Emory Loomis, who was in charge of the high school and grammar grades at Stroh, has accepted a position in the schools at La Grange.

The Womans' Literary Circle, of Ladoga, is co-operating in a fine way with the public schools. For the past four years it has been contributing in money and books to the school library. Recently they gave a program before the school; subject, "The Political Parties."

The Southwestern Teachers' Association, at Evansville, adopted a resolution in favor of pensions for all teachers in the state who have taught twenty years or more and are disabled by sickness.

The teachers of Switzerland County held a union institute, at Vevay, covering two days, which was to take the place of the regular township institute for the months of November and De

F

cember. Prevocational work in its various phases occupied the principle place in the program. F. M. Shanklin, of Purdue University, discussed the various topics in the agricultural work for the following months. There was also an exhibit of school work from two of the townships.

Recently Assistant Superintendent H. S. Gruver and Attendance Officer W. A. Hacker, of Indianapolis, visited Muncie for the purpose of making a study of the vocational schools carried on as evening schools. The system is, briefly, this; five schools have been provided with night schools. Four have classes in cooking, sewing and millinery, and one has instruction in only sewing and millinery. Classes in these subjects are open to women and girls seventeen years of age and over. Meetings are held twice each week in the school buildings on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for the cooking and sewing, while each school has a class in millinery once a week. In most classes there are fifteen to twenty-five women and girls. The women have done their work well, and the night vocational schools are meeting the purpose for which they were establishedthat of bettering the economic condition of the city's population. The next step in the night vocational training schools will be schools for men. When they are established they will probably

furnish classes in carpentry, printing, English, writing and bookkeeping.

At the recent association meeting. of the teachers of Marshall County, special attention was given to the discussion of the prevocational work in the rural schools. Professor Geo. L. Roberts, of Purdue University, was one of the speakers on this line, giving special attention to the work in agriculture. A representative from the extension department of Indiana University spoke with reference to the home economic work.

*

The vocational exhibits of the rural schools were displayed at the court. house in South Bend the last of November and the first of December. The work of the girls is under the direction of Miss Grace L. King, who is supervisor of vocational work for girls. County agent, John S. Bordner, and County superintendent of schools, Ralph Longfield, arranged the work for the boys.

Miss Adelaide Steele Baylor, general assistant in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, delivered the address at the memorial meeting of Elks at Wabash. The Wabash Elks state that Miss Baylor is the first woman to speak at any Elks memorial service in the history of the

lodge. Miss Baylor was formerly Superintendent of the Wabash public

schools.

* *

For the first time in the fifty-two years' history of the Kansas State Teachers' Association a woman has been chosen as president. Miss Lillian

Scott is so honored. Ninety per cent. of the teachers are women and heretofore they had small representations in the association's affairs.

Mrs. Gladys Haines-Steel has succeeded C. E. Raker as principal of the Winona Lake public schools. Mr. Raker was elected trustee of Wayne township which made his resignation necessary.

*

At the fourth joint township Teachers' Institute of Howard County Superintendent B. F. Moore, of the Muncie schools, made an address on "Teachers' Pensions."

Harold Fishbein, of Indianapolis, who graduated from Shortridge High School last June, age fifteen, is a regularly matriculated student in the University of Chicago. He has attracted attention on account of his youth and the high character of his classroom work.

*

Evansville has a night vocational school for the colored boys and men, and one for the colored girls and women. The manual training director, N. A. Davis, is in charge of the work for men.

In point of enrollment and average daily attendance, Marion County leads

and Vigo County third.

the state, with Lake County second

According to the report of State Superintendent, Chas. A. Greathouse, Clark County has two log cabin schools and Jefferson County three.

Wm. C. Smith, the Williamsport banker, who set aside $25,000 for the purpose. When the building was completed it was found that there was not sufficient money to fully equip it and the citizens of Judyville contributed $300 to purchase the needed furniture. W. E. Kerst is superintendent.

Professor Geo. L. Roberts, of Purdue University, was on the program of the Randolph County joint township institute, in December. County Superintendent Lee L. Driver continues to push the educational interests of the county to the front. He reports two more consolidated schools, which, when completed will give the county twenty-one.

Last summer James W. Kirk, Superintendent of the Sheridan schools, prepared a general statement of the equipment and courses of study in the high school proposed for the year 1914-15. In addition to the statements, pictures illustrating various phases of the school work were included in the bulletin. It was sent to prospective students and the results have been shown in a very materially increased enrollment in the high school, the freshman class being one of the largest in the history of the school. The bulletin also awakened an interest among the patrons and friends of the school.

