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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1640 Superintendent of Schools Should Be Named by Board, Holmstedt Tells League

Urges Ex-officio Directors, Including Governor, Be Banned.

By ROSEMARY REDDING Times Staff Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May 18 —'"The State Superintendent of Public Instruction should be appointed by the State Board of Education and

should be responsible to that body,”

cation at Indiana University, told the Indiana League of Women Voters

this afternoon.

Prof. Holmstedt urged the League to consider and support several

changes in organization of State school . administration. Three hundred delegates of 22 local leagues are attending a three-day convention on the Indiana University cambus. Sessions will end tomorrow afternoon. The . continued study of the reorganization of the State Board of Education is one of the proposals for the League's program of work. Prof. Holmstedt declared qualifications of the Superintendent's office should be such as to attract and retain the most competent school executives in the state.

Ex-Officio Members Opposed

“It.is generally accepted in theory and has been substantiated in practice that the State Board of Education should be appointed by the Governor. “It is generally agreed, however, that there should be no ex-officio members on the Board. Ex-officio members such as the Governor, State Auditor, Attorney General etc, are occupied with other important governmental duties and can hardly give time necessary to effective service on the Board. Furthermore, such officials are frequently! tempted to use their position on the State Board for ulterior purposes.” Mr. Holmstedt recommended that! the State Board be composed of] from seven to nine lay members, | appointed by the Governor for a term of at least six vears. The terms, he said, should be staggered in such a way that no! Governor can immediately gain control of the Board. He pointed out that the Indiana Board is composed of nine members with three ex-officio members and four actively engaged in educational work. “It is quite evident,” he said, “that with his appointive power and his ex-officio position, the Governor | can easily control the acts of the! Board, The political pressures on | the office are such that governors are frequently tempted to use their| position on the state board to sub-| versive ends.”

Urges Overlapping Terms

Mr. Holmstedt also recommended | that the term of office of Board members be overlapping rather than | corfcurrent. | The state superintendent should | not be a member of the State Board | buf should serve as its executive officer and perhaps secretary, he | added. “Members of the State Depart-| ment should be selected under a general merit system,” Mr. Holm-| stedt said. “In the event that the merit SYS- | tem is not established, appointments of these positions should be made by | the State Board upon recommenda- | tion of the State superintendent.

“The functions and responsibili- i

ties of the State Board and State Department should be expanded. The State Department should be adequately staffed, equipped and financed to efficiently administer the schools and to render a wide variety of services to the local school systems. The present department is operating almost on a minimum basis and is understaffed and poorly paid.” “The most important thing in assuring qualified personnel in government service is to offer young persons a chance for a real career,” | Ford P. Hall, head of Indiana Uni-| versity's Department of Govern- | ment, told the League this morning.

It is expected that the “extension | ed that they were unable to obtain | of ‘the merit system in Indiana” relief because of one or two days’

will be the league's major legisla- | tive commitment for 1941. Mr.! Hall spoke on “Newest Practices in Obtaining Qualified Personnel Government Service.” “A philosophy built upon the as-| sumption that government jobs are mere stop gaps or stepping stones to better positions outside the serv-| ice is not one upon which to build |

an efficient and effective person-|posed program of work for 1040-42 |

nel.” he said. { Often Blind Alleys

“Students cannot be blamed for their cynical philosophy toward | government posts. All too often, | governmental positions have been! mere blind alleys. | “The Civil Service and other! merit systems have stressed the! protection against politics and the spoils system and have often for-| gotten the many important per-| sonnel problems which must be! solved to provide an efficient and effective service, A rather definite and rigid rating

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Chairman

R. W. Holmstedt, Professor of Edu-

Government and Economic Welfare,

spoke on “The League Surveys Relief” at this morning's session. She gave highlights of the recent League investigation of relief, Highlights of the organization's study include: County favored over township as administrative unit; county master files would reduce costs by eliminating duplications; local state and Federal governments should participate in financing; local units should administer relief, supervised by the state government according to the standards set by the Federal government; Richmond alone is satisfied with present direct relief system, and able-bodied persons should be placed on work projects. The report of the survey states that local relief costs have soared far bevond the levels even dreamed of 10 years ago. Our present system of relief administration and financing, according to the League, fis geared to the rural life of many times 10 years ago. In most urban areas, it is pointed out, bills are paid

{only through deficit financing. No one wishes to see relief taken |

out of local hands, Mrs. Datisman believes.

of direct. relief has become too great to be borne locally,” she said. “Relief problems are not local in scope; on a broader basis also. opinion favors a three-way combination of financing relief, using local, state and Federal funds. “This might be similar to Federal-state-local participation in financing the assistance categories of the Department of Public Welfare,

3-Way Plan Suggested “Several local surveys suggested a

tration as well as financing. They

suggest, a Federal law setting up /and Miss Floro Torrence, general Rapids the week of May 26. | supervisor of elementary schools.

standards, a state law providing for

Porter Photo. Mrs. John E. Kleinhenz (above) is general chairman of the Matrix Table dinner to be held at the Indianapolis Athletic Club Monday night. The Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter and Butler University Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, national honorary and professional journalism sorority, sponsors the event annually. Miss Patricia Dougherty, women's editor of the Chicago Herald-Ameri-can, will speak.

‘Broadening of

Schools” Topic

“Broadening Education Oppor-

“But in many areas the burden,

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relief financing may well be| ! z " League at Milwaukee will report. Speakers

‘will be Misses Carolyn Ackman,

tunities in Our Schools” will be the subject of a conference to be held by the Indianapolis Association for Childhood Education Saturday in the Green Room of the Indianap-

Local delegates to the recent national convention of the association

Dorothy Bowen, Jane Coan, Berniece Lamb, Jean Meek and Eliza-

[beth Peterson. | Honor guests at a luncheon at| 1

2:30 p. m. will be DeWitt S.| Morgan, superintendent of schools; | and Mrs. Morgan; Virgil Stine- | baugh, assistant superintendent of! schools, and Mrs. Stinebaugh; Miss |

three-way participation in adminis- Grace L. Brown, director ot the |

Indianapolis Free Kindergartens, |

JANE JORDAN

DEAR JANE JORDAN-—I am a girl of 14. I have been going with a 19-year-old boy all winter and we care a lot for each other. Before I met him I went with a lot of other boys, but there always was something about them I didn't like. Now this boy seems very nice. He lives with his aunt and uncle and works in their filling station, but they object to his going with me. The reason why I do not know nor does he. I see him four nights every week. Sometimes he acts happy and sometimes he doesn't. A few nights ago he couldn't come over. His aunt thought he went out too much and could stay home one date night. She also thought he kept too late hours. When we go to shows he doesn't get home until 11:30 p. m, When we go to a party he doesn't get home until 12. My mother, too, thinks these hours are too late. He says he loves me and I really think he does, but I don't know what to do about his aunt and uncle. I see no reason why they should object, but they have tried everything they know how to keep us from seeing each other. My boy friend objects to my going any place without him, Won't you help me with my troubles WORRIED. LJ = ” ”

Answer—It often happens that the older generation goes into a tailspin of anxiety when a very young couple falls in love. Instead of regarding it as a normal occurrence, like an attack of the measles and every bit as curable, they immediately visualize an early marriage with all its consequent difficulties, and feel it their solemn duty to interfere. Interference, of course, simply fans the flame and brings on the emotional state which they hope to prevent. Very likely this boy's aunt and uncle have nothing against you. Their behavior would be the same if their nephew was seriously interested in any other girl. They are weighed down by their responsibility as parental substitutes and do not want the boy to become too deeply involved with any girl when he is only 19. They are right about it, of course, but their methods are ineffective. No 19-year-old boy likes to be treated like a child in grade school. He thinks he is a man. To interfere with his freedom is to make him feel infantile and hence unhappy. Even a 19-year-old boy will take tips from his elders if they are sympathetically given and are backed by good sound sense instead of blind prejudice. His judgment is immature, a fact which he secretly fears, but he does want the chance to gather experience for himself unhampered by constant domination. At 14 it is not smart of you to “go steady” with any boy. This fs the time when you should circulate as much as possible and look the field over. You can't afford to tie yourself down to one boy no matter how much he would like you to do so. See other boys and let him see other girls and your elders will stop jittering about you. In view of the late hours which most young people keep, 11:30 or 12 seems fairly reasonable. Let the young man compromise by going to bed early on the nights he stays home. Probably his aunt and uncle are worried because he has to go to work early and doesn't get enough sleep. JANE JORDAN.

Put your problems In a letter to Jane Jordan who will answer vour questions in this column daily.

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Two Delegates Are to Represent Local Social Workers’ Chapter At National Session May 24-25

Miss Geneva Feamon and Miss Emma Puschner will be delegates to the National Delegate Conference of the American Association of Social Workers from the local chapter of the organization. The Delegate Conference will be May 24 and 25 in Grand Rapids, Mich., preceding the National Conference of Social Work at Grand

The following committee members [ati Mrs. Julia Joseph, chairman;

Jewish Juniors Will Install

Miss Mildred Cohen will be installed as president of the Indianapolis Section of the Council of Jewish Juniors at a formal banquet a 7:30 Saturday at the Spink-Arms Hotel. Others who will be inducted are Miss Thelma Levi, first vice presi dent; Miss Evelyn Lob, second vice president; Miss Annette Herman, corresponding secretary; Miss Phyl lis Rubner, recording secretary; Miss Mary Jane Falender, financial secretary; Miss Selma Cooper, treas« urer; Miss Phyllis Cooper, auditor, and Miss Beryl Madiel, parliamen= tarian. . Directors are Misses Lil Klezmer,

Marcie Goldstein, Jeanette Rappaport, Helen Ann Cohen, Betty Jean Beitman, Estelle Grossman, Rosemary Frieberg, Sylvia Madiel, and Mimi Bluestein. Miss Janet Cooler is chairman for the banquet. Mrs, Emma Kominers, sponsor, will present Miss Florence Slutzky, retiring president, who will introduce the new officers. Th group will hold an “earning fund” dance at 9 p. m, Sunday at the Music Hall. Miss Leona Berman is fund chairman.

Town Trotters to Bicycle

The Town Trotters Club will have a bicycling party at 2 p. m, Saturday in Irvington. Mrs. Stanley Call will have as her guest, Miss Victoria Poggiani, and Miss Jean Johnson will be the guest of Miss Louise Wil-

liams.

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the carrying out of those standards | with adequate supervision. The local committee are Mrs. John H. Ryan, unit then would have direct re- chairman, Mrs, William Duke Bain, | sponsibility for local administration, | Misses Olive Breisch, Margaret E.| its personnel meeting stated quali- Swartz and Heien Smith.

were appointed recently by Louis Evans, chapter chairman: Executive committee, Mr. Evans, chairman; Miss Ruth Gottemoller, first vice chairman; Miss Lucille Batson, sec-

Misses Bertha Leming, Mabel Coffin and Vivian Claffey and Mrs. Hope Dunne. Delegates to Council of Social

| re-register.

service certificate for

fications, its work certain standards.” Mrs. Datisman said that the Indianapolis Department of Government and Economic Welfare had made a survey in Indianapolis and recommended that financing should e on a county-wide basis rather than township. “As it is, Center Township, or any large population center, bears far more than its share of the load. The administrative unit, to funetion efficiently, must be a small subdivision of government, but should be under central control. The Indianapolis group recommended central purchasing, or at least wholesale buving. In a few instances this s done (for example, bread). An enormous annual saving results, Even under the present system of retail buying, the Indianapolis committee finds no legitimate reason why chain stores should be barred.

Recommend Co-Operation “They recommend closer co-op-eration between the township trustee and employment service. They said the township trustee seems lax in insisting that clients register and WPA jobs should be given on the basis of merit as well as need, the Indianapolis group said. “Individuals interviewed by Indianapolis Department members stat-

work a week in private homes. Whenever possible relief recipients should do work in exchange for help

in|to maintain their self-respect. The | Department recommends promotion | f

where warranted or some sort o those who have served well.” Mrs. Richard Edwards, co-ordinator, presented

program the pro-

Action on the program was to be taken this afternoon and tomorrow. Proposals which are to be considered include the extension of the merit system in Indiana; efficient and economical administration of relief; reinstatement of adequate appropriations of the school-attend-ance-child labor law; the manager plan for local units of government; reform of legislative procedure; protective legislation for children; cppositior: to interstate trade barriers and reorganization State Board of Education. Important changes in the national program were to be explained by

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scale, he said, has been employed Mrs. Leonard A. Smith, Indianapolis, | in selection of personnel for gov-|Department of Government and]

ernmental positions, With scale certain characteristics, namely honesty, courage, co-operation and loyalty, eannot be determined. Further, he said, a rating scale such as this often does grave injustice to certain individuals by arbitrarily excluding a number of qualified persons. “On the other hand a rigid and grbitrary scale is the best way to be absolutely assured that political favoritism does not play a part in the selection of employees.”

Smaller Systems More Flexible

Merit systems like those used in the State Department, FBI, and

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this Foreign Policy; Mrs. Lester A. Smith, sonic Temple, North and Illinois Sts. |

Indianapolis, Government and Its Operation; Mrs. Austin V. Clifford, Government and Social Welfare; Mrs. Lloyd Josselyn, Lafayette, Government and Education, and Mrs. Datisman. Mrs. Clifford discussed “Your Neighbor's Child.” Action on the proposed program, pdoption of the budget and acceptance of quotas by the local leagues will round out the session.

Utley Talks at Banquet Clifton M. Utley, director of the

tions, will be the principal banquet

Personals

The Rev. and Mrs. Howard J. Baumgartel and their daughter Betty have returned to Indianapolis after spending last week-end in Pittsburgh and Ebensburg, Pa., their | former home. Dr. Baumgartel is executive secretary of the Church Federation of Indianapolis. On the return trip Dr. Baumgartel | stopped in Dayton, O., where he was| principal speaker at the annual! meeting of the Dayton Council of] Churches. |

Miss Ruth Harry, daughter of the| Rev, and Mrs. S. B. Harry, has been elected house chairman for McKee! Hall at Western College, Oxford, O. Miss Harry is a junior at the! college.

Miss Betty Jane Little, 3416 Salem St., is visiting friends in Detroit, Mich.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Mallory are expected to return this week from New York, where they have been spending several days visiting the World's Fair.

Mrs. L. O. Rufly and her daughter, Gretchen Louise, Ft. Pierce, Fla., are guests of Mrs. Rufly’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Mehring. Mrs. Mehring returned recently from a three months’ stay in Florida.

Mr. and Mrs. Mervin J. Hammel, 510 W. Hampton Drive, were to return today from New York.

Mrs. William H. Watters and her] son, Billy, of Lawrence, are in| Battle Creek, Mich, where Billy will participate in the national music contest being held there today and tomorrow.

Naomi O. E. S. Memorial Set

Lodge groups have planned a ceremcnial, card pariy, memorial service and stated meetings for to-| night and tomorrow. NAOMI CHAPTER 131, ORDER | OF THE EASTERN STAR, will hold a memorial service at a stated mesting at 8 p. m. tomorrow at the Ma-

Mrs. Bessie Wikoff is worthy matron and Ben H. Kerr is worthy patron.

Members of SOUTHEASTERN REBEKAH LODGE 749 will meet tomorrow evening at the lodge hall, Olive St. and Cottage Ave. to practice drill.

PILGRIM SHRINE 12, WHITE SHRINE OF JERUSALEM, will hola a ceremonial at 8 p. m. today fol-| lowing a pitch-in dinner at 6:30 Pp. m. Mrs. June Livezey is worthy high priestess and John Gold is|

' Chicago Council on Foreign Rela- Watchman of the shepherds.

