The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-20
Educators From Over Kansas
Are in Topeka Today.
Annual Session of the Council
of Administration.
WOMEN'S COUNCIL HERE ALSO
National Administration Body
Here This Afternoon.
Educational Problems of State
Before Conference.

Before Conference.
Problems facing Kansas educators
were being discussed by 500 members
of the council of administration of the
Kansas State Teachers association at
the annual meeting in Topeka today.
The council of administration is
composed of county superintendents,
city superintendent, college profess
sors, grade and high school principals,
members of boards of education and
other educators possessing admins
trative powers. When it was decided
to divide the annual meeting of the
state association into four sections,
meeting in <our different cities, it was
deemed advisable to create the council
of administration to give administra-
tive educators an opportunity to get
together and iron out problems of PEE
culiar interest to themselves.
Council to Meet Friday.
The educational council will meet
Friday and Saturday This is body
distinct from the council of admins
tration and is composed of delegates
elected by local teachers organiza
tions in all parts of the state. About
800 delegates are expected to attend.
Altho the first general session will
not open until o'clock tonight, there
were six sectional meetings held si
multaneously at 1890 o'clock this
morning.
The college section met at the Y. NJ.
G. A. Pres Ross T. Campbell of
Sterling college is chairman.
Measurements of progress of pupils
in schools was the topic of discussion
at the meeting of the city superin-
tendents' section at Memorial hall. \
Some difficulties in administering the
tests were discussed by Supt. W. ].
Poundstone of Marion. L. w. May
berry of Wichita also spoke on the |
subject.
The dounty superintendents' section
met at the First Congregational
church. where the dental enforcement
law was discussed by County Supt |
Louis Christianson of Hays. Hard |
Problems of the County Superintend-
ent. and How to Overcome Them" |
was the subject of talk by Lucille |
Ewing. of Olathe.
The meeting of the grade school |
principals was held at Pelletier's. The !
class room teachers section met in the
Sunday school room of the First
Methodist church.
General Session Tonight /
supt. M. E. Pearson will speak on |
the "Affiliation of the Kansas State !
tional Education Association at the |
first general session to be held in Me- !
mortal hall at o'clock tonight !
some Educational Problems will be |
the subject of an address by Dean C. |
E. ChadSey of Illinois university !
Delegates from the state association |
to the National Education association |
convention will be elected tonight.
The second general session will be !
held at $50 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing.
All the sections which held meet
ing this morning met again at the |
same place at o'clock this afternoon !
The sections which were to hold after |
principals section, Y. w. c. A: super |
visors of special subjects, at Sunday |
school room, First Methodist church. |
Women Educators to Meet.
Matters of great interest to teachers !
of the state will be discussed by mem |
bers of the council of administrative |
women this afternoon at the First |
Methodist church Every woman in |
Kansas holding administrative educa- |
tional positions are eligible for mem |
bership and are invited to the meet
ing. Many superintendents principals. |
heads of departm ents, members of |
boards of education and supervisors |
are members of the organization.
Dinner will be served at the close of |
the program, probably about $50
o'clock Reservations for the dinner
were made with Miss Lillian Scott of
Baker university.
The Kansas division of the National
Council of Administrative Women in
Education was organized in January,
1919 at the time of the meeting of the
state council of administration. Regu-
lar meetings have been held in Novem-
ber and January. Among the subjects
on the program will be Equal Pay for
EQUAL Qualifications Homes for
Teachers" and school Bonds for
School Teachers
Three Changes in Board of Directors.
Three changes in the board of di-
rectors of the Kansas State Teachers
association will become effective with
organiza ton of the new board, jan
uary %.
Pres. w. A. Lewis, of the Fort Hays
Normal retiring president of the as
sociation. succeeds Miss Lillian Scott
of Baker university. as one of four
ex-officio members. Supt. Ira j.
Bright of Leavenworth succeeds Supt.
A. j. Stout of Topeka as member of
the board from the First district. while
Supt. NJ G.. Kirkpatrick of Befeville
succeeds Supt. Emil Kratochvil of
Clay Center as a member from the