A Christian Life Institute, continuing one week, was held in the New Ross Methodist church in November. It was under the direction of Rev. Oakel Hall, of Advance, and so far as we have been able to learn, is the first of the kind that has been under

taken in a rural a rural community. The speaker list included Miss Elizabeth Cowan, teacher of home economics, Crawfordsville; President W. A. Mills, of Hanover College; Rev. A. E. Monger, of Terre Haute; Dr. U. G. Leazenby, of Crawfordsville; Professor Geo. L. Roberts, of Purdue University; Excounty Superintendent W. B. Walkup, of Crawfordsville; Professor Geo. H. Tapy, Wabash College; Professor G. I. Christie, Purdue University; Edwin M. Brown, of Central States Life Insurance Co.; Mrs. Ella F. Ballard, of Crawfordsville; Hon. E. E. Ballard, Crawfordsville.

The eighth annual meeting of the Southwestern Indiana Teachers' Association was held in the junior high school building, at Evansville, on November 27 and 28, 1914. The meeting was one of the most successful ever

held. The spirit was fine, the interest was sustained, and the addresses were up to the high level fixed in recent years for the large educational meetings that Indiana teachers hold.

The principal speakers were Professor M. V. O'Shea, of the University of Wisconsin; Professor W. G. Bagley, of the University of Illinois; Dr. E. H. Lindley, of the University of Indiana; Superintendent E. O. Holland, of the Louisville schools, and others with messages that were helpful and interesting. There were many speakers on the different sectional pro

grams.

The officers for this meeting were President, Miss Helen Rose, Ireland; Vice-president, A. E. Knowles, Vincennes; Treasurer, E. P. Wiles, Evansville; Secretary, Andrew Jewell, Pe

tersburg; Executive Committee, J. H. Tomlin, Evansville, chairman; W. Hough, Oakland City; E. J. Llewelyn, Mt. Vernon; Margaret Hill, Boonville; Helen Posey, Cannelton.

The officers elected for the coming year are President, J. W. Stott, Princeton; Vice-president, Lee B. Miller, Cannelton; Treasurer, E. P. Wiles, Evansville; Secretary, Andrew Jewell, Algiers. The Executive Committee that will have charge of the preparation of the program for the next meeting is as follows: Superintendent, J. W. Strassel, Spencer County; W. S. Hutchinson, Huntingburg; J. E. Clarke, Booneville; W. E. Treanor, Petersburg; Edgar Behrens, Mt. Vernon. Principal Harry G. Newton, Vincennes, was chairman of the Nominating Committee.

The members of the Resolutions Committee for the last meeting was composed of the following: J. W. Foreman, Petersburg, and M. R. Kirk,

Evansville.

The resolutions which were adopted unanimously called for a state wide. pension law, higher qualifications for high school teachers, and the organization of the state into districts for the purpose of having teachers' meetings. A final resolution paid a tribute to the memory of M. Z. Tinker, who for more than fifty years was a teacher of music and who, during most of that time, was connected with the Evansville schools. Mr. Tinker died in No

vember.

One of the features of the meeting was the splendid music given by the children of the Evansville schools, under the direction of Miss Ada Bicking and M. B. Chenhall, supervisors.

The singing flag, at the Friday night. session, was one of the most effective spectacles ever given before an Indiana teachers' meeting. Five hundred children took part and red, white and blue lights were used in giving the proper

effect.

The new sectional officers are as follows:

Primary section: Miss Ella Olmstead, Evansville, Chairman; Miss Martha Calvert, Secretary.

Music and art section: Mrs. Nellie Strain Jackson, Princeton, Chairman; Miss May Dorsey, Secretary.

Grammar and intermediate: W. E. Goldsmith, Vanderburg County, Chairman; James M. Woodward, Spencer County, Secretary.

Superintendent's section: J. W. Foreman, Petersburg, Chairman; G. Edward Behrens, Mt. Vernon, Secretary.

High school section: Chi Wagner, Princeton, Chairman; Mrs. Hoffman, Rockport, Secretary.

The next meeting of the Southwestern Association will be held in Evansville on the two days following next Thanksgiving. The Executive Committee is making plans for one of the best meetings ever held by the Association.

The following counties are comprised in the Southwestern Association: Gibson, Pike, Posey, Warrick, Vanderburg, Perry, Spencer, Crawford Dubois, Harrison, Knox and Daviess.

The Primary Section of the Southwestern Teachers' Association, recently held at Evansville, was unusually fortunate in securing the services. of Mrs. Eliza A. Blaker for an address.