Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-03-18
c. B. E. A. MEETING

Hays. March l3. The Golden Belt
! Educational Association which he Ia
| its twentieth annual sessions here
was the largest meeting of teachers
ever held in western Kansas The
official registra tion was 1197. The
registration was from TWENTY-FIVE
western Kansas Counties.
! The officers elected for next year
are, Supt. FL. Cover of Ellsworth, pre-
sident; Supt. Louis Christensen of
Hays. vice president: Miss Anna
Stanley, Grainfeld, secretary; Joseph
Kellogg, Trego county, treasurer.
The executive committe for next
year comprises, Prof. Ward w. SuiI-
ivan, Fort Hays Normal: Miss LoRee
Cave, Hill City; Supt. S. L. Soper,
RusselI; Prfn. j. Ell. Niesley, Wa
Keeney.
The winners OF the contests we're as
follows; Basket Ball. Ellsworth first.
WaKeeney second; Reading, Glass A
first, Rosland- Noble, Ellis County,
Catherine, Vaughn Graham County,
second; Reading, Cha B-6rst, !,
Gladys Carter, Wallace County, Fran
els Robinson, Ellis County, seconds,
EOratory--hrst, Judd G. Benson, Trego
County High School, second. Orlando.
Reddihgs, Logan County; Vocal Mu-
sic-First Oakley High School, second,
Ellis High School; Manual Training
First, Russell High School, second,
Oakley High School; Domestic Sci
ence@First Russell High School sec
ond Bunkerhill High School; Domes-
tic Art-Russell, first, Ellis second;
SpeIling-Helen Minor, Ellsworth,
first, Fern Shirley, second, Russell
County.
Complimentary to the teachers the
department of music of the Fort HAYS
Normal presented Haydn's Oratorio,
THE Creation" twice and Balfe's
Grand Opera, 'tThe Bohemian Gfrl,'.
The soloists included among others
Gustav Holmquist, the famous bass
singer of Chicago, A. G. Todd, tenor
of Kansas City, and Miss Pearl Siden-
ms, of the Normal faculty.
The principal speakers from outside
the Association were, Dean Jessup,
of the University of Iowa; Prof. r. H. |
Emberson, of the University of Miss
ouri: DR.. W. A. McKeever, of the
University of Kansas; Henry j. Allen, |
OF Wichita; Dean F. ). Kelly, of the |
University of Kansas: Miss Julia M. |
Stone, State Rural School Associat- |
ion; o. r. Seyster State High School |
inspector. I
The resolutions adopted by the AS
sociation Commended the legislation
which reorgsnized the state depart
ment of education especially in re-
gard to the state rural school inspect
ors. The resolutions favored the re-
moyal OF the election of state super-l
and the county superinten-
dents from. party politics. The AS
soctatien@went-onr record as recording
as ia voring r-the-.idea,that the. school
teacher should lend active support to
the movement being made to raise
the standard of motion pictures shown
In western Kansas towns. The As
sociation in its resolutions commendeo |,
the three day plan of the Association
saying that the magnitude of the
Association demanded this much time
to derive the greatest good from ALL
it's departments.
The award of attendanceb by counties
based upon mileage was as follows:
Cove 1904, Russell 1904, Graham 7II6,
Rush 5761, Logan 1852, Trego 3545,
Ellsworth 343s, Wallace 25TI This
IS the first year Rush has been in the ,
Association Rocks county Joined
1t this meeting and several other
counties had representatives at the
meetings and are contemplating en-
'ering before next year
Under the auspices of the Golden
Belt Association was held the Basket
BAH finals for the Sixth District 1
Cawker City winner c
,f the Beloit Tournament and Els !