Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1919 — TEACHERS HANG UP NEW RECORD [ARTICLE]

TEACHERS HANG UP NEW RECORD

MORE THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEDAGOGUES ATTEND ANNUAL CONVENTION. The sixty-sixth annual convention of the Indiana State Teachers’ association, held in Indianapolis •‘last I Thursday, Friday and Saturday, was ' the largest in the history of that or- ' ganization, a mark of over 15,000 being reached. I A very large number of the teachi ers of Jasper county were in attendI ance, including County School SuI perintendent M. L. Sterrett and Superintendent C. Ross Dean, of the Rensselaer city schools. In_the resolutions adopted Saturday was one opposing the proposal of the appointment of the state superintendent of public instruction and another resolution adopted urged the governor to call a special session of the legislature to ratify the national suffrage amendment. Mrs. E. E. Olcott, of the Danville Normal school, was elected president of the association for the coming year. Mrs. Olcott is well and favorably known by the teachers of this county, she having been an instructor in the Jasper county teachers’ institute a number of times. She is one of the state’s leading educators and thoroughly worthy of the high honor so bestowed upon a woman. She was not long ago appointed by Governor Goodrich to a place on the state board of education. ■ The attempt to displace Charles W. Williams, permanent secretarytreasurer, was not successful. Kate Anderson, of Seymour; was elected recording secretary. The report of the committee on necrology paid tribute to the following prominent Indiana educators who died in the last two years: Emma Mont Mcßae, formerly dean of women at Purdue university; Howard Sandison, formerly vice-president of the Indiana State Normal school at Terre Haute; Abram Shortridge, of Indianapolis; J. F. Nuner and William T. Scott. Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, made the closing address.