Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 312, 8 November 1913 — Page 10
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1915
WANTS
INTRODUCTION
OF BIBLE IN SCHOOL
R. L. Kelly Speaks Before City and Town Superintendents.
TELLS PENDING PLAN
Says State Cannot Be Accused of F ostering Anything Sectarian.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 8 In an address delivered before the City and Town Superintendents association which is in session at the Claypool hotel. President Robert L.. Kelly of Earlham College, declared himself to be heartily In favor of the introduction of the Bible as outside high Bchool work, in accordance with the plan now pending before the State Board of Education. President Kelly pointed out that the Bible, as literature, has no equal; that it has been an important factor In the development f the country; largely shaping the ethical, political and social life; and that in allowing this heritage to slip would mean inJury to national life. Plan Now Pending. The plan now pending in the State Board of Education as outlined by President Kelly is as follows: That the State Board of Education
have prepared a suitable syllabus for Bible study using the North Dakota syllabus as a model. That superintendents and principals throughout the state have favorable attention called to this syllabus and the method herein recommended, of carrying it into effect. In Part President Kelly Said: "In case the authorities of a high school take favorable action upon the use of the syllabus, they shall allow all students who so elect to pursue the courso as outlined. It is not expected that this study will be carried on at the high school building. The work of Instruction is entrusted to parents. Sunday school teachers, ministers and Dthcr interested friends of the boys and girls. Teachers Examine Paper. "At stated intervals the high school authorities will set examinations upon the work, mark the papers and award credit. It is recommended that in the examination questions, the literary ind historical value, nt the theological value, of the Bible be emphasized. The only text book recommended by this board is the Bible itself, and any verilon adopted by the class will be acceptable to the Board. The object of the work is to acquaint students with the rich literature of the Scripture, without some knowledge of which any person ia seriously handicapped. "The state spends no money for teaching under this plan; It does not even allow the use of its buildings. It can not be accused of fostering anything sectarian. The teaching is flone by those interestefl presumably by ministers, priests, parents and other men and women whOj love the boys and girls. If a given community has no such leaders of youth, who, in the judgment of the high school authorities there, are able to do the work successfully, or if there are other reasons of any kind whatsoever why it seems unwise to adopt tne plan, such community is placed under no obligation to take favorable i otion. The entire matter is elective for each high .school, just as each high school determines as to its elective studies. "If the state board of education
adopts this plan there will be nothing mandatory about it; it will be purely permissive legislation. And this statement applies not only to each high school, but to every boy or girl ol high school grade in the state. If a high school adopts the plan a given student In that high school may reject the plan. There is absolutely no oercion at any point in the procedure. Work In Churches. "The plan issues to the religious teachers of Indiana's youth the most direct and far reaching challenge that has ever come to them from any official source. To use a concrete illustration the Sunday school is given an opportijjyty to place part of its work on the same pedagogical plane as that of the public schools. If the Sunday school does thorough work the state will recognize the fact and give credit for that work in so far as it is of a historical and literary character. If the work is not thoroughly done, the plan carries a feature that will disclose the fact so soon as the application for credit is made. It is an effort to dignify Bible teaching. There is nothing in it that can encourage slovenly work. The plan is as automatic in this particular as a thermostat. "I can not close this exposition without expressing my admiration for the broad minded and deeply concerned public school officials of Indiana, who, almost to a man, have shown their keen interest in the best welfare of the children even in a Held not in their Immediate jurisdiction. The enthusiastic support which this plan has received from school ofnclols everywhere In city and country is sufficient evidence that the charges of Godlessness which is sometimes registered against our public school system, is without foundation m Tact. The school men of Indiana evidently hold as an important item or their creed that old declaration of the ordinance of 1787 that 'Religion, morality and knowledge are necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind.' Backed by Citizens. And this Is not only the conviction of the school officials, it is the conviction as well of the great mass of our citizenship. The favorable interest of the people throughout the state in this plan for Bible study, as evidenced In its endorsement by the state Sunday school association and by numerous local Sunday school associations, by ministerial associations, by men's brotherhoods, by the press and by numerous personal letters and interviews all goes to show that the time is ripe for this step forwad in our educational development. Many citizens throughout the state are anxiously awaiting the announcement that the plan has been adopted and the sentiment of thousands may be expressed In the words of a well known Indiana College President for years a public school official, "Personally 1 am anxious to nave some such step
