The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22
HAVE A BIG MEET
Teachers VIII Gather Here
November 6-7-S.
Elaborate Program Has Been
Arranged for Them.
STRONG LIST OF ADDRESSES
John Kendrick Bangs One of
the Headllners.
Governor Harding Of Iowa Also
viii BE Here.
STRONG LIST OF ADDRESSES

Thousands OF northeast Kansas
school teachers will be in Topeka. No
Vember 6-7-S to attend the annual
session of the Kansas State Teachers
association. This meeting will be one
OF four held in the state the other
three being at Wichita. Salina and
HttsburE
y The detailed program for the con-
Ncnton has been announced. -Four
general sessions. five departmental
Sc 'sions. and twenty round table meet
inEs have been arranged The first
general meeting will be held Thursday
evening. November G. at the audi
torium.
The speakers Mt the general sessions
Will he Strickland Gillian; Richard
Wilson. Oklahoma state superintend-
ent; Henry Suzallo: John kendrick
BanEs; Gov. W. l.. Harding OF Iowa;
DR.. Edward \. S elmer; Supt. J. II.
Francis Of Columbus, Ohio; and Capt.
Paul PeriGord of the French army.
Big Thursday Program.
The five departmental meetings will
be held Thursday afternoon. each de
purtment meeting being called to or
der simultaneously.
The round table programs and
meetings viii take up the rest of time
during the three day session. These
meetings are the most important ones
OF the conference from the standpoint
OF tho teachers. for it is at these meet
ings TINT the teachers exchange ideas.
The subjects covered in the program
Tor the convention follow:
Tho Program Features.
Agriculture. J. W. Stockebrand. Of Law
r.uce. cha irman-Dcan +. u. Farrell. X. $.
4. C.: e. V. Williams. district federal agent
for vocational agriculture; Prof G. r.
Pumps 81 the Emporia Normal. and II. l..
kcht, state director for vocational educa-
Hnu will speak. Making BETTER Farm
~ "a and Women will be Professor Phipps
subiort
I;io'osy. physiology and hygiene. W. J.
H1umEartner, X T.. chairmHn-Practical
school room health problems viii be dis
russcd and viii be of vital Importance II
tho Influenza epidemic still threatens.
city boards ~ education, Prof. W. IT. An
drcws. Manhattan. chairman-"I Pressing
Problems clifore the Kansas schools and
Rational Aims in Education, are the
subjects for discussion.
Commerce W. T. McClelland. Topeka,
Administrators courses in high schools
ar. becoming decidedly practical How to
wTkc ttcm more efficient Will be the aim
lrorght ont in the exchange Of experiences.
!tiuratiOn br. F. J. Kelly. n. W, chair
MOI What is most valuable IN professional
ruarscs required by tho state? Can teacher
g. ming institutions reurh an agreement on
professional courses required for high
s.inOi rrrtifrntcse These viii he questions
irswrrrdl nv this meeting NJ the result OF
o. rttlgatlous now IN progress.
Ter rrtnry chool principals. Principal
e.. 3. Todd. Topeka, chairmnn--"SAlary rs.
u. tho subject of one address on the most
P"rilnrnt question to public school teach
a.
"rrliSh, Anna u. Maniey. Emporia chair
M What poetry and the high school bov
% br made attractive to each other. will
D.. the idea advanced In one address. The
% puriaut subject of chlldren's reading
nlsp will he presented.
ti,ugrnphy-Miss Jennie williams. En-
po-ia. chIirmau-Mnking geography inter
csllng Is something teachers have been
Fiving for Particular attention will he
#pgid 10 geography In rurnl schools In one
address. "SorializinC." will he the sub Ject
81 IN address by Supt. Fred NJ. Thompson,
Of Horton.
kindergarten Miss Ann bingham. Of En-
poria. chairman-Miss Luh Mckee. Of To-
ihythms. Games and Stories.' Mrs. June
Chapman will tell Of Kansas part In the
International Kindergarten union, which
meets IN Topeka next year. Dir. Herbert
q. Lull and Prof. NJ l.. Smith, Of Emporia,
are other speakers.
Latin. W. l.. Holtz. State Normal. En-
poria. chairman-Niiss Florence Whiteher.
world war and the Caesar class. There
are some interesting parallels in the wars
Of Caesar and the recent battles. The
Topeka high school chorus will sing
Latin songs. Additional undermining of
Latin will he suggested by Miss Elizabeth
Kennedy. Of Lawrence. speaking on "POlit-
ical Parallels in Cicero and Modern Life
other speakers include Dean q. g. Mark
ham. Of Baker: J. f. Brandt. X. L.; W. II.
Carrothers, Normal Training high school
and ]. s. Shepard. OF Kansas city. Kan.
Mathematics Miss Alma Calvert, Topeka,
chnirmnn-Major Dinsmore Alter, Of the
X. q. department Of astronomy, Will dis