Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1920 — HINES DEVOTED LIFE TO EDUCATIONAL WORK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HINES DEVOTED LIFE TO EDUCATIONAL WORK

(State Superintendent of Public Instruction.) Great progress has been made in educational work in Indiana since the work of the department of public instruction has been under the direction of L. N. Hines, the state superintendent of public instruction. Mr. Hines has been in school work all his life and has devoted his entire attention to the advancement of education in his home state and to the needs of the hundreds of persons engaged in the duties of teachers and instructors. Mr. Hines, who is a candidate on the Republican ticket for re-election, is now serving , his first two-year term. He was formerly vice-presi-dent of the National Education Association, having held that office on two different occasions, and he has also held the position of president of the department of school hygiene of the National Education Association. He has also served in the capacity of president of the department of school administration of the National Education Association and president of the American School Hygiene Asso--elation.

Leads School Campaign. He is the editor of the Educator Journal, a teachers' magazine published in Indianapolis and is chairman of the legislative committee of the State Teachers; Association. He is a graduate of Indiana University and has done post-graduate work at Cornell University and Columbia University. He belongs to several educational societies, among them the National Council of Education. In his campaign to advance the interests of education in this state Mr. Hines has spoken in practically every community. Lecture work at teachers' institutes and before other organizations has given him opportunity to deliver his views on progressive educational methods to hundreds of Hoosier citizens. Favors Equal Chance for All. Among the problems that have been given special thought and study by Mr. Hines since taking charge of the State’s school program is equal educational opportunities for all the children in the State —rural and urban. He is in favor of giving every child an education as good as • any other child. Other matters which Mr. Hines has given careful consideration and which have been pushed by him are Americanization work in the schools, «iysical education and health, reuiting for the teaching profession, increases in teachers’ salaries, better school facilities and a general program for helping school officials in Indiana get the maximum benefits from the present school facilities.

L. N. HINES.