The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-11


the First Presbyterian church, by her
teacher, Mr.. Herman Springer.
The program which Miss Gohlke
will give is as follows:
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9 Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me-. Handel
Nymphs and Fauns. Remberg
Du Bist De Ruiz. Schubert
Wfegenlied OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Brahms
DE Mainacht .......--........... Branins
Der NussDaum -..-......'..... ocnuInan
Wlumuhg --.-..... ..''.''--' ocnu
tomorrow .....-'. Il STRAUSS
now Sleep the crimson Petal .Quilter
Fair Jessie (Cycle of Seven Songs)....
The Star .--..........-....-..'- EEoger
Her Love Song. ............-..-..;; saiteT
X X X
Governor and Mrs. Arthur Capper
received from to o'clock Friday
afternoon for the teachers attending
the convention in Topeka. The Gov
ernor's party for the teachers asso-
citation is an annual affair and the
chief social event of the convention.
Miss Mary Antin, lecturer and writer,
who was one of the speakers of the
convention, and Miss Grace Shepherd,
struction in Idaho, were invited to re-
ceive with Governor and Mrs. Capper,
but owing to delays in their arrange
ments, they were unable to come until
late in the afternoon.
The guests were presented by Miss
Effie Graham, who was chosen for
that office on account of her wide ac-
quaintance with people of the teaching
profession thruout the state. She was
dressed in pale yellow satin, with iri-
a fV-sr
scarf about the shoulders. Mrs. Cap
per wore green crepe de chine, with
bodice of white lace and a trimming
of dark fur.
Assigned thru the rooms of the
lower and upper floors were the
members of the social department Of
the Woman'S club. An invitation was
given to all the members to help at
the party. The assisting women were
directed by Mrs. George w. Park
| hurst, chairman of the social DEPART
ment. The women were stationed
thru the drawing room to welcome the
guests, to direct them to the serving
rooms, to usher them upstairs, and to
introduce them to each other and to
the Topeka people. Mrs. Parkhurst's
gown was white crepe de chine and
white lace.
Pink and white chrysanthemums
were used to decorate the hall of the
Capper home. In the drawing room
was tall basket of red roses The
breakfast room was decorated with
red carnations and the beams of the
cellng were wound with boughs of
autumn leaves. In the dining rooTn
there was a table decoration of daisies
and yellow and bronze chrysanthe-
NUNS box of blooming plants
stood in one of the windows The
serving was done in the dining room
and the breakfast ROOM
|
| The Kansas Dinner club which
meets annually in connection with the
State Teachers association convention
| d1ned at the First Methodist church
+ rioay night. A program of short,
| informal speeches were made durin e
the dinner hour, and after the dinner
! Off1cerS were elected Thew are.
President, Miss Ella M Mahaffie. a
grade school principal of Kansas Citv-
Kan; fIrst vice president, Mrs. Mary
P1erce van Z1le, dean of women at the
Kansas State Agricultural college
second vice president, Miss Achsa h
i Harris of Emporia of the State Nor
NAL school; secretary-treasurer Miss
Ethel Aldrich of the Topeka high
school. The retiring officers are. Mrs
Cora G. Lewis, president; Miss Laura
l. Ewing, vice president; Mrs Fannie
| X. Vickery, second vice president.
Mrs. Helen T. Butterffeld, secretary
| treasurer
| MISS 1IdCe SnepnerO OF Idaho
| made a brief address She served a
state superintendent of public instruc-
| ton in Idaho. She was a Kansas wo-
| man before she went west. Miss Eu-
| lalla Nev1ns, county superintendent of
Ford county. spoke of the work the
teachers of Kansas are doing for the
state and their plans for greater use
| fulness in the future
Mrs. Kate S. Herman was intro
| duced as the only woman superin-
! tendent of school for the deaf in the
United States. She is at the head OF
the school at Olathe. THE children
of the school," she said. ARE from Z
to 23 years of age. We give them
their education as far as the junior
year in high school and prepare them
for the college for the deaf in Wash
ington, D. c., the only institution of its
kind in the world. We send to that
school every year from two to six stu
dents The schools for the deaf are
pioneers in vocational training"
Miss lisa Green, superintendent OF
the school for the blind in Kansas
City, also the only woman holding
such position in the country, told
something of the institution. "Our
youngest pupil" she said. lis years
of age and the oldest is "a. We edu-
to add a junior high school course
We find that our students, like all
other blind people, always want to be
treated just as seeing people are treat
i ed. They resent any difference being