The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-04

was rendered by Prof Hebble, at the con-
clusion Of which the announcement of the
members chosen from the various dis
tricts on the committee for nomination of
officers was made az follows:
Firs; District-H. W Monical. Princeton.
Second Dictrict-W. +. AXtell. Washington.
Third Dittrict-T. p. Stuitz j. Jacksonville.
Fourth District-J. r. Houston, Aurora.
Fifth Distrlct-Paul Monroe Martiusville
sixth Distriet-F. 4. Cotton. New Castle
Seventh District-F. + FIIzgbbOns. Z. wood.
Eighth Districts. L. Harwood, Terre
HRute.
Ninth Distric:-H. G. Woodey. Kokomo.
Tenth Distret-F. II. Speaker. Logans port.
Eleventh Distriot-Superintenden Burris,
Button.
Twelfth District - Superintendent Llsb,
Lima.
Thirteenth District-J. C. Black Michigan
City.
In the evening Andrew S. Draper.
superintendent Of public schools Cleve-
land, o., delivered the annual address on
The Public Schools and Real Life" Al
though an admission fee of 80 cents was
charged. the church was we'll filed long
before the time set for the session to open
and the wait was enlivened by a we'll rem
dered pisnoforte solo by Prof. Hebble.
Mr.. Draper was greeted with applause and
when it ceased he was introduced. He
spoke first OF the great march OF modern
improvements and inventions which bad
raised the world to a great degree of ex-
pectancy. 1--WE know" he said, that
affairs are happening at the other end of
the world tonight the stories OF which
will be printed and laid on our breakfast
table tomorrow" few years ago the
raising or cereals, he remembered, was
the chief industry OF the East, but the
march of improvement has made it
cheaper to buy grain than to raise it,
The habits of millions of peo-
pie have been changed and
the volume of business wonderfully
augmented. While this change has been
going on men also have been changed
1T has been truly said" he continued
that men are either anvil or hammer,
beating or TO be beat. One man is over
whelmed by accident or misfortune and
has no chance, another makes lis oppor-
tuuities and is bound to succeed. Brains
and alertness come TO the surface, weak
ness and shiltlessness go to the wall.
Nothing so spurs on intelligence like ac-
tivitv, and it is fact that the evolution
of machinery has done more for the heads
than for the pockets of the people, and
electrical science more than the written
page to awaken their intelligence. The
educational world is also in a ferment; arti-
fetal helps 10 learning multiply as il by
magic and the educator is trying to out
run the people and spec alists are trying
to ride their hobbies at the public cost
Good" continued Mr. Draper. will
come out of what is now little better than
chaos, for. as the crusades aroused
Europe and added to it's glory, so will the
asking and giving, the thinking and do
ing, add to the worlds intellectual
strength. What is education? Asked at
an examination you would answer: The
harmonious development OF the whole
man. physically, mentally and morally.
but thinking man may we'll ask is that
really education. A man may under
stand Latin derivations and be thor.
oughly cOnversant with diIerential
calculus, and may also be exception
sllv strong, physically and morally and
vet he nav be all awry with the world.
He doesn't even know the way to Chi.
cago and is liable to get of street car on
the wrong side and be run oyer by an
electric motor. lie has no earning power
and wears an old coat both because he has
a mind above clothes and because he
cannot al'ord a new one Another man
may be unsducated, murders the queens
English, and il he writes a letter without
the Intervention OF typewriter,
is sure to fill il with the most
fearful mistakes. and vet he can
make money, he builds houses and
furnishes employment to other men; be