The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-08

help all they could. Others will be
equally willing, it is thought
Social Features.
a fourth feature will be the definite
organization of the social program for
the three days sessions. Governor
and Mrs. Capper will issue an Invita-
ton to the teachers of Kansas for a
reception on one afternoon, and a
number of other functions will be
held in honor of the guests while in
Topeka. The Schoolmasters' club and
the Kansas Dinner club probably Will
and it Is possible that number of
other organizations will have pro-
grams on that evening.
Educators of National Note.
The chief feature of every associa-
ton is the professional phase of the
program. While every effort will be
made to make the social and enter
tainment features of the meetings un-
usually attractive. an equally strong
effort is being made to bring to Kan
sas a group of educators, each OF
whom has achieved success in the de-
partment of education which he rep
resents. Among the ones who have
already signifed their willingness to
come are the president of Mount HoI-
yoke, DIR. Mary f. Wooley; Mrs. Cora
Wilson of Frankfort, Ky, who will
speak on 1.-The Moonlight Schools of
Kentucky a lecture that won an ova-
ton for the speaker at the n. e. A
meeting; DR.. Dykema, the greatest eX-
ponent of community music in Amer
lea, and DR.. A E. Winship, the most
versatile educator probably in the
country and a master of public
speaking.
Others have been invited. Among
the educators that the teachers of
Kansas are asking for are Dr. George
Vincent of the University of Mime
sofa; DR. John II. Finley, commission
er of education for New York state;
President E.. A. Alderman of the Uni
versity of Virginia; DR.. G. f. Jones of
North Dakota, the man who is doing
more than any other school man to
secure practical results in the use of
the mother tongue; DR.. Storms, Min
neSota university, a great authority
on the teaching of agriculture; DR..
G. F. Hodge if the University of Ore
gon specialist in plant and animal
study in the grades; DR.. Breckenridge
of Chicago, household arts leader; DR..
VIM Belts of Syracuse, N. Y, who
has come to the front recently with
new theories for the better teaching
of mathematics, and State Super1n-
tendent j. Y. Joyner of South Caro-
lens.
OF course it is too early to say just
which ones of these can be secured,
but the list will serve to show the
of the Kansas State Teachers asso-
citation is seeking to make the COM
ing sessions of the organization they
represent rise to the high standards
which have been maintained by the
educators of the state in the past, with
the additional element which the in
crement of success implies. If the
structure of the program can be build
ed according to the blue prints" of
which Miss Scott is the chief archi-
tect, the teachers of Kansas may be
expected to enter into the gates with
rejoicing in November, in numbers
hitherto unequaled. Topeka people
who have come to look forward to
the annual meeting of the teachers
association as the most interesting
event of the convention year will read
with pleasure of the splendid efforts
that the executive committee is put
ting forth to make the meeting this
year unsurpassed in any state in the
Union, and the teachers of Kansas will
read of it with no little pride and
much appreciation.
Members of Executive Committee.
The members of the, committee are
Miss Lillian Scott, president of the
association; w. d. Ross, eX officio
member; Henry Coe Culbertson of
Emporia, chairman of the college Sec
ton; Mrs. Hattie Moore Mitchell of
Pittsburg chairman of the, primary
man of the high school section; G. e.
Rarick of Osborne, chairman of the
graded school section, and S. P. Row
land Of Hutchinson, chairman of the
rural schools section. D. A. Ellsworth
is the secretary for the executive COM
mittee.
The meeting on Saturday was the
first to be held. Miss Scott has been
busy ever since her election finding
out what the teachers of Kansas want
to hear and scouting for talent that
is available for November. While it
is impossible to close contracts so
early in the year, a tentative pro-
gram was outlined for the general and
sectional meetings, as well as the mat
ter of providing speakers requested
by the round tables. Owing to the
initiative taken by Miss Scott it was
possible to formulate a program in
a general way that bids fair to be one
of the finest in the history of the asso-
citation.