Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1913 — Another Scheme Of Dr. J. N. Hurty. [ARTICLE]

Another Scheme Of Dr. J. N. Hurty.

Dr. J. N. Hurty, state health commissioner, has a brand new plan for the improvement of rural life in Indiana. He calls it a “township center” plan, and it is founded on the civic center idea for cities. He would have the township center located on a ten-acre tract in the center of the township. On this tract would be erected a group of buildings, including those for school purposes, public, meetings and any others that might be desired. All the children in the township would attend the central school, but instead of being housed in one big building there would be separate small buildings for each grade. This .would save money and allow of better sanitation, Dr. Hurty declares. Picture shows, lectures, entertainments, political meetings and all kinds of public gatherings could be held in the large central building, and here, too, would be the offices of the township trustee and school superintendent, a new office, Dr. Hurty believes, should be created. Walks; flowers, trees and a stable would complete the system. Dr. Hurty is having prepared a model township center out of pasteboard, which he will exhibit when he first explains his plan in public.