The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-29


that the time was coming when their
work would be recognized.
Tells of X. S. A. G.
How a council of nineteen members
elected from among their own num-
Der, handles the complete government
in social and college affairs of 1900 of
the more than 2,4O0 students of the
Kansas State Agricultural college. was
told Thursday to the college depart
ment of the teachers convention by
Prof. ]. G. Emerson, head of the pub
lie speaking department of the col
lege. who had been selected to tell the
college people at the convention, how
the student self government associa-
ton, which has been operative in
Manhattan for more than a year,
works out in actual practice.
Student Self Government.
Conrad Vandervelde, of the depart
ment of philosophy and psychology of
the College of Emporia, took part in
the discussion of the topic of student
self government -...
Difference OF Opinion.
There is a difference of opinion
among college men and women in the
state of Kansas as to how much ''say"
the college faculty should have in mat
tiers pertaining to the finances ana
policy of the colleges of the state. The
topic was one for discussion at the col
Teachers association Thursday after
noon.
Two faculty members spoke in
favor of having the faculty granted
a certain amount of power in the
selection of the fellow faculty mem
| bers, their president, and the manage
ment of school affairs generally.
Should Choose President.
In the open discussion which fol-
lowed, E. L. Holton, dean of the sum-
mer school of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college. declared That he did
not believe that the faculty should
choose their own president. or that
the president of a college should be,
ex offici, a member of the board
of regents of the institution.
Suggest a Commission.
A business session followed the ad-
dress, in which the first act was the
report of the committee on resolutions,
presented by Supt. H. p. Study of At
Gibson. The resolutions covered vari-
Gus phases of the educational condi-
ton of the state.
Among other things they suggested
to the state legislature was the crea-
ton OF a commission of Kansas men
and women to revise and rewrite the
entire code of Kansas school laws: the
addition to the present state school
book commission of two members, one
city superintendent, the other
county superintendent, to be appointed
by the governor. because $4,000
teachers and the 100000 school chill
dren of the state of Kansas have no
direct representation on this commits
sion;" the strengthening of compul-
sorry education laws now in force; the
adoption of the mill tax amendment
and the provision of adequate finances
for the state schools. which has been
the legally expressed wish of the peo-
pie of the state; the tightening up of
the certification laws for teachers.
looking toward higher standard IN
the profession; the control or private
and paroch:al schools by the state de-
partment of education. and the GER
LITIGATION of teachers in such schools
in the same manner as the teachers
in public schools; recognition of
schools in cities of the third class as
separate group; higher salaries Tor
teachers in state schools. for county
superintendents, and for members OF
the state department of education,
which have not been increased in pro-
portion to the salaries of some of the
other teachers nor to the increase in
the cost of living, and the equalization
of school tax burdens.
To Equalize Tax.
The resolution recommended to the
legislature that the tax burden be
equalized by the following method:
One-half of the money needed for
school purposes in rural schools 10 be
raised by a county tax levied on the
total valuation of the property en-
braced in the rural districts; the other
one-half to be raised by the RESPECTIVE
districts at their annual meetings.
resolution was presented COM
mending the legislature for the passage
of the law making dental inspection
in the schools compulsory. and urging
that medical and physical examina-
tions be also made compulsory, AMI
that courses in physical training be in
stalled in all schools of the state.
An Iowa hog was recently sold for
$4,000, and a few years ago when a
how'd tIaxr ,ead ~ he