Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1913 — EVERY PATRON OF SCHOOLS INVITED [ARTICLE]

EVERY PATRON OF SCHOOLS INVITED

And All Interested in Modern Progressive Education Should Hear Prof. Frank Leavitt.

The public schools, have been able to secure the services of Prof. Frank Leavitt, of the University of Chicago, for a talk on Industrial Education. There is no better authority on this subject. Prof. Leavitt speaks from years of experience in important and responsible positions and from personal observation and inquify. Industrial education is the one phase of education which is uppermost in the minds of the people at the present time. Two years ago the Indiana legislature made provision for a commission to investigate industrial conditions in Indiana.and report on some plan for industrial education in connection with the public schools. At the last session of the legislature this committee made its report and laws were enacted embodying the recommendations of this committee. Industrial education is now mandatory on school a authorities. It is therefore important not only th'at school authorities inform themselves regarding the new movement, but that s the public also familiarize themselves with its nature. The people of Rensselaer have a fine opportunity in this direction through the visit of Prof. Leavitt. He will be here next Friday evening and will speak at the high school auditorium. The lecture is free. The authorities responsible for bringing him here are very desirous that he shall have a good and representative hearing. A part of the program will consist of work in the manual training department by boys of the public schools. This work will begin at 7:30 p. m. The lecture will begin at 8:15. * The Superintendent. Incensed by stories of orgies at Roby roadhouses and lake front resorts along the Indiana shore line in which Chicago joy riders were the principals, Pete/ Austgen, chief of -police of Hammond, nailed the lid on several cases Friday and informed the proprietors that a wholesale prosecution would follow complaints of a continuance of their wide-open policy. Extra policemen have been provided to patrol the beach and to send undesirable visitors across the state line. “Dr. Thomas’ Eclectic Oil is the best remedy for that often fatal disease—croup. It has been used with success in our family for eight years.”—Mrs. L. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y.