The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-27
EDUCATORS OF THE STATE
College Professors Form the Advance
Guard of the Army of Pedagogues.
Their Annual Session Begun Yesterday with
Official Reports. Papers and Presi-
dent Martins Address

The annual three days session of the In
diana College Association met at the Dent
son Hotel yesterday afternoon and or
ganized for its business. President John II.
Martin. of Moore's Hill, was in the chair.
and there was quite O large number of the
college representatives present.
The Indiana College Association was
formed several years ago with the purpose
in view of obtaining a closer relationship
both in q business and social way. and to
advance the interests of Indiana educa-
tlonal institutions as much as possible.
The following colleges are members of the
association: Wabash. Franklin. Purdue.
DePauw, State Normal School, HartsvIlle.
Coates. Hanover. Butler, Earlham. Moore's
Bill, Rose Polytechnic, Yincennes and the
State University.
An elaborate programme has been mapped
out for the three days, consisting of papers
10 be read by the various college professors
on topics of educational interest, one-half
OF the mem bership being represented one
year u the other half the next
On assembling yesterday afternoon the
first business was the reports of the year
from the various officers. That of the
treasurer showed that the year's receipts
were Sl325j, II the expenditures S99. leav-
ing q balance on hand. Professor Milford,
of Wabash, the treasurer, was absent. and
Professor kingery, OF that college, read the
report in hIs stead. Professor Moncrlef,
Franklin. the secretary. read the minutes
of last. years meeting, and they were
adopted.
The first paper called for by the pro-
gramme was one on Education and He
realty" by Professor Smith. Wabash. but
that gentleman was not present. and the
next was called. 1t was on Physical Geog-
raphy as a Preparatory Study" and was
read by Professor Johnson, Franklin.
the the p sseSss' se Sa W" of THAI that
branch of study contained o smattering of
q half-dozen or more of others. and that 1t
was altogether too far advanced for the de-
yelopment of children In the preparatory
departments. The paper WAS generally
concurred in by those present, and there
was some little discussion on 1t.
The next was on The Desirability of
Uniform ards in Our Higher Schools"
n was by Professor Stone, of Purdue.
Tbs Professor compared the schools OF
America to those of Germany, and of the
forme he said that they presented so many
varieties in the way of education, In
many other things that q pupil. trying to
select one. ives almost at o loss as to how
to do so, and when he had done so. and
completed bis career IN Ii, be was tortured
with thoughts as to where his college stood
beside the rest. and whether 1t might not
AVE been better for him to have taken
some other. In Germany, he said, it
was different. There all ~institu-
tions were under the eye of the
and had a like standard. xdipioma from
one of them meant more than it does here,
and il had q tendency TO draw a great num-
Der of Americans to them to complete edu-
cations begun In this country. he adyo-
Gated the adoption of O more uniform stand
ard, at least in Indiana. and urged that
steps be taken toward II.
A spirited discussion ensued. when he had
finished, in which nearly all present took
suited In q motion, which was made by
Professor Waldo, De PAW. and which
was carried. to the effect that q CON-
mittee to consist of one representa-
association be appointed to see if some
practical method cannot be arrived ut
whereby the object spoken of can be gained.
The meeting then adjourned until even
ing.
dent Martin delivered his annual address.
He complimented the association on the
work it is doing ana has done. and ex-
pressed the hope for as prosperous q future
as it had had q past. He said that
the object of education was the end TO be
attained. He compared education to the
building of o machine. When o man ven
to q maehinist and ordered o machine the
first thing the maker would want to know
WAS Wuhtl ~ 40 = " NO cIA IVA "hOh aO
found out he would then 90 to work and
fashion bis material ns it should be. and SO
it was with the pupil. If 1t is possible to
find out TO what use be intends to put him.
There are at present two theories In edu-
cation. said be. The one is toward culture
and the other toward utility. He lament
ed the fact that the greater tendency in
these days was toward the latter. and that
the desire to gain the almighty dollar
superseded ell else. He laid the blame of
il to the fact that the Nation was still
young and had not yet gotten over its sur
prise at its vast resources and money-mak-
ing possibilities. He talked at length on
the various ways and means of education,
and advanced several theories as to how
pupils should gain 1t.
He was followed by Professor Under
wood, De PAW, on THE Dissipation OF
Fneray in College Edu cation.n
Prof. Underwoed's paper dealt chiefly OF
the fact that professors in the colleges were
compelled to teach such q variety of things;
that they had. most of them, been educated
to teach but one thipg and that the teach
ing of many preclnded the possibility of
It brought on considerable discussion.
and the meeting did not adjourn until 10
o'clock.
yesterday. there being many more expected
on the night trains and to-day:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mills and Professor
BrOwn.
Purdue-Professors Stevens. Stone, Craig
and McRea.
Butler-president Butler and Professors
Iden and Bruner.
DePauw-President John and Professors
Waldo and DnVoll.
Wabash-Professors Kingery. Burroughs
and Smith.
Mooreis Hill Professors Martin and
Lewis.
Rose Polytechnic-President Eddy.
Franklln-President Stott and Professors
johnson and Moncreif.
| Teechers' Association.
The ~tbirty-ninth annual convention of the
Indiana State Teachers Association Will
hold its first session In this city.this after.
noon at 2 o'clock at Plymouth Church and
will continue through Wednesday and
Thursday. The association is divided into
several sections. which will meet as fol-
lows: At 9 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
the School Officers State Association:
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