The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-13
IN ROUND TABLES
State Teachers Held Many Spe-
cial Meetings.
How Girls Should Dress Was
Topic Discussed.
POPCORN" ARGUMENT HELD
German Round Table Meeting
Was Quite Unique.
Summaries of What Took Place
This Afternoon.

Summaries of What Took Place
This Afternoon.
y Instead Of gathering in one big hall
this afternoon the thousands OF Kansas
teachers in Topeka attending the fifty
second annual meeting of the Kansas
State Teachers association split up into
nearly twenty groups. Round table
meetings were the order of things.
Household Arts Round Table.
How to get high school girls to dress
becomingly, plainly, and with proper
color combinations. and the place this
should have in the high school course
were live topics for discussion at the
household arts round Table at the
Unitarian church this afternoon.
Miss Alba Bales of the State Manual
Training Normal school, outlined a two
years course in cooking and sewing 1or
high school pupils. Miss Grace Scher-
merhorn, director Of training work in
home science. Iowa State Agricultural
college at Ames, proposed un1neo
course in household science for the
schools of Kansas. She placed special
emphasis on making the clothes and
cooking properly the food to be USED
by pupils and their parents.
Miss Caroline Morton of the Topeka
high school discussed the care and feed
ing of infants as a subject to be taught
to high school girls since the high
school girls ought to be prepared for
their greatest life work.
Mrs. Mary Pierce Van lille, Of the
Kansas State Agricultural college, re-
ports the proceedings of the seventh
annual meeting of the American Home
Economics association held at Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Miss Elizabeth Condit, of the Fort
Hays Kansas Normal school, discussed
the value of exhibits and how to pre-
pare and use them.
Miss Araminta Holman, Of the Kansas
State Agricultural college gave an in
teresting demonstration in color and de-
sign as applied to dress. She showed
how girls might be taught to select
proper color combinations in dress and
how to properly design their costumes.
Elizabeth j. Agnew, of the Fort Hays
Normal school, presided at the meet
ing.
German Round Table.
The First Lutheran church was the
scene of the unique program of this
afternoon. Under the direction of
John v. COrtelyOu, of Manhattan,
president Of the German association,
the, teachers of German OF the state
first gathered in an informal lunch
con at 1 o'clock. Following the
luncheon a social hour was INDUCED
in, after which the regular program
of the. association was carried out.
A regular popcorn" discussion took
place on the topic, do we want a
state text in German? If so, how
shall 1T be selected?" 1t was evil
dent that the situation of the selec-
ton of a state text is a delicate mat
he f4o -
free to express their opinions in the
matter.
Miss Violetta Garnett Of Nickerson
discussed, 'The Laboratory Method
of Teaching German in the High
school," and it was the consensus OF
opinion that much more converse
tional German should be used in the
teaching of the subject.
Under the direction of Professor E.
F. Engel of Lawrence, the teachers
of German enjoyed an interesting
Question Box exercise in which many
practical questions were raised and
discussed.
college, provided music for the asso-
citation.
Drawing Round Table.
The meeting Of the Drawing Round
table was held in Room 80 of the
academic high school. and was pre-.
sided over by Miss Emma Gridley, OF
Emporia, Miss Mary Bunker super.
visor OF drawing of the Topeka city
schools. with an illustrated talk or
Methods OF Teaching Drawing in the
Public Schools" Miss Bunker illus
trated the talk with specimens o.
work actually done in the city schools
of Topeka. One Of the most inter
esting features of the program wa.
the address by Ida Strawn Baker. O.
Indianapolis, on Design a Factor IL
Industrial Education" Miss Bake
showed the teachers what could b,
done by school children in designing
in dyeing and weaving. She dis
cussed also stenciling, block printing
and problems in stock printing. He
address was particularly strong II
that it showed the immediate appli
cation to the home life and hom
needs Of the pupils. These addresse
were followed by an interesting gen
eral discussion.
History Round Table.
Memorial hall, nome Of the Kansa
State Historical society, was rededi
Gated this afternoon by a large gath
ering Of Kansas history teachers. TIL
history teachers OF the state partici
pated in their first annual luncheon a
IL o'clock. noon. in the First Presby
terian church. after which they me
at Memorial hall for social function
in which Governor E. w. Hoch,
member Of the state board of admin
istration, was the guest of honor. TIL
program following the social functio
was presided over by Prof Ralph T
Rice Of the Kansas State Agricultur:
college.
The feature of the afternoon ORC
gram was the address by E. w. Hoe
on Training for Citizenship" tn
speaker insisted that there is no othe