The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-20
MONTEE IS NAMED
Pittsburg Man Heads Boards of
Education of C. of A.
Charles Love of MuIvane ChOs-
en- as Vice President.
TO MEET HERE NEXT YEAR
Sessions of Educational Council
Begin This Afternoon.
Prof. Williams Tells How To
Keep Children in School.
TO MEET HERE NEXT YEAR


education of the council of admins
tration at the final session of the edu-
Gators at the Chamber of Commerce.
today. Charles Love, of Mulvane,
Kan, was elected vice president, and
Mrs o. H. Coble, of Sedgwick. Kan,
secretary-treasurer. The work of the
officers will be to arrange the program
for the meeting in 1928 and to appoint
a committee of three members to ap-
pear before the legislature at its next
session to see that bills to help the
boards of education in carrying on
thetir work are presented.
]. w. Miley, of Girard, Kan, presi-
dent of the Kansas States Teachers
association, is president eX-officio of
the council of administration and
saS State Teachers association, is sec
cretary of the council of administra-
ton, according to the constitution of
the Kansas State Teachers associa-
+ rtion.
The 1928 meeting of the council of
administration will be held in Topeka,
this also being specified in the consti-
tuition.
To Help Each Community.
Courses in. the schools should be
. made to fit the needs of each COM
munity," said Principal L. w. Brooks,
of Wichita in an address on "Voca-
, tional Work in Small Town High
/ Schools before the board of educa-
! ton sectional meeting of the council of
administration at the Chamber of
Commerce this morning.
He pointed out that the courses
should be arranged so as to develop
! community leadership and that the
leadership would come back to the
community as an asset IN the case
of elective subjects he stated the stu :
dents should be carefully advised so
they would take the subjects which
would be of most value to them. Prin-
cipal Brooks recommended the men
tality tests to help students to decide
their life work.
| Educntion an Investment.
/ He also stated that money used to
carry on the work of schools is not
spent but invested and becomes an
! asset to the child. In his address he
touched on leisure moments. He
stated that the greatest danger in mo-
ton pictures was the loss of time, as
80 per cent of them did not help STU
dents in any way
Those present at the board of edu-
cation meeting were: E. C. Pocock.
Hazelton. Kan; J. F. Fazel, Chetopa;
| G. L. Atteson. Yates Center: C. kra-
mer. Washington: Earl Akers, Tope-
l.
gar Mendenhei. Pittsburg; c. E. Rar-
ick Hays; F. J. Kelly, Lawrence; c.
A. Shidely. Hays; C. r. Rankin, Clear
water; Mrs. K. A Short, Sal:na; c. A.
Main. Cheney: Mrs. F. D. Wolcott.
Hutchinson; Charles Love. Mulvane;
John Fontron. hutchinson; w. w.
Waring. Hamilton; Frank E. Murphy,
Frederick; w. H. Carruthers. En-
poria; Mrs. Maude McConahey. Con-
cordia; Mrs. c. f. Esterly. Lawrence;
Mrs. NJ. H. Gillett. Junction City;
Charles Perry. Franklin; Z. D. Jen-
| Usage City: C. E. Wilson, Columbus;
, S. P. Shipiey Neodesha: Robert Hall.
Neodesha; Fred Ramsey, Solomon; C.
A. Hubert, McPherson; n. f. Schu-
bach, Lawrence; A. ]. Venning,
Sharon; r. E Goddard. NJ nneapo,is.
Wellington; c. NJ. Montee. Pittsburg;
DR.. B. Cunningham. Frontenac; A. NJ.
Remell, Hunter; o. r. Farris. Mime
apolis; o. NJ. Heron, Caney; LuelIa
Holmes. Caney; Otis Domes Good
land, and Mrs. Otis Coble, Sedgwick.
A report on the plans and progress
of the state school code commission,
Z which was created by the last legisla-
ture to revise Kansas school laws. will
feature the program of the Educa-
, tional Council of the Kansas State
Teachers association which opened
here this afternoon. This meeting fol-
lows the council of administration,
which began it's sessions Thursday.
The educational council IS made up of
regularly elected delegates from local
teacher and other school organiza-
items.
Speakers on this afternoons pro-
gram devoted to the code commission
are: Prof. c. E. Rarick, Hays Nor
NAL; Prof. E. L. Holton. K. S. A. c.,
Manhattan; Supt. S. P. Rowland,
Hutchinson. and Supt A. K. Loomis.
Hiawatha.
To Discuss Resolutions.
Tonights session will consist of the
reading and informal discussion of the
resolutions adopted by the State
Teachers association and the several
sections of the council of administra-
ton, and the resolutions presented by
members of the educational council.
The part teachers can play in carry
ing on an effective. campaign of in
formation concerning prospective edu-
cational legislation is the chief topic
of discussion for the Saturday morn
ing program. Speakers include Mrs.
Minnie Grinstead. state representative,
Liberal; Representative C. E. Mann.
1 Osborne; W. A. Bailey. Kansas City.
Kan. and representatives of the farm
ORGANIZATIONS and women's clubs
The Kansas Association of Mathe-
mates Teachers, the Kansas division
of the National Council of Adminisf ra =
tive Women and the State Associa-
ton of County Superintendents are
among the school organizations which
are holding meetings here this week
at the time of conferences under aus
pices of the teachers association.
How To Keep Them Interested.
How to keep the boys and girls in
terested in school work is being ans
wered by the vocational courses in
the public schools. c. V. williams
professor of vocational education at