Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1902 — INDIANA TEACHERS MEET. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA TEACHERS MEET.

State Association Convent ion Xs Held Indianapolis correspondence: The Indiana State Teachers’ Association held a three days’ meeting at Indianapolis. The opening session was held at the Statehouse Thursday evening, when the retiring president, R; L. Hamiltons 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 coms before the meeting was “What Shall Be 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 Matre, R. I. Hamilton, D. M. Getting and Mrs. O. P. Kinsey of Valparaiso. The various educational organizations held their meetings at the Statehouse 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 to the 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.