The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-07
The Organisation Of the KAN
sas State Teachers.
GROWTH HAS Been STEADY
Annual Meeting Now Great
School Of Education.
Army Of tsSchoOl Ma'ams" viii
Study Methods.

Fifty-two years ago. on September
%. thirty-four teachers of the young
est state in the union organised the
Kansas State Teachers association.
The great civil war was being
fought. Kansas had sent more men to
the front than any other state of
equal population. War in its most VI
cious form had destroyed Lawrence.
Every border of the young state was
q fighting line. whether with guerillas
on the east or other savages along
the three frontiers. Such was the
order of the time when the association
was formed.
As the teachers gather once more
all Europe may be said to be In arms.
OF its four hundred millions, all but
a mere fraction are in the thick OF
see thousands of teachers meeting to
consider the welfare of the children.
If the gospel they preach is not the
true one. what Is the future OF the ma
schools proclaim-intelligent citizen
ships all that men say will keep
mankind from darkness such az the
dark ages knew. And 1t IL to perfect
the work Of the schools of the state
that the teachers will meet in great
numbers in Topeka next week.
school OF Education.
Just as every idea develops. 30 tho
thought Of the teachers has grown.
The old order changeth. The meet
ing of the teachers next week will be
more than any former association or
| convention it will be in fact a school
| of education, an all-state institute.
That this is so, 10 to the credit Of tho
associations of the past. and the lead
ership that directed the course which
Kansas State Teachers association has
| held. The credit IL no less the reward
xxIpr ,nfH t11n, 1T IN
work than it is the due of the capable
leadership of today. There IL glory
enough for all.
The new character of the associa-
ton is proved by the greater numbers.
No mere social thought could bring
| thousands of teachers long distances
| nor justify the closing OF many schools.
In the old days when the meetings
were held during the holidays. the So
cial thought was perhaps uppermost.
But the Roadway was slow. Tho
thought took hold of the leaders to
make 1t part of the work Of the
teacher. to hold Il in term time. and
to fix the basis of the association on
yearning or late ideas of profession.
And SO the new order was made pos
sible.
The New Consciousness.
i The Kansas State Teachers associa-
ton is today nothing II not profess
came about under G.. s. Risdon. Frank
Strong. 4. E. Pearson, H. J. Waters,
in turn, and which crystallixed into
organization under w. s. Huesner, has
proved itself sp!cndidly effective un-
der the direction of L. A. Lowther.
And so it is more than an any mere
association today, it is an institution
based upon service to the state and
magnified by the finest Of professional
spirit.
The program for the coming meet
ing is one that reflects the thinking
which the men and women of the
schools are doing. There is no phase
which the learning process requires to
be complete which does not have equal
part with every et;ler.
One Hundred Per Cent Strong.
No one can justly say that the COL
lege element is stronger than that of
, the rural school. nor that the high
school has handicapped the primary or
grades. And one who reads 1t through
must get the thought Of the unity Of
the school system no less than the
larger appreciation of the several
parts. And that is why town after
! town has sent word that the delegation
that is coming from their schools Is
"One Hundred Per Cent" Of their
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