The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
GAS TWIG is BENT
tContinued .r.nu rage One.

tCondnued trHB rage One;
pictures of the Jardin d'Enfants
tFrench kindergartens) and views of
the devastated regions of France will
be shown, with an accompanying lee
ture by Miss Fannibelle Curtis. head of
the Jardin dEnfants. who arrived in
Topeka Wednesday to attend the con-
vention.
union does its most interesting work
when it is focused upon the children
n greatest need" Miss Curtis said to-
day. There is no question but that
the suffering of the children in France
who have been gassed and bombed,
made prisoners behind the German
lines-a suffering that can hardly be
equalled-entitles them to our greatest
effort.
The history of what the Interna-
tional Kindergarten union has done
for the children of Lille and other
French towns where they were shot
! and manned and nearly starved. will
be told in the pictures to be shown
tomorrow to the delegates at the Cozy
theater and Sunday to the Topeka
public at the Orpheum theater," Miss
Curtis said.
A tea was to be served to officers.
delegates and visiting kindergarteners
at Bethany college this afternoon at 4
o'clock. Undergraduates of Kansas
City, No. were to be hostesses.
Tonight's Program.
Tonight's meetings will be held at
representative hall at the state house.
The following program will be given:
Group of songs, Mrs. Frank Whit
more
The Cuckoo Clock. -. Grant Schaefer
Ny Menagerre. ....... Fay Foster
Shadow March. .Terefa Del Riego
Mrs. Josephine Virgins, accompanist.
kindergarten as a Profession" by
Catherine r. Watkins.
Subject, 1.-The Responsibility of the
kindergarten to Education Short
addresses by ex-presidents of the In
ternational Kindergarten union.
Pre- kindergarten. Years" Mrs.
Mary Boomer Page, principal, Chicago
kindergarten Institute society; kin
dergarten Extension" Miss Stella
Louise Wood, principal, Minneapolis
school; Garry On Miss Mary c. Nc
Culloch, supervisor of kindergartens
St. Louis. Mo; THE Teacher as the
Controlling Factor" Miss Lucy Whee-
lock. principal, Wheelock Kindergar-
ten Training school, Boston, Mass.
Prepare for Election.
The political pot began to simmer
at the convention sessions today
Groups were busily discussing candi-
ganization, recommended by the NOM
mating committee. Voting will take
place Friday morning.
Miss Nina Vandewalker, of Milwau-
kee, has been recommended for presi-
| dent. She has been on the I. X. u.
board for many years and is president
of the kindergarten section of the Ma
tiona! Education association. She ar
! rived here Wednesday. Her. election
| is said to be practically assured. Other
officers on the nominating slate are:
Stella McCarty, Baltimore, first vice
president; Grace Bernard. Berkeley,
Cal, second vice president; Edna ID.
Baker, Chicago, recording secretary:
May Murray, Springfield, Mass. COR
responding secretary and treasurer
Julia Wade Abbot, Washington, D. c.,
auditor. Miss Murray and Miss Abb
bot are the only old officers, their
| positions being practically permanent
Three cities, Fort Worth, Tex,
| Pittsburgh, Pa, and Detroit, are seek
ing next years convention of the I.
X U. Delegates from the three states
Wednesday made pleas in behalf of
their cities. A committee to recon-
mend a convention site was appointed
as follows: Miss Lucy Runner, Bos-
ton, chairman; Miss Lillian Stone,
Cincinnati, and Miss Avis Smith, Okla
homa City. The matter was to come
before the convention at today's meet
| ing. Pittsburgh has had the conyen-
ton once before.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to draw up resolutions: Kath-
crime watkins, Washington, D. c.,
chairman: Mary B. Page, Chicago;
Mary Waite, Texas; Alice NJ. Kerr,
Pittsburg; Annie Holman, ST. Louis.
The delegates attended a reception
at the home OF Gov. and Mrs. Henry
]. Allen Wednesday afternoon. a
large crowd heard addresses by Mrs.
Mary Bradford, superintendent of
schools at kenosha, and L. J. Kelly,
dean of the school of education at
Kansas university, at representative
hall last night. Prof 1. L. Tello,
Washburn, played Scene de Ballet"
by Berrot.