The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-28

has. 1t takes a truthful person to
teach veracity, an honest person to
teach honesty. Moral defects and
shams are easily discerned by chill
dren.
my grade teacher should be thoroly
prepared professionally and be lover
of children.
my ideal grade teacher should
feel that she alone is not the teacher
of the children, but that she is the
leader of the community. The chill
dren come to her educated largely at
home. on the street. in church and
shop and store, thru travel. reading
and conversation, in field and forest,
and by stream and lake. The teacher
must divert this live interest to the
interest of word and sentence as found
in books To learn of children's &C
quirements and nature she must Visit
the homes of parents at some time
during the first month of school. Pa
rent and teacher then bind themselves
together for the education of the chill
dren Their interests are mutual.
"Since reading occupies nearly half
the time of the teacher in the grades
1 would have her skillful in teach!ng
that subject She should like reading
and be a good reader herself"
Method for Reading.
Professor Nihart devoted some time
to a careful explanation of the method
he believed should be followed IN
teaching reading in the grade school
'I would have her make discipline
secondary to instruction and have her
understand that if the teaching is well
done and plenty of the right kind OF
work given to her pupils discipline
will take care of itself. Whatever dis
cipline is exercised should be educa-
tive"
meeting is being held at the First
PRESBYTERIAN church. SIT Harrison
street, with Miss Mary Van Vechten,
of Topeka, as chairman.
DR.. Mary E. Wooney, president OF
| Mount Holyoke, college at South Had
/ lev Mass. is the first speaker before
the primary teachers. She is followed
! bv Miss Ruth Woodford of the Potwin
school of Topeka, Miss Marjorie
| Dovnes of the Lowman school OF To-
peka, and Miss Inez Bernhard OF Law
/ The rural school department is
| holding its meeting in the city audi
| torium. Miss Annie Goddard, county
| SUPERINTENDENT of the Jefferson county
schools. is presiding. W. d. Ross OF
Emporia; Prof. c. G. Sargent OF the
| Colorado Agricultural college; Miss
| Susanna Schnemayer, or the state AZ
/ ricultural college, and C. A. MIC
daugh, director of school savings at
| Kansas CITY, Mo, are the speakers be-
|
A meeting of the Kansas State Hlgh
| School Athletic association, and all
those interested in high school ath-
| letics. will follow the high school de-
partrnent's meeting, to consider the
modification of the associations con-
| stitution The meeting has peen
called by Will French, president of the
| association.
Meet Teachers at Train.
Since 5 o'clock this morning the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
have been crowded with a steadily
moving procession of teachers, brought
to the offices from the trains by mem
bers of the chamber on motor cars and
thronging into the main office where
three people are assigning them te
rooms.
The people in the Chamber of Com
merce office declined at o'clock tt
guess how many teachers had passed
thru the office and had been taken t.
their rooms.
At 2 o'clock only an estimate of thu
number of teachers who had regis
tered at the rotunda in the stat
house today could be secured. 1t wa
said that about 500 had filled out thei
cards and paid their fee during tn
day. This number is in addition to thu
great majority who had registered b.
mail in advance.