The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
SPLIT TEACHERS
CONVENTION into
a. PARTS TODAY
Topeka, Salina, Wichita and
Pittsburg Get Meetings.
All Must Furnish AccOmmOda-
tiOnS Teachers Got Here.
new OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
j. o. Hall, of Hutchinson, Is
Named President.
Each District Has It's Own Vice
President.
All Must Furnish AccOmmOda.
tiOns Teachers Got Here.
new OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Each District Has Its Own Vice
. President.
NEW OFFICERS, KAN. TEACHERS

NEW OFFICEItS, hAN. IElACHEhS-
j. o. Hall, superintendent of
Hutchinson city schools, president.
Miss Annie Crouch, superintend-
ent Wabaunsee COUNTY schools,
vice-president of the Northeast
section.
c.. A. Shiveley. superintendent of
| the Northwest section.
j. HI. Clement, superintendent of
! the Dodge City schools, vice-presi-
/ dent of the Southwest section.
j. w. Miley, superintendent of
| Crawford county schools, Vice-presi-
dent of the Southeast section.
S. NJ. Nees, Independence, treas
urer, (re-elected).
| The Kansas State Teachers associa-
ton was today divided into four sec
tions. The organizations board of di-
rectors, meeting here IN the office of
w. D. Ross, state superintendent of
public instruction, made the division
according to authority given them in
amendments to the constitution adopt
] ed here by the teachers in November.
| The board also elected officers for
the ensuing year, naming ]. o. Hall,
superintendent of Hutchinson city
schools, president Hall was also a
member of the board of directors
when elected but resigned Immediate
| ly from the board and S. P. Roland,
superintendent of Reno county, was
named director in his place.
In dividing the annual convention
/ of the association, the board of direc-
tors virtually split the state in four
! a Northwest section, Southeast sec
! ton and a Southwest section. The
! directors then proceeded to name a
| convention city for each section. To-
peka and Kansas City were nominated
as the meeting places for Northeast
section. Topeka won every vote and
was formally designated the conven-
ton city in 1918 for it's territory.
! Salina Gets Meeting.
| Salina and Hays were nominated for
the meeting place of the Northwest
section. In the ballot, SaIina won.
/ the Southwest section. Wichita was
/ chosen. Pittsburg was chosen with
out opposition for the Southeast sec
! ton.
were selected with the understanding
that the sectional association meetings
would be held therein providing the
cities chosen would give satisfactory
guarantee of their support, both as to
accommodations auditorium and
| finance, the latter necessary in put
ting on big programs. 1t is up to the
Chamber of Commerce or CONNER
cial clubs in the cities named to as
sist with the programs as Topeka has
been doing in the last several years
| Every year the state convention was
held here the Chamber of Commerce
furnished one of the general programs.
This generally served as the feature
session. E. L. Pinet, secretary, and
w. D. Ross, chairman, will get in
touch with the commercial bodies in
| Topeka, Salina, Wichita and Pittsburg
imme diately and if they extend their
I full cooperation the choice of cities
today viii be finally approved at the
January meeting of the board.
The time for the sectional conven-
tions was set for November Z, and
9. Each section will probably hold
but a two-day convention, however
The three days are provided for sc
that two sections may meet November
7 and 8, and the other two November
| 8 and 8. In this way it will be pos
sible to get big talent. for addresses
and give the speakers chance to ad-
dress more than one convention.
Council Meeting in 1919.
1t was decided that no meeting o1
the newly created council of admins
tration would be held this schoo
year. meeting will be called. how.
ever, during the 1888 school year
probably in January, 1919. This body
with a membership of about 1,20(
will meet annually in Topeka.
II COnSlQSTdDt6 DuSlU0SS OlI10T lIldt
that of electing officers and dividing
the convention came before the board
of directors. The Kansas grade teach
ers' association came forward with J
request for a more free Interpretation
of the constitutional provision gov
erning membership in the education
al council. Heretofore, each city, nc
matter how large or small, has beer
allowed only one representative tC
the council. NJ. E. Pearson, superin-
tendent at Kansas City; L. A. Lowther
superintendent at Emporia and Lii
liam Scott, of Baker university, wert
named as a committee of three *
see what could be done in obtaining
larger representation for the grad.
schools.
Prof. Walter Burr of the Kansa:
of the speakers bureau of the coun
Gil of defense, appeared before the
, board and asked that the directors CO
operate in bringing as many teacherl
as possible to Topeka January 16
: when the Kansas war conference will
be held. The board voted unanimous
|, Iy to cooperate in every way in bring
, ing the teachers before the session.
New Text Book Board.
The agreement between the bcarC
of directors and the state text bool
commission as to approval of STATE
text books was taken up. A commit
tee. it was voted, will be named to ac
as a board of approvals and pass OF
all text books submitted to the com
: mission. L. W. Mayberry, Wichita
: j. c. Myer, Mcpherson, and E. b. All
baugh, Clay Center, were named t,
act as a committee to nominate mem
bers for this board of approvals
The board authorized the presiden