The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-10
TEACHERSIN CONVENTION
Sixth ANIMAL Meeting of the Southern
Indiana Association.
Large Attendance of Leading Educators
Officers EIected-Professor CampbelPs
Address on Indiana Limestone.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON Ind, April 8.-The sixth
annual session of the Southern Indiana
Teachers Association was held in this city,
commencing last Wednesday evening and
closing yesterday. Several of the leading
educators of the State attended and con-
tributed to the success of the meeting. Hon,
E. E. White, late president of Purdue Uni
versity and ex-State Superintendent OF
Schools of Ohio, delivered mastery adj
dress on "Life" on Friday evening. Pro-
fessor G. E. McAvoy gave interesting ex-
detrimental instruction in natural philosophy;
Professor D. S. Jordan gave a lecture on the
late eminent naturalist, Louis j ohm Rodolph
Agassiz, under whom Prof. j. studied ma
tural philosophy at his school on Penikese
Island, Mass; Professor John L. Campbell,
OF Wabash College, read valuable paper
on 'The Limestone of Indiana" Pre-
Sssor D. s. Kelly read an essay on
"Culture' that was of much value and inter-
est to the two hundred teachers who attend
ed from this and other counties in the State,
and Miss Kate Huron, of the DanYille Nor
NAL College, read paper on "The Work of
the Primary Teacher" that ought to be
printed in every school and educational
journal in America.
School work from the schools OF Bedford,
Corydon, Davies county, Knox county,
Vincennes, Jasper, Dubois county, North
Vernon, Huntingburg, Manchester, Dearborn
county, Spencer, Shelbyville and Princeton,
consisting of map-drawing, penmanship and
examination papers in all grades and
branches, were on exhibition in the assem-
bly-room of the graded-sehool building dur
ing the session of the association. Geological
specimens were on exhibition from Perry,
Dubois and Daviess counties and
Bedford and Jasper had a handsome
display of birds, animals, fossils and
other specimens of value to students of
natural history.
All things considered, the sixth annual was
better than any of the previous five sessions,
and the lions share of the credit of making
it so is due to Prof D. Eckley Hunter, SUI
perintendent of the schools of this city one
of the ablest and best-known school men of
Indiana.
BY the courtesy of C. B. Cole, Esq, di-
vision superintendent OF the O. & NJ. railway.
and Mr. Wright Kenner, fuel agent of the O.
& NJ, the association was rendered the use
of a special train of two cars to convey all of
the members who might desire to visit the
coal mines at Cannelburg to that place, an
invitation having been previously extended
by Messrs. Cabel, Wilson & Co., coal opera
tors, to visit any or all of their seven mines in
this county. Fifty-two of the members
of the association availed themselves of the
opportunity to visit the camel coal mines,
and were we'll pleased in doing so.
The next meeting of the association will
be held at Jacksonville, commencing on the
first Wednesday in April, 1884. The following
officers were elected to serve during the com
ing year; President A. NJ. Sweeney, county
superintendent of Dubois county; vice-presi-
dents w. w. Faller, of Boonville; ]. L.
Shauck, of Rushville; C. F. Coffin of New
Albany, and Miss Julia Hughes, of Bedford;
executive committee, D. S. Kelly, of Jeffer-
sonville; A. j. Smoke. of Princeton; George
P. Prown, of Terre Haute; Lemuel Moss of
Bloomington, and Miss Ella Munson, OF
Mitchell; recording secretary, Miss Omie San
ford of Washington; treasurer, c. D. Bogart,
of North Vernon.