The Topeka state journal., 1922-10-21
Convention Was Success From
Every Standpoint.
Many of the 1000 Delegates
! Left Topeka Last Night.
DR.. FRANK NELSON A SPEAKER
Twenty Years Ago He Was
Kansas Superintendent.
Responsibility of Teachers In
American Life Today.

The final session OF the annual con-
vention of the Kansas State Teachers
association was held at o'clock this
morning at the city auditorium, which
for the first time was adequate to
take care of the throngs who at
tended. More than 1000 teachers
have been here for the meeting.
From every standpoint the con-
vention at Topeka was successful" F.
L. Pinet, secretary of the Kansas state
Teachers association, declared after
the closing of the general session
which ended the convention at Topeka
this morning.
THE attendance estimates at To-
peka and Hays were reached or ex-
ceeded. This may not have been true
| at Pittsburg and Hutchinson. where
the taxpayers leagues have been
active. 1 have not yet had full re-
ports on those meetings.
Program Pleased Teachers.
| "On the whole, I am sure the pro-
gram was one which pleased and
benefited the teachers.
! THE directors of the association
| VIII meet in December, at which time
| the president of the association will
be elected, and the meeting places for
President Frank Nelson, of the
| was the principal speaker. Nelson,
| twenty years ago, was state superfn-
| tendent of public instruction in Kan
| sas
| He laid heavy stress on the respon-
sibility of the teacher in the life of
America today.
Prof. E. A. Ross, of the University
| of Wisconsin at Madison, Wis, was
the other speaker on the program.
| Music for the last general session was
| furnished by the Kansas State Normal
School Glee club.
The pedagogues who attended the
Topeka session of the Kansas State
Teachers association annual conven-
/ ton started to leave town Friday
night, following the general session at
the city auditorium and the reception
in their honor at the Chamber OF
/ Commerce, which followed the gem
eral session.
All Kansas Program.
The Friday evening general session
carried a new feature-the "all-Kan-
sas Program" 1t was devoted en-
| tfrely to Kansas speakers and discus
sion of Kansas school problems.
Sheffield ingalls, of Atchison. chair
man OF the Kansas school code COM
| mission, was the first speaker. He
| described the unified system of edu-
| cation for Kansas children-from
kindergarten to colleges and univer-
sity, for which the code Commission is
striving He called attention to the
fact that at the present time. the edu-
cational system of the states is df-
vided into the common and high
schools under the direction of the
the universities and colleges of the
state, which are under the control OF
the state board of administration.
| This system has caused some fric-
ton" ingalls, said. 'In an attempt to
oby-ate this in the future, the COM
mission proposes that the state de-
partment of education should consist
OF a state superintendent of public
instruction, a state board of educa-
ton, and such other officers and as
| sistants as are necessary.
The Kansas school code commits
sion recommends that a state board
OF education be created in place of
the present board, composed of six
members, who should not be in tho
employ of any school, public or pri-
vate, and who should be appointed by
the governor, with the approval Of
the2senate."
Responsibility of Teacher.
4 The responsibility of the teacher in
lnstllllng in the minds of her pupils
reverence for law, obedience to 1t, and
respect for its enforcement, was
stressed in the address of c. b. Grif-
1 nth, assistant attorney general.
1 Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, To-
peka author. and Supt. II. p Smith.
of Lawrence, discussed favorably the
: proposed bill granting an annuity to
teachers. ''Sbcial insurance" Super-
intendent Smith called the measure.
J. Adams Puffer. of Kansas City,
Mo-, field secretary for the National
Public Welfare league, who is CO.
operating with the Kansas chfIdren's
code commission, spoke on the work
of that commission.
Music was furnished by Mrs. Henry
iDotterweich. of Topeka, who sang sew
eral solos.
Following the general session, the
teachers thronged both floors OF the
Chamber Of Commerce building fog
the reception which had been pre-
pared for them by the Organization.
There were more teachers at the
: reception than at any Of the recep-
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