Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1908 — "SUPERANNUATED WISDOM" [ARTICLE]

"SUPERANNUATED WISDOM"

President of Teachers' Association Fixes Age Limit qf Sixty. Indianapolis. Dec, President E- N. Miner would superannuate the members of the National Commercial Teachers' Federation was the an nouncement made from the platform 'in' Caleb Milts ‘HHII-"' • ‘ ' “For the best advancement of commercial school education tn this country,’’ said president Miner, “what tHls federation Remands Is file anile# effort of young men—men of from thirty to fifty years of age—men who are In ’their prlme.’both as to physical and io mehtal who tihvh some’thing to look forward to, and who will be able and glad so give l this federation something to' look forward to. >Men past sixty may be good members to have still In our ranks —their heads are filled with wisdom—but,l beg again to respectfully subnjit to you that it is a superannuated wisdom, always belonging to a generation that has passed away, and they should have no active participation in our proceedings.’’