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dianapolis, and Edgar Forkner of Seattle, formerly of this city. The judging will be done Friday. The?5 prize for the best work in arts and crafts was offered by Mrs. James Morrison. The judges to award the prize will be Mrs. J. E. Cathell Miss Edna Johnson and Miss Kiturah Parsons. They will also judge the ponters of the high school children. Mrs. John Dougan offered three prizes for the best poster done by a member of any of the art classes at the high school. It is expected that a large number will draw posters, although all will not be entered in the high school exhibit. Only the most meritorious ones will be entered. The prizes for the best, posters were won last year by Alma Getz, Haze! Dafler and Ruth Pfafflin. William Forsyth, one or the judges this year, was the winner of the $30 prize given by Mrs. Foulke last yea'-. As he can noi win the prize two years in succession, his entries this year will not score ag.iirst the others. The painting to which the prize was awarded was "Ociohr-r Morning." The Richmond prize, of $25 was given to Frank Girardin last year for the painting "Indian Summer on Clear Creek."
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George Carroll Todd, the official "trust buster" of the new administration, takes the place of James A. Fowler, as Assistant Attorney General. During Mr. Fowler's term of office, a number of gigantic corporations such as the Standard Oil company and the American Tobacco company were successfully prosecuted and forced to reorganize as separate concerns. Now this work is being handled by Mr. Todd. He is the ideal man for the place because he has been connected with the Department of Justice since the inception of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. For the past few years he has been In private practice with Attorney General McReynolds, in New York, having left the government's service at the same time Mr. McReynolds resigned the assistant attorney generalship in 1907. Yrhen the administration decided its course in regard to trust regulation, Mr. Todd will have the legal work in charge.
taken and in my judgment, if wisely taken it may lead to exceedingly desirable developments in American education."
MISS COLBERT SPEAKS BEFORE 140 TEACHERS
NAME JUDGES FOR INDIANA EXHIBIT Members of Art Association Arrange Fro Annual Event.
Entries for the Indiana art exhibit are coming in rapidly and it is expected that the exhibit will be superior to that of previous years, according to a report of Mrs. Paul Comstock, president of the Richmond Art association. A meeting of the officers of the organization was held yesterday afternoon in the high school art gallery. Plans tor the exhibit were discussed by the officers. Everything in connection with the exhibition of Indiana art, had been previously arranged and it was reported that all plans are working out satisfactorily. The exhibit will open Friday November 14. The entire gallery will be devoted to pictures, hand craft and any other art by Indiana persons, 'me exhibits will be open to the public. Mrs. Paul Comstock, the new president of the organization, has secured a number of persons noted in art circles to act as judges. A committee of three was appointed to judge the entries for the prizes offered by Mary T. R. Foulke. The first prize of $50 will be awarded to the best picture painted by an Indiana artist. She will also
give $25 for the best picture done by a Richmond artist. The pictures will be fudged by Dudley Cists Watson, speaker in the art institute of Chicago, William Forsyth of the John Herron institute of In-
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About 140 town and township school teachers of the county heard Miss Emma Colbert of Indianapolis, speak at the county institute late this afternoon. Miss Colbert spoke on the methods of teaching which should be used in the grade schools. At the morning session of the institute. A. D. Cobb, county agricultural agent, distributed the farm census blanks to the teachers. The teachers are expected to distribute one blank for every farm in the district in which they teach. This will be done by means of the school pupils. Returns will be made within thirty days, when a complete directory of all the farms in the county and the amount of live stock, acreage of various products and the subjects on which the owners of the farms need instruction, will be on hand. PENNSYTlAKE'SGAIN IN GROSS EARNINGS
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