for weeks has had under his
supervision q force OF men who have
been making repairs at all school
buildings. other t. an the high school.
Physical Education.
w. r.. Mclean. the new supervisor
of physical education, will train the
teachers of the city schools in the
proper methods Of giving physical
training. He IL an expert In athletics,
recreation and calisthenics, and will
give the teachers the beneht OF his
knowledge through teachers meetings
and individual instruction. He will
visit the respective city schools and
will give special attention to the art
of play. In the second semester OF
school he will conduct physical classes
in a spacious and modern gymnasium
in the addition to the high school.
Phillip Hasty supervisor of manual
training and industrial education. Will
train the teachers in his line Of work.
and will map out the work for the
pupils in the individual schools. He
will keep in personal touch with the
work that is being done in each school
Miss Ellen Heartburg will be in
charge of the ungraded room at the
Harrison school, and Miss Della RAN
kin at Grant.
Two Junior High Schools.
AS a result Of the Junior high
| schools at the Sumner ana the quincy
buildings, three teachers have been
| eliminated from the teaching force.
The departmental system of instruc-
ton, similar to that In the high
school, will be in vogue. e. F. Stanley
| will be the principal at Sumner school
The seventh and eighth grades OF the
Grant school will be transferred to
the Quincy junior high school. The
eighth grade from the Harrison school
will be transferred to the Sumner
junior high school. as well as the
eighth A from t'-e Potwin schooi-
In the course Of several years. when
the condition Of the high school be-
comes congested. the first year Of the
high school will be included in the
| Junior high Soho. BY that time 1t
NAV be deemed wise to establish other
junior high schools in the city.
Payroll Is Heavy.
The teaching force OF the city
schools will number ESQ persons in
round numbers. The payroll for the
teachers will be $211,547. according
to the estimate. made by NJ. C. Hol-
man, clerk of the board. This repre-
sents an increase of $1,000 over the
| figure for last year. This il due main
ly to the automatic increase of sala-
RES Salaries of the individual teach
ers are increased each year until a
maximum is reached.
| The tax levy Of seven mills will
raise $3S5,234 for all purposes. The
estimated cost Of actual maintenance
OF schools-or the money that should
be available in the general fund-wili
be $267,376. The tax levy Of i've
mills. the maximum allowed by law,
will fall somewhat short OF raising
this amount.
| Moro Than 5000 Pupils.
The average attendance in the city
| schools the last school year was S.O63.
| An increase is expected this year as
| the report Of the school enumerator
| shows an increase in the number OF
children Of school age In Topeka. The
/ attendance at the high school will be