Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1917 — Elimination of Foreign Languages In Schools Is Proposed. [ARTICLE]

Elimination of Foreign Languages In Schools Is Proposed.

Indianapolis, Nov. 2.—Elimination of all foreign languages from elementary school courses in Indiana is recommended in a resolution presented today by the resolutions committee of the Indiana State Teachers association in convention here. Spirited discussion is expected tomorrow if the resolution is reported to the convention for a vote. ■' The resolution, it is said, does not contemplate barring German or other languages from the more advanced grades, but aims to abolish the alleged rearing us children up to 10 years of age or more, with scanty knowledge of English and with the ground work of their education in an alien language.