The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-05
Big Convention of 5000 VIII
Open Tomorrow.
First Departmental Meetings
2 O'clock Afternoon.
BIG MASS MEETING NIGHT
Welcomed by Allen-MatheWs
the Principal Speaker.
Wilson of Oklahoma Also on
Evening Program.

Tomorrow's program for the Kansas
State Teachers convention may be
found on page 2.
The advance guard. of the 6. 900
Kansas school teachers expected in To-
peka to attend the fifty-sixth annual
convention arrived today.
The majority of the first visitors all
ready had lodging reserved but there
were many applications made to the
room reservation booth at the Cham
Der of Commerce. The enrolment
booth in the state house was also busy.
Topeka's arms are extended in well
come to the tutors who have made the
city their yearly mecca for years.
The convention will open at 2
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon with five
department meetings The college de-
partment will meet in the First Rap
tist church; high school department
| in the high school auditorium. grade
school department in the CITY audi
torium; primary school department in
| the First Presbyterian church and the
rural school department in the First
Methodist church.
First General Session.
| In the evening. at s o'clock, the
first general session will be held in the
city auditorium. with j. Q. Hall, pres
ident of the State association, presid-
ing The welcome address will be
made by Gov. Henry ]. Allen, who will
be followed by Prof. Shaler Mathews,
University of Chicago. The session
will be closed with an address on THE
Teachers Part in Reconstruction" by
| Richard Wilson, state superintendent
of Oklahoma schools.
/ Prominent speakers will be at the
department meetings. Prof. Charles
Ellwood, Missouri university, will ad-
dress both the college and high school
departments. Miss Theda Gildenmeis-
ter, State Normal school, Winona.
Mimi, will address the grade and pri-
mary departments. Chancellor Frank
Strong and DR.. f.. j. Kelly, Kansas
university, will speak.
s. AT O'Clock Friday morning the
second general session will be held in
the city auditorium. with Lorraine E.
| Wooster. state superintendent; Prof.
Henry Suzzallo. of Washington uni
versity. and John Kendrick Bangs as
speakers.
In the afternoon at o'clock, the
| twenty-five round table meetings will
convene simultaneously. The third
general session will be held in the au-
ditorium at o'clock Friday evening,
at which time the 81 proposed resolu-
tions will be submitted and voted
upon by the teachers. After the ses-
sion a dance and entertainment will
be given in the Chamber of Com
rnerce rooms.
The convention will close Saturday
after the fourth general session which
will convene in the auditorium at Q
O'Clock in the morning.
To Eject Directors.
Members of the board of directors
will be elected this year from the Sec
ond, Fourth. Sixth and Eighth con-
gressional districts. The voting booth
will be in the north corridor of the
state house. Each enrolment receipt,
without which no one will be permit
ted to attend the meetings. will bear
a voting coupon, exchangeable for an
official ballot at the booth Only
teachers from even-numbered con-
gress!onal districts will be allowed 10
vote this year.
Enrolment may be made with Sec
retary F. L. Pinet at rooms 61I-1e
Mills building. The room reservation
booth and information bureau is at
the Chamber of Commerce The
check stand will be located In the
, auditorium.
Boy Scouts, during the three days
of the convention, will meet trains
and act as guides to the visitors.
Thursday noon a grade teachers
| luncheon will be held at the Swedish
! Bethel church, for which advance
reservations may be made with Ella
~ Zimmerman. 15O5 Polk