The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-29
CONVENTION NOTES
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of Commerce Immediately after
luncheon today, to prepare them for
the Halloween party in honor of the
school teachers tonight The decorat-
ing is being done by the members of
the Topeka Display Mems club. Huge
stores of doughnuts, cider and apples
were being laid in for the event.
Doughnuts are to be fried in the main
dining room tonight as they are called
for. The party will not commence I'M
til after 9 O'Clock, when the evening
program at the city auditorium is fin
ished. Teachers must bring their
registration cards in order to be ad-
mitted," said W. w Eden, chairman
of the entertainment committee, to-
day. "And members, members only,
of the Chamber of Commerce will be
admitted. Emphasize that, because We
will be too crowded to accommodate
ar'>0 US guests except teachers to-
night"
"Why did I come to Topeka, when
I might just as easily have gone to
Hutchinson? Really don't know. L
| hardly thought about Hutchinson" 1t
was a teacher at the Chamber of Com
merce luncheon table who was speak
| ing. 81 suppose, when 1 think it over,
that it is because the people of To-
peka do more than the people of any
other town, to try 10 make us have a
good time. I have attended teachers
conventions in Topeka before. OF
| course, 1 know about the town, and
feel rather at home here, but it's
really because the Topekans try to
| give US a good time, that l came to
| Topeka, I guess" Another school
marin said that she came because OF
| the shopping facilities. TT gives me
a chance to buy winter things that L
couldn't get out in the little town
| where 1 teach" she said. ST like the
program at Topeka better than those
at the other conventions, and then l
always have such good time here"
said a third teacher. The fact that
! sixty business men of the city were
willing to desert their own business
and professions and act for twenty
four hours as taxi-drivers without pay,
furnishing their own cars, made a
deep impression on every teacher.
THE Topeka folks must really like to
| have us, or they wouldn't he so good
to u.s. said the first speaker.
w. w. Eden, who is intimately con-
nected with the arrangements for en-
tertainment of the teachers tonight
made startling discovery at noon to-
day. Dining at the Chamber of Com
merce with several teachers, he asked
| if he might see one of their registra-
ton cards, so that he might know
what to look for when acting as door
keeper at. the party tonight. "Migosh'
when he saw it. My wife has one OF
those. 1 always Join the association,
and this year l told Pinet to make out
the membership in my wlfe's name.
Heavens! She has one of those cards.
Maybe she doesn't know that 1t is
good for admission to the party to-
night. And I'm not going home until
after the party Eden had just been
enjoying himself hugely at the ex-
pense of the other members who were
having more or less difficulty in get
ting diplomatic arrangements at home
concluded so that they might get a
night off for the praty.
The Homecoming game, Aggies VS..
Kansas university, is going to take a
lot of teachers to Manhattan tomor-
row, it is indicated by the fact tnat
large numbers have been calling the
Rock Island and Union Pacific sta
tions to find out whether their tickets
permit them to stop over at Mammal
tan tomorrow afternoon. The tickets
carry no stop-over privileges, but
many will stop there anyhow, ana pay
their fare to their homes from Man
haitian. Probably a majority OF the
teachers in Topeka are alumni of eth
err x S. A. S. or K. j.. and so long
as thew are out for a time anyhow.
thew mean to take in the game on
their way home.
"I was reading in the morning paper
where a number of people who were
teachers say they are glad to be out OF
the profession and will never so back
into it." Supt. A. ]. Stout, of Topeka
said today. IT think the teaching pro
fession is better since they LETT 1t. NO
one can make a success of his work #
he does not like it."
paxeridra had tn close
the doors to keep his crowd" some one
said, when large group of teachers
were refused admission to the audi
forum while the superintendent from
Omaha was delivering his address on
1.-The Order Changeth." Every door
of the auditorium entrances was kept
closed.
"The auditorium was comfortably
warm last night" Supt. Harry Nc
Quire, of Iiowa, assistant to Superip-
tendent Pinet, said today. I'VE are
warm enough today. too"
So anxious was Secretary Pinet that
the teachers association should be abb
solutely nonpartisan in the year of gen.
eral election party enthusiasm. that he
wrote all speakers in advance of meet
ings to avoid mentioning any political
views in their addresses before the as
ISOLATION.
ct was on my feet all day yester-
day. the proprietor of the state house
refceshment stand said today. Il
never have been so busy" He refused
to say that his rush of business had
been due to the sale of tobacco TO |
school teachers.
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