Mesdames Livezey, Grace Roeder |

Tennessee Valley Authority are su- speaker. His topic will be “A Con-|and Grace Cottingham returned re- |

perior to the one operated by the Civil Service Commission, he said. “One reason for the superiority | of these three Federal merit systems.” he said, “is their size, Being much smaller than the Civil] Service, they operate more flexibly, more personally and more carefully in the selection of employees. Being small, they are particularly vulnerable to political attack. The very size of the Civil Service makes it almost invulnerable.” Mrs. Lester A. Smith, chairman of the Indiana League Department] of Government and Its Operation, presented the Misener Cup to the Culver League for its work on the merit quiz. | The cup is awarded the local feague which has done outstanding | work in the Department of Gov-| ernment and Its Operation. The Hobart League received first honorable mention and the Bloomington League, second. Mrs, Don F, Datisman, Gary of the Department ©

structive Foreign Policy for the United States.” Mrs. Marion A. Cheek Jr., Snyder, N. Y., chairman of the Department of Government and Economic Welfare for the National League, will talk on “The Integrated League as Seen From New York.” Herman B Wells, Indiana University president, will give a toast. Miss Mary Sinclair, field secretary, will make the headquarters report tomorrow morning. Action on the proposed program will be continued. William H. Book, executive vice president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, will discuss “Improving Township Relief Administration. Mrs. C. J. Sembower, Bloomington, will give the report of the election committee; Mrs. C. F. Tourner, Bloomington, the credentials, and Mrs. Frank Cox, Indianapolis, courtesy. Mrs. Cheek will talk on “The League Opposes Interstate Trade Barriers” nh the luncheon tomorrow vention sessions,

cently from the supreme session of the order at Grand Rapids, Mich.

Officers of MILLERSVILLE CHAPTER 300, ORDER OF- THE EASTERN STAR, will sponsor a card party at the Millersville Masonic Temple at 8 p. m. tomorrow.

Ammerman to Speak At May Nite Party

K. V. Ammerman, principal of Broad Ripple High School will speak on “Sign Posts and Danger Signals” tomorrow night at the May Nite Party of the Men's Class of the Central Christian Church at the church. The church choir will sing for the party which has been sponsored annually for 17 years. The Rev. C. E. Oldham is teacher of the class, and Alvin R. Moses is president. Reservations must be fhude oe the church office not later an ight. The party will be£in at 6:30 p. m. : |

| Lena Lohrmann and Margaret C.

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ond vice chairman; Mrs. Elizabeth Shake, secretary; Miss Bernice Orchard, treasurer; Miss Meta Gruner, Miss Louise Griffin, Joseph Hyman and Mrs. Eleanor J. Rhoton, Maurice Hunt was appointed

Agencies, Miss Lucille Batson and Mrs. Elizabeth Shake. Personnel standards, Miss Margaret C. Miller, chairman; Mrs. Dorothy Day Smith, Whitney Janson and Misses Helen Pearson, Marian Emery and

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Miller, Mrs. Virginia Campbell, Mrs. Mary Litton Trout and Robert Nelson. Membership, Miss Feamon, chairman; Misses Opal Boston, Helen Sanders, Florence Schearer and Christine Ryan. Housing, Ralph Collins, chairman; Misses Harriet Harwood, Constance Strauss, Adele Rababa and Mildred Goldsborough. Employment practices, Miss Natalie Myers, chairman; lowell Turner, Misses Constance Corlette and Edna Emrich; Mrs. Agnes Graf and the Rev. A. R. Fussenegger. Chapter records and business methods, Miss Juliana Thorman, chairman; Mrs. Mary Ellen George, Mrs. Elizabeth Shake, Miss Orchard and Randel Shake. Publicity, Charles Boswell, chairman; Alfred Taylor, Miss Ruby Little, Mrs. Margaret Summer and Mrs. Mary Beane, Also Appointed

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