Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1902 — INDIANA TEACHERS MEET. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA TEACHERS MEET.

State Association Conveation Is Held in Indianapolis. Indianapolis correspondence: The Indiana State Tqachers' Association held a three days’ meeting at Indianapolis. The openiug session was held at the Stntehouse Thursday evening, when the retiring president, R. L. Hamilton of Huntington, and the incoming president, H. B. Brown of Valparaiso, delivered addresses. A musical program was Tendered and working committees appointed. The most important subject to come before the meeting was “What Shall Bo Indiana’s Next Steps in Education?” which was treated in the form of a symposium. Among the speakers were Howard Sandison, Amos W. Butler, F. L. Jones, C. A. Van Mutre, It. I. Hamilton, D. M. Getting and Mrs. O. P. Kinsey of Valparaiso. The various educational organizations held their meetings at the Statchouse Thursday morning and afternoon. The attendance at the convention was large. The meeting closed Saturday with a paper by President Swain of the State University on “A National University.” He said that many difficulties stand in the way of carrying out such a project. Some held the view that Congress lacks sufficient power; existing institutions are afraid that a great university at Washington would overshadow them; there is a fear that the political atmosphere of the capital would be deleterious highest interests of a national university; there is opposition to the scheme because it contemplates the use of public money. He also said that the clamor of the supporters of many unwise schemes, combined with the great pressure from the routine of Congress, makes it difficult for any cause for education, however meritorious, to be undertaken without the unanimous and persistent efforts of the educational people of